Murong Zhan's imperial decree has only been passed down in the harem, and all kinds of discussions in the palace are already lively. Everyone guesses that the empress will definitely fall out of favor, and the newly appointed concubine Shu will be the second lucky one to be favored. There are many people rushing to curry favor.
These discussions can't affect Ye Zhen, but they have affected Hu Yue'er.
At that time, she knew best what the imperial garden was like. She could feel anything the emperor liked about her. However, when he was in the waterside pavilion, the emperor didn't even look at her. The change in the pair of cold and indifferent eyes when seeing the Empress seemed to suddenly become warm and hot, like changing from a cold statue to a human being. Although it is an exaggeration to say this, she did feel this way.
All morning, it has been rumored that the empress is about to fall out of favor, hehe, she doesn't think so, it is not so easy for the empress to get out of the emperor's heart.
However, why did the emperor designate her as concubine Shu alone
Could it be that the emperor really... intends to pamper her...
It was difficult for Hu Yue'er to control the extravagant hopes in her heart. She really hoped that the rumors would come true, and that the emperor really planned to spoil her.
I wonder what the queen would think? The queen is jealous by nature, this time the emperor desperately sealed all the women in the palace, what will she do? Hu Yue'er became more and more restless sitting in her own palace, but her maids were happily packing up. The emperor rewarded her with Xiuhe Palace, which was bigger than the Chuxiu Palace where she lives now, and her maids were very happy.
"Xiangqiao, go to the Yongshou Palace to have a look, the empress...do you go to see the emperor today." Hu Yueer summoned the maid who was close to her, and ordered in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the elder brother of the Empress Empress has entered the palace today, and the Empress probably hasn't had time to find the Emperor yet." Xiangqiao whispered.
Hu Yueer's heart skipped a beat, "The queen's eldest brother? Which one?"
Could it be that Ye Chunnan is back
"It's Lu Xiangzhi." Xiangqiao said.
Hu Yueer breathed a sigh of relief, she was not afraid of the Lu family, but felt that the Ye family was a pressure, probably the Ye family was too famous before.
"Niang Niang, you are Concubine Shu now, you don't need to be as cautious as before, the emperor really has you in his heart." Xiang Qiao comforted Hu Yue'er.
"Yeah." Hu Yue'er nodded frowning afterwards.
The little maid came in from the outside, and said with a smile, "Concubine Shu, Mrs. An, please see me."
Xiangqiao corrected her, "I will be called Concubine An Hui from now on."
"Yes, sister Xiangqiao." The little palace maid smiled.
Anyway, today is a happy event, even Mrs. An has become Concubine An Hui.
If it was normal, Hu Yue'er would not want to see An Xiuzhen. Today she was upset and wanted to talk to someone, so she asked the little maid to invite An Xiuzhen in.
An Xiuzhen walked in with a smile all over her face, "Congratulations to sister, congratulations to sister, sister finally came through all hardships."
Hu Yue'er just smiled faintly when she heard the insincere words, "You congratulate me, don't you congratulate yourself? Concubine An Hui."
"Yes, today is everyone's big day, but who can compare to my sister? You have been the emperor's only concubine for so many years." An Xiuzhen said sourly, it was hard for her not to be jealous of Hu Yueer, obviously She was a beautiful girl who entered the palace in the same year, how could her luck be so good.
"I just don't know what's going on with the queen." Hu Yue'er said in a low voice.
An Xiuzhen chuckled softly, "This is the emperor's will, so what if she doesn't like it? Don't you have to bear it? Don't tell me that when you are favored by the emperor in the future, you still have to worry about the queen's high status every day?" Not happy, when the emperor dotes on her, can you feel better? Everyone is a woman, you still don’t understand this truth, the emperor is our heaven, he can have whoever he wants, the more the empress is like this, the easier it is to let her The emperor is tired, we, it is not her that we have to serve, but the emperor."
Hu Yue'er nodded lightly, and felt that An Xiuzhen's words were correct. If the emperor really planned to spoil her, the queen would definitely be unhappy, so why would she stop serving the emperor because of the empress' displeasure
No matter what, she just had to obey the emperor's will.
"What do you mean by the emperor? Why did you seal the harem all of a sudden?" Hu Yue'er still couldn't figure out what happened today.
An Xiuzhen smiled, "Why don't you understand? People outside said that... She, do you think the emperor really didn't feel anything when he heard it? Women in the palace sometimes fall out of favor just for a moment. , no matter how high the position is.”
Hu Yueer sighed in her heart, she still didn't believe that the empress would fall out of favor because of this, the emperor must have ulterior motives in doing this, "No matter what, she is still the empress, we have just been conferred today, according to the rules, we still have to go and salute her to thank her .”
Even though she was still confused, Hu Yue'er didn't dare to be complacent just because she became Concubine Shu, thinking that she was really different in front of the emperor.
As long as the empress is in the palace for one day, nothing will change.
"The queen may not meet us." An Xiuzhen said.
"Whether she sees her or not is one thing, but whether we have the heart to pay respects is another matter," Hu Yue'er said, and asked Xiangqiao to come over and change her clothes.
An Xiuzhen glanced at Hu Yueer, she had always wanted to imitate Hu Yueer, she was obviously a beautiful girl of the same age, how could she become Concubine Shu
"Then sister, wait a little longer, and I will also change my clothes to salute the empress." An Xiuzhen said with a smile.
The others got the news from nowhere, and when Hu Yue'er came to the gate of Yongshou Palace, they all appeared along with her.
Standing at the bottom of the stone steps, Hu Yue'er didn't care about those who wanted to curry favor with her. Now she just wanted to know what kind of attitude the Empress Dowager had. Would she really be able to accept these concubines who were just conferred
If the empress knew where she was wrong, wouldn't the emperor start... the rain and dew
"Ladies and gentlemen, please go back. The empress is too tired to see you, and the empress has received your wishes." Hongying came out, bowed lowly, and said to Hu Yue'er and the others with a smile.
An Xiuzhen frowned, and was about to complain, when Hu Yue'er said meekly, "I don't dare to disturb the empress's rest, I will come back later to say hello to my empress."
Leaving Yongshou Palace, Hu Yue'er heard someone from behind laughing at the Empress Dowager just out of anger, "... I'm about to fall out of favor, and I don't know it at all."
Oh, these people are really stupid! Even though the empress is not as favored as before, she is still the only person in the palace who has the flesh and blood of the emperor. Based on this, no one in the entire harem can compare to her.