novelden Chapter 169 Jin Fei
Chapter 169 Jin Fei
Gu Shijin paused. She was sure that she had not heard wrongly, and that not so many people had said the wrong thing at the same time.
"Everyone, get up."
"Empress?" Gu Shijin asked with a hint of confusion.
This is a title that only concubines of the second rank and above can have. She has been with Lu Junze these two days and has not heard of it.
Her behavior surprised other people in Chenhua Palace.
Xing Zhu came over to support her and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor issued an edict yesterday to promote you to the rank of Second Rank Consort, with the title Jin."
It turned out that not long after Gu Shijin and Lu Junze left the palace yesterday, Su Deyuan came to the harem to announce the decree.
"Jin Xiuyi Gu Shijin, gentle in appearance, quiet and leisurely in nature. She is kind and thoughtful, pure and clear-minded, courteous and beautiful, humble and hardworking. Today, the third and fourth sons of the emperor were born, which is a sign of great auspiciousness. In accordance with the Empress Dowager's benevolent order, she is canonized as a concubine and given the title of Jin. I decree this!"
Gu Shijin was with the emperor yesterday, and Xingzhu and the others thought that Gu Shijin should know, but the fact was that Lu Junze didn't tell Gu Shijin at all.
No wonder Lu Junze gave her a meaningful smile when she and Lu Junze separated just now.
It turned out to be the case.
Gu Shijin smiled, raised his hand, and said, "The Chenhua Palace will reward half a year's salary."
Gu Shijin has always been generous towards his palace maids.
"Thank you, Empress Jinfei."
Gu Shijin glanced at the group of people helplessly and waved his hand, "Go and get busy."
After Gu Shijin gave birth to two princes, Lu Junze had been silent. Although he awarded many precious rewards to Chenhua Palace, Gu Shijin's status had not changed. After so long, everyone thought that the matter was over, but they did not expect the emperor to suddenly issue an edict to confer the title of Jinfei on Gu Shijin.
The rank of a concubine in the harem is actually closely related to her family background. Gu Shijin's father was also promoted this year, but it is far from a high position like the second rank.
But Gu Shijin gave birth to two princes. No one in the palace would have any objection to having two princes and a concubine.
A mother is honored by her son, and a son is honored by his mother.
The fact that Gu Shijin was promoted to the rank of second-rank concubine did not cause much stir in the harem, because any smart person would know that it was a matter of time. How could the emperor, who doted on Gu Shijin so much, remain indifferent? And stupid people could not cause any big waves, so they did not need to take it seriously at all.
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In the Weiyang Palace, Liu Tai knelt in front of the imperial concubine and carefully massaged her feet, saying, "Jin Fei has returned."
Although Lu Junze was very careful about Gu Shijin's leaving the palace, it was easy for someone with ulterior motives to find out, not to mention someone with good martial arts skills like Liu Tai.
As soon as Gu Shijin and Lu Junze came back, the imperial concubine received the news.
"The Emperor really likes Concubine Jin. He took her out of the palace to play, and in less than three years she was promoted from a talented lady to a concubine. No one in the harem can catch up with her." The imperial concubine chuckled and sighed.
Liu Tai looked up at the imperial concubine, not knowing what she meant.
The imperial concubine didn't care that he didn't speak, and asked, "Have the matters in Chenhua Palace been dealt with?"
The emperor took Gu Shijin out of the palace, which naturally made things much easier for them.
The emperor will be more restrained when he is in the palace and the harem, but when he is not in the palace...it's hard to say.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. It has been handled cleanly. Even if something happens, it has nothing to do with our Weiyang Palace." Liu Tai said.
"Okay, then you should prepare to leave the palace." The imperial concubine said this without any emotion, which made Liu Tai feel quite uncomfortable.
He did volunteer to enter the palace to be with her, and he was used to such a dark life, but why? It was all for her.
Liu Tai stood up, sat next to the imperial concubine and took her into his arms. He lowered his head and kissed the imperial concubine hard on the lips, saying, "Your Majesty, are you going to cross the river and destroy the bridge?"
The imperial concubine was not angry. She glanced at Liu Tai and asked, "Do you dare to stay?"
Liu Tai was silent for a long time, then he said in a hoarse voice: "As long as you want."
His entire life revolved around this woman, and he had wasted his parents' upbringing. As long as this woman wanted something, he would never refuse.
When the imperial concubine heard what he said, her eyes turned red, and then she raised her head to hide the tears in her eyes.
"Go out of the palace. If possible, you..." The imperial concubine did not finish her words and was interrupted by Liu Tai again.
This man had accompanied her for nearly half of her life and was her sweetheart in her youth. The imperial concubine was reluctant to let him go.
She was reluctant to let him leave the palace, but also reluctant to let him lose his life in the palace.
"I only love you in my life." Liu Tai looked into the concubine's eyes and said word by word, "Don't say those impossible words."
The imperial concubine was the legitimate daughter of Duke Dingguo. She already had someone she loved before she married Lu Junze. That person was Liu Tai.
Liu Tai was not the son of a noble family. He was just the son of a small military officer. However, Liu Tai was very handsome and talented. The imperial concubine and Liu Tai met by chance during the Lantern Festival and they fell in love at first sight.
However, Liu Tai's status meant that the imperial concubine could not marry him. As a girl from an aristocratic family, her marriage was no longer something she could decide on her own.
The two did not give up at first. They tried various ways, even eloping, but they failed and were caught while eloping.
Duke Dingguo did not make this matter public, because the imperial concubine had the title of the most beautiful woman in Daxia, and they had already decided on her future, which was to marry the emperor.
Since you are going to marry the emperor, there cannot be any stain on your reputation.
Duke Dingguo originally wanted to get rid of Liu Tai, because only dead people are the most reassuring. However, it was the imperial concubine who threatened to commit suicide, and Duke Dingguo had no choice but to keep Liu Tai.
In Duke Dingguo's plan, Liu Tai could die after the imperial concubine entered the palace. Unfortunately, he did not expect that Liu Tai knew martial arts and was quite good at it, so he escaped.
After Liu Tai escaped, he entered the palace and has been with the imperial concubine for many years.
When the imperial concubine first saw Liu Tai in the palace, she was shocked. She asked Liu Tai to leave, but Liu Tai refused to leave the palace. The imperial concubine could do nothing about him, and she was also very moved.
In this way, Liu Tai stayed in the palace.
At the beginning, the two of them did not do anything inappropriate, and that only time was an accident. Unexpectedly, the imperial concubine became pregnant because of this accident.
They have done a lot of bad things over the years, but they just want to be together.
No one knows what the imperial concubine and Liu Tai are thinking, and perhaps they don’t want to know. Some things are wrong and they are wrong. Once you take one wrong step, all of them will be wrong.
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Gu Shijin was promoted to Concubine Jin. Because she gave birth to two sons, her status and position suddenly became higher than that of Concubine Rong and Concubine Lan.
This can be seen from the attitude of the palace servants.
Concubine Lan is a little better off because she now has the power to assist in managing the six palaces, and no one else dares to treat her perfunctorily. But it's different with Concubine Rong.
Concubine Rong was never favored by the emperor, and the eldest prince was disabled, so people in the palace began to be perfunctory in their treatment of him.