Chapter 23: Almost fell down in shock
twenty three
When the empress stepped into the Yangxin Palace, the emperor had just finished a small court meeting.
The Prime Minister and all the members of the inner cabinet came out, saluted the Queen in turn, then bowed and left.
The emperor, who was sitting on the main seat, put down his brush and said slowly, "You are here."
The queen walked towards the emperor, who looked a little tired, pinched his brows, and said softly, "Your Majesty has just returned from a tour to the west, and you have experienced many setbacks along the way. Why bother yourself so much? You should take care of your body and get more rest."
"Hmm." The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and let the queen pinch his eyebrows, neck and other key places. "You have always been so smart and considerate. You should know why I asked you to come here."
The queen's fingers trembled slightly, and she continued to press.
Soon, cold wind blew into the room through the crack in the door, and the candlelight flickered slightly.
The Queen looked at the shadow under the Emperor's eyelashes and said softly, "As expected, Your Majesty can also hear the Ninth Princess's thoughts."
The emperor hummed.
The Queen began to pinch the Emperor's ear bones with her fingers. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "Your Majesty, would you like to tell me how you met the Ninth Princess?"
"Yes. That's exactly why I called you here." The emperor treated the empress somewhat differently.
The emperor started by talking about how Wu Yi picked up Yuan Ruan, how he was saved by Yuan Ruan many times, and then went on to talk about how he asked the people from Qintianjian to confer the title of Little Imperial Master on Yuan Ruan a few days ago.
The Queen's expression changed from disbelief at first, to anger when she heard the phrase "plot killing", to surprise at the "small national fortune", and finally to approval of His Majesty's decision to give Yuanruan the treatment of a small national teacher.
The emperor added at the end: "There is still some debate in the court about the Imperial Master. The courtiers who support the Young Imperial Master have submitted a memorial saying that they hope to hold a sacrifice ceremony for the Young Imperial Master in two weeks. This will require the approval of Heaven. What do you think, Empress?"
The Queen said, "I think it's possible. This way, on the one hand, we can confirm that Xiao Guoyun is the imperial teacher of Xia Kingdom as soon as possible. On the other hand, the miraculous power of the imperial teacher will also make some ignorant court officials shut up."
The emperor nodded slightly; "Yes."
Then he wrote a red "yes" on the memorial.
The queen paused and said, "Your Majesty, I also have a question."
The emperor chuckled and said, "Ask."
The Queen said, "Your Majesty said that the little princess predicted that Your Majesty would encounter a fatal disaster. I wonder if my son will also be in danger. I wonder if this disaster will..."
"The prince did have a fatal crisis before, but he will definitely not encounter his original crisis." said the emperor.
The queen was surprised at first, then relieved, but soon she realized the subtlety of this sentence.
The Queen could not help but ask, "Your Majesty, do you mean that if you didn't meet someone before, you may meet someone new in the future?"
"On the way back to the palace, Ah Ruan said a lot of interesting things to the system. One of them was "Character determines destiny", which I think makes a lot of sense." The emperor did not answer directly, but only looked at the queen, "The prince is smart and kind, but he is also easily taken advantage of by others. As his mother, you should just keep a closer eye on him."
The queen's face darkened.
The emperor added, "You are the empress. Not only do you have to educate the crown prince, but the other princes also respect you as their legitimate mother. You should also pay more attention to the situation of Rongpin and Defei these days, and observe who can listen to the little princess's voice and who can't. Pay special attention to the performance of the princes."
The Queen was stunned when she heard this. She guessed it was Concubine Rong, but she didn't expect that Concubine De was also one of them.
The emperor added: "As for the second prince, he has bad behavior. Send him to the clan house tomorrow."
The queen was startled, and suddenly seemed to understand. She said with an unpleasant expression, "I dare to ask, is my son's death related to the second prince?"
The emperor waved his hand and said, "It's late, go to bed."
The Queen clenched her fists, but His Majesty did not object. This was the information His Majesty had originally wanted to reveal to her.
She tried to suppress her emotions and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
She will teach the Second Prince a lesson!
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Zhaoyang Palace.
Yuanruan felt extremely comfortable from the first day of moving in.
For example, when people are not hungry enough, their sense of shame will increase.
The mentally mature Yuan Ruan didn't want the wet nurse to kiss her breast, so she complained to the system. Unexpectedly, the person who came to Zhaoyang Palace was not the wet nurse, but the Seventh Princess, carrying a set of beautiful small tableware made of pure silver.
"The weather is cold, but every sip of milk from my dear baby is warm!" Rongpin scooped up a spoonful of milk with a small silver spoon and put the small bowl in hot water to warm it up, "Let's see if my dear baby can get used to it."
Yuanruan is very moved. I am used to eating this! I am too used to eating this!
In order to express her joy, she couldn't wait to hold the small silver basin with her two chubby hands and was almost burying her head in the basin to drink milk.
For example, Yuanruan really likes shiny jewelry.
Especially jadeite, jadeite of extremely high purity.
This is her favorite!
Then she found that the four corners of the bed prepared by Rongpin were piled with gold, silver and jewels. These jewels were not only exquisitely carved, but most importantly, they were large in size. Each jewel and jadeite was at least the size of a pigeon egg, and looked very valuable.
The system also complained, is this jewelry? It is obviously heavy.
Yuanruan couldn't help but argue with the system, "It has to be big! This is magnanimity. Those who can't hold it are unlucky. Look, I can hold it. 】
After the argument, Yuanruan wrapped the extremely pure green jadeite necklace around her neck several times.
The smiling Rongpin beside her seemed to be amused by her funny actions, and then she gave Yuanruan a larger crystal clear jade chain, and helped her wrap it around the whip several times.
The most amazing thing was that Yuan Ruan didn’t need to say anything if she glanced at something for even a second. The next second, this little thing would be brought to her by Rongpin or the Seventh Princess, and she could play with it.
Yuanruan couldn't help but express shock at the system:
[Brother, have you always eaten so well?! ]
The system covered its face: [Rongpin is really very perceptive. I suddenly feel that your brother is a god. He can be cold and indifferent to such a gentle, thoughtful, and active beauty.]
Rongpin, who was sitting next to him, raised her lips slightly: In fact, she is not so devoted to His Majesty, after all, she can't hear his needs.
Rongpin turned her head to look at Xiaoqi and found that the Seventh Princess, who had always been indifferent to her, nodded to her for the first time. Rongpin felt even more excited.
When people are happy, they tend to do something unconventional.
Rongpin waved her hand and said, "Come! Mother has more than that!"
Wu Yue wasn't very interested, but she noticed that Yuanruan's eyes were sparkling on her small face.
She immediately stood up, held Yuanruan in her arms, and walked out with Rongpin.
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Two more days passed.
The emperor had just finished his court session. It snowed heavily last night and light snow continued today. The snow on the road was deep enough to cover half of the leg.
The emperor was riding on the road in his sedan chair. Soon, the golden handrails were covered with a thin layer of frost by the scattered snowflakes floating down from the sky.
The chief eunuch quickly handed the emperor a jade hand warmer, and after the emperor received it, he suddenly asked, "Have you sent it to Zhaoyang Palace?"
The Grand Eunuch knew who the Emperor was really thinking about, and he quickly said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has specially sent 17 or 18 jade hand warmers for Concubine Rong to choose from."
The emperor just frowned when he heard this, and the chief eunuch added: "Because Concubine Rong wanted a very small jade hand warmer, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was worried that it could not make a hand warmer that met Concubine Rong's requirements. So I ordered them to use only warm jade. This way it is small and delicate, and there is no charcoal, so it will not hurt the little princess's hands."
The emperor's frown softened and he nodded slightly to the eunuch: "I am always confident in your work."
The eunuch smiled and said he dared not, secretly shocked in his heart. In the past, when His Majesty heard Concubine Rong pick on luxurious things, he always expressed displeasure about her extravagant life. He did not expect that when it came to the little princess, His Majesty would actually praise her with a smile. He had to raise the little princess's status again.
At this time, the imperial chariot arrived at Zhaoyang Palace.
The chief eunuch went downstairs to call for help, and soon the main gate of Zhaoyang Hall was slowly opened by the palace servants.
The emperor stepped down from the sedan chair and just as he passed the threshold, he was so shocked by the scene before him that he almost fell down.