Quick Travel: The Long Road to Resurrection

Hongli praised the imperial concubine highly and rewarded her with many precious things.

The imperial concubine returned to Xianfu Palace happily.

As night fell, Fengluan Chun'en carriage arrived at the Nan Mansion and took Bai Ruiji to the Yangxin Palace. When they arrived at the door, the servants who served in the imperial court first led her to the enclosure.

The bedroom nanny taught her how to serve the emperor. After she washed and bathed, she was rolled up and carried to the dragon bed in the Yangxin Palace.

As Hongli gently lifted the corner of the quilt, a pair of clear and round eyes like a deer blinked at him. Bai Ruiji approached slowly and gently. He put his arms around her waist and brought her into his arms. When their eyes met, they were full of ambiguity.

On this night, Bai Ruiji fully unleashed her charm, and the emperor was immersed in it and very satisfied with her.

The next day

Changchun Palace

A group of concubines came early to pay their respects to the Queen. They sat together, chattering about the sound of the Phoenix Spring Grace carriage they heard on the long street last night.

I thought it was some seductive woman present who had caused the Emperor to perform the Zhougong Ceremony during the mourning period for the late emperor. Seeing that no one acknowledged that Concubine Jia was malicious, she asked first if it was the Imperial Concubine.

The imperial concubine quickly retorted that even if it was the case, she would not do it secretly.

The two were puzzled. Who else could it be but someone present here? Concubine Jia's tone revealed curiosity and contempt. She felt that this favored person was being secretive.

As everyone was discussing more and more heatedly, Langya had already finished dressing up and slowly walked out of the inner room.

Upon seeing this, all the concubines stood up and saluted, saying in unison: "Your servants, your servants pay their respects to the Queen."

Langya smiled and nodded at everyone, then asked all the concubines to stand up and sit down.

Then, Langya's gaze lingered on Concubine Jia for a moment. As long as she was on Concubine Jia, she could hear her chattering very loudly in the inner room. She was not a peaceful person on weekdays, and she had bad intentions in her heart, instigating others everywhere.

Therefore, they prepared to give her a good beating to prevent her from wandering around the six palaces all day and causing trouble.

"Lady Jia, I heard your voice in the inner room just now. It was really loud and powerful!" There was a hint of reproach in Langya's tone.

When Concubine Jia heard this, her heart tightened. Of course she could hear the dissatisfaction in the Queen's words.

After all, she always liked to act outspoken, sow discord, and instigate other concubines. Unexpectedly, this behavior was discovered by the queen.

Concubine Jia could only play dumb and replied, "Empress, I was just saying that I didn't see the Emperor turn over the cards yesterday, so how come I heard the sound of the Phoenix Spring Grace carriage running on the long street at night? I don't know which sister is sleeping with him."

Langya didn't care whether she didn't understand or was pretending not to understand.

The news that Bai Ruiji was promoted to Mei Dan Dan was directly announced to everyone.

"Last night, Concubine Mei was serving in the Yangxin Palace. Now we have a new person to accompany us. Just now, the Imperial Household Department has conveyed the emperor's oral order that Nanfu Bai will be named Concubine and be granted residence in Yonghe Palace."

Everyone was shocked. A new person had arrived, and they hadn't even conceived a baby yet!

"The Concubine should have seen it yesterday."

After hearing Nanfu's words, Concubine Hui kept muttering, "Nanfu, could it be that pipa prostitute? Yesterday, the emperor summoned pipa prostitutes to listen to music. Among them, the one with the most beautiful eyebrows and eyes, who played the phoenix-necked pipa, played it terribly. It was simply a waste of a good pipa."

Su Lujun said: "It doesn't matter how good your pipa skills are, as long as the emperor likes you."

Concubine Jia felt aggrieved and thought that a ridiculous pipa prostitute from the Nan Mansion was on the same level as them, which was an insult to them, the concubines.

"Empress, that prostitute is of such lowly status that she is not worthy of being made a concubine and being on equal footing with us. Besides, the Emperor is still in mourning!"

Langya stared at Concubine Jia and reprimanded her unhappily, "Concubine Jia is being presumptuous."

Concubine Jia quickly knelt down and confessed her crime, repeatedly promising that she would not do it again. Only then did Langya let her go.

In fact, all the concubines agreed with what Concubine Jia said, especially Qingying.

A lowly prostitute is nothing but a laughing stock. A person like that would soil her shoes before carrying them. How could her young man become like this?

When he was in the palace, he let Zhepin, a lowly maidservant for trial marriage, snatch his son and give birth to his child. Now that he has entered the palace, he still likes people like Zhepin.

But Jin, the tribute, had no right to say this. She was the same person as Concubine Zhe and that lowly prostitute Bai. A palace maid, a tribute from a small country, had no right to look down on the prostitutes of the Nan Mansion. They were all slaves.

All the concubines remained silent, but looked at Langya with a hint of pleading in their eyes, hoping that she, the queen, would advise the emperor not to appoint a Nanfu music prostitute as a concubine.

Langya became angry when she saw that the concubines were silent and acted like they were the ones who had to persuade the emperor.

Langya doesn't care about the emperor's affairs. This is just the beginning. There will be more ridiculous things in the future. These people are now impatient and can't sit still.

He wanted to persuade him to go in, but these people didn't want him to be the first to do so. They even hoped that he would act even more ridiculous!

She warned the concubines to obey the emperor's decision and not disobey him, and also made her own position clear. In any case, she strongly supported Hongli's decision.

the other side

When the emperor heard what Langya had done, he felt that she had finally come to her senses. Thinking that he had indeed neglected the queen during this period of time, he happily went to Changchun Palace.

"Langya, you are very good, very virtuous, and very much like a queen. I will stay in your palace tonight."

When Langya heard this, she wondered how Hongli could repay kindness with enmity, so she quickly tried to stop him, saying that there was the Empress Dowager, an elder in the palace, and he should visit her more often.

When Hongli heard this, he felt that Langya was indeed virtuous. Although he said that he wanted to accompany her, he actually couldn't let go of Bai in his heart. After all, it had only been one day and it was still new.

However, Langya was right. There was still the Queen Mother above him, and he felt a little uneasy about marrying a new bride during the mourning period.

He praised Langya a few more words and hurried to the Cining Palace.

Cining Palace

Hongli personally brought almond juice to the empress dowager. "Madam, this is freshly brewed almond juice. Drink it while it's hot."

The Queen Mother did not take it. She stared at him and said, "The Emperor is like this, but he knows what he did wrong."

Hongli's skin tightened, as if he had returned to the time when he was a prince, and the Empress Dowager lectured him in the same tone. He admitted his mistake reflexively, "It is against the rules for a son to marry a new woman while he is still in mourning."

The Queen Mother nodded, satisfied with Hongli's humble attitude, and reached out to take the almond juice.

"Please sit down, Emperor."

"Although singing and dancing are prohibited during the mourning period, it is still in accordance with the rules for the emperor to observe mourning for days instead of months."

"We have to consider the royal heirs. You only have two sons and three daughters, which is not a lot. You can't compare to the Holy Ancestor's numerous descendants, which is very enviable."

"It's because there aren't many people in your harem. Except for the Queen, Concubine Zhe and Concubine Chun, the rest of them have no children. I am always worried about you."

"After all, it's a mourning period to marry a new bride. It won't sound good if people tell others about it. So if that's the case, the canonization ceremony will be waived. Just give more rewards and that's fine."

When Hongli heard that the empress dowager was considering him, he agreed.