Light Dance Jiajing

Seeing that he was silent, Meng'er said nothing and turned to walk out. The emperor looked at Shang'er and didn't have time to ask her what was going on. He chased Meng'er to the west warm room. Meng'er was about to close the door when the emperor hurriedly blocked her from outside. He asked anxiously, "Xiao Nan, what are you doing?"

Mei'er knew that he would have questions, but what was there to explain? Mei'er slowly raised her hand and placed her palm on his heart. She looked up at him sadly and said, "I'm the only one here, right?" Then she pretended to be relaxed and said, "Then, that's enough!" The emperor held her hand for a long time and couldn't speak, "Xiao Nan..." Mei'er covered his lips with her hand to stop him from saying the next words, and whispered, "You don't have to say anything, I understand." Then she retreated to the door and slowly closed it, isolating him outside. The emperor stared at the door for a long time before turning and leaving. Listening to his footsteps gradually fading away, Mei'er slowly closed her eyes. She was unwilling in her heart. How could she let go of such a thing? She had to show magnanimity because she couldn't stop it. In the end, she still felt depressed, but did she have a choice?

Luoluo brought tea to her. She understood Meng'er's feelings, so she asked in confusion: "Princess, why did you bring Shang'er back? You obviously don't like her."

Meng'er glanced at Luluo, knowing that Luluo followed her every day, and she must have seen everything about her and the emperor. Perhaps Luluo had seen their unusual relationship. Meng'er thought self-deprecatingly, not only Luluo, there must be a lot of rumors about her in and outside the palace. Forget it, who cares what others say. Meng'er said to Luluo: "The emperor sent Shang'er away just because he knew that I didn't like her, but would he be willing? Why should I be the bad guy?" Meng'er wanted to say the next sentence, and if there was no Shang'er, there would be no others? Should she get rid of them one by one? Shang'er's bracelet was obviously given by the emperor. He had feelings for Shang'er, but he still took her feelings into consideration, so he sent Shang'er away. That was enough. Since he took her into consideration, why did she force him into a desperate situation like a crazy woman? Meng'er could only comfort herself now that his heart was hers, and it would be hers forever, and that was enough.

Mei'er seldom went to the East Warm Pavilion to find him anymore, but he would come to accompany Mei'er whenever he was free. In the past, Mei'er asked Luluo to find out gossips, but Luluo was afraid that she would be angry after hearing it, so she concealed it from her. Now that Mei'er didn't let her find out, she became addicted. Now she told him everything she heard: "As soon as Shang'er came back, all the maids in the Qianqing Palace tried to curry favor with her, and even our servants tried to get close to her. Humph, isn't it enough for them to be with the princess? Don't you see who brought Shang'er back?"

Meng'er thought that Shang'er seemed to be very favored, so why not give her a title? Meng'er thought about it and walked towards the East Warm Pavilion with Luluo. The emperor did not expect Meng'er to come. He put down the official documents and walked down the imperial desk and asked, "Why are you here?"

Meng'er said, "Can't you come over and take a walk?" As soon as she came in, she saw Shang'er serving on the side. As expected, she was the only one serving there.

The emperor said, "Okay, why not? Actually, if you have anything to say, just let Luluo call me. I will come to you now that I am so close."

Mei'er glanced at Shang'er, as if she had just seen her, and said to the emperor, "Shang'er is here too." Shang'er hurriedly bowed and saluted. Mei'er pretended to smile and said, "I heard that Shang'er has been very favored recently."

The emperor's face changed, and he dared not answer. Shang'er knelt on the ground in fear. She was afraid that Meng'er would drive her away again. She knew that she had been favored for a few days, but she knew even more clearly that the emperor would not protect her in front of the princess. Meng'er said, "What did I say to scare you so much? Get up." Shang'er did not dare to get up. She crawled on the ground and did not even dare to raise her head. Meng'er said to the emperor helplessly, "This is your fault. Since you favor Shang'er, you should give her a status. In my opinion, you should make her a beauty."

The emperor didn't believe that what Meng'er said was from the heart, and looked at her suspiciously. Meng'er looked back at him and said, "Don't you believe that I mean well?"

The emperor didn't know how to answer her straightforward question. At this moment, he was like a husband caught cheating by his wife. Suddenly, he thought that Meng'er was testing him again by asking this question. Yes, it must be the case. He was about to order Shang'er to be driven out of the palace again, but then he thought, since Meng'er minded so much, he must drive her away farther this time, so that Meng'er wouldn't think of using this matter to find fault with him again. It is undeniable that he really likes Shang'er. It is a pity to drive her away like this, but there are so many women in the palace, and there is no need to create a gap between him and Meng'er for a woman. He called Feng Shun in and said, "Take Shang'er away..." Meng'er interrupted him before he finished speaking and said to Feng Shun, "Eunuch Feng, my father just said that Shang'er will be named a beauty. She will be Concubine Shang in the future. You should take Concubine Shang down quickly. Where will Concubine Shang live in the future? Eunuch Feng, you can arrange it."

After hearing what Meng'er said, Feng Shun looked up at the emperor again. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he hurried over to help Shang'er up. Shang'er was unable to react for a moment and was mechanically supported by Feng Shun. When she finally came to her senses, she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Meng'er, muttering to herself: "Thank you, princess, thank you, princess, thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, princess..." She knew in her heart that if Meng'er hadn't stopped her, the emperor would have driven her out.

Feng Shun took Shang'er out, and the emperor carefully asked Meng'er, "Why are you doing this?"

Meng'er pouted and said, "Is it okay for me to be jealous of Shang'er? I hate her hanging around you every day. Send her away. At least you won't see her all the time."

The emperor observed Meng'er and saw that she was not really angry, so he pulled her to sit on the couch and said with a smile: "If you don't like her, just drive her out of the palace and never see her again. Don't make you angry because of a servant." The emperor knew that the more indifferent he sounded, the better Meng'er would be.