Xia Rongxin waited all night in Yichun Hall. She knew that Zhou Xiaosheng was today, so she sent a plate of chestnut cake to Qinzheng Hall to remind the emperor to come and see her.

After all, since the incident at the border, the emperor has been busy with government affairs all day long and has not come to Yichun Palace to see her for a long time. Recently, he has not even asked her. The entire harem is laughing at her.

Forget it in normal times, Xia Rongxin could understand that the emperor had no time to take care of her because of his busy official duties, but recently there was Lu Huiling around, and she was thinking something was wrong. Even the concubines in the harem felt that Concubine Mei had fallen out of favor.

After Xia Rongxin washed herself, she sat in the bedroom, retired from Yun Xi and Rongfu, and sat alone by the candlelight, closing her eyes and waiting for Qi Bingyu's arrival.

She knew he would come, and he would definitely come. That plate of chestnut cakes carried the love between them, and he would definitely come. Moreover, today Zhou Xiaosheng, their son Qi Jingqin won the battle, he would definitely come and make this good.

The news told her.

Xia Rongxin clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her flesh. She comforted herself and told herself over and over again that the emperor would definitely come.

But the more she said this, the more uncertain she became. In the past, as long as she sent someone to invite him, the emperor would know and come over. But now that there is an additional female official in the Qinzheng Palace, Lu Huiling, she can't guarantee it.

During the period when Lu Huiling was in the palace, Xia Rongxin was as invisible in front of the emperor, and her true feelings were turned a blind eye.

Lu Huiling has been staying in the Qinzheng Palace. She has seen Lu Huiling from a distance. Lu Huiling is young and beautiful, with a graceful figure. What catches the eye when she smiles is her light dimples. She has a youthful air in her every move.

Not to mention she looks like Lu Fushuang.

Xia Rongxin touched the wrinkles on her face. As she got older, she didn't dare to smile. When she smiled, the corners of her eyes were covered with fine lines. She was worried about the affairs of the harem all day long. Her face was full of fatigue. At first glance, she looked like the young female official.

There's a huge difference.

She sat by the candlelight, and every move outside the door made her heart tremble. Waiting was a long process. She was gambling and waiting.

"Your Majesty..." Miss Yun Xi saw the candles in the bedroom brightly lit outside the door, so she asked, "My Majesty, are you asleep?"

When Xia Rongxin heard Yun Xi calling her, she stood up with a cry and walked to open the door. Yun Xi was startled outside the door. She took a few steps outside and found that she didn't see the emperor. She turned around and pulled Yun Xi's hand.

Arm, asked: "Where is the Emperor? Where is the Emperor!"

Yun Xi grinned in pain from being pinched by Xia Rongxin: "Where is the emperor? What are you talking about, my queen?"

"Not coming..." Xia Rongxin was a little disappointed. She let go of Yun Xi and slowly walked back to the bedroom, "The Emperor is not coming..."

"Mother, the weather is getting colder and colder. Go to bed early." Yun Xi followed behind and warned.

"Did you send that plate of chestnut cake?" Xia Rongxin couldn't bear to accept the reality and preferred to think that the plate of chestnut cake was not delivered.

"Your Majesty, this servant personally delivered it to Manager He. Manager He said that the Emperor is busy and he cannot bother him. He will send it to him when he is free," Yun Xiwei said.

Xia Rongxin nodded, and was helped by Yun Xi to go to bed in despair. She lay down slowly like a puppet. Yun Xi covered her with the quilt and comforted her: "Your Majesty, I won a small victory today, but the Emperor has many things to do."

It needs to be dealt with, and I may come to see you when I have time. Don’t be anxious, your Majesty, the Emperor still has you in his heart."

Xia Rongxin closed her eyes and sighed, but now she could only think like this.

"Lu Huiling is just a female official no matter what. She won't be able to cause much trouble. The empress must pay more attention to her health." Yun Xi said.

Xia Rongxin nodded: "I know, you can go down first."

"My slave, please leave." Yun Xi walked out of the Yichun Palace with a worried look on her face.

What they didn't know was that today's plate of chestnut cake, Eunuch He, had not been delivered to the Emperor in person. When the Emperor read the memorial recently, he did not even call Eunuch He into the palace to wait on it, leaving Lu Huiling alone to grind it.

Eunuch He did not dare to enter the palace without being summoned, so he had to ask Lu Huiling to take him in.

However, Lu Huiling heard that it was sent by Concubine Mei, so she pretended to agree, but secretly turned around and lost it somewhere.

She couldn't let anyone ruin her plan.

The plate of chestnut cake was thrown into the bushes, and countless ants were eating the delicate chestnut cake inside, as if they were eating Xia Rongxin's heart.

Early the next morning, Lu Huiling woke up on the dragon bed, with nothing on her body except for a thin silk quilt.

She sat up suddenly and pulled the quilt to cover her body. The emperor beside her had already gone to court. She looked down at her body cautiously, her body trembling uncontrollably...

For a moment, shame and uneasiness surged into her heart, her nose became sore and tears almost fell from her eyes, and she sniffed lightly.

The palace maids outside the curtain heard the voice, knelt down and said in unison: "May your concubine Ming be blessed with peace and prosperity."

"You..." Lu Huiling was startled by them. She hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face, slowly opened a corner of the curtain, and saw that the palace of Qinzheng Palace was full of maids kneeling, holding clothes and jewelry in their hands.

On his forehead, waiting for her to wake up.

The aunt kneeling in front was called Xu Lan, and she was the foreman of these palace maids. Seeing Lu Huiling cautiously sticking her head out to look at them, she smiled in a low voice and explained to her: "Don't be afraid, your Majesty, we are all here."

He is sent by the emperor to serve the empress. Please get up and move to the Minghua Hall, Mingfei. From now on, you will stay at the head of the Minghua Hall."

"Ming Fei?" Lu Huiling was a little surprised. How come just one day later, she was listed as the fourth concubine, along with Mei Fei, and was placed in Minghua Hall not far from Qinzheng Hall?

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"Empress, all this is the emperor's wish." Aunt Xulan said in a low voice.

For the next time, Lu Huiling was in a state of relaxation, letting the palace maids manipulate her. Dressed in dignified and luxurious services, with a hair crown on her head, she rode in a sedan chair all the way from Qinzheng Hall to Minghua Hall.

Everyone was confused.

Along the way, the palace maids and eunuchs saw the bride. Although they didn't know who it was, looking at the dress and the ceremonial formation of the twelve palace maids, they knew that it was the fourth concubine in charge, and they quickly knelt down to salute.

They returned to Minghua Hall in a grand manner, but such a short journey caused a shocking wave in the harem.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is not good!" Early in the morning, Rongfu took fresh snow swallows from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Along the way, he heard people talking about how Lu Huiling had received Long's favor yesterday and was canonized as the Concubine of the Ming Dynasty early this morning.

Checked into Ming Hua Hall.

As soon as he heard the news, he knew something was wrong. Even Xueyan didn't have time to take it and ran back to Yichun Palace.

Yun Xi heard this and scolded: "What kind of mourning is there so early in the morning? I don't know if my wife slept too late yesterday and didn't get up yet!"

"But...but I have something wrong!" Rongfu looked at Yun Xi anxiously, "Let me in quickly, I really have something important to report to you."

"Come in." Concubine Mei didn't sleep at all all night. She could rest for a while in the morning, and when she heard Rongfu shouting outside, she lost all sleep.

After hearing Concubine Mei's summons, Rongfu hurriedly ran in, knelt down and saluted: "May Concubine Mei be safe and happy."

Xia Rongxin sat on the edge of the bed, closed her eyes and said slowly: "What do you have to report?"

"Empress..." When he suddenly wanted to say it, Rongfu didn't know how to speak.

"Say it!" Xia Rongxin felt a little irritated.

"Lu Huiling... Lu Huiling was favored at the Qinzheng Hall yesterday. Today, she moved into Minghua Hall at a glance. She was... canonized as one of the four concubines, titled... titled 'Ming'." Rongfu hurriedly leaned down and trembled.
Chapter completed!