What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 27 Xu Qianqian

The old emperor's eyes lit up suddenly, then he nodded.

The queen knew she was right, so she continued to ask.

"Which musician girl does the emperor take a fancy to?"

The old emperor's eyes became brighter, and the disgust just now was gone, only surprise and admiration remained.

this day.

Everyone in the harem saw that the musicians of Silefang were hurriedly summoned by the queen.

In less than a quarter of an hour, they bowed their heads and hurried back with their instruments in their arms.

Those who are interested will surely find that one of the musicians is missing, that is the 'stupid' girl with fat skin and brows like catkins.

In the pepper room palace.

The queen dismissed everyone, leaving only the girl to share a room with the old emperor.

Before leaving, the queen took the girl's hand and solemnly confessed.

"Good life to take care of the emperor, I will not treat you badly"

"Yes"

The girl's face was purple with embarrassment, and her big deer-like eyes were watery.

The room was finally quiet.

The old emperor slowly opened his eyes, sat up slowly and looked at this girl with fair skin and rosy cheeks, the tenderness that had been exhausted for a long time surged up from the bottom of his heart like a hot spring.

"What's your name?"

"Back to the emperor, the servant girl's humble name is Xu Qianqian"

"Qianqian?" The old emperor appraised it carefully, and suddenly nodded: "This name is good, Qianqian, just like yours."

While speaking, the old hand caressed the slender cheek.

"Are you new to Si Lefang? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"The emperor is a real dragon emperor, with a lot of affairs in his day, how can he know these trivial things? The servant has been here for more than half a year", Xu Qianqian replied casually, always unable to remember the sentence of "returning to the master's words" taught by the nuns.

Just remembered this.

Shy and afraid of embarrassment, he drooped his face, and even his neck was swollen pink.

In the eyes of the old emperor, this scene was like a shy water lily, completely activating his long-decayed heart.

Large rough hands hold slender fingers.

"How can your business be a trivial matter?"

"I like you as soon as I see you, are you willing to stay by my side and serve me from now on?"

Xu Qianqian was so frightened that she almost cried, but the mothers had taught that the emperor is the ruler of the world, the sky of the palace, what the emperor says is the imperial decree, and disobeying the decree will lose his head.

She doesn't want to lose her head, there are parents and elder brother waiting for her Yueyin at home.

"Well, the servant is willing"

Xu Qianqian nodded in confusion.

She is just a woman, mother and nuns have said that women always want to marry, right?
Serving the emperor is considered a marriage, right?

Sure enough, the emperor was as happy as a boy accepted by his beloved girl, with his bloated body hugging his slender waist.

"Don't worry about Qianqian, I will never let you down, I will take good care of you"

Xu Qianqian couldn't breathe from being hugged, and frowned at the greasy smell of the emperor.

After coughing violently, she resisted the urge to vomit.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy"

-

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the 20th year of Hongzhi.

The emperor decreed that Xu Qianqian, a musician in Si Lefang, was granted the title of eighth-grade talent.

That night, Xu Cairen attended the bed and slept in Qianqing Palace for a whole night, and was carried out in the afternoon of the next day.

Along with it, there was an imperial decree.

"The talented Xu Qianqian has made great achievements in serving the bed. I am very happy. I specially confer him a sixth-rank nobleman and bestow Jinhuaxuan on him."

Jinhuaxuan is just an ordinary pavilion, located in the southeast corner of the Imperial Garden, the place is not big, and the location is not good.

The concubines sneered and said that they thought the emperor loved him so much, but it turned out to be nothing more than that.

But it was only less than half a month, and it was the eve of New Year's Eve.

The emperor issued another imperial decree, directly ennobling Xu Qianqian as a third-rank concubine, entering the Huayang Palace, and sharing the affairs of the palace with the lord.

Prior to this, the Xu family had been favored for more than ten days in a row.

As soon as this news came out, the harem was boiling, and those concubines who laughed at were completely slapped in the face.

Face slap is not bad.

Some were so embarrassed that they didn't even have room to stand.

For example, Zhao Meiren and Li Jieyu.

Early in the morning of Xiaonian, the two braved the wind and snow to rush to Jiaofang Palace, knelt in the snow and wept.

"That's all for others. We are old people of more than ten years. Although we are stupid, we have raised the prince for the emperor, but now we are not as good as a new musician, empress, and concubine."

inner hall bedroom
The queen also had a very headache, and lay lazily on the bed, not wanting to move.

"The emperor is getting more and more outrageous. There are rules for the promotion of concubines in all dynasties. Whether they are senior, or noble, or have meritorious service in prolonging their offspring, there are rules to follow."

"I used to be somewhat scrupulous, but in the past two years, it has become more and more unbearable."

Fang Rui massaged the queen's temples.

"The servants dare not speak too much, and can only persuade the empress to think more about herself. After all, you are the first wife and the first wife, and you are famous far and wide. No matter what the emperor does, you will not..."

"No, I will never allow that day"

The sharp nails clasped the pear wood lounge chair, leaving a shallow mark, and the queen simply threw the armor away.

"It's time to choose a prince"

"Observe and observe the sixth child, if it is really useless...then change"

Fangrui's eyes twitched: "The second prince is the eldest son, does the empress not consider it?"

The queen took a long breath and leaned back.

"The second child seems to be doing well now. His biological mother, Liu Guiren, died of illness, which has nothing to do with the present. This is different from the sixth child."

The queen closed her eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly opened her eyes.

"It's just that the second child has a lot of thoughts, I'm afraid it's hard to control"

She sighed a long time: "If the second child and the sixth child are so easy-going, I would not have hesitated long ago."

Fang Rui thought about it again: "What about the third and fifth princes?"

The queen scoffed.

"The third child is too stupid and filial to Concubine Chen. If he becomes the Crown Prince, wouldn't he stand shoulder to shoulder with Concubine Chen?"

"Lao Wu is good, but Zhao Meiren is even worse, not even Chen Fei."

"The rest of the eighth and ninth are too young to show their character"

The queen walked around the room several times in agitation, tore three handkerchiefs and smashed two teacups.

A palace official came to ask about the situation, but was sent away by Fang Rui.

"Forget it, don't think about that for now. You go and send those two away, and tell me what I mean, and you will be promoted to concubines at the end of the year. Don't make trouble at this time, and there will be a family banquet at night."

"Yes"

-

Such a farce ended with the queen's compromise.

Overnight, there were three more concubines in the palace, Concubine Xu, Concubine Zhao and Concubine Li.

Small New Year's Eve banquet.

Uncharacteristically, the emperor did not appear with the empress, but embraced the newly promoted Concubine Xu.

She is young and beautiful, shy and unbearable, like a water lily that has just bloomed, and the old emperor couldn't stop wanting to refuse and welcome.

"Shallow"

The old emperor purposely sat down with Mrs. Xu.

"What do you want to eat, I will also get you delicacies from mountains and seas"

"Concubines like everything, as long as it is given by the emperor"

The silly girl was coaxed by the old emperor like she was soaked in a honey pot, and the past half month passed like a paradise.

The parents and brothers in the family also ascended to heaven with chickens and dogs.

I heard from the palace people that they have already lived in the big courtyard of Wujin, and the servants have bought ten or twenty, as if they are already masters.

In this way, Xu Qianqian worked harder to serve her.

(End of this chapter)