Quick Transmigration: The Rise of a Favored Concubine

Chapter 268 A Passionate and Domineering Emperor × A Concubine's Daughter from the Prime Minist

Phoenix Palace

"Xiao Tao, hasn't His Majesty arrived yet?" Chu Yue asked, frowning. The New Year is over, why is His Majesty still so busy?

Xiao Tao quickly came over to help her: "Your Majesty, His Majesty may have been delayed, please don't worry."

It gets dark early now, and it's already dark outside. Candles have been lit inside the palace. Although Chu Yue knows the emperor is busy, she still feels uneasy.

"Xiao Tao, go and take a look," Chu Yue said, still worried.

Xiao Tao agreed and was about to leave when Liang Chen returned from outside, still damp: "Your Majesty, His Majesty will be arriving very late, so please don't wait for him."

When she returned, she ran into Xiao Yuanzi, who was just coming over to deliver a message.

"Liangchen, has something happened outside?" The emperor had been busy ever since the New Year.

Liangchen paused slightly, then replied as usual, "Your Majesty, don't worry, there's nothing wrong outside. Please take care of yourself."

Chu Yue frowned and remained silent as she walked outside, supporting her pregnant belly.

"Miss!"

"Miss!"

Liangchen and Xiaotao quickly helped her up: "Your Majesty, you are not feeling well, and it is snowing heavily and cold outside, you cannot go."

"open."

Something was clearly wrong these days. The emperor was coming home later and later each day and leaving earlier and earlier in the morning. She was pregnant and felt lethargic, barely able to say a few words.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty will worry if you do this," Xiao Tao anxiously advised.

"Does His Majesty have other concubines?" Chu Yue asked in a low voice.

“Your Majesty, this is impossible,” Liangchen and Xiaotao shook their heads solemnly.

"Let go, I'll go see for myself."

"Your Majesty, you can't go!" Liangchen said anxiously, sweating profusely. "It's getting dark. Let's go tomorrow."

"I want to go now. I want to see what His Majesty is busy with."

"Your Majesty, I urge you not to go."

"Speak." Chu Yue stared intently at her.

Liang Chen swallowed hard, considering how to say it: "The heavy snow has affected many places outside the city in recent days. The weather is freezing cold, and the people are suffering. That's why Your Majesty is so busy."

The atmosphere in the palace was very somber. The Empress was staying in the palace, and His Majesty forbade anyone to tell her, so Chu Yue only found out what was going on now.

"If that's the case, Your Majesty wouldn't be so busy. Is there anything else?"

Snow disasters have occurred in various years, some large and some small. If His Majesty issues an order and makes reasonable arrangements, the people will not suffer.

“Your Majesty…” Liangchen bit her lip, hesitating to speak: “I’m telling you, please don’t be angry. There are rumors circulating in the palace that Your Majesty… has an extremely strong destiny… first, she brought misfortune upon her own mother, then she entered the palace and drove away the Prime Minister, and now there has been heavy snow for days. Perhaps this is a disaster brought by Your Majesty.”

Chu Yue never expected it to be so outrageous; a snowfall could be used to create such a story.

"His Majesty is so busy with this matter that he didn't tell you for fear of affecting your health. Your Majesty, you are carrying the imperial child. Please don't listen to those nonsense rumors."

Liangchen noticed something was off about the atmosphere in the palace and asked Xiaoyuanzi for the information.

"Alright, I understand. You may all leave," Chu Yue said, returning to the inner palace on her own.

Liangchen and Xiaotao dared not leave and could only stand guard in the outer room.

"Linglingyi, are you out of your mind? You didn't even tell me about something this big." Chu Yueliang looked at Linglingyi, who was lying in front of her, with a cold, brooding gaze.

"It's nothing serious, the snow will stop tomorrow." Why make such a fuss? It's a natural phenomenon, what's there to be afraid of?

“They don’t think that way. His Majesty is also worried. They are all his subjects. How can he not be anxious when they are harmed?”

"The emperor has long since settled the people. He is worried about you, saying that you are destined for disaster. He is almost talking about the dragon child in your womb. Several people from the Imperial Observatory have been executed by him."

001 said lazily.

"They only mentioned me, but not the child?" Chu Yue frowned, deep in thought, holding her belly. "Who spread this rumor?"

"Your good older sister, huh?" Zero Zero flapped her little wings.

"Okay, I know what to do."

Be careful yourself.

"Mmm..." Chu Yue fell asleep peacefully.

The snow stopped the next day, and when Chu Yue got up, she discovered that the emperor had not returned all night.

The sky gradually cleared, the haze disappeared, and the palace servants became more cheerful as they removed the snow.

"Go to His Majesty's place," Chu Yue said in a deep voice.

Liangchen and Xiaotao were a little worried that what they said yesterday might have upset the Empress.

"Your Majesty...are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Your Majesty is so busy. I just brought you some ginseng soup to help him recover. Let's go."

Chu Yue seemed to be alright, so Liang Chen and Xiao Tao followed behind her with peace of mind.

"Your Majesty, please take the sedan chair; the road is slippery," Liangchen said with great concern.

"No need, I haven't been out for too long, I want to take a walk."

The snow on the palace path had been cleared away by the palace servants, but it was still a bit slippery, and Chu Yue's dress was slightly damp.

"Good sister, where are you going?"

Chu Yue looked up at the sound and saw the Empress not far away, looking at her with an ambiguous smile.

"Your Majesty, I have come to pay my respects." Chu Yue, supporting her belly, slightly bent her knees.

"Sister, you're about to give birth, aren't you?" The Empress seemed to have forgotten the distance between them, speaking very familiarly.

"I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now." Chu Yue didn't want to say any more to her.

"Step back." The Empress's lips curled into a smile. "The road is slippery, be careful."

Liangchen and Xiaotao helped Chuyue walk away: "Your Majesty, what happened to the Empress?"

Today looks a little different.

"It's okay. Don't tell anyone what I said yesterday. Just pretend I don't know anything."

Chu Yue said in a low voice.

"Yes, Your Highness, this servant will not speak carelessly." Liangchen was tight-lipped and would not speak carelessly, and Xiaotao also nodded affirmatively: "This servant will not either."

Outside Guanghe Palace, Xiao Yuanzi saw Chu Yue approaching and widened her eyes in surprise: "Your Highness, what brings you here?"

"I've come to deliver ginseng soup to His Majesty. Is His Majesty still busy?"

"Oh dear, Your Highness, it's cold outside. Please come inside."

Xiao Yuanzi helped Chu Yue inside, where it was much warmer.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is here..." Xiao Yuanzi said before leaving.

The emperor on the high platform paused, looked up, and saw Chu Yue in the center of the hall, looking at him with some grievance.

The emperor rose and quickly came to Chu Yue's side: "My beloved concubine, why have you come here? It's so cold outside."

"Your Majesty...do you no longer want your concubine and son?"

Chu Yue was on the verge of tears, feeling very wronged.

The emperor's heart clenched instantly. The imperial concubine was unaware of what had happened. He had been returning home late these past few days, so how could she not be suspicious?

"My beloved concubine, the recent heavy snow has affected the people, which is why I have been quite busy."

"Has His Majesty finished dealing with it?"

"It's all alright now, my beloved consort, don't worry." The Emperor helped Chu Yue sit down: "Are you tired?"

Chu Yue shook her head and asked again, "Your Majesty, is there nothing else? You can't keep this from me."

The emperor paused slightly, then said softly, "Of course not, my beloved consort, don't overthink it."

"Then I am relieved, Your Majesty. Please rest for a while. I have brought some soup."

Chu Yue, supporting her belly, reached for the soup in the food box, but the emperor immediately stopped her: "Sit still."

"Come on, open your mouth." The emperor brought over the soup and fed it to Chu Yue.

Chu Yue refused to drink it: "Your Majesty, this is for you to drink."

If the emperor didn't drink, the imperial concubine would probably overthink things. So the emperor drank it down in a few gulps, and only then did Chu Yue smile: "Your Majesty, I want to stay with you a little longer. My son misses you too."

The emperor naturally agreed, holding Chu Yue in one arm and dealing with the memorials with the other.