With a helpless smile, he could only lie back down. Hugging her tender body and gently stroking her back, Song Jinglan coaxed her gently, “There aren’t too many matters to handle these days, so I’ll be back very soon. Sleep for a little longer, okay?”
On the first day of becoming Empress, Lin Feilu decided to fully utilise her influence on him, “I don’t allow you to go.”
Song Jinglan laughed before gently stroking the skin behind her ears with his fingers. Then, he planted his thin lips against the pinna of her ears, the sensation resembling the crossover of a kiss or a whisper, “Is the Empress not giving a chance to even attend morning courts now? If so, then should we continue?”
The girl in his arms decisively kicked him away, rolled over and laid on her back as she waved her hands in contempt, “Okay, that’s it, you can go!”
Song Jinglan laughed silently.
He didn’t wash up in his room and rely walked out after changing into his court attire, allowing her to continue sleeping peacefully.
As soon as he left, the large and soft dragon bed seed to beco less comfortable and was losing so warmth. Lin Feilu rolled around a few tis, obviously still feeling tired, but she was no longer sleepy.
However, she was not allowed to sleep in today. Just after dawn, Tingchun and Shixia ca to wake her up. Lin Feilu got up with a sore waist and weak legs. On the first day of becoming the Empress, according to the rules, she had to serve tea to the Empress Dowager, accept the greetings from the other concubines in the palace and go to the ancestral temple to offer her prayers.
Since the concubines in the palace have no status, she could omit that step.
As soon as Tingchun and Shixia ca in, they smiled and greeted her, “Servant pays homage to the Empress.”
Lin Feilu thought that it sounded awkward.
Not only had her title changed, but even the clothes and accessories were switched out entirely, displaying her identity as Empress proudly.
After washing up, she sat on a sedan chair and was carried to the Chonghua Palace to serve tea to the Empress Dowager. In order to prevent the palace servants from seeing her odd movents, she had to endure the discomfort even if her waist was sore and her legs were jittery. After getting off the sedan chair, everyone in the Empress Dowager’s palace greeted her with a smile and kowtowed to the Empress.
Throughout the past month of her arrival, she ca to the Chonghua Palace to talk with the Empress Dowager from ti to ti. She was also good at currying favour with the elders. The Empress Dowager, who had lived alone in the dark palace for many years, had never experienced this kind of warmth from a child before. Hence, Lin Feilu had her practically wrapped around her little finger!
The Empress Dowager had only one thought in mind— even if the relationship with her son could no longer be nded, having a caring daughter in exchange was also not a bad deal!
After Lin Feilu served the tea, the Empress Dowager took her by the hand to educate her about the qualities and responsibilities that an Empress should uphold. Plus, she gave the girl several gifts she had prepared a long ti ago.
After leaving the Chonghua Palace, she went to the ancestral temple to offer so incense. It lasted a few hours as she wasn’t done even though Song Jinglan’s morning court had ended long ago.
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