Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

After the banquet, Ran Qianxi trotted to catch up with her parents and adoptive father.

"Wait for me~"

Tan Qianhuan suddenly looked back, stretched out his right hand, and Baili Yong was thrown to the ground.

"Walk."

Ran Qianxi smiled and pulled him up. It was not bad to have a foster father. Even though she was the emperor's concubine, she was also his adopted daughter. It was okay to be closer to her.

"stop."

Ran Qianxi's mood, which had just improved, was ruined again by Baili Yong, and she turned her head back impatiently.

"What's the matter again, my Lord?"

"You're just going to leave me here?"

Ran Qianxi suppressed her anger and walked over and bowed.

"Your Majesty, please retire."

"I didn't ask you to say that."

Ran Qianxi raised her head slowly.

"So what? You still want to go home with me?"

After enduring the whole thing, Tan Qianhuan finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Your Majesty has already issued the decree, so why bother with the details? The time for entering the palace has not yet arrived, so I hope Your Majesty will be cautious."

Baili Yong raised his eyebrows and walked away. He thought he was afraid of him.

"Should the King of Jibei return to his fiefdom?"

Tan Qianhuan smiled, he thought he was afraid of him.

"I will be back soon, Your Majesty, don't worry."

The military power in Tan Qianhuan's hands should not be underestimated. If he is forced to rebel, Baili Yong may not be able to bear it. However, no matter how much he hates him, he cannot do it openly.

"King Jibei's words make sense. Tomorrow is the day Xier enters the palace. I can wait for that, but I'm afraid there's no need to wait any longer for King Jibei to return to his fiefdom."

"Your Majesty has personally drafted an imperial decree, Xier will enter the palace five days after the Queen Mother's birthday banquet."

"King Jibei, I am grateful for your contribution to the country, so I will give you some face. I hope you will remember that you are my subject."

Tan Qianhuan smiled calmly.

"Of course I remember, but the imperial decree was issued by you personally, so you can't joke about it."

Although Ran Qianxi was a playboy, she knew that if she continued like this, she would incur the wrath of the emperor.

"Yes, yes, yes... That concubine will definitely marry you when the time comes. Your Majesty, please don't be anxious."

"You're speaking for him."

Ran Qianxi looked embarrassed.

"Haha, he is my adoptive father, don't be like this, my parents are timid..."

Baili Yong glanced at Xiahou Jin and Ran Yuelian.

"Ran Qing, please don't blame Xier when you return home."

"The minister obeys the order."

Ran Mansion

Ran Yuelian walked into the hall and gave the main seat to Tan Qianhuan.

"Your Majesty, please take your seat."

Tan Qianhuan smiled faintly and sat on it.

Ran Qianxi pestered him to recognize this adoptive father. When Ran Yuelian learned that his daughter had recognized the powerful King of Jibei as her adoptive father, he was unable to react for three days.

Although Baili Yong issued an order not to let him criticize too harshly, Ran Qianxi still knelt down and admitted his mistake.

"My daughter knows she is wrong..."

Ran Yuelian picked her up, and when she knelt, the nine clans were almost wiped out again.

"The Nine Clans almost lost their lives at your hands."

"Dad, I really know I was wrong. I promise I won't scold the emperor anymore..."

Ran Yuelian sat back down, and the four elders in the hall were all worried.

When other families conferred a title of beauty upon their daughter, they would set off firecrackers, but when their family consorted a noble concubine, she was so lifeless.

"Okay, don't worry about it. I think my daughter can adapt."

Ran Yuelian looked at Xiahou Jin, still feeling indescribably worried. There were endless fights in the deep palace, and how many favored concubines would have a good ending?

"She would be sent to the cold palace within half a month."

Xiahou Jin was also worried.

"I see that His Majesty dotes on her, so she should be fine."

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. I know that being with the emperor is like being with a tiger. The emperor's favor will never last forever. Besides...the more Your Majesty favors her, the faster things will go wrong."

Ran Qianxi also fell silent. It would be better for her to marry Xu Yuanchao as a second wife.

"King Jibei, I know you care about Xier, but for the sake of Jizhou, it's better for you not to get involved."

Tan Qianhuan naturally knew that Ran Yuelian knew right from wrong, but he really felt sorry for his Xier.

"If you don't want to enter the palace, I can fight to the death for you."

Ran Qianxi, Liu Xun, Xiahou Jin, and Ran Yuelian all looked up in surprise.

"Father..."

"Just tell me if you don't want to."

Ran Qianxi hesitated for a moment, and her eyes slowly turned red as she looked at him. A pearly tear flowed down her face, and Tan Qianhuan immediately stood up to help her wipe it away.

"Don't cry, Xi'er."

Ran Qianxi broke down and hugged him and cried loudly.

"I do not want..."

Tan Qianhuan comforted her gently.

"Since you don't want to, I will take you back to Jizhou tomorrow and use all my strength to make him abolish this decree."

Hearing this, Liu Xun, Ran Yuelian and the other two immediately understood what he was thinking.

"No... He is the emperor after all. I don't want my foster father to lose his peace because of me."

"Ease is not more important than you."

The two of them did not offer sacrifices to the heavens or their ancestors. Tan Qianhuan's identity was very important and he was in great danger. Ran Yuelian did not want his daughter to be too deeply involved with him, but the harem was also a den of dragons and tigers. In this case, it would be better to let his daughter go with him.

"Godfather, please stop talking. How could I not have known this long ago..."

"It's not too late now, will you come with me?"

Ran Qianxi shook her head silently.

"No, if I go with you, I will harm you, my parents, my elder brother, and my uncle..."

"daughter..."

Ran Yuelian was also shaken at this moment, and he wanted to entrust his daughter to Tan Qianhuan.

Ran Qianxi wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Oh my god, why are you so sentimental..."

There was a sense of sentimentality and depression in the hall, and an imperial edict was passed outside the palace.

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

Ran Qianxi walked out in a straight step.

"Your servant receives the order..."

"There is a little girl from the Ran family, with beautiful face, courage, and good sense. She is well-educated and well-mannered, and I like her very much. I specially appoint her as the Imperial Noble Consort and give her the title of Shuhua. She must enter the palace three days before the palace selection, and there must be no mistakes..."

Ran Qianxi looked up suddenly. Baili Yong's favor towards her had reached an impeccable level, but based on the little affection between the two of them, she was terrified.

"What should I do...I got promoted again..."

"Royal Concubine, why don't you thank me quickly?"

Ran Qianxi put her hands on the ground and sang a song.

"I thank you for your grace..."

Manager Sun looked very attentive and smiled very enthusiastically.

"Your Majesty knows that the Imperial Concubine has not yet come to terms with her feelings, so he has extended the deadline by a month or so. He really loves you very much."

Ran Qianxi smiled awkwardly and called Sui Xue over.

"Give the steward some silver."

"Yes, second lady."

Sui Xue handed the silver to Manager Sun.

"Father-in-law, you have come all the way here, and our lady would like to invite you to have some tea."

Manager Sun took the silver with satisfaction.

"Then the Imperial Concubine, please take a rest first. I will take my leave now."

Tan Qianhuan looked at her figure and secretly planted another seed.

"Godfather, please stay for dinner tonight..."

Tan Qianhuan smiled.

"Good~"