Chapter 156 Title: Xi
Early the next morning.
The queen went to the queen mother's palace.
The Queen Mother had just gotten up and was dressing. When she heard Nanny Sun come to report, her eyes dimmed and she said, "Let her in."
"Your Highness, may your Highness live forever."
As soon as the Queen came in, she bowed deeply to the Queen Mother.
"Get up." The Queen Mother raised her hand, turned her head and looked at herself in the mirror, and asked calmly, "Why did the Queen come so early?"
The Queen took the comb from Nanny Sun's hand and combed her hair herself, saying with concern:
"Is your Majesty's headache better?"
"Much better." The Queen Mother smiled indifferently.
"The Queen Mother returned to the palace yesterday. I was afraid of upsetting the Emperor, so I didn't dare come. I was worried and ashamed, and couldn't sleep all night, so I came to pay my respects to the Queen Mother early in the morning."
The Queen Mother looked in the mirror and saw the dark circles under the Queen's eyes. Her complexion became better. "I just came back to the palace and you came out. This will really make the Emperor unhappy. You have thought it through. How can I blame you?"
"I'm glad my aunt doesn't blame me." The queen changed to a casual tone, seeming to express her true feelings.
The Queen Mother's eyes softened. "Since you are here, please accompany me for breakfast before leaving."
During this period, the topic inevitably fell on Yun Qin.
"You are so foolish that the emperor has caught such a handle on you!" The queen mother snorted heavily, "For now, it is better to have the Yanning Palace repaired as soon as possible. State affairs are busy, and even if the emperor dotes on her, it is better than seeing her every day like this!"
"I have already asked someone to repair it as soon as possible." The emperor held his chopsticks and looked at the empress dowager with some grievance, "You also know the emperor. Since she is the apple of his eye, everything must be good. I am afraid that I will be careless and make the emperor angry again."
After so many years, the Queen naturally knew the Queen Mother's temperament very well. Rather than trying to please her, it would be better to please the Emperor.
"That's true, but there's no need to be too meticulous. It's just a promised position, don't praise her too much!" The Queen Mother glanced at her with a dark look in her eyes.
The queen's face flashed a little unnatural after being hit in the heart, but then she regained her respectful look and said, "Yes, I understand."
As he was speaking, he heard the sound of Hawking's car arriving.
Everyone saluted immediately and the queen also stood up.
When Huo Jinchi came in, he was not surprised to see the empress. He just glanced at her and then paid his respects to the empress dowager.
"Get up, get up." The Queen Mother said with a smile, "What a good day it is today that you have all come together to pay your respects to me."
The Queen Mother took Huo Jinchi's hand and asked him to sit next to her. She glanced at the Queen and said with a smile, "My illness is worth it!"
"Empress Dowager..." The Queen showed a trace of panic.
Huo Jinchi said calmly: "It is indeed the right time for the Queen Mother to be ill."
"You rebellious son!" The Queen Mother's face changed when she heard this, and she slapped the back of Huo Jinchi's hand in anger.
Although the words were harsh, the Queen Mother was not really angry, and there was even a hint of a smile on her face.
No matter how much she tried to cover it up, the Queen Mother's illness was strange and could not be hidden from Hawking Chi, so this was something that was tacitly known between mother and son.
The fact that Hawking Chi could openly tease her proved that he was still loyal to her.
The Queen Mother was very happy.
This scene made the Queen's eyes darken, and she stood aside without saying a word.
"Don't be angry, mother. I will serve you porridge myself." Huo Jinchi served the empress dowager a bowl of porridge and placed it next to her.
The Queen Mother snorted softly, and her expression became a little better.
"You should eat more. I see that you have lost weight. You should pay more attention to your health while you are busy with state affairs."
"I know."
After breakfast, the Queen Mother rinsed her mouth, wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, glanced at Huo Jinchi who was drinking tea, hesitated for a while, and said:
"I heard that the disaster victims in the city consume a lot of food every day. The palace has already cut spending. Many of the city's dignitaries can't afford it. You..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Hawking Chi.
"Don't worry about these things, mother. I have already transported food from the surrounding areas. The court will not shortchange them, and they will not starve to death."
How could the Queen Mother's return at this point be just for the Queen's affairs?
Naturally, it also has something to do with the fact that he sent people to the west.
"That's not what I meant..."
The Queen Mother was about to speak, but Huo Jinchi had already stood up and said, "I am busy now, so I will take my leave now."
He was afraid that if he didn't leave, the Queen Mother would ask about Ximian's affairs next.
In order to avoid getting a headache after making too much noise, it would be better for him to leave first.
"I haven't finished speaking yet, you..."
But Huo Jinchi didn't waste his time talking to her and just left with his men.
The Queen Mother behind him slammed the table in anger, and her eyes fell on the Queen who was sitting next to her without saying a word.
"Why don't you speak up to persuade the emperor? Don't you know how worried your father is?"
Encourage?
The queen sneered in her heart. The emperor didn't even listen to the queen mother, so how could he listen to her?
If she really spoke to persuade him, then she would be blamed for not knowing how to speak and not being able to win the emperor's heart.
The queen's eyes were cold, but her words were filled with fear, "Your Majesty, I don't understand these things either."
She is just a decoration, how can you expect her to be both civil and military?
The Queen Mother glared at her with a look of dismay. She didn't say anything, but in her heart she snorted, "Useless thing!"
Then she didn't know what she was thinking about, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"State affairs are so busy, I should be more considerate of the emperor." The Queen Mother raised her voice to Nanny Sun and said, "Pass on my imperial decree. Yunqin, the former palace maiden, is a woman of excellent virtue and beauty, and she is gentle and gentle. She respectfully presents herself to the emperor and will serve him from today onwards."
The queen sitting next to them suddenly looked discolored.
Naturally, the Empress Dowager's decree was first delivered to the Emperor.
Huo Jinchi glanced at it indifferently, with a hint of sneer in his eyes. He picked up the pen and added a few more words to the imperial edict before asking Xu An to personally deliver it to Yun Qin to read.
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"...I will register today as a promise and be given the title Xi..."
Yun Qin was stunned after hearing the whole thing. The Queen Mother actually issued an edict to confer her the title of Duke!
Did she get up the wrong way today, or did the sun rise from the west today?
"Xi Danying, are you still not going to accept the imperial edict?" Xu An smiled and handed the imperial edict forward.
Yun Qin finally came back to her senses and took it with both hands, "I thank the Queen Mother and the Emperor for their grace."
After she stood up, Xu An smiled and congratulated her, "Congratulations on your acceptance, congratulations on your acceptance."
"Thank you too, Eunuch Xu." Yun Qin winked at Rong Xin, who immediately handed over a purse.
"That's unacceptable."
"Everyone who sees this is happy." Yun Qin said with a smile, "I am happy too."
"Then I will take advantage of the joy of the promise." Xu An accepted it with a smile, and then said with a smile: "The emperor has been thinking about this title for a long time. That day, I heard the emperor muttering 'Xihe Xile', which must be the origin of the promise of this title."
"My Lord, are you saying that this title was proposed by the Emperor?"
Xu An nodded, "Yes, the imperial edict was first delivered to the emperor, and the title was given by the emperor himself."
Yun Qin immediately unfolded the imperial edict and took a look. Sure enough, the three words "Feng Hao Xi" were added later, and the handwriting was also different from the other words.
Looking at those three words, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
The word "Xi" made her rank almost the same as Concubine Liu in the harem. Except for Concubine De and the Empress, almost no one could surpass her.
Fortunately he could figure it out. The Queen Mother must be very angry at this moment.
Seeing her smiling face, Xu An smiled even more like a chrysanthemum, "Then I will go and report to the emperor. Xi agrees to take a rest."
"Thank you."