Chapter 476 I am the Empress, I will treat everyone equally.
Hearing her words, Ji Qingwu smiled.
Wei Liru asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Ji Qingwu chuckled and said, "I'm laughing at you. You don't understand the Emperor's heart at all, and you don't understand the Emperor himself at all."
Wei Liru frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Ji Qingwu said, "I am the Empress."
Wei Liru thought she was being accused of disrespect, so she changed her form of address and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"
Ji Qingwu straightened the golden crown, which was not crooked, and then picked up the golden jewel next to the phoenix throne and tossed it in his hand.
She emphasized it again.
"I am the Empress."
Wei Liru looked at her, her face full of confusion.
Ji Qingwu said slowly, "Does Consort Wei think that the Emperor is the kind of person who would let his beloved woman be subservient to someone else and suffer as a concubine for the rest of her life?"
The smile on her lips was tinged with mockery.
"You truly love her, so you're willing to make her a concubine?"
Emperor Wusu, a man of such high aspirations and pride, would certainly not do such a cowardly thing. Offering the empress's position was enough to show his sincerity.
Ji Qingwu remembered that the system had said his heartbeat value was full, and thought he should go back and test it again later, so as to explore the emperor's feelings.
She turned around, gently placed Jinbao back on the table, and turned back to see Wei Liru standing there in astonishment.
Ji Qingwu generously said, "Consort Wei knows too little about love. Although I don't know much either, I can still teach you a thing or two."
"When a man falls in love, he will want to marry his beloved and be with her every day."
"I'm only worried that I'm not giving her enough."
As soon as he finished speaking, a servant announced his arrival from outside.
Xiao Dongzi walked in cheerfully, knelt down and said, "This servant greets Your Majesty the Empress."
Ji Qingwu said, "Get up."
Xiao Dongzi then noticed that Consort Wei was also there. His expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his smile.
He deliberately raised his voice and said, "Your Majesty, this servant has come on the Emperor's orders. The Emperor has bestowed upon me many treasures."
Xiao Dongzi clapped his hands, and the eunuchs behind him filed in.
Not to mention the brocade jewelry, there are dozens of tea sets, porcelain, inkstones, screens, and incense burners alone, all kinds of things, a dazzling array, which cannot be displayed in the Chenning Palace.
Ji Qingwu could only beckon Fanghua in, and first pack some of the items and put them in the inner storeroom.
She smiled and said, "Giving too much isn't a good thing either, Consort Wei, don't you agree?"
Wei Liru's eyes turned red with anger, and she turned and left the hall.
Just then, Ji Qingwu called out from behind her, "Consort Wei has acted recklessly. She is hereby punished by being confined to Guanju Palace for one month. This decree is to be issued to all the palaces."
Aunt Fanghua bowed her head and said, "Yes."
This morning has been quite a hassle, and there's another task ahead: Ji Qingwu needs to go to Cining Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, but the Emperor and Empress should go with him.
Before the appointed time arrived, Ji Qingwu waited in the palace for a while, but instead of Emperor Wusu, he was met with solid cannonballs.
"Mother!"
Children grow up so fast; when Qiuqiu rushed towards Ji Qingwu, she really wanted to dodge.
But worried that this would hurt her little girl's feelings, she secretly gathered her strength and assumed a horse stance to prepare for Chiu Chiu's pounce.
Ji Qingwu caught Qiuqiu and held her in his arms. Yuan Heng walked steadily into Chenning Palace and greeted them in a proper manner.
"Your subject greets Your Majesty!"
Ji Qingwu held Qiuqiu in one arm, took Yuan Heng's hand, and the three of them returned to the couch in the inner room.
She sat on the edge of the couch and said with a smile, "Didn't we say we'd have lunch together? Why are you here so early?"
Yuan Heng looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "Chiu Chiu would like to come and sit in the Empress Dowager's palace."
Qiuqiu immediately exposed the truth: "It was His Highness who wanted to come. He got up a long time ago and kept asking Xiao Shunzi what time it was."
Ji Qingwu patted Yuan Heng on the back of the head and said gently, "Heng'er, you can come whenever you want."
She noticed how Qiuqiu addressed Yuanheng and said, "Qiuqiu, you should call him brother."
Chiu Chiu was very interested in the golden crown and hairpins on Ji Qingwu's head, touching and poking at them. When she heard her mother's words, she pouted.
"I won't call it."
Yuan Heng said, "Mother, I have already explained it to her, but this matter is too sudden, and she may need some time to accept it."
Ji Qingwu held the little girl's hand, thinking that she had indeed neglected to care for the child during this period of time.
She said earnestly, "Chirp, what's on your mind? You need to tell your mother. Don't you like the palace?"
Chiu Chiu shook her head, pulled her hand away, and touched the golden hairpin on her head, looking very pleased with it.
Ji Qingwu guessed, "You don't like Yuan Heng?"
Without hesitation, Chiu Chiu shook her head vigorously, like a rattle-drum.
So where does the problem lie?
Ji Qingwu asked again, "Do you... dislike Father Emperor?"
Chiu Chiu thought for a moment, then slowly shook her head.
"The child's father is fine too," Ji Qingwu said, puzzled. "Since you like everything, why don't you want to acknowledge your brother?"
With her hands on her hips, Chiu Chiu shouted, "We're the same age, I want to be the older sister!"
Ji Qingwu chuckled, patted her little bottom, and said, "How can that be? Heng'er was born before you, even if it was only half a quarter of an hour, he's still the older brother."
Qiuqiu seemed fixated on being the older sister; no matter how much Ji Qingwu tried to persuade her, she refused to call him "brother."
Yuan Heng suddenly said, "Mother, actually, Qiuqiu can be the older sister."
Chirp's eyes lit up instantly.
Ji Qingwu looked at the little guy, her gaze gentle yet filled with heartache, and said, "Heng'er, whether they are siblings or cousins is determined at birth. You don't have to go along with her wishes."
Yuan Heng replied decisively, "If Mother has another younger brother or sister, that will be enough."
Chiu Chiu responded enthusiastically, "Then I want a little brother!"
Ji Qingwu: ......
She still wanted to treat everyone equally.
As it turns out, she was the one being held by the two little elves together.
Emperor Wusu did not appear until lunchtime, and Emperor Li Yuzong personally brought many snacks suitable for children.
At the dinner table, seeing Ji Qingwu's hesitant expression, Li Yuzong looked at her expectantly.
He hinted, "Your Majesty, is there anything you wish to convey to His Majesty? This old servant will relay it for you, and I guarantee not a single word will be missed."
Ji Qingwu said, "Regarding the matter of going to Cining Palace to pay respects..."
Since the palace coup, everyone in Cining Palace has been under house arrest, and the Empress Dowager is now only in name.
But the Empress was, after all, a member of the Ji clan. Li Yuzong said, "It depends on Your Majesty's mood. If you wish to go, this old servant will go back and inform His Majesty, and I will accompany you. If you do not wish to go, that is also fine."
Ji Qingwu said, "Then I won't go."
The world is vast, but her own body is the most important; she needs to rest.
Li Yuzong left Chenning Palace with a long sigh.
Ji Qingwu took a nap in the afternoon, until the sky had darkened. While still half-asleep, she activated the system.
She yawned and asked, "Peanut, what was the rating last night?"
[Host, you are a B-level host.]
Ji Qingwu took a moment to process it before confirming, "Rank D or Rank B?"
[The B-grade one with the "boo boo boo boo boo" sound]
Ji Qingwu was wide awake and asked, "What's that 'heartbeat value' now?"
[Return to host, 100%]
Ji Qingwu sneered.
She thought Emperor Wusu was furious, but it turns out that His Majesty was extremely happy and comfortable last night, while she was the one who was tormented.
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