Yè Běi Chén smiled at her and suddenly wrote the two characters 'Yáo Fēi' on the blank sheet of paper in front of the imperial desk with his imperial pen!
Yú Yáo stared at the two characters 'Yáo Fēi', and suddenly realized something. She looked in shock at Yè Běi Chén.
Is this for her status? Or is it a second-class imperial consort position?
“Yáo is your name, but it is also a title. I think the meaning of the Yáo character is excellent, so I will not look for it again, how about it?”
Yè Běi Chén tilted his lips, smiling at her with a gentle gaze.
"Emperor...No...Qinglang..."
The surprise came too suddenly, leaving Yú Yáo at a loss for words, but she was clearly very happy.
Due to the increase in favor, she had hoped that Yè Běi Chén would give her a high position, but she had only thought it would be something like a beauty or a noble consort.
She is a palace maid, so even if she were to be crowned as a beautiful woman or a noble lady, that would be high status.
A second-rank consort, or a consort with a title—this was a high position that Yú Yáo could not even dare to dream of.
"Qinglang...I am just a palace maid. It would not be good for me to be given such a high title in my first reward."
Although Yú Yáo was very happy, she quickly calmed down.
If this imperial decree to make her a consort were to really be issued, she feared she would instantly become the public enemy of the entire palace.
The Empress Dowager would certainly not let her off the hook first.
Rou Guifei is a perfect example.
"It's just a consort position. I give it to you, and you should accept it without being so uneasy."
Yè Běi Chén reached out and rubbed her head gently, smiling softly.
Yú Yáo was happy to hear this, but her heart was still a little uneasy.
She touched her belly subtly, thinking about her pregnancy and how soon she would be able to show the pregnancy pulse.
If the title of a consort had been conferred at that time, it would have been better, and there would have been fewer troubles.
Yè Běi Chén had no offspring, so if she revealed she was pregnant, it was normal for him to grant her a high position.
Even if the Empress Dowager were unhappy, she wouldn't do anything to her out of consideration for the heir.
Perhaps she would even protect her to ensure a smooth delivery.
Yú Yáo was pondering how to persuade Yè Běi Chén to postpone her coronation as a consort for a while.
Suddenly, she heard him say, "I'll issue this imperial edict in a few days. It's not suitable right now."
Yú Yáo's mind clicked, and she understood the reason.
In fact, it's just a matter of worrying about Rou Guifei. After all, she has a 75% goodwill in his heart, so he will certainly consider the other party's feelings.
Yú Yáo said nothing more. After all, she didn't want Yè Běi Chén to crown her now either.
"Qinglang, I am already very happy. As for when the imperial edict will be issued, I don't care."
Being crowned as a noble lady or a beautiful woman is fine. The Empress Dowager won't mind.
The women in the rear palace would just think the emperor has taken a new beauty. Though they might not be pleased, they wouldn't single her out for too much targeting.
However, if she were to be directly crowned a consort, the significance would be different.
Whoever she is, the emperor shows his favor for her.
It's bound to attract the hatred of all the women in the palace. Just thinking about it is terrifying.
Yè Běi Chén didn't know what she was thinking, but he just placed the paper with the two characters 'Yáo Fēi' on the imperial desk at the bottom of all the items and started working.
Yú Yáo cleverly got down from his lap and stood by the side to grind ink for him.
If her hands got sore, she would just sit by the side, have some tea, or eat some snacks, and no one would bother her.
It's all for Yè Běi Chén, and it all goes into her belly.
The emperor's study was fragrant with incense and full of tranquility.
But the rear palace was in an uproar because of the imperial edict to crown a consort that Yè Běi Chén issued in the morning, and more items like vases and teacups had been broken than could be counted.
The palace maidens from various palaces kept coming to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to receive new ones.
Besides the happy Rou Guifei herself, all the palace concubines were unhappy.
Even the usually serene and dignified Empress Consort had a very poor expression.
She didn't care about Yè Běi Chén's favor, but she cared very much about the position under her.
She was very worried that if things continued like this, Yè Běi Chén, for the sake of Rou Guifei, the woman he loved, would dethrone her as the empress.
In the PhoenixPalace.
The queen was reclining on a soft divan in the inner room, massaging her temples with both hands, feeling a headache coming on.
The empress had migraines and they would occasionally flare up.
Especially during windy and rainy weather, her headaches were severe.
The imperial doctor has been consulted, and medication has been prescribed, but it hasn't improved and she still gets occasional headaches.
Evidently, she had another migraine attack, this time due to anger.
"Your Majesty, may I send someone to fetch the imperial doctor to have a look?"
Não Nán offered a cup of tea at the right time and placed it on a small table next to the bed, looking at the queen with worried eyes and saying in a worried tone.
The queen waved her hand with an unpleasant look, "I'm fine. It's an old problem, and it won't help to see a doctor!"
"But Your Majesty..."
Não Nán furrowed her brow and looked worriedly at the queen.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine after a little rest!"
The queen looked tired and spoke in a faint tone, then fell silent.
"Yes, Your Majesty, rest well."
Não Nán watched the queen's weary expression and didn't dare to speak anymore.
She quickly left the room quietly.
Tiansheng Palace!
The Empress Dowager sat at the eight treasures of good fortune and good luck divan, listening to the nanny Qiu Yun report the news, and her face turned dark.
"Yesterday, I just disciplined Rou Fei, and today the emperor raises that slut's status overnight. Is he deliberately provoking me? Or does he think that slut has suffered enough and wants to compensate her?"
As she spoke, she swept her hand!
"Slap!"
The tea cup on the table flew out instantly, shattering into pieces in an instant.
"The Empress Dowager's anger!"
In an instant, a group of slaves kneeled on the floor with a rush, all with pale faces, their heads against the ground and their eyes not daring to look up, trembling.
"Bang!"
The Empress Dowager slapped the table fiercely again, looked at Qiu Yun, who was kneeling beside her, and roared angrily: "Qiu Yun, go fetch the emperor to the palace and bring him here. I want to see what he has to say!"
The Empress Dowager was clearly furious because she was so angry that she slapped her own face for a low-born woman.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Qiu Yun answered respectfully and quickly left the room.
The same situation prevailed in other parts of the imperial palace.
The Imperial Study.
Yè Běi Chén heard that his mother wanted to see him and immediately knew the reason.
After handling his business, he went to Tiansheng Palace.
Yú Yáo did not go with him, but returned to her own residence.
However, she didn't wait for Yè Běi Chén to come back.
The system excitedly told her that the goodwill of Rou Guifei in Yè Běi Chén's heart dropped. It dropped from 75 to 65, a drop of 10 points in total.
Shocked, Yú Yáo nearly bit her tongue. She quickly put the peach-shaped sweet in her hand aside and asked the system, "What's going on? How could Rou Guifei's goodwill drop so much all of a sudden?"
The system laughed, "Well, nothing special. It's just that the Empress Dowager told the emperor that Rou Guifei cursed her in the Buddha hall to not have a grandchild to carry on, and night north believed it, so the goodwill dropped immediately."
After hearing this, Yú Yáo hesitated for a moment and then smiled.
Rou Guifei has always been a simple, kind, beautiful, and pure woman who needs him to protect her in Yè Běi Chén's heart.
The goodwill naturally drops when it's suddenly revealed that Rou Guifei has a dark side, especially the evil side.
The curse of the Empress Dowager not having a grandson is essentially the same as a curse on Yè Běi Chén not having a son.
It's too normal for the goodwill of Rou Guifei to drop so much.
