After Zimu used his spiritual power to slowly recover himself, the fatigue in his body had long disappeared.

However, Empress Fucha and Concubine Hui did not believe her and insisted on sending her back to Yongshou Palace to have a good rest.

The originally gloomy weather now began to rain heavily.

Suo Xin looked at Zi Mu who was walking slowly and refused to get on the sedan chair and said worriedly, "Master, it's raining. It's late autumn now. You are not in good health and cannot get wet in the rain."

"Yes, master, please get on the sedan chair quickly and let the servants carry you back." The eunuchs who carried the sedan chair in Yongshou Palace also began to persuade their master.

Zimu did not forget his image as a weak and sickly person, and got on the sedan chair without saying much.

The servants carrying the sedan chair were just about to lift it when they saw Lan Cui running towards them in a hurry with an umbrella.

"My dear, Lan Cui has brought an umbrella. If you still want to walk around, I and Lan Cui will accompany you."

"Okay." Zimu turned around and said to the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair, "It's raining. You go back first. I'll go for a walk."

"When the master went to Changchun Palace to pay respects to the Empress, the Emperor specially asked the eunuch Li Yu to deliver a lot of treasures, saying that the master should keep them for his own enjoyment."

Seeing that Zimu was not in a good mood, Lan Cui just found a random topic to talk about.

"Ah."

It was true that Zimu had seen a lot of rare treasures in the past three years, and each time it was Hongli who sent them to Yongshou Palace with great anticipation.

Sometimes, even the treasures presented by officials as tribute would be given to Zimu in the end, no matter how much Hongli liked them, as long as he thought they were suitable for Zimu to appreciate.

It seemed like he was afraid that Zimu would be bored.

When Zimu walked to Yongshou Palace and stepped over the threshold, he was not yet used to wearing clogs.

His stride was not big enough and he almost tripped over the threshold. Before惢心 and Lan Cui could react, a pair of warm hands supported Zimu as he leaned forward.

After Zimu stood firm, he looked up and what caught his eye was Li Yu's gentle and scholarly face.

"Thank you, Eunuch Li." Zi Mu said and stepped away from Li Yu.

Lan Cui and Suo Xin were both concerned about Zi Mu: "Master, are you okay?"

"Master, please move your feet and see if you have sprained your ankle."

Zimu was amused by Lancui and Suoxin's worried words: "I am not a porcelain doll that will break if touched. You don't have to make such a fuss."

"I pay my respects to Master Ling. Just now... I did not mean to offend you."

"It's okay. Thanks to you just now, otherwise I would have fallen."

Li Yu calmed his frantically beating heart, and said calmly, "The Emperor asked me to tell Master Ling that he will come to Yongshou Palace to have lunch with you when he is done."

"I know."

Li Yu thought of the few young eunuchs who had just hurried back carrying an empty sedan chair.

Thinking that Zimu was looked down upon by the servants, he frowned and asked, "Master, it's raining here, why don't you come back in a sedan chair?"

"I'm in a good mood... I just want to take a walk. I really like the smell of rain mixed with the grass when it rains."

After saying that, Zimu smiled at Li Yu, as if the depressed person Li Yu saw just now was not her.

"Master Ling, please come in quickly. Chunchan has prepared some ginger tea for you to warm you up. You are weak and must not catch a cold."

"Okay, thank you for your concern, Eunuch Li."

"I have to go back and report to the Emperor. I'll take my leave."

Before Li Yu had gone far, he heard Chunchan exclaim, "Why is one of your earrings missing?"

Zi Mu raised his hand and touched, and sure enough, there were only two left on the right.

"She should have fallen somewhere on the way back. I will go back and look for her. The rain is getting heavier. Master Suo Xinchunchan is afraid of the cold. Hurry up and help her go in."

After saying this, Lan Cui prepared to go back.

"Don't go, Lan Cui. It's not a valuable thing anyway. It doesn't matter if you have one more or one less. Don't catch a cold."

Lan Cui shook her head disapprovingly: "But...if the guards pick it up, it will be bad for the master's reputation."

"It's okay. Those earrings were made uniformly by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Even the elderly head maids can wear them on important occasions. It doesn't matter if they are lost."

"Well, Master, let's go in quickly. I made you some salty snacks. You should like them."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Lan Cui."

……

Li Yu listened to the voice behind him that was gradually becoming less real, touched his red python robe, and sure enough, he found a small earring on the embroidery.

Thinking about how I had just rushed to help Zimu, when she bumped into my arms, the fragrance on her body was exactly the same as when she bent down to apply medicine to me three years ago.

After putting the earring into his arms, Li Yu took a deep breath and turned back into the bookish chief steward of the imperial court.

For the next seven days, Hongli stayed in Yongshou Palace every day. On the eighth day, when he woke up, he asked Li Yu to convey the imperial decree to promote Zimu to the position of concubine.

The concubines in the harem were almost going crazy with talk.

It would be fine if he had slept with Concubine Ling for seven consecutive days, but every time it was Concubine Ling who was chosen...and now it is Concubine Ling.

But the emperor went to Yongshou Palace by himself every time, and these treatments were something that none of the concubines had ever had.

Especially after seven days, Wei Jia directly rose from the position of concubine to the position of imperial concubine.

Zi Mu, who originally started out as a concubine, has aroused the envy of many concubines who have been working for many years but are still noble ladies or concubines at most.

Now directly conferring a title on a concubine is the first time since the founding of the Qing Dynasty... No, it's the second time.

The first one is Emperor Shunzhi’s Empress Xiaoxian, Consort Dong E.

Especially Hai Lan, who was still looking forward to her sister being released from the cold palace as soon as possible. After enduring so many years, she is now just a noble lady.

This time she didn't have Li Yu's help, and even if she was determined to overcome her fear of Hongli, she was unable to do so.

Because most of the allowances and monthly wages were sent to the cold palace, the remaining money had to be used to pay monthly wages to the palace maids and eunuchs.

She already lived a simple life, and she was short of money, so she couldn't afford to bribe the people in the imperial court to create opportunities for herself and the emperor.

Even her current status of noble lady was one of the promotions that the emperor gave to her when he promoted A Ruo to concubine.

All the concubines in the harem had already entered Changchun Palace, sat down and spoken their responses before Zimu finally arrived.

"I send my regards to the Queen, may I wish you all the best."

Empress Fucha was in a very good mood as she looked at Zimu who was smiling very gracefully and brightly.

Even the concubines' jealousy and annoyance caused by the noise just now were calmed down a lot the moment Zimu walked in.

"Sit down now."

Zimu walked to the lower right of Empress Fucha and sat down in the first empty seat. Opposite him was Concubine Hui Gao Xiyue.

"The Queen is truly magnanimous. She even forgave Concubine Ling for being late in paying her respects."

A Ruo said this out of the blue, which directly attracted the attention of Empress Fucha and Concubine Hui to herself.

The looks in their eyes made A Ruo's heart skip a beat.

When I was met with two unfriendly looks, I knew that my flattery failed and I ended up scaring the horse.

She remembered that when she was serving the deposed Concubine Xian, Ulanara, the Empress hated concubines being late the most.

"The Queen has not said anything yet, so how can you say that it is wrong to offend the Queen?"

Ever since Zhenshu was sentenced to death and Concubine Jia was stripped of her title, Bai Ruiji knew that she had been used as a tool in vain.

Bai Ruiji, who was always defiant, directed all her anger at A Ruo, who entered the harem because she betrayed her master.

She never thought of herself as a good person, and her mission was to target the Ulanara family.

She didn't mind joining forces with others to target the Ulanara family. What she minded was that A Ruo actually used her dead child as a raft.

"Princess Mei, you..."

"Princess Shen, you'd better be careful with your words and actions, otherwise it will be inconsistent with the title bestowed on you by the Emperor."

Zimu's light words made A Ruo speechless.

Concubine Hui also felt that Zimu was usually weak, so it was good that he could stand up now.

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