Tang Baozhu had a meal with the emperor, and the two of them went for a walk in the Imperial Garden hand in hand.
This is a habit she's developed over the years. Tang Baozhu has always believed that taking a walk after meals will help her live to ninety-nine, so she always takes Situ Rui's hand and they walk together after each meal.
"My beloved consort, do you have any opinions about Hui'er's future wife? If you have any opinions, please speak them directly, and I will certainly take them into consideration."
Situ Rui looked at Baozhu beside him. Unconsciously, the two of them had been together for almost eighteen years. After being together for so long, they had long regarded each other as their other half.
"I asked Hui'er today, and he said it was up to me to decide. But how could I possibly choose a prince's consort? After thinking it over, I've decided that Your Majesty should help me make the decision. At least Your Majesty has a better eye for people than I do."
Tang Baozhu felt particularly uncomfortable whenever she thought about her son choosing a concubine and her reaching the age of becoming a grandmother. Fortunately, once a prince marries, he will be granted the title of king and will live in his own residence outside the palace, so he won't have to stay with his daughter-in-law and will feel more at ease.
"Baozhu, don't worry, I will definitely choose someone who is good in every way to be our Hui'er's wife. Our Hui'er is so good, we should choose someone who is worthy of him."
Putting aside the bias of being his father, Situ Hui is indeed a very good person, at least when it comes to handling official business, he does a very good job.
This greatly pleased Situ Rui, the emperor's father, and the ministers below also felt that the eldest prince was a promising talent. It could be said that even if the emperor were to pass away one day, the eldest prince could directly inherit the throne without anyone stopping him.
"How could I not trust Your Majesty? There is no one more reliable than Your Majesty. Your Majesty, I am so tired of staying in this palace. When will you take me out for a stroll?"
That's why the two of them have a good relationship now. If it were when they first entered the palace, Tang Baozhu wouldn't have dared to say such things.
It can only be said that those who are favored are fearless. Moreover, after staying in the palace for 18 years, they are really fed up and want to go out and travel around. If possible, they would even like to run away with the emperor to travel around the beautiful country.
She just didn't know if the emperor would be willing to give up his throne. If he was, she would take care of his health so that they could grow old together.
When Situ Rui heard that his beloved concubine wanted to leave the palace for a trip, he assumed she wanted to go to the capital or visit her parents' home. Thinking it wasn't a big deal, he nodded in agreement.
"Baozhu wants to go out and have fun. I'll find some time to go out and have a good two-day trip. It's too short. We can only go to the capital. There are just too many important matters to attend to."
Situ Rui felt that since he ascended the throne, he had never left the palace to have a proper trip. Not to mention his beloved concubine wanted to go out and play, he himself wanted to go out for a stroll and relax.
"Your Majesty would like to take me on a tour of the entire Liang Dynasty, but I don't know if Your Majesty would be willing to part with all the concubines in the palace."
Tang Baozhu deliberately spoke in a jealous tone, occasionally feeling a little jealous, which made him even more pleased. He also revealed his purpose, making it easier for the emperor to accept.
Situ Rui was actually quite tempted by his beloved concubine's suggestion to travel throughout the entire Liang Dynasty. For over 40 years since birth, he had been confined to the palace and had never had a proper chance to see the country he had ruled.
“Baozhu’s idea is quite good, but we can’t take my beloved concubine around for the time being. We should wait until Ya’er grows up first. After all the princes and princesses have been married, I will pass the throne to Hui’er. Then Baozhu and I can live our own world and travel around the world. I think that would be quite nice.”
Tang Baozhu thought the emperor wouldn't mind her suggestion, but it would have to wait until the children grew up. She figured it wouldn't take long, at most seven or eight years, which she could afford to wait.
At that time, I was about 40 years old, and the emperor was about 50 years old. We could still roam around for several decades.
It would be a real shame not to go out and explore since it's her first time in the ancient world. Seeing that the emperor had agreed, Tang Baozhu immediately hugged his waist and leaned into his arms.
"Your Majesty, I thank you for granting my wish. I really hope that time will come soon so that I can travel all over Daliang with Your Majesty. How wonderful it would be if there were no one else but the two of us."
Listening to his beloved concubine's words, Situ Rui thought she was bothered by the other concubines in the palace. He felt a little guilty. If only he had met his beloved concubine sooner, he would have had a little prince and a little princess, and he wouldn't have had to let so many people into the palace to annoy his beloved concubine.
Unfortunately, there's no going back in life, so all he could do was hold Baozhu tightly and let her know how much he cared about her.
"Don't worry, Baozhu. Once Hui'er is capable of handling things on his own, I will pass the throne to him. Then I will take you, Baozhu, to travel around the area around Youjing City. After all the children have married, we will travel to more distant places. At that time, I will bring Eunuch Li, you will bring Yuxiang Yumi, a royal physician, and some guards."
Tang Baozhu felt incredibly sweet knowing that he wasn't just making empty promises, but was genuinely planning for their future together.
"Your Majesty keeps your word. A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. I will remember that."
"Don't worry, Baozhu. I am not only a gentleman, but also the ruler of a country. What I say can be trusted."
The two made plans for the future and strolled around the garden hand in hand.
Tang Baozhu thought that it was indeed the emperor's imperial garden, with all kinds of flowers. She suddenly felt it was a pity that there was no space to plant them, otherwise she could have secretly hoarded a few pots of flowers in her space.
Tang Baozhu thought that there seemed to be medicinal plant pots in the cultivation world. Each pot was for planting medicinal herbs, and they were about half an acre in size, one acre in size, and the largest ones were 100 acres in size. It seemed that she would have to go and exchange one with a big shot in the cultivation world.
After all, the red envelopes sent to him by the big shots in the immortal realm contained so many good things, not to mention the spirit stones that he didn't care about. The red envelopes sent after he had given birth to several children added up to tens of thousands of spirit stones, and although there were fewer immortal stones, there were still thousands. He thought he could probably exchange them with the big shots in the cultivation world.
So if she asked, the celestial beings would probably give it to her, but she was too embarrassed to keep asking them for things when she had no way of repaying the favor.
If you have the ability to repay, that's fine. But if you don't have the ability to repay someone's good things and keep asking for them, then you're being a bit unreasonable.
I imagine that powerful figures in the cultivation world would really like such precious items as spirit stones and immortal stones.
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