Your Majesty, the Emperor is playing your cards again!

Chapter 703: Hard Work and Excellence
"Of course my daughter deserves it, no matter how good she is, but she's been promoted so quickly, and mother is worried that she will be envied."

Xia Baozheng smiled and said, "My daughter is so outstanding, there are so many people who are jealous of her. I can't take care of their feelings and make myself less outstanding just because they are jealous!
Your Majesty is clear about rewards and punishments, and rewards are given according to merit, so we should just accept it with peace of mind."

Madam Xia also smiled: "Well, it's mother who has a narrow mind. We should work hard to be excellent and make it unattainable for those who are jealous."

The two chatted for more than an hour. Xia Baozheng was sunny and confident. Even though she had experienced a disaster, she was not afraid of the future.

Madam Xia was infected by her, and all her worries were swept away. She was even more delighted because she was going to be made a concubine.

When he left, he had a happy face and his steps were cheerful.

Xia Baozheng breathed a sigh of relief. Women should be more open-minded and live a carefree life. Worrying about this and that every day will only make your hair turn gray. It will be useless.

She hopes that her mother can be happy and carefree, and that half of her hair will turn gray again.

Xia Baozheng had just chosen Concubine Bao, but within an hour, the emperor's imperial edict of conferring the title came down.

For a moment, the entire harem became lively again, and all the concubines came to congratulate Xia Baozheng.

Shufei was the first to arrive. She called her "Sister Baofei" and made fun of the title for being so unsophisticated.

Concubine De arrived soon after and gave Xia Baozheng a box of silver as a gift.

Concubine Liang sent a box of calligraphy and paintings to congratulate her.

Concubine Liu sent a box of storybooks.

As both were concubines, Sister Xia had already been promoted to Consort Bao. She would be lying if she said she was not jealous, but when she thought about the fate of the Queen Mother's family being exterminated, her jealousy turned into great relief.

Fortunately, she turned around and hugged Sister Xia's thigh early. If she was still hugging the Queen Mother's thigh, the grass in front of her grave would have been half a foot high.

Position and other things are just clouds, the most important thing is to stay alive!

Concubine Liu's reason overcame her jealousy and she called Concubine Bao fluently. Concubine Xian came late and brought a golden ruyi as a gift.

But her mental state was not very good, and there was darkness under her eyes.

Xia Baozheng looked at her a few more times and saw dark clouds hovering above her head, with signs of impending disaster.

I couldn't help but ask out of concern: "Sister Xianfei doesn't look very well, but what's the matter?"

The virtuous concubine forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. I just read the account book too much last night and didn't sleep well."

Xia Baozheng said softly, "Sister, you have been managing the harem, which is very tiring. But your health is the most important thing. Sister, you must make sure to rest."

Concubine Xian smiled and said, "Don't worry, sister. I know."

The smile is genuine, but it can hardly hide the exhaustion.

Xia Baozheng didn't know what to say, so she told Zimo to serve her two bowls of bird's nest porridge.

After drinking the bird's nest porridge, Concubine Xian left Jinxiu Pavilion.

After returning to Hanzhang Palace, he could no longer hold on and collapsed directly onto the couch.

Her maid Jinse whispered, "Madam, this hole cannot be hidden no matter what. Let's inform the master and let him help us think of a solution!"

The virtuous concubine shook her head and said, "No, my father is the Minister of Revenue, in charge of all the money in the country. If he knew that I had made such a big mistake, he would be so angry that he would die."

Jinse was extremely anxious: "What should I do? What if the Emperor finds out..."

She couldn't even think about it.

The virtuous concubine clenched her palms and said, "Let me think about it, there will be a way, there will be a way..."