After one night, by noon of the next day, the emperor still hadn't asked me in detail about the Imperial Garden that day. I was extremely depressed. Could it be that he felt that he couldn't face my face and was repulsed? Then I

Wouldn't it be a big loss?

I was pacing around the room impatiently. I was really bored, so I called Yuan'er and listened to her analysis of the Liu family's power distribution in the palace. The more I listened, the more frightened I became.

There are a total of 15 concubines in the palace who have been given titles. Five of them were sent to the palace by the families of officials who were close friends with Liu. The rest are also women who have close relationships with the ministers of the court. There are some beautiful ladies who have not been given titles.

8 people, 2 of them are my distant cousins, and they can also be regarded as people from Liu Xiang's side.

Oh my god, the emperor has so many concubines? Some of them have titles... In other words, he has an affair with these 15 women? That little pervert...

I don’t want to discuss more about the issues of these women, because I know that women who enter the palace cannot really make concerted efforts to be their own father’s party members. Their only effort is to win favor for themselves, even if it is

Even if I step on my own sisters, they will have to climb up. Therefore, I don't have too many worries about the women in the harem. They won't cause too much trouble, but I still feel a little uncomfortable.

"Empress!" Xiaoyou trotted to the door with a happy face, carefully checked my face, and saw that I looked calm, and then said happily: "Congratulations, Empress! Your Majesty has decided to ask your Majesty to accompany you to this year's Double Ninth Festival!"

I was confused. "What's the Double Ninth Festival? And who did you listen to?" It's not impossible if someone deliberately releases false information and wants to make me laugh.

Xiaoyou pouted and said: "Of course it was Xiao Si who was on duty in the imperial study room today who said it! The emperor also summoned the herald to draft the decree! At this moment, the whole palace has spread the news!"

After hearing this, Yuan'er also congratulated me with a happy face. "Congratulations, empress! This is a great honor!"

After listening to their explanation, I realized that the Double Ninth Festival is an important celebration of the royal family. It is held to worship the Emperor of Heaven and ancestors during the harvest season in September to thank the Emperor of Heaven and the kindness of the ancestors. And the number 'Nine' is a yang number,

It is also the largest number among the numbers, so September 9 is also known as the Double Ninth Festival, which has the meaning of eternity. On this day, the emperor personally selected the concubines who went to the Prayer Palace to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony. They were naturally favored and favored by the emperor.

Infinite will be defaulted as the best candidate to take charge of the harem phoenix seal. However, very few emperors in the past dynasties took their concubines to attend the festival. Most of them took the queen to worship their ancestors after they became queens. All the concubines

We can only worship in the temple on the mountain behind the palace.

I didn’t expect that the little emperor thinks so highly of me, maybe it was Liu Xiang who forced me...

"Your Majesty! This shows that the Emperor still values ​​you very much!" Yuan'er and Xiaoyou looked at me brightly.

"Looking at how happy you are, it's like a golden mountain falling from the sky." I said with a smile.

"Empress! You can't say that! Even if a mountain of gold falls from the sky, it's not as important as your participation in the festival!" the two girls retorted in unison.

I couldn't help but smile with relief. In this indifferent harem, there were still people who were sincerely happy and worried for me. Although they had to do this because their honor and disgrace were closely tied to mine, Qixia Palace

There are many people who are watching with cold eyes and hoping for my downfall. Just like the last poisoning incident, in addition to the sweet soup sent from the imperial kitchen being faulty, someone must have given me another kind of poison. Otherwise, why is it only me?

A person is in the most critical condition and is threatened with death?

How to find out the spies arranged by various forces and eradicate them one by one...

At dinner time, Wang An, the herald, came to Qixia Palace and read out the imperial edict to me. The content was exactly the same as what Xiaoyou had heard.

"Congratulations to the empress! Congratulations to the empress! Please accept the order." Wang An smiled and congratulated.

I knelt on the ground, lowered my head, and shouted "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness." I respectfully took the piece of bright yellow brocade silk with both hands, raised it high above my head, and then stood up from the ground. Then, I motioned to Yuan'er.

Reward.

Wang An was not polite, he took the silver and said goodbye to me. But the strange look in his eyes when he left made me very uncomfortable.

Returning to the inner room, I threw the dazzling piece of brocade silk on the table and sat on the chaise longue, rubbing my knees. Yuan'er stared at me in surprise, quickly picked up the imperial edict, and blew on it.

Then he carefully rolled up the brocade silk and placed it on an offering rack.

This series of skilled movements made me suspicious.

Why? She is just a maid who followed me into the palace. Why is she so familiar with these complicated things?

Just as I was wondering, Xiaoyou, who was serving me the food, had just come back and cleverly came over to massage me. The pain in my knees was relieved a little. Next time, should I tie two pieces of thick cotton cloth and fill them with soft cotton?

I hate staying in the harem more and more. I have to kneel down when I see someone with a higher status than me. If one day the person in charge is unhappy and asks me to kneel down for an hour or two, then I will

Are your legs still useless?

Fortunately, now I only need to kneel to the emperor.

Fortunately, in order to observe her filial piety to the late emperor, the Queen Mother went to the imperial mausoleum to eat fast and chant Buddha's name, thus sparing the concubines the trouble of sleeping in the morning and dusk.

Fortunately, the emperor has not held a concubine ceremony yet, and I am still the highest-ranking concubine in the harem...

But, how long can such luck favor me?

After thinking carefully, I secretly made a decision in my heart: In order to help the little emperor secure his position, I must climb to the position of queen. Only in this way can I better contain all the forces in the harem and attack the gangsters named Liu.

At this moment, I completely forgot that now I am one of the targets that the emperor wants to attack, because I am the daughter of Prime Minister Liu - Liu Susu!

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The Palace of Prayer is located in Zhaoyang Mountain, one day away from the capital. In order to hold the ceremony on time, we set off on the seventh day of September.

When I woke up early in the morning, I was pressed in front of the dressing table by Yuan'er, Qingju, and Xiaoyou, and I was getting dressed. There were three elderly palace ladies waiting on me. Oh my god, torture, it was definitely torture! My scalp was so tight

It's so tight and the thing hanging on my head is so heavy! Do they think my head is made of diamond and anything can be inserted into it?

It took me an hour to get dressed up. Looking at the gleaming golden beauty in the mirror, I had some doubts. This is the dress to be worn for the celebration? Why does it feel like a gold-plated Buddha statue to be placed on a shrine for worship?

?I silent——

After staying for half the pay, I quickly spit a few mouthfuls. Keep your moral integrity, the only people I can worship are dead people. How can I, a living person, curse myself like this? Although I really wanted the little emperor to help me get a memorial tablet.

Worshiping is just not what it used to be!

Surrounded by a large crowd of people, I trudged forward with difficulty, got on the chariot, and went straight to Zhengyang Gate. The emperor was already waiting there.

"My concubine is here to see the Emperor." Standing in front of me was the effervescently beautiful Emperor. My heart was filled with peach blossoms and my eyes were filled with red hearts.

"My dearest concubine." He smiled faintly, like a spring breeze, and his charming peach blossom eyes stunned me again. He stretched out his hand to help me up, took my hand, and walked to a larger chariot.

Is this the dragon chariot? I swallowed my saliva. There were so many pearls and gems inlaid on it, it was much more valuable than the emperor... I mean, it was much more valuable than the emperor's clothes. It was really super luxurious.

The dragon chariot is even more comfortable, with a soft couch and several soft pillows stacked on it for sitting and lying down; there are a few books and some changes of clothes in the closet.

I calmed down and sat quietly on the soft couch. I raised my eyes and glanced at the emperor secretly. He just sat upright and looked straight ahead. He was as beautiful as a pink and jade doll. Maybe he noticed my gaze, and he

She turned around, smiled at me and said, "Don't worry, my dear, although the journey is far, it will be very safe as we will be escorted by many soldiers along the way. We will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest."

I nodded and responded in a low voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."

Then, the car fell into silence.

I was in an excited mood and was having a fierce ideological struggle. Should I directly pounce on the emperor and be a bully, or should I seduce and tease him first, and then finally harmonize him? Before I could think of a plan and take measures, I gasped.

Suddenly there was a faint fragrance, which smelled very good. I couldn't help but sniff, and then my head started to feel dizzy.

No, it’s the fragrance!

I raised my eyes in panic, looked at the emperor, and held his hand tightly, feeling a little weak. After a while, I fell on him weakly, and said feebly: "Your Majesty, don't smell it, it's the incense..."
Chapter completed!