Everyone in the palace was disturbed by Xu Yahan and couldn't fall asleep, but she herself didn't care and kept beating drums and gongs and singing for half an hour, and then fell asleep soundly without any worries.

The reason why I dared to send him into the palace was simply to give you a headache.

Anyway, she is alone, helpless, and fearless. Let's see who dares to compete with her!

Xu Yahan is really a happy and fat person! She actually slept until the sun was high in the sky before waking up.

At this time, the palace maid Ju'er hurried over and woke her up softly, "Xu Jieyu, you need to go and pay your respects to the Empress Dowager today."

Since there is no queen to take charge of the affairs in the harem, the person who truly holds power is the Empress Dowager.

Therefore, at the beginning and middle of every month, all concubines whose rank was higher than that of Jieyushi had to go to the Empress Dowager's bedroom to pay their respects and perform rituals.

As for those concubines of low status, they had no qualifications to meet the empress dowager at all.

After all, if everyone rushed forward to pay their respects to the Queen Mother, wouldn't the Queen Mother be exhausted and busy all day?

"I'm not going!" Xu Yahan flatly refused, saying that she was determined to go against common sense.

She is born rebellious and has a rebellious nature.

Even in reality, even her parents can hardly influence her thoughts and decisions.

At this time, many concubines had already arrived at the Queen Mother's bedroom.

Many people complained about Xu Yahan.

The highest ranking concubine, Jing, wore a light pink palace dress with a light blue butterfly embroidered on her skirt, and a layer of white gauze on the outside. Her silky black hair casually fluttered around her waist, and her slender figure and weak waist made her look even more charming.

Jingpin complained to the Queen Mother with an angry face: "Queen Mother, you have to make a decision for me! That Concubine Xu is really too much. Not only did she not sleep in the middle of the night, but she even beat the gongs and drums, making it impossible for me to fall asleep. Now the sun has risen high, but she has not come to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. This Concubine Xu is simply disrespectful to the emperor and the Queen Mother!"

At this time, Huipin, who was standing aside, also quickly agreed.

She was wearing a white gauze dress, with a blue silk gauze tied in a simple bow around her waist. Her black and shiny hair was gently tied up, with an exquisite Wei Ling hairpin inserted diagonally.

Huipin said indignantly, "Empress Dowager, such impudent and rude people must be severely punished. I hope that the Empress Dowager can do justice for us!"

"I hope the Queen Mother will do justice for us."

The concubines put pressure on the Queen Mother together.

The Queen Mother said with a face full of anger: "Xu Jieyu is so arrogant and domineering, she really should be severely punished!" You know, not only were the concubines unable to sleep last night, but even the Queen Mother herself couldn't sleep well.

After all, as I get older, my sleep quality has been poor, and now I have splitting headaches.

At this moment, a clear voice was heard: "Who dares to make the queen mother angry?" Under a gorgeous crown, the emperor's majestic and solemn yet somewhat mysterious face appeared in front of everyone.

The crown is inlaid with densely packed luminous pearls that are as dazzling as stars. They shine together, as if forming a shining star ring around the emperor's head.

Upon seeing this, all the concubines knelt down and saluted, shouting in unison: "Your Highness!"

"All of you get up." The emperor waved his hand, turned to look at the empress dowager and asked, "I heard that your mother did not rest well last night. I wonder what happened?"

The Queen Mother replied, "It's still Concubine Xu, whose singing disturbs my sweet dreams in the middle of the night."

The emperor frowned after hearing this: "Oh? Is this true? This Concubine Xu is indeed a bit too much. But since the queen mother is already frightened, you might as well take some tranquilizers to recuperate. As for Concubine Xu, I will send someone to investigate and give the queen mother an explanation."

Hearing the emperor say this, the queen mother's expression eased a little, but she still couldn't help complaining: "You kid, you didn't even inform anyone in advance when you came. I was caught off guard."

The emperor quickly explained with a smile, "I miss you so much that I didn't send anyone to come and visit you. I hope you won't blame me."

The Queen Mother naturally would not really blame the Emperor, so she waved her hand to signal everyone to stand up.

After thanking the emperor for his grace, all the concubines slowly stood up.

However, at this moment, the attention of many concubines had already been attracted by the emperor. They stared at the emperor intently, with all kinds of emotions revealed in their eyes.

Some were full of awe and admiration, some were full of expectation and desire... and Xiao Qing stood silently in the crowd, his eyes constantly searching for Xu Yahan's figure.

Strange, why is she nowhere to be seen?

Could it be that he is being naughty and playful again in the middle of the night and is still lying in bed?

Thinking of this, Xiao Qing couldn't help but shook his head slightly, with a faint bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.

This Xu Yahan! She is a very calculating person who will never suffer any loss!

If she knew that the person in front of her was the current emperor, I wonder what kind of earth-shattering fuss this little girl would make.

"Your Majesty, I have learned a few new songs recently. I wonder if Your Majesty would be free to come to my bedroom tonight and listen to me play a song?" Concubine Jing invited the emperor in a coquettish voice.

At this moment, why would I want to complain? The emperor has come to visit, so of course we have to serve him well. It is only right to ask the emperor to move to the bedroom to rest!

When these women saw the emperor, they were like hungry wolves seeing sheep. They wanted to fly up and bite them a few times.

Huipin was unwilling to be left behind, so she quickly said, "Your Majesty, I have recently learned a new dance. I hope Your Majesty can spare some time to watch it and give me some advice."

"Let me give you some pointers? I don't know anything about dancing, so how can I give you any pointers?" The emperor did not give Huipin any face at all.

When Huipin heard this, her face turned red and she felt extremely ashamed.

The rest of the concubines all covered their mouths and laughed secretly. These concubines, on the surface, seemed harmonious and affectionate, but secretly they were always hoping that the other would fall out of favor and fall!

The Queen Mother angrily accused, "Your Majesty! You haven't favored the concubines in the harem for a whole month. If it goes on for such a long time, when will I be able to hold my grandson? State affairs are of vital importance, but Your Majesty must not neglect the beauties in the harem because of this! Your Majesty should give our royal family children as soon as possible!"

The Queen Mother has two sons, one is the current emperor and the other is a prince.

It was a pity that the prince was born unable to get close to women, so the empress dowager gave up the idea of ​​having grandchildren from him.

So the Queen Mother placed all her hopes on the Emperor.

After hearing what the Queen Mother said, the Emperor quickly responded, "Your Majesty, what you said is absolutely right. I will go and flip the cards today."

In the past, he would flip through the concubines' names just for show to shut people up.

He never actually favored any of his concubines.

For a moment, all the concubines were looking forward to being chosen by the emperor and sleeping with him tonight.

Just as they were looking forward to it, the emperor suddenly said, "Mother, I will go to Concubine Xu's palace tonight and will make sure she cannot disturb your sweet dreams."

For a moment, the scene fell into silence, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

However, the Queen Mother knew it clearly. After all, no one knows a child better than his mother!

How could she not understand her own son? The emperor had no intention of punishing Concubine Xu.

"Forget it, forget it. Go ahead!" The Queen Mother waved her hands helplessly.

In fact, she already knew very well that the emperor came here not because he really cared about her, but had other intentions. His real purpose was just to meet Concubine Xu.

The Queen Mother thought that she really didn't want to interfere too much in these trivial matters.

Looking back to the past, when the late emperor was still alive, she had competed with many concubines for favor, schemed against each other, and even fought to the death.

Now, as time flies, she is tired of this kind of fighting and has no intention of disciplining the women in her son's harem.

Forget it, forget it, just ignore these troubles! Anyway, if someone is willing to worry about it, let them do it.

In this way, I can have peace and quiet.

Thinking of this, the empress dowager felt relieved, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a relaxed smile.

From then on, she only wanted to live a leisurely and comfortable life, no longer troubled by court disputes.

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