Chu Yixuan's special treatment made Yan Xijun very uneasy, and she always felt that this matter was not so simple.

  Wenqin thought that her master's quick attainment of the title of Zhaorong was a sign that the emperor had him in his heart.

  Xue Lian and her thoughts are about the same, they all think alike. A big tree attracts wind, a tall tree in the forest will be blown down by the wind.

  It was okay until he came again at bedtime.

  Chu Yixuan stepped into the main hall of Ganquan Palace and saw Xue Lian holding a lamp, waiting for her while reading. He waved his hand to let Xue Lian go, and looked at her with a good mood: "So late and still not sleeping? Are you waiting for me?"

  "Yes," Yan Xijun asked directly: "Your Majesty, I have a question to ask you, what do you mean by doing this?"

  "What? What do you mean?" Chu Yixuan looked at her with a foolish expression.

  "The matter of making me a Zhaorong!"

  "Oh? What's wrong? Is it too small for you?" he raised an eyebrow and asked.

  Yan Xijun shook her head: "I didn't mean that, you let me rise several ranks in a row, from Mei Ren to Zhao Rong, how can other consorts look at me?"

  "Are you afraid they'll be jealous?" He said with a domineering tone: "I think I can seal whoever I want, what's there to fear? With me as your backing, you don't need to fear them."

  "This is not good! Please ask Your Majesty to withdraw today's imperial edict!" she requested.

  "My word is like a nine tripod cauldron, what I say cannot be taken back, so don't worry about this matter anymore."

  Yan Xijun saw that he refused to withdraw the imperial edict no matter what, and his unease in his heart grew even more, so he sadly lowered his head.

  Chu Yixuan stroked her hair with his big hand, kneading on her head: "Don't be afraid, I said don't worry, I have my own measure in doing things."

  "Alright, good girl, go to sleep!" Chu Yixuan led her to the big bed.

  Yan Xijun struggled free from his embrace and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, can you please return to your palace or go to another concubine's place?"

  "Don't even think about it, you don't have to think about pushing me away, I'll be coming here from now on." Chu Yixuan said furiously.

  "She asked in puzzlement: 'Why?'"

  "Who made you a little demon, everyone wants me to go to their place, but only you always push me away."

  "But you never spent a night in the palace of any other concubine before, why are you willing to make an exception for me?"

  "Because you're also the only one who can sleep soundly and steadily."

  As they were talking, Chu Yixuan had already tossed her onto the bed. The moment she landed on the bed, Yan Xijun hastily grabbed a quilt and wrapped herself up in it.

  Chu Yixuan smiled as he watched her movements, his good-looking eyes hiding a hint of amusement. He reached out and scooped her up along with the quilt, pulling them both into his chest. Smiling, he said: "Last night you helped me obtain three cities, then you also helped me keep the national treasure. What do you want? Whatever it is, I'll satisfy you!"

  "I don't want anything."

  "Don't you believe I can do it or don't you want to tell me?"

  "I really didn't!" Yan Xijun said against her will, she wanted to leave here, but would he let her go?

  She wants that lost "Wordless Heavenly Book", but will he give it to her?

  She wants to ensure Aunt Xu's safety, but can he help her achieve it?

  These are what she wants most now, can it be said? No, saying it out loud would put her life in danger.

  "Since you don't have much desire for anything, I will keep my promise and reward you with 10,000 taels of gold."

  "No need, even if you give it to me, I won't be able to use it. Your Majesty should spend this silver on something that's really needed!" Yan Xijun politely declined, what's the point of having ten thousand taels of gold when she couldn't leave the palace and didn't need to spend money, with a monthly allowance already provided.

  "So what do you think is the place where it's needed?"

  "The people of the world, the common folk, doing good deeds for them is the way to gain more support and backing." Yan Xijun said calmly.

  Chu Yixuan listened to her words and looked at her with even more admiration, he held her tighter and said: "Never has any concubine thought of the people before, you are the first and the only one."

  "It seems that General Yan has done something right again, cultivating a talented and beautiful daughter who is concerned about the world, I am truly blessed."

  “……”

  "What made you come up with that couplet from the Western beauty that day?" Chu Yixuan asked curiously: "That day, even I didn't think of what that couplet was."

  "Your Majesty, you forgot that I'm a bookworm, those couplets are knowledge gained from books."

  "What was that couplet you said to the talented woman from Western Regions, I remember she blushed all over her face. The upper line is 'swallowing all the cloud dreams in my chest', what's the lower line?"

  "I'm not telling you!" Yan Xijun said with a rare mischievous tone.

  "My words are like imperial edicts, and you dare not obey? Do you want to defy the edict?"

  "I dare not! Let's do it this way instead. I'll come up with a couplet and you respond to it. If we succeed, I'll tell you the next line."

  "Alright, go ahead!"

  "Events in life are like a game of chess; one move can affect the outcome for eternity. Your turn."

  Chu Yixuan made a bitter face, pairs of couplets were not his strong point, tomorrow he would have to go ask Luo Zhong.

  The emperor's consecutive visits to the Ganquan Palace for several nights inevitably made many concubines in the harem jealous, but they couldn't do anything about it. Whoever the emperor wanted to go to whose palace, no one could stop him.

  It's clear that Yan Zhaorong is in favor now, and the previous Gu Shao Yi unexpectedly lost favor.

  Although it is said that in the harem, the matter of being favored or not favored happens every day, the imperial consorts can also expect that today Yan Zhaoren's favor will continue, but tomorrow it is uncertain whether she will lose favor, and may even lose her life.

  Although they knew that this matter was only a matter of time, they couldn't help but feel resentful in their hearts. Yan Zhaoge had monopolized the Emperor for too long!

  Yan Xijun always felt uneasy about the current days, she didn't like this feeling. Although Chu Yixuan came to her palace every night, he simply held her and slept, without doing anything else out of line.

  But he did this and unknowingly brought her a lot of trouble, even bringing her many enemies. I really don't know why he wanted to do this?

  Was everything he did really aimed at her? But she hadn't done anything wrong, why was he treating her like this?

  Today's weather is fine and cloudless, with a scorching sun in the sky that brings some sweltering heat.

  Yan Xijun had a clear understanding of her own heart and didn't go looking for trouble, yet trouble still came to find her.

  The imperial concubines are idle and have nothing better to do, so they always make a fuss about something.

  Yan Xizhen had just finished her breakfast and was sitting by the window, admiring the beautiful scenery outside, when she was disturbed by a very arrogant palace maid.

  That middle-aged palace maid who claimed to be Gong Min, she came to Ganquan Palace and didn't even salute Yan Xisheng, but only looked her up and down with those small eyes of hers, before saying: "She's not that great after all!"