"Luo Qingyue?" Without waiting for Luo Qingyue to ask for more, Zi Rou gently called out to him, followed by a painful cry.
When the bed tent gently swayed, and panted along with it, the room was already filled with the gentle glow of spring. After who knows how long, the bed tent finally quieted down.
"Zi Rou, we want to be husband and wife. We want to truly have hair tied together. From now on, love and affection are irrevocable."
Luo Qingyue had stayed in Zi Rou's room for the night. This news had spread throughout the entire imperial harem during the dark hours of the night.
He felt that it was still too early. This hour couldn't prove that the emperor was staying at that little vixen's place. After all, he was still young. Where did he get such a brilliant method to keep the emperor's heart in one night?
One had to know that in the ten years since Luo Qingyue ascended the throne, other than the empress's Kun Ning Palace, he had never stayed in the residences of other concubines.
"Zi Rou, I'll come back at night. I have to go to the morning court. I definitely can't be late on my first night here. Otherwise, it won't be a good thing for you."
"Ahh, take this. This is the witness of our love. If you dare to lose it, see how I will punish you." What was handed to Zirconia was a ball of hair wrapped into a heart.
"I'm leaving. You have to wait for me properly. If you want to miss me, do you know?" Luo Qingyue bent over and gently kissed Zi Rou's lips, then turned around and left. Looking at that straight back, Wang Zirou held her hair in her hands.
Luo Qingyue, for the sake of your own obsession, I will hand myself over to you. From now on, love and hate will be with your heart.
Qingluo had been anxiously waiting for the results of the talent show over at Zou Rou's place. If the emperor left her in the palace, she would have to hurry to the empress dowager's place.
No matter what, he had to plead with the empress dowager to not let Zou Rou's level be too low. If he was bullied by others, he'd need the empress dowager to look after him. After all, the imperial harem wasn't the backyard of his own estate.
The women there were all intelligent people. They were afraid that the lazy Zi Rou wouldn't want them to think and let them do something else. When that happened, they would regret everything.
Thinking about this, Qing Luo became more and more worried. She was wondering if she had done something wrong in persuading Zi Rou to enter the palace. Maybe she should kill all the seeds at the beginning to prevent Zi Rou from having any thoughts of entering the palace.
However, this was just a thought. Qingluo knew that since the emperor was the one who made the first move, there was no way she could avoid it.
"Qingluo, you're not in a good condition these few days. You're too worried. No matter what you're worried about, this child is the most important. Put aside those thoughts in your heart for now."
"You have to know that no matter what kind of mood you're in, your child will always be in the same mood as you. As a mother, you can't be so irresponsible."
In the past few days, everyone had seen Qingluo's annoyance, the two servants, Mo Li and Mo Liu, were even more worried. No matter how much everyone tried to make the wangfei happy, the wangfei always acted absent-minded, leaving everyone helpless.
Since there was nothing he could do, he could only invite Lin Qing out to let her explain things to the wangfei. In the past few days, Lin Qing had also seen through that Qingluo had too much in her mind.
Only, according to Lin Qing's understanding of Qingluo, she was not a person who could not be let go. No matter how big the matter was, she should have passed within a few days.
"Qingluo, if you really have the intention, why don't you tell us all about it? There's no guarantee that we'll be able to help you. We're all on the same side here, aren't you afraid that any news will spread?" Seeing Qingluo's listless look, Lin Qing became a little anxious.
"You should know that you're not alone right now. Not to mention the child in your stomach, even the rest of us are worried about you. You can't possibly let all of us accompany you in your worries and anger, right?"
If there was really no other way, she would just take everyone out for a talk. Qingluo didn't want to trouble others the most, so she hoped that this way she could relax her mind.
"Mister Lin, I know you're here to persuade me out of your good intentions, but this matter is about to come to an end and you won't be able to help me. I'll find out in a few days. Don't worry, it's not a bad thing, it's just … I don't know how much better it will be."
Wasn't this a good thing? As the emperor's woman, this was something many people looked forward to. However, when it came to his own family, he didn't feel relaxed at all.
"Esteemed wangfei, Lady Wang came to visit." A woman reported from outside, "Please come in, please come in." His wife had only come to inform him that the sedan had just passed two gates. She just did not expect the princess to be so anxious.
Looking at Qingluo's attitude, Lin Qing knew that the things that were on Qingluo's mind must be related to the Wang Family. And the only person that could make Qingluo so worried was.
"Qingluo, Qingluo —" Upon hearing Lady Wang's urgent voice, Qingluo was even more uncertain. What had happened that could cause her to panic like this?
"Mrs. Wang, please wait a moment. I'm here." Madam Wang had already rushed in, leaving behind the girls and women behind.
"Qingluo, Zi Rou, she …" Madame Wang was so anxious that she started to choke.
"Hurry up and pour Madame Wang a cup of water. What's going on? What's wrong with ZiRou? Why did she get so anxious?" The unease in Qingluo's heart gradually increased.
"Mo Liu, prepare my things, I want to enter the palace." Only after hearing Qingluo instruct the girl to enter the palace did Madam Wang's heart finally calm down a bit.
"Qingluo, I was about to tell you about this. Please listen to me first." Madam Wang had finally calmed down from her gasping for breath. She then blurted out a shocking piece of news that shocked Qingluo, "Qingluo, ZiRou has been bestowed the title of Second Pin."
He directly sealed a second-grade Radiant Charm? Even if Luo Qingyue had set his eyes on her, he would not be able to seal off such a high rank in one go.
She knew very well that most pretty girls who had just entered the palace would be bestowed with a promise or something like that. A beauty who was only at the sixth rank would be directly sealed from the second rank just like that, and without anyone telling her, she could already imagine how sad Wang Zirou's days in the palace must have been.
Even if Luo Qingyue's harem number was low, there were still more than one or two harem members. Forget about the low rank harem members, although the empress had already passed on, there were still two true second rank concubines, two true first rank imperial concubines and a virtuous concubine.
In other words, on top of Wang Zirou's head, there were four other people who could still casually step on her.
She had entered the palace from the second rank. There was no need to talk about how highly the Emperor valued her. It was likely that these people wouldn't impatiently want to beat her down.
At first, Qingluo was worried that Zou Rou might be sealed too low, but now, being sealed too high actually made her even more worried.
She thought for a moment and gestured for the people in the room to leave first. Although they were all people that she needed to use, there were some things that it was better for them to know as few people as possible.
"Why did he suddenly announce that he would be banned from the second rank? Isn't the talent show still not over yet? Why would he come down so quickly? That's not right!" Qingluo couldn't figure it out.
"Isn't that so? He just went to our manor to spread the decree of bestowment. He said that the emperor was lucky enough to meet the Zhao Yang Hall yesterday …"
"Zhao Yang Hall?" When Qingluo heard Zhao Yang Hall, she couldn't help but interrupt her. "Zhao Yang Hall, this is a place that can only be occupied by concubines of at least at the Fourth Rank or higher. Did you already live in the Zhao Yang Hall before you were lucky, or did you move in afterwards?"
"I heard that the Emperor first went to the storage palace. It seems like Zu Rou suffered some sort of grievance there, but the details are still unclear. The Emperor punished the young miss who started this mess, then sent people to arrange Zu Rou in the Zhao Yang Hall."
She was also puzzled, why did the emperor suddenly treat her daughter so well? Qingluo wasn't surprised, because she had guessed that the emperor was interested in Wang Zirou, but she didn't expect that Zi Rou's heart would be so heavy.
"In other words, before the emperor was lucky enough to get the Zhao Yang Hall, he had already planned on giving Zou Rou a high rank. However, he probably didn't expect to give her such a high rank directly, otherwise, she wouldn't be the only one living in the Zhao Yang Hall. I wonder what happened between the two inside the Zhao Yang Hall that caused the emperor to change his mind."
It had to be said that Zheng Qingluo's brain was indeed strong enough. The emperor really didn't plan to give Zou Rou such a high rank. He wanted to take things step by step and not let Zu Rou make too many enemies.
After all, her family's position wasn't that high. It wouldn't be a good thing to suddenly sit in a high position. Family couldn't support her properly, and if he protected her too much, he would make her the target of public criticism.
His initial thought had been to have Zou Rou stay in the middle and slowly transfer her to a higher position. With the empress dowager around, it wouldn't be difficult for her to take more care of her and raise her rank faster than others.
However, when he saw Zou Rou, he knew that he couldn't wait that long. He wanted to be a couple that was neither suspicious nor distant, just like an ordinary couple.
Giving her the best so that she wouldn't feel wronged, even if she had to pay even more for this, Luo Qingyue still wanted to do this.
Lady Wang was also a bit perplexed. "My old master and I can't figure it out either. As for this, after receiving the imperial edict, I hastily came to discuss it with you."