Chapter 122 - 117: The Unfeeling Emperor
"Father, Rong Jieyu’s family will enter the capital tomorrow." Xiao Fu frowned deeply, his expression grim.
Xiao Bairen was also frustrated at heart, having planned to send two women of their own family through the selection to vie for favor, it had backfired and inadvertently became a dowry for someone else.
"Rong Jieyu monopolizes favor, does Empress Dowager have no opinion on this?"
"Empress Dowager has taken the Third Prince to the hot springs palace to avoid the cold."
Xiao Bairen’s face grew even darker. It’s not even Mid-Autumn yet, what cold is there to avoid? Ever since five years ago when the Emperor entrusted the Third Prince to the Empress Dowager, who knows what he said, from then on Empress Dowager has become much more estranged from the Xiao family. Now the old inmates of the harem have all been released, and Noble Consort Xiao is useless, they have actually lost their eyes and control in the harem just like that.
"Leak the news to those Imperial Censors; aren’t they the ones who love meddling the most? Make it sound more serious."
Xiao Fu nodded his head, even if the Emperor dotes on Rong Jieyu to the extreme, he cannot ignore the opposition of the courtiers and award her family members for no reason, right?
But the fact proved that Ye Qiu was indeed "blinded" by beauty at this moment. A seventh-rank official with neither merit, labor, nor background was surprisingly granted the title of Earl, causing an uproar in the court. Countless courtiers filed petitions in opposition, but Ye Qiu remained unmoved. Not only did he forcefully confer the title, but he also bestowed upon Rong Jieyu’s family the task of repairing palaces.