After Hua Fei was reborn, she became the white moonlight of Pangju

Chapter 163:

Songzhi finally sent the emperor away.

When she entered the bedroom, she saw Concubine Hua lying on the bed in a daze, with lifeless eyes.

The food on the table next to them was barely touched.

"My lady, if you don't eat, what will happen to the baby in your belly?"

On the third day after confirming her pregnancy, Concubine Hua locked herself in Yikun Palace and refused to see anyone except Songzhi.

The sudden arrival of the child disrupted all her plans.

"Your Majesty!" Songzhi called Concubine Hua again.

Concubine Hua finally came back to her senses from her daze.

"Is the Emperor leaving?"

"gone."

"Did you have any doubts before you left?"

"No."

Concubine Hua heaved a sigh of relief, looked at the food on the table, and said, "Heat these up, I want to have dinner."

"Okay!" Seeing that Concubine Hua had finally come to her senses, Songzhi hurriedly took the food to heat it up and brought it back.

Concubine Hua needs to cheer up, because soon Nian Gengyao will come to Beijing again, and the real test has just begun.

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End of October.

Nian Gengyao was recalled to the capital by Emperor Yongzheng.

Yongzheng put a lot of effort into Nian Gengyao's return to Beijing.

He specifically asked the Ministry of Rites to design a welcoming ceremony for Nian Gengyao.

"Nian Gengyao is my benefactor, I must welcome him well."

Therefore, when Nian Gengyao returned to the capital, everyone from high-ranking officials to royal relatives and nobles were there to welcome him on both sides of the city.

During this more than a year in the Northwest, the emperor handed over all military and political affairs of the Northwest to Nian Gengyao, and Nian Gengyao became the "local emperor" of the Northwest.

On weekdays, in the northwest, Nian Gengyao was well-received and officials lined the streets to welcome him wherever he went.

So when he returned to the capital and saw similar scenes, he was accustomed to it and did not realize that the ministers, royal relatives and nobles in the capital had already been dissatisfied and resentful of him because of his arrogance.

If he saw the minister not dismounting to say hello, it would be understandable. After all, Nian Gengyao did make a great contribution in the battle with Lobsang Danjin.

However, in front of the royal family, Nian Gengyao was still riding on a tall horse and didn't even say hello. This was simply making enemies and seeking death.

When they went to court, they discussed state affairs.

The emperor always asked Nian Gengyao for his opinion intentionally or unintentionally.

Nian Gengyao thought that the emperor wanted to use him and make him a minister of military affairs, so he spoke frankly.

The emperor praised Nian Gengyao in front of everyone for sharing his worries, but after leaving the court, he said to Zhen Huan: "If you do too much evil, you will eventually perish."

Nian Gengyao had no idea what the emperor was thinking.

He was busy in the government office in the capital city receiving officials who came to visit and try to curry his favor.

The emperor would almost always nod and grant official positions to any official recommended by Nian Gengyao.

All of a sudden, those who wanted to climb up the social ladder flocked into the Nian Mansion.

People even jokingly called Nian Gengyao's behavior of recommending officials "Nian Xuan."

"Your Majesty, Nian Gengyao's residence is now crowded with people, as if it is another small court under the emperor's feet! Don't you want to do anything about it?"

"Nian Gengyao quelled the rebellion for me and helped me secure this position. I cannot treat him harshly!"

Longkodo stamped his feet and sighed.

"Your Majesty, the times have changed! If you raise a tiger and it becomes a threat, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Uncle, I know you are worried that Nian Gengyao will rebel, but there is no need to worry." Seeing that Longkodo was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, the emperor comforted him.

Seeing that the emperor did not seem to be in a hurry, Longkodo angrily turned away.

The emperor was the only one left in the Yangxin Palace.

Looking at the empty palace, the emperor leaned back on the dragon throne tiredly.

He had been the emperor for less than two years and his foundation was unstable, so he was constrained in everything he did.

In the court, he was criticized by his uncle Longkodo.

In military terms, he had to rely on his brother-in-law Nian Gengyao.

So much so that when Concubine Hua became pregnant with his child, he cruelly killed her son in the womb in order to prevent Nian Gengyao from becoming a formidable foreign relative.

Hua Fei.....

Thinking of Concubine Hua, the emperor remembered that he had not seen her for almost a month.

Now his shoulders were sore, and he suddenly wanted to ask Concubine Hua to come over and give him a massage.

"Su Peisheng, go to Yikun Palace and invite Concubine Hua over."

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that Concubine Hua is ill?" Su Peisheng reminded the emperor.

The emperor rubbed his brows and said, "It has been a while since he was taken care of. He should be well now. Go!"

Seeing that the emperor was determined to do so, Su Peisheng went to Yikun Palace to call Concubine Hua.

Songzhi hurried into the bedroom and told Concubine Hua that the emperor wanted her to go to the Yangxin Palace.

"Your Majesty, if you don't want to see the Emperor, I will go and report to Su Peisheng right away."

Songzhi knew that Concubine Hua had always been brooding over the fact that the Emperor had given her musk.

Now that she has a child, Concubine Hua is probably even more afraid of ropes than before.

"Tell Eunuch Su that I can go after I wash up."

Songzhi was very surprised.

"My lady, are you sure you want to go?"

Concubine Hua got up and sat in front of the dressing table. "Do you want me to repeat what I said?"

"But, Your Majesty...he is the Emperor!" The murderer who killed your son!

"It is precisely because he is the emperor that I must go! Without the emperor, I would not be Consort Hua or Imperial Noble Consort, I would only be Nian Shilan!"

Without these titles, Nian Shilan was nothing in the harem.

How can a person who is nothing save himself or his family?

Songzhi seemed to understand what Concubine Hua said. She bit her lips, her eyes red, and carefully did her makeup for Concubine Hua.

"Bring me that bright red dress embroidered with peonies."

She remembered that the emperor said that she looked best in red.

With tears in her eyes, Songzhi changed Hua Fei's clothes into a red cheongsam.

"Empress Hua has arrived."

As Su Peisheng's loud voice rang out, a tall and beautiful figure appeared at the entrance of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.

"Concubine, please see the Emperor!"

Hua Fei, wearing high-heeled shoes, walked step by step to the emperor and knelt down to salute.

The emperor opened his eyelids and looked at Concubine Hua who was standing before him. She had a graceful figure and was wearing a purple cheongsam, which made her look particularly graceful and elegant.

"Keep your head up."

Concubine Hua slowly raised her head and looked at the emperor with her beautiful phoenix eyes.

Under the candlelight in the palace, Concubine Hua's eyes were extremely bright, like an ocean in the dark night.

"come over."

The emperor extended his hand to Concubine Hua. Concubine Hua stood up, walked forward a few steps, and grabbed the emperor's outstretched hand.

"what!"

Hua Fei felt her center of gravity rapidly tilting forward, and before she could react, she had fallen into a warm and broad embrace.

The emperor hugged Concubine Hua, stared at her beautiful and bold face, and his Adam's apple rolled.

"Someone once told me that time never defeats beauty. I don't believe it."

"Until I saw you, Shilan. It's been more than ten years. I'm old now, but you're still so beautiful!"