In the Qianqing Palace, Qi Long was looking at the excerpts, and Su Mi was helping him polish the ink on the side.

The time finally came to the fourth year of Longhui, and soon after the New Year, the palace was busy, and various affairs in the harem and the court continued, and the most important thing was that in this year, there was not only a new draft, but also a three-year scientific examination was imminent.

At the beginning of this year, Su Mi's favor was still incomparable, and when Qi Long was dealing with government affairs recently, he often let Su Mi serve tea on the side.

Qi Long put down the fold, sighed, and said, "The assassin's matter has already been settled. ”

"Ahh Su Mi exclaimed softly: "Who is so bold? ”

"It's someone from the Pillars Society." Qi Long said.

Seeing Su Mi's puzzled expression, Qi Long immediately thought that Su Mi probably didn't know what the Dongliang Society was, and explained: "It is the organization formed by the remnants of the original Liang State, and it has always been an enemy of my Great Qi. ”

"The Liang Kingdom has been destroyed for more than 20 years, but I didn't expect these people to still have a thief's heart and try to rob my Daqi of the country and kill my Daqi's loyalty." Qi Long said hatefully: "It's not been a day or two that they have tried to assassinate me, but I'm afraid that the previous assassin incidents were also their plan." ”

"How many times ago?" Su Mi exclaimed, "Could it be that the emperor has even met ......?"

"Don't worry, isn't that okay?" Seeing Su Mi's frightened appearance, Qi Long comforted her.

"Don't say that, the emperor, those chaotic ministers and thieves are all fierce, how can the concubines not be worried?" Su Mi said in shock.

"Mi Er don't worry, it's all in the past, there have been a few plans, but none of them have been close, they have just been solved outside the palace, and sometimes they are seen through when they are still planning, and our guards and criminal departments of Daqi are not furnishings," Qi Long grabbed Su Mi's waist and pulled her into his arms, and said with a smile: "It's just that this time, I was killed in front of my eyes, if it weren't for Mi Er, I would really be in danger." ”

"Your Majesty, how can these beam-jumping clowns hurt you." Su Mi smiled, "The concubine is just a coincidence." ”

As she spoke, she broke free from Qi Long's arms without a trace, stood up straight, gently put her hand into the jasper celadon bowl, dipped the water and sprinkled it into the inkstone. Qi Long's eyes fell on Su Mi's hand, and the plain hand of the frost and snow had a few droplets, like the dew of early spring, and the slender white fingertips held dark black ink strips, which were particularly moving.

Qi Long couldn't help but admire: "The ancients said that 'red sleeves add fragrance' is really the elegance of reading, it is the good story of the scholarly beauty and the two phases of the style, which is praised by later generations, this ancient man is really uninformed, if you see Mi'er's demeanor at this time, you must change the poem to 'Bi Luo Tian Xiang night reading', the red shirt is unbearable, where is the Bi Luo light in front of me, out of the dust, like a fairy." ”

Today, Su Mi is wearing a light blue Tianluo wide-sleeved long skirt, which is interspersed with silver threads and embroidered into intricate white plum and dark flowers. His black hair was tied into a fairy bun, and he was held together with a sterling silver sapphire claw. Diagonally inserted is a jasper hairpin in the shape of a plum blossom, and the head of the hairpin is hung with a tassel made of pearls the size of a grain of rice. At this time, in order to facilitate the grinding of ink, the wide sleeves are rolled up to the forearm, and the half-cut arm like mutton fat and white jade is exposed.

"Hehe," Su Mi covered his mouth and chuckled: "The emperor is full of nonsense, and he has tampered with the poems of the ancients and sages like this, but he still has to say such eloquent words." ”

"I'm not talking nonsense," Qi Long stretched out his hand to hold Su Mi's hand, "Just looking at this pair of slender jade hands, I'm afraid that there are few people in this world who can compare." He took Su Mi's hand, only to feel that the ten fingers were as warm as jade, and the nails were round and moving, and he couldn't help pinching them for a while.

Su Mi's hand trembled, and then he broke free like an electric shock.

"Your Majesty, it's too dirty," Su Mi pointed to Qi Long's hand and said coquettishly, "Look at it." ”

Qi Long found that Su Mi's palms were stained with a lot of ink, and when he kneaded it just now, even his hands were blackened.

"The sages of the ancients were all dedicated to reading, where would there be a reason to throw down the book halfway to fold the flowers, and now it is dyed with ink by flowers, but I really know the lesson." Su Mi laughed playfully on the side.

"The famous flowers are moving, where is the effort to take care of the thorns in the flowers, even the hurtful needles are not harmful, not to mention a few ink stains." Seeing that it was already dirty, Qi Long simply stopped caring about it, so he threw the fold in his hand aside, got up and hugged Su Mi.

"Your Majesty, this is the Palace of Heart Cultivation, how can you be so unruly that the ministers will not laugh at the concubines when they see it." Su Mi refused to run away and said with a smile: "Maybe there will be an adult coming over at any time." If you see it, what kind of system will it become? ”

"What's wrong with the Heart Cultivation Palace, Mi'er just let me kiss it, what do those old men dare to say?" Qi Long said with a rare look of fatigue.

"It's a shame that the emperor is still the Ninety-Five Supreme, so that outsiders can see it, but I'm afraid that they will think that the disciple ran into the palace." Su Mi smiled and chanted, the autumn waves flowed, and it was moving.

The two were laughing when they heard a long announcement from Gao Shengnuo, who was waiting outside: "Your Majesty, Lord Shi, the commander of the guards, asks to see you." ”

Su Mi took the opportunity to break free of Qi Long's shackles, ran to the side, adjusted his clothes slightly, and in the blink of an eye, he was dignified and inviolable.

"Biography," Qi Long said in a calm tone, but there was still a hint of anger in his voice.

Outside the door, the eunuch sang loudly, and then several people walked in.

It was Shi Qian, the commander of the Ouchi guards. There were also a few generals behind him, and they were either the Ouchi guards or the commanders of the forbidden army.

Su Mi raised his eyes slightly, and Ni Tingxuan, the deputy commander of the guard, was also among them. Su Mi's eyes couldn't help but pause, and just happened to meet Ni Tingxuan's eyes that he unintentionally swept when he raised his head, the two glanced at each other instantly, and Ni Tingxuan hurriedly lowered his head.

Su Mi also lowered his head immediately, of course he shouldn't stare at the man outside.

When several people saw Su Mi wearing a palace-like Biluo long skirt with complicated hairpin rings, they knew that she was not an ordinary palace maid slave, but must be a favored palace concubine serving by her side, and when they replied to Qi Long, they deliberately turned their heads slightly, not daring to look at Su Mi.

Shi Qian came in to report on this year's new science and technology martial arts.

This spring, according to the convention, it should be a triennial imperial examination, compared with the previous imperial examinations that followed the old routine, this time Qi Long specially made a decree to open a martial arts examination and recruit martial arts people from all over the world. Of course, part of this was due to the influence of the assassins at the Tianxiangyuan Night Banquet, which made Qi Long always worry about the safety of his guards. I want to recruit loyal masters and keep myself safe. I heard that as soon as the news of the opening of Wuju spread, there were a few more people in the capital, and now it is not easy to find a store to stay in the city.

As the first martial arts move since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, there are naturally many chores that have never been encountered before that need to be scrutinized. Qi Long has been busy with this for the past few days. He ordered the opening of examination centers in several martial arts fields in the capital, and sent the guards of the inner court to lead them, and the first class of the forbidden army and the first class to sit there, and the martial artists who wanted to serve could go to the examination, and once they passed, they could be recommended to participate in the official martial arts. The official exam was held in the royal arena, and I wanted to check it out for myself.

It's just that everything is still in the planning stage, Qi Long listened to Shi Qian's detailed report on the preparations for the various martial arts fields, nodded, and explained a few orders,

Seeing that there were no chores left, Qi Long paused, and suddenly asked, "Deputy Commander Ni, is your father's condition okay?" ”

Ni Tingxuan lowered his head, the corners of his eyes reflected the light blue skirt corners, dragged on the ground for a long time, spreading and floating like water waves, he was looking at his mind, and suddenly heard Qi Long's question, he was shocked, and hurriedly replied respectfully: "My father is recuperating, and it won't take three or two months to recover." Weichen Xie Huang cares. ”

Hearing that Ni Yuan would not be able to recover for at least three or two months, Qi Long looked depressed for a while, waved his hand, and explained a few words of the scene of meditation and recuperation, and then everyone retired.

Qi Long lightly covered his forehead, thinking about the news just now. I don't know how many talents can be selected for this imperial examination.

"Your Majesty, what do you have to worry about? Now that our country is strong, invincible, invincible, and invincible, this time it is a three-year imperial examination, and we will definitely be able to get a lot of talents for the emperor. Su Mi smiled: "The emperor should be happy at this time." ”

"The world has only seen the prosperous situation in front of us, how can we know the difficulties underneath." Qi Long sighed, "Mi'er, you don't know anything, let's just say that the current imperial examination began as early as the reign of my father, but how many available talents have really been selected?" Hmph, it's not all a group of students from high-ranking families. ”

Su Mi was stunned, and then understood the meaning of Qi Long, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the wealthy nobles have controlled the court, and there is a clear distinction between the folk scholars and the Shu clan, and the appointment of officials also adopts the traditional "Shiqing Shilu" system, and the nobles have served as officials for generations. The scholars enjoy all kinds of privileges and treatment, without having to go through any pay, but relying on the budding yin of the ancestors can be crowned officials and knights, rich and noble all their lives, and it was okay at the beginning of the founding of the country, but nearly a hundred years after the founding of the country, the nobles have enjoyed wealth for a long time, and there are more and more wealthy silverfish who occupy high positions and eat vegetarian meals.

Although there are also methods such as "probation" and "recruitment" to select talents. The local governor regularly recommended people with special fame and talents to the imperial court, or the emperor and ministers recruited people with special fame and talents to serve as officials, but the scope of the selection was still difficult to break the scope of the wealthy and noble.

The first emperor realized this when he was alive, and vigorously promoted the imperial examination to recruit scholars, hoping to recruit talents from all over the world, regardless of the distinction between scholars and scholars. However, after the start of the imperial examination, most of the people selected for the scientific examination are still those children of the scholar family, after all, the officials who were originally responsible for screening and checking at all levels are from wealthy and noble families, and it is inevitable that they will be partial, and occasionally there will be a few people from poor families, even if they get the official title, it is difficult to integrate into the upper circle of Daqi, and they are deeply excluded and embarrassed everywhere, resulting in poor political performance and difficult promotion. For a long time, the façade of this imperial examination was to select the world's talents, but in fact, they were all controlled by the big families, resulting in the phenomenon of "the upper grades have no poor families, and the lower grades have no families", and the results of the selection of "talents" are very limited.

In the past few years since Qi Long succeeded to the throne, he has also been vigorously promoting officials from poor families, and has tried his best to crack down on the wealthy families led by the Wang family. Especially two years ago, taking advantage of the continuous defeat of Wang Hao's army, he vigorously weakened the power and military power of the Wang family, and promoted Ni Yuan, a minister of the Liang State who had no foundation in the court, to confront the Wang family.

In the early days of the establishment of any country, it needs the support and assistance of large families, but once the country is stable, these families will gradually become a burden, especially the relationship network formed by their handover and marriage, as well as the high-ranking and powerful relatives, which are a restriction or even a faint threat to the supreme imperial power.

"The emperor doesn't have to worry, why don't you ask the officials to submit the examination papers of each family, and the emperor will personally decide and select talents?" Su Mi asked with a smile.

"In the past, when the first emperor was alive, he handed over the ceremony of the imperial examination to the ministry, and the emperor only needed to meet with the selected personnel. How can the rules be scrapped now? Qi Long disagreed.

"The first emperor was busy fighting all his life, so he naturally had no time to pay attention to these court affairs, and now the emperor is both civil and military, and he is a Ming monarch of the past and the present, shouldn't he personally choose the people he wants?" Su Mi said with a smile.

Qi Long moved slightly. The meaning of Su Mi's words is actually obvious, although the first emperor was aware of the shortcomings in the court of Qi, and specially opened the imperial examination to reverse the situation, but in fact it did not have any effect, this is also directly related to the first emperor himself does not pay attention to this, when the first emperor was alive, he was bent on dominating the world and achieving the hegemony of the world, and his concern for the government was far less than that of the conquest and killing on the battlefield, especially he himself was not good at writing and poetry, so the imperial examination was only handed over to the officials to handle it carefully, Not really taken seriously. Now that Qi Long has inherited the throne, he has repeatedly explained his will and instructed the officials how to choose and deal with it, but it is still difficult to reverse the status quo that the wealthy and noble lords occupy the majority of the places.

"If the emperor personally selects the students of the imperial examination, it will be a great honor, in the future, whether they are from a poor family or a wealthy family, they are all protégés of the Son of Heaven, where will anyone dare to despise oppression, and the martial arts can not also follow this example, the emperor came to the examination room in person, inspected the martial arts and military strategies of these people, and the students who should take the examination in the world, regardless of martial arts, will not be grateful to the emperor for his kindness, and will definitely serve the emperor and be loyal. When the time comes, why worry that the heroes of the world will not be exhausted by the emperor. Su Mi chuckled softly.

Qi Long nodded, thinking of the situation where the ministers were vying to admire the service, he couldn't help but yearn for it in his heart, originally he wanted to come to the examination room to check it out, of course, it was not for the country to inspect the pillars, purely because he thought that this was the first martial arts, and it was an unprecedented achievement, of course, he wanted to come to the scene to see his own merits. Of course, part of the reason is that it is just for the fun of a young person. Now it sounds like there is such a far-reaching significance, and when the time comes, Wenju can also follow this example, on the one hand, he serves as an examiner and selects talents, and at the same time, he can make the selected officials more grateful to himself. Isn't it the best of both worlds?

"Mi'er is really a great idea." Thinking of the wonders brought by these actions, Qi Long said with a radiant spirit.

"Where is Mi'er's idea, isn't it the emperor's intention to go to the martial arts examination room to check and inspect in person, the concubines are just sorting out the emperor's idea." Su Miying said with a smile.

"Well," Qi Long nodded, and said happily, "Mi'er is really my virtuous helper." ”

"Ah, the emperor's sentence is a gaffe, the concubines don't dare to be it, isn't the emperor's virtuous internal help only the queen's mother?"

Hearing Su Mi mention the queen, Qi Long couldn't help but feel a look of disgust.

"Virtuous help?! Hmph, how can any of these people from the Wang family deserve that virtuous word, and they slandered this innocent good word for no reason. ”

"Huh!?" Su Mi gently covered his mouth and asked, "Dingguo Gong has been loyal and good for generations, isn't he the mainstay of the country?" is also loyal to the emperor, and the emperor is too worried. ”

"I don't know how much loyalty there is, but my ambition is not small." Qi Long said hatefully: "A few days ago, I specially sent someone to visit Wang Hao's mansion to summon him to discuss matters, who knew that he dared to let the messenger come back and say that his illness had not been cured, and he did not dare to be summoned. Hmph, don't think I don't know what he has in mind. He must have known the news and understood that he was going to be reactivated, so he began to make conditions with me. It must have been resentful that I took advantage of his defeat to deprive him of his military power. ”

"Didn't Dingguo Gong recuperate at home when he was sick? Maybe there are people who haven't healed. Su Mi hurriedly argued: "As the pillar of the country, how can the Duke of Dingguo report illness for no reason, it must be for the country that he is in poor health." ”

"He's just pretending to be sick somewhere." Qi Long said hatefully: "If he is sick, he is also sick of the heart, when he failed in front of the gate of Anhui City, he was beaten by Gu Qingting and lost his armor, and fled in embarrassment, he has always been known as the number one general of my Great Qi, if he still has a sense of shame, he should commit suicide and apologize, if it weren't for the face of the Queen Mother, I would have let him cut himself to thank the world." ”

mentioned the first few fiascos of his succession, Qi Long's face was not good-looking.

When the first emperor was alive, he wanted to unify the world, but unfortunately he died of illness before the day he could complete it. When it was handed over to Qi Long, Daqi was already the most powerful country in the world, and Northern Liao was locked out of the pass. Only one Nanchen Gou is left, and there are a few other scattered small countries, all of which are weak and have few people, and they are vulnerable. Qi Long originally thought that this opportunity to unify the world and achieve immortal hegemony was destined to fall into his hands. As long as you first pacify a few small countries that don't matter, and do your best to deal with Nan Chen, within ten years, you will definitely be able to end this troubled era that has lasted for a hundred years and reign over the whole world.

But I didn't expect that in a small inconspicuous Wei Guo, he planted a big heel, an incompetent Wang Hao, let himself lose face, and even lost too many troops, so that the subsequent flat land countries, and even the plan to deal with Nan Chen were affected.

"Wang Hao followed the side of the former emperor back then, and he was also a capable general, but he didn't expect it to be so unhelpful. What a piece of rubbish. Qi Long said hatefully, and with one sentence, he wiped out Wang Hao's previous achievements in fighting and killing and fighting bloodily.

"Fortunately, there is still a Ni Yuan, so we didn't make Daqi a laughing stock of the world." It's just that Ni Yuan has been getting more and more uneasy recently, although Ni Yuan has always been courteous and moderate on weekdays, and he has never heard of any minister who has made friends in private. But looking at the military succession since he succeeded to the throne, it seems that all the great achievements were built by Ni Yuan with his troops. Especially behind Ni Yuan, there is also one of the world's nine states, Yongzhou, with strong strength, even if he himself acts in a low-key and cautious manner, it really makes him feel frightened.

This time Ni Yuan was assassinated and seriously injured, but I am afraid that he will not be able to go out after the beginning of spring, although the change before the battle will be a taboo in the army, but Qi Long vaguely felt a little relaxed, this is also good, it will be against Nan Chen again, if he makes a contribution this time, he really doesn't know what to give him.

It's just that who should be used in the next war against Nan Chen? There are too few candidates in the army who are qualified to command the army, and although there are many famous generals and strategists, their prestige and popularity are not enough to lead this kind of war that overwhelms the country. Thinking about it, there is only Wang Hao alone, and the rest of the people are all in an authoritative position under the two, and they will definitely not be able to serve the public. Although there are still a few veterans with high moral integrity, they are already quite old. It is difficult to withstand such a major battle.

"Alas, if only I had a peerless general like Gu Qingting in Daqi." Qi Long leaned back in his chair with a headache.

Su Mi's body trembled, his hand couldn't help but shake out the inkstone, and a few drops of pitch-black ink were sprinkled on the white paper, which was particularly eye-catching.

Qi Long was unconscious, and still complained: "It's all because Ni Yuan actually killed such a peerless general, if it can be used by me, how can there be such a headache situation now." ”

At this time, Qi Long looked up and saw Su Mi with his back to her, silent, and suddenly realized, "By the way, Mi Er probably doesn't know who that Gu Qingting is, he is the general of the country, and everyone in the world says that Ye Luxin of Northern Liao, Chen Qian, Prince Cheng of Southern Chen, Ni Yuan of our Great Qi and Gu Qingting of Wei Guo are called the four famous generals of today." Although it is the words of a countryman, there is some truth in it. Wang Hao was defeated by this person, alas, Ni Yuan is really too anxious, if he can recruit him to serve me, why worry about the world. ”

Su Mi forcibly suppressed herself, afraid that her body would reveal flaws because she couldn't stop trembling. Although she couldn't see it, she knew that her face might have turned even paler than the rice paper in front of her. She slowed her breathing, freeing herself a little from the stress that almost suffocated her to death.

"For General Gu, the concubines know."

Qi Long was a little surprised, and then remembered, "By the way, Mi'er, you are also a guard." I almost forgot. ”

Su Mi took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions churning in her heart, and let reason regain control of herself, she gently closed her eyes and opened them again, her watery eyes were already calm and full of tenderness and sweetness.

"The emperor's words are different. Mi'er is not a defender," she said with a sneering smile, looking back.

"By the way, where are there any guards now, they are naturally all my people, and they are all Qi people," Qi Long immediately laughed suddenly after being surprised, and said, "It is indeed that I lost my words." ”

"Mi'er is not a Qi person." Su Mi shook his head and looked at Qi Long.

Qi Long's face turned in surprise and looked at Su Mi.

As he spoke, Su Mi had already left the table and chairs, walked to the front of the hall, and calmly knelt down and said word by word: "Your Majesty, Mi'er is just the emperor's person, whether it is Wei or Qi in this world, Mi'er is just the concubine of the person in front of her." Her eyes were full of affection, her words were earnest, and her eyes seemed to be infinitely affectionate.

Qi Long's eyes were greatly moved, and he stepped forward and gently stretched out his hand to help Su Mi: "Mi'er, I will definitely not live up to such pure and true affection." ”

"Your Majesty," Su Mi laughed, her eyes full of expiration: "There are countless beautiful flowers in the harem, and there is a new draft in the spring, Mi Er doesn't dare to ask too much, just ask the emperor to remember the concubines from time to time, and remember that there is a woman in the harem who is waiting for the emperor all the time." ”

"Mi'er is just my own, and I will never forget it." Qi Long held Su Mi's hand, "Those are like beautiful flowers, newcomers and beauties, where is someone as good as Mi'er's finger." ”

Su Mi hurriedly withdrew his hand and covered Qi Long's mouth, "If the emperor's words are heard by the sisters in the harem, won't they resent the emperor." Although the concubines hope that the emperor will always remember the concubines, the concubines hope that the six palaces will be harmonious, like a family, and not let the emperor worry. ”

"Mi'er is not only beautiful, but also virtuous," Qi Long said with a smile: "If my harem is handed over to you to take care of, I can worry less." It should really be a talent to be a queen. ”

"Don't say that, the emperor," Su Mi hurriedly said in fright: "Mi'er's background is low, and now she can become the emperor's concubine, and it is already a great honor to serve by her side, how can you mention such words, wouldn't it be a torture to kill the concubine." ”

"Mi'er is just too humble, no matter your appearance or temperament, which one of you is not one of the best in this palace, and it is naturally deserved to be promoted to a high position." Qi Long smiled, remembered something as if he was talking about it, and said: "By the way, now is the auspicious time of the New Year, and the whole world celebrates, since it is the new year, Mi'er's position should also be promoted." ”

"Your Majesty," Su Mi hurriedly knelt down and said: "The concubine's concubine has been promoted for less than a month, and then she will be rewarded at this time, I am afraid that it will cause discord in the six palaces. ”

Qi Long still insisted, Su Mi knelt on the ground, and resolutely resigned. Qi Long saw Su Mi's resolute expression, so he had no choice but to give up. Su Mi got up calmly.

"The character is noble, Mi'er is really rare, both the bearing and the appearance are blue waves and hibiscus, clear ripples out of the water." Qi Long stepped forward and gently helped Su Mi up, and said, "I don't even know what to use to reward you." By the way, I remember that although Mi'er was promoted to the position of concubine, you have never been titled, and I have been negligent. Qi Long had an inspiration in his mind and said in surprise.

When the concubines are promoted to the throne, they are usually given titles at the same time, and Su Mi's promotion to the throne was a matter of the day of the assassins, and the sudden decision naturally did not have much effort to draw up the title. Since then, it has been negligent.

"Let me think about what kind of title can be worthy of Mi'er?" As Qi Long spoke, he thought about it with great interest: "What kind of title does Mi'er want?" ”

Su Mi pondered slightly, her favor was too much at this time, and she didn't want to make any more eye-catching moves, but today Qi Long's interest was too high, and she had just shirked her promotion, and if she shirked the title at this time, it would cause unhappiness. As soon as my heart turned, I had a plan. Immediately raised his head lightly and said with a smile: "Didn't the emperor just reward his concubines with titles?" ”

"Huh?" Qi Long was surprised for a moment, when did he say Su Mi's title just now? "What?" He asked aloud.

Su Mi looked at him with a smile and was silent. Qi Long's mind quickly turned his memory, and then he thought: "Bibo Hibiscus, clear ripples out of the water." You mean the lotus word. ”

Su Mi smiled gracefully, bowed solemnly, and said, "Concubine Xie Huang gave the title." ”

"But......" Qi Long's expression became a little strange, "aren't you taboo?" The word ......" obviously thought of Concubine Yun's past.

Back then, Qi Long specially gave Concubine Yun the name Lotus because she was as beautiful as a lotus flower on the pond, but unfortunately it attracted some discussion in the harem, thinking that "Lotus, Lian Ye," is to satirize Concubine Yun's meager background. Such a contemptuous criticism not only offended Concubine Yun's sensitive pride, but also damaged the dignity of Emperor Qi Long by being distorted in this way, he ordered a thorough investigation and severe punishment of the palace people who created and spread rumors, I thought that the matter would be settled, but Concubine Yun begged bitterly to be coquettish, so that Qi Long issued an edict to change her title to Yunzi.

Maybe it was the humility of her background that made that woman couldn't tolerate such contempt and criticism, and now thinking of what happened back then, Su Mi suddenly thought, if it was a few years after entering the palace, would Concubine Yun still be so reckless in proposing to change the title?

"This word ......" Qi Long said hesitantly, Su Mi was only afraid that she entered the palace late, and she didn't know about Concubine Yun's past, and now she wanted to use this word again, thinking of Su Mi's background, wouldn't she be even more unbearable than Concubine Yun, wouldn't she be afraid of the palace talking about it.

"The concubine insists on this name," Su Mi's delicate face flushed slightly, "Is it because the fate between the concubine and the emperor is not because of a lotus picture?" ”

Qi Long couldn't help but think of the first night he met Su Mi, his thoughts were melodious, the candle flame was beautiful, and the light was difficult to hide, and he couldn't help but praise: "Mi'er that night was really Qingshui Hibiscus, Yaochi Immortal." Then he sighed again: "Mi'er is a gentleman-like figure in a flower regardless of talent and temperament, but it's a pity that God's words don't meet people's wishes,"

After thinking for a moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared: "Between me, just use the Yao character." It's a pity that he shook his head without waiting for Su Mi to speak, and thought that the word Yao was inappropriate, "Yao, the demon smelter." Wouldn't it be even more reprehensible? The Dutch character is too straightforward and cheesy, where is it matched with Su Mi's temperament. Thinking about it now, I was a little worried.

Su Mi covered her mouth and chuckled: "According to the concubine's ugly opinion, the lotus character is the best." No matter what the word is, it is the emperor's love for Su Mi's heart, this heart is more precious than anything else, Mi Er can naturally feel it, in this case, which word is not good? ”

Seeing that Qi Long was a little shaken, Su Mi said again: "The concubine knows that the emperor cherishes the concubine's heart, for that rumor, where is there anything to taboo, this is the honorific title given by the emperor, and the concubine is too late to rejoice, as for the so-called noble and lowly theory, it is just an idle person's words, and it can't be true, and the concubine's original background is meager, and it is all because of the emperor's favor that today's wealth can be achieved, since it is the truth, why taboo?" Let's just tell the truth. Su Mi smiled calmly.

"It's just telling the truth, it's good, Mi'er's open-mindedness is really not comparable to ordinary women." Qi Long smiled cheerfully, "That's the name." Thinking of Concubine Yun's past behavior, Qi Long no longer felt the slightest cuteness and delicacy at this time, only the cheesy disgust of wanting to cover up and indulge in it.

Su Mi was relieved at this time, since the name must be there, she naturally hoped that the one who would bring the least trouble to herself. I just hope that this meaningful name can make those boring women in the harem more sarcastic and distracting, and less distracting to her. Anyway, criticism can't hurt anyone.

For Su Mi's title, it really made the harem a little more topic of discussion, especially when it came to Concubine Yun's move to resign from the title, so that there were people in the palace who made any kind of guesses, some people said that the emperor knew the irony of this lotus word but still gave it to this new favorite, it seems that it is indeed disgusted with the humility of her background, so that the entire harem knows that there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and I am even afraid that it is a precursor to Su Mi's imminent fall from grace. Some people also said that this was probably deliberately done by the emperor, hoping to remind this concubine not to be as pampered and arrogant as that Concubine Yun. Do something that corrupts the etiquette and discipline in the palace......

Whether it is ridicule, jealousy, or envy, although all kinds of discussions have come out of the cage under various mentalities, but there is no impact on Su Mi at all, in the early spring of the fourth year of Longhui, Su Mi's favor still has no signs of wavering, as if it was the momentum of Concubine Yun, who was favored at the beginning of the year.

This disappointed the concubines who were looking forward to seeing the scene of this humble concubine falling out of favor, but these subtle turmoil brought about by a title quickly and naturally subsided, and the entire harem was busy because of a more important business.

It's time for the new year's draft.