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Chapter 597 So exciting
Li Beichen sent someone to deliver an oral message to the concubine to exempt Meng Zhaoyi from paying her respects.

At the morning meeting the next day, Meng Zhaoyi arrived late for the first time.

After the emperor went to the morning court, Meng Zhaoyi's strings that had been tense all night relaxed. He felt so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes at all. When I woke up again, I was very late.

Everyone thought that if they couldn't last three days, they would be as big as Concubine Jing in the future.

The tired-looking Meng Zhaoyi was still bright and charming, with heavy bags and dark circles under her eyes. She was yawning with her sleeves covered, looking like she had overindulged in sex at night.

"My concubine, I forgive you. I slept late last night and was delayed for a while on the road in the morning. I hope you will take pity on me."

The concubine was also very sleepy. I stayed up most of the night last night, not because I was jealous. She is busy taking care of the baby all day now, and she doesn't care about the emperor or anyone else.

A few mosquitoes entered the room and kept buzzing. The little prince was bitten all over his body and itched everywhere. Finally stopped the itching. Those mosquitoes were like sperm, buzzing in my ears, but I couldn't catch them. In the middle of the night, sticks of mugwort were burned to smoke out mosquitoes, and the house smelled of smoke.

The concubine sat there dignifiedly without saying a word, with a peaceful smile on her face, her eyes looking straight ahead, and the emerald earrings on her ears motionless. Seems to be thinking seriously.

Everyone thought that He Fei was going to take this opportunity to establish her authority, so they scolded Meng Zhaoyi so that Meng Zhaoyi would not dare to make mistakes in the future.

Concubine He actually just took a nap with her eyes open, also known as wandering in the sky.

Meng Zhaoyi was restrained and a little uneasy. She carried out a series of scene simulations and prepared a response plan.

The first level of officialdom crushes people to death. She didn't send anyone to ask for leave in advance. I don’t know if the emperor wrote a note of leave.

Unexpectedly, after a long pause, He Fei came back to her senses and just waved her hand to excuse Meng Zhaoyi. He took a breath and said some words of encouragement symbolically.

"Don't miss your old friends and your homeland, and try new teas with new fires. Poetry and wine are in your prime. From now on, Meng Zhaoyi, you will serve the emperor well and give birth to an heir as soon as possible. The days are long, so you still have to take care of your health."

Meng Zhaoyi thought that Concubine He had some ideas about her occupying the emperor's favor. Not only did she not ask her to get up for a long time, she also deliberately read poems and insinuated that she was a "new tea".

Everyone also thought that the concubine and the concubine were jealous, otherwise they would not have deliberately kept Meng Zhaoyi polite.

What I said next may sound like there is nothing wrong with it, but it is not the case. Speaking of connotation, it is impossible to clearly say what the connotation is. Just like the first two lines of the poem, several people who have read poems carefully pondered whether this was a reminder to Meng Zhaoyi not to be arrogant due to favor.

I thought I could watch a good show. As a result, nothing happened, everything was harmonious. Everyone was a little disappointed. But they all thought that the concubine and the concubine were just holding back, and the fun was to come.

Everyone discovered that after Concubine He woke up, her temperament had changed a lot. She often spoke with a gun and a stick, and was much more decisive and confident than before.

In fact, this is all the result of Jiang Yuebai's daily encouragement to He Fei to advise on the situation.

Everyone is envious of Meng Zhaoyi.

This world is really unfair. Some people are better than others in everything and have better luck than others.

It's really irritating to see people compare to each other.

The only fair thing is that noble men like Meng Zhaoyi also had to sit in a row with everyone on the commuter carriage back to the palace.

Meng Zhao had already spent a lot of effort walking to Jingren Palace in the morning, and he really didn't have the energy to walk back again.

There is one person per person in the car, and their positions are basically fixed on weekdays.

Everyone consciously let Meng Zhaoyi choose their seats first. But Meng Zhao took into consideration the stuffy heat inside, and after some humility, he finally got in the car and sat in the seat closest to the door.

The other concubines in the car consciously reduced their presence and tried to stay as far away from Meng Zhaoyi for fear of offending the emperor's favorite.

If Empress Zhaoyi is tired or in a bad mood, and takes the opportunity to find someone to have an attack on, won't she suffer? Why should migrant workers make things difficult for individual workers and take the initiative to leave on their own?

The sun was scorching, and the carriage was very hot. My face was covered with sweat, my back was completely soaked with sweat, and there was a smell of various spices, powder, and sweat.

It’s like being crowded into a bus without air conditioning on a hot day in later generations.

Meng Zhao looked at his colleagues around him in surprise and found that all of them were calm.

In fact, they used to be very irritable, making all kinds of complaints and chatting. Today, when Meng Zhao was here, they all kept silent, looked straight, suppressed the laughter in their hearts, pretended to be calm, and secretly peeped at the unbearable embarrassment of the pampered Meng Zhao.

The second generation of top officials squeeze into the bus to commute to get off work every day.

So exciting.

Meng Zhao sat in the outermost seat, and the wind blew in from time to time. Although it was hot air, it was still very comfortable. Shaking along the way, she actually fell asleep in such an environment.

I have to say that Meng Zhao is extremely beautiful. When he is sleeping in plain clothes, he looks like a sleeping fairy. He is so beautiful that he is otherworldly.

Originally, beauties were as arrogant as literati and were not convinced by each other. But seeing this picture of a begonia sleeping in spring, everyone felt ashamed of themselves.

When they got out of the car, they carefully crawled past Meng Zhaoyi, fearing to disturb the sleeping beauty.

When Meng Zhao woke up, she was the only one left in the carriage. She was helped out of the carriage by Chanjuan and Qingying, and found that the carriage was parked at the gate of Changchun Palace.

"I saw that Empress Zhaoyi had been sleeping, so I didn't wake her up." The young eunuch driving the carriage was named Shuangxi, and he smiled respectfully. Meng Zhaoyi slept all the way, refreshed and swept away yesterday's fatigue. He glanced at Chanjuan and said, "Thank you."

Chanjuan immediately rewarded Shuangxi with a silver coin.

Meng Zhaoyi looked up at the plaque on the door of "Changchun Palace" and secretly determined to find a way to drive a chariot to and from work. Otherwise, it would be too painful to do this every day.

In the evening, Concubine He sent two budding lotus flowers to Jiang Yuebai for flower arrangements.

By the way, I talked to Jiang Yuebai about Meng Zhao falling asleep on the commuter bus. The two of them chatted while eating melon cut into small pieces, like best friends in later generations.

There is no heir to make trouble around, just eating melon happily, so comfortable.

Concubine He tentatively asked Jiang Yuebai if he was jealous or not and if he didn't care. Jiang Yuebai did Tai Chi and said, "Just like my sister. I am what my sister is like."

Hearing this, Concubine He thought Jiang Yuebai cared, because she was actually still caring and jealous in her heart. He comforted Jiang Yuebai and said that maybe the emperor was using a strategy to distract everyone from her pregnancy. Otherwise, many insidious ways will be impossible to guard against.

Jiang Yuebai naturally understood what the emperor meant. But she thought the emperor's intention was more than that. She and Concubine He are close to each other, and their temperaments are very similar, but she still retains most of her true inner thoughts.

Regarding the matter of attendance, Jiang Yuebai suggested that the concubine and the concubine could turn their passivity into initiative and take the initiative to ask the emperor for instructions.

Because of Meng Zhao's distinguished status, he asked the emperor to arrange for Meng Zhao to travel by chariot and give him special care. The emperor will definitely refuse.

If Meng Zhao mentions it again in the future, he will fall into the inferior category.

Concubine He was convinced of Concubine Jianing's judgment and listened to her advice. After leaving Ning'an Palace, she went to the emperor and reported that Meng Zhao fell asleep on the commuter car.

He offered to provide Meng Zhao with a chariot alone to facilitate travel, so as not to cause the delicate beauty to suffer.

As expected, the emperor refused and gave some guiding opinions. Arrange three cars, according to their status, with four people in each car, who can sit more comfortably. Each vehicle is equipped with an ice box for cooling.

After Jiang Yuebai heard about it, he secretly sighed that the emperor was a master. While adhering to principles, he also took care of Meng Zhao's feelings. The most important thing is to turn one person's preference into the improvement of everyone's welfare. This is better for everyone.

The emperor did not go to Changchun Palace again in the evening, but he looked over Fang Xuanshi's sign in Qianqing Palace.

The next day, Fang Xuanshi unexpectedly jumped a level and was promoted to Chang Zai.

This big news overshadowed the good news about improvements in commuter bus benefits.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

According to convention, promotion to a higher level after the first childbirth is a sign of favor, and promotion to a higher level after the first childbirth is a sign of meritorious deeds. The rest of the time is spent on seniority, or the mother clan has made great contributions in the previous dynasty. Jiang Yuebai is an exception among exceptions, and he can be counted among his great contributions to the royal family.

Fang, a woman who only knew how to show off her whole day, was so virtuous and capable that she was promoted to two levels in a row.

Everyone thinks that Duan got this honor just because of Meng Zhaoyi's face.

Fang was as arrogant as ever, but she still knew what was going on, and she still arrived on time to greet her.

She was already a flamboyant person, but now with Meng Zhaoyi at her back, she is even more proud of herself, and she is even more swaying and charming when she walks.

In her own words, she once described the talented Murong family as "unsightly".

Duancai glanced sideways at Fang Changzai, rolled his eyes, and slowly uttered the words "unsightly". After saying these four words, he walked away contemptuously.

Fang Changzai chuckled carelessly, and the pink bead earrings in his ears trembled. It really makes me smile when I look back.

She knew her position in the emperor's heart very well, but she was just a recreational thing, just to show off to Meng Zhaoyi to save face. But what does it matter? If you are loved, you will have a future. The days ahead are long.

Everyone was very reserved on the surface and looked down on Fang's flattering behavior of relying on Meng Zhaoyi, but in their hearts they were very envious.

Before this Fang family was reorganized in the palace, because concubine Ye Suhua saved her life during that chaos, the two of them often interacted and had a very warm relationship.

Now that the newly married wealthy man Meng Zhaoyi is at odds with his former saviour, Shun concubine, Fang is able to handle the matter with ease and quickly gets Meng Zhaoyi's attention. How can such bullshit luck not make people jealous.

Most people only saw Fang's luck. A few people, such as Jiang Yuebai, saw Fang's scheming and ability, and judged that this woman was not simple.

Having a clear positioning, acting decisively, being able to quickly cut off old relationships, making choices that are more beneficial to oneself, and quickly gaining the trust of a new master are not things that ordinary people can do.

Most people are trapped in a cocoon, looking forward and backward, unable to let go of their status or gain a position. I want a lot, but can change very little, so I am jealous of the wasted time and lament the unfairness of fate.

Suddenly, many people came to visit Meng Zhao. Meng Zhao did not reject anyone who came, and he greeted them all politely, inviting them to tea and giving small gifts.

For those who expressly hinted that they wanted to take refuge, Meng Zhaodu said that they could come and sit there often, neither agreeing nor rejecting, leaving room for each other.

Meng Zhao naturally understood the purpose of these people suddenly coming to make friends.

The threshold of the prime minister's palace is high, so if you want to make friends with her, Meng Zhao, it's natural for her to be the same. Not just cats and dogs can get into her eyes. You have to have some skills.

After Fang Xuanshi was promoted, the most ugly scene was between Gu Xuanshi and Lin Xuanshi. Either one of them went to bed. The other person becomes the last one and the laughingstock of the harem.