Chapter 22 Xuanyuan Ling feels upset
"Concubine Yu has a bit of a flamboyant temper. I will reprimand her." Xuanyuan Ling did not refute the Queen Mother's words at all.
The Queen Mother had a lot to say but couldn't say anything: "It's good that you know. I still say the same thing. If the Queen doesn't have a legitimate son, she won't be able to control the people in the harem. The Emperor should know this in his heart."
"I understand."
The mother and son were a little unable to continue talking at this point, and the empress dowager left.
After the Queen Mother left, Xuanyuan Ling's expression became completely gloomy, and the Queen Mother's expression outside was not much better.
"The emperor really doesn't take me seriously anymore. Just listen to what he said to me just now. He didn't even say that he would go to the queen's palace today."
The nanny beside her didn't dare to respond at all. It was not appropriate to respond to this.
Xuanyuan Ling exhaled and put on a sneer on his face. The rules were broken, but he knew it in his heart. He had heard these words since he was a child.
He had already sat on the throne of emperor as she wished, yet she still wanted to interfere.
To let the queen have a legitimate son?
Wouldn’t it be good if the legitimate son had the blood of her mother’s family?
Is he her son, or what?
Then I thought of Concubine Yu.
Seven out of ten times the Empress Dowager came to look for him, it was because of Concubine Yu's publicity. He had indulged her in the past, and Concubine Yu was also doted on by him. She was also pregnant and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. He was very happy. Now she is pregnant, but she was involved in the incident with Concubine Wang before, and now the Empress Dowager used the incident with Noble Lady Fang as an excuse.
It seems that he really doted on Concubine Yu too much, and now he really feels a little displeased with her.
Concubine Yu is too ignorant.
"I see that Concubine Yu is not concentrating on taking care of her pregnancy. Send someone to tell her that she should stay in her Zhongyu Palace and take good care of her pregnancy."
"yes."
In a word, Concubine Yu's palace was in turmoil, and Concubine Yu herself had never expected that she was still pregnant, and they just punished a noble lady? Why was she confined?
Indeed, although he did not explicitly say that she was under house arrest, Zhao Hai sent someone to tell her to stay at home, which was to save her face. When Concubine Yu heard this, she thought that the emperor was angry with her and wanted to put her under house arrest.
As soon as the messenger left, Concubine Yu smashed the teacup.
Wen Qiu beside her was afraid that she might have a miscarriage: "Your Majesty, please don't get angry. Be careful of the little prince in your belly."
Concubine Yu was feeling anxious: "In the past, I didn't punish the concubines in the palace? Even if I didn't give the Queen face, the Emperor wouldn't say anything. Now, he actually confined me to my room for a noble? I'm pregnant?"
She had done something out of the ordinary these days, which was to make Concubine Fang kneel down as punishment. Concubine Yu naturally associated Xuanyuan Ling's request for her to behave herself with Concubine Fang's punishment of kneeling down.
As he spoke, he felt aggrieved again.
It can be said that Concubine Yu had a very smooth life all the way and had never suffered such injustice.
"That little bitch must have been trying to deceive me in front of the Emperor!" Concubine Yu's eyes flashed with hatred. "Now that I have a child in my belly, her life is not as important as my body. After I give birth to this child, there is still a long way to go."
Wen Qiu was relieved: "Your Majesty is right to think so. What is most important now is your health. Concubine Fang is not as important as the little prince. Your Majesty is the only noble one in the harem. Who can have the good fortune of having three sons like your Majesty?"
Only then did Concubine Yu feel a little better.
The second day was the fifteenth. According to the rules, Xuanyuan Ling would stay in the Queen's Fengyi Palace on the first and fifteenth of every month. Today was no exception. This was the rule. It was the face and respect the Emperor gave to the Queen. Naturally, Xuanyuan Ling would not refuse to go.
Xuanyuan Ling would go there in the past, and today was no exception. When he entered Fengyi Palace, the Queen naturally greeted him with a smile.
Because of Concubine Wang’s incident, Xuanyuan Ling had not entered the harem for more than half a month. He did not go to other people’s places, and the Queen also said she had something to do and did not come to Fengyi Palace. The Queen was naturally happy that he came today.
Xuanyuan Ling really had no interest in sex. After finishing his meal, he read a book for a while and asked the Queen to rest. After a while, he went to bed without even chatting. He just slept like that.
This night was another torment for the Queen, even more tormenting than when the Emperor did not come.
The next day, the queen got up early, helped Xuanyuan Ling to dress, and saw Xuanyuan Ling off.
Until the man left, the queen could no longer suppress the fatigue on her face.
Jinzhi felt so distressed when she saw the queen: "Why don't you talk to the emperor more, maybe..."
"Can't you see that the emperor doesn't want to talk to me?" The queen felt her breathing heavy. "I have to abide by the rules. I am the queen, not a concubine. I have to be dignified and not seduce the emperor. Those are things that concubines do. I can't do them. Do you understand?"
The relationship between husband and wife has to follow the rules, how can it be good?
Xuanyuan Ling didn't look very good when he left the Queen's Palace.
Zhao Hai felt tired just watching this, as there was not even one time when the emperor left Fengyi Palace with a smile on his face.
It's one thing that the Empress occasionally does things that displease the Emperor, but it's also a big problem that the couple get along like this.
After Xuanyuan Ling spent a night with the Queen, he handled government affairs for a day. When it was getting dark, he went to Shunpin's palace.
Shunpin was shocked. She had injured her body after giving birth to the eldest prince, and now her body was in even worse condition. She looked bad and it was normal for her to fall out of favor.
I rarely see Xuanyuan Ling throughout the year, and now the emperor has come.
However, she knew from the time that the emperor was not going to stay overnight. She felt a little depressed, but then she cheered up and thought that if he was not going to stay overnight, then he was coming to visit the eldest prince.
Shunpin bowed politely: "Your Highness."
Xuanyuan Ling glanced at Shunpin and said, "Well, get up. I'll go see Mingzhe."
Shunpin said, "The eldest prince is studying harder now." She smiled and said, "He is currently doing the homework assigned by the Grand Tutor."
Xuanyuan Ling nodded: "Yes."
Afterwards, she and Shunpin went to the eldest prince's place, and saw that the eldest prince was indeed working hard. It was quite interesting to see the little guy shaking his head.
Xuanyuan Ling curled the corners of his mouth. This son was his eldest son and his first child. When he was a prince, he did not have many sons and heirs in the backyard. When he became emperor, there were only three children in the harem. Naturally, he still valued this eldest son.
At this moment, the eldest prince was reciting a text. After reciting for a while, he suddenly coughed twice, then put the book down and begged the palace maid beside him, "Nurse, I don't want to read anymore."
The nurse said, "The Queen Mother told the eldest prince to finish reading the book today."
"I want to breastfeed."
"My dear prince, the queen said that you cannot eat milk until you finish reading this book. You should memorize it first."
Shunpin was shocked when she saw Xuanyuan Ling's smile fade, but with Xuanyuan Ling in front of her, she didn't even dare to shout inside to warn or scold him. She could only turn around and follow Xuanyuan Ling with embarrassment in her heart.
Xuanyuan Ling walked a few steps away and could no longer see the eldest prince. Shunpin immediately knelt down and said, "I have failed to teach my son well. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at Shunpin expressionlessly: "Find an imperial physician to take a look at the eldest prince."
Shunpin was stunned.
Xuanyuan Ling saw that she was stunned and his eyes became even colder.
It is right to hope that her son will become successful, but when the child coughed, she only thought about Mingzhe losing face in front of him, and said that he was a bad parent. It was obvious that she didn't care about the child's health at all.
At least even if the eldest prince was not feeling well and was therefore slacking off in his studies, Xuanyuan Ling would feel more comfortable hearing this.
His expression became even worse after he left Shunpin's place.
I was already in a bad mood after coming from the Queen's place, and I always thought that seeing my child would make me feel better, but I didn't expect that I would feel even worse now.
Zhao Hai looked at Xuanyuan Ling and almost didn't dare to breathe.
Who would have thought that Xuanyuan Ling got on the imperial sedan and said, "Let's go to Zhaohua Palace."
Zhao Hai felt even more uneasy.
It seems that Mr. Shen is favored, but this kind of physical favor is fine when the emperor is in a good mood. Now the emperor is in an extremely bad mood.
Can this Shen Liangren withstand it?
After a while, Xuanyuan Ling arrived at Zhaohua Palace.
Shen Qing was busy with her embroidery.
It was Xuanyuan Ling who said that if she didn't practice better now, it would seem that she was not serious about seeking favor. Chen Qing said that she had always been serious about seeking favor. Fortunately, she really loved to learn things, and embroidery was quite interesting, but it was tiring for the eyes.
Chen Qing noticed that Xuanyuan Ling paused for a moment. He didn't look very good. He was in a bad mood. Was he in a bad mood?
She just pretended not to notice, and looked at Xuanyuan Ling with some surprise as he came over: "The Emperor is here."
After that, she put the embroidery she had just embroidered in front of Xuanyuan Ling as if presenting a treasure: "Your Majesty, take a look, is there any progress?"
She looked very happy.
Xuanyuan Ling was not in a good mood at first, but the girl smiled very beautifully. After all, beauty is pleasing to the eye, and he felt better looking at her. As for the embroidery, well, it was not that good. It was hard for her to see that she looked like she was presenting a treasure.
He didn't say that the embroiderer looked at her charming face and asked: "Is your face okay?"
It's hard to tell at first glance.
Chen Qing said, "Okay." After thinking for a while, he glanced at Xuanyuan Ling cautiously and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Xuanyuan Ling was in a bad mood at the moment, and he didn't like people hiding things from him. When Shen Qing made such an expression, his face immediately became bad: "Just say whatever you want to say."
Shen Qing looked eagerly: "Then this concubine really asked."
She seemed not to notice that Xuanyuan Ling was in a bad mood, and asked in a low voice: "When I woke up a few days ago, there were two finger marks on the side of my face that was not bitten by mosquitoes..."
Xuanyuan Ling: “…”
The emperor has forgotten about this.
As a result, Shen Qing was reminded of the embarrassment of the prank he had played at that time, and he couldn't get angry anymore.
I could only feign anger: "What? I can't touch you?"
Shen Qing said: "Of course you can touch it. I was just curious. I didn't expect it to be the emperor." He laughed again when he said this.
She always smiles sweetly, and seems very happy looking at Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling saw how happy she was and couldn't even pretend to be angry anymore.
He felt embarrassed when he did it, and he didn't even call her when he left. But the girl kept bringing up the past, and she seemed happy.
She feels happy when he does this to her?
Xuanyuan Ling saw her smiling brightly, and couldn't help but curl his lips: "So what if it's me?"
This tone is much better than before.
Shen Qing said: "It's just that the emperor is so nice."
What are you talking about?
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her.
Shen Qing looked around at the servants who seemed to be embarrassed, and leaned close to Xuanyuan Ling's ear and said, "Before I entered the palace, I saw my father sleeping in the study. There was ink next to him. I couldn't help it and drew two lines on my father's face."
Her cunning look made it seem as if the previous mischievous look was right in front of him. Xuanyuan Ling vividly remembered the two cat-like lines on Shen Qing's face at that time. Thinking that her father was a middle-aged man after all, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when he was painted with two lines like that.
Xuanyuan Ling said, "Nonsense!"
But there was a smile in his eyes.
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