The concubine entered the palace and the concubine was very attractive

Chapter 130 Breaking the rules

After reading out the imperial edict and the imperial seal, Song Nanxiang began to perform the ritual of six kneelings and three bows towards Gu Junshen and the empress dowager.

Gu Junshen looked at Song Nanxiang, who was pregnant and trying to bow to him, and couldn't help but feel distressed.

After finishing his greeting, he immediately said

"I have always loved your reputation as a virtuous concubine. Now that I see her true qualities, I am deeply gratified. Get up quickly!"

The empress dowager standing by frowned when she saw this, and was extremely dissatisfied with the emperor's action, even though she hadn't said anything yet.

But Gu Junshen had already asked Nan Xiang to stand up, so she didn't know what to say.

Gu Junshen knew that the Queen Mother might deliberately make things difficult for Nan Xiang, so he spoke up quickly to spare her from suffering.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Nanxiang spoke loudly and quickly stood up with the help of Juping and Aunt Ruolan.

She had to kneel and bow while standing, which really made her tired.

The body is heavy.

However, after this ceremony, she became a true imperial concubine and had a lot of real power in front of the concubines in the harem.

Originally, after Nanxiang was promoted to Imperial Concubine, she was going to leave Wangyueju and move to a larger and more formal Imperial Concubine's Palace. However, Gu Junshen took into consideration that Nanxiang was getting further pregnant, so he decided to move to Yanxi Palace, which Gu Junshen had carefully selected, after she gave birth.

There is an alley across the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Gu Junshen's abacus beads hit Nan Xiang directly in the face, his intention was too obvious.

Nan Xiang originally wanted to refuse, but after being promoted to a noble concubine, there were more restrictions and requirements. Sometimes it was not a question of whether she wanted to, but whether she could do it.

After the ceremony, Nanxiang was escorted to the right side of the palace gate by the guide of the ceremonial officer.

Half an hour later, Nanxiang returned to Wangyueju with her heavy body.

When they returned to Wangyueju, Nanxiang immediately asked Ruolan and Juping to take off the heavy thing on her head. At the same time, she changed her imperial concubine's clothes and put on a thin and cool gauze, which was very comfortable to wear in this hot weather.

After taking off all her equipment, Nanxiang finally felt a lot more relaxed.

"It's finally over. I almost couldn't hold on any longer."

Nanxiang said this with emotion and slowly drank the warm water on the table.

"Your Majesty, it's not over yet. Have you forgotten that you still have to go to the Emperor's Changshou Palace and the Empress' Jingren Palace to perform the six bows, three kneels and three kowtows ceremony tomorrow?"

Ruolan reminded softly after hearing this.

Nanxiang felt extremely troubled after hearing this. She almost forgot that she needed to pay her respects the next day.

Then she looked depressed, wondering if Gu Junshen could help her cancel it?

……

At 10 p.m. that evening, Gu Junshen came to Wangyueju with a frivolous step.

Seeing the light on in the study in the hall, he asked Liu Sheng and others behind him to speak in a lower voice.

He came to the inner hall alone, and seeing Nanxiang writing something on the desk, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

At this time, Nanxiang had already removed her makeup, and her eyes looked serious and focused, with an elegant and noble temperament.

If he hadn't known that Nanxiang was a concubine's daughter from the Song family, Gu Junshen would have thought that Nanxiang was a noble lady from some noble family.

Then he sat on the couch, sipping his tea while looking at Nan Xiang.

After a long time, Nanxiang finally raised her eyes and looked at Gu Junshen who was drinking tea and looking at her.

"Now that the emperor is here, why don't you speak?"

There was some surprise in Nanxiang's tone.

"It's because I see my beloved concubine is so serious that I don't want to disturb her."

"Your Majesty, you are joking. How dare I keep you waiting for so long?"

Nan Xiang curled the corners of her mouth slightly, and walked slowly towards Gu Junshen with light steps.

"My beloved concubine, do you still want to be with me? I couldn't bear to see you bowing to me even though you were so pregnant."

Gu Junshen asked with concern, looking at Nan Xiang's face, trying to see something.

"My pregnancy is stable, but I just stood a little longer according to etiquette. It's nothing serious. I have to go to the Queen Mother and the Empress tomorrow to pay my respects."

Nanxiang spoke slowly, and her meaning was already very clear.

She stood for a long time today. Even though the fetus is stable now, it is unclear what will happen after she moves again.

After hearing this, Gu Junshen did not get angry, but raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little surprised by Nan Xiang's words.

You know, Nan Xiang always gave him the impression of being well-mannered and chaste, and sometimes she was a little naughty, which actually made him find her cute.

Especially Nanxiang found his pouting mouth very tempting.

"The rules are a bit complicated, and my beloved concubine has already done it today. Now that the month is advanced, let's cancel it. I will send someone to tell the Queen Mother and the Empress tomorrow."

After hearing this, a hint of tenderness quietly rose in Nanxiang's eyes.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

……

The next day, Jingren Palace.

After Queen Chen got up at the hour of Mao, she began to order people to dress up.

Soon, Concubine Shu from Wangyueju will come to pay her respects, and she can’t lose her composure and confidence.

An hour later, Queen Chen changed into extremely appropriate queen attire, just to give Song Nanxiang a warning later.

Tell her that she, the queen, is the one who makes the decisions in the harem, and that she, Song Nanxiang, is just a small imperial concubine, much inferior to her position as queen, so she must recognize her own position.

However, after she arrived at the main hall of Jingren Palace, she waited for a long time but did not see Song Nanxiang.

According to the rules, the imperial concubine must follow the etiquette after the ceremony. How dare Song Nanxiang miss the time?

Just when Chen was looking confused, Caizhi leaned over and said something in her ear.

"Your Majesty! The Emperor has cancelled Concubine Shu's visit. He said that she should not overwork herself while she is pregnant."

After hearing this, Chen was immediately furious. Just after becoming a royal concubine, he no longer took her seriously?

The emperor actually broke the rules one after another for her.

"Your Majesty! The Emperor also said that even the visit to Changshou Palace has been cancelled, saying that it is for the Imperial Concubine to rest and recuperate. Yesterday's ceremony was very exhausting for him."

Caizhi then added.

"What? Even the Queen Mother's greeting was cancelled? The Emperor actually did this for her?"

It should be noted that Gu Junshen had never been careless when it came to matters concerning the Queen Mother.

He never breaks the rules easily, but now he cancels it just to make Song Nanxiang less tired?

She was full of confusion. As expected, the emperor's mind was the most difficult to guess.

"Caizhi! Let's go to Changshou Palace. I want to see when the Queen Mother gets angry. I want to see if the Emperor can protect Song Nanxiang."

Queen Chen thought of something and her eyes lit up instantly.

……

When Xu Ziang was resting at noon, a eunuch handed a letter to him.

The eunuch left in such a hurry that he didn't even see his face before he disappeared.

Looking at the letter in his hand, he frowned slightly.

"Concubine Shu?"

He looked puzzled. His first thought was that Song Nanxiang had something to tell him. He never thought that the letter was written to him by Wanru.

It was because ever since Song Wanru unilaterally broke off the engagement with him, he had never received any letters from Wanru again.

Besides, Song Wanru is still recuperating from illness, so she shouldn't have such thoughts.

Xu Ziang went to an empty corner, opened the envelope, and carefully read it.

When he saw the contents of the letter, his hands trembled slightly.

"How?"