Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 8 Congratulations to the Queen

Shen Que pondered for a moment and said, "The palace maid Zhu Ci is smart, agile, and graceful. She has been granted the title of imperial maid, and she will live in the Qifeng Palace."

Zhu Ci was startled, then immediately knelt down and said, "I thank the Emperor for his grace."

She thought that at most she would be named Cainv, and she would be allowed to stay with Bai Xinrui to work. Unexpectedly, the emperor not only bypassed Cainu and made her his concubine, but also allowed her to live in Qifeng Palace.

It seems that the emperor was quite satisfied with her performance last night. Although she didn't want to admit it, the pleasure in bed was a crucial part of the competition between concubines and concubines in the harem.

Shen Que saw Zhu Ci's dull expression and said with a smile: "What are you doing stupidly? Are you so happy? Why do you still call yourself a slave?"

Li Quan, who was standing aside with his head bowed, immediately said: "I wish you the imperial daughter, you are now a seventh-grade imperial daughter, and you should call yourself a concubine in front of the emperor."

"Concubine, thank you for your grace." Zhu Ci said it again.

After serving Shen Que and putting on his clothes, he watched Long Zhu and his group leave in a grand manner. Only then did she look away and start washing.

After cleaning up, she followed everyone to the west hall carrying the copper basin.

At that time, the sky was getting brighter, the sky was covered with gorgeous morning glow, and Yongfu Palace began to get busy.

Bai Xinrui just got up and was opening the bead curtain and coming out of the inner room. She wore a snow-white gauze skirt that clung to her skin, her beautiful curves looming, and the long skirt trailing behind her.

Her long, glossy black hair was simply held up by a hosta, and there was a faint hint of cyan in her eyes, which showed that she didn't sleep very peacefully last night.

Zhu Ci saw it and thought that she probably hadn't slept much all night. Who would be willing to share the emperor's favor with other women? Some are just helpless.

After Zhu Ci put the copper basin away, he stood aside with his head bowed.

Bai Xinrui glanced at Zhu Ci and yawned lightly. She slowly put her hand in the water in front of the carved wooden stand where the copper basin was placed, and her expression suddenly changed.

"The water is so hot, do you want to burn me to death?!"

After saying this, she pushed the copper basin to the ground and water flowed all over the floor. The red petals swirled along the meandering water.

Zhu Ci hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the water slowly drained away from the hem of her skirt.

She lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will go and change the basin of water."

Bai Xinrui likes to wash with mountain spring water on weekdays. The water is boiled and warmed, not hot at all. The reason why she was like this was just to deliberately make things difficult for her.

"Excuse me? What are you guilty of? These menial tasks are not yours to do in the first place. You are a serious concubine now, how dare I blame you. You are all the masters, in front of me It’s not appropriate to call me a slave anymore.”

Bai Xinrui originally thought that if the emperor was satisfied, he would reward her with a female picker. I never expected that she would be a palace maid. Most palace maids who serve in the bedchambers start out as palace maids, and no one has ever been promoted to two levels in a row.

"I have said that no matter whether I am my master in the future or not, I will be my master and benefactor. If I hadn't shown my love to you, I would not have received this honor."

Zhu Ci's attitude was still respectful and her face was full of sincerity, "The emperor made an exception and promoted this slave to the title of imperial daughter for the sake of the empress. If it were not for the empress, I would not be where I am today. I am extremely grateful and will definitely follow the emperor's lead."

She was so angry now that she could only pick out some things she liked. She didn't dare to verify it herself and asked the emperor whether he had said this.

She suddenly went to bed and made an exception to the imperial concubine. In less than a quarter of an hour, this news will spread to every corner of the palace.

She has become a target of public criticism, but her foundation is not deep. It would be easy for others to deal with her, so she had to rely on the big tree of Concubine Bai to gain a chance for herself to breathe. When Bai Xinrui heard this, her expression became much brighter, "Of course I know that the emperor is doing this for my sake, otherwise, how could you, a mere palace maid, be crowned a seventh-grade imperial concubine?! Get up, After all, I am the master, and when others saw me kneeling here, they thought I was jealous."

"Thank you, Madam." Zhu Ci stood up.

Someone had already brought water in again, she took it, soaked the handkerchief and let Bai Xinrui wipe her hands.

"Since you have become a concubine, you have to serve the emperor all your life. Don't just say nice things, you must let me see your loyalty. Otherwise, although I can make you fly into the clouds, I can also make you fall down. .”

Bai Xinrui threw the handkerchief into the copper basin and turned to sit on the couch. Liu Yan took bottles and smeared them on her hands and massaged them gently.

"Did the Emperor tell you where to live?"

Zhu Ci responded obediently: "Back to the Queen, it's Qifeng Palace."

Bai Xinrui's complexion changed slightly. Although Qifeng Palace is not a big place, it is small and exquisite, and it is close to the emperor's bedroom.

The emperor originally wanted her to live in the Qifeng Palace, but she thought the place was too small, less than half the size of the Yongfu Palace, and it was embarrassing, so she didn't go.

Nowadays, there is only one pregnant Lucai person living in Qifeng Hall, and there is no chief.

"That place is nice and very nurturing. It seems that the emperor is very satisfied with you."

These words were quite strange, and Zhu Ci just pretended not to hear them.

Bai Xinrui saw that Zhu Ci was muttering like a sawed gourd. She snorted coldly, picked up the lacquerware gold-embedded jewelry box on the table and threw it to Zhu Ci.

"This is a reward from me. It depends on the quality of your hands. Now that you are a royal maid and a member of me, you can't be too shabby and embarrass me. Why don't you open it and take a look?"

Zhu Ci took it with her arms full. Wenyan opened the buckle in front of the box, and inside was a hollow jade bracelet wrapped in gold, with a beautiful purple color.

"I like it very much, thank you very much."

Bai Xinrui twitched the corners of her lips with a half-smile, "You have fair skin, and this bracelet will definitely look good on you. You can't be short of people to serve you, so why don't you allocate one or two from my palace to serve you."

Zhu Ci did not refuse, and Bai Xinrui was not at ease with her, and would definitely arrange for her to serve. Even if she successfully declined this time, with her power, it would be easy to bribe anyone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

She might as well accept it, and only then would she relax her guard if someone could monitor her for her at all times.

"This slave obeys your Majesty's orders, but I have a merciless request. I once had a high fever and almost died. Thanks to Zhuying, I risked my life to save her.

The slave once swore that he would take her with him wherever he went in the future. The slave girl begs the imperial concubine to allow Zhuying to follow the slave girl. "

"I can't tell, but you value love and justice." Bai Xinrui had a smile on his face, with dimples looming at the corners of his lips.

"I am not such an unkind person, so let Zhuying go to Qifeng Palace with you. You two can also be companions."

After leaving the main hall, Zhu Ci told Zhuying the news.

(End of this chapter)