Chapter 316 The Concubine of the Imperial Prince 24
Then he stood up, tidied his clothes, blew out the candles in the room, walked out of the room, and returned to the palace with the secret guards!
After Xiao Junyan left, Qi Baoying slowly opened her eyes. In the darkness, her eyes looked particularly bright!
She actually heard all of Xiao Junyan's confession, but she didn't want to enter the palace.
This is not Qi Baoying being pretentious. She thinks that after entering the palace, other people will interfere in the relationship between the two of them.
As an emperor, it goes without saying that Xiao Junyan will have no shortage of women in his life.
It's not worth it to make yourself unhappy because of these things.
She simply finds it troublesome.
After entering the palace, as the number of women increased, conflicts also increased.
No matter how good a relationship is, it cannot withstand repeated torment and hurt.
Most of Xiao Junyan's concubines entered the palace for various reasons.
In other words, there are powerful forces behind them.
Apart from being rich, Qi Baoying's family is really incomparable to others in other aspects.
Even if Xiao Junyan is wholeheartedly on her side, it is impossible for him to protect her every time.
Sometimes, the emperor has to make concessions due to the situation.
Besides, if the women in the harem knew that Xiao Junyan favored her, she would become the target of public criticism.
These are not women in other people's palaces who like to live a life of fighting.
In the palace, if you don't fight, you will die. What's more, everyone enters the palace for their own families and wants to fight for the best resources for their families.
Qi Baoying basically has no requests for anything from Xiao Junyan. Compared with those people, she is completely a bad player, and it is really not worth it for her to get involved in the harem struggle.
And another advantage of not entering the palace is that you don’t have to abide by so many rules in the palace.
Outside the palace, Xiao Junyan doesn't have to be treated as the emperor, and the two of them can get along more comfortably and easily.
Since Xiao Junyan said that in his heart, the two of them were not the emperor and his concubine, but just two ordinary people.
This means that he also enjoys this way of getting along, so why should Qi Baoying change it?
You don’t have to go into the palace. You can leave the house whenever you want and get up whenever you want. You have the final say in everything.
In comparison, entering the palace is really all about disadvantages.
But it was really too late today. If she expressed her unwillingness to go to work, Xiao Junyan would definitely strongly object.
I want to convince Xiao Junyan, but I don’t know how long it will take.
It really delayed my sleep.
It would be better to wait until someday to discuss this matter specifically so that both of them will have more time.
During these days, just think of Qi Baoying as considering whether to accept Xiao Junyan.
Although Xiao Junyan had no expression on his face on the way back to the palace, people who knew him could tell that he was in a good mood.
At first, Xiao Junyan really didn't know that Qi Baoying was not asleep.
But when Qi Baoying tried to stop him from going on, he discovered that the little girl had been pretending to be asleep.
Xiao Junyan only thought that although Qi Baoying had feelings for him, she was still bound by secular ethics and wanted to be with him, but had many concerns.
That's why he said those words before leaving.
Let Qi Baoying consider carefully whether to accept him, and also show his determination to want her.
He also helped her eliminate her worries and let her know that he would arrange everything.
Won't let her get hurt.
Although Xiao Junyan was not quite sure before, he was 80% sure that the girl had a good impression of him.
Today made him even more certain that the little girl had him in her heart.
As long as you have me in your heart, you can't escape.
I will remove all your worries, Miss Qi, and I'm waiting for you to jump into my arms obediently.
As for whether the Queen Mother in the palace would disagree...
Thinking of the Queen Mother, Xiao Junyan couldn't help but smile at himself.
If Qi Baoying hadn't told him so many stories about the mutual framing in the picture book, he really wouldn't have imagined that his own mother had such sinister intentions towards him!
Xiao Junyan is the second legitimate son and has an older brother.
That is the current Queen Mother’s most precious treasure!
Because she was the Queen Mother's first child, she was always treated as the apple of her eye.
As a result, he developed an arrogant personality.
When the child grows up, it is discovered that he has grown crooked, and it is too late to straighten him.
Fortunately, after many years, the Queen Mother became pregnant again and gave birth to her second son, Xiao Junyan.
Xiao Junyan was taught personally by the late emperor, and he excelled in everything.
But loving the eldest son has become a habit that the Queen Mother cannot change.
Sometimes I think that Xiao Junyan is so outstanding just because he was taught by the late emperor.
If her eldest son was also taught by the late emperor himself, he might be even better than Xiao Junyan.
Even though the Queen Mother knew that it was her youngest son who would bring her glory in the future, she still couldn't help but favor her eldest son.
This time, the drugging was done by the empress dowager's eldest son, Xiao Junyan's biological brother, with the help of the empress dowager's people in the imperial court.
He wanted to kill Xiao Junyan's offspring, then adopt his own son to Xiao Junyan, and then help his son take the throne.
Although Xiao Junyan already has a child, the child is still young. It is normal for children to die due to minor illnesses.
After the Queen Mother knew about this, she did not stop it, but simply replaced the sterilization drugs with contraceptives.
This can be considered as the last bit of kindness that this biological mother showed to Xiao Junyan.
Every time Xiao Junyan summoned his concubines to his palace, he would put harmless contraceptive pills in their tea.
After sexual intercourse, the medicinal effects will be automatically excreted from the body. No wonder the imperial physician has not been able to detect it for so many years.
Xiao Junyan cleaned up the imperial court thoroughly and removed all the people belonging to other people.
Although nothing was said explicitly, the palace maid who served tea was returned to the Queen Mother.
There were also some shameful things that her eldest son did in private, which were compiled into a booklet and given to the Queen Mother.
This is a warning to the Queen Mother. If she doesn't keep an eye on her eldest son and helps him do these disgusting things, Xiao Junyan doesn't mind taking action himself and getting rid of the Queen Mother's beloved child.
Doing so would basically sever the mother-son bond, and their relationship from then on would be just that of the empress dowager and the emperor.
The eunuch chief steward saw Xiao Junyan coming back from afar, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly helped Xiao Junyan change clothes and wash up.
Xiao Junyan asked, "Did anything happen today?"
The chief eunuch replied, "Your Majesty, everything is normal and no one has come!"
Xiao Junyan hummed softly and turned to walk towards the bathroom.
Soaking in the bathtub, Xiao Junyan felt relaxed all over. Unconsciously, the figure of Qi Baoying appeared in his mind again.
Qi Baoying slept very soundly that night. After breakfast, she called Lian Cui and Lian Yu, and they went for a stroll in the garden together.
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