The levels of concubines in the harem of this dynasty continued from the previous dynasty, and were divided into six levels.
The tallest one is the queen, followed by concubines, ladies, beauties, talented people, and beloved ones.
Although the rank of imperial concubine is set here, few people get the title of imperial concubine.
Because the imperial concubine is only one step away from the queen! It is inevitable that the queen will feel that her status is threatened and the entire harem will be in turmoil.
The concubines of the previous dynasty can be counted with one slap.
As for this dynasty... Yun Si is the first noble concubine of this dynasty!
What's more, His Majesty does not have a queen. Yun Si, the noble concubine, is truly the number one person in the harem!
"This...this..." Jin Ming couldn't recover for a long time.
Your Majesty has made your girl your concubine!
That's a noble concubine... His Majesty must love and respect his girl very much, right?
But why didn't Your Majesty accept his own girl into the palace earlier?
If His Majesty had issued a decree early before the girl got married, it would naturally be a great joy for the girl to enter the palace and become a concubine.
But like today, His Majesty snatched the girl away from the bridal chamber where she got married. This...how will the girl deal with herself in the future?
Jin Ming and Bai Hao were worried. People in the world were always more harsh on women. His Majesty stole the bride, no one dared to talk about His Majesty's fault, but the name of a seductress from the country was placed on his own girl.
Yun Si was also very surprised when she heard that she had been granted the title of imperial concubine, but she came to her senses earlier than the maid.
The imperial concubine sounds like she has unlimited glory, but how long can she live as an imperial concubine?
Yun Si knows His Majesty's cruelty better than the maid!
Countless concubines have died in the palace. Your Majesty does not care about your rank when you want to kill people.
There were no concubines in the palace before, and even the fourth lady with the highest status was killed at his Majesty's command.
His Majesty's mood is unpredictable. Today he makes her a concubine, but he might kill her as a concubine tomorrow...
Yun Si sat in front of the bronze mirror, looking at her exquisite and gorgeous wedding dress and jewelery, and sighed.
What she wanted was never glory and wealth, but peace and tranquility.
But now...if she reveals the idea of leaving the palace, Xie Yan will probably kill her immediately, and her family will be affected.
She could only live in the palace, being careful not to offend His Majesty, and counting every day she had to live.
As for her childhood sweetheart cousin... she had no fate to become his wife after all.
She could only choose to forget her cousin, and hoped that her cousin would forget her soon.
I hope your Majesty will be open-minded and not embarrass my cousin...
Compared with her cousin, Yun Si is more worried about her father and mother. Have they already heard the news about her being robbed?
My father has an old-fashioned temperament and believes that all women in the world should stay the same. Hearing that she had been robbed of her bride would definitely be unacceptable.
I wonder how her mother is worried about her. Before the Chinese New Year, my mother was too tired, often dizzy, and even fainted once. The doctor told her to have a good rest and not to be sad or angry...
Did her mother faint again when she heard that she had been robbed?
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming, and I have to go to the church."
Yun Si suspected that she heard wrongly.
"What? Worship?"
"When you are consecrated as a noble concubine, shouldn't you pay homage to the concubine?"
Jin Ming blurted out the question in Yun Si's mind.
No matter how high the imperial concubine’s status is, she is not His Majesty’s official wife. How can she be qualified to pay homage to His Majesty?
The palace maid replied: "Your Majesty has so commanded."
Your Majesty's instructions in the palace will naturally be followed by the palace servants below.
But what the palace maid didn’t say was the renovation and decoration of Liuyun Palace...
These were all ordered by His Majesty long ago.
But paying homage to Yun Si was what His Majesty had just ordered after taking Yun Si back to the palace.
Manager Liao worked against time to prepare and almost broke his leg.
The palace maid suspected that His Majesty wanted to worship Yun Si on a whim because he saw Yun Si and Xie Changze worshiping today...
If your nephew has it, your majesty should also have it, what better?
In the short time that Yun Si was bathing and dressing up, Manager Liao asked the palace people to decorate a more gorgeous and festive wedding hall.
Xiniang could not be found at the moment, so His Majesty ordered that Xiniang, who had just been in Prince Rui's palace, be brought back to the palace.
Yun Si walked into the wedding hall under the guidance of the palace maid. She was in a trance when she saw His Majesty wearing a bright red wedding dress and Xi Niang whom she had just met.
In one day, they went to the church twice to get married. Xiniang did not change, only the man beside her...
Who can not be in a trance?
If not for personal experience, who would believe that such a thing could happen in the world?
Yun Si and Xi Niang's eyes made contact, and then quickly looked away. Both of them were extremely embarrassed.
Xi Niang has never had to perform two obsequies in one day to be Xi Niang.
What's more, the bride was the same in both weddings, only the groom was changed.
The second groom is still His Majesty, who is most noble and kills without blinking an eye.
Xi Niang followed Manager Liao's instructions cautiously, not daring to say a word or take another glance. However, when she spoke, she still couldn't hide the trembling in her voice.
"I worship the heaven and the earth——" Xi Niang finished her words and Xie Yan remained motionless.
"I control my own life."
Xie Yan didn't want to worship heaven and earth, so Xiniang naturally didn't dare to say anything else, and quickly shouted: "Second worship to the high hall——"
Xie Yan frowned: "They are not worthy of my worship!"
No matter it was his father who was burned to death by him, or his mother who was stupid enough to walk into the fire and burn herself to death, no one was worthy of his worship.
Xi Niang almost broke out in cold sweat.
Aren’t these three prayers required for worship? Your Majesty neither wants to worship heaven and earth nor worship high hall, so why didn't you tell her earlier?
For the third time, the husband and wife bowed to each other, and Xiniang was too frightened to shout.
Husband and wife bow to each other...but your majesty and the noble concubine are not husband and wife? No matter how noble the concubine is, she is not His Majesty's wife...
Xi Niang didn't dare to speak, and His Majesty looked at her impatiently: "What, you can't shout anymore?"
Xi Niang was so frightened that she trembled all over and shouted for the third time: "Husband and wife, bow to each other!"
After shouting, Xiniang looked at His Majesty nervously. Unexpectedly, this time Xie Yan's lips curled up slightly, looking quite happy.
Yun Si also looked at Xie Yan nervously. When she saw Xie Yan moving, she quickly bent down and bowed her head to worship Xie Yan and his wife.
Xie Yan straightened up and raised the corners of his lips even higher.
"If you don't want to worship Heaven, Earth and Gaotang, then worship them three times." Xie Yan looked at Xi Niang.
Xi Niang was stunned, she had never heard of such a thing!
Xiniang saw Xie Yan's impatient eyes and quickly spoke again.
"Husband and wife worship——"
Yun Si and Xie Yan bowed to each other again.
"Couple greetings!"
Yun Si and Xie Yan bowed to each other for the third time.
After the two straightened up, Xiniang was stuck again and didn't know what to say next.
Xie Yan's brows furrowed firmly, what kind of Xi Niang is Prince Rui looking for? Nothing!
Liao Mingzhi was at the side, desperately trying to remind Xi Niang with his mouth movements. Xi Niang stared at it for a long time, finally saw it clearly and shouted loudly.
"Step into the bridal chamber!"
In a hurry, without having time to prepare the wedding silk, Xie Yan directly took Yun Si's hand and pulled her into the bridal chamber where the candles were burning.
It was already dark outside.
Under the dim candlelight, Xie Yan exerted force on his hand, and both of them fell down in the middle of the wedding bed.
