Chapter 177 Climbing to Pay Homage to Ancestors
Shen Zhizhuo wanted to care, but what was the point of caring? Did she want Shen Qing to complain? Her complaint was that the palace was not good, how could she say that the palace was not good? That was a sin.
Shen Zhizhuo stopped asking and just said, "Hello, Lady Xipin."
Seeing that he was about to kneel down, Shen Qing helped him up: "What are you doing? There's no one else."
Shen Zhizhuo did not kneel down. He asked Shen Qing to support him, and the corners of his mouth that were originally tense relaxed a little.
"It's better to be more disciplined." He knew it was not easy for her in the palace: "Does the emperor know about this trip?"
Instead of reminiscing about the past, he asked about her situation first.
Shen Qing sighed in her heart, this brother really cares about her, so there is no way he can be polite, right?
"The emperor knows, otherwise I wouldn't dare to do this. I was fine in the palace, but you, after entering the officialdom, the emperor said that you have a stubborn temper and asked you to temper yourself."
Shen Zhizhuo felt a little unbelievable. It sounded like the emperor had a good relationship with his sister, but he still didn't ask about it. It didn't matter whether it was good or not. He didn't want to rely on Shen Qing to fight for anything for him.
"The harem is not allowed to ask about the previous dynasty. Your Majesty, please don't ask about the emperor's affairs."
Shen Qing wanted to laugh, and he was indeed quite upright: "I didn't ask, you passed the exam because of your own ability, I relied on your wife to get the position, the emperor just told me some of it, nothing else."
Although Shen Qing said so, Shen Zhizhuo was still not at ease. After entering the palace, he could not help Shen Qing no matter what happened in the palace.
Chen Qing said: "I'm fine if you're fine. I'm fine in the palace, you don't have to worry. It's just that I can't contact my parents. You can also report to me that you're safe so that they can rest assured."
Shen Zhizhuo felt unhappy when he heard this. If an ordinary woman got married, she would have a good life with the support of her brothers at home, but she entered the palace. Every time he thought about it, he felt a little powerless.
But after all, he has now entered the Hanlin Academy, Shen Zhizhuo said solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't worry about me, just take care of yourself."
What he said sounded somewhat serious and contained some assurance.
Shen Qing understood the meaning of his words, and felt a little warm in her heart: “Okay.”
Shen Zhizhuo met with Shen Qing, but not for too long. Soon, a eunuch came to call. Shen Zhizhuo knew that he was leaving, so he pursed his lips and whispered, "Sister."
Chen Qing's fingertips moved slightly, and she saw that he had turned around and left. After thinking for a while, she took out the purse containing the dogwood and said to Chunhua who came in, "Go and give this to him."
Chunhua took the purse and did not dare to delay, and immediately chased after him.
After Shen Zhizhuo walked out, he received Shen Qing's purse. Seeing the purse filled with dogwood, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his originally tense face became cheerful. Did he forget to give it to her just now? My sister is still a little rash.
When Chunhua saw Shen Zhizhuo's smile, she thought of Shen Qing. When she first saw Shen Zhizhuo just now, she thought that this young master was too serious. But now he smiled, and his smile was really similar to Shen Qing's. Are they worthy of being brother and sister?
Shen Zhizhuo accepted the purse and thanked Chunhua solemnly: "Thank you for taking care of Concubine Xi."
Chunhua hadn't thought of this. Seeing Shen Zhizhuo like this, she felt happy for Shen Qing: "I dare not."
Not much was said after that.
Chunhua turned back to report and mentioned this matter.
Chen Qing smiled and said nothing. He even treated Chunhua seriously. He really cared about her. There was no need to worry about whether she was benefiting from the original owner. Since she had taken possession of the original owner's body, they would all prosper together. In the future, he really couldn't deliberately ignore the original owner's family.
After meeting Shen Zhizhuo once, she realized that family affection was different from other things. It was the blood connection of this world. Even though she missed her modern parents, she could not ignore her blood relatives in this life, not to mention that he was really a good person.
Chen Qing suddenly felt as if meeting someone in this world who was connected to her by blood was the beginning of her integration into this world. In the past, seriously speaking, the only person she really paid attention to was Xuanyuan Ling. Now that she had met Chen Zhizhuo, it was a little different.
Concubine Chun came at the right time and saw a foreign man entering Chen Qing's residence. The first thing she did was to warn everyone around her not to tell anyone, and then asked someone to secretly investigate who this man was.
Upon checking, she found out that he was an accompanying official from the Hanlin Academy, and she understood that he was Shen Qing's brother.
However, even if he was Shen Qing's brother, it was against the rules for Shen Qing to meet him in private. But at that time, she clearly saw Shen Zhizhuo coming in and out with a eunuch, and it was obvious at first glance that the eunuch was not one of Shen Qing's servants.
She thought that Shen Qing shouldn't be so bold as to meet with her family privately, and then she reacted.
Normally, concubines from the imperial court were not required to attend the ceremony of ascending the mountain to offer sacrifice to ancestors.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with the emperor arranging a climbing trip. It was fine if the concubines in the harem were loved by the emperor. But now the only one in the palace who was favored by the emperor was Chen Qing. Concubine Chun suddenly had an illusion that the emperor arranged for the concubines in the harem to climb the mountain together this time, not because he wanted the concubines in the harem to bring their children out to relax.
Instead, he deliberately asked Shen Qing to come out and meet her family, so that she would be happy to come.
Thinking of this, Concubine Chun was stunned for a moment.
She knew that Shen Qing was favored. After all, most of the concubines in the harem were not favored by the emperor. She was the only one favored by the emperor. It was more because she was obedient and forced by the situation. There were indeed fewer concubines in the harem who could catch the emperor's eye.
There were also some people who deliberately thought too much, for example, Shen Qing would not have children and was on the Queen's side, so the Emperor's favor to her gave the Queen face and she would not have any worries.
Concubine Chun had also seen Concubine Yu being favored. Concubine Yu was so favored at that time, but didn't the emperor just say that he didn't want to favor her anymore? She was also favored at that time, but didn't she fade away later?
How can the emperor’s favor last forever?
But now, if she really guessed correctly, then the emperor was using the concubines in the palace as a cover to ask Shen Qing to meet her brother?
Is the Emperor so concerned about Shen Qing?
Shen Qing didn't know that Concubine Chun came to find her. After all, it was just a coincidence. After meeting Shen Zhizhuo, she was in a good mood.
Xuanyuan Ling's behavior really made her feel more concerned about this strange world. It was really a coincidence.
Xuanyuan Ling was quite busy. Although he said he was going to climb a mountain, he actually had to worship his ancestors on such a festival. The specific matters were arranged by the ministers, but he had to be present. He was indeed very busy and could not take care of Chen Qing.
Of course, Shen Qing was not qualified to go with them to worship their ancestors or anything like that.
At noon, Shen Qing also ate Chongyang cake and drank chrysanthemum wine as a token of his appreciation.
There wasn't much to happen afterwards. After all, the Double Ninth Festival only lasted one day. After climbing the mountain to worship their ancestors, the group returned.
Xuanyuan Ling came to Zhaohua Palace that night. He couldn't help himself when he saw Chen Qing.
I couldn’t look straight when I walked away in the morning, but I was thinking about it again after I left.
When he saw Chen Qing looking at him when he came, he instantly dreamed back to her gentle look in the morning. He really didn't care about anything else. Before Chen Qing even opened her mouth, he walked over in two or three steps, hugged her, and walked straight to the bed.
The servants around were stunned. They usually went out on their own initiative, but now it was too late to do so.
Zhao Hai ordered people to get out as if he had seen a ghost.
Oh, if he hadn't seen the emperor hurriedly coming out of Zhaohua Palace early in the morning, he would have really thought that the emperor hadn't seen Concubine Xi all day. With this attitude, he would have believed it if the emperor said he hadn't touched a woman for a year.
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