What's more, she liked the emperor so much that when she heard that the emperor only had Concubine De in his heart, she was even more envious. This envy had even slowly turned into jealousy in her heart.
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve and the palace was bustling with activity.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Everyone, please get up. Tonight is New Year's Eve. It's rare for the palace to be so lively. Let's all have fun."
"Yes, Queen."
Shen Qingqiu hadn't been this happy for a long time, and he came to the lake with the palace maid Suo Xin.
"Suo Xin, quickly bring over the lanterns we made."
"My queen, I have brought it all to you a long time ago." As he said that, Suo Xin took out a glass lantern from behind him, which was very beautiful.
Shen Qingqiu slowly placed the lantern into the lake, clasped his hands together, and closed his eyes.
But just as she was about to make a wish, an impatient voice suddenly came to her ear.
"Whose lantern is that?"
Shen Qingqiu opened her eyes upon hearing the sound, and saw that the lantern she had just put into the lake had collided with another pink lantern that had come from nowhere in the lake. Shen Qingqiu was about to order the palace maid to separate the two lanterns in the lake, but at this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, blowing the two lanterns in the lake back and forth. Her lantern was made bigger, so it was not blown by the sudden strong wind, but the other one suffered, and was knocked over by her lantern and overturned on the lake.
Rong Fei looked at the knocked-over lantern and put down her hands dejectedly. When she looked up, she found Shen Qingqiu standing not far away.
Just as she was looking Shen Qingqiu up and down, Shen Qingqiu had already walked to her side.
"Empress Rong, I'm so sorry for breaking your lantern."
"It's just a lantern. It's nothing serious. I hope I didn't ruin the Empress Defei's mood."
"This lantern was made by the Emperor and I. Why don't I give it to you? You probably didn't have time to make a wish just now, but you should have time to learn one now." Shen Qingqiu said.
"No need for that!" Rong Fei said with a cold face: "The lanterns are just to give people psychological comfort. I don't have to have them!" After that, she turned and left.
Looking at Concubine Rong's back as she left, Suoxin pouted and said, "How can Concubine Rong be so arrogant? She gets angry as soon as she says she's angry, and she has such a solitary personality!"
Shen Qingqiu also frowned and looked at the lanterns in the lake. He didn't know whether she was angry because of the lanterns or because he had said something wrong.
Shen Qingqiu sighed and didn't think much about it. He looked at the lanterns in the lake, clenched his hands again, and made a wish.
On the other side, Zhu'er had already accompanied Concubine Rong back to Danfeng Palace.
"Your Highness, what did the Virtuous Concubine mean just now? Are we short of a lantern? Why did she have to show off in front of us? What's wrong with what the Emperor did? It's obvious that she did it on purpose to irritate you, Your Highness."
Concubine Rong drank the tea on the table in one gulp, as if only this could quench the anger in her heart.
After all, she was the daughter of a great general. Why did she, Shen Qingqiu, have to humiliate her like a beggar today? She had never been so humiliated before.
On the other side, Li Wanting was sitting on the Phoenix Throne watching the palace maids releasing lanterns. Chun'er suddenly walked up to her quietly and spoke in her ear.
"Are you serious?"
Chun Er nodded, "I followed her all the way to Danfeng Palace. Concubine Rong was very angry when she saw me!"
Li Wanting's lips curled up, "That's great." Then she stood up and said, "Let's go to Danfeng Palace."
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"The Queen has arrived!"
Hearing the voice, Concubine Rong immediately concealed her expression and put on a smile.
"Your Highness the Queen is welcome."
"Sister, please get up quickly." He helped Rong Fei sit on the chair and said, "Sister, why didn't you come to enjoy the lanterns and suddenly ran back? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to ask the imperial physician to come and see you?"
Concubine Rong shook her head, "Thank you, Her Majesty, for your concern. I am not feeling unwell." Thinking of Shen Qingqiu's actions just now, Concubine Rong felt angry and couldn't even hide her expression.
"Sister looks a little unhappy. What happened just now?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know." Zhu'er said the fastest, "Just now our Majesty was releasing lanterns in the lake, and the Virtuous Consort was there too. Who knew her lantern would break ours? Our Majesty didn't think it was a big deal, but the Virtuous Consort's apology really made me feel uncomfortable."
"Oh? How do you mean?"
Zhu Er glanced at Rong Fei and saw that she was still looking down with a sad face, so she said without hesitation: "She said that she would give her lantern as compensation to our queen, and she also said that the lantern was made by her and the emperor together. It is obvious that she was deliberately trying to anger our queen. She knew that the emperor was in Chengchun Palace all day long, but she still..."
"Chun'er." Concubine Rong interrupted her, and Zhu'er stopped talking.
Li Wanting sighed, looked at Concubine Rong and said, "Don't be angry. Let alone you. Just look at me. In the six months since I entered the palace, the Emperor hasn't come to my palace for a few days. Instead, he has been in and out of Chengchun Palace quite a few times. It's really boring for me to be the Queen." As she spoke, Li Wanting became even more sad.
"The Queen."
Xia Meng felt very sympathetic towards Li Wanting. If the emperor only treated her like this, it would be fine, but after all, the person in front of her was the Empress. The Emperor should only favor Concubine De. Moreover, since she entered the palace, the Empress was the only person in the palace who gave her warmth.
"Oh, forget it." Li Wanting sighed and said, "After all, I am the queen, so I should be more generous. But you, my sister, I know you love the emperor deeply, and I just feel sorry for you."
Hearing this, Concubine Rong became even more sad.
It has been an hour since Li Wanting left, and during this hour, Concubine Rong has been sitting there blankly, not moving.
Zhu'er brought a bowl of bird's nest and placed it in front of Concubine Rong, saying, "Your Majesty, you didn't eat much at the banquet just now. I cooked your favorite bird's nest soup for you. Please eat a little."
Rong Fei did not touch the bird's nest. Instead, she raised her head and looked at Zhu'er and said, "Zhu'er, if I continue to muddle along like this, won't everyone want to ride on my head?"
Seeing her own queen suddenly say such words, Zhu Er was also surprised, but she soon became happy for her: "My queen, it's great that you think so. Who among the concubines in the harem would not fight for it? Without the emperor's favor, who can't ride on your head?"
Concubine Rong sighed and said nothing more.
Shen Qingqiu was unusually happy last night, so he stayed in bed for a while today, thus delaying his visit to the Empress.
When Shen Qingqiu arrived, Concubine Rong was already sitting and chatting with the Queen.
"Your Majesty, I am late. Please blame me!"
Li Wanting raised her head and glanced at Shen Qingqiu. If she could tolerate it before, but today Shen Qingqiu even dared to be late for the daily greetings, it was obvious that he no longer took her, the queen, seriously.
Li Wanting said with a dark face: "The Empress Defei is favored by the Emperor, and she is really arrogant."
Shen Qingqiu knew that she was in the wrong, so she said, "I am willing to copy the Bible a hundred times myself, please forgive me, Queen!"
"Blame?" Li Wanting said sarcastically, "I dare not blame you. Now you are the most beloved person in the emperor's heart. I am afraid that the emperor will come to me to question me later."
This was the only time this had happened in the past six months. Shen Qingqiu had not expected that Li Wanting would hold on to her like this and embarrass her in front of the servants. But she was not someone to be trifled with. Today, she clearly wanted to embarrass herself.
"Your Majesty, last night was New Year's Eve. I was so happy that I stayed up late, which is why I am late today. Besides, the Emperor said that I don't have to come to Fengwu Palace every day to pay my respects."
As soon as the emperor was mentioned, Li Wanting became furious. She had never expected that Shen Qingqiu would really bring up the emperor to confront her.
"Empress De, you are wrong to say that." Rong Fei, who usually doesn't talk much, suddenly stood up and said, "After all, the Empress is the head of the palace and takes care of all the affairs of the harem. You and I can spend our days here in peace, and we should thank the Empress. It is our duty to pay respects to her every day."
Listening to Concubine Rong's words, Shen Qingqiu frowned and looked at the two people in front of her. Suddenly, she seemed to understand something. In the past six months, she had been immersed in the world of two people that Gu Yanwei gave her, but she had forgotten Gu Yanwei's identity. Now that he is the emperor, he only favors her. How could he not arouse the jealousy of the harem?
It seemed that he had already made enemies, and the two people in front of him were already standing on the opposite side of her.
But she knew that in the past six months, she had been too immersed in the romance brought by Gu Yanwei, and he selfishly wanted to live a life like an ordinary couple.
So in the face of what Rong Fei said, Shen Qingqiu did not refute.
After returning from Fengwu Palace, it was as if there was a big stone pressing on Shen Qingqiu's heart. She knew that Gu Yanwei had been sitting beside her for a long time, but she still hadn't reacted.
"What are you thinking about, Qingqiu?" Gu Yanwei stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes. Only then did Shen Qingqiu come to her senses.
When he looked up, he found that it was already dark. Gu Yanwei was about to take off his outer robe, but was stopped by Shen Qingqiu.
Gu Yanwei frowned and asked, "What's wrong, Qingqiu?"
"emperor."
Gu Yanwei was a little surprised, as she seldom called him "Emperor" in private.
"Your Majesty, you have been here with me almost every day for the past six months, but you still have the Queen and Concubine Rong."
"Qingqiu, what's wrong with you today?" Gu Yanwei was a little confused.
"Your Majesty, you should go to Concubine Rong tonight." Shen Qingqiu hesitated for a long time before finally saying it. God knew how sad she was to let him push the person she loved most into the arms of another man, but she had no choice but to do it, because since she chose the man in front of her, she was destined not to possess him alone.
"What did you say?" Gu Yanwei couldn't believe it.
Shen Qingqiu quickly explained: "In the past six months, you have stayed in my palace every night, and rarely visited the Queen Mother, let alone Rong Fei. If this continues, the Queen Mother and Rong Fei will hate me."
Gu Yanwei then realized that he had not visited the Queen for a long time. After all, she was the Queen, and it was his responsibility to visit Concubine Rong, so he should visit her often.
Gu Yanwei put on his outer robe again, held up Shen Qingqiu's forehead and kissed him, saying: "Qingqiu, I'll go see Concubine Rong first."
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