Looking back on those days, she was such a proper young lady. She got up earlier than the rooster, slept later than the dog, and ate more than the pig...
Well, they eat better than pigs.
It was truly unbearable. When she was in her senior year of high school, she used to get up half an hour later every day than she does now!
"Your Majesty's kindness is appreciated. However, Hongzhou is still young, and I am worried about leaving him entirely in the care of the nanny."
"You've just acquired a beautiful lady, Consort Wan, who is well-read and skilled in music. Wouldn't it be better for her to add fragrance to His Majesty's life and play the flute for him, rather than for me to just stand there?"
After saying that, Sun Miaoqing chuckled twice, her eyes full of mockery.
Whether she was overthinking it or not, Zhen Huan felt that Consort Cheng's tone sounded very strange, but it didn't seem like she was jealous.
The same goes for Big Fat Orange, but he figured it wasn't anything nice either, so he figured if he didn't know, he didn't know.
Trying to understand everything will only make you furious.
Big Fat Orange said, "Since you're taking care of Hongzhou, hurry back. If Hongzhou can't see you, he'll start making a fuss again. Don't send someone to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to comfort me."
Sun Miaoqing replied, "Your Majesty, I understand."
"I've been out for a while, so I won't keep Your Majesty and Consort Wan from enjoying the garden."
[Sure enough, a stepmother leads to a stepfather. You fat orange cat, you're even neglecting your own son for the sake of picking up girls.]
Even if it's my pension insurance, the boss should pay the lion's share!
Pension insurance?
The chubby orange was puzzled. Did it mean raising children to provide for old age?
Since that's the case, he shouldn't interfere even more, since he doesn't need his son to support him in his old age.
On the contrary, these brats are always asking him for this and that. When they grow up, they will even covet the throne beneath his buttocks.
Thinking about this, the chubby orange felt even more at ease.
After Sun Miaoqing left, the chubby orange took Zhen Huan's hand again and poured out his heart.
"That's just her personality. I've been too lenient with her before. When she gets angry, she even dares to point her finger at me and curse like a shrew."
"Sooner or later I'll teach her a lesson and show her what's what."
Seeing Da Pang Ju's insincere behavior, Zhen Huan simply assumed he was talking nonsense.
He only dared to say a few words behind her back; he wasn't this assertive in front of Sun Miaoqing just now.
Zhen Huan said, "Although Consort Cheng is young, she is of pure character. Everyone in the palace dotes on and protects her, especially the Emperor. That's why, even after being in the palace for so long, she still retains that childlike temperament."
"His Majesty also said that you spoiled her before, so why are you blaming Consort Cheng now?"
The chubby orange squinted and asked, puzzled, "How come you're so familiar with Consort Cheng? You always speak up for her."
Zhen Huan said, "Your Majesty has forgotten that I and Consort Cheng entered the palace on the same day."
"Later, during the time I was recuperating, Consort Cheng also came to visit me at Suiyu Pavilion, and we were able to exchange a few words."
"A few days ago, they even sent over two boxes of milk candy. They said that Honey Candy House was about to open, and they wanted to send them to my mother's family to try and give them their feedback."
"Everyone in my family raves about it, especially my younger sister, who practically eats it all the time. My mother was worried that it would ruin her teeth, so she had a special iron box made to lock it up."
"Now she cries and makes a scene all the time, I don't know where she learned it from, she even rolls on the ground, she has no manners of a proper young lady at all."
Big Fat Orange remembered what Su Peisheng had said before; it was true. Sun Miaoqing hadn't even spared those palace maids who were originally officials, let alone Zhen Huan, a mere concubine.
Although Consort Cheng was not favored by the Empress Dowager, she seemed to get along well with others.
Even if she occasionally makes sarcastic remarks, she forgets them as soon as they're said and it doesn't stop her from chatting and laughing with others at all.
To put it bluntly, it's just that she's jealous for show; she doesn't actually care about him, the emperor, at all.
The chubby orange cat suddenly became upset and needed someone to comfort it. It deliberately asked Zhen Huan,
"And what about you? Aren't you jealous?"
"Everyone in the palace knows that I spoil Consort Cheng. When I came here just now, I heard you and Liu Zhu talking about her."
Zhen Huan lowered her head shyly, "You heard everything? The Emperor is here and you didn't even remind me!"
The chubby orange said, "I saw you were chatting so intently that I didn't disturb you."
Zhen Huan said charmingly, "Your Majesty, I envy your good fortune. To be favored by your husband is the dream of every woman in the world."
"This matter has nothing to do with status, position, talent, appearance, or temperament; it cannot be forced."
The fat orange cat grew increasingly pleased with Zhen Huan. Not only did she resemble Chun Yuan in appearance and talent, but her temperament was also as gentle, elegant, generous, and kind as Chun Yuan had been back then.
"You're not fully recovered yet, and you've been keeping me company in the wind for so long. I'll accompany you back to the palace, and then we can properly appreciate this musical score together."
After saying that, the big fat orange cat picked up Zhen Huan and made her gasp in surprise.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
"Your Majesty, please get down and walk. I don't want Your Majesty to go through such hardship."
The chubby orange cat laughed and said, "It's alright, you're not heavy either."
Zhen Huan buried her head in the chest of the chubby orange tree, embarrassed, and let him carry her back to Suiyu Pavilion.
The palace maids and eunuchs they encountered along the way were all stunned. It was the first time the emperor had ever carried a concubine back to the palace in front of everyone.
*
Qianqiu Pavilion
Consort Hua stood on a high place, holding a Western telescope in her hand, looking down at the scene that had just happened, and saw it clearly.
They only put the things down after the big fat orange dog carried the person into the Broken Jade Pavilion.
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