"This is against humanity!!"

  He almost shouted in surprise.

  The night is cool as water, the stars in the sky are twinkling by the window, the Milky Way in the sky is overflowing with crystal light, almost washing away this mundane world.

  The young woman sitting alone by the window, when was it that she laughed so elegantly and freely with him, roaming in the mountains, brewing tea on snowy nights, playing chess on rainy nights.

  That crystal clear and transparent person, now still so serene and calm, but in their eyes, like a vast ocean overflowing, is an indigo profound hatred.

  "Do you know, Xiao Yun..."

  "It's just a counterplot, let Yuan Xiu and I become sworn enemies."

  "Since he only has this land and throne in his heart, I will destroy all of his descendants, letting him watch with open eyes from beneath the nine springs as I change the surname of this world!"

  The sound of 'dew', cold and indifferent, yet heart-wrenching resentment.

  "With your abilities, it's not difficult to overthrow this dynasty, why must you use such drastic measures?"

  Yu Yun's heart ached, but she couldn't agree with her methods.

  "Should this dynasty perish in war?"

  The young woman was slightly startled, and smiled faintly. In the quiet night, she bloomed like a night-blooming flower, but in an instant, she transformed into a forest of resentment and venom.

  "No, such a grand and stirring end would only cheapen the great reputation they left behind... Lin Yin had always been most proud of her cunning and manipulative ways, if that's the case, then I'll let her die by those very means!"

  "If you really become a palace concubine, how will you get along with the emperor..."

  Yu Yun was both anxious and angry, but when he got to this point, he suddenly found it hard to speak, so he had to stop.

  Chen 'Lu' said casually: "I had an agreement with the emperor long ago, and there is no private relationship between us."

  Qu Yun was shocked, remembering that Yuan Qi had been 'yin' and unpredictable for the past few days. He didn't summon his concubines to attend him at night, and even his usual chess games and nighttime reading were all cancelled. Suddenly, everything became clear, but it also brought a pang of pain!

  It's too late...

  He gazed at the young woman who was bathed in the bright moonlight, her ethereal beauty and haunting smile making her seem otherworldly, yet he felt that this moment, no matter how extraordinary, was still just a fleeting instant.

  Rumors in the palace spread quickly, like they had grown wings and flown into the empress dowager's ears.

  Her slender eyebrows furrowed slightly as she recalled the day of farewell, the Empress's words with a hint of sourness inadvertently verified the rumors one by one.

  How could such a humble and polite young woman possess this kind of enchanting power?

  She remembered the clear and smiling eyes, and for some reason, her heart suddenly felt a chill, as if something was off. She took out Zhou Jun's memorial from that day and read it carefully again.

  After finishing reading, her face turned even more unsightly. Just as she was about to call out to Aunt Ye, she heard someone outside the corridor report: "The Emperor has arrived!"

  The empress's phoenix eyes flickered slightly, and she sat calmly, twirling the Buddhist beads on her wrist, waiting for her son to enter.

  The eunuchs in the corridor waited until the emperor entered the inner palace, then stood guard outside, only hearing the sound of ***talking and laughing inside the palace, a harmonious and warm atmosphere.

  Yehu thought of the empress dowager's gloomy face when she lifted the curtain earlier, and felt a bit uneasy, so she leaned in closer to listen to the movements while sticking to the door.

  At first they were still chatting and laughing, but then, no one knows what the emperor said in a low voice, the hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone was frozen there.

  After a while, the Empress Dowager finally spoke up: "Whom you want to establish and whom you want to grant title, I originally didn't want to interfere, but just as something terrible happened in the palace, I am filled with worries, yet you have the leisure to favor new people?"

  But the Emperor, still calm and composed, with a firm tone that did not allow for disobedience: "It is precisely because of the gloomy atmosphere in the palace that I want to use joyful celebrations to dispel this ominous and unlucky aura."

  "That's actually a good idea..."

  The empress dowager pondered for a moment and asked: "What title are you planning to confer on her?"

  "Although she was born in a humble background, she is actually gentle and sincere. This time, she followed you to the battlefield and saved my life among the rebels... I think, Your Majesty should grant her the title of imperial consort, to demonstrate your virtue to the world."

  Ye Gu Gu overheard from outside, took a cold breath, Mei Gui Bin was deeply favored by the Emperor, but wasn't promoted to be a consort, this low-ranking female official, could suddenly rise to become one of the four consorts.

  Only in the palace, the empress dowager also seemed to be greatly shocked, but still remained calm and composed: "This is too frightening, suddenly jumping up to become a consort, how can it make the concubines and imperial consorts surrender?"

  "She saved my life, which is a great merit for the country and the people. All the ladies in the palace, who can not obey her?"

  The emperor replied faintly.

  The Empress Dowager also stopped persuading him and after the Emperor finished paying his respects and chatting casually, he withdrew.

  Yeh's aunt saw him off, then hastily entered the inner chamber, where she found the empress's face as usual, but her tightly clenched iron-green fingers revealed her anger.

  "What a modest and polite Shang Yi..."

  She spoke softly and threw the teacup in her hand. It shattered into several pieces with a crisp sound.

  "Please calm down, Your Majesty. The Emperor only promoted this chess piece because he saw that there was no one else available in the harem."

  Aunt Ye comforted her.

  The Empress Dowager shook her head: "In this world, I understand him the most... You go and take a look at that side, Zhou Jun's memorial. She smiled gloomily, 'penetrating' everything: "What a lifesaving grace! The Emperor issued an edict, in the early morning of the next day, in the Qianqing Palace, with warm and virtuous virtue, loyal to the king's affairs, and was conferred as a concubine.

  This news spread like thunder throughout the harem, and all the concubines who had heard the news were both shocked and jealous. In private, they couldn't stop discussing it, and unconsciously, Qi Fei, who had died tragically a few days ago, and Zhou Guifei, who was imprisoned in the cold palace, were already forgotten without realizing it.