The Empress's Special Favor: The Prime Minister and His Excellency are Offenders

Chapter 7

The next day, the Prime Minister was still in charge of the early court. After the early court, Xiao Dezi and the Prime Minister came to the palace to read the imperial decree for concubine concubine.

According to the guidance of the queen mother yesterday, the princesses of four powerful countries were selected as the fourth concubine:

Princess Hu Yanrui of Deng Hu State, named Concubine Mei;
Princess Miao Xiaoxiao of Chenshan Kingdom, Concubine Lan;

Princess Hua Keqing of Xihai Kingdom, Concubine Zhu;

Helian Zhilan, Princess of Qiuchi Kingdom, named Concubine Ju;
Zheng Wan'er, daughter of Zheng Zhiqiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, Feng Wanpin
The daughters of the other ministers were granted the title of concubine, and the princesses were given the title of concubine and below.

The back position is missing.

Hearing that there will always be a lack of succession, everyone is guessing whether it will be reserved for Bai Ling'er, or chosen from among the four concubines, everyone has their own ideas.

While Xiao Dezi was reading the imperial edict, the prime minister kept paying attention to Mo Qingling from the corner of his eye, and Mo Qingling also felt that he was being baptized by the prime minister's gaze,

Xiao Dezi announced the completion of the imperial decree,
Yu Mingxi gave Mo Qingling a big stare, as if saying, waiting for you to come back and settle accounts together.

Mo Qingling chose to ignore it, pretending not to see it.

When Xiao Dezi and the prime minister were about to leave, they were suddenly stopped by a beautiful woman.

"Eunuch De, Prime Minister, my concubine has something to report to you two, can I take a step to speak?"

"Your Majesty?" Since the Prime Minister was obviously not interested in her words, Xiao Dezi had no choice but to ask,

"I'm a concubine who has just been conferred," the woman said with a slight smile.
"If you have something to say, you might as well just talk about it," said the Prime Minister impatiently, he didn't have time to deal with the intrigue in the harem,

"This" woman seemed a little embarrassed,
"If you say this, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of a certain empress, and it has something to do with the royal dignity, so..." Xie promised that the words were not serious, and everyone who happened to be present could hear them.
As soon as this remark came out, the other 35 empresses stood still. They were all excited to see the newly sealed palace, but they took a few steps and then retreated.
"Thank you for your promise. The harem is not allowed to gossip. Your empress has just made a promise. The future is bright. Don't ruin your future because of it." The female official who came to the court reminded in a low voice,

Xie promised to nod his head, but he didn't seem to change his mind, so Xiao Dezi had no choice but to listen to her,
"Last night, I wanted to get some fresh air in the yard, and saw a man come into the imperial palace and went... to Concubine Wan's room," Xie promised to speak clearly, and everyone listened with bated breath, because it was not an arrangement. My own, heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time gloated a little, with a gesture of watching the show,
"Concubine Wan was ill yesterday. The imperial physician was ordered to come to see her. There was nothing wrong with it. Xie promised that there is no need to talk about it. I and Eunuch De are just concubines and have never spread rumors to slander you." The Prime Minister heard that he was talking about Concubine Wan , his expression immediately became serious, as if he was angry,

"No, my lord, I didn't spread rumors and slander, I was also thinking about it yesterday, this is a big matter, don't jump to judgment, so I stayed at the gate of Wanbi all night, that man hasn't come out yet, There is only one way to get to Wanbi's room. If you don't believe me, the prime minister can bring someone into Wanbi's room to search now. I don't want to wrongly concubine Wan. It's just that the royal authority is at stake at this time. "

"Okay, Prime Minister, Eunuch De, just come in and search." Mo Qingling interrupted Xie's promise. She still has a lot of political affairs to deal with, and she doesn't have time to play palace fights with this woman.

Eunuch De made a gesture, meaning to let Zheng Waner lead the way,
Xie promised to rush to the front at a brisk pace, and hurried to Wanbi's room,
Mo Qingling walked leisurely in the second place, Eunuch De and the Prime Minister followed behind her,

The rest of the concubines did not dare to step forward, although they wanted to join in the fun, they still followed behind.

"Look, everyone!" Xie promised to open the door of Concubine Wan's room, but the inside was neat and clean, and it was clear at a glance that there was no man,
"What is this doing?" A lazy voice came from behind the crowd,
"Yes, it's him, that's the man who stayed in Wanbi's room last night. Ah—" Xie promised to prove what he said, and pointed at Chu Liancheng who came from behind. Untied his wrists and uttered a hog-killing call,

"Master Prime Minister, Eunuch De, ladies and gentlemen, my official is Chu Liancheng of the Taiyuan Hospital, who was ordered to take the pulse of Madam Wanyu yesterday, and I am not alone, accompanied by an assistant from the Taiyuan Hospital. Eunuch De can go to check the entry and exit registration. And I left within a quarter of an hour after sitting down, Xie promised that I might have dozed off because I didn't see this officer coming out, I'm going to court today, and I was ordered by the emperor to come for follow-up consultation for Concubine Wan, thank you Agreed" Chu Liancheng paused, looked down at Xie and agreed,
"You slandered Concubine Wan and the court officials, what should you do? Eunuch De and Prime Minister, how do you two handle this matter?" Chu Liancheng turned to Xiao Dezi and Yu Mingxi and said,

"Since I have proved my innocence, can I go down to rest first? I am really sick, so I am sorry for the lack of hospitality," Mo Qingling said as if she was about to faint immediately, and was supported by the maid Go in the direction of Wanpin Palace.

Xie promised to be taken away by several father-in-laws, and everyone saw that there was no excitement to watch, so they dispersed in place.

"Huh—he's finally back," Mo Qingling returned to the imperial study room to review the memorial,
Swish Swish Swish quickly, occasionally frowning and thinking, turning the pen in his hand, as if there was no one else around,

However, there is still a great god in this room, the prime minister with a gloomy face, staring at the busy emperor without taking his eyes off it.

Mo Qingling finally finished approving today's memorial, and was about to ask Xiao Dezi to come in and ask what's for lunch, when suddenly a black shadow came over,

"Mo Qingling, have you forgotten something?" The Prime Minister's drooping hair brushed against Mo Qingling's fair face, itching, and Mo Qingling was too frightened to reach out to push it away.

"Ah, what about Concubine Wan? It's a long story at this time. That old fox Zheng Zhiqiu seems to be planning a big deal, but his daughter eloped with someone. I just happened to be 'invited' to play the role of Zheng Zhiqiu's daughter, Zheng Wan'er, and now it's Wan'er. I'm a concubine." Mo Qingling chattered endlessly about pretending to be Zheng Wan'er, and by the way complained about Zheng Zhiqiu, but the Prime Minister's expression did not soften.

"Did you stay in the same room with Chu Liancheng for a whole night yesterday?" the Prime Minister asked through gritted teeth, each word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
"What about lonely men and widowed women? I am a man, and Mr. Chu is also a man. What does it matter if you are lonely and widowed?" Mo Qingling didn't think that the Prime Minister could see through her identity as a woman.

"That's not okay, Mr. Chu doesn't know that the emperor is a man, what if he does something out of the ordinary?" Mr. Prime Minister sighed, his tone softened a little, and then he said worriedly.

　Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, is this the rhythm of confession, Mr. Prime Minister? ? ? ? ! ! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)