Chapter 62 Imperial Garden
In Xianfu Palace, when Concubine Xue Shu brought Jiang Wanqing back, the four-year-old eldest prince Pei Yi was playing horse riding with the eunuchs in the yard.
Concubine Xue Shu frowned and called him over to ask, "Have you read the book I asked you to read? You are just fooling around here."
Pei Yi lowered his head and pouted: "There are many words I don't recognize and can't read..."
Concubine Xue Shu immediately scolded her, "I have taught you every word, but you never take it to heart! Stand here and reflect on yourself!"
Jiang Wanqing looked at the listless eldest prince with disdain in her heart. Although he was only four years old, it was possible to observe the big picture from a small perspective. It would be difficult for Pei Yi to be a successful person in the future.
She didn't show it on her face, and pretended to persuade him: "The eldest prince is still young, he will learn to study hard in the future."
Concubine Xue Shu also did not want to embarrass her son in front of outsiders, so she said a perfunctory word and took Jiang Wanqing into the inner hall to discuss business.
"You still didn't listen to what I said to you before."
Concubine Xue Shu sat in the main seat and looked at Jiang Wanqing helplessly: "I told you not to think about sisterhood, and to please His Majesty is the most important thing, but you refused to listen."
Jiang Wanqing was suddenly embarrassed: "It's not that I don't want to please Your Majesty. I went to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to ask for an audience before, but the guards refused to even report to me..."
Concubine Xue Shu had never seen such a fool before, so she smiled and said, "Your Majesty has never turned over your card, and you go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to ask for an audience. It would be strange if you can see him. Don't you know how to think of other ways?"
Jiang Wanqing looked at her quickly: "Is there any other way?"
Concubine Xue Shu ordered the maid to serve tea: "The method is all your own. If I could help you win favor, I wouldn't be in this situation."
Jiang Wanqing suddenly felt a little disdainful.
What's the difference between this and nonsense.
Concubine Xue Shu glanced at her, and as she took the tea from her personal maid, she casually mentioned, "I heard that your Majesty has not been very busy with government affairs these past two days?"
The maid smiled and replied, "Yes, these past two afternoons, His Majesty and Concubine Jiang always go to visit the Imperial Garden."
Jiang Wanqing raised her head suddenly.
Concubine Xue Shu nodded: "That's good. Yi'er wants to see the emperor these days, but I'm afraid that His Majesty is too busy."
Jiang Wanqing was suddenly very excited when she thought of something. Seeing that it was almost noon, she could not sit still for a moment and said quickly, "Madam Shufei, I remember that I have some things to do in the palace, so I will take my leave first."
Concubine Xue Shu smiled and said, "Go ahead."
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By March, the apricot blossoms in the Imperial Garden had all bloomed. The branches were all pink and white, swaying in the wind.
Jiang Shuyi and Pei Yan walked side by side on the palace road. According to the rules, the concubine should walk slightly behind the emperor, but she ignored everything and not only walked side by side, but occasionally even dared to leave the emperor behind and run in front.
Pei Yan looked at Jiang Shuyi who had once again discovered some flower or grass and ran out, and called her in a flat tone: "Jiang Shuyi."
Jiang Shuyi turned around immediately. She was wearing a lotus pink satin long dress embroidered with hundreds of butterflies and flowers, and an eight-treasure necklace around her neck. When she looked over, her smiling face was charming and her round black eyes were watery in the wind, making her look like a fairy incarnated from a flower.
Pei Yan looked at her for a few breaths before saying, "Come here."
The spirit immediately ran back to him with a smile, pulling his sleeve and calling, "Your Majesty."
Pei Yan took off the flower petal on Jiang Shuyi's hair and said in a gentle tone: "It's not that I don't allow you to play, but you must remember to consider me. You are the empress, and if others see you playing happily and ignoring me, it will be bad for your reputation. Do you understand?"
Jiang Shuyi blinked, then suddenly reached out to hug him, and said coquettishly, "I want your majesty to hug me!"
Pei Chen paused, then hugged her helplessly with his lips bent.
Jiang Shuyi understood.
This has nothing to do with reputation. Pei Yan is just unhappy that he was so busy having fun that he forgot about him!
After letting go of Pei Yan, Jiang Shuyi held his hand and continued walking forward.
Pei Yan no longer reminded her of the rules for concubines, and only asked happily: "You have seen the scenery of the Imperial Garden thousands of times, why are you still so interested?"
Jiang Shuyi thought to herself that she had been imprisoned in Zhaoyang Palace and had not visited it for two years. She had not had time to visit it after her rebirth, but didn't she feel the freshness of revisiting an old place?
She couldn't say these things. She thought for a moment and said sweetly, "Because Your Majesty is with me, when Your Majesty is with me, I am interested in everything and feel extremely happy. If I leave Your Majesty, even if the fairyland is right in front of me, I will be alone and will not be able to muster the slightest interest in traveling."
Pei Yan sighed as usual: "What should I do? I have spoiled you like this."
Jiang Shuyi said without hesitation: "Then your majesty should continue to favor her."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Yan smiled but said nothing, when he suddenly heard a woman sobbing softly not far ahead.
The emperor and his empress paused, and Pei Yan glanced at Cheng Shouzhong who was following behind them.
Cheng Shouzhong guessed that it was probably a palace maid who was scolded by the maid and was crying behind the apricot tree. He quickly raised his voice and said, "The emperor is here. Who is crying over there? Leave immediately!"
Normally, any sensible palace maid would have just come out, bowed and left after hearing this, but the woman paused and continued to sob.
The more Jiang Shuyi listened, the more familiar her voice sounded.
Cheng Shouzhong had never seen anyone so bold, and fearing that His Majesty and His Majesty would be angry, he ordered the eunuchs who followed him: "Go and catch the maid who disturbed the emperor, and send her to her housekeeper to punish her severely!"
When the woman heard this, she stopped crying. Without waiting for the eunuch to come over, she came out from behind the tree, knelt on the ground weakly, looked at Pei Yan with red and swollen eyes, and choked up: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't expect to meet your Majesty here. It was not intentional..."
Jiang Shuyi was instantly furious.
Who else could this woman be if not Jiang Wanqing!
Without waiting for Pei Yan to speak, she took two steps forward to block him and asked angrily, "You didn't mean it? You dressed up so gorgeously and blocked the way between me and His Majesty. Just now, Eunuch Cheng asked you to leave but you refused. How dare you say you didn't mean it?"
Pei Yan saw that she was like a cat with its fur standing on end, so he didn't say anything and just watched her quietly.
Jiang Wanqing said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, I was too scared just now, so I didn't dare to come out for a while. I swear in the name of my deceased mother that if you are interested, I will let my deceased mother..."
With a "pop" sound.
Her unspoken words were slapped back.
Jiang Shuyi stood in front of her, her hand still aching. She looked at Jiang Wanqing, whose face tilted to the side, and warned her fiercely, "Swear to do it yourself. If you dare to mention Aunt again, I will send you to see her now!"
Jiang Wanqing smiled silently.
She just deliberately provoked her sister to hit her.
The next moment, Jiang Wanqing burst into tears, curled up to protect herself, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, sister, don't hit me, I know I was wrong, I won't dare to cry casually again, please don't hit me like you did at home before, please..."
Jiang Shuyi almost couldn't help but kick her again. After realizing what was going on, she quickly turned around and looked at Pei Yan.
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