cold palace escape concubine

Chapter 76 Calculating My Price

In Yingfeng Palace, the palace people are busy making preparations.

When Sikong Qimo arrived, everything changed slightly.

"The courtiers and concubines meet the emperor." Empress Mu Xiyuan came out with the palace staff, dignified and respectful.

"Queen, you don't need to be polite, get up." Sikong Qi Mo nodded, but didn't reach out to help, just nodded and walked in.

Mu Xiyuan was a little taken aback, but quickly suppressed her incomprehension, got up and followed.

"In the queen's palace, there is a lot of freshness." Sikong Qi Mo raised his eyebrows and looked around before taking the first seat.

Seeing that the emperor was only seated in the main hall, the queen had no choice but to sit aside.

If the emperor enters the inner hall, she can still chat about family affairs.But once the emperor sits in the main hall, he must have serious business to discuss.

Although she had prepared a lot with great anticipation, the emperor's thoughts were not something she could guess.

"I just want to add something new." Mu Xiyuan replied cautiously, "The emperor is tired all the way, why don't you take a good rest first."

Sikong Qimo glanced at her, his expression still indifferent.

"Didn't the queen want to discuss with me to decide on the title?"

He said this sentence lightly.However, Mu Xiyuan's back stiffened involuntarily.

Why did she feel that the emperor was dissatisfied with her?
"Yes!" Mu Xiyuan looked at Sikong Qimo with a slight smile, "The concubine thinks that this Jun Liuyi has done something to save the emperor, and this title must be cautious in order to appear majestic."

During the gap between the speeches, the palace servants respectfully offered tea.

Mu Xiyuan took it and handed it to Sikong Qimo respectfully.

"Yeah." Sikong Qimo took the tea and hummed lightly, "Then what title does the empress think is good?"

Seeing Sikong Qimo take the tea but put it aside, Mu Xiyuan's heart also lifted.

In such a short time since the emperor came to Yingfeng Palace, every time she tried, she got a signal of the emperor's displeasure. For a while, she couldn't tell whether the emperor was displeased with something, or she had done something wrong.

With concerns, she spoke more cautiously.

"The concubine doesn't know, what kind of character is this Jun Liuyi?" The queen smiled softly, and lowered her voice a little, "In fact, the concubine thinks that after breaking the rules into the palace, she jumped directly into the third-rank Jie Yu is understandable."

"Oh?" Sikong Qi Mo raised his eyebrows, "The queen doesn't think it's against the ancestral system?"

"The emperor was joking. Isn't there a precedent for resting and rectifying palace rules in every dynasty?" Mu Xiyuan took a sip of tea before continuing: "This ancestral system is about the beautiful women who come to the draft. No higher than the fourth rank, but this Jun Liuyi is not drafted, is he?"

"The empress understands what I'm thinking." Sikong Qi Mo nodded slightly, "I'm a bit hungry."

"The concubine has someone prepare a meal, the emperor wants to taste it?" Hearing the emperor's words, Mu Xiyuan's heart became much happier.

Seeing Sikong Qimo's jaw, he followed him to the side hall for dinner.

Naturally, Mu Xiyuan also knows how to assess the situation.The emperor has always treated her with respect, and she never thought that the emperor would come to welcome Fenggong when he returned to the palace.

If it wasn't for the title and Jun Liuyi's matter, I'm afraid the emperor would just call him to attend bed instead of visiting in person as usual.

But now that the emperor is here, she will not miss the opportunity to compete for favor.

What is the reason for the concubines in the harem to compete for favor? As a queen, she is actually the same.

Without the emperor's respect and favor, the queen's position is naturally in jeopardy.

Fortunately, the emperor has never cared much about any concubine, he is cold to everyone, even if there are certain periods where he often calls for luck, it is still raining and dew.

As for her as a queen, whether in the prince's mansion or now, at least in front of outsiders, the emperor will be concerned about her face and dignity.

Just like Fengjun Liu Yi is Jieyu, he still has to make an order and determine the title by himself.

Sometimes, she couldn't help wondering if the emperor treated her differently?
For Mu Xiyuan, she absolutely stood behind the emperor for following the emperor's mind and not being criticized by the officials.

It's just that she didn't know that the reason why she was chosen as the crown prince and then the empress was because Sikong Qimo wanted such a person.

"Your Majesty, I'm thinking of a title that matches Jun Liuyi's, and I'm afraid that this title will wrong her." Mu Xiyuan added something for Sikong Qi Mo, continuing to bring up the topic that was not finished just now.

The corner of Sikong Qimo's mouth curled up, and he seemed to be in a much happier mood.

"The queen thinks, is the word lotus good?"

"Pity the fragrance and cherish the jade?" Mu Xiyuan asked.

Her first feeling was to think of the emperor's pity for his new favorite.

However, he was slightly taken aback by Sikong Qimo shaking his head.

"The courtiers and concubines are ignorant."

Sikong Qi Mo didn't mean to be unhappy at all, he took a bite of the glutinous rice lotus balls brought by the queen and said: "The queen's lotus balls are pretty good."

"The lotus of the lotus?" Mu Xiyuan understood.

"Out of mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demon, what does the empress think?" Sikong Qi Mo nodded.

"The concubine understands, and the concubine will act according to the emperor's wishes. But this palace, the closest to the emperor is the Feiyun Palace, but..." Mu Xiyuan hesitated, "The Feiyun Palace is still under repair. .”

"No need." Sikong Qi Mo waved his hand, "Since the title is Lian, it is already against the ancestral system to be named Jieyu, it's too late."

"Yes!"

"Just live in the Lotus Cloud Palace." Sikong Qi Mo added.

This time, the queen was shocked.

"Your Majesty, you mean the Lianyun Palace on the other side of the Leng Palace?"

"The empress thinks it's wrong?" Sikong Qi Mo half-closed his eyes.

"There are many palaces in the palace, because the lotus palace is also a lotus, why don't the emperor..." Before Mu Xiyuan could finish her words, she was stunned by the emperor's cold and stern gaze.

"Doesn't the queen understand the reason why the harem is too much to go too far?" Sikong Qi Mo couldn't help putting down the bowl and chopsticks, "I think that if some things are too high, they need other things to restrain them. Could it be that the queen manages the harem even with this?" Don't you understand?"

"emperor……"

"Go back to the palace!" Sikong Qi Mo stood up and left with a cold face, leaving only the queen with an unbelievable expression kneeling on the ground to send him away respectfully.

After he had gone for a long time, she got up under the service of the palace servants.

"Empress." Mu Xiyuan's personal maid, Xiangwei, looked worried.

"It seems that this palace underestimated the influence of this person in the heart of the emperor." Mu Xiyuan sat down blankly, her eyes full of worry.

"Why did the empress make such a statement?" Xiangwei frowned and asked in a puzzled way: "Since the emperor is willing to place her in the Lotus Cloud Palace, why should the empress disobey the emperor's thoughts?"

(End of this chapter)