The Song family was in chaos, but happy events continued in the palace.

At noon, Chen Quan went to Jiaofang Palace. He was in a good mood and wanted to have a conversation with the queen.

After Song Yunfei left, Chen Quan summoned Zhou Yang and assigned him to go to Dongyang County to assist Song Yunfei in digging his grave.

Zhou Yang has not yet taken up a position after returning from the border. It is not that he does not have a suitable position, but that Chen Quan wants to suppress his arrogance deliberately.

The children of these aristocratic families are naturally arrogant.

Zhou Yang is even worse.

He dared to abandon even his own father in order to avenge his mother, which shows his ruthless nature.

Fortunately, this man was also smart. When he won the capital, he was rewarded based on his merits. He took the initiative to say that he was young and not calm enough and wanted to follow his uncle to the border to gain experience.

Chen Quan also wanted to test it, so he went to the border for five years.

Now that Zhou Yang is back, if this man uses it well, it will be a sharp blade in his hand. If he doesn't use it well, he may bite his master. Chen Quan doesn't dare to aunt him at all.

Fortunately, Zhou Yang did make a lot of contributions in the border for five years. After returning to Beijing, he was not arrogant or arrogant. Except for attending a flower appreciation banquet at the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, he was almost

He rarely interacts with important officials in Beijing.

I heard that Marquis Wu An forced him to go to this flower viewing feast.

Zhou Yang is already weak, so it's time for him to marry a wife and have children. A man's temperament will become more stable only after he gets married.

Empress Shen listened calmly as Chen Quan praised Zhou Yang again and again. When Chen Quan stopped talking and lowered his head to drink tea, she spoke lightly.

"Since Your Majesty values ​​Zhou Yang so much, why don't you give him a suitable position and let him dig graves in Dongyang County?"

This tomb could not be dug completely in two or three years.

Chen Quan's eyes narrowed slightly: "Marquis Wu An asked someone to get Zhou Yang into the Army and Horses Division."

Queen Shen nodded: "This is a good place. Zhou Yang has been at the border for many years and has talented generals. The Military and Horse Division is indeed suitable for him."

"It's suitable." Chen Quan put down the tea cup with a somewhat puzzling expression, "That's why I want to train him for another year and a half."

Empress Shen couldn't help curling her lips. If others didn't understand Chen Quan, how could she?

This person is suspicious. If Marquis Wu An doesn't find someone to arrange it, Zhou Yang might already have a good position suitable for him. Chen Quan is not happy just because Marquis Wu An intervenes.

He seems to be a talkative and loyal person, but he is actually very stubborn. He only likes to take the initiative on the things he cares about and never wants others to make decisions for him.

When Chen Quan saw that the queen didn't answer, he didn't continue. He pointed to the plate of pastries in Queen Shen's hand and asked, "Why are the dim sum here different from the dim sum you eat?"

On the plate in Queen Shen's hand are a plate of flower cakes, a plate of egg yolk cakes, and a plate of pea yolks.

In front of Chen Quan were several snacks commonly seen in the palace, including jujube paste cake, mung bean cake, donkey roll, sesame rolls, and poria pancakes.

For some reason, Chen Quan felt that the dim sum at Queen Shen's hand looked tastier than the ones he had here.

Queen Shen picked up a piece of egg yolk cake and broke it open, revealing the salted egg yolk inside, and took a slow bite.

"This pastry was brought in from outside the palace by Shege. The taste is different from the ones in the palace. I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

Seeing Queen Shen take a bite, Chen Quan raised his hand and took a piece of flower cake and looked at it carefully: "What is this cake made of? It looks pretty good."

Empress Shen finished the whole egg yolk cake, then wiped her mouth and said, "This is a flower cake, made by Jixianglou in Jingli. I heard that fifty copies are sold every day."

Chen Quan has a little-known hobby. He likes sweets and novel snacks.

He just heard that this snack was brought in from outside the palace. Even if he liked it, he would not really eat it.

The queen has already tasted it, and it was Shege who sent it in. He couldn't just ask a young eunuch to taste it just to satisfy his own appetite.

In this way, it more or less slaps the queen in the face.

In the past two or three months, the relationship between the Queen and him had just gotten better, so he stopped causing trouble for the Queen!

Chen Quan felt that he was considerate, so he put down the flower cake and wiped his hands.

Just when I was about to say something, dinner was served at Jiaofang Hall at noon.

Then he saw Deng Wuwei bowing in and lowering his voice and saying: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to the empress. The imperial concubine sent someone over to say that the palace maid Yue Niang is expecting a happy baby."

In the past two years, in order to win over Chen Quan, Concubine Zhou sent two of her maids to Chen Quan's bed.

These two palace maids were brought in from outside the palace by Concubine Zhou a few years ago when she went to visit her parents' family. They were just in their prime at that time. Now they are just a charming girl in her early twenties, and a beautiful girl who is seventeen or eighteen years old.

Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that these two people were specially trained by the Zhou family to fight for the favor of the imperial concubine.

It's a pity that Chen Quan had just ascended the throne a few years ago and was focused on serving the country and the people and had no intention of having sex.

In addition, Concubine Zhou only wanted to compete for favor and wanted to dominate the emperor all day and night. She didn't even want to see the cousin sent by her mother's family, and it was impossible for the two foxy girls around her to seduce Chen Quan.

Concubine Zhou originally gave birth to a princess, but unfortunately more than two years ago, the little princess suffered from cold and high fever and did not survive.

This is Chen Quan's only daughter so far, and she loves her very much.

Because of the death of the little princess, Chen Quan ignored Concubine Zhou for a while.

Empress Shen also happened to catch Chen Quan's eye at this time. Although the couple treated Empress Shen as guests since she entered the palace, Chen Quan never even slept in Empress Shen's bed.

But this did not prevent him from talking heart-to-heart with Empress Shen. Only Empress Shen understood him best, and almost every word of his words entered Chen Quan's heart.

The queen understood the righteousness better than Concubine Zhou. She advised Chen Quan to have more children in order to ensure that the Chen family's foundation would last for thousands of years.

Chen Quan had a total of four sons and one daughter, and now the only ones left are the third prince by Empress Shen and the fourth prince by Concubine Zhou.

The third prince was weak and raised outside, the fourth prince was young, and the little princess died. When the queen said this, Chen Quan realized that he had too few children and had to work harder.

At this time, the Great Shang Dynasty had become increasingly stable, and everything was slowly developing for the better.

Chen Quan finally had the mind and energy to start working at sunset and resting at sunrise, working endlessly to spread leaves for the Chen family and for future generations.

Chen Quan was obsessed with having a son, and Concubine Zhou knew that the situation was over, so she had to push out her two maids, and strive to achieve the goal of having thousands of favors in the palace, with Yuhua Palace accounting for at least half of them.

As for the other half, whether Chen Quan was using it on her or the two palace maids, she no longer cared so much.

As long as Chen Quanqin comes to Yuhua Palace, she won't be able to eat meat, and she won't be able to drink broth!

I just don’t know if the soil and water in this imperial city are not good, or if it’s due to other reasons.

A few years ago, it could be said that Chen Quan delayed the concubines in the harem from having children because of state affairs, but after Chen Quan's hard work in the past two years, there was still no harvest.

This made Chen Quan feel a little unhappy, so he began to summon the imperial doctors to take care of his health while frequently traveling among the concubines in the harem.

Strive to plant more fields, sow more seeds, and seedlings emerge early.
Chapter completed!