Chapter 303 Another Year
The Queen's illness turned out to be a serious one. She had suffered such a serious illness once before. After the incident with the King's uncle, the Queen had also fallen seriously ill. This illness seemed to be even more serious than that time.
If the imperial physician had not given any information, everyone would have thought that the empress was dying due to this sudden incident.
Defei was originally in charge of the affairs of the harem temporarily, but now it seems that she is really going to do it permanently. However, things are different now. At first, Defei was respectful in front of the queen and did not want to attract the queen's attention, so she remembered to return the power. Later, after Shen Qing realized that the queen had taken action against her, Defei couldn't help but think that the queen was afraid of the third prince.
Chen Qing was favored and close to her. After all, Chen Qing was openly respectful to the queen. She didn't know the intricacies of the contraceptive pills, so she naturally thought that there was only one reason after thinking about it. The queen was afraid that Chen Qing would be favored and that if she brought the third prince to the emperor, he would value her. Of course, she didn't think this reason was very reliable.
She just couldn't think of anything else at the moment, so she just assumed this for the time being. After thinking this way, since she wanted to protect the Third Prince, there was nothing wrong with grabbing the power to assist in managing the six palaces.
The Queen was ill and stayed ill until the New Year. The concubines did not see the Queen again until the New Year. But when Xuanyuan Ling saw the Queen at this time, he could not help but frown.
She had lost weight again. She had lost weight after a serious illness caused by the emperor's uncle, but she gradually recovered. Later, she had intermittent illnesses again, and now she had fainted again. It seemed that the luxurious phoenix crown on her head could not be held up.
Xuanyuan Ling had really thought about asking the queen to die of illness at that time, but she later became obedient, right? Now, although the queen did not do a good job, she was still his first wife. If she was obedient, it was not impossible to keep her like this. So he could also ask the imperial physician to take care of her more. From the outside, after the New Year, the emperor still felt a little pity for the queen when he saw her like this.
But the Queen knew in her heart that this was just the respect the Emperor gave her because he thought she was a good person. There was no affection between the two of them at all.
Looking back on the past, he was still willing to come on the first and fifteenth days of the month. Even though it seemed that there was no emotional connection between them, he was willing to give her the honor of queen. It was after she took the baby in Li Guiren's belly that he became more and more reluctant to come, but now he was still willing to give her a little respect, which was already good enough.
The Queen had too many things on her mind during her serious illness, it was like a dream. She felt that all the years and plans in the past seemed to have been in vain. Now, when she looked at Concubine Li and the Fourth Prince, her eyes were dull.
During the Chinese New Year, several princes showed up in front of Xuanyuan Ling. She, on the other hand, put on a stepmother's smile and seemed to be quite respectful.
It seemed as if she really loved all the other children. She even praised Qin Bin's third princess for being smart and clever.
But Concubine Qin was disgusted.
Seeing that the queen had survived a serious illness, she felt unlucky and wished she would die sooner. Of course, she didn't think Xuanyuan Ling was being merciful by asking the imperial physician to take better care of her.
Now she felt that the emperor was ruthless. He doted on her so much back then, but now he couldn't even see her once? Seeing Xuanyuan Ling treat the queen like this, she felt that he simply didn't want to lose the queen and have another one, which would cause trouble in the harem.
After all, she is an old enemy. Thinking about it this way, even though the Queen has aged a lot after her illness, she can still be happy to see the New Year.
However, Chen Qing felt a little emotional when looking at the Queen. Did the Queen have a sudden realization, or was she hoping that Xuanyuan Ling could recover if she pretended better?
No matter whether they have a sudden realization or just pretend to be better, their relationship is destined to never be the same.
If we talk about the New Year atmosphere, Shen Qing's place probably has the most New Year atmosphere.
Everyone in the palace celebrated the New Year together, but what good could there be between a group of women and an emperor? Moreover, they had to abide by the rules even when they were surrounded by so many people. Over the years, even with all kinds of performances, Shen Qing never found it interesting. Instead, it was more interesting to see the Zhaohua Palace decorated with lights and colors.
Chen Qing experienced life and death this year. Ru Chunhua Fangyun and the others in Zhaohua Palace felt that the new year brought new atmosphere, and they had to get rid of the bad luck for Chen Qing. If the palace allowed firecrackers, everyone would have set off one for Chen Qing. Now the Zhaohua Palace was also sweeping away the dust and getting rid of the bad luck, and decorating with lanterns and colorful lanterns to add joy and blessings. Chen Qing even asked them to take a bath with pomelo leaves, and it was quite interesting for a group of people to get together to cut window paper-cuts.
Except for the first year when Xuanyuan Ling came late, he always accompanied her during the Chinese New Year. It was also the case in recent years that the two of them would get together to eat hotpot during the Chinese New Year.
He has been eating spicy food recently, and it seems a bit prosperous that he is sweating during the New Year.
Seeing that Shen Qing's lips were also red from the spiciness, the two of them ate in a somewhat unpresentable manner, but they were also in high spirits.
In the afternoon, the two of them thought of writing some couplets and posting them for the New Year.
After Shen Qing finished writing, she looked back at Xuanyuan Ling. His handwriting was really amazing, and it was much more elegant than hers. So in comparison, she said to Chunhua, "Put the one I wrote aside, and let's put up the one the emperor wrote."
Xuanyuan Ling found it funny: "Are you embarrassed to use something you wrote yourself?"
This temper is really...
Chen Qing was not happy to hear this: "It's my own palace anyway, so why should I be embarrassed? I'm just writing for fun and asking the emperor to write a few more and paste them on my door."
That was indeed a lot of couplets, but Xuanyuan Ling had a few days off for the New Year, so he simply wrote a few more for her.
Seeing that he was really writing, Shen Qing couldn't help but move over to take a look. When he finished writing, he called Chunhua and the others. He was also interested, but he didn't want them to post it, so he insisted on doing it himself.
Xuanyuan Ling frowned when he saw it: "Let me stick it on, or you'll fall down later."
"It's New Year's Day, the emperor has offended me, please take it back."
There were also people who asked the emperor to take back what he said, but Xuanyuan Ling was helpless: "Just pretend I didn't say anything, but you can't go up and stick it on yourself."
"Just put up one pair." Chen Qing was also in the mood. He had never put up Spring Festival couplets before. Suddenly he thought it was interesting and he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't do it.
Seeing that she insisted and was interested, Xuanyuan Ling was reluctant to reject her interest, so he asked someone to bring a sturdy stool for her to stand on, and he helped her up. After she finished applying the paste, he carried her down.
Xuanyuan Ling saw a smile in her eyes and said, "I didn't ask you to help manage the six palaces. Otherwise, if you jump up and down like this, you won't be majestic enough to control the people below."
Shen Qing said: "I am happy to be free."
Xuanyuan Ling has not had any free time throughout the year. She has become a concubine and could have been in charge of things a long time ago. He has actually thought about asking her to be in charge, but when he is with her, he always puts such things out of his mind. It is good to see her idle, and she is also, she is really happy to be idle. When she has a child in the future, she can't be like this. Now, just treat her as a child and indulge her.
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