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Chapter 170 New Year’s Eve
Ling Xi couldn't help but ask Immortal Lord Ye Li the doubts that had been bothering her for a long time.
"My Lord, Lingxi doesn't understand. Miss Qian Ning is a mortal with no spiritual power in her body. But why can she know so many people's secrets and even predict things that haven't happened, and the final result will be exactly right. What is the origin of this Miss Qian Ning?"
"A soul from another world, as for where it came from, I don't know yet. Maybe my magic power is not enough to see through the secrets of heaven, but there is one thing I can be sure of, that is, she is no different from ordinary mortals."
Ling Xi nodded and said: "I see..."
"Everything is left to you..."
After saying that, Ye Li turned into a streak of golden light and rushed towards the sky. Ling Xi bowed in the direction where Ye Li disappeared and said respectfully: "I will definitely fulfill my mission. I hope that you will return soon after your success..."
Late that night, not only the people of the Song family, but even those in the palace saw their ancestors in their dreams.
After waking up the next day, everyone put their hands together and said piously: Thank you for the protection of our ancestors, and never mention this matter again.
Since that day, Song Qianning forgot everything and continued to laugh and joke with her third brother.
The elders of the Song family always subconsciously looked at Song Qianning when they were having meals a few days ago, until they were sure that they didn't hear any sound. After looking at each other, they continued to eat as if nothing had happened.
Song Qianning felt her scalp tingling when they saw her these days. Later, she asked her third brother privately if they were hiding something from her? ?
Song Chengyi and Song Qianxue were so scared that they shook their heads and said no, so Song Qianning had to give up. However, she did not study the palace rules and etiquette as peacefully as before, and often took her elder sister to sneak out of the house.
They were happy to do this even if they were caught. The old lady and Jiang asked them that if they didn't learn how to manage the rear house well, how could they help their husbands manage the concubines in the future?
Song Qianning's answer was that she was good at managing money, and as for the concubines, they just had to take care of themselves and ask their husbands to solve any problems.
Song Qianxue quickly gave a thumbs up and said that this was a good idea and it would save a lot of trouble.
The angry old lady slammed the table and said it was ridiculous, and the two of them were immediately scared like quails.
As a result, as soon as the old lady left, they ran away...
Recently, the Marquis' Mansion has been busy preparing for the wedding of Song Chengyan and Ling Mansion, so they knew that the three were running around outside every day, and the two princes often spoke for them.
The old lady no longer had the heart to care about the three of them. She just wanted to wait until Yan Ge'er's marriage was over before disciplining the three of them.
Song Qianning and Song Qianxue have been very close to Miss Lingxi recently, and they are both trying their best to bring the third brother and Miss Lingxi together.
For this reason, whenever Song Chengyi saw these three together, he would subconsciously avoid them. What a joke! Ling Bai's eyes now looked at him as if he wanted to peel him off. He didn't want to have anything to do with Ling Xi!
As a result, when Song Qianning saw that her third brother was hiding from the three of them, she immediately became rebellious. She thought that it was easy for a man to chase a woman, and it was easy for a woman to chase a man, especially when such a beautiful woman chased him, her third brother must be secretly happy!
Song Qianning and Song Qianxue became closer to Lingxi because of their third brother. In these chaotic days of chasing each other, time passed quickly...
Ten years later...
Song Qianning, who was already 25 years old, sat in front of a bronze mirror, staring at her face in a daze, while Mu Ju was removing the phoenix hairpin on her head.
"Miss……"
Mu Mei quickly stopped him and said, "I've told you so many times that you have to call me empress..."
Mu Ju stuck out her tongue. Even though her young lady had been the queen for five years, she still subconsciously called her "Young Lady".
"Your Majesty, why is the Emperor like this? Today is the fifteenth day of every month! It would be fine if he didn't come for dinner, but he even turned over Concubine Yu's card..."
Unlike Muju who was indignant, Mumei and Mulan did not follow suit. Now as senior palace maids in the imperial palace, they have become more calm and cautious.
Only Mu Ju and Mu Zhu were still as straightforward as they were in the Marquis' Mansion, especially Mu Ju.
"Now Concubine Zhengui is becoming more and more popular. Who would have thought that this Concubine Zhengui actually looks exactly like Xiao Noning, the concubine of Prince Huai who was executed ten years ago."
Song Qianning looked at herself in the mirror. Has ten years already passed?
These ten years seemed like a dream, but during these ten years she had witnessed her eldest brother getting married to Ling Yanran, her second brother becoming the consort of Princess Yongning Murong Xin, and her sister Lingxi marrying her third brother as she wished.
When Princess Yongning was still the princess of Prince Liang's Mansion, she had already fallen in love with Song Chengzhou. After the late emperor recognized the princess as his own, he felt guilty towards her. After knowing her thoughts, he immediately granted the two of them a marriage.
Ling Yanran and Murong Xin were already very good friends, and now they have become sisters-in-law.
After Song Qianxue and the second prince got married, they treated each other with respect and lived in harmony. Later, after they became Prince Rui and Princess Rui, they became visibly sweeter, as if they were in their first love and were inseparable.
In the past few years, the two of them have been obsessed with traveling around the world. It would be a lie for Song Qianning to say that she was not envious, because the two of them are truly a couple for life, and now they live a life that is envied by mandarin ducks, not by the gods.
She herself did not expect that when everyone was moving in a positive direction, she and Murong Jingchu would drift further and further apart...
When they first got engaged, she was indeed a little unfamiliar with him, but with his care and gentleness over the past two or three years, she finally acquiesced. It wouldn't be impossible for her to live an ordinary life with him.
When she was still the Fourth Imperial Concubine, she and Murong Jingchu did get along well. Even though she did not give birth to a child in those years, he did not take a concubine.
Even though Noble Consort Chen, who later became the Empress, repeatedly advised Murong Jingchu to take a concubine in order to continue his family line, Murong Jingchu politely declined.
Song Qianning was very touched when she heard about it, and her affection for Murong Jingchu deepened. Everything was moving in a good direction.
Six years ago, the late emperor went out hunting and his horse was frightened and dropped a valuable reward. Although the imperial doctors used all their lifelong medical skills to save him, he only managed to survive for a year before he passed away.
Murong Jingchu ascended the throne five years ago and honored Song Qianning as the queen. Because Song Qianning had been unable to give birth over the years, the queen mother took the initiative to hold a beauty contest and kept 30 beauties in one go, all of whom were given titles according to their family backgrounds.
Song Qianning also understood that as an emperor, it was impossible for him to be with only one person for his entire life. Not to mention for the sake of offspring, it was impossible for him to have only one queen in the harem in order to restrain the major families.
In one year, several ladies became pregnant one after another. After giving birth to princes, four of them were successively named Consort Xian, Consort Li, Consort Jing, and Consort Qi. Another one who gave birth to a princess was named Consort Wen...
The empress dowager, who saw her grandchildren, finally got what she wanted and was free from all worries. However, the empress dowager, who missed the late emperor too much two years ago, eventually passed away.
Over the years, her relationship with the emperor has become increasingly distant. The source of this all started four years ago when Concubine Zhengui entered the palace and Xiao Noning, who had changed into a completely new identity...
Xiao Noning, who had disappeared for many years, turned out to be the princess of Dongling Kingdom. Five years ago, when Murong Jingchu first ascended the throne, he issued an order to attack Seymour Kingdom.
Although the Song family father and son disagreed, they had to lead their troops to war as they could not disobey the emperor's order. The war lasted for a year, and seeing that Seymour was about to be completely defeated, four years ago, Seymour joined forces with Beilin to attack Xuanyue through marriage.
When Murong Jingchu was in a state of panic, the emperor of Dongling Kingdom expressed his willingness to help, on the condition that the new emperor married his princess.
Considering that this was the only way, Murong Jingchu had to agree, and told the emperor of Dongling Kingdom that after the other party's princess came to Xuanyue Kingdom, she would be canonized as a precious concubine, a rare treasure, and would be cherished extremely.
The emperor of Dongling Kingdom was very satisfied with Xuanyue Kingdom's attitude, and the two sides reached a cooperation.
Soon, Dongling Kingdom sent troops to aid Xuanyue Kingdom, and their princess also set off for Xuanyue Kingdom.
Who would have thought that the princess of Dongling Kingdom was the former Xiao Noning, but Murong Jingchu seemed not to care and still made her a noble concubine.
Murong Jingsheng once asked Murong Jingchu privately why he wanted to keep this person by his side?
Murong Jingchu simply said: "For the sake of the country, I think personal grudges are not worth mentioning."
Murong Jingsheng asked him: "Your Majesty, you know Xiao Nuoning's character and intentions very well. Aren't you afraid that Xiao Nuoning will destroy the Murong family's country and society like he did before?"
Murong Jingchu sneered. He looked at his royal brother with contempt. He was not him, so how could he give the throne to a woman for love.
Murong Jingchu sneered: "What kind of trouble can a mere woman cause? Besides, I am not you. I will not hand over the country to a woman. She will only be used by me. As long as I am still the emperor of Xuanyue Kingdom, she can only be a caged bird in this palace."
"Your Majesty, this woman is extremely scheming. She knew she was treated like this, but she still endured the humiliation and hibernated for so long. Now she has taken the initiative to become the imperial concubine. Her thoughts are self-evident. Your Majesty, please think twice! It will be too late to regret then..."
"How dare you! Are you teaching me how to do things, brother?"
"I dare not..."
"If you are alright, my brother, you should cultivate yourself and improve your character. I won't bother you with the affairs of the court..."
Murong Jingsheng knew that his fourth brother was too confident, that was all! If Murong's world was destined to be destroyed by the evil woman Xiao Noning, there was nothing he could do to stop it.
After all, he had experienced it himself. Although the fourth brother knew how evil this woman was, he was still conceited and thought that as long as he didn't love this woman, nothing would happen.
I hope so! Murong Jingsheng, helpless, never attended the morning court again. He knew that with Xiao Nuoning around, if he kept hanging around in front of the emperor, he would eventually arouse suspicion and be killed.
So a month later he packed his bags and traveled around with his wife Song Qianxue.
With the assistance of Dongling Kingdom, Xuanyue Kingdom made rapid progress in the war. Beilin Kingdom, seeing that things were going badly, withdrew its troops without any moral principles, resulting in the isolated and helpless Seymour Kingdom being destroyed.
The Dongling Kingdom and the Xuanyue Kingdom divided up the territory of the Seymour Kingdom, and the Beilin Kingdom took the opportunity to divide up the cities close to their doorsteps.
In this way, a country was divided up by the Three Kingdoms and disappeared in the long river of history.
Over the next four years, Concubine Zhengui used every possible means to please Murong Jingchu, and finally she climbed to the position of Royal Noble Concubine Zhen.
In this harem, she is above everyone else and second only to everyone else. With the emperor's favor, she is the most popular person in the world.
But what is strange is that the queen still treats sisters in all palaces equally, never showing favoritism, and never feeling jealous of the favored imperial concubine.
All the concubines in the harem liked the Queen better than the Imperial Noble Consort.
But what is strange is that, over the years, neither the Queen nor the Imperial Noble Consort had any children.
At first, those concubines who had princes by their side had thought about replacing them, but the empress never cared. However, when the emperor found out, he did not show any leniency and either demoted them or directly sent them to the cold palace.
It was only after the Queen pleaded for mercy that the Emperor finally forgave him. All the concubines in the harem then understood that although the Emperor seemed to favor the Imperial Noble Consort, he also treated all the concubines in the harem equally.
But the Queen is the one whom the Emperor truly holds dear to his heart. Whenever there is something happening in the harem, the Emperor can deal with it directly without the Queen having to take any action.
I heard from the palace maids that the Emperor once said to the Empress that he would give her a piece of pure land and would not let her dirty her hands for insignificant people.
As long as the queen stands behind him cleanly, he will face everything.
At that time, this sentence made countless palace maids fascinated and concubines jealous. But the queen just smiled and said nothing.
Song Qianning just smiled faintly as she listened to several maids speaking up for her.
She stood up and walked to the bed. Mumei lowered the curtain and everyone left.
Song Qianning opened her eyes in the dark night, and a tear quietly fell. It has been five years...
She had been thinking about him for five years. He once said that she only needed to wait for him for ten years. Now ten years had passed, and there was no news from him.
When did she remember this? Five years ago, Song Qianning had just entered the palace, and the huge pressure forced her to put on a decent face every day.
Only when she saw Murong Jingchu at night, she would complain to him with a smile that she was almost becoming a puppet.
She also jokingly asked Murong Jingchu to make a mask for her, which would automatically change her appearance to a dignified and decent one once she put it on. Murong Jingchu would smile and say yes.
Although the two of them are still a little uncomfortable with becoming emperor and empress, fortunately they encourage each other, plan for the future together, and feel that everything is full of hope.
But one day, Mu Ju suddenly took out a box and brought it to Song Qianning mysteriously. She said happily: "My Lady, look what I found?"
It turned out that Mu Ju found this box when she was tidying up the warehouse. Inside was a lotus jade hairpin. Mu Ju immediately recognized that this was the Queen's favorite hairpin when she was young. She wore it almost every day.
Song Qianning looked at the hairpin in the box, and a strong sense of familiarity came to her heart.
She subconsciously picked up the hairpin. The cool touch made her feel refreshed, and she put it on her hair.
When bathing, Song Qianning asked everyone to get off and would only call them when she was done.
So Song Qianning was the only one left in the pool. When she was feeling drowsy from soaking in the bath, she stood up and prepared to put on her coat, but her foot slipped and she scratched her hand, and blood immediately flowed out.
The hairpin fell to the ground, she reached out to pick it up, blood wrapped around the hairpin, and the hairpin suddenly glowed with light. Song Qianning had a splitting headache, screamed, and finally fell to the ground.