Chapter 151: Imperial Concubine
When the emperor came out of Shoukang Palace, his mind was full of Longkodo and the Fourteenth Prince.
He knew that Nian Shilan's guess was absurd, but the more he thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed.
The Emperor is the Son of Heaven! The Son of Heaven!!!
How dare they?
The emperor has only been on the throne for a short time, and Longkodo is right. He cannot and has no way to take action against an important official like Longkodo so quickly.
The imperial carriage arrived at the Yikun Palace, and Nian Shilan just came out of the warehouse.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Where did you go when you were pregnant instead of resting in the palace?"
The emperor helped Nian Shilan up with both hands and entered the palace together.
"Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and I am pregnant again, so I want to reward the sisters in the harem and have fun together."
[Let these little bastards in the harem see that I am not a noble concubine because of my brother's merits, but because of my own honor and favor! ]
"Your pregnancy is a great joy, and I should be the one to reward you."
[You have always only liked nephews and nieces, and not your own children. How dare I ask you to give me a reward? ]
The emperor was too lazy to think about it and helped Nian Shilan to sit down.
The waiter came in from outside and whispered to Su Peisheng. The emperor asked casually, "What's wrong?"
"emperor……"
Su Peisheng stepped forward and bowed, then glanced at Nian Shilan and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
【If you want to leave, just leave. Why bother with all this? 】
Nian Shilan said considerately, "I think there is something important going on in the government. Your Majesty should go back to Yangxin Palace first."
"What could be more important than you right now?"
The emperor raised his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me."
"The Empress went to Shoukang Palace." Su Peisheng carefully observed the Emperor's reaction, "Perhaps it's for tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival."
"For the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
The emperor looked up and laughed.
[I'm afraid it wasn't the Empress who wanted to go, but the Queen Mother who summoned her, right? ]
[The Queen Mother is trying to kill the baby in my womb, so she wants the Queen to do it? ]
Su Peisheng: "The reunion festival comes once a year, so the Queen must attach great importance to it."
"Reunion Festival?"
The emperor thought of Nian Shilan's words again: Parents who love their children will plan for the long term, and the empress dowager also took great pains for the fourteenth prince.
He held Nian Shilan's hand and said, "Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. I want to take this opportunity to promote you to be the Imperial Consort..."
"Royal Consort?!"
Nian Shilan was shocked, "How could I be worthy of being the imperial concubine?"
[The position of the Imperial Concubine is the same as that of the Vice Queen. The Queen cares most about power. What if I offend the Queen for such a small matter and anger her? What should I do if she sends my child away? ]
【No no! 】
"I have just been promoted to the rank of Imperial Concubine. I am afraid it is inappropriate to be promoted again. Moreover, according to the ancestral system, when the Empress is still alive, it is not easy to be named Imperial Concubine."
Nian Shilan stood up and squatted down, "I am terrified and cannot bear the consequences. Please revoke your order, Your Majesty."
[Don't make enemies for me! ]
"With me here, who dares..."
The emperor wanted to tell Nian Shilan that with him protecting her, no one could send her child away.
But I couldn't answer the question in my heart, so I changed the topic: "Who dares to say anything?"
[The Queen Mother dares! ]
[How dare the censor! ]
[When you get over the excitement, you will forget what you said and start to talk about other people’s things.]
"Your brother Nian Gengyao pacified the northwest, and you have helped the royal family to have children. These are both great achievements that benefit the country, so you are naturally able to take on the responsibility."
[Again, for my brother. 】
The emperor remembered what Nian Shilan had said before, "The laws of our ancestors were all made by the emperor. I am the emperor. If I say you can afford it, you can afford it."
[It’s over, it’s over, it’s over, you’re going to praise me to death again! 】
"Your Majesty, I am honored to be honored."
Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Nian Shilan's brain turned rapidly, "Now that I am pregnant, I am afraid that I can't take care of the affairs of the six palaces. I think that since the position of concubine is vacant, it is better to take this opportunity to confer the title of Jingpin and Lipin together, so that they can help manage the six palaces together."
【It's better to have someone distract you than to be the target all by yourself. 】
The emperor thought it made sense.
The next day, Mid-Autumn Festival, the six palaces paid their respects to the Empress Dowager.
The emperor did not discuss it with the Empress Dowager or the Empress in advance, and without even saying anything, he immediately took Nian Shilan's hand and announced that she would be named the Imperial Consort.
He also ordered the Queen to personally take care of Nian Shilan's fetus.
When Nian Shilan heard this, her heart was almost dead, and she turned to look at the queen.
[This is a damned imperial concubine. It's even more unlucky than the Queen Mother's hairpin. I don't want to be one.]
【Lao Deng insisted on giving it to me! 】
The queen looked straight ahead without even a glance at Nian Shilan.
Nian Shilan's heart was beating fast and she became even more anxious.
"…The Imperial Concubine is pregnant now, and her energy is limited. She has to put aside her duties in the six palaces. The Empress is already in poor health, and she has to take care of the Imperial Concubine's baby. It is inevitable that she will be unable to take care of some things…"
[The queen is not in good health, you can let her take care of herself, I can take care of my own baby myself. ]
"So I discussed with the Royal Concubine..."
[I told you not to make enemies for me, but you insisted on saying that it was me who did it.]
"Jin Jingpin was renamed Jingfei, and Lipin was renamed Lifei. Jingfei had experience in managing the backyard when she was in the palace, so she was given the power to assist in managing the six palaces."
Concubine Jing and Concubine Li stepped down and bowed to express their gratitude.
[It has to be the emperor. Now my intention to control the harem and become the empress has been confirmed. ]
Nian Shilan sighed, [Won’t the Queen hate me to death?]
The Queen Mother saw the same thing.
She was in a good mood, and in addition to the holiday gift she had prepared in advance, she also gave Nian Shilan a hairpin.
It was none other than the Hehe Ruyi hairpin that the Empress Dowager awarded to Shen Meizhuang when she was pretending to be pregnant in her previous life.
The moment she got it, Nian Shilan felt like the sky was falling.
[Why not give her any other hairpin? She knew the emperor was jealous of the Fourteenth Master, but she wore it when she was pregnant with him.]
【The old woman really has ulterior motives. 】
[Does she want the emperor to see this and always consider the brotherhood and release her, Old Fourteen? ]
[If it weren't for her, Shen Meizhuang wouldn't have been shown her hairpins untied and her hair loose in public! ]
[Whoever gets this unlucky hairpin will be unlucky, not to mention Shen Meizhuang, even someone as glamorous as Zhen Huan could not escape it.]
Nian Shilan was very sad.
The emperor took a look and remembered the saying "Parents who love their children will plan for the long term". His queen had planned too much for her little son.
It was clearly me who made her sit on the throne of Queen Mother, but her heart always only had her youngest son.
Everyone left Shoukang Palace, and the concubines were busy congratulating Concubine Jing and Concubine Li.
Feng drove ahead, and Nian Shilan followed to Jingren Palace.
Compared to having her relationship with the queen discovered, she felt that the consequences of offending the queen were more serious.