After becoming a concubine, she lived a miserable life every day.

Chapter 118 This Imperial Decree is for Her! ?

"Yes, master." Zhuying said solemnly.

No one knew better than him how much the Emperor valued the Fifth Young Master.

"Okay, from now on you will have only one master, and that is Qi You."

Hearing this, Zhuying knelt on one knee and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

In Minghua Palace, Qi You thought about his mother. His mother didn't know anything about what happened today. Tomorrow, no, at most later, she will know what happened to him in the palace. She will definitely be angry, right? Originally, his grandmother asked him today if he wanted to ask his mother to come to the palace, but he refused. His mother had just come back and hadn't rested well. There was no rush. He would go back and tell his mother in person.

At this time, an unexpected person arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion. Not only that, the person was holding an imperial edict, and was followed by a group of guards, who were also carrying two boxes in their hands.

This person is Li Jin, the eunuch who serves the emperor in the palace.

Everyone knelt down, including Qiao Rongjin who had hurried over.

Qiao Rongjin was very confused. Was this a reward for Chen? After all, Chen had just entered the palace, and Prince Rui had not returned yet. It should be Chen. She had many inventions in her hands, so it was normal for her to be rewarded by the emperor.

After figuring it out, Qiao Rongjin felt relieved.

However, kneeling on this floor is really uncomfortable. My knees hurt. I'm going to have someone sew some knee pads for me when I get home. I'm sure there will be many scenes like this where I have to kneel down at every turn in the future, since Prince Rui will be the future emperor.

Not only Qiao Rongjin thought so, but even the princess and others thought so too. Otherwise, they really couldn't think of anyone else in Prince Rui's Mansion who could get the reward. After all, Chen had already received it once before, so it seemed that they could accept it again.

However, there is one suspicious point. The commander Hua who came to take Chen away at that time did not look like he had any good intentions.

Before everyone could think about anything, Li Jin had already started reading the imperial edict.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that Mrs. Qiao...is promoted to be the concubine of Prince Rui, and is rewarded... with a certain amount. I decree this!"

After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, the whole place fell silent.

No one expected that this was an imperial edict for Qiao, or an edict to promote her to concubine. Everyone turned around suddenly and looked at Qiao who was kneeling in the last row.

Qiao Rongjin was stunned and knelt on the spot with a dazed and shocked look.

Ah this!

This imperial decree is for her! ?

Why? She didn't do anything, right? How come she was suddenly promoted to concubine and even received a reward?

"Concubine Qiao, are you still not obeying my order?" Li Jin saw that Qiao Rongjin didn't seem to have come to her senses, so he wanted to show off his skills, so he hurriedly reminded her.

At this moment, Li Jin was indeed secretly looking at Qiao who was kneeling behind him. It was no wonder that the Fifth Young Master could be so delicate and beautiful, because Qiao was so beautiful, and the mother and son were somewhat similar, both of them looked like they were being chased by God and fed. Li Jin had a sharp eye, and it seemed that the mother and son were about to rise up, so he naturally would not offend them. Instead, he would make friends with them if he could. So he was smiling, and there was no trace of his usual serious look.

When Qiao Rongjin heard the reminder, he quickly came to his senses, hurried forward to take the imperial edict, thanked the eunuch in front of him, and signaled to Zhuyun who was following him to give some silver money for tea.

Although she didn't understand why there was such an imperial decree, she would talk about it later. Now of course, the eunuch who was close to the emperor had to be sent away properly.

However, Qiao Rongjin couldn't help but ask, "Father-in-law, what happened?" How come she suddenly received an imperial decree of promotion? This was really strange and a little unsettling.

Upon hearing this, Li Jin just smiled and said, "Please forgive me, Concubine Qiao, I didn't know this either."

The masters in the palace hadn't said anything yet, so how could I dare to speak first? So I could only get away with it.

When Qiao Rongjin heard this, he knew that he would not be able to get anything out of him today, so he smiled, thanked him, and stepped back because the princess was coming over.

The more he didn't tell her the reason, the more uneasy she felt, and she couldn't feel at ease.

The princess was also quick to react. She came back to her senses from the fact that Qiao Rongjin was named Prince Rui's concubine by the emperor. She hurried forward and quietly blocked Qiao Rongjin behind her, then spoke to the eunuch with a smile on her face.

He is the senior eunuch beside the emperor, so naturally he has to be on good terms with him. This is a good opportunity to ask him how this Qiao suddenly caught the emperor's eye and was promoted to concubine.

But no matter how the princess hinted and asked, the eunuch Li Jin refused to say anything. Finally, he became annoyed by the princess's pestering and simply ran away with the person who was supposed to announce the decree.

Seeing this, Qiao Rongjin didn't say anything. She wanted to step back, but the imperial edict in her hand was so hot that she was a little absent-minded.

The expressions of the other people present were even more complicated. Envy and jealousy were not enough to describe their complicated feelings.

What did Qiao do to deserve such a good life?

The princess saw that the person had left without asking anything, and her face looked a little ugly. She had to turn her head to look at Qiao. Her eyes were dim and looked very frightening.

However, the princess put on a smiling face in an instant, walked to Qiao Rongjin's side, patted her hands and said, "Congratulations, sister Qiao, it is a great joy to be favored by the emperor."

Qiao Rongjin looked at the princess's forced smile, his heart remaining calm, but he still said a few polite words.

Then, the concubines in the backyard came to congratulate Qiao Rongjin. After all, she was appointed as a concubine by the emperor, which was quite different from being appointed by a prince. However, when they were congratulating her, they couldn't help but say a few sour words. But there was nothing they could do, as she had somehow caught the emperor's eye, which was something they could not compare to.

When Yan and others were leaving, they looked at the boxes that the emperor had given them as rewards and felt extremely jealous.

How could the Emperor's gift be bad? Of course not.

Even the princess wanted to see what reward the emperor had given to Qiao. However, she was a princess and she still had to maintain her dignity. With so many servants present, she could not do anything to lower her status. Otherwise, others would think that she, the princess, was coveting the things of the concubine. If she made this known to others, not only would she lose face, but she would also appear petty.

She simply said, "Come here, give Concubine Qiao the gifts bestowed by the emperor and move them to Haitang Courtyard. Sister Qiao, I have things to take care of here, so I'll take my leave now." After that, the princess left with a group of maids.

Although the rest of the people were jealous of the two large boxes, they did not dare to say anything. They said goodbye to Qiao and left.

If it were in the past, she would definitely leave with a veil waving, but the current situation is different from the past. Qiao is already a concubine, which is lower than the princess, and is someone who can be on the Royal Jade Butterfly. Their status is not as high as Qiao's, so naturally they have to be respectful.

However, many people sighed that Qiao was really lucky!

No one knew why Qiao caught the emperor's eye and was promoted to concubine. Some concubines with certain qualifications had already been secretly investigated.