Chapter 241 Visiting the Emperor
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's expression was a little slow, and her eyes looked at Chu Chenjin again became much more kind.
"With your words, the Ai family will feel at ease."
"The emperor's grandmother, the father is in a bad state, and he is both in public and private. I and my mother should go to see him. I wonder if you can be grateful to the Queen Mother, please let my mother go with you?" Chu Chenjin said and looked at Zhou Qin.
Zhou Qin felt relieved, which was indeed what she thought.
Although she has always only Prince Ruicheng in her heart, the emperor has treated her very well over the years and has long treated her as her brother in her mind.
Day after day, year after year, how can she be ruthless?
It’s a pity that before this, she knew that no matter what she said to these palace maids, they would not let her go out.
Empress Dowager Qin glanced at Zhou Qin, saw the moving and expectation in her eyes, and couldn't help but say, "If you want to go, go. If the emperor sees you, he may feel better."
After saying that, she sighed, "Nothing is better than my mother." She looked at her son who has become the emperor for the past few years. She always went to Mengyingxuan every 15th of the month, and even the Mid-Autumn Festival has never fallen."
The concubines in the palace never dared to argue, but she caught the emperor and told him several times.
On the surface, Concubine Meng was a woman who was sent to the cold palace, but in fact, she seemed even more honorable than the queen at that time. Any concubine with some qualifications in the harem knew this very well.
"The Ai family has been vomiting with the emperor for more than ten years, not to stop your future. But because you were the Crown Princess Ruicheng and his brother and sister-in-law after all. The emperor may not care about your identity, but the Ai family cannot. For the face of the royal family and for the country, you must never become a favorite concubine.
The emperor also knows this very well, but the word "love" cannot be controlled by anyone who wants to control it. The Ai family has been tolerant of him to come to see you on the fifteenth day of every month, which is the greatest tolerance for you."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qin bowed to Empress Dowager Qin with a straight face: "Empress Dowager, I understand what you said. I have never blamed you. Although I have been watched by batches of palace maids over the years, every move I have seen. You may not have treated me badly in life. The things I have given are given according to the rules of the imperial concubine."
"Since you have done nothing to cause trouble for the Ai family, the Ai family will not wear you." Empress Dowager Qin snorted. She was the queen mother at least, so she still had the elegance of being the empress dowager.
"Empress Dowager, then I beg you to allow me to visit the emperor." Zhou Qin bent down and bowed.
Empress Dowager Qin took advantage of Madam Huizhu's hand and stood up and said, "Come with Ai's family."
Zhou Qin and Chu Chenjin looked at each other, saw the joy in each other's eyes, and followed the Queen Mother Qin out.
When we came, Empress Dowager Qin came with Fengluan, and went to Mengyingxuan. The news had been spread all over the palace maids and officials I saw on the road.
I also heard that Empress Dowager Qin brought out Concubine Meng who had been locked in the cold palace, and the eldest prince was accompanying him. The concubines in the harem were filled with thoughts, and most of them couldn't sit still, so they hurriedly handed the news to their homes outside the palace.
The families who received the news were surprised or confused, and they could not help but guess that Empress Dowager Qin was the eldest prince of the Imperial Prince, and perhaps she wanted to push the Meng Concubine in the cold palace, the biological mother of the eldest prince, to the position of queen.
In this way, all civil and military officials ran around to communicate with each other, discussing the future fate and future of each family.
When Shufei, who had been with the emperor, heard the news, what was even more unexpected was her experience.
She knew what the Empress Dowager had towards Concubine Meng, and she could be said to be quite afraid and disgusted. The concubines in the harem knew very well what the emperor had done over the years. But although the concubines were jealous of Concubine Meng, no one regarded her as an opponent. Even the late queen only sympathized with Concubine Meng.
Because they also knew that although the emperor would go to the cold palace every 15th of a month, he would leave only for one or two hours at most and never stay there.
They knew the emperor's actions, and they also knew the Queen Mother's methods.
A woman was trapped in the cold palace for more than ten years, and she was replaced by a palace maid every once in a while. She never had a confidant, and no one who really treated her. A small world, even if the flowers bloomed all year round and the scenery was excellent, her heart should have lost its color.
Concubine Shu didn't want to face Concubine Meng with any attitude, but she didn't want to see her and felt like she was struck by lightning.
"You, you..."
She thought she had seen a ghost.
"Sister A Shu, it's me." Zhou Qin said with a faint expression.
"You are really Sister Qin!" Concubine Shu's eyes widened. This woman with a quiet and beautiful face was really Zhou Qin, the woman who once shined in the capital and became the lover of countless people's dreams.
Zhou Qin took a step forward, reached out to take off a small hairpin from Concubine Shu's hair bun, looked at it for a while, then chuckled: "I didn't expect that so many years have passed, and you are still wearing the hairpin I gave you."
Concubine Shu looked at the hairpin and her pupils shrank slightly.
When she was still a flower girl, Zhou Qin once attended a palace banquet. At that time, she was excluded by the ladies of the aristocratic families because she was not good at speaking. She hid alone in the back garden and cried secretly because of her sadness. Zhou Qin happened to pass by and sat next to her and chuckled and asked her what was wrong.
Concubine Shu still remembers that she never dared to speak when she saw Zhou Qin because Zhou Qin was a big celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager, dazzling and incomparable. She was inferior when facing such a bright Zhou Qin.
But Zhou Qin was very kind and comforted her softly, and gave her this hairpin before leaving.
It has been more than ten years since she has left this hairpin in the dressing table.
But today, for some reason, she put it on by some reason.
"It turns out that the old friend is here." Shufei murmured.
She had too many surprises and too many questions, but Zhou Qin was not the only one who came with her. When she saw Empress Dowager Qin, Concubine Shu suppressed all the doubts in her heart.
"What's wrong with him, the emperor?" asked Empress Dowager Qin.
"Report to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor has just taken the medicine and has just stopped."
Empress Dowager Qin came forward when she heard this. A palace maid opened the curtain of the bedroom room for her, and a strong smell of medicine came to her nose.
Empress Dowager Qin covered her mouth and nose with a weak hand, quickly put it down again, and walked slowly inside.
Zhou Qin, Chu Chenjin and others followed in.
The queen later sat down by the bed. Maybe she had just fallen asleep, and the emperor was not sleeping deeply. When she heard the movement, she quickly opened her eyes.
"Mother!" the emperor said, his voice was hoarse, completely different from the previous voice.
"Your Majesty, don't get up." Empress Dowager Qin pressed the emperor's body: "Look at who did the Ai family give you?"
Chapter completed!