Chapter 110: The Imperial Concubine
The queen looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak. She glanced at the royal relatives sitting below her and then looked at the emperor.
[Hesitating and stammering, the Queen loves to be mysterious. ]
The emperor took this to heart and felt a little impatient.
The clan members also seemed to notice something was wrong and started looking over here.
The Queen leaned sideways and whispered.
[Is there anything I cannot hear? ]
Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang also agreed: Is there anything that the honorable Concubine Hua cannot know?
The emperor showed no emotion at all. He just said "it's a small matter" and then laughed:
"The Queen just told me that this song of picking lotus made her dream about the time when she was in the palace."
"Yes, I was about the same age back then, playing and singing with my sister in the mansion. Now seeing the deep love between you two sisters, I really miss you."
The queen smiled as if nothing had happened, "Your Majesty should reward An Daying."
“It’s natural.”
【The Queen is used to doing favors. 】
[Hmph, I can do that too. 】
"It is An Da Ying's fortune that the Emperor likes her." Nian Shilan was afraid that the Empress would take the lead. "Gong Chang was promoted after Yiwu, and I think An Da Ying is no less beautiful than him. Why don't we also get promoted together?"
An Lingrong stared at Concubine Hua in a daze.
The emperor nodded and said, "Since you agree, then make her a concubine."
"My concubine."
An Lingrong choked up and squatted down, "Thank you, Your Majesty, the Empress, for your grace, and thank you, Concubine Hua, for your love."
[That vicious woman, Concubine Duan, fell in love with Zhen Huan's pure face on this day in her previous life, and she was determined to pull Zhen Huan, that bitch, to deal with me. 】
When Concubine Duan heard the word "previous life" before, she thought she was hallucinating because of her weakness, but now she felt that she knew her thoughts very well.
The only thing left in my heart was the unbelievable.
Shen Meizhuang had a clearer understanding in her mind. Although Huan'er had a strong personality, she was not someone who liked to win. Perhaps it was because of these people's manipulation and secret instigation that Huan'er and Concubine Hua had such a deep hatred in their previous life.
Everyone said that Concubine Duan was kind and non-aggressive.
From this perspective, he is nothing more than a pig pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.
【Pull someone? 】
[Humph, I want to see what you, a sickly person, can do to compete with me? ]
"Noble Shen and Concubine Wan have been silently accompanying us, and their contributions are not small. They are new to the palace and have always had a good relationship. Now Noble Gong and Concubine An have both been promoted, so will Noble Shen and Concubine Wan also..."
"Hua Fei~" The Queen said in a deep voice, "The palace has its own rules. How can the promotion of a concubine be treated as a joke?"
She reminded him, "No nonsense."
Nian Shilan snorted and rolled her eyes.
He suddenly remembered what the Queen had said, and said:
"The rules are all set by our ancestors. Our ancestors are the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is the Emperor. In fact, as long as the Emperor likes it, it doesn't matter who you are or what position you hold."
She glanced at the Queen, proud of her own smooth speech.
[You, the Queen, said all this in private. How do you refute what you said?]
Queen: “…”
"Good! Concubine Hua is right."
The emperor didn't know whether he was really happy or he was trying to look particularly happy. "Today is a happy day. Let the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepare and we will confer the title together."
[Humph, Zhen Huan, see, the favor you have now is given by me! ]
Compared to the reward given to me by the Emperor for Empress Chunyuan, what Concubine Hua gave me was at least given to me.
Zhen Huan didn't care. She and Shen Meizhuang thanked him happily.
Prince Dun stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."
[If you don’t know whether you should say it or not, just don’t say it, so as to avoid annoying others! ]
When Concubine Duan heard this, a smile appeared on her lips involuntarily.
She has been like this since she entered the palace, extremely bold.
There are so many women in the palace, and they are all afraid of the prince, except her.
Everyone obeyed the prince, but she dared to talk back.
I didn't expect that after so many years, she hasn't changed at all, even her tone is still the same.
Concubine Duan suddenly realized that this was not many years ago.
She and she are no longer the she and she of many years ago.
The smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly disappeared like smoke.
After all, there's no going back.
"Cough cough~" She coughed twice.
The emperor raised his hand and said, "Speak!"
Even if he was not allowed to do so, Prince Dun stood up and was ready to finish his speech. "In the previous dynasty, General Nian made many great achievements in the northwest. In the harem, Concubine Hua has served the emperor for many years and has made both contributions and hard work."
"I think that, in terms of both reason and emotion, Concubine Hua should be the one who is most deserving of the title."
These words were said in response to Sun Miaoqing's promotion to the throne.
The emperor had previously suspected that Concubine Hua was requesting titles for the concubines in the harem to pave the way for himself, but he gave up because of her thoughts and today he is requesting titles for the newcomers again.
It is inevitable that suspicion will arise again.
Especially since Prince Dun also brought this up.
The emperor was already furious because of the Sun Miaoqing incident, and now the former court and the harem were blatantly colluding right under his nose.
It was hard for him not to be angry.
【hiss--】
Nian Shilan was startled and almost sobered up. [Can you just say that? ]
[Fatty! He is cowardly and incompetent, but he is good at tricking the Nian family. ]
[You are asking for a title for me at this time, hoping to take advantage of the situation and do me a favor. Do you really think the emperor is too old and confused to see it? ]
【Lao Deng is extremely suspicious. If I accept this, it will be a confirmation of collusion. If I refuse, he will think that I am being reserved on purpose and putting on an act for him.】
What should I do?
Nian Shilan became more and more angry when she thought about how the dog emperor used the royal concubine's clothes to disgust her in his previous life.
【Who wants to be his concubine? 】
[Stupid! Lao Deng is still kind to you. He shouldn't have locked you up in the clan house. You should be given a chance to be crowned as a red crane! ]
Being imprisoned in the clan affairs office must have been something he did in his previous life.
All the civil and military officials in the court felt that they were too harsh on their brothers and sisters, but they did not expect that Concubine Hua understood them so well.
Humph, a pound of arsenic and a pot of red crane tops.
Se-ran is so adorable.
The emperor remembered that Shilan had recently been talking about "Dog Emperor" and "Four Great Lords" at most, and had not scolded himself "Lao Deng" for a long time.
Old Ten, you are so abominable!
The Empress naturally knew how suspicious the Emperor was, and she couldn't help but worry about Concubine Hua.
Just as I was thinking about saying something on behalf of Nian Shilan, the emperor spoke first.
"Prince Dun is right." He reached out and held Nian Shilan's hand. "I heard that in order to organize this banquet for Wen Yi, you did everything yourself and haven't had a good rest for several days."
[…Who told you that?]
[There are servants in the harem. I can just give them instructions. Why do I have to do it myself and stay up all night? ]
[What did the old woman, the Queen, whisper to Lao Deng? ]
However, Nian Shilan suffered a great loss in her previous life because she was overpraised. When she heard about the imperial concubine in this life, alarm bells started ringing in her mind.
[Is Sun Miaoqing pregnant? ]
[Sun Zhuhe has made contributions and Sun Miaoqing is pregnant, so the emperor thinks the Nian family is worthless and wants to take action against the Nian family in advance? ]