kingnovel Chapter 644 I Only Like You
Chapter 644 I Only Like You
Zhu Yuan's tears of grievance suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he pursed his lips and dared not say a word.
Shen Xinran has always been like this. If she gets angry outside, she will come back to take someone down. Zhu Yuan knows her temper very well. Generally speaking, the farther away you stay, the safer you will be. But Zhu Yuan can't bear to see her so angry that she has nowhere to vent, so he always says a few words to comfort her. Even if she gets beaten, it's good to make her feel better.
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At three quarters past You, dusk falls.
Lin Shoude hurried into the Yangxin Palace carrying a wooden plate with a green sign on it.
Three days had passed since the concubine entered the palace. During these three days, the emperor had never entered the harem, not even the empress's. Lin Shoude was anxious watching this, and as soon as the Jingshifang finished making the green card, he took it out immediately.
At this time, Qin Junyu was reading a memorial. His eyes were bloodshot and he looked tired. He hadn't had a good rest for a long time.
Hearing the footsteps, he was too lazy to even raise his head. He picked up the pen dipped in cinnabar and wrote on the memorial.
Lin Shoude stood in front of the dragon table, put down the plate, pushed it forward, and cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, this is the green card of the new lady who entered the palace. Which palace do you think we should go to rest tonight?"
Hearing this, Qin Junyu frowned and looked up at the sky outside the window. It was still early, and he didn't know why Lin Shoude was so anxious to urge him to turn over the cards.
Looking at the green plates on the plate, there were twelve in total. If he remembered correctly, there were twenty-four left. What was the reason that the plates of these twelve people were put up?
Qin Junyu glanced at them one by one, such as Qiu Changzai and Yang Meiren, who seemed to be arranged according to their status. His expression eased a lot.
But there is no Queen's brand on it.
Qin Junyu put down his pen and closed the memorial: "I will go to Zhongling Palace tonight."
Lin Shoude began to organize the documents on his desk, knowing that he was about to leave.
Lin Shoude hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Your Majesty." He looked embarrassed. "Before, there was only the Empress in the harem, so it was understandable that you favored her, but things are different now. Three days ago, more than 20 young ladies entered the palace, and you didn't even go to the harem. How can this be justified?"
Qin Junyu punched the dragon table, and with a loud "bang", the stacked papers collapsed and scattered all over the floor.
Lin Shoude almost fell to his knees. Staring at the memorials scattered all over the floor, he felt like his head was going to fall to the ground like them.
By the time he realized he wanted to confess, Qin Junyu had already left.
Zhongling Palace.
Nian Susu had finished washing up and was ready to go to bed. As soon as she took off one of her shoes, the eunuch's sharp voice rang out outside the door: "The emperor has arrived—" She was so scared that she put on her shoe.
Qin Junyu pushed the door open and walked in. Nian Susu was just about to go out. The two looked at each other across the threshold.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Nian Susu gave a stiff smile.
Qin Junyu looked into the hall and saw that there was no one else there, so he slipped in when she wasn't paying attention, without giving her any chance to resist.
The door is closed every year.
Qin Junyu took off his outer robe, put on his inner clothes and underwear and lay down on the bed she had just made.
He moved inside, patted the empty seat next to him, and said with a smile in his eyes, "Come here, go to sleep."
He hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time. He was angry because Lin Shoude forced him to favor the new concubine, so he left his duty early and came to Zhongling Palace just to have a good rest.
Nian Susu knew that he didn't like light around him when he slept, so she blew out all the candles in the hall one by one, returned to the bed in the moonlight, lay down beside him, and changed to a comfortable position with her head resting on his arm.
The surroundings were very quiet. The cold moonlight filtered in through the window and fell on the bedside, but did not illuminate the two people behind the curtains. Although they were lying face to face, they could not see each other's expressions clearly.
Nian Susu looked in the direction of his eyes and asked, "Why don't you go to another concubine's palace?"
"There are so many selected beauties, is there really no one you like?"
Qin Junyu had just fallen asleep when she woke him up again. He rested his chin on her fluffy head and rubbed it with his hand. He said in a hoarse voice, "I told you that I only like you. Why don't you believe me?"
Nian Susu was silent for a long time. "Even if you don't like them, you have to pretend to do so for outsiders. If you keep going to Zhongling Palace every day, I will become a doting and arbitrary demon queen."
Qin Junyu didn't care. Since he was the emperor, no one dared to blame him. She had to bear all the consequences alone.
This is also why there are so many evil concubines in history who have seduced emperors, brought disaster to the country and the people, and caused the demise of dynasties, but no one has ever blamed the emperor for his incompetence.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Nian Susu said again: "I believe that I am the only one in your heart, but everyone has stayed, you should at least go and take a look, right?"
Qin Junyu uttered "hmm" very lightly, and Nian Susu knew that he didn't take her words to heart.
She got up and lit the candle on the bedside. Qin Junyu was dazzled and raised his hand to block it. When he put it down, he saw Nian Susu kneeling with a sharp gaze, as if he wanted to have a good talk with him.
"I'm serious." Nian Susu was afraid that he would think that he was speaking in anger. The two had discussed this issue many times.
"They need to rely on their status in the harem to consolidate the power of the family, and you can use them to contain the officials of the previous dynasty. It's just a mutually beneficial cooperation."
Qin Junyu did not comment, what she said was what he was thinking.
However, he thought that it would be fine to keep the concubines and put them in the harem, and there was no need for him to pay too much attention to them, let alone favor them.
Nian Susu had a "discussion" with him for half an hour, and finally Qin Junyu chose to listen to her and act out the whole thing.
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On the seventh day after the concubine entered the palace, Nian Susu confirmed that the time for morning and evening visits would be set at 9:00 in the morning. According to past experience, it was always at 7:00, but she could not get up too early, so it was simply postponed. Moreover, she only needed to come to Zhongling Palace to pay her respects on the first and fifteenth day of each month, and she could skip the rest of the time.
Most people are happy. After all, no one wants to get up before dawn every day to face other people's faces.
Therefore, the first time the concubines paid their respects to the Queen was on the thirteenth day after entering the palace, which was July 15th.
Nian Susu was very much looking forward to this meeting. She didn't know many of the concubines, so this was a good opportunity to get acquainted with everyone.
Zhongling Palace.
Qiu Minjing and Yang Zhitao arrived the earliest, and because of their high positions, they sat closest to Nian Susu.
The three of them smiled and remained silent tacitly.
Yang Zhitao yawned drowsily and wanted to continue sleeping.
Nian Susu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why are you even more sleepy than me?"
Yang Zhitao woke up instantly and said with a red face: "Your Majesty, you don't know, Sister Qiu said that I am still in the stage of growing up, and it is normal to be sleepy."