"Furthermore, I don't want to live with anyone else. I'd like to have a private place. I've already chosen a palace far away. Your Majesty, please grant me this request."
"Okay." Shu Chengfeng didn't plan to have her live with anyone. With her temper, anyone who lived with her probably wouldn't survive more than three months before she beat them to death.
"After spring arrives, I'll give you a few crabapple trees. If you like morning glories, you can plant them yourself later. Now that you're a concubine, you can tell the Imperial Household Department what you want," Shu Chengfeng said.
Yan Nangui reached out and hugged his neck: "You're so good to me? If you're good to me simply because of me as a person, then I'll be so touched that I'll secretly cry at night. But if it's because of my dad, then I'll cry every night."
“Yan Shi.” Shu Chengfeng said with a stern face.
"What are you doing? Now that Your Highness has become His Majesty, people aren't allowed to speak?" Yan Nangui pouted, acting all aggrieved and spoiled.
“…There are different things you can and cannot say when you speak,” Shu Chengfeng said.
"What can't be said? What do I need to see as allowed to say when we're alone together? You've become emperor, and now you want to be all alone? How old are you, already so suspicious!" Yan Nangui snorted, but leaned softly into his arms: "I don't want to think so much."
Shu Chengfeng laughed: "You, you. Your father is dutiful and dutiful, so his love for you is partly his fault. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?"
"Hmph. I like you so much, but you only dote on me because of my father." Yan Nangui continued, feeling wronged.
"Alright, alright, I'll spoil you, I won't look at your father." Shu Chengfeng really couldn't stand it anymore and patted her back: "You've gotten better and better at being affectionate since I last saw you."
"Sigh, I'm just taking advantage of this time to act cute. After the mourning period ends, new concubines will be brought into the palace, and there are still a few new ones around. By then, His Majesty won't remember me. I should keep a low profile, and no one will watch me act cute anymore," Yan Nangui sighed.
"Stop acting strangely." Shu Chengfeng pinched her waist speechlessly, frowning as soon as he did so: "How thin have you become? Someone, summon Physician Huang."
Yan Nangui did not object.
Before long, Physician Huang arrived.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Consort Yan."
"Take a look at her, see what's wrong with her body." Shu Chengfeng frowned. "If she needs nourishment, then she should take good care of herself. How did she get so thin?"
Physician Huang hurriedly agreed, thinking to himself, "He's only just entered the palace, and I haven't even taken his pulse yet. Could it be that he's really ill?"
Yan Nangui sat down and asked Physician Huang to take his pulse.
After switching hands, Physician Huang said, "Her Majesty has no illness, just a slight weakness in her spleen and stomach. She probably hasn't been eating enough lately. Also, it's an old problem—a deficiency in qi and blood. Has she been sleeping poorly at night?"
“I’m better now. I wasn’t used to it when we first moved. The house was big, and I’m afraid of the cold. It was also difficult to light several stoves at night, so I had to add extra blankets. But I’ve gotten used to it now and I can sleep well,” Yan Nangui said.
"Next year, I'll build you a dragon vein next year," Shu Chengfeng said.
"Then His Majesty will have to remember next year," Yan Nangui said with a smile.
Shu Chengfeng glared at him but said nothing.
"Since that's the case, we'll prescribe some medicine for her if she needs to take supplements."
"Well, what I mean is, there's no need to take medicine anymore. You still need to nourish your body for your previous blood and qi deficiency, but constantly taking medicine will harm your spleen and stomach. Your Majesty, why don't you try eating a variety of delicious foods? Eating well and sleeping well will make you more energetic," said Physician Huang.
"Physician Huang is indeed a good physician," Yan Nangui said with a smile.
Physician Huang hurriedly said he dared not.
Seeing this, Shu Chengfeng did not insist and told Physician Huang to leave.
"With the small kitchen, I'll gradually feel more comfortable eating and I'll get better," Yan Nangui said.
"Okay, let's take it slow," Shu Chengfeng said, putting his arm around her again.
The mourning period is still ongoing, and three months have not yet passed, so naturally the concubines cannot stay here overnight.
However, the emperor has been in a state of abstinence for too long, so he can still do what he wants.
In the harem, the Empress didn't care what Consort Yan was doing there; what she cared about was the imperial physician.
"They actually summoned the imperial physician? You mean... she might be pregnant?"
“Your Majesty, don’t be nervous. How could that be? If she were pregnant, she would have been pregnant long ago. His Majesty has been incredibly busy for the past year or so. How could he have had time to visit her? I’ve checked, and it’s impossible for her to be pregnant these past few months. Besides, what if she really is pregnant? If she has a child during the mourning period, will she live?” Madam He was now also called Granny He.
Naturally, it was the head maid of Fengxiang Palace.
“Your Majesty, please don’t worry. This servant has noticed that Consort Yan has indeed lost a lot of weight recently. Perhaps His Majesty thinks she is ill,” Su Jin said.
“That’s true.” Granny He nodded.
"It seems His Majesty still favors her. Of course, her father still holds considerable military power. His Majesty has just ascended the throne, so it's natural that he would value her." The Empress snorted.
That's what the Empress thought, and it's no surprise that everyone in the harem thought the same way.
But that doesn't matter, since the world has just been settled, and nothing is certain yet.
The Empress's biggest worry was still Consort Ye.
If Consort Ye gives birth to a son before her, then things will really be in danger.
Yan Nangui whiled away the afternoon in the Beichen Palace before returning home.
When I arrived, I saw a group of eunuchs busy at Zhaochun Palace. I asked them and found out they were repairing the small kitchen.
Yan Nangui nodded: "I'll reward them all later."
Shuanzi, who was in charge of this, naturally agreed.
Zhaochun Palace is large, so there's no shortage of small kitchens anywhere, which won't interfere with the affairs of the front and back halls, and won't get in the way.
Shu Chengfeng was quite amusing; he bestowed this honor upon Consort Yan today, and the very next day he also made similar arrangements for Consort Ye and Consort Su.
The Empress didn't need to, since the imperial kitchen was located not far from her palace.
Nature puts him first.
Nowadays, the rules set in the harem are that on the first and fifteenth of each month, and on holidays, people first go to Fengxiang Palace to pay their respects to the Empress, then together they go to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager, and then to the Grand Empress Dowager.
Normally, he would simply go to the Empress's palace to pay his respects.
Yan Nangui listened without any objection. After all, there's no such thing as sitting back and enjoying life; even the best things come at a price.
Even if I clock in every day for work.
They've only just taken off their white mourning clothes; they're still wearing mourning attire.
Therefore, no one dresses too extravagantly. They mainly wear simple clothes and keep jewelry to a minimum.
Yan Nangui mainly uses jade and silver. It's not that they don't use gold at all, but in the past few months, they've used less gold and gemstones.
In Fengxiang Palace, the Empress didn't get a proper postpartum confinement this time, probably because she had a lot to do. She actually seemed more energetic than last time.
After exchanging greetings, everyone took their seats according to their rank.
At the very front and to the left are naturally the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine.
Behind them are Consort Yan and Consort Murong. Although Consort Murong has a son, she entered the household after Yan Nangui, so she is still a little later.
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