Concubine Wan glanced over with cold eyes: "This matter ends here. If you dare to do anything behind my back again in the future, I will not be able to protect you."
Yi Xue breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed quickly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty, I will never dare to do that again, and I will obey Your Majesty in everything from now on."
"Get up!" Concubine Wan rubbed her forehead and frowned slightly.
In fact, even she did not expect the emperor to make such a decision this time.
She originally thought that the emperor would promote her to the rank of noble concubine and let Su Qiao replace her original position and become one of the four concubines.
Maybe... she overestimated her position in the emperor's heart
No!
The emperor loves her, only her. Otherwise, he would not have taken such good care of her for the past five years, from the time they met to the time he married her and then to the time she became his concubine in the palace, and almost ignored the existence of other women.
Despite her efforts to comfort herself, Concubine Wan had to admit that she had suffered a blow this time and no longer had her previous confidence that she could always hold the emperor's heart.
Maybe... she should change some strategies.
Chuxue was very observant and quickly walked over to help her rub it gently.
Yixue followed suit, walked over, squatted on the pedal in front of the couch, and began to massage the empress's legs.
It seems that this woman is also losing her patience.
444 thought secretly.
This woman was probably also stimulated by the wedding of Su Qiao and the emperor yesterday.
It is said that according to the rules, bright red and gold were not allowed to be used to decorate the bridal chamber. However, the emperor made an exception and used bright red in order to show his importance to the Su family and his love for Su Qiao.
Black, gold, and red are the most honorable colors of the Obsidian Kingdom.
Ordinary people are not allowed to wear black and gold, and ordinary people are not allowed to wear bright red. The most they can use are rose red, peach red, purple red, etc.
Of course, apart from Concubine Wan, the other concubines were also angry, but because they were afraid of the power of the Grand Tutor's Mansion, no one dared to show it.
Not only can he not show it, he also has to curry favor with Su Qiao.
Unfortunately, Su Qiao didn't give them a chance.
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The atmosphere in the palace has been very strange recently. On the surface, it seems very peaceful and harmonious, but there are constant whispers secretly.
This was all because the newly arrived Imperial Concubine Ying in Jingren Palace had been bedridden since her wedding day, suffering from a cold that was getting worse and worse.
The precious medicinal materials bestowed by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager poured into Jingren Palace like water, and the imperial doctors were on call 24 hours a day, but the disease did not improve.
During this period, the emperor still insisted on staying with her, but was finally stopped by the imperial physician and the empress dowager.
The empress dowager sent Nanny Qin to comfort her, and then ordered her to rest and no one was allowed to disturb her.
Su Qiao's goal was basically achieved. He slept during the day to "recuperate" and quietly got up at night to prepare medicine and practice.
Occasionally, when he felt "stronger" during the day, he would get up and copy Buddhist scriptures.
On this day, Su Qiao finally waited for his mother, Mrs. Su Jiang.
After the greetings, only Su Qiao, Madam Su, Nanny Bai, and four personal palace maids, Chunyu, Nianxia, Ranqiu, and Rendong, were left in the room.
"Ranqiu, Rendong, go and prepare some delicious food. I want to keep mother for lunch before I go back."
"Nianxia, go make tea for my mother. I want the best tea leaves."
Su Qiao looked delighted and seemed very excited. Even his usually pale face looked a little rosy. He took his mother's hand and sat on the couch.
Mrs. Su was also very happy. She looked her daughter up and down carefully. She felt so distressed when she saw her daughter's thin body and pale face.