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Chapter 743: Under Discussion_1
Chapter 743: Chapter 743: Under Discussion_1
The food at Siyuan was too bland, lacking any richness, while the dishes here could be described as a grand feast, every single one of them a delicacy. Once Nan Feng was done serving herself, she glanced at the Emperor.
The Emperor was engrossed in his meal and didn’t pay any attention to Nan Feng, relieving her of any pressure. So, she dove right in, eating heartily.
It was at this moment that the Emperor finally looked up at Nan Feng.
Seeing her eat with such joy, he couldn’t help but smile contentedly.
Nan Feng felt utterly satisfied by this meal. After the eunuchs and palace maids cleared away the dishes, she even let out a burp, followed by a satisfied pat on her belly, and then she turned to look at the Emperor.
It was then that Nan Feng realized the Emperor was also looking at her.
She stood up from her seat, walked up to the Emperor, and then bowed in his direction. "Your Majesty, thank you for this meal. I will not bother you any longer. I take my leave," she said.
Before the Emperor could respond, an official from the Department of Reverence entered the scene, holding up a tray. The tray was filled with tablets of all the concubines. Seeing this, the head eunuch took the tray and placed it before the Emperor, "Your Majesty, whom shall we summon for the night service tonight?"
Nan Feng saw everything very clearly, the tray holding a good twenty to thirty tablets.
Rumor had it that this was just a handful. With three thousand concubines in the harem, these probably represented those who had been summoned before, while some had never even laid eyes on the Emperor.
The Emperor looked at the tablets but shook his head, "I still have memorandums to review. I won’t require the night service tonight."
"Yes, Your Majesty," the head eunuch took the tray back and handed it to the official. "Go on, His Majesty won’t require the service tonight."
"Yes, this humble servant takes his leave."
As for Nan Feng, she was still standing in her spot. It wasn’t until then that the Emperor addressed her, "You may go."
"Yes, Nan Feng takes her leave."
As Nan Feng reached the entrance of the Yangxin Hall, she let out a satisfied burp.
She had eaten too much and needed to digest, so she declined the palace maid’s offer to accompany her and decided to take the usual route back instead.
She came across quite a few wandering concubines and bustling eunuchs and palace maids along the way.
...
The next day, the Virtuous Consort’s quarters were full of complaints.
Despite the Emperor not flipping anyone’s tablet the previous night, many had seen Nan Feng leaving the Emperor’s Yangxin Hall after the lanterns were lit.
Thus, rumors started circulating.
"I heard that Nan Feng was summoned in the afternoon and spent more than three hours in the Yangxin Hall. The Emperor even kept her for dinner," Chen Daying said.
"Sister Chen, are you jealous that she gets to see the Emperor? She’s the wife of General Nangong Ye and she lived in the countryside before, even ran businesses. She... naturally has a broader perspective than us," Zhang Liangdi shared.
The way Liangdi emphasized ’perspective,’ it seemed to imply ’tactics’.
"Who knows? She doesn’t really mingle with us sisters, so none of us knows who she really is."
"Regardless of who she is, she is definitely someone’s wife and this isn’t right."
"What’s wrong or right about it? As long as the Emperor doesn’t officially recognize her as the wife of the General, she’s considered unmarried. In the end, the key lies with the Emperor."
After listening to enough, the Virtuous Consort finally interjected. "Ladies, let’s not talk about others behind their backs. No matter who Nan Feng is or what kind of... perspective she has, if she is someone respected by the Emperor, we should respect her too and stop spreading rumours. Let’s end the morning greeting here. I still need to go and greet the Dowager Empress."
Afterwards, the group of women disperses one after the other.
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