Chapter 229 Bad Mood
Inside Zhaohua Palace, the servants were all serving outside. It had become normal for Chen Qing not to get up in the morning to serve, but the servants did not dare to neglect it.
Xuanyuan Ling still has to attend the court early.
Half of October had passed, and the day was getting colder. When Shen Qing went to sleep, he naturally liked to hug Xuanyuan Ling and snuggle into her arms.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her with a slightly raised lip corner, but did not disturb her. He got up by himself and even remembered to put a pillow in her arms and asked her to hold it.
Chen Qing got a pillow, hugged it and turned over, then continued to sleep in a daze. His little appearance really made Xuanyuan Ling feel a little unbalanced.
Well, he, as an emperor, has to get up early and go to bed late, but she, as a concubine, lives a very comfortable life.
But could he make her uncomfortable?
Such a person, with such a spoiled temperament, was spoiled by him.
In fact, Chen Qing had always been spoiled in modern times, and she had been restraining herself at first. Now she was becoming more and more spoiled, which was a manifestation of her nature. However, this change made Xuanyuan Ling think that he spoiled her. He felt that it was the first time he spoiled someone like this, and he had a strange sense of accomplishment.
The feeling that for people who are raised by oneself, any noise they make is good is becoming stronger and stronger.
Xuanyuan Ling left the house and asked someone to draw the curtain before putting on his clothes.
After leaving Zhaohua Palace, he naturally went to the morning court.
It was naturally peaceful as nothing happened in the morning court. Or rather, it was more than peaceful. Chen Yuliang brought good news from Lingzhou. The autumn harvest went smoothly and this year's harvest was 30% more than in previous years.
Xuanyuan Ling has heard a lot of good news recently, and now he sighs again that Chen Yuliang is indeed talented. There was no such good news in Lingzhou in the past few years.
He didn't like the Chen family, but that didn't mean he hated truly talented people. The Chen family was full of corruption, and it was really a case of good things coming out of bad things. Xuanyuan Ling didn't plan to just let Chen Yuliang go, and he immediately drafted an imperial edict to promote Chen Yuliang to the position of governor of Lingzhou.
Concubine Chen didn't know about it yet. She was at her wit's end and complained to Chen Mianmian, "This method of treating the illness is obviously not working."
Chen Mianmian looked at Concubine Chen and said, "Of course, you can't use the same method all the time, not to mention, is your purpose just to let the emperor take a look at you?"
Since she is sick, she naturally cannot sleep with the emperor. So what's the point of just asking the emperor to take a look?
Of course, Concubine Chen wanted more than just this. She was asking for advice at this moment: "So what do you think we should do in the future?"
Chen Mianmian smiled and said, "When you recover and the green sign is put up again, we can talk about the future later."
Concubine Chen recovered day by day.
The Empress Dowager is different from Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen is young and has abused her body, so she can get better with some rest. But the Empress Dowager is different. She is old and she is scared by her previous illness. The imperial physician cannot guarantee that he can cure her.
I'm not an open-minded person to begin with. If I worry about every dizziness, how can my health get better except getting worse?
Cuiyun did get the news that the emperor had issued an edict to appoint Chen Yuliang as the governor of the province. Originally, Cuiyun would not report any news about the Chen family to the empress dowager, after all, it was never good news. But this time it was really good news, which made the empress dowager feel at ease.
Cuiyun hurriedly told the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was delighted when she heard this: "Is the Emperor really going to do this?"
Cuiyun said hurriedly, "That's right. The emperor's decree has been issued, but Lingzhou is far away, and Lord Chen doesn't know about it yet. When the decree arrives, he will be the governor of Lingzhou."
The empress dowager was truly relieved. Cuiyun had kept the bad news from her, but there was no good news. Didn't Xuanyuan Ling clearly not want to favor Concubine Chen even if she was in the palace?
The Queen Mother asked, "How long has it been since the Emperor came to pay his respects?" She paused and said, "Tell the Imperial Kitchen to prepare food today. Please invite the Emperor to come and have dinner with us."
Cuiyun found it unbelievable when she heard it. The Empress Dowager was watching her.
She has been used to it over the years. This is how she raised her son since he was young. Naturally, she doesn't have the same taboos in front of the emperor as she did with the previous emperor. Even though the emperor is now the emperor, she still doesn't have that.
Cuiyun also saw the emperor's temper. Over the years, the mother and son had never had a good life.
Now the Queen Mother actually bowed her head for the first time? Isn't it a bow? Before the commotion, the Queen Mother didn't think of inviting the Emperor to come, and she seemed to be in a posture that he could come or not.
Now I really bow my head.
Cuiyun agreed and quickly reported the matter to Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling was also stunned for a moment, and then his mood was not very good. His mother had been making trouble when he did not promote the Chen family, and now that he promoted Chen Yuliang, she bowed her head? You must know that he never promoted Chen Yuliang to promote the Chen family. Chen Yuliang just happened to have the surname Chen.
But when the Queen Mother came to invite him, he just let her go. He couldn't really treat her as if she wasn't there. If she really sent someone to invite him, he would still go. In fact, he also wanted to see what the Queen Mother wanted him to do.
So he went to Shouxiang Palace for lunch.
Cuiyun looked somewhat happy today when she saw the emperor coming. Xuanyuan Ling looked at Cuiyun and knew that even a nanny could tell that she was worried about the relationship between him and the empress dowager. On the contrary, the empress dowager did not care much about the relationship between them as mother and son.
It was unknown how long ago that the Queen Mother and Xuanyuan Ling sat at the same table to eat. Now, the two of them sat together but no one started a conversation, so they remained silent.
The way Xuanyuan Ling ate this meal was no different from when he was reviewing memorials.
The Queen Mother doesn't necessarily eat comfortably either. Do you think she can feel good with her son standing in front of her with a sullen face?
Cuiyun was getting anxious. Everything was fine and the people were here, so why didn’t they just have a good talk?
Xuanyuan Ling didn't have much appetite here, and the Queen Mother over there might not be able to eat either.
Then Xuanyuan Ling finished eating and left.
In the end, the mother and son didn't have anything to say to each other.
When the Queen Mother saw him leaving, she felt uneasy again: "What on earth is he going to do?" Since he had done what Chen Yuliang did, the atmosphere today shouldn't be like this.
Cuiyun didn't know how to respond after hearing this. She even wanted to sigh. She thought that since the empress dowager asked the emperor to come for dinner, she should bow her head first and say a few good words for Lord Chen. But the empress dowager even pointed at the emperor and asked him to bow his head first. Even if the emperor was really concerned about Lord Chen, who was promoted by the empress dowager, wouldn't people feel bad about your attitude?
Xuanyuan Ling didn't say anything in Shouxiang Palace, but as soon as he left Shouxiang Palace, his irritability came up again.
He never got out of Shouxiang Palace in peace. He was in a bad mood, so he went to the imperial study. However, he was in a bad mood, and looking at the pile of memorials made him feel even worse, so he simply went out for a walk.
Zhao Hai was well prepared and told the servants to be careful. He carried the sedan chair out for a walk. Xuanyuan Ling looked around expressionlessly and was passing by Wanmei Garden when he saw Chu Linglong coming out. Chu Linglong was also caught off guard and was about to kneel down when she saw Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling frowned: "What are you doing here?"
Normally, it’s nothing to meet Chu Linglong by chance, and Xuanyuan Ling usually wouldn’t take it to heart. But he has met Chu Linglong more than once, and he happened to be in a bad mood today. This place is really far from Qingyun Palace. Chu Linglong is pregnant, so why doesn’t he take good care of her? Why does he run out every day?
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