Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

The next day—

Ran Qianxi woke up and found Liu Xun was no longer around. She turned over helplessly as she had been sleeping with the unfaithful man for the past two days.

"This month is a bad month..."

By the time she was dressed and leaving the house, it was already past noon, and no matter how fast the carriage was, it was still late...

"broken!"

She strode into the classroom. Liu Xun was even gentler today than he was yesterday.

"Uncle...I...got up late again..."

Liu Xun smiled. She woke up and didn't see him, not because he was unfaithful, but because he couldn't bear to wake her up.

"Be careful next time."

"I promise there won't be a next time. We stayed up too late last night..."

Liu Xun's ears felt slightly hot, his heart beat faster, and his hand holding the book froze.

"It's my fault..."

"No, I just haven't been feeling well these days."

Qian Jingyang observed the expressions of the two and felt that something was wrong. Just as she walked to the desk, the imperial edict was announced outside the hall.

"Ran Qianxi, the daughter of the president of the Hanlin Academy, has received the decree."

Ran Qianxi paused and walked out steadily.

"Your servant accepts the order."

She knelt on the ground to receive the imperial edict with proper manners. She was never a playboy in serious situations. It would be hard for anyone not to have some suspicious thoughts when seeing her.

"The little girl of the Ran family is beautiful and intelligent, gentle and dignified, and smart as ice and snow. She has won my heart, so I have canonized her as a noble concubine and given her the title of Shu. She will enter the palace five days after the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. I decree this..."

After hearing this absurd imperial edict, Ran Qianxi was terrified, as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over him from head to toe. He knelt there in a daze and refused to get up.

Manager Sun waited for a moment, but there was no sign that she had any intention of accepting the order.

"Miss Ran... Oh no, that's not right, Madam Imperial Concubine, please express your gratitude quickly, are you so happy?"

Ran Qianxi frowned. If the strangest thing in her life was Xu Yuanchao's marriage certificate, then the second was that she had never seen the emperor but had received this title.

"My maid..."

Liu Xun came out upon hearing the voice. He had never thought in his life that he would compete with the emperor for a woman.

Ran Qianxi was hesitant and stammering, when suddenly Baili Yong walked in.

"Don't want to accept the order?"

Ran Qianxi knelt down and did not answer, Baili Yong was not very happy.

"If you disobey the imperial decree, your entire clan will be executed."

She had never thought of entering the palace and marrying the emperor, and she must have been extremely unwilling to accept the order, but she was accused of murdering her entire clan.

"Even though you have a good foster father like the King of Jibei, you are still a subject after all. You have to think carefully. The lives of many people in the Ran family depend on this."

Ran Qianxi looked up at him, very angry!

"Didn't you run away? Why are you back here making sarcastic remarks? Do you have nothing to do?"

Such brazen words frightened Manager Sun so much that he broke out in a sweat.

Baili Yong smiled, and the nostalgia in his eyes seemed to be less.

"Why don't you want to accept the order? The emperor has not yet appointed a concubine."

Ran Qianxi was about to speak, but was choked back by him.

"Ran Yuelian's position as the president of the Hanlin Academy was not easy to come by."

Ran Qianxi rolled her eyes at him angrily.

"What's wrong with you? What does this have to do with you? How dare you threaten me?"

Baili Yong closed his eyes slightly, and regained the love he had when they first met.

"Just a kind reminder."

Ran Qianxi hesitated again and again. The imperial edict had already been issued, so she should not resist in vain. However, Tan Qianhuan would not dare to disobey openly, so it would be wise not to get involved.

"Your Majesty, thank you for your grace..."

Manager Sun finally let go of his worries and politely handed over the imperial edict.

Baili Yong smiled with satisfaction, but Ran Qianxi and Liu Xun couldn't smile at all.

"Your Highness, please take a good rest these days. Tomorrow, the royal concubine's clothes will be delivered. After the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the imperial carriage will come to the mansion to pick you up."

"Thank you, Manager Sun."

Manager Sun bowed to Ran Qianxi and Baili Yong and left the academy.

Ran Qianxi held the imperial edict impatiently, and when he passed by Liu Xun, his eyes were full of heartache.

Qian Jingyang's eyes were full of blessings, but Shang Zilai had a complicated expression.

She sat back at the desk and threw the imperial edict on the table. Baili Yong frowned and felt sulky.

"Are you so unwilling?"

Ran Qianxi looked at him, feeling extremely upset.

"Hey, what do you care about me?"

Baili Yong was furious.

"I shouldn't have sealed you off."

Liu Xun raised his eyes and looked at him without saying anything, but Ran Qianxi heard something.

"What did you say?"

Baili Yong raised his eyebrows. Now was not the right time to reveal his identity.

"I really shouldn't have banned you."

"Tsk, if you say you don't want to block it, then don't block it!"

Baili Yong sat down angrily, but he still couldn't adjust his mentality.

"He's probably crazy."

Ran Qianxi looked at him strangely and ignored him.

There were many women who were favored by him at one time, but none of them had ever been canonized, let alone been named a noble concubine. The only noble concubine by his side was second only to him and above everyone else.

"Don't worry. If my elder sister can enter the palace smoothly, I will let her accompany you."

Ran Qianxi looked at Shang Zilai and smiled. Perhaps this is the meaning of friendship.

"Sister Zijie passed the junior high school election?"

"Yes, he was also selected into the palace after the Queen Mother's birthday banquet."

Ran Qianxi smiled faintly, and suddenly felt strange. If there was no Imperial Noble Consort, then the Noble Consort would have the same rank as the Imperial Noble Consort. Why was she given such a high title right from the start? Under the Noble Consort there were concubines, imperial concubines, imperial concubines, beauties, and talented women.

"Is the Emperor crazy?"

Baili Yong looked at her, still angry, and looked like a daughter who had been toyed with by a heartless man.

"You just know he's crazy..."

"Tsk, you ungrateful man, don't talk to me."

Baili Yong stood up angrily, and scared Xia Ying so much that she knelt on the ground.

"I'm unfaithful? I've given you my heart, body and position, and you say I'm unfaithful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed out the door!

Ran Qianxi was confused for a moment, but Liu Xun understood everything. With her kung fu, it was not surprising that she won the heart of the king.

"What's wrong with him? Is there something wrong with him..."

Upon learning about their daughter's experience in the imperial city, Ran Yuelian and Xiahou Jin hurried back from their hometown in Jizhou.

Birthday party day -

Tan Qianhuan came to the Ran Mansion early. He might have thought that if he had taken action earlier, such a difficult thing would not have happened.

"Father~"

Ran Qianxi saw him from afar and ran over, but when he stood in front of her, she teased him and kissed him passionately.

The imperial decree had been issued, and no matter how intoxicated Tan Qianhuan was, he slowly pushed her away.

"Xi'er, be careful."

Ran Qianxi looked at her adoptive father who looked like a completely different person in front of her and felt extremely uncomfortable. If it weren't for this imperial decree, she couldn't imagine how happy the two of them would be together.

Tan Qianhuan raised his right hand and wanted to touch her but couldn't. However, his heart was also broken.

"If I had insisted that night, would my godfather have agreed?"