in2ebook Chapter 357 Favor
Chapter 357 Favor
After Jiang Sujin returned, she was naturally plagued by complaints from the Shen family.
After all, she promoted her cousin to the position of a fifth-rank talent, while Shen Yueqing was ranked below her and was only given the title of Baolin.
What's more, everyone in the palace had spread the word that the emperor wanted to give Shen Yueqing a high position at first, but Jiang Sujin persuaded him to stop. Naturally, this made them even more open to the secret.
Especially the second uncle and second aunt, they felt that Jiang Sujin just didn't want their family to be well, so she suppressed her daughter and refused to let her get promoted.
Because of this, my second uncle and second aunt were very angry.
Then she thought about how she had been tied to them for all these years and had not gained any benefits at all, but now they were doing bad things to block her daughter's future. This made her even angrier.
The whole capital city knew that Jiang Sujin was rich, but they had never gained any benefits from her.
Because of their little misdeeds, they were also exiled.
The more they thought about it, the more upset they felt. They just couldn't swallow this humiliation, but at the same time they knew they couldn't afford to offend others, so they could only endure it.
However, the two words in their hearts have been made, and they are just waiting for an opportunity to fight back.
The emperor not only granted Li Ranxi the title of Talented Lady, but also gave her a title, named Talented Lady Xi.
That night, Concubine Xi was carried naked into the emperor's bedroom.
The emperor was naturally delighted when he saw the stunningly beautiful woman in front of him.
More importantly, she looks like his stepmother. Although his stepmother didn't spend much time with him, she held a very important position in his heart.
He was still young at that time, but he always remembered the scene of him lying on her bed and her hugging him gently.
Now looking at the woman in front of him, he felt as if he had returned to his childhood.
He looked at the woman in front of him and couldn't help swallowing.
"Are you scared?"
Xi Cairen pulled the quilt, opened his big innocent eyes, and then blinked slightly: "Scared!"
She didn't want to lie at this time because she was really scared now, so much so that her hands under the quilt began to tremble.
Upon hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but curl his lips and smile: "You are very honest."
Xi Cairen: "I dare not deceive you."
Upon hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but touch her little face lovingly.
"Don't worry, I am not a tyrant. As long as you abide by your duties, I will not punish you easily."
Xi Cairen: "I have lost my mother, my father favors my younger brothers and sisters, and my stepmother has been treating me harshly since I was a child."
"Your Majesty is my husband and the one who will accompany me throughout my life, so Your Majesty is the person closest to me now."
"I will naturally be devoted to the emperor."
The emperor looked at her with complicated eyes and said, "It's a pity that I cannot be your husband and wife."
When Xi Cairen heard this, she immediately realized that she had said something wrong, so she stood up and prepared to kowtow to the emperor and confess her guilt.
As a result, as soon as she stood up, the quilt slipped down, and a large area of white skin was instantly exposed.
Just as the emperor's eyes widened, Xi Cairen was so scared that she lay back down and wrapped herself tightly in the quilt again.
"Your Majesty, I am not in a position to speak now, so I can only apologize to you verbally."
"I spoke out of turn, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"
Upon seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Xi Cairen naturally knew what the emperor was laughing at, so her little face turned red instantly.
The emperor smiled and reached out to touch her little face: "You are such a living treasure!"
Xi Cairen: "The emperor once said that I am a beauty."
Upon hearing this, the emperor laughed even more happily.
After a moment, he suddenly looked at her little face and couldn't help but move closer to her and said, "She is indeed a beauty, but an interesting beauty."
When Concubine Xi saw the emperor standing so close to her, she suddenly felt her ears getting hotter.
"Your Majesty!" Xi Cairen felt like her face was about to burn.
The emperor rubbed her little face with his fingers and said in a hoarse voice, "Mammy has taught you how to serve me, right?"
Xi Cairen looked at the emperor and hummed shyly.
The emperor's fingers stroked from her cheek down to her pink shoulders.
"Xi'er's skin is so smooth and tender."
Xi Cairen swallowed her saliva and said, "But I am the oldest."
Upon hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but laugh again: "You are such a spoiler!"
"I spoke out of turn, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"
The Emperor: "Well, you have learned the rules well."
Xi Cairen: "Mammy made me recite it a thousand times."
Upon hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Madam, are you going too far?"
Xi Cairen couldn't help but pout and said, "There are even more outrageous things!"
The Emperor: "Then I will order someone to chop off that maid's head."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Xi's eyes widened immediately: "No, it's a good thing for me to be strict with my concubines. Only in this way can we avoid mistakes!"
The emperor looked at her and smiled, "Xi'er is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted." As he spoke, he couldn't help but move his lips closer to her little face.
Upon seeing this, Xi Cairen couldn't help but widen her eyes nervously: "Your Majesty, are you...are you going to start?"
The emperor smiled patiently and said, "Don't talk!"
"Oh!" Xi Cairen tried hard to calm herself down, but she was so nervous that her heart was about to jump out.
As the emperor's kisses became more frequent, Xi Cairen's fear grew deeper.
No man can remain indifferent when holding a beauty in his arms.
But Xi Cairen was obviously so scared that he was shaking all over and his little face turned pale.
No matter how stupid the emperor was, he could see her fear.
"Are you afraid of me?"
Lady Xi looked at the emperor and said in a trembling voice, "When I was young, I accidentally heard my cousin Ke talking about entering the bridal chamber. She said that night, she cried so much that her pillow was wet. It was really torturous."
Upon hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but burst out laughing: "That's why you have never dared to get married, because you are afraid of this kind of thing."
Xi Cairen: "Not entirely, mainly... the marriages that mother arranged for my concubines were all with elderly men."
The Emperor: "Of course you can't marry her."
The emperor felt very sympathetic towards Concubine Xi's situation, so he just chatted with her under the quilt, and they chatted until late at night without doing anything.
The next day, the eunuch who served the emperor did not see any marks on the handkerchief, so he guessed that the emperor did not do anything last night.
All these people came, but the emperor did nothing.
It was obvious that she was dissatisfied with Xi Cairen. Because of this, Xi Cairen became a joke in the harem for a while.
Concubine Xi did not think that this was inappropriate. She just felt that the emperor was very considerate and would not force her to do anything she did not like.