Traveling through the Tang Dynasty: The Concubine Goes to War

Last time, Yunxi prepared a banquet to ask the emperor to allow her to raise Ye Ling'er's child. She pretended to be drunk and fell into the emperor's arms. She looked so pitiful and pitiful. She also gave all the reasons why she wanted to raise the prince.

The emperor's heart was immediately captured by her and moved by her sincere feelings. He agreed to her proposal and made the decision after discussing it with the empress dowager.

Yunxi was overjoyed when she heard that the emperor was willing to discuss this matter with the queen mother, and immediately knelt down to thank him...

Then, she quietly waited for the results of the discussion between the Emperor and the Queen Mother.

However, several days passed and there was no movement. Yunxi wondered if the emperor had forgotten about it, or if he simply didn't take it seriously.

So she decided to talk to the emperor about it again. That night, after taking a bath, Yunxi dressed up carefully, put on a gorgeous robe, put on precious jewelry, put on exquisite makeup, and came to the outside of Xingqing Palace.

Eunuch Chen saw Yunxi coming from afar, and hurried to greet her, saying respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are here! However, it is really unfortunate that the emperor is busy handling government affairs at the moment."

Yunxi smiled slightly and said softly: "Don't worry, eunuch. I just came to say a few words to the emperor and will leave after that. Please help pass on the message!" Her voice was gentle and firm, making it hard to refuse.

However, Eunuch Chen looked embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly replied, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has summoned a concubine today..."

Yunxi's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Oh? Which concubine is it?"

Eunuch Chen lowered his head and answered carefully, "It's okay to tell the queen, it's Concubine Zhu."

Yunxi was shocked when she heard this. She originally thought that the emperor would summon Concubine Mei, but she didn't expect it to be someone else.

She had never expected that the emperor would summon Zhu Cairen! Zhu Hongxia, who had had conflicts with her! All of a sudden, all kinds of thoughts came to her mind, and she couldn't help but think of all the past events.

Zhu Hongxia had been disrespectful to her, and the relationship between the two had always been quite tense. Now, the emperor summoned her, was there any hidden meaning behind this? Yunxi frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

Seeing Yunxi was silent, Eunuch Chen said kindly, "Your Majesty, please go back first! I will help you talk to the emperor when he is free. If you go in now, I am afraid it will disturb the emperor's interest..."

After listening to what Eunuch Chen said, Yunxi also understood that it was not appropriate to disturb the emperor when he summoned other concubines.

She was about to leave, but after taking two steps, she turned back and said to Chen Defu, "Please wait until the emperor is free and ask him if he still remembers what he promised me before."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will convey your message." Eunuch Chen replied.

The next day, the Emperor sent someone to bring the news that the Queen Mother did not agree to let Yunxi raise Ye Ling'er's child.

Yunxi was a little depressed when she heard the result. She really couldn't understand why the Queen Mother and the Emperor insisted on letting Concubine Mei raise Ye Ling'er's child. There were other concubines in the palace who were older than her and had no children, such as Concubine Lian.

Just as she was deep in thought, a sharp voice rang out from outside the door: "The Emperor has arrived!"

Following the emperor's entry, Yunxi quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Your Highness, I didn't know that Your Majesty would arrive today. I'm sorry for not coming to greet you."

"Oh, it's okay, just sit down." After the emperor came in, he sat directly on the cushion. He motioned Yunxi to sit down as well.

"You should have received the message from my people that the Queen Mother does not agree to you raising Ye Ling'er's child." The emperor said helplessly.

"Your Majesty, why? Concubine Mei is still young and has no experience in raising children. There are other concubines in the palace who are more senior than her." Yunxi was puzzled.

"Yunxi, are you so determined to raise Ye Ling'er's child? Is it just because the little prince is your sister Ye Ling'er's child?" The emperor asked, staring at Yunxi.

"Yes, but that's not the case at all. I also want to share the emperor's worries. And I also like children very much." Yunxi answered cleverly.

"You already have a prince!" said the emperor.

Yunxi said calmly: "The prince has slowly grown into a big boy. And I am now entering the palace as Mengxi..."

"If my beloved concubine likes children, I can give you another one... Oh, no, a bunch of them..." The emperor said with a sly smile and a half-joking tone.

"Ahem, ahem... Your Majesty really knows how to joke with me." Yunxi almost swallowed her saliva.

"Okay, I know what you're thinking." The emperor put away his smile and looked at Yunxi seriously, "But it's really hard to explain to the Queen Mother. Let me put it this way, I will go and persuade the Queen Mother again, but I can't guarantee whether it will work or not."

Yunxi was filled with gratitude and immediately knelt down to thank the emperor for his grace.

"Get up, my beloved concubine." The emperor helped Yunxi up, "But I have one condition."

"What conditions? Please tell me, Your Majesty." Yunxi looked at the emperor in confusion.

"I hope you can live in harmony with Concubine Mei and raise the little prince together," said the emperor.

Yunxi's heart sank. She and Mei Fei had a very good relationship during the selection, but since she was crowned as a concubine, their relationship had dropped to the freezing point because of Ye Ling'er's matter. It was really difficult for her and Mei Fei to raise the little prince together.

But in order to raise Ye Ling'er's child, Yunxi gritted his teeth and agreed.

"I obey your command." Yunxi said.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "I still have memorials to review today, so I will return to the palace first."

"Your Majesty has been busy with state affairs, so he must pay attention to his health." Yunxi said with concern.

"Yunxi, I am very touched that you always care about my health." After saying this, the emperor left the palace reluctantly.

After the emperor left, Yunxi fell into deep thought. She knew it was not easy to repair the relationship with Concubine Mei, but she was determined to give it a try for the sake of her child.

She decided to take the initiative to talk to Mei Yingluo.

That afternoon, Yunxi was dressed more simply than usual, in a simple light green palace dress, as she took Xiaohong to Yime Garden.

They passed through the goldfish pond in the Imperial Garden, went around the rockery, passed through the palace corridor, and finally arrived at Mei Fei's Yimei Garden.

Yunxi arrived at Yimei Garden. The fat eunuch at the door did not recognize Yunxi and said in a somewhat arrogant tone: "Which lady is visiting? My master is in the garden admiring the flowers."

Yunxi understood that this eunuch must have seen that she and Xiaohong were just master and servant, so he looked down on others.

"This is Concubine Xi from our Changle Palace. She was selected into the palace together with your master." Xiaohong spoke indignantly before Yunxi could say anything.

"Oh, it's Concubine Xi. My apologies." The fat eunuch immediately changed his expression.

But Yunxi didn't argue with him, she smiled and said, "Excuse me, where is the garden, sir? I will go there by myself."

"Madam, please come this way." The fat eunuch led the way. So Yunxi and Xiaohong followed him towards the garden...