The autumn hunt that everyone has been looking forward to is finally here.

Guanghua Palace brought a lot of people with it on this trip. Since they were staying away for a few days, the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation could not go wrong.

Aunt Qu has been busy for a long time, and now there is one more thing to do.

The Emperor's meal.

The emperor cannot eat meat. Last year, he ate porridge sent by the imperial kitchen. Yes, An Jiu heard it right. Everyone ate barbecue and drank broth, and the emperor drank porridge.

If this matter gets out, I'm afraid people all over the world will praise the emperor for being diligent and frugal, and calling him a good emperor.

"If you can't drink the broth, can't you do something else?" An Jiu looked at Aunt Qu in surprise.

Aunt Qu shook her head: "The conditions in the wild are not good, and His Majesty doesn't like to trouble others, and..."

It was then that Aunt Qu whispered to An Jiu that the chief steward of the imperial kitchen was actually the nephew of the Empress Dowager.

An Jiu: "..."

An Jiu understood what Aunt Qu meant.

It is said that the imperial kitchen has some relationship with the empress dowager. The emperor has long wanted to deal with the people in the imperial kitchen. As soon as the incident happened, the empress dowager stopped him. The emperor and the empress dowager are not close mother and son, so he cannot do too much, otherwise it will be difficult for the empress dowager.

An Jiu thought it was outrageous. How come this sounded even more outrageous than the Forty-Nine Tribes of Mongolia? The emperor, the ruler of a country, doesn’t even dare to offend the imperial kitchen?

However, after Aunt Qu said a few euphemistic words, An Jiu finally understood what she meant.

The emperor's mother, Concubine Chun, was said to be a great beauty. She was favored by the late emperor at the beginning. Later, Concubine Chun made a mistake and was sent to the cold palace. Even her son was not favored by the late emperor.

As for the Queen Mother, she was not born in a high class, and her appearance was not outstanding even though there were so many beauties in her harem. She was able to become the Queen only because she worked her way up to the position step by step.

Because the late queen died early, other concubines either made mistakes or died of illness. When the late emperor reached middle age, he began to feel that her gentle temperament was very comfortable, and because of her good temper and character, he made her the queen.

The reason why the present emperor is valued by the late emperor is partly because of Concubine Chun. When Concubine Chun died, the little prince had no one to take care of him, and the late emperor remembered the kindness of Concubine Chun. Second, because the emperor is very smart.

How smart is he?

According to Aunt Qu, the fastest of other little princes could memorize a book in a few days, and some could not even read it at all. But the emperor was different. He had a photographic memory and could write it down from memory after just one look.

When you are surrounded by ordinary people, you don't think it's a big deal, but when you have a genius around you, the terrifying gap becomes apparent.

The late emperor was like seeing a rare treasure. He doted on the emperor and loved him very much. He even ignored the opposition of court officials and the fact that the queen mother was pregnant, and insisted on making the emperor the crown prince.

The late emperor was a very arbitrary person. No one dared to oppose his decisions, and it was useless even if someone opposed him.

"Later, the Queen gave birth to a little prince. The late Emperor, out of guilt, named him the Prince of Ruyang when he was born. Your Majesty was also very good to this brother. He gave him the eldest title and let him stay in the capital. Despite this, there were still people in the court who said from time to time that Your Majesty's throne was not legitimate. In front of the Queen Mother, Your Majesty always bowed his head and tolerated everything, otherwise he would be criticized."

An Jiu understood.

I see.

I didn't expect that an imperial kitchen could be involved in so many things.

Before, An Jiu thought that the people in the imperial kitchen were stupid, but now she thought that maybe they did it on purpose. The empress dowager thought that the emperor had taken her son's position and she was powerless to change the situation, so it was normal for her to find some trouble for him and disgust the emperor.

If the emperor said anything, the queen mother would tell the outside world that the emperor was ungrateful and separated from her...

No wonder the emperor always had that attitude every time he mentioned the queen mother. He also knew that the queen mother was dealing with him. He couldn't do anything to her for the time being, and he didn't want to get upset because of this matter...

An Jiu, a cow and horse, feels a little sympathetic to the overbearing president who is bullied by his vicious stepmother...

…

After Xiaoqiu left, Anjiu and Xiaodong were the only maids left in Guanghua Palace. Xiaodong looked frightened and stupid, not very smart.

Aunt Qu had no choice but to pick out a few smart ones, keep four to serve outside and do odd jobs, and promote two to be senior palace maids. The names of these two people continued the style of Guanghua Palace, one was called Xiaoqiu and the other was called Xiaoxia.

An Jiu joked, "Aunt, next time you meet Xiao Qiu in front of you, will you be confused?"

She thought Xiaoqiu was being sent somewhere to do hard labor, like Xiaohua, so Aunt Qu smiled and said to her, "Don't worry, that's impossible."

An Jiu's smile froze on his face.

So is Xiaoqiu dead?

"Just because of a broken teacup?"

"A teacup?" Aunt Qu shook her head: "No..."

She said to An Jiu meaningfully: "You should also be more careful."

An Jiu seemed to be thinking about something.

Aunt Qu didn't say much.

If An Jiuruo is smart, he will figure it out.

Xiaoqiu didn't have to die if she came here. For breaking a teacup, at most she would be sent to work somewhere else. At least she was still alive.

Xiaoqiu was wrong. She shouldn't have accepted other people's money and told others the whereabouts of the emperor.

This touched the emperor's bottom line.

Even after being dragged away, she still blamed An Jiu, saying that she had an affair with the guards outside her room at night.

The guard who was with Anjiu.

Since Xiaoqiu said it, it means she knows something.

Then you can't stay.

If the speed was fast enough, Xiaoqiu's body should have been taken out.

…

The autumn weather is clear and sunny.

The emperor's carriage was extremely large. In the emperor's carriage, An Jiu and the emperor enjoyed the treatment of an emperor.

She was a little excited.

I think this is really good.

The emperor was drowsy.

He got up very early today and is catching up on his sleep.

The hunting grounds for this autumn hunt were outside the capital, generally only half a day's walk away. The team was long, and in addition to the emperor, there were also concubines, ministers' families, and some royal relatives.

There were so many people that security was difficult, so the Royal Guards counted the number of people to prevent assassins from sneaking in.

These people woke up earlier than the emperor and were now sleeping. Some particularly young gentlemen were following them on horseback, running back and forth and laughing loudly. An Jiu did not lift the curtain to look, because Aunt Qu said otherwise and that outsiders should not be allowed to see what was going on inside.

The team did not rest during the journey. The emperor drank too much water and had to pee urgently, so he stopped the carriage and jumped out. Not long after, he came back and An Jiu brought him some water to wash.

The emperor asked, "You're not going?"

An Jiu said: "I won't go."

How can she go when there are so many men outside? In the morning, Aunt Qu wouldn't let her drink water, but gave her an egg, saying that she wouldn't have to go to the toilet after eating it.

The emperor understood, and he leaned against the carriage and was about to continue sleeping when Prince Duan came over on horseback.

"Brother, do you want to ride a horse?"

The emperor was very moved...

[I want to go.] 】

An Jiu thought, if you want to go, just go.

"I am tired and will not go."

"Then I'll go first." Prince Duan rode away on his horse.

The emperor was very envious.

An Jiu couldn't understand him.

Then she heard the emperor sigh.

An Jiu looked up and saw the emperor sleeping against the carriage again.

But my inner thoughts kept coming.

[I want to go too...]

[I can’t go…]

[I am the Emperor, I am steady and prudent...]

An Jiu: "..."