Suffering makes people grow.
However, many times, suffering does not have only one form of expression.
Seeing the extravagance and absurdity in the palace, Queen Qian sighed and waved her hands gently. Then, the eldest palace maid Zhi Luo behind her immediately understood and began to direct the palace people to sort out the mess in Qinghe Pavilion.
These palace people were obviously accustomed to this kind of scene, so they took action and quickly cleaned up everything.
Soon, the Qinghe Pavilion became refreshing and refreshing, so much so that even the half-empty jug of wine on the table in front of the Supreme Emperor was put away by the palace officials.
As the real owner of Nangong, Zhu Qizhen not only showed no dissatisfaction, but cooperated with a smile, put down the wine glass in his hand, thought about it, and urged the palace people beside him.
"Go get two more cushions."
Then, he simply stood up, walked down the steps, held Queen Qian's hand, and asked her to sit in her original position. Zhu Qizhen leaned on the newly brought cushion next to him and said.
"My mother is coming, why don't you tell me in advance that your legs and feet are inconvenient, send someone to pass the message, and I will ask Ruan Lang to welcome your mother to Yanchun Palace."
The South Palace is large in scale. The Chonghua Hall at the front is the political hall, the Qinghe Pavilion at the back is Zhu Qizhen's bedroom, and the nine palaces on the left are where the concubines of the inner palace live.
Queen Qian smiled, shook her head and said.
"Your Majesty is joking. Since we are celebrating the New Year, we naturally have to go to your Majesty's Qinghe Pavilion and to my concubine's Yanchun Palace. What does it look like? You are celebrating the New Year and you don't have to make your mother angry."
"What's more, with just two steps, my concubine's legs have improved a lot in recent days. The imperial doctor said that if you move around more, you can recover sooner."
Among the nine halls of the South Palace, Yongchun Palace in the middle is the largest. Logically speaking, it should be the residence of the main palace. However, Yongchun Palace is a bit far from Qinghe Pavilion.
Therefore, Zhu Qizhen simply let Qian live in Yanchun Palace, which is closest to Qinghe Pavilion. As for Yongchun Palace, although there were many empresses in Nangong during these days, no one could live in this palace.
It should be said that the current situation in Nangong is still very peaceful and peaceful.
The emperor kept his word. Since the return of the Supreme Emperor, he has never interfered in Nangong's affairs. The post of Nangong's guard commander has also been handed over to Meng Jun. Even Nangong's food and clothing expenses are the same.
From the harem.
The interior of the Nangong Palace was patrolled by Yulin guards, and the Jinyi guards were on duty outside the palace. However, there were never any restrictions on their actions.
Out of caution, Zhu Qizhen has not tried to leave Nangong so far, but Queen Qian has gone out twice.
Once when the little princess was born, she went to Kunning Palace.
Before, when Zhu Qizhen was in Yibei, Queen Wang took good care of her. Therefore, when the little princess was born this time, Queen Qian specially brought a piece of jade as a gift.
Another time, when the dust settled after leaving the palace in the East Palace, Queen Qian went to Cining Palace to visit the prince Zhu Jianshen.
You know, since Zhu Qizhen returned to Beijing, his concubines also moved to Nangong, including the prince's biological mother, the noble concubine Zhou.
Logically speaking, Zhu Jianshen should move to the Nangong Palace with his biological mother like other princes. However, after the Chinese New Year, the prince will leave the palace to study and move to the East Palace.
Therefore, in order not to go back and forth, I temporarily stayed in Cining Palace.
These two times when she left Nangong, Queen Qian encountered no obstruction.
However, it was inevitable that when they left the Chonghua Gate, the Jinyi guards on duty followed them to the palace city, following closely every time they came and went.
However, this was expected, not surprising at all.
What really troubled Queen Qian was that her husband seemed to have changed a lot compared to before.
In her impression, Zhu Qizhen was an upright man, extremely proud, and all the difficulties in the world seemed to be overcome with the wave of his hand in front of him.
Outsiders all said that the orthodox emperor doted on the powerful and treacherous and insisted on having his own way. However, only Empress Qian knew that her husband had great ambitions and would handle government affairs until late at night every day.
At that time, he was ambitious and determined to build on the achievements of his father and ancestors and leave a name for the ages.
Before the personal expedition, although Queen Qian was the lord of the Sixth Palace, she didn't worry about anything.
Because even with the many affairs in the harem, Zhu Qizhen could help her deal with them in an orderly manner. On weekdays, she could even do her favorite embroidery work and sew small gadgets such as sachets.
At that time, my husband seemed to have endless energy and energy.
But now...
In the small world of Nangong, he is still the king who speaks his mind and is still full of energy every day.
However, as the person beside him, Queen Qian could feel that the fire in his heart was extinguished.
Now, he is hiding guilt, cowardice, and indescribable complex emotions in his heart.
He began to enjoy extravagance, lust for beauty, and good food, and turned into what he once looked down upon, the mediocre look described in the book.
However, he still treated her very well, even better than before.
Seeing her husband in front of her taking the tea cup from Ruan Lang's hand, she carefully felt the temperature through the cup before handing it to her. While Empress Qian took the cup, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Now Zhu Qizhen can do many things that he couldn't do before.
For example, he would personally pour her tea and water, accompany her to meals, and help her patiently practice walking step by step.
Even when she suffered from an old illness at night and couldn't stop coughing, no matter which palace she was in, she would rush over immediately in clothes, boil the medicine herself, test the medicine, and then stay by the couch all night.
They are not like the emperor and empress of the Tian family, but more like a folk couple.
On the surface, in Nangong, it was Zhu Qizhen who took care of Queen Qian.
However, Queen Qian knew that now her husband was relying on her.
The palace man made a mistake, and he was so angry that he wanted to be beaten to death with a stick, but as soon as Queen Qian arrived, his great anger could be eliminated in an instant.
In Nangong, no one dares to offend Jun Yan.
However, Empress Qian was free to banquet, sing and dance in the Qinghe Pavilion, and send the dancers away who were halfway dancing.
Not only was Zhu Qizhen not angry, he also poured tea himself, helped her sit down and watched the palace officials tidy up with interest.
This kind of performance always made Empress Qian feel like she had a lump in her throat, but she also felt heartbroken.
Yibei, what happened to turn a young king who wanted to make the decision in everything into the decadent emperor he is now?
She didn't dare to ask, and she didn't want to ask. Before the personal expedition, she lived under her husband's wings without any worries. Now, her husband needs to rely on, and she is the one to rely on!
Taking a sip of the fragrant tea, Queen Qian had a faint smile on her face, put down the tea cup, stretched out her hand to straighten Zhu Qizhen's wrinkled clothes, and said.
"Your Majesty, today is New Year's Eve. The Queen Mother will bring Brother Shen over soon. I called Sister Zhou, Sister Wan, and Sister Chen, and will bring Brother Lin, Brother Shi, Brother Chun, Huiqing, and Jiashan.
Sisters from Chun'an, let's have a lively New Year's Eve together, okay?"
Zhu Qizhen sat next to him, the smile on his face froze slightly, but he didn't speak.
So Queen Qian thought for a moment, reached out and held his hand.
There was a gentle sigh in the hall.
"Okay, listen to the queen..."
This chapter has been completed!