Gong Fei Ji

Chapter 233

The emperor said: "My son did not say that the concubines in the harem have no sincerity towards him, but there are so many people in the harem, but Li Meiren is the only one who stands in the way of his son's sword."

Empress Dowager Qi said: "That's because the emperor didn't give them a chance."

The emperor said: "I didn't give Li Meiren the opportunity. Could it be that I created the opportunity for Li Meiren to save her?"

Empress Dowager Qi fell silent and did not speak again.

The emperor said again: "If the mother has no objection, then the son will decree to promote Li Meiren to Concubine Shu."

Concubine Qi almost broke her nails when she heard it, she raised her head and looked at the emperor in disbelief, and said, "My lord!"

But Nanyu, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li immediately knelt down happily and said, "Thank you, Lord Long En."

Empress Dowager Qi said coldly: "No, in the past year, Li Meiren has been promoted from the eighth-rank beauty to the fourth-rank beauty, and she has been promoted extremely quickly. Now she is directly promoted from the fourth-rank beauty to the first-rank fourth lady Such partiality will only dissatisfy everyone in the harem and lead to disputes in the harem. The emperor must not forget that Wang Zhaorong, who gave birth to the eldest prince, is only one of the nine concubines. From the perspective of Ai's family, let's be promoted to Jieyu first, and wait for Li Mei to give birth. Heir, if you are successful in nurturing, you will be promoted to one of the nine concubines."

The emperor said: "Wang Zhaorong made the eldest prince disabled, and I haven't settled with her yet. Letting her be the ninth concubine is already a way of giving her face. But Li Meiren is different. She is a person who has made contributions to both herself and her mother's family." ’” Pretending to make concessions, he said, “At least Zhaoyi, I can’t go any lower, no matter how low I am, I won’t be able to explain to the Li family.”

Concubine Qi Guigui wanted to speak, but the emperor immediately said: "Beauty Li is not born as a court lady now, the daughter of the Li family in Huaizhou is a direct daughter, and she can do it even as a queen. Anyway, the posthumous position has been suspended for so many years..." The unspoken meaning was that if he objected again, he would just let her be the queen if he said no.

Just such a sentence is enough to make Concubine Qi shut up.She lowered her eyes, only feeling a gloom in her chest.

She has been thinking about the succession for so many years, but now the emperor can easily say that she will give it to a bitch who was born as a court lady.Even if it was just a hint to force them, it was enough to make her angry.

After the emperor finished what he wanted to say, he didn't stay any longer.After bidding farewell to the Queen Mother, he led Nan Yu away.

The emperor ordered the two wives of the Li family to be sent out of the palace, and then he dragged Nanyu up to the imperial palace, ready to go back to the Yaoguang Palace with her.

The emperor turned his head to look at Nan Yu who was sitting next to him, and asked, "Are you unhappy that you were not promoted to Concubine Shu?"

Nan Yu said: "No."

If there is no loss at all, it is absolutely impossible.If he had drawn her such a big pie at the beginning, then she wouldn't feel anything, mainly because the emperor had drawn her a big pie at the beginning, but when it came to reality, the pie was not that big, which is why It was a bit of a let down.

But since you choose to believe him, you must believe that the emperor has his own reasons.What's more, anyway, the last position is hers, so it's nothing to not be in a high position for a while.

But the emperor suddenly said: "It's not that I won't give it to you, but that you are not suitable for rising so high now. You don't have enough foundation now, sitting too high, it is easy for noble concubines including other concubines to put all their firepower on you. And your relationship with the Li family is not strong enough to contend with. Believe me, I will give it to you when it is due to you."

Nanyu was a little surprised that the emperor would explain to her, which is not like the emperor's style.However, Nan Yu was very happy when she heard that, she hugged the emperor's arm with a smile, and said emotionally: "I see, I believe that the Holy Majesty did this for my own good." After speaking, she leaned her head on his shoulder.

(End of this chapter)