Chapter 119 Acting Explosion
This winter my second brother will be coming back from the northwest.
It was inevitable that he would become impetuous after returning to the capital with such achievements and being praised by the emperor.
After all, I am trapped in the prison of the harem and cannot be by my brother's side all the time to remind him. If I cannot give him honest advice at this time, there will be villains around me causing trouble.
The second brother's lineage still couldn't escape the bad luck.
There must be someone who can keep the second brother in check.
The eldest brother has a calm temperament and is the best candidate!
When the time comes, the eldest brother will present the facts and reason with the younger brother, give him a scare, scold him, and then act coquettishly. With these two methods at the same time, the second brother will always listen.
Moreover, there were two important ministers, one civil and one military, in the court. Even if the emperor wanted to, he would not dare to act rashly or harm himself.
"Songzhi, go and prepare some gifts for the ladies in the mansion."
"Yes, madam."
"Zhou Ninghai, you will personally deliver this letter and the gift of begging for wisdom to my brother. Ask your trusted confidant to deliver this letter to my elder brother. Do not let anyone else do it along the way."
Nian Shilan's face was full of sternness. "If this letter is seen by a third person, my brother, I, and you will all be killed without a burial place."
Zhou Ninghai immediately realized the importance of the matter.
Songzhi prepared everything, and when he was about to go out, he happened to meet the emperor coming.
"Where are you going?"
Nian Shilan heard the voice and hurried out, "Greetings to the Emperor."
She raised her eyes and pursed her lips to look at the emperor, pretending to be angry and said:
"Your Majesty has not come for a long time. I thought you had forgotten me."
[You always hang out with that little bitch Zhen Huan. If you have the guts, don't come here! ]
"You are the most stingy person in the entire harem."
The emperor reached out his hand and pulled her up. "After not seeing you for a few days, my Concubine Hua Gui seems to have become much more mature."
"I've had a good appetite these days, so I eat more."
[I don’t know if the old woman, the queen, has had a headache for a long time and her brain is damaged. She comes to me whenever she has nothing to do. I get annoyed when I see her and don’t want to talk to her, so I can only eat.]
[Every time I ask myself to eat, I gain a lot of weight for nothing. Humph!]
The Queen did a great job!
The emperor was relieved.
"I don't know if there's something wrong with my body. Doctor Jiang is not in the palace. I'm thinking about whether I can find another doctor..."
Nian Shilan meant to find a royal physician from outside.
"You're talking nonsense. It's always the case that health problems come from poor diet. How can health problems come from good diet?"
The emperor meant... not agreeing.
【Crab roe crisps! 】
[Speaking of food, I want to eat crab roe pastry again! Did the people in the kitchen put drugs in the crab roe pastry? I am addicted to it! 】
The emperor smiled and looked at Nian Shilan. She clearly swallowed her saliva, probably because she saw him looking at her, and her eyes quickly looked away.
All she thinks about all day is eating and drinking.
"I am worried that I will be too fat and be disliked by the Emperor, right?"
Nian Shilan snorted charmingly.
Songzhi took the teacup off the table, Lingzhi served two new cups of tea, and Nian Shilan took one and placed it in front of the emperor.
"Others are fat, but my daughter, Shilan, is round and plump, just like a great country in a prosperous era."
"Your Majesty is used to coaxing me."
The emperor reached out and gently pinched her face. "If you are worried, ask the judge to come and take a look at you."
[Zhang Mi is the Queen's person. I'm afraid she will diagnose me with a disease even if I'm not sick.]
"Yes, I will ask Doctor Zhang to come and take a look later."
[Apart from my improved appetite, there's nothing else to worry about. Let's wait until Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen come back.]
Yes, let’s wait until Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen come back.
The emperor thought so too. He picked up the teacup and said, "Your palace smells really good."
Nian Shilan didn't want to say, "The emperor gave me this fragrance exclusively, and I use it every day."
"By the way, I just like this taste - no one else has it."
Nian Shilan sat opposite the emperor, her hands clenched tightly under the table.
[Let Songzhi prepare some more crab roe cakes. There must be something wrong with these crab roe cakes.]
The emperor lowered his head and took a sip of tea. "If you feel that you are too full of food, I will have someone send you some Dongting Biluochun, which is also a new tribute sent this year."
【Biluochun...】
[I still prefer crab roe crisps. 】
"I heard that the noble lady Hui likes Biluochun. The emperor has been going elsewhere recently. I am afraid he has come to the wrong place."
The emperor caught a glimpse of the Jingshifang records on the table. His smile disappeared and he just drank his tea without saying a word.
Nian Shilan said with interest, "Didn't the emperor just ask Zhou Ninghai what he was doing? My brother sent a letter home from Qinghai. As the Qixi Festival is approaching, I prepared some gifts to send to the young lady in the mansion. It is also a token of my love as an aunt."
The emperor put down his teacup and picked up the atlas.
"You should read a few more serious books when you have time."
【I just love to read naughty books.】
During these days, Zhen Huan's understanding, Shen Meizhuang's caring, and An Lingrong's obedience made the emperor experience a different kind of pleasure.
Whenever you think about something, you will understand it.
Even if someone doesn't understand like An Lingrong, she will still use singing to relieve her worries.
It’s not that the emperor doesn’t love Concubine Hua Gui, but compared to her domineering attitude and the awkwardness in her words, those three made him feel more comfortable.
Now that he knows about cuckoldry and takes precautions, he will surely be able to prevent these dirty things from happening.
What's more, Shilan never said from beginning to end that An Changzai was cheating on her.
Thinking of An Lingrong, he stood up:
"There are still memorials to be reviewed in the Qinzheng Palace, so I will go back first."
"Farewell, Your Majesty."
[You're leaving right after you got here. Humph! Don't come next time! ]
Shilan is always like this, wanting to be all to herself.
Although it was difficult, she was willing to put so much effort into it, so how could the emperor not be happy?
He left satisfied.
Nian Shilan squatted at the door, watching him disappear into the yard, thinking in her heart: Imperial Physician, Huan Yixiang, Biluochun.
How can people live in happiness?
An Lingrong in Chunxiaoju was playing the pipa and rehearsing a new piece of music.
When Xiaoxiazi came over, she was very happy and said, "Thank you for taking the trouble to make this trip. I will go after changing my clothes."
She asked Baozhen to give silver as a reward to the shop owner.
After the young man left, An Lingrong immediately rolled her eyes.
This rolling of the eyes has a lot of the charm of Concubine Hua Gui.
On the first day of July, all the concubines came to Louyue Kaiyun early in the morning to pay their respects to the Empress.
Jianqiu helped the empress with her dressing, complaining a little, "The ladies from all the palaces have arrived, and now that the empress treats Concubine Hua Gui so well, she is still late."
"This is what happens when you're pregnant. This happened to me when I was pregnant. I had to go to the Queen Mother every day to pay my respects. It was really hard on my body."
Speaking of this, the queen felt somewhat relieved.
The emperor himself is infertile and rarely comes to the harem, so he cannot notice many details. But it is different for the empress dowager.