Chapter 100 The Emperor felt regretted at once

“Can’t you stop making trouble for me?!” It was very hot. The Imperial Carriage where several ice basins had been placed in it stopped under the steps. The Emperor got off it and walked into Xuan Qing Palace, and then he got sweaty. After sitting inside, he took the cold handkerchief offered by Yun Fenghuang, and put it on his face for a moment. Then he felt that it refreshed him.

Then he threw the cold handkerchief into the silver basin not far away, and asked angrily, “Do you really think that I have a good temper and I will tolerate you to be mischievous?”

Yun Fenghuang’s eyes widened, and she said, “Is there someone who makes irresponsible remarks and tells on me, Your Majesty?! I have never done anything bad in my life, and when have I been mischievous!”

“Pin Yun and Noble Consort Shu live in Tong Xia Palace. Why did you ask her to move to Xuan Qing Palace?” The Emperor was not in the mood to argue with her about how much guilty things she had done, and it was guilty enough for her when she said that she did not mess around. He said directly, “Noble Consort Shu is a bit severe on you, but Pin Yun gets along well with you, right?”

“Therefore, we have to live together.” Yun Fenghuang grumbled, “Your Majesty, you are a man. You do not know how women get along with each other. If we get along well, then of course we will want to stay together every day and do everything together! This was the case when I was with Qingman outside the palace. We did not have that condition when we first joined the Imperial Harem. Now I am the hostess of Xuan Qing Palace. Is there any problem that I invite her to live with me? For her grade, it is appropriate for her to live in a side hall of Xuan Qing Palace.”

The Emperor said, “But she has been living with Noble Consort Shu…”

“There wasn’t much empty space in Noble Consort Shu’s palace.” Yun Fenghuang interrupted him. “This is what Her Highness said before! Her Highness also said that because of this, she would not send some Cai Nv to Tong Xia Palace so as not to embarrass Noble Consort Shu after the selection of Cai Nv! Your Majesty, you also know that Noble Consort Shu has always been gentle and fair. Because of this, how can she favor Qingman although Qingman is her sister? Qingman’s Small Jiao E Building is a small place, which was even smaller than her boudoir at home! Therefore, why not allow Qingman to move to my palace?!”

“After all, Xuan Qing Palace is not much worse than Tong Xia Palace in terms of specifications. I am not as fair as Noble Consort Shu and I do care about my relatives! When I said this to Noble Consort Shu, I have already prepared the best side hall for Qingman!”

She spoke without a break, and then suspiciously said, “By the way, who tell you the affairs between our sisters in the harem? His motive is execrable. Doesn’t he know that you are busy with many major events and you are concerned about your country and your people? How dare this person is!”

The Emperor blinked his eyes, “You don’t need to worry about this…”

“How can I let it go?” Yun Fenghuang interrupted him again and said with a severe countenance, “I know that you are always kind, but Your Majesty, this is not a trivial matter! This person dares to take this trivial matter to stop you from rescuing your people. I am afraid that he will make and spread false news to disturb the harem and will even do things that are so irresistible like tampering with your imperial edicts! It is said that one should check erroneous ideas at the outset. Your Majesty, you can’t be indulgent towards this kind of action! If you can’t bear to do it, please let me do it to help you deal with the one with an ulterior motive!”

“…” The Emperor looked at her disappointedly and sighed. He said, “Forget it. I will wash my hands of it. Can you shut up?”

Yun Fenghuang immediately turned to be obedient, and looked at him with a smile. Her eyes and eyebrows were beautiful. Due to her age, she still looked like a little girl. She looked gorgeous and was a little childish. Her black hair, white skin, bright teeth, and red lips reminded people of a flower with dewdrops swaying on the water surface that one accidentally encountered in early morning in the late spring and early summer when strolling by the river bank, without being disturbed.

That kind of nearly overflowing youthful spirit and bright and beautiful feeling were spreading. Even if one was not close to her, it seemed that he could be able to feel some kind of refreshing sweetness.

The Emperor had decided to ignore her. At the moment, he couldn’t hold it back. He reached over and rubbed on her hair. He said, “There are many cats in the harem. Why can’t I find one in Xuan Qing Palace?”

“Your Majesty, you are right.” Yun Fenghuang didn’t think of her title and complained lazily, “Miao Cai, Qingman’s dowry maid was scratched by a cat at the day of holding the summer banquet. Then she died of rabies. How can I not be afraid of those around me repeating the same misfortune? Therefore, I asked them to drive out all the cats when they cleaned up the palace.”

“Furthermore, I am also afraid that Qingman will think of Miao Cai and feel sad when she sees these cats.”

Then she blamed Noble Consort Shu, “Noble Consort Shu, as Qingman’s sister, does not take the responsibility for protecting her because she has never thought about this. When I went to Tong Xia Palace before, I saw there were four or five cats under the tree at the gate of Tong Xia Palace. Their fur looked shiny and smooth, and all of them were capable and vigorous. If they attacked people, no one would stand.”

“…” The Emperor was silent and thought that he finally made her shut up and why he talked to her again.

Thinking about whether to let the uneasy consort mute again, he heard Yun Fenghuang said, “By the way, what kind of beauty do you like?”

The Emperor squinted at her and sneered, “I do not like the woman like you anyway.”

“You said that you like me. I knew it is a lie.” Yun Fenghuang was not sad or terrified at all. She kept smiling and said, “However, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, I like you. I am your consort. I believe that you will not be like someone outside of the palace who is not faithful to his love. And you will not abandon me.”

She leaned on the Emperor’s shoulders and said in a sweet voice, “The reason I ask the question is that Her Highness promises that she will take me and Jie Yu Wei to watch the selection of Cai Nv, thereby to meet those future concubines in advance. Because you don’t like me, I can only count on the people in my palace to win credit for me, so as to avoid that you will be attracted by them and will not come to me all year round when these newcomers join the Imperial Harem!”

“I was wrong!”

“How could I feel that the reason why she asked what kind of woman I like is that she had a conscience and found that she was going to fight for my favor instead of currying favor with the Empress?

His face clouded over. He said coldly, “I just start to take over the reins of power. Therefore, I care less about those beauties. You can listen to what Her Highness arranges about it!”

He regretted at once when he said that. Sure enough, Yun Fenghuang asked happily, “What kind of concubine does Her Highness like?”

“Aren’t you always good at currying favor with her?” The Emperor took a deep breath and then smiled, “Do you need to ask me this question?”

Yun Fenghuang pretended to be angry, pushed his arm, and said, “I will not continue to talk with you, Your Majesty. You always say something like this to tease me! Everyone knows that Her Highness likes me because I leave a good impression to her. I am not good at currying favor with others. Otherwise, you will not treat me like this after I have tried every effort to please you since I joined the Imperial Harem. But since Her Highness can treat me kindly and generously, I will lose her favor when someone among those newcomers stands high in her favor. I cannot let it happen…”

“Jie Yu Mao.” Emperor Chunjia could not help but cough and then said softly, “You are my consort.”

Therefore, what you should worry about was what to do after you lost my favor, instead of worrying about how you would be able to live a life after you lost the favor of the Empress!

Yun Fenghuang said, “Of course I am your consort, but you don’t like me, so what can I do? Although I couldn’t serve you well, I could not neglect my obligation to serve your wife, right? After all, I cannot hold down a job without doing a stroke of work, or I do not deserve to get the payment of a Jie Yu.”

She smiled when she said this. Her eyes were full of cunning, and Emperor Chunjia was reflected in her bright and luscious eyes.

The Emperor hid his impatience immediately and sneered. “Isn’t Her Highness spoiling you now? Then you should ask her by yourself.”

Yun Fenghuang moved her black eyes. It seemed that she wanted to say more. He quickly said, “But both I and Her Highness hope that the newcomers will never be like you, and the more sensible the quieter they are, the better we will feel!”

Otherwise, there was no place in the vast palace where he could have a rest!

“I knew that it is a lie that you say that you do not like me.” Yun Fenghuang was satisfied and hugged his neck with a smile. “How couldn’t you like me? After all, you frequently come to my palace! Before I was in Hu Zhu Palace, I thought that you wanted to see Jie Yu Yue, and then dropped in to see me. Now, I move to Xuan Qing Palace, and you often come here. If it is not because you like me, then why do you do that?”

Emperor Chunjia did not disentangle himself from her arms and said with a smile, “You just said that it is a lie that I say I like you.”

Yun Fenghuang said, “Well, I was young and ignorant…”

What she said made the Emperor and even the servants almost laugh. His anger disappeared directly. He sighed and said, “I said before that you are sensible, and now it seems that you are only a young woman and good at cutting corners.”

“That’s to make you happy!” Yun Fenghuang said sweetly, “I’m sincere to you, Your Majesty. Heaven and earth can…”

“If you keep saying that, I will throw you down!” Emperor Chunjia quickly warned her. Yun Fenghuang just joined the harem for a few days. How many times had she sworn to him?!

The Emperor could not stand her mushy words!

The key was that she pretended to be sincere even if she did not love him… The Emperor understood the reason why Qi Jiulu kept Yun Fenghuang in mind although he had been married and his wife, coming from a respectable family, was gentle, quiet and as beautiful as Yun Fenghuang.

He had a grudge against Yun Fenghuang and came to Xuan Qing Palace with other aims, but he found she was both funny and annoying. Although he kept a straight face, he felt relaxed.

While what about Qi Jiulu?

He was her childhood sweetheart and former fiancé. Before their marital engagement was broke off, they not only bore no grudge, but also had the feeling of growing up together. Of course, Qi Jiulu was totally attracted by his beautiful fiancée Yun Fenghuang who had the gift of gab and sense of propriety and was good at being cute.

In particular, Qi Jiulu was less than 20 years old. At this age, men were impetuous and easily given to passions. They liked pursuing the most tamed horse, drinking the strongest wine, and chasing the most outstanding beauty. As for pursuing a tranquil and comfortable life, people at that age like Qi Jiulu really did not appreciate it.

It was said that Ms. Chao was gentle, soft and beautiful. She must be excellent. However, compared with Yun Fenghuang who was bright, lively and beautiful, she looked a little bit dull.

It was similar to that when one drank spirits and then sipped a light fruit wine, he would feel that the fruit wine was tasteless, which was not because the fruit wine was bad.

People tended to get intoxicated when drinking spirits in a short time. When they drank spirits, perhaps they would get drunk in several minutes.

And even the females who could not hold the drink could drink several glasses of the fruit wine. It would be difficult for someone who had been drunk in spirits to get drunk by drinking the fruit wine.

The Emperor thought so and there was a relaxed expression on his face, but he felt a little worried.

He did not think that he would be like Qi Jiulu. However, he just took over the reins of power. He was surrounded by those powerful enemies. He actually liked coming to Yun Fenghuang to take a breath here… If he kept being like this and relaxed his will to fight, it would be exactly what Ji’s Family wanted.

He originally planned to spend the night at Xuan Qing Palace, but at this moment he gently pushed away Yun Fenghuang and got up, “I still have something to do. I shall leave.”

He didn’t know that when he left, Yun Fenghuang immediately arranged two things. The first thing was to make an appointment to meet Gongxiang Xiao and she did not mention that she would not meet Qi Jiulu this time. The other was that she would choose the most restless ones when she followed the Empress to pick Cai Nv!