The palace door slowly opened. Xia Rongxin and Qi Bingyu looked at the crack in the door at the same time. For a moment, their eyes met.

Xia Rongxin's eyes were as warm as jade in an instant. She had always been like this in front of the emperor, and she had been in the palace for decades without exception.

She slowly lowered her eyes and no longer looked at Qi Bingyu. According to the rules handed down from her ancestors, she was not allowed to look directly at the Lord.

Qi Bingyu is a monarch first and then a husband.

Xia Rongxin walked into the Qinzheng Hall step by step and walked towards the man on the high seat.

Qi Bingyu looked at Xia Rongxin and frowned slightly. He was not stupid and knew the purpose of Xia Rongxin's trip. Seeing her getting closer, he couldn't help but change his sitting posture.

The dragon case, which was originally on the left, turned to the right.

Eunuch He, who was looking at the emperor outside the door, secretly felt sorry for Concubine Mei. According to his experience in serving the emperor for many years, the emperor must have been upset when he changed his sitting position involuntarily.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty." Xia Rongxin stopped in the middle of the hall, and Shi Shiran bowed his knees and saluted. His demeanor was dignified and self-possessed, showing the nobility and elegance of a concubine of the Celestial Dynasty.

"Get back together." Then the monarch turned a blind eye to such trivial matters and just replied indifferently.

The corners of Xia Rongxin's mouth raised slightly, bringing up a smile. She stood up slowly, glanced at the emperor, and then greeted her cordially: "The weather has gotten colder recently, so the emperor still needs to pay more attention to his health."

"I understand. These trivial matters will be arranged naturally. There is no need for Concubine Mei to worry." Qi Bingyu raised his finger and pointed to the seat aside and asked Xia Rongxin to sit there.

Xia Rongxin Shiran walked away. Although she was about the age of a middle-aged lady, she could walk with a graceful and graceful figure because of her ability to maintain her appearance. She was no less graceful than a twenty-eight-year-old girl.

"As the emperor's wife and concubine, I naturally have to care a lot about my husband." Xia Rongxin sat down and smiled at Qi Bingyu, "Now our Qin'er is far away on the front lines of the state to solve the country's problems. I am unable to take care of these countries.

For important matters, as a woman, you can only care more about your husband and children. But Qin'er is away on an expedition, and I have no choice but to take care of the people in front of me. This is also human nature, I hope the emperor will not be surprised."

"I gave you the right to co-manage the Sixth Palace, not just to take care of me. Also, Qin'er is not the only one who is our child. Empress Mingxian passed away, and you are in charge of the Sixth Palace. Jingyang also needs to pay more attention to it.

Yes, even though the children are adults, they should not slack off." Qi Bingyu said coldly.

When Qi Bingyu finished saying this, the bright sparks in Xia Rongxin's eyes dimmed.

Eventually I got tired of it.

No matter back then, just a few months ago, when Xia Rongxin brought a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup to comfort Qi Bingyu, Qi Bingyu would still laugh and joke with her.

But things were different now. Xia Rongxin's request for an interview was rejected several times. There was no news about the chestnut cake she was sent. She only received a few insignificant and emotionless rewards and dismissed her hastily.

When talking about their children, we should also mention Lu Fushuang's son. Who in the harem doesn't know that the one His Highness the Crown Prince hates the most is Concubine Mei.

When she wanted to visit His Highness the Crown Prince in the East Palace, she was always turned away for various reasons.

Xia Rongxin choked on his words and sat awkwardly aside, feeling as if she was being tortured by Ling Chi.

"Concubine Mei asked to see me twice today. Could it be that she just wanted to care about me?" Qi Bingyu looked at her hesitant expression and just wanted to end the meeting as soon as possible.

"Yes, the emperor granted me the right to co-manage the six palaces. But early this morning, the concubines came to my palace to complain, saying that the emperor spent all day in the Qinzheng Hall with the female official Lu Huiling, completely ignoring the principle that rain and dew should be shared equally.

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"I have been busy with government affairs recently and have no time to take care of the harem. Since you are exercising the right of a queen to assist the six palaces, you must take on this responsibility." Qi Bingyu said.

"But my concubine is not the queen after all!" Xia Rongxin said word by word, "The emperor is busy with government affairs, and people in the whole empire are panicking recently. I and other concubines in the harem are all seeing this. But at this critical stage, the emperor has conferred the title

Lu Huiling is the concubine of the Ming Dynasty. I exercise the queen's right to control the harem. When the concubines came to ask about me, I didn't know it at all. After all, I was just one of the three thousand beauties in the emperor's harem, and I couldn't afford it.

The important task of assisting the Sixth House."

Xia Rongxin admitted that she was somewhat angry. She was Concubine Mei who spent the New Year in the harem, but in the final analysis she was still an ordinary woman who admired her husband.

"Rong Xin!" Seeing Xia Rongxin being so hysterical, Qi Bingyu's tone became less forceful, "I am really too busy to take care of you."

Qi Bingyu knew that he was indebted to Xia Rongxin. After Lu Fushuang's death, the harem was left without a master. She took the title of the fourth concubine and managed all the affairs of the harem for him without any complaints. He had also grown up in the palace since he was a child.

Rumors can drown people. Of course he knew that Xia Rongxin was burdened with too much. She had worked so hard to arrange even the wedding of Prince Qi Jingyang.

Qi Bingyu could naturally understand her unbearable heartache for suddenly neglecting her and favoring another woman, let alone being directly promoted from a female official to the fourth concubine with the same status as her.

After saying that, Qi Bingyu took her hand, put it in the palm of his left hand, covered it with his right hand and patted it a few times, and said, "I'm sorry for you."

After he said these words, Xia Rongxin's eyes became moist. It was not easy to hear an apology from the Supreme Being.

"My concubine's words and actions are inconsistent with the general order. I hope the emperor will forgive me." Xia Rongxin slowly knelt down and kowtowed to Qi Bingyu.

"Nothing." Qi Bingyu stretched out his hand to help her up.

Xia Rongxin sat back down, collected her emotions, hesitated for a while, and asked: "The emperor has an idea of ​​when the canonization ceremony of Concubine Ming will be held? I will naturally arrange it."

Qi Bingyu shook his head and said: "Recently, the state affairs have been heavy and wars have occurred frequently. The national treasury is already empty and can no longer hold such a grand ceremony. I cannot bear to increase the taxes on the people, and all etiquette should be simple. In addition, the food and clothing expenses of the harem should be shortened, and arrogance and extravagance should be avoided.

Behavior."

"This is natural, the emperor is wise. It is a great blessing for the country that the people of the world have a wise master." Xia Rongxin showed a dignified and controlled smile in an instant, just like Concubine Mei who was in charge of the harem on weekdays.

"Huiling is young. After all, she is not a concubine who was drafted. She has not been taught. If there is something inappropriate, you still have to pay more attention." Qi Bingyu warned.

"I am much older than Concubine Ming, so naturally I treat her as my sister. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, I understand." Xia Rongxin obeyed obediently.

The two were relatively speechless.

After a moment of silence, Qi Bingyu suddenly called: "Hey."

Eunuch He had been waiting at the door. Suddenly he heard the emperor calling him, and he quickly entered the palace and knelt down: "Your Majesty."

"Mei Concubine Xia Rongxin has a prudent nature, is diligent and pliable, is peaceful and pure, has a gentle nature, can control her inner principles, and is virtuous. She is canonized as Concubine Mei as soon as she writes it, and she will go with Concubine Ming for the canonization ceremony that day." Qi Bingyu read.

Xia Rongxin said loudly.

"Yes." Eunuch He said clearly.
Chapter completed!