Chapter 449 Please Accompany Me
The emperor passed away and there were many affairs to attend to. Huo Zheng did have a lot of official business to deal with. He had to squeeze out time from his busy schedule to go out of the city to pick up Chunzhi today.
Queen Wang was so absorbed in the joy of family that she didn't care what her son thought and simply sent him away.
Huo Zheng kept looking at Chunzhi, so much so that she had to stand up and see him off.
It is already the end of the year and the old emperor has just passed away. Everyone in the palace is very busy. The New Year is approaching and everyone is busy as hell.
Chunzhi and Huo Zheng walked out slowly together. Several red plum blossoms bloomed outside the palace wall, and the scenery was quiet and secluded.
Huo Zheng held Chunzhi's hand, gently caressing her fingertips, and asked her in a low voice: "Do you really want to stay in Qiwu Palace overnight?"
When Chunzhi heard this, she laughed and said, "I've already promised my mother, how could it be false?"
"It's enough for Mother to have Yanran and Xinghui accompany her." Huo Zheng lowered his voice even more: "You accompany me."
"What did you say?"
Chunzhi pretended not to hear clearly.
She wanted to see if Huo Zheng was shameless enough to say it a second time.
But Huo Zheng looked into her eyes and said slowly: "Chunzhi, stay with me."
"You..." Chunzhi suddenly didn't know what to say to him.
This person is really...
Chunzhi and Huo Zheng had not seen each other for quite some time since they parted in Xizhou City.
After Huo Zheng returned to Beijing, he was busy every day and had lost a lot of weight. Chunzhi felt a little sorry for him. Anyway, he had to stay in the palace to handle government affairs, so she just accompanied him.
After nightfall, I will go to my mother's Qiwu Palace to rest.
Chunzhi thought so and nodded slightly.
Huo Zheng took her to the imperial study. He sat in front of the imperial desk reviewing memorials, while Chunzhi ground ink and added tea beside him.
Huo Zheng didn't want Chunzhi to be tired, so he pulled her to sit down with him and told her all the mess in the memorial.
When Chunzhi was in Xizhou, she often read memorials with Huo Zheng. Now that she is in the capital, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, and there are more and more messy things.
Even though Huo Yang had committed such a crime as killing his father to seize the throne, there were still people pleading for him.
It is said that when the new emperor ascends the throne and grants amnesty to the entire country, King Rui should also be pardoned.
She and Huo Zheng cursed the person who wrote the memorial, saying that he had been kicked in the head by a donkey, and then rejected the memorial and sent a royal physician to check the man's brain.
There were also memorials saying that when the emperor passed away, his concubines who had no children should be buried with him according to precedent. Because Huo Zheng did not follow precedent and spared the lives of those concubines, some ministers kept talking about this matter.
Seeing this, Chunzhi said, "Those concubines were summoned to the palace, and few of them truly like the old emperor..."
Many concubines in the harem are of the right age. Let alone truly loving the emperor, serving him in bed once would shorten their lives by several years.
I wonder what those pedantic ministers were thinking when they wanted so many young and beautiful women to be buried with the old emperor.
Fortunately, Huo Zheng did not follow the routine.
Chunzhi said to him, "Now that our father has passed away, it's time to release these women from the palace. It would be pitiful for them to waste their years in the palace."
"You and I are thinking the same thing." Huo Zheng said, "It's just that getting this done isn't easy."
If this matter was handed over to Queen Wang, she would inevitably be criticized for being jealous. The old emperor had just passed away, and as the queen, she could not tolerate those women in the palace.
Huo Zheng had many other important court affairs to argue with the ministers, and adding this one about the harem would make the arguments endless.
"Nothing in this world is easy." Chunzhi said, "If you are in trouble, leave it to me."
When Huo Zheng heard her words, he immediately bowed and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Princess."
"Alright." Chunzhi raised her hand and handed him another memorial. "Approve the next one quickly."
"Yes, sir."
Huo Zheng opened another memorial and continued reading.
Normally, reading these memorials would make him most upset and irritated, but today with Chunzhi by his side, he felt that these things were not so difficult to deal with.
Chunzhi read through the pile of memorials one by one, and put aside the ones that Huo Zheng had approved. The sun gradually moved westward.
The eunuch outside came to report, saying, "Young Master Song wants to see you."
Chunzhi said happily, "Brother is back."
Song Anlan's business has grown bigger and bigger in recent years. He travels between Beili, Xiling and even small countries in the border areas, and even goes out to sea.
When Song Wan'er was detained by King Rui, Song Anlan went out to sea and did not receive the news in time, so he was not threatened.
When he got the news and rushed back, Prince Rui had already been executed, and the court was now completely under Huo Zheng's control.
Song Anlan rushed back to the capital and immediately went to the palace to ask for an audience. Chunzhi thought that he must have come for Wan'er's marriage.
She mentioned it to Huo Zheng.
Huo Zheng put down the memorial and said, "We've been busy for most of the day, let's go out for a walk."
"good."
Chunzhi stood up and walked out with Huo Zheng.
When the two walked out of the imperial study, they saw Song Anlan standing in the courtyard in a blue robe, with a jade crown on his hair, a white fox fur draped over his shoulders, and a jade pendant hanging from his waist. He looked elegant and noble.
He looked like he had rushed back overnight, dusty and tired, with a hint of fatigue between his brows. When he saw Chunzhi and his wife coming out, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, Princess."
Huo Zheng said, "We are all family, no need to be polite."
Chunzhi asked Song Anlan: "Brother, why are you so anxious to enter the palace right after returning to the capital?"
Song Anlan said, "I would like to ask the prince for an order."
He said, "Wan'er had no choice but to marry Jiang Hao. Now it's time for them to divorce. I want to take Wan'er home with the prince's order."
At Song Wan'er's coming-of-age ceremony, the old emperor issued an imperial decree granting her marriage, directly tying Song Wan'er and Jiang Hao together.
At that time, no one was optimistic about this marriage and some even felt sorry for it.
But after several years, Song Wan'er not only did not suffer any hardship in the general's mansion, but was spoiled even more.
In fact, after Prince Chang'an led his people into the capital, if Song Wan'er wanted to return to the Song residence, she could have gone back long ago.
But she didn't.
He still lives in the general's mansion.
It can be seen that Song Wan'er and Jiang Hao are not completely heartless.
Chunzhi and Huo Zheng looked at each other.
Each of them understands what the other is thinking.
But Song Anlan obviously didn't understand that his sister had grown up and her mind was no longer as simple and easy to understand as when she was a child.
Perhaps even Song Wan'er herself didn't know that she was actually happy to be with Jiang Hao.
Huo Zheng said, "Jiang Hao is a man who knows the current situation. Brother, if you go to the General's Mansion to pick up Wan'er now, as long as Wan'er wants to go home, he will definitely not stop her."
Therefore, there was no need to issue an order for the two of them to divorce.
Song Anlan wanted to say something else.
Chunzhi added, "Since my brother has returned to the capital, why not go see Wan'er first and ask her what she thinks?"
After hearing what the two said, Song Anlan understood a little bit.
He pondered for a moment and decided to go to the general's mansion first.
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