After rebirth, the empress was spoiled by the emperor's uncle like a little girl

After a moment's silence, the old emperor suddenly asked Abao.

"You don't want to choose Pei Shidu?"

Ah Bao lowered his eyes and said respectfully, "Because of the Pei family's Pei Jili case, I think Pei Shidu should not be allowed to enter the palace."

But the old emperor unexpectedly spoke well of Pei Guichen.

"The two branches of the Pei family have not had any contact for many years. You don't need to distance yourself from Pei Shidu because of the Pei Jili case. Since Pei Shidu is deeply in love with you and you also like him, there is no harm in accepting him."

In the end, the rumor turned out to be true, and Abao was depressed.

She was about to tell him about the day she saw Pei Guichen and Xiao Jingyue being intimate, but the old emperor made the decision for her.

"That's it. Being a concubine is enough for me."

A Bao wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his lips——

Concubine Wen thanked Abao first, "Your Majesty, this arrangement is excellent."

A Bao always thought that Concubine Wen disliked Pei Guichen.

She could not hide her surprise when she heard this, and Concubine Wen continued, "Your Majesty, now that the red list has been decided, I will order the palace servants of the Imperial Household Department to prepare for the wedding."

The old emperor paused for a moment, "The Imperial Observatory said last time that the beginning of spring is a good day."

"The beginning of spring is indeed very good, and this year the beginning of spring will be followed by the Lantern Festival. The spring days are bustling, the flowers are in full bloom, and the moon is full. It is a good omen and has a good meaning. It can also invite the envoys of the vassal states to watch the ceremony and see the magnificent atmosphere of our Celestial Empire."

The old emperor was most happy to show off the prosperity of Daqi. Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Then let's set it at the beginning of spring. The wedding ceremony of the crown prince of Daqi must be recorded in the history books."

On this side, Concubine Wen and the old emperor were discussing the wedding ceremony.

A Bao, who was standing aside, tightly grasped the red list and could not say a word.

On the other side, the young men from noble families in the Yuji Palace were all in a state of panic.

As soon as the answer came out, they asked themselves, the ones who were best at figuring out the princess's thoughts were still the ones sitting closest to the front seats; when comparing their looks, the most outstanding ones in the Yuji Palace were still the ones sitting closest to the front seats.

There is a high probability that they will be eliminated.

Thinking in this way, they were fortunate. After all, they didn't have to compete with other men for Princess Diyang's favor for the rest of their lives.

But they also understand that there are great benefits in becoming Princess Diyang's man.

If they could enter the East Palace, they would serve the princess in bed.

The families behind them will be able to rise rapidly and have the possibility of entering the power center of Daqi in the imperial capital.

For a moment, all the young men from noble families in the Yuji Palace were both happy and sad, and their expressions were very strange.

Silently waiting for a long time——

The brocade screen was removed, and the palace servants who came in one after another lifted the layers of curtains.

Eunuch Desheng held up the imperial edict on a bright yellow silk background and said in a clear voice, "Please go back to your residence first. The eunuchs will come to the residences of the selected young masters to announce the edict later."

A Bao stood quietly beside the old emperor, his eyes swept across the children of the noble families in the Yuji Palace, and finally looked at the black sandalwood table.

A Bao looked at Pei Guichen coldly, and Pei Guichen just smiled gently, as elegant and cold as a jade.

However, in A Bao's heart, he only felt that Pei Guichen was a poisonous snake with its fangs hidden.

The princes were fighting for the throne. When the third prince was plotting a rebellion, the Huainan Pei family was present. The old emperor also dismissed a number of officials with the surname Pei at that time. She uncovered Xuanyuan Wu's fake death. Although Pei Guichen saved the Pei family's first branch at the cost of the exile of the Pei family's second branch, it was still related to the Pei family.

But the old emperor, who was suspicious by nature, not only did not become wary of the Pei family, but also went against his usual behavior and appointed Pei Guichen as a Hanlin reader, and insisted on putting Pei Guichen on her red list.

A Bao wished he could just kill Pei Guichen and be done with it.

This would save her the trouble of trying every trick and scheming with Pei Guichen, only to be hindered at every turn and not gain much benefit.

When Pei Guichen saw A Bao's grim expression, he knew that the old emperor must have ensured that he entered the Eastern Palace.

Pei Guichen stroked the jade handle of the folding fan and sneered in his heart: Abao still doesn't understand after all, human hearts are hard to predict, and the emperor's heart is even worse.

A suspicious emperor, very easy to exploit.

Compared with the ministers from other families, the old emperor was more worried about the crown prince being out of control.

Marquis Xie is henpecked, and the real person in charge of Marquis Xie's mansion is Princess Huimin, who is also on good terms with Concubine Wen. In this way, Xie Wuai, the husband of the Eastern Palace, will definitely not be controlled by the old emperor.

But Pei Guichen is different.

Some time ago, the story of him and Abao falling in love at first sight and getting to know each other and falling in love with each other was widely circulated. The old emperor was sure that he was very important to Abao.

He just showed his loyalty to the old emperor, and the old emperor treated him as a chess piece and placed him next to Donggong Abao.

The old emperor sent him to Abao's East Palace because he wanted to use him as a chess piece to influence Abao.