Chapter 577 Worry
The two of them said this and went out. In the palace, the emperor looked at Shen Chuliu and asked, "Did my beloved concubine cry?"
"No." Shen Chuliu shook her head: "I was just talking to Zirui about some childhood memories and expressing my feelings. I am not a crybaby."
Qi Yixiu knew that she didn't like to cry.
He hugged her and said, "Don't cry. You don't need to greet me during this time. You should take good care of yourself. Don't worry too much about family matters."
Shen Chuliu nodded.
The emperor chatted with her for a while and had a meal before leaving.
It was already dark, and Shen Chuliu didn't want to sleep, so he sat on the corridor outside.
It was still cold, so I put on a thick cloak.
She thought, is the emperor here to comfort her? A concubine of the second rank lost an elder in her family, so the emperor should come.
But if he doesn't come, that's the same thing.
So, the emperor still values her? Shen Chuliu thought of this and shook her head slightly. This is actually very important.
Her son is growing older.
She naturally needed more...favors from the emperor? Or what is called favor?
Shen Chuliu looked at the rising moon and stretched out his hand as if to grab it.
After a long time, Zhemei came to persuade: "Master, it's cold outside, and it's still the first month of the year. Why don't you go back and sit down?"
Shen Chuliu didn't make things difficult for them and just got up and went inside.
There was a fire inside, so it was naturally warm.
"How is the Queen?"
"My Lord, I heard from Doctor Zhao that although the Queen is seriously ill, her life is not in danger. This is mainly because a princess of the Chao Kingdom passed away, and she had a good relationship with the Queen."
As for the fact that Chaoguo wanted to marry the second princess, it was not stated openly.
No one in the harem knew about it except the emperor and the empress.
Shen Chuliu nodded: "I'm glad the queen is okay."
The Queen Mother's serious illness is naturally a big deal.
On the twenty-first day, the emperor ordered people to light a perpetual lamp for the empress in Cheng'an Temple outside the imperial city.
He also asked people to chant scriptures to pray for the queen.
The Jingxin Hall in the palace also displayed Buddhist scriptures handwritten by concubines.
Shen Chuliu naturally also wrote a volume, but she was not very good at writing, so she wrote very slowly.
But I put a lot of effort into it.
The princes and princesses naturally also copied Buddhist scriptures as a blessing to their stepmother.
The Empress Dowager also sent people to visit her several times to show her care and concern.
The harem was probably still affected by the emperor's outburst two years ago, so except for a few newcomers who didn't know how serious it was, everyone else was relatively quiet.
Of course, although he appears to be quiet on the surface, only he knows what is going on behind the scenes.
The Queen was slowly recovering from her illness in the palace, and outside the palace, the Third Prince's family was slowly arranging their wedding and other matters.
His two concubines have now moved into the mansion, waiting to get married.
The Third Prince's wedding can only be decided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Liu is still imprisoned in the Beigong Garden, and Concubine Miao is not qualified to arrange anything for him.
However, Miao Meiren still secretly gave him a silver note worth one thousand and two taels of silver.
This amount of money is not much for the third prince.
Even though he was a prince without a mother, Liu's things were still left to him.
Besides, even if he no longer had a mother, the emperor would not treat him harshly.
But no one knows how Miao Meiren saved the one thousand taels.
She came from a poor family, so naturally she had nothing when she entered the palace.
She would be in favor for only a few days before falling out of favor, and this cycle repeated over and over again. She became ill and had to take medicine all year round.
I don't know how to get this silver.
But the Third Prince didn't dare to say no. If he did, how uncomfortable would she be?
Even if she doesn't want it, I'm afraid she won't spend the money.
I have no choice but to accept it.
After all, they are biological mother and son. Even if they cannot recognize each other in person, they still care about each other in their hearts.
The third prince could only take care of her secretly.
But the Sixth Prince in Ruiqing Palace would not understand this kind of sadness.
So, he left the palace and went to his third brother's house, and directly gave him a set of valuable screens inlaid with various flowers carved from white jade, saying that they should be placed in the study in the front yard.
"I got this thing two years ago, so I'll give it to my third brother now." The Sixth Prince smiled and said, "I'll come again on the day of my third brother's wedding. It won't be convenient to carry such a big item then, so you can put it here first. Just give me a gift list when the time comes."
"How can you, my third brother, have the nerve to accept such a valuable item?" the third prince sighed.
"What's so precious? Is the relationship between you and me as brothers more precious? Third brother is too polite." The Sixth Prince laughed and said, "Stop saying these polite words. How is the mansion being settled? There can't be anything bad when Third Sister-in-law comes home."
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites have handled everything properly. There is no shortage. Sixth brother, don't worry." said the third prince.
"That's good. I guess the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs won't dare to be careless." The Sixth Prince said with a smile.
The Third Prince led him to have tea, but he sighed in his heart, thinking that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would naturally not dare to be careless or neglectful towards his sixth brother.
"By the way, Third Brother, I heard something recently." The Sixth Prince sat down and said, "Last year, there was a locust plague in Chao State, and the harvest in autumn was less than half of that in previous years."
"Really? Such a big thing, yet it hasn't spread?" The third prince was surprised.
"Of course this won't spread casually. There are still large armies in the northern border. They are also bound to have petty intentions." The Sixth Prince was naturally referring to the time when the Chao Kingdom intended to invade.
"That's true. Now that my mother is ill, she might be worried about this as well." said the third prince.
The Sixth Prince nodded, and the two brothers chatted for a while.
As expected, Chaoguo had its own concerns. In fact, the queen did not know about the serious disaster that Chaoguo suffered last year.
It was not until the emperor of Chaoguo personally sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that he wanted to marry Princess Dayi, that things became clear.
Not only did he want to marry her, he also wanted to send a princess.
However, the Emperor of Chaoguo had no princess of the right age to marry, and he was unwilling to confer a title on a daughter of the royal family, so he had to send a princess who was only ten years old.
The meaning is very clear, it is equivalent to sending a child bride.
Now that they are weak, they dare not ask to marry the second princess. They just ask for the princess.
The queen clearly expressed her unwillingness, so the emperor naturally agreed.
So the oldest one now is the fourth princess.
Yu Xiurong suddenly became so anxious that his mouth was covered with blisters. He didn't care that they had no friendship at all and went straight to Yufu Palace to ask for a meeting.
When Shen Chuliu heard that it was her who came, she understood what it was about. But was he just looking for her? That was strange.
"Call him in."
As soon as Yu Xiurong came in, she was about to kneel, but Chi Su and the others held her back and said, "Your Highness is a concubine, how can you accept such a great gift?"
"Empress Jing, please save Jing'er. As long as you are willing to save her, I will obey you in the future." Yu Xiurong couldn't kneel down, but she was determined to say it.
"Please sit down and talk." Shen Chuliu said.
(End of this chapter)
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