Wearing a book, hooking him up

Today, Su Jingyao woke up at about the end of the morning hour, got up, and sat in front of the dressing table.

Miaoxia stood by and gently combed her long hair that flowed like a waterfall.

Su Jingyao narrowed her eyes slightly, looking comfortable.

Miaoxia looked at her master's beautiful face in the mirror, picked up a hairpin, and gently inserted it into her bun.

"Master, rumors in the harem spread much faster than those in the East Palace."

Miaoxia frowned slightly, with a hint of indignation in her tone.

"Hmm? Why do you say that?" Su Jingyao raised her eyelids lazily and asked softly.

"Didn't the master go to the Qianqing Palace to see His Majesty yesterday? People in the palace said that you took the initiative to compete for favor, but His Majesty still went to the Yikun Palace and said that even if you gave birth to a prince, you would not be as good as the imperial concubine."

As Miaoxia spoke, anger flashed across her face.

She was furious when she heard the rumors this morning.

If Your Majesty really liked the Imperial Concubine that much, why would he demote her to a concubine? I was just there to comfort the Imperial Concubine last night.

"pretty good."

Su Jingyao just curled the corners of her mouth slightly, then stretched out her slender fingers and started choosing on the dressing table.

Finally, she picked up a white magnolia hairpin that Jun Zechen had given her yesterday.

Smiling, she said, "Please put this hairpin on me."

"Yes, master."

Miaoxia responded, took the hairpin and carefully put it on her hair.

"Miaoxia, if His Majesty knew about these rumors in the palace, he would only feel more distressed for me, and if the other concubines in the palace heard about it, they would only become more jealous of the Imperial Concubine."

Su Jingyao tilted her head slightly, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

After hearing this, Miaoxia thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed true.

But I still felt it was not worth it to hear some of the comments made by the palace people about the master today.

In her heart, the master is the best, so what even if he is a concubine?

At this moment, Miaoyun hurried in and saluted, saying, "Master, the imperial concubine has left the Yikun Palace."

"Well, okay, then I'll get ready to set off as well."

Su Jingyao stood up and prepared to go to the Cining Palace.

The Qianqing Palace is located in the middle of the entire imperial palace, while the Yiku Palace and Zhaochun Palace are palaces among the six eastern palaces, located to the east of the Qianqing Palace.

The Yikun Palace and the Zhaochun Palace are on the same palace road, but the Zhaochun Palace is below the Yikun Palace.

The Cining Palace is located to the south of the six eastern palaces, so the imperial concubine had to pass by the Zhaochun Palace when she came out of the Yikun Palace to go to the Cining Palace.

Su Jingyao walked out of the palace slowly and calmly.

He happened to run into Ling Yue who was on her way to the Cining Palace.

Su Jingyao had a perfect smile on her lips, her eyes were calm and composed, she bent her body slightly, and bowed with elegant and standard movements.

The voice was gentle as she said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. May your Highness live long and happily."

At this moment, Ling Yue's eyes immediately became sharp the moment he saw Su Jingyao.

His gaze fell straight on Su Jingyao's head like a knife, and a trace of undisguised disgust flashed deep in his eyes.

Su Jingyao still kept her head slightly lowered, as if she didn't notice.

Ling Yue inadvertently caught sight of the exquisite white jade hairpin on Su Jingyao's head.

In an instant, her face became even gloomier, and her long nails dug deeply into her palms, but she seemed unaware of it and did not feel the pain at all.

Was there anything more painful for her than last night?

Ling Yue's thoughts suddenly drifted back to last night.

When Jun Zechen stepped into Yiku Palace, she looked up and forced a smile with a hint of bitterness on her face.

Jun Zechen looked at her quietly, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.

Afterwards, he began to explain to her, to comfort her, and even told Ling Yue everything the Queen Mother had said.

Tell her that she can adopt the prince in the future and then become the queen legitimately.

However, for Ling Yue, no matter how well he spoke.

But in the final analysis, isn't it possible that this man's heart has gradually changed?

She did not make a hysterical noise, but just silently imitated Concubine Shu.

Her eyes were red and she looked at Jun Zechen with tears in her eyes. Her eyes were filled with tears that seemed like they would fall at any time.

The way she acted was that she silently accepted all his arrangements, but she felt full of grievance.

Sure enough, when Jun Zechen saw her like this, a look of guilt gradually appeared on his face, and his expression became softer.

She pretended to be generous and said to Jun Zechen: "I heard that Concubine Shu went to the Qianqing Palace today. Your Majesty should have accompanied Concubine Shu. After all, she gave birth to the eldest prince. I know I was wrong. I can accept the punishment from your Majesty and the Queen Mother."

"Yuer is kind-hearted. It's good that you think so. When I came here today, Concubine Shu didn't mind. I ordered Anshun to give Concubine Shu a white jade hairpin to comfort her. She said she liked it before."

"So Yue'er doesn't have to worry about Concubine Shu's mood."

Ling Yue responded obediently: "Yes, I worried too much. Sister Shufei has always been broad-minded, kind and innocent." Ling Yue echoed.

Yes, kind and innocent, otherwise where would the title of "pure" come from?

Shufei was the only one with the title in the entire palace. In addition, Shufei had the eldest prince, so Chun Shufei was almost on the same level as her, the imperial concubine.

Not long after Jun Zechen arrived at Yikun Palace, he began to feel a little sleepy.

Ling Yue gently took off Jun Zechen's outer robe. After he sat on the bed in the bedroom, he looked at Ling Yue's back with a dazed look as she was changing clothes and taking off her hairpins and rings.

The back figure seemed a little blurry in his eyes.

Before Ling Yue had changed, Jun Zechen leaned against the head of the bed and closed his eyes to rest.

When Ling Yue changed her clothes and slowly came over, she called softly, "Your Majesty?"

Jun Zechen opened his eyes upon hearing the voice, and then seemed as if some desire was suddenly ignited.

He suddenly pulled the woman in front of him into his arms, then turned over and pressed her down.

Ling Yue was a little surprised at his sudden action at first, but then she felt a little delighted.

It seemed that he had not been so eager and enthusiastic towards her since Concubine Shu entered the Eastern Palace.

He rained hot kisses down her neck, then moved slowly to her earlobe.

A deep and magnetic voice slowly sounded in her ears, "Yaoyao..."

Ling Yue felt as if he had been hit by a heavy blow, and instantly stood there in a daze.

The hands that were originally tightly around the man's waist also fell down weakly.

It turned out that the two years of love and time were all wasted, and he didn't love her anymore...

After everything that happened, Ling Yue felt as if his brain was in a daze, as if the whole world had lost its reality.

Gradually returning to his senses, Ling Yue's gaze was fixed on the white jade hairpin on Concubine Shu's head.

Therefore, the place Jun Zechen wanted to go most on the first night of his enthronement was Zhaochun Palace, and the person he was thinking about the most was Concubine Chunshu.

Because of her guilt, she had to come to Yikun Palace, so this hairpin was given as compensation specifically to please Concubine Shu?

Jun Zechen came to Yikun Palace just to explain to her and comfort her...

It's really ridiculous that a man's heart can change so quickly.

At this time, Su Jingyao had been bowing slightly for a while, then she slowly raised her eyes with a hint of doubt in her eyes and called softly, "Sister?"

"Please get up, Concubine Chun Shu. I was so fascinated by your beauty that I was mesmerized for a moment. But it's really a coincidence today."

Ling Yue said this expressionlessly, her tone so flat that not a single ripple could be heard.

"Thank you for the compliment, sister. It happens to be today, so how about I go with you?" Su Jingyao said with a smile.

"There is only one way to get to the Cining Palace. You have to go even if you don't want to."

There seemed to be a hint of anger in Ling Yue's tone, a hint of anger that seemed to be suppressed with great effort but difficult to hide completely.

Su Jingyao still had a smile on her face, as if she hadn't noticed anything.

Before she could test her, this obvious hostility was already about to come at her, directly at her.

It seems that Jun Zechen didn't make her happy last night.

Just like that, the two of them walked together on the palace road. It was quiet and no one spoke.

Because they were going to pay respects to the Queen Mother, neither of them took a sedan chair. In addition, these palaces were the central palaces of the imperial palace and were not far away.

When they arrived at the Cining Palace, the other concubines had already arrived.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Queen Mother. May you be blessed with good health and happiness."

Ling Yue and Su Jingyao bowed with a respectful tone. Now that Ling Yue has not become the queen, she can only address her as the queen mother like everyone else.

The Queen Mother sat steadily in the first seat, raising her hand slightly, her expression dignified but with a hint of kindness.

"Get up."

After Ling Yue stood up, she walked to the left side of the Queen Mother and sat down.

Su Jingyao sat on the right side of the Queen Mother with just the right smile on her face.

The other concubines were promoted this time and were canonized by the Empress Dowager.

Su Jingyao's eyes fell on the other women. Today, An Jinyan had a graceful figure. Because of her good family background, she was conferred the title of Zhaorong from the second rank.

Bai Mengli was also conferred the title of a third-rank imperial concubine because her father was the Minister of the Secretariat and had a good family background.

Shen Biwan and Shangguan Yi had not had a strong presence in the Eastern Palace before. Although they were noble ladies from other cities, their status in the harem was not high.

Shen Biwan was conferred the title of Ronghua of the fourth rank, and Shangguan Yi was conferred the title of Meiren of the fifth rank.

Tang Suxi did not come today. She is still recuperating from a miscarriage.

However, because the imperial concubine lost her child, the empress dowager gave her a good position, the fourth rank Ronghua, to make up for her.

After this canonization, Shangguan Yi had the lowest rank among the old people in the palace, and was just a mere beauty.

The Queen Mother slowly looked around at the Emperor's concubines.

The number is still a little small. Now, I am afraid that only the Imperial Concubine and the Concubine Yang can win the Emperor's favor.

But the imperial concubine was infertile.

Because An Zhaorong had a grudge against the imperial concubine, she was naturally not liked by the emperor.

Tang Ronghua was originally favored by the emperor, but she had just lost her child and was afraid that she would not be able to get pregnant in a short time.

As for Concubine Bai, Shen Ronghua, and Concubine Shangguan, they were just insignificant people when they were in the Eastern Palace.

Ugh.

The empress dowager sighed silently in her heart. The emperor still had too few children.

"Today is the first time you have come to the Cining Palace to pay respects since the emperor ascended the throne."

The Queen Mother spoke in a steady voice, her eyes sweeping across the crowd with dignity, "I have two main things to announce."

"The first thing is that I am going to give the right to assist in managing the harem to the Imperial Concubine and the Pure Concubine."

The Queen Mother paused for a moment and continued, "The harem has six bureaus and one department, which command a total of 25 departments. Among them, the Palace Administration Department is independent of the six bureaus."

"I plan to let the Imperial Concubine assist in the management of the Shangyi Bureau, Shangfu Bureau, Shangshi Bureau and Jingshifang, and the Shufei assist in the Shanggong Bureau, Shangqin Bureau, Shanggong Bureau and Gongzhengsi."

Su Jingyao and Ling Yue stood up when they heard the Queen Mother's arrangements.

Ling Yue bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother. I will do my best to manage the affairs of the three palaces and the Jingshifang."

Su Jingyao then bowed, her expression solemn and resolute, "Thanks to the Queen Mother's appreciation, I will do my best to uphold justice, live in harmony with the sisters in the other palaces, and manage the affairs of the three palaces and the Palace Administration Office."

"Get up." The Queen Mother nodded slightly.

Then Su Jingyao and Ling Yue sat back in their seats.

The Queen Mother continued, "Now that the Emperor has few children, I am preparing to select a concubine for him. The time has been set for March. Imperial Concubine and Concubine Chunshu should make arrangements for this."

"Yes, Queen Mother."

The two responded in unison. Ling Yue's face remained expressionless, but her heart was aching uncontrollably.

She must take advantage of His Majesty's guilt to hold on to power. Since His Majesty can change his mind because of Concubine Shu, he can also change his mind because of the new buds.

She won't dwell on it anymore.

Su Jingyao nodded slightly, with a hint of thought in her eyes.