C164 Simple Consort

After hearing Chu Yixuan's words, Su Zixuan's heart had become much calmer. At least, it was no longer as uneasy as it was before.

There was one thing that was right, an ugly daughter-in-law had to see her parents-in-law.

Even if she was embarrassed, she wouldn't be able to avoid this.

However, what Chu Yixuan said before he left made her feel slightly uneasy.

The next day, Su Zixuan woke up early in the morning. Although she had plenty of time to enter the palace, she had woken up an hour earlier than usual.

After that, he had her explain the rules of the palace again, afraid that she might make a mistake.

On the way to the palace, her heart was filled with anxiety. When she saw the tall walls and the endless palace road, she felt even more depressed.

Right now, she was standing outside the gates of the Kunning Palace, waiting to be summoned and invited to the palace. She had to pay her respects to the Middle Palace before she could go to the palaces.

This was also where Su Zixuan had panicked. Yesterday, Chu Yixuan had specifically told her to be careful of the empress. Although the hall was large enough to not harm her, she still had to be wary of the empress making things difficult for her.

When Su Zixuan heard this, he secretly took note of it in his heart.

She followed a big palace maid into the main hall, where she sat upright and waited for Su Zixuan and the others to enter.

The empress was graceful and elegant, with an extraordinary bearing and a meticulously maintained face that did not show any signs of aging. She seemed to be in her twenties, but the lines on her forehead added a certain sternness to her grace.

Seeing that Su Zixuan had finished her ceremony, the empress could only put on a straight face and ask someone to give her a seat.

"This humble servant does not know what kind of gift to prepare for the Empress. This time, I have only brought some of this year's new Hangluo to offer to the Empress. I hope that the Empress will not take offense to it." As Su Zixuan spoke, he raised the object in his hand.

After all, this year's Hangzhou only sent some of it up to the outside world. As of now, these things haven't even flowed out, yet Yun Jin is already as precious as gold, and Hangluo is even more precious.

Therefore, although the empress had this thing, it wasn't anything special. Using it as a gift was still pretty good.

"There's no need. Since she's here to see the Concubine Chang, give her these things." The empress spoke flatly, not putting her in her eyes at all, and there was even a hint of harshness and coldness in her tone.

Su Zixuan was stunned. He never thought that the empress would make it so obvious. She didn't even bother to conceal her displeasure.

After that, Su Zixuan didn't take the initiative to talk to the empress, and the empress didn't have any intention of talking to her either. She only drank some tea and asked some basic questions before the empress sent her to find a regular concubine.

When Su Zixuan walked out, she still felt a little confused. It was true that she didn't like him, but she couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him, let alone making things difficult for him.

Su Zixuan had originally thought that even if she didn't look at Chu Yixuan and only looked at herself, the loss of an arm due to the incident with the salt in her heart would still make her lose a large amount of income. Even if it was because of the crown prince, he wouldn't let her off so easily.

This was indeed the case. What she did not know was that before she came, the emperor's warning had reached the Central Palace, and the empress had let her off. But it was also because of this that the empress could not even be bothered to put on an act of kindness.

Su Zixuan had walked quite a distance after following the palace maid's footsteps. The end of autumn was approaching, but even the imperial garden in this palace was brimming with vitality.

However, the unease in her heart grew stronger. When she walked out of the empress dowager's palace, she didn't feel that something was wrong. Mascot who was by her side saw Su Zixuan's pale face and tried to support her, but was rejected by Su Zi.

When she came out of the empress dowager's palace, she was immediately supported away. No matter how uncomfortable she was, she couldn't be seen by others here. Fortunately, the discomfort gradually disappeared as they neared the Ascension Palace.

Unlike the luxurious palace in the empress dowager's palace, Qixiang Palace was much simpler. When Su Zixuan saw the person in question, she recalled that a person's residence was related to their personality.

Even though the palace was extremely luxurious and exquisite, people would always be able to find their own specialties outside of it.

"This humble one greets the Concubine Chang," Su Zixuan bowed politely. Unlike the previous times in the empress dowager's palace, she was more cautious and nervous than before.

"Good child, quickly get up." Chang Fei didn't call for the palace maid to help her up. She walked two steps forward and picked up Su Zixuan's hand before bringing her to the couch to sit on.

The Changfei had never arranged the meeting place for her in the main hall of the palace. She would only meet her in the main room at the back of the hall. This was more like a reunion between a wife and daughter-in-law.

That was why Su Zixuan had entered the hall to pay her respects. The Chang Fei wasn't far in front of her, and only then did they seem closer. She wasn't like the empress, who sat high up in the hall and didn't dare to offend her.

"Is there anything wrong with coming from the empress dowager's palace?" Chang Fei started off as if she was talking about a common occurrence, before minding her own business, "She should be fine. After all, she values her reputation a lot."

The entire palace is watching the emperor's decree. Of course, she knows about what happened this morning.

"When Xuan'er requested for the decree to be given to us, I was shocked. I wonder which family's lady would please him. Looking at her today, she really is a symbol of beauty." Chang Fei smiled and spoke to Su Zixuan as if she was an ordinary elder.

"No wonder he left my palace when he couldn't even wait for his meal. He has already prepared everything for me, and is just waiting for this day to come."

As Su Zixuan listened, she hung her head. She didn't know how to respond to these words, nor did she know how to express her satisfaction more appropriately.

However, she recalled the ninth prince's casual way of speaking beside Chu Yixuan and the way he occasionally spoke.

"The Empress must be joking. How can Zixuan compare to the elegant and elegant Prince? That is the true symbol of a person."