In Zhenghe Hall, Pu Kun and Yu Jinshu, each in casual clothes, were about to leave the palace with the Minister of Works Chen Faliang when they saw a group of people coming from a distance.
This group of people are colorful and beautiful, aren’t they the concubines in the harem?
The one walking in front was actually the queen.
Pu Kun already felt that time was wasted today, and now so many women came. What do they want to do?
Queen Xu Huan and her concubines walked up to Pu Kun and greeted him together.
Afterwards, Xu Huan said, "Your Majesty, I heard that you are leaving the palace today. I would like to leave with you."
"Leave the palace together?"
Pu Kun frowned and asked, "Why do you want to leave the palace?"
Xu Huan's expression relaxed, gentle as water. "Your Majesty, I have been married to you for fourteen years, and I have never left the palace with you. My sisters and I simply want to accompany you, so that you won't feel lonely on the road."
Pu Kun looked at this group of women and thought about the promise he made to Yu Jinshu last night, that he would be with her forever.
Originally, he planned to dismiss them after the reservoir issue was resolved and he returned to the palace.
Now it seems that this can be brought forward.
Yu Jinshu, who was standing aside, could see that the news of the emperor favoring her last night must have spread to the harem. They wanted to gain the emperor's favor, so they came here to fight for the opportunity to leave the palace with the emperor.
As the mistress of the harem, Xu Huan's behavior was extremely inappropriate.
But Yu Jinshu could also understand that a woman who had endured fourteen years of hardship in the harem would definitely be unable to sit still and do something irrational when she saw the emperor favoring another woman. This was also normal.
However, this time they left the palace not for sightseeing, but for state affairs, and they estimated that Pu Kun would not agree.
But to her surprise, Pu Kun actually nodded: "Okay, then you all will follow me out of the palace."
Xu Huan was fully prepared. If the emperor didn't agree, she would just let it go.
And if the emperor wanted to punish her, she would kneel down and cry out the grievances she had suffered over the past fourteen years, and he would surely be moved with sympathy.
Unexpectedly, the emperor actually agreed.
Xu Huan was extremely excited, and the concubines were all dancing with joy.
Pu Kun walked forward with Yu Jinshu.
Xu Huan looked at Yu Jinshu standing side by side with the emperor and felt very dissatisfied.
She is the queen, the emperor's legal wife. It is she who should stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor, not Yu Jinshu.
She took a few quick steps and rushed to the emperor's side, inserting herself between the emperor and Yu Jinshu.
Yu Jinshu was pushed away by the Queen, but she was not angry. She just walked silently aside.
Pu Kun glanced sideways, feeling unhappy, but didn't say anything.
As I walked down the steps, I saw a dozen plain-dressed guards waiting on horseback, and three other horses waiting for their owners.
Pu Kun planned to take Yu Jinshu and Chen Faliang with him for a horse ride.
During the meal, Yu Jinshu said that she could ride a horse.
A eunuch had already run forward to arrange the carriage.
With more than thirty concubines in the harem, a lot of carriages need to be arranged.
When they arrived in front of the carriage, Pu Kun said to Xu Huan, "We'll go ahead. You guys wait until the carriage arrives before leaving the palace."
Without waiting for Xu Huan to react, he walked to Yu Jinshu, held her slender waist with both hands, and helped her onto the horse.
In full view of everyone, the emperor ignored the women he married into the palace and actually hugged Yu Jinshu in front of them.
Xu Huan was a little dumbfounded.
Pu Kun got on the big black horse, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, looked at Yu Jinshu carefully again, and they both ran towards the front of the palace.
Chen Faliang and his accompanying guards followed closely behind.
Under the scorching sun, eight carriages finally arrived after waiting for half an hour.
Xu Huan's face was filled with anger, and she yelled at the eunuch, "Why is it taking so long? I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with the Emperor."
By the way, she didn’t even know where the emperor was going, she only knew that the emperor wanted to take Yu Jinshu out of the palace.
Xu Huan then asked the eunuch in charge of the emperor, "The emperor has stepped forward. Who will lead the way for me?"
The eunuch in charge said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has ordered this servant to lead the way for you and the other ladies."
Xu Huan got on the carriage.
Four or five people got on the carriage.
The carriage drove out of the imperial city. The queen looked at the thick vermilion palace gate behind her and felt inexplicably relieved.
She stayed in this imperial city for fourteen years.
When the empress dowager chose her as the queen, on their wedding night, the emperor told her that he did not like her and that if she wanted to leave the palace, he would write a divorce letter.
She is the queen, the mother of a country, how could she leave the palace?
She left the palace today because the emperor allowed her to go on the trip. She was so happy at the moment.
However, the emperor and Yu Jinshu had long disappeared, and no one knew where they were waiting for them.
She was still thinking about how to find an opportunity to poison Yu Jinshu halfway.
When she learned early this morning that the emperor favored Yu Jinshu, she went to get the poison she had secretly hidden.
This poison is colorless and tasteless. After taking it, you will suffer from diarrhea, which will lead to the loss of all your energy and vitality, and the person will die.
And there is no medicine or cure.
If a person died, people would only assume that he died from diarrhea due to acclimatization or eating something unclean, and would not think that he died from poisoning.
She also prepared a medicine, which was a love potion.
This medicine was only prepared in the past two years.
But every time the emperor came to the harem, he only went to the Empress Dowager's palace and never went to her Kunning Palace, so she didn't have any chance at all.
This time, there might be a chance.
The carriage drove all the way to the street, and all the concubines were very excited.
When they were outside the palace, the glory within the palace was their dream.
Later, when I really arrived at the palace, I missed the prosperity and bustle outside the palace all the time.
Eight carriages turned into a quiet alley.
Xu Huan lifted the curtain and asked the eunuch in charge sitting in front, "Where are we going?"
The eunuch in charge turned around and said, "Empress, the Emperor wants this servant to take you to the Princess's residence."
Xu Huan frowned. "The Princess's Mansion? Is the Emperor planning to wait for me there first?"
The eunuch in charge said, "The Emperor didn't say anything, he just told me to take the Empress and the ladies to the Princess's residence."
Xu Huan thought that the emperor must want to make some preparations and rest at the Princess's Mansion, so she didn't think much about it.
When they arrived at the gate of the princess's mansion, they saw it was wide open and the eldest princess Pu Lanyan walked out.
Pu Lanyan was accompanied by a dozen young men.
Everyone knows that the Princess has more than a dozen male favorites in her mansion.
Xu Huan and the other concubines stood in front of the door, looking at the dozen or so male favorites around Princess Pu Lanyan, all of whom were extremely handsome.
In the harem, what they see every day are basically eunuchs without roots.
As for the emperor, they often didn't see him for two or three years.
Now that so many young and handsome men are standing in front of them, their eyes are all wide open.
The eldest princess lives a very free and easy life. She doesn't have to worry about those ethical principles and keeps so many men in her house.
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