Abandoned Concubine's Promotion

Chapter 41 Title
"Sun Liyi is pregnant, and the concubine wants to congratulate the emperor." Since she planned to promote Concubine Qi Gui, the queen ordered people to invite Emperor Jing to Qifeng Palace for dinner.

After all, it was the empress who invited him. Even though Emperor Jing still had official business to deal with, he would not disrespect the empress.

"It's just a pregnancy, it's too early for everything." After hearing what the queen said, Emperor Jing said lightly, the queen's face froze, and then returned to normal.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, my concubine will definitely order someone to take good care of Sun Liyi." Empress Xiao didn't know that even if the woman in the harem was pregnant, she hadn't been able to give birth safely.

However, what the emperor said just now, she always felt that there was something different about it.

It's no wonder Empress Xiao thinks so. Right now, there is no child in the middle palace, but there are two pregnant concubines in the harem. Even if the empress's inability to conceive is due to her own reasons, there is no guarantee that she will not be confused for a while and do something.

Of course, even if someone really had such an idea, no one dared to say it out, otherwise, it would be fatal.

Empress Xiao can't control what other people think, and she really has no idea about the pregnancy of Concubine Qi Gui and Sun Liyi.

Emperor Jing's heirs are rare, so there should be more people who will help him, but the status of such people should not be too high.

In other words, as long as the pregnancy in the harem is low, she can still tolerate it, but if a high-ranking pregnancy becomes pregnant... then everything is uncertain.

Of course, a low-ranking child may become a high-ranking one, but Empress Xiao is not worried, because this is the harem, and there are many ways to survive alone.

"Thanks for your hard work." After hearing Queen Xiao's words, Emperor Jing stretched out his hand and patted her on the shoulder, with a smile on his face.

What he said just now really didn't mean to be a warning, after all, she was his queen, he knew something about it, she wasn't so stupid yet.

However, the queen won't do it, and it's hard to guarantee that others won't do it, but he won't take care of such things. If he can't even keep his own child, it's better not to have it.

Because the order had been ordered a long time ago, the palace people brought up the food very quickly. Empress Xiao held up the chopsticks and served the dish for Emperor Jing, "This dish is newly made by the concubine's small kitchen recently. It tastes delicious. It's very good, please taste it, Your Majesty."

Nodding his head, Emperor Jing picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the dish from the empress, it tasted really good.

After eating a few mouthfuls of food, Queen Xiao didn't turn the corner, and spoke directly, expressing her thoughts.

"It seems that the Duanyang Festival is coming. Now in the harem, besides Sun Liyi who is pregnant, Concubine Qi Gui has been pregnant for more than three months. The concubine is thinking, since they are all pregnant, Sun Liyi will be pregnant." Grace, should I also give Qi Guifei a promotion point?"

Hearing what the queen said, Emperor Jing didn't hesitate at all. After swallowing the food in his mouth, he nodded and agreed to what the queen said.

Seeing Emperor Jing nodded, Empress Xiao spoke again, "Your Majesty, what position should Concubine Qi Gui be given?"

For such a matter, since Emperor Jing nodded, Empress Xiao was in charge, but she asked Emperor Jing, which made Emperor Jing look at her with an expression of unknown meaning on his face.

Seeing Emperor Jing looking at her like this, Empress Xiao quickly averted her gaze, and brought some food for Emperor Jing.

"Since Sun Liyi has been promoted to the first level, Qi Guifei should also be promoted to the first level. She is now a noble concubine, so she can be promoted to the third-rank Xiuyi."

After only staring at Empress Xiao for a while, Emperor Jing withdrew his gaze and began to talk about Concubine Qi Gui.

Hearing that she had been promoted to the first level, Queen Xiao hurriedly responded. She actually regretted the temptation just now.

Even though the emperor usually dotes on Qi Guifei, he should not take it to heart, otherwise, he would not have been promoted to the position of Concubine Rong for the sake of Concubine Rong.

The room fell into silence, the emperor and the empress ate in silence, after a while, Emperor Jing put down his chopsticks, breaking the silence in the room.

"After Duanyang Festival, it will be Su Jieyu's birthday. I want to give Su Jieyu a title."

Hearing what Emperor Jing said, the Queen couldn't help being taken aback, but she quickly realized that she put down the chopsticks in her hand and looked at Emperor Jing with a smile, "Does the Emperor have an idea?"

Since it was Emperor Jing who brought it up on his own initiative, it must not have been a temporary idea. Presumably the title has already been thought of.

Concubine Rong was given a title on her birthday before, and now Su Jieyu was also given a title on her birthday. It seems that although the emperor doesn't care about Qi Guifei, he treats Su Jieyu a little differently.

Hearing the queen's question, Emperor Jing smiled and said, "Originally, I wanted to use the word 'Li', but the word 'li' also refers to the deep love between husband and wife. Deep affection? That's why I decided to use the character 'Chen', what does the queen think?"

After Emperor Jing finished speaking, Empress Xiao's heart sank immediately, but she reacted very quickly, and soon said with a smile, "The emperor is the one who decides, this word Chen is really excellent."

Having said that, the queen clenched her hands tightly, but her hands were hidden in her sleeves, so no one could see that her nails were sunk into the flesh.

Hearing what the queen said, Emperor Jing nodded, "In that case, let's use this word, and don't wait until Su Jieyu's birthday, and at the Duanyang Palace banquet, let's announce the matter with Qi Guifei together."

"Yes." Empress Xiao replied, although there seemed to be a huge wave in her heart at this time, but there was a consistent smile on her face.

"I still have papers to approve, so I'll leave first, and I'll come to see you another day." Standing up, Emperor Jing's hand fell on Empress Xiao's shoulder again, and he gently squeezed Empress Xiao's shoulder. He lifted his foot and left the side hall of Qifeng Palace.

The queen stood up and saluted at the back of Emperor Jing, until the figure of Emperor Jing was no longer visible, the smile on her face disappeared without a trace.

"What a Su Jieyu, what a word 'Chen'!" With a cold snort, Empress Xiao picked up the cup on the table, intending to drop it to the ground, but when Emperor Jing left, she put it back on the table bitterly .

"What's the matter, empress? Why are you so angry?" Yingluo stepped forward, seeing Empress Xiao's gloomy face, she couldn't help being startled.

You must know that after the emperor came, the empress was always in a good mood, and it was the first time she was so angry like today.

"The emperor gave Su Jieyu a title, and he used the character 'Chen'!" Let Yingluo support her, the queen said bitterly.

"The word 'Chen'? But that word Chen?" It is impossible for the people who followed the queen to be illiterate, not to mention the queen's reaction, so Yingluo immediately thought of that word.

After Yingluo finished speaking, Empress Xiao snorted coldly, "Besides that, who else could it be? I originally thought that although the emperor dotes on Su Jieyu, it's just a novelty, but now it seems that I was wrong. , then Su Jieyu is really capable!"

　Well, Meng's feet are still bleeding, so sad~
　　
　
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