Chapter 207: Elevated to the Rank of Concubine

Chapter 207

Rongyue squeezed Song Zhao's hand tightly and nodded repeatedly:

"Everything is good, everything is good. I heard you entered the palace and were favored by His Majesty, I'm truly happy for you in my heart."

Song Zhao held Rongyue's hand in return, feeling the warmth of her palm.

Xiao Fuzi had told Song Zhao before that when people lie, they unconsciously want to escape, so the blood naturally flows to the legs and feet. Then the temperature of the palms would uncontrollably turn cold.

But now, Rongyue's delicate and fair hand was very warm.

It was evident that her words just now came from the heart.

Song Zhao also smiled and said, "Now sister has entered the palace. With sister’s talent and beauty, gaining favor is only a matter of time."

After she finished speaking, Song Zhao clearly noticed Rongyue's smile stiffened slightly.

Her eyes dimmed for a moment and she did not respond.

So Song Zhao changed the topic.

She looked at Rongyue’s calf and asked, "Did sister hurt her leg?" Fôllôw new stories at novelhall.com

"I fell down myself, it's nothing serious." As Rongyue spoke, she unnaturally moved her leg behind the chair.

The two sisters had not seen each other for a long time. When they met again, they would naturally mention many interesting things from the past.

But in the midst of their conversation, Song Zhao always saw Rongyue smiling with great difficulty, as if she had something on her mind.

She just kept sullenly silent about it. So Song Zhao did not ask her.

It was not until the two had dinner together that Rongyue seemed to really cannot hold it anymore.

She suddenly put down her bowl and chopsticks with knitted brows and said seriously to Song Zhao:

"Beaten? But Imperial Consort Ling is the daughter of the Water Force General, who would dare beat her?"

Song Zhao raised her eyebrows at Yun Shan without answering.

Yun Shan soon realized and exclaimed, "It was General Ling who hit her?"

Song Zhao did not answer the question but said something else.

"Sister once said that what she hoped for most was spending her whole life with one person. With her temperament, how could she be willing to enter the palace? But her status was right there. If she didn't enter the palace, it would offend the heavenly grace and incur the emperor’s wrath. The entire Ling family would suffer. Do you think I don't know what she wanted to tell me just now? She wanted to tell me that she doesn't want to serve the bed. But what can I do?"

As the setting sun sank in the west, Song Zhao gazed at the stretch of fiery red clouds on the horizon and said calmly:

"I don't have the power to persuade His Majesty to let her out of the palace. So I can only pretend I know nothing. She has entered the palace. No matter how high-minded she is, there is no way back now. It would be best for her to give up such unrealistic ideas early on."

It was true that Rongyue was Song Zhao’s closest sister and friend. But in the palace, self-preservation must always come before sisterhood.

After all, one had to survive well before having the capacity to care for other things.

The next morning, Song Zhao heard that the former dynasty had received extremely joyous news, greatly delighting Xiao Jingheng’s face.

Xiao Fuzi brought back the news saying:

"Another triumphant report from the front. General Ning has successfully captured the Zhuyin Country..."

"What?" Song Zhao was shocked. "In just over a month, he breached Zhuyin?"

Xiao Fuzi nodded and also said: "When this servant returned to the palace just now, I met the palace attendants from the Manufacturing Department hurrying to the Yonghe Palace. I asked around and was told they were going to take measurements for the Noble Consort’s new clothes..."

Yun Shan wondered: "How come it was the Manufacturing Department? Aren't the consorts’ clothes usually the responsibility of the Attire Department?"

"There are always exceptions to everything." Song Zhao's eyes darkened. On this hot summer day, her breath came out chilling.

"For example, the Noble Consort's attire has to be handled by the Manufacturing Department personally."