Chapter 620 Jie Yuhua
Empress Dowager Guo saw that Xiao Ce refused to accept soft words, so her attitude became tougher: "Whether the emperor wants it or not, this draft is inevitable!"
"My mother is so keen on the draft that the selected show girls will stay in Cihe Palace to serve. I make it clear that there will be no draft within three years. This matter cannot be discussed again. This is an imperial edict!" At the end of the sentence, Xiao Ce's attitude also changed.
Very tough.
His "imperial edict" left Queen Mother Guo speechless for an instant.
No matter when and where, the emperor's will is above all else. Empress Dowager Guo, who has been immersed in the harem for more than 20 years, naturally understands this truth.
Even if Xiao Cecai ascended the throne not long ago, he is still the emperor. If the emperor does not agree to the draft, this matter cannot be carried out.
In the past, the former emperor suppressed Xiao Ce, but now that Xiao Ce has become the emperor, no one has more power than Xiao Ce. This is a fact.
"Okay, very good." Queen Mother Guo was furious and walked away.
Zhang Jixiang watched the Queen Mother Guo go away and couldn't understand why the Queen Mother seemed to be a different person.
In the past, Concubine Shu was amiable and seemed easy to get along with, but now Empress Dowager Guo is domineering. If the emperor were not also strong, Empress Dowager Guo might still control the government and make the emperor a puppet emperor.
Although Empress Dowager Guo left the Yangxin Hall, Xiao Ce was still a little anxious. He simply put down his business and planned to go out for a walk.
Zhang Jixiang followed closely behind and said from the side, "Why don't you go to Jinyang Palace for a walk?"
Qin Zhao is a good interpreter and may be able to make the emperor let go of this unpleasant little incident.
Xiao Ce happened to not know where he was going.
It seems that the only difference between being a prince and an emperor is that he has changed his residence. The only person who can relieve his stress is still Qin Zhao, and it is impossible for him to confide his concerns to anyone other than Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhao is practicing calligraphy in the study.
Jinyang Palace lacked nothing but someone to talk to. In the past, Ruxi would play chess with her to relieve her boredom. After Ruxi left the palace, she didn't even have a chess partner.
Now she is bored and can only have fun by herself, because even Princess Yonghe, the only one she can talk to, is married.
Of course, she still has an elder she can look for in the harem, and that is the Empress Dowager.
But with her current status, she was afraid that the Empress Dowager would worry about her, and she had been hesitant about going to Shoukang Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.
What really troubled her was that Shoukang Palace was very close to Cihe Palace. She didn't want to meet Empress Dowager Guo, so she didn't want to go to Shoukang Palace.
Xiao Ce stood at the door of the study room, and what he saw was the scene of Qin Zhaoqin writing.
That was how she was at Wangyue Residence at that time. He was often forcing her to practice piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but now she takes the initiative to learn.
Nothing has changed, it seems everything has changed again.
Qin Zhao felt that someone was looking at her. When she saw it was Xiao Ce, she was surprised: "Why is the emperor here?"
Xiao Ce should be very busy at this time.
"Come here to see you." Xiao Ce said, stepping into the study.
He picked up the copybook written by Qin Zhao and expressed his admiration: "Not bad, there is progress."
"The emperor doesn't seem to have free time. Does the emperor have something on his mind?" Qin Zhao said, pulling Xiao Ce to sit down: "If the emperor has something on his mind, you might as well talk to me."
"Can you help me solve the problem if I tell you?" Xiao Ce asked back.
Qin Zhao disagreed: "Although I can't solve the problem, I can be the best listener. Besides, the emperor has many things on his mind all day long, and he may grow old before his time."
Xiao Ce rewarded her with a slap in the face: "Nothing big, nothing small."
After hearing this, Qin Zhao sat upright with a respectful expression and stopped talking.
"What do you want to do again?" Xiao Ce didn't understand what Qin Zhao meant.
Qin Zhao replied respectfully: "I want to be a virtuous and virtuous woman, and I cannot be too arrogant or petty to the emperor."
Xiao Ce couldn't help laughing immediately.
When Qin Zhao saw him smiling, he suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment: "Your Majesty is the prettiest when you smile. Your Majesty has a beautiful face, and he keeps a straight face all day long, and he is arrogant."
Only then did Xiao Ce realize that he was laughing.
Before coming to see Qin Zhao, he felt very heavy. But after meeting Qin Zhao, he felt that it was no big deal.
"Although I don't know what major issue is troubling the emperor, I think it will be clear when the boat comes to the bridge. The emperor is already the king of Daqi. He has whatever he wants. Is there any problem that the emperor cannot solve? You must know the world.
There are many sufferings, and the difficulties that the Emperor encountered should not be as great as that of the big family who wanted to die last time, but that family survived the edge of life and death, shouldn't the Emperor also think on the bright side?" Qin Zhao said softly.
Said again.
Xiao Ce nodded slightly: "You always convince me easily."
"Anyway, I think as long as it's not a matter of life and death, everything won't be a problem." Qin Zhao suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched Xiao Ce's face hard.
Xiao Ce was dumbfounded by her bold move, and Zhang Jixiang was too late to stop her. In this way, Qin Zhao easily offended Xiao Ce's face.
The way Xiao Ce's master and servant stared blankly made Qin Zhao laugh.
At this moment, she felt that Xiao Ce was still the same person she knew, and he had not changed because of the change in his identity.
This puts her at ease.
After that, Baoyu served freshly baked snacks, which were all made by Baoyu after Qin Zhao's special instructions.
Xiao Ce usually doesn't like to eat snacks, but the snacks made by Baoyu are indeed delicious and refreshing, and they are not greasy at all.
After that, Baoyu also brought two portions of fruit jelly.
The weather was hot. After Xiao Ce took a bite of the fruit jelly, he immediately felt refreshed. The taste was really delicious and he had never tasted it before.
"What is this?" Xiao Ce asked curiously.
"I named it Fruit Shake Jelly." Qin Zhao said nonsense.
The fact is that she had tasted this fruit dessert before but could not name it, but she knew the ingredients in this fruit jelly, so she asked Baoyu to prepare a summer dessert according to the gourd instructions.
Xiao Ce happened to be here, and he was lucky enough to taste this summer-relieving fruit dessert.
"Weird name." Xiao Ce felt that the name was the second most important thing. The dessert was really refreshing after drinking it, and it left a fragrant aroma on the teeth and cheeks. It was extremely delicious.
After Xiao Ce visited Jinyang Palace and returned to Yangxin Palace, all his worries were gone.
Zhang Jixiang saw these changes in his eyes and secretly thought that the most capable person was still Qin Zhao. Only Qin Zhao had such ability and could relieve the emperor's worries.
Of course, he also respects anyone who makes the emperor happy.
Because he had to wait in front of the emperor all the time and couldn't get away, he specially called Xiao Linzi to come to him.
Xiao Linzi didn't know what happened, so he asked: "Master, what are you asking me to do?"
"There is a shortage of people to serve at Jinyang Palace. Do you want to go to Jinyang Palace?" Zhang Jixiang asked straightforwardly without talking nonsense.
Xiao Linzi always respected Zhang Jixiang, and when Zhang Jixiang opened his mouth, of course he would not refuse: "I will go if the master asks me to go!"
(End of chapter)
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