Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 169

Then she should be made empress.

That means she can only have a chance by relying on her son to gain status.

Despite being in the palace for so many years, the emperor still refused to favor her. She tried various methods to get close to him, but eventually the emperor got annoyed and stopped coming to the harem altogether, only occasionally visiting the Funing Palace to pay his respects.

The other concubines were too lazy to even glance at.

The emperor neither favored her nor established an empress, so she felt she had a chance. However, on the day Zhou Zhilan turned fifteen, the empress dowager summoned her to the palace, and she changed her mind.

He wanted that woman to enter the palace and become empress.

The Zhou and Pei families are of equal social standing, and both she and Zhou Zhilan are qualified to become empress.

She didn't even have the right to object or protest, because the Empress Dowager had given her enough time, but she still couldn't win the Emperor's favor or conceive an heir.

The Empress Dowager was very disappointed.

Thinking of all this, a fierce look appeared on Consort Pei's face. "Since my aunt wants to cut off my hope, then I will not sit idly by and wait for my death!"

"Send someone back to the Pei family."

When Pei Shang returned from the Qi family, Madam Pei summoned him.

"mother."

Madam Pei looked at her son with loving eyes, "Shang'er, are you and Yun Xiyue getting very close?"

Pei Shang's expression changed slightly. "Mother, we just met by chance."

"Still lying to me. How could it be such a coincidence if it were just a chance encounter? She even gave you such an expensive gift. That Duan inkstone was a tribute item, and only imperial merchants could get their hands on it in the first batch. She knew your preferences, which shows that she has some feelings for you."

Pei Shang frowned slightly, his expression somewhat displeased. "How did Mother know that Yun Xiyue gave me the Duan inkstone?"

He had rouge and purple fragrance in his hands, but he didn't give them to his younger sister and mother at home.

Madam Pei found out, which meant that there was a traitor among his people, and that only her people would report everything to her in such detail.

Pei Shang felt very uncomfortable thinking about this. Even if it was his mother who sent people to monitor him, he still couldn't accept it.

Madam Pei's smile froze, and she said, "I'm afraid some ignorant girls might try to climb into your bed and harm you."

"Mother, I won't interfere in your affairs next time."

Pei Shang said helplessly, "These people, you should leave on your own, otherwise your son will have no choice but to sell them off."

"Alright, do whatever you want with it."

"But Yun Xiyue, what do you think? If she likes you and you are interested in her, Mother can help you propose marriage."

Pei Shang clenched his fists instinctively. "Mother, what happened? Why did you do this? I remember you didn't like her."

He saved Yun Xiyue by accident.

She sent many valuable gifts as a token of her gratitude.

Madam Pei dismissed her concerns, believing that she was coveting her son, and even specifically instructed him not to have too much contact with Yun Xiyue.

"Your sister sent someone back. The Empress Dowager insists on making Zhou's daughter the Empress. Now her face is disfigured, but the Empress Dowager has asked Yun Xiyue to find a way to heal her face."

"If the Zhou family's daughter's appearance is restored, and she enters the palace as empress, then your sister..."

Pei Shang's expression changed slightly as he realized what was going on. His dear sister had her eye on him. "So, does Your Highness the Imperial Concubine mean for me to marry her?"