C5

It was already very late by the time the banquet ended. Ling Chener followed the empress to her palace. At first she thought the empress was just talking, but who knew the empress actually pulled her here?

"Come, Yonger Sister Chener, accompany me tonight and have a nice chat with me. I've been bored all night by myself in this sleeping quarters, so it's better if you accompany me for a chat." The empress said, "It's all thanks to you speaking up for me in front of everyone today. They usually don't put me, the empress, in their eyes."

Ling Chener said, "Esteemed Empress should use her aura to suppress them. You're the empress after all, so they'll know that the empress is the head of the Six Palaces."

The Queen sighed and said, "No wonder they are so arrogant. It's been a long time since the emperor has come to the palace. I'm already six years older than the emperor, and I've already aged around forty people."

At this moment, a eunuch came in to report, "Reporting to the empress, His Majesty is in the palace tonight reviewing the imperial reports. He won't be coming."

"Understood, you can leave."

The women in the palace were truly pitiful. They had been hoping for the emperor to come to their own house every day, but there was only one man. Even if they split so many beauties in the harem, it wouldn't be enough. Ling Chener, the Ten Queens, wouldn't do it either.

Seeing the empress sigh, I consoled her, "The empress isn't old. In my opinion, she's still a young and beautiful empress."

"Yonger Sister Chener sure has a sweet mouth." The Queen laughed.

At the beginning, the empress had mentioned that all the concubines in the palace had something to do with each other, and later on she mentioned that the emperor had been secretly in love with her ever since she was a child. Her father was one of the most prestigious generals in the palace, and one time when her father had insisted on following her to the palace, he had asked her to play in the imperial garden and wait for her father to enter the imperial court. It was at that time that she had met the current emperor and fallen in love with him at first sight.

The empress had never stopped talking, especially when it came to the details of her conversation with the emperor. The more she talked, the more she talked until midnight. Ling Chener was too sleepy to show it, so she opened her eyes wider.

Ling Chener finally couldn't help but speak up. "Esteemed empress, it's already midnight. The emperor must be tired from reviewing the imperial reports. Why don't you have someone send some stomach porridge and let the emperor know that the empress is still worried about the emperor?"

"That's right, why didn't I think of such a simple matter?" The empress said urgently, "Someone, tell the imperial kitchens to hurry up and make some stomach porridge. Tell them to send some to the emperor. That's right, bring some to this palace as well."

After a while, the servant brought the congee over.

"Come on, Yonger Sister Chener. I've been busy chatting with you. You must be hungry. I also suddenly feel hungry." The empress said.

Ling Chener was so tired after drinking the porridge.

"Looks like I'm really old, to think that I wouldn't even do such a thing. Yonger Sister Chener, you're still the one who thought it through." the queen exclaimed from the window. Seeing that Ling Chener did not respond for a long time, he turned around and saw that she had fallen asleep on the table.

The empress's face darkened. 'Even if this woman is bold and meticulous, the emperor will definitely like her. She'll definitely make good use of her. Even if she doesn't get the favor of the emperor, she won't let those two women off easily.

Just as he was about to order someone to help Ling Chener down and rest, he heard someone call out from the doorway, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"All of you, get up." The Emperor said from outside.

The Emperor came? The empress hurried to the door and said nervously and happily, "Chenqie greets Your Majesty. Chenqie doesn't know that His Majesty has come to meet you at a distance. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Don't worry about it. This Emperor had just given you a beating, and you've already sent someone to deliver the porridge. You're still the most considerate of us empress, so come over and take a look." After saying that, the Emperor walked into the room.

He saw a pretty girl sleeping soundly on the table. She had a round face and thin lips. Her jade-like nose and long eyelashes were very obvious. He asked, "Who is she?"

"Your majesty, please forgive me, but she is the 'good daughter' who fell from the sky. When chenqie saw her, she immediately came to my chamber to chat with me. Chenqie and she forgot about the time and fell asleep. Chenqie was just about to get someone to bring her down when the emperor arrived. Chenqie will wake her up and request for punishment from the emperor." The Queen said nervously.

"There's no need. Let them help us take a good rest." The Emperor said.

"Thank you, your majesty." The queen winked at the ladies.

"We will rest here tonight."

"Yes sir!" The Queen said happily.