Chen Mo picked up the items last time at Donghua Avenue, where the Ministry of Internal Affairs is.

Chen Mo also met Ye Wanqiu by chance there.

It seems that Jingru Palace is not too far from there...

Chen Mo decided to go to Xia Jingru Palace first.

...

Boom!

The morning bell rang throughout Bianliang, and the palace gates of the majestic imperial city opened wide. Officials and minor officials dressed in various official uniforms walked neatly on the bluestone avenue and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the center of the dynasty.

The ministers looked at each other and talked in low voices, discussing which one to read next and which position to place their own people in.

Xiao Yunqi was dressed in orange-red court uniform and waited quietly outside the palace. He was surrounded by many ministers of the court, and even the late-arriving Prince Zhao Chong was standing here.

However, the solemnity and excitement here cannot affect Jingru Palace.

Quiet as a palace Quiet as a palace.

What is important is stillness.

A bird that Chen Mo didn't recognize chirped on the red wall, as if mocking the stupid cat below that kept catching its friend but could never catch it.

The bird seemed to have had enough fun. After scratching Fan Qiu's face, it landed on the red wall. It was paired with the chirping bird standing on the red wall, showing off in front of Fan Qiu.

Loving.

Fanqiu meowed angrily and wanted to jump up to the red wall through the tree on the side, but because he was too fat, he could only give up with regret.

Seeing Chen Mo come in, he seemed to feel very humiliated. He turned his head and walked towards the palace with his tail swung.

"Squeak..."

The bedrooms were opened, and Qingshuang came out with a wooden basin. Chen Mo saw her and said: "Qingshuang, you have to ask the empress to supervise Fanqiu to lose weight. He is as fat as a pig and even has a tree."

I can’t even climb up.”

Qingshuang chuckled twice and said immediately:

"My Majesty, I tried, but as soon as I didn't give the rice ball a full meal, it would go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to steal food. Once, I was almost beaten to death. Fortunately, my Majesty arrived and saved it. For its safety, I would like to thank you for your safety."

I’m not making it lose weight anymore.”

"I still have to try again. If it gets fatter, I'm afraid my wife won't be able to hold it up." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Then you tell the queen, I will go get water for the queen now," Qingshuang said.

"Is the empress in there?" Chen Mo asked.

"Yeah." Qingshuang nodded.

...

As soon as Chen Mo entered the inner hall, the tangy fragrance rushed into his nose. The hall was a bit messy, full of spices and some small bamboo pieces, and some of them had nowhere to go.

In front of the dressing table, a woman in a white dress was tying up her hair behind Chen Mo's back.

"Qingshuang, didn't you go to fetch water? Are you back?" Sensing the movement, Ye Wanqiu said without turning around.

When he noticed there was no answer behind him, he immediately turned around and looked around.

Then I was shocked.

Because Chen Mo had already come up behind her unknowingly, bent down and saluted with his hands, and said with a smile: "Good morning, Concubine Jing."

"Why...is it you?" Ye Wanqiu bit her lip, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks as plump as warm jade, Chen Mo leaned very close, and his light breath blew on the skin of his neck, making it tingling.

Somewhat itchy.

Chen Mo coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Does the empress hate slaves?"

"Of course not." Ye Wanqiu answered quickly.

"Then it sounds like your Majesty doesn't welcome me here." There was a hint of teasing in Chen Mo's tone.

Ye Wanqiu naturally noticed the frivolity in Chen Mo's words, but he didn't hate it in his heart. Instead, his blushing face was slightly hot and he said, "I have something to say..."

Chen Mo stood up, came to the window, opened the window, let in the fresh air, and said with a smile: "I came to see how the mahjong making was going? I stopped by to say hello to the empress."

Hearing this, Ye Wanqiu felt inexplicably disappointed. It turned out that she was just stopping by to see her. She bent over and took out a wooden box from the cabinet. She opened the wooden box. It was full of made mahjong, but there were only a dozen pieces. She said:

"It's all here."

Chen Mo picked up one, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's hands are so skillful, the characters are so beautiful."

Ye Wanqiu ignored him and continued to comb her long hair into a beautiful bun.

Now that Chen Mo is here, he naturally won't just ask about mahjong. He looked around and saw an open delicate box, and then he went to get it.

When Ye Wanqiu saw it, he wanted to snatch it away and not let Chen Mo see it.

Then Chen Mo's hand turned slightly and caught Ye Wanqiu's hand.

Ye Wanqiu subconsciously wanted to pull away, but Chen Mo did not let go. Instead, he held on and looked at it.

"You...you are brave." Ye Wanqiu was panicking.

Chen Mo tasted it with his eyes and said, "Your Majesty's hands are so beautiful, like sharpened onion roots. How could she write such beautiful words?"

After saying that, he let go of her hand, continued to pick up the opened delicate box, and said, "My dear lady, what is in this box?"

Ye Wanqiu: "..."

Aren’t you going to explain what you held my hand just now?

Ye Wanqiu's eyes were filled with anger. Looking at Chen Mo's questioning gaze, he bit his lip and said, "Kouzhi, don't move."

"Lipstick?" Chen Mo murmured in his heart, immediately put the lipstick down, took out a box from his sleeve robe, and handed it to Ye Wanqiu: "I specially brought this to the Empress in Weiyang Palace.

Here come the strawberries.”

When he came in, Chen Mo glanced around the room and found that there were no strawberries in the fruit basket. It seemed that he had not received any, so Chen Mo just took it out.

If there were, he wouldn't take it out.

Chen Mo opened the wooden box and found not many, only five.

Chen Mo picked it up in the morning.

Looking at the red strawberries, Ye Wanqiu raised his eyebrows.

At first, strawberries were brought as tribute from the Western Regions, but later they felt they tasted good and were very popular among the nobles in the palace.

So some were cultivated in the palace.

However, I don’t know whether it is due to geographical reasons or because I have not mastered the cultivation techniques, but not many strawberries are harvested each time.

There are so many noble people in the palace, as well as princes and nobles.

If one person shares a little, it's gone.

An unloved concubine like Ye Wanqiu can't even smell strawberry.

Ye Wanqiu looked at Chen Mo blankly.

How much he is favored by the Queen!

As a slave, I can actually eat strawberries.

Seeing Ye Wanqiu looking at Chen Mo blankly, Chen Mo raised his hand and waved it in front of her eyes and said, "My dear, don't you like to eat?"

"No...no." Ye Wanqiu lowered his head and said, "Why did you give me strawberries...to eat?"

"Aren't we friends? With such a good thing, of course I will miss you." Chen Mo said matter-of-factly.

Ye Wanqiu was stunned. When did we become friends?

This is the boldest eunuch she has ever seen.

However, she didn't hate Chen Mo's words. After hesitating for a while, she picked up the strawberry and took a bite.
Chapter completed!