bookrebus Chapter 768 The Princess's Marriage (12)
Chapter 768 The Princess's Marriage (12)
That way, their cooperation would be smoother, and there wouldn't be a Shangguan Xi in the middle to annoy them.
As for the fact that the imperial offspring born to a foreign princess had no right to succession, he didn't care about this issue at all.
Xue Chanyi interrupted his thoughts: "I am sleepy, Regent, you should go back."
Seeing that her eyes were red and she looked tired, Shangguan Xi said, "Alright, I'll come to you again next time to discuss the details of our cooperation."
"Ah."
After everyone left, Liuli pushed open the door and came in, asking worriedly, "Your Majesty, did the Regent want to see you about something?"
Xue Chanyi lay on the bed, closed her eyes, and yawned: "It's nothing, I'm very sleepy. Turn off all the lights in the palace."
Seeing that the Empress did not want to talk, Liuli had no choice but to obediently go and extinguish the candles: "Then Your Majesty, please rest well."
*
next day
Xue Chanyi reclined on the chaise longue, surrounded by three palace maids.
A maid was painting her nails, another was feeding her fruit, and yet another was reading a storybook to her.
At this moment, Liuli walked in from outside with a not-so-good expression: "Your Majesty, this servant has something to report to you."
Xue Chanyi glanced at her and waved for the others to leave first.
The palace maids didn't dare to ask any more questions and walked out with their heads down.
After everyone left, she sat up slightly and said, "Speak, what is it?"
“Someone sent a message to me saying that the Emperor reminded the Princess not to forget the purpose of her visit to Lingjiang Kingdom.” After saying this, Liuli lowered her head.
The emperor in question is not Shangguan Xi, but Xue Rui, the emperor of Xueyue Kingdom.
Upon hearing this, Xue Chanyi pondered for a moment and made a decision: "You can reply to them saying that everything is normal. I have my own plans for the rest."
"Yes, Your Highness, this servant will obey."
After Liuli left, Xuechanyi blinked as she looked at the incense emanating from the incense burner not far away.
Xiao Qi: "Host, the Snow Moon Kingdom will be a problem sooner or later. Are you thinking about how to slack off again?"
"..." Xue Chanyi remained silent.
"Why don't you just take over the Snow Moon Kingdom? After all, your mission doesn't stipulate that you can only be the empress. You can be both the empress of the Lingjiang Kingdom and the emperor of the Snow Moon Kingdom."
"It sounds like a hassle. I have no desire to be an emperor and I don't want to work from dawn till dusk."
"You can ask Yunshang and the others to help you. If you really don't want to get involved, they can share the burden for you. You can just be a carefree empress."
Xue Chanyi thought that since she had become the empress here, half of her mission was complete, but she certainly didn't want to stay in the harem forever.
She'll definitely get tired of it after a while. The scenery in Snow Moon Kingdom is completely different from that in Lingjiang Kingdom. It would be nice to stay there for a while occasionally.
"Xiao Qi, what you said makes some sense. You're becoming more and more opinionated."
"Of course, I'm super smart now," Xiao Qi said with a smug look.
Xiao Qi was so proud of herself that she would fly to the heavens if she praised it once. Xue Chanyi chuckled lightly before speaking seriously: "Yunshang".
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure in blue appeared out of thin air in the hall.
Yunshang addressed her respectfully, "Master."
"I need you to make a trip to Snow Moon Kingdom this time to do something for me."
Xue Chanyi simply expressed her thoughts.
"I understand Master's thoughts. You just need to wait for my good news." Yunshang agreed immediately after hearing this.
"Okay, go ahead. I'll stay here for at most two more years, and then I'll come find you."
In the next two years, after some time has passed, she will go and visit the capital of Lingjiang Kingdom.
As for how she, now a concubine in the harem and future empress, can reasonably leave the palace, I don't need to worry about that.
Let Shangguan Xi handle this; we should at least do some work for him.
"I look forward to reuniting with my master soon." After saying this, Yunshang disappeared from the spot.
Seeing this, Xue Chanyi brought in the same palace maids again to continue serving her.
"Host, you're living too comfortably," Xiao Qi said.
"I've lived through so many lifetimes. If I still can't live comfortably and have to do everything myself, what's the point?"
After saying that, she suddenly squinted and asked, "Why do I feel like you've been actively finding things for me to do lately?"
Xiao Qi smiled and explained, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, host."
"The main system asked me to ask the host if he wanted to switch to another department, such as the strategy team or the counterattack team, because it was worried that you would get bored with tasks that were not difficult."
Upon hearing this, Xue Chanyi replied without hesitation, "I appreciate the main system's kindness, but I don't need it. I just like being a lazy bum who can lie down and relax."
"I knew the host would refuse, so I rejected him directly."
"Good job, here's a snack gift pack for you."
Xiao Qi looked at the huge pile of snacks in front of her and instantly beamed with joy: "Thank you, host."
It spends all its points on skins and rarely uses them to buy snacks. Luckily, its host treats it well.
Xue Chanyi curled her lips. Xiao Qi is such an easily satisfied system.
A young palace maid stopped what she was doing and said nervously, "Your Highness, the nail polish is done. Please take a look."
Upon hearing this, Xue Chanyi raised her hands to look at them. The red nail polish made her hands appear even whiter, her fingertips slender and long, and her skin as smooth as jade.
"Good, go and collect your reward."
Upon hearing this, the young palace maid's face lit up with joy, and she quickly knelt down to express her gratitude: "This servant thanks Your Highness for your kindness."
The other two palace maids looked on with envy.
Xue Chanyi raised her chin and slightly parted her lips. The palace maid waiting beside her immediately fed her a slice of honeydew melon.
The honeydew melon has a sweet and juicy taste, and leaves a lingering fruity aroma in your mouth after eating it: "You're all the same, go down and collect your reward."
The two palace maids quickly bowed and thanked them, then happily left the hall.
*
Before New Year's Eve, the palace issued an imperial edict to hold a grand banquet in the palace on New Year's Eve, and all officials of the fourth rank and above were allowed to bring their families into the palace.
The atmosphere in the palace began to become lively as a result, with palace maids and eunuchs busy decorating the palace for the banquet.
In the inner palace, the Empress was also directing the people of the Phoenix Palace to make all the necessary preparations so that nothing would go wrong at the banquet a few days later.
During this period, the Regent decreed that on New Year's Eve, all rewards and allowances for the palaces would be doubled as usual.
This won over a group of people, making the palace maids and eunuchs work with extra enthusiasm.
Everyone was happily calculating that the rewards and monthly allowances they would receive would be enough to have a good New Year with some left over.
For a time, a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere permeated the palace, except for those serving the emperor in the Zichen Hall, who felt like they were in deep trouble.
The palace eunuchs and maids all expressed their deep gratitude and high regard for the regent.
Shangguan Xiqi's expression twisted with rage. He swept all the memorials on the imperial desk away, his face ashen and gloomy.