Quick Transmigration: The Rise of a Favored Concubine

Chapter 157 The Rough-Hearted Emperor and the Delicate Imperial Concubine 15

"001, how much favorability do you have?" Chu Yue has recovered her health, but she is now as weak as before she entered the palace.

001: "Seventy, although this emperor is rough around the edges, he's actually quite easy to win over."

Chu Yue nodded. In the course of his interactions with the emperor, he had shown her some pity and always sided with her in times of trouble.

"Your Highness, why are you sitting by the window in the wind again?" Xiao Tao saw Chu Yue sitting by the window when she came in.

Chu Yue smiled and said, "Look outside, it's too stuffy inside the hall."

"Your Majesty, we're sorry to trouble you. His Majesty has ordered that you not go out. You still need to take good care of yourself."

Xiao Tao brought over a cloak and tied it on for her.

Chu Yue sighed helplessly. It was so hot, and she was still dressed in so many layers: "Xiao Tao, isn't it too hot?"

Xiao Tao shook her head: "It's not hot, Your Highness is afraid of the cold."

Chu Yue: "..."

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager summons you," Xiaoju said as she entered.

Xiao Tao asked with some concern, "Your Majesty said we don't need to pay them any attention. Shall we not go?"

"It's alright, let's go take a look first," Chu Yue said softly.

Xiao Tao had no choice but to accompany her.

Ningkang Palace

"The imperial physician said that if you take good care of yourself, you will get better."

The Empress Dowager lowered her voice as she looked at Consort Chen's pale face.

Consort Chen was pale and somewhat weak: "Yes, Your Majesty."

After Consort Rou recovered, the punishment was stopped. However, it took more than half a month for Consort Rou's sickly body to fully recover.

She had only been soaking in the water for a little over half a month when the cold seeped into her body, causing a dull ache in her lower abdomen. In addition, she had started her period these past few days, which was not only heavier than before but also accompanied by pain, making Consort Chen extremely uncomfortable.

When I came to pay my respects today, I looked quite disheveled and haggard.

Consort Liu and Consort Wang visited her several times, and seeing her like this, they dared not harbor any ill intentions and only wanted to live peacefully.

"Has His Majesty summoned either of you?" the Empress Dowager asked Consort Liu and Consort Wang, as Consort Chen still needed to recuperate for some time.

Consort Liu and Consort Wang replied nervously, "Your Majesty, His Majesty... has not summoned us..."

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes in exasperation, her expression dark.

"Your Majesty, Consort Rou has arrived," Xiu Ru reported softly.

The Empress Dowager opened her somewhat tired eyes: "Let her in."

Chu Yue entered the hall and respectfully bowed: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects..."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager..."

Consort Chen and the others greeted her again, but Consort Chen's complexion was not good.

"Is Consort Rou feeling better?" The Empress Dowager noticed that she seemed a bit weak again.

Chu Yue replied, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine now."

"Since the emperor favors you so much, you should give birth to an heir for him as soon as possible. The emperor is already quite old, and without any offspring, the palace seems rather deserted."

Although the Empress Dowager said this, she looked at Chu Yue's thin and weak body and felt that she was not capable of bearing children. That's why she said it. What she hoped for was that Consort Chen and the others could bear children.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty will do your best..." Chu Yue said, feeling both shy and frightened.

"Hmph..." A faint, disdainful sound echoed within the hall.

Consort Chen looked at Chu Yue with disdain, who seemed as if a gust of wind could blow her away. How could she possibly give birth to His Majesty's child with such an appearance?

I must be dreaming.

"Alright, I'm tired, you can all go back now."

"Yes, Your Highness, I shall take my leave..."

After watching the group leave, the Empress Dowager leaned wearily against her chair, rubbing her forehead.

"Empress Dowager, what's wrong?" Xiu Ru asked with concern.

"I am really tired..." the Empress Dowager said softly.

Xiu Ru said softly, "Empress Dowager, let me help you to rest for a while."

"Um……"

Outside the hall, Chu Yue ignored the scorching gaze behind her and walked back on her own.

Without even looking, she knew it was Consort Chen watching her. Inside the palace, she noticed that Consort Chen's complexion wasn't good, probably because she was unwell.

“Your Majesty…” Xiao Tao hesitated.

Chu Yue lowered her voice: "Ignore her, let's go."

"Yes……"

Consort Chen watched Chu Yue's departing figure with a gloomy expression, gritting her teeth and saying, "Let's see how long she can be so smug."

"Master, let's go back. You're weak and need to take your medicine."

Mingzhu offered her considerate advice.

Consort Chen felt the pain in her lower abdomen intensify. She bent over slightly and said through the pain, "Let's go..."

When Chu Yue returned to the Jade Hibiscus Palace, the Emperor was already waiting there, looking down and flipping through a book.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects..." Chu Yue stepped forward and said softly.

The emperor raised an eyebrow at him: "Where has my beloved concubine gone?"

"Your Majesty, I have gone to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. Have you been waiting long?"

The emperor put down his book and said in a low voice, "It hasn't been long, why are you going to pay your respects again? Didn't I tell you you didn't need to go?"

"The Empress Dowager sent someone to invite me, and she didn't make things difficult for me. Your Majesty, please don't worry, and don't be angry, okay?"

Chu Yue quickly tried to appease him, knowing that the emperor was easily angered and she had to be careful.

"Why did I summon you?" the emperor asked, frowning.

Chu Yue blushed slightly and whispered, "The Empress Dowager summoned me because of His Majesty's issue regarding his offspring."

"Oh?" The emperor smiled slightly. "And what did my beloved concubine say?"

"This..." Chu Yue lowered her head shyly, her voice barely audible: "This concubine cannot... how should I say it..."

The emperor was in a great mood. He went over and put his arm around her waist. He felt that her waist had become even thinner. He didn't dare to use too much force, for fear of breaking her slender waist.

He eased his grip slightly and whispered in her ear, "Isn't it my beloved concubine who has the final say?"

"Your Majesty... has no say in this." Chu Yue's body trembled slightly, her voice shaking.

"Haha, of course it's up to my beloved consort. She says she wants to have a child, so I... will do my best." The emperor teased her.

Chu Yue raised her head and glared at him, her cheeks flushed, her misty eyes sparkling, making the emperor's heart skip a beat.

"My beloved concubine, shall we give birth or not?" The emperor stared directly at her, not allowing her to look away.

Chu Yue panicked under his intense gaze: "Your Majesty... has the final say..."

Seeing the beauty so shy, the emperor felt pity for her and couldn't bear to tease her any longer, so he changed the subject at the right time: "Are you feeling alright now?"

After she recovered from her illness, she looked even weaker and thinner than before.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine now."

"That's good." He could spend the night with Consort Rou.

The emperor had been pent up for more than half a month, holding Consort Rou's soft body every night but unable to have any of it. One can imagine how unbearable it must have been.

Now that Consort Rou is well, he no longer needs to endure it.

So at night, the emperor became even more passionate, and at one point he forgot that Consort Rou's body had just recovered, leaving her only with low, hoarse moans.

After another release, the emperor was somewhat satisfied. Holding the soft and powerless Consort Rou in his arms, he said softly, "My beloved consort, was I good enough?"

Chu Yue was so ashamed and indignant that she couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her and just closed her eyes and breathed heavily.

The emperor chuckled to himself as he looked at her, and contentedly embraced the beauty to calm his breathing.

Consort Rou was exactly to his liking.