Unexpectedly, Su Peisheng came to Suiyuxuan.
"The Emperor has sent me here to pass on his order. As there are many things to do today, I will not be here for dinner. He has summoned the Empress to chat in the Imperial Study tomorrow."
Zhen Huan smiled and said, "Thank you for taking the trouble to come here, eunuch. Please tell the emperor that he is busy with government affairs and asks him to pay attention to his health."
Su Peisheng agreed with a smile and glanced at Fang Ruo before leaving.
When Fang Ruo came back, she whispered to Zhen Huan, "A great victory in the southwest, the Nian family father and son returned to the capital again, the emperor is reading the meritorious service memorials from the meritorious soldiers."
Zhen Huan looked at Fang Ruo with gratitude. If Fang Ruo had not analyzed the pros and cons today, she would have rushed to the Yangxin Palace in a rage to report Concubine Hua. If this matter were to get to the front court, given Nian Gengyao's current military achievements and his arrogant and domineering personality, her father would probably be plotted against again.
"My queen, a proud army will be defeated, and the same is true for the harem."
Zhen Huan sneered: "Aunt, I will remember this. I will always find a chance to return what she gave to me, to Sister Mei, and to Chun Er today."
Fang Ruo didn't want her to worry too much about such things: "Your Highness, some things can't be rushed, take your time, the most important thing for you now is to take good care of the fetus in your belly and give birth to a healthy child for the emperor as soon as possible, so that your mother's family will have support outside, and you won't have to worry about the Nian family's calculations. You have been working hard all day today, I have asked someone to summon Doctor Zhang, and I will ask him to take a good look later."
Zhen Huan nodded: "Aunt is right, I have asked Xiao Yunzi to pass on a message to my father to be more careful when he is outside. He is a cautious person and I don't think he will be easily framed by the Nian family. I have a slight symptom of back pain today. I will ask the imperial physician if it is serious later."
When Fang Ruo heard this, she was so frightened that she quickly asked Zhen Huan to lie down and rest. Even dinner was brought to the bedside and served by Liu Zhu. However, after the imperial physician's diagnosis, he just said that it was a normal phenomenon during pregnancy and that she would be fine after resting for a few days.
In Yonghe Palace, An Lingrong only left behind the palace servants who used to serve her. At night, the huge palace was deserted and seemed very quiet.
"Your Majesty, nothing unexpected happened to Concubine Chun today." Although she lived behind closed doors, An Lingrong still asked Rendong to bring in news from the palace every day.
An Lingrong was not surprised that Chun'er was still alive. Her rebirth had changed the original trajectories of too many people. The more this happened, the more she was looking forward to what would happen next. She chuckled and said:
"These days are becoming more and more hopeful." After saying this, he drank the medicine in the bowl and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
The emperor put down the memorial in his hand heavily and ordered without any emotion: "Go to Yikun Palace."
Su Peisheng had been with the emperor for a long time. He knew from the emperor's aura that he was filled with rage, so he waited carefully.
It was still a little chilly in the early summer night. The emperor sat in the sedan chair with his eyes as dark as water. The cool breeze could not blow away the depression in his heart. He could only let out a sigh of relief.
But when he saw Concubine Hua, the emperor's eyes were filled with smiles. He stretched out his hand to pull Concubine Hua up from the ground and said, "I can only come here after I finish reading the memorials on hand. Is it too late?"
Concubine Hua smiled coquettishly: "As long as the emperor's heart is here, it is never too late. I'll be waiting for you." After saying that, she asked Songzhi to bring the ginseng soup that had been prepared long ago.
The Emperor looked up at Concubine Hua and said, "You didn't know I was coming, why did you prepare this?"
Concubine Hua was guilty and didn't dare to let the emperor find out that she had bribed the eunuch. When she knew that Zhen Huan had asked someone to invite the emperor to dinner, she prepared the ginseng soup so that she could use it to invite the emperor away. So she lowered her head in a coquettish manner and whispered softly, "I am looking forward to the emperor's coming all the time, so I prepared it all."
The emperor took a sip of the ginseng soup and looked at her again: "With your kindness, I would still be thinking of you even if I didn't come."
After hearing this, Concubine Hua smiled even more charmingly. Seeing that the emperor looked calm and didn't seem to know what happened today, she boldly tested him: "I see that the emperor is in a good mood today, but is there any happy event in the previous dynasty?"
The emperor's smile at this time was very intriguing. He stared at Concubine Hua and said sentence by sentence: "In the war in the southwest, your brother and your nephew have made great contributions to me. I plan to reward your brother with the title of first-class duke. Your father Nian Xialing was already a first-class duke. Now I will reward him with the title of Taifu. As for your brother's previous first-class male hereditary title, it will be inherited by his second son Nian Fu. I will also give your mother the title of second-rank imperial lady."
With three hereditary titles, the Nian family truly achieved the highest position in the government. Concubine Hua was so overwhelmed by the great news that her heart was pounding and her mouth was smiling all the time. However, this was not the end. She heard the emperor say, "You have been a concubine for a few years. I plan to promote you after the Dragon Boat Festival."
Hua Fei looked at the emperor in disbelief. She was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes: "I only want to accompany the emperor all the time. I don't care about position or wealth."
The emperor held her face gently and said, "I know your feelings, so I want to give you the best."
This sentence moved Concubine Hua to tears. When she was about to express her feelings to the emperor again, she heard the emperor speak again: "Concubine Wan has been depressed because her father was punished. The court is in need of people right now. Why not let him return to his post?"
As the matter concerned state affairs, the emperor's inquiry did not arouse Hua Fei's vigilance. She murmured in dissatisfaction: "Doesn't the emperor think that Wan Fei's father is disrespectful?"
The emperor could only smile helplessly and said, "I have punished him. Since you don't like it, I will let him stay in the Inspectorate, but promote him to the position of Chief Censor. Are you satisfied?"
Still a censor, and with the pressure from her superiors, Hua Fei finally spoke: "I dare not disobey the Emperor's order, as long as Wan Fei is happy."
Hearing this, the emperor's smile remained on his face, but his eyes were stern as he lowered them.
Concubine Hua was still immersed in the joy of her entire family being rewarded, and did not notice the coldness in the emperor's eyes.
The conversation between the Emperor and Concubine Hua was originally held in seclusion in the boudoir, but unexpectedly, when everyone paid their respects to the Queen the next day, they all paid great respects to Concubine Hua, and the Queen took the lead in congratulating her on her upcoming promotion.
The delighted Concubine Hua was so overwhelming that she even dared to ask the Queen in front of everyone what title the Emperor wanted to give her.
The Queen did not care about Concubine Hua's arrogance, but replied generously: "Above the rank of Concubine is Noble Concubine, and above Noble Concubine is Imperial Noble Concubine."
"Your Majesty is wrong. Above the Imperial Concubine, there is the Queen!"
Hua Fei's words were extremely arrogant. She relied on the power of the Nian family and the emperor's favor to express her desires fearlessly.
No matter how well-mannered the empress was, she could no longer tolerate someone coveting her position in public like this, and she fought back on the spot using Shunzhi Emperor's Imperial Noble Consort Dong E.
Dong E was born with a beautiful face, but she was short-lived and died when the emperor's favor was the greatest.
When Hua Fei heard the Queen curse her for a bad fate, she immediately retorted and used the words of Emperor Shunzhi and Empress Borjigit to stir up trouble.
Borjigit and Shunzhi were married when they were young, but they eventually became estranged from each other and Borjigit was deposed.
The two of them started a verbal dispute, refusing to give in to each other.
All the concubines wanted to help the Queen, but were strongly fought back by Concubine Hua, especially towards Zhen Huan, to whom she kept making sarcastic remarks.
She was now very powerful, and everyone had no choice but to endure it. After a ceremony of paying respects, Concubine Hua won a great victory, and she left with her people.
The empress was so angry that she had a headache that night. But all the imperial doctors had gone to the Nian residence to treat Nian Gengyao's wife, so the empress had to send someone to take care of her.
After An Lingrong learned the news, she asked Rendong to go out quietly.
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