Qin Zhao didn't know that Xiao Ce's displeasure with her had increased. What she had to do now was to stay in Jinyang Palace and meet Xiao Ce as little as possible, so as not to be caught by Xiao Ce in her mistakes.
She is fine no matter what she does, but she still has to protect Xiao Atom, so nothing can happen to her no matter what, unless she has the ability to take Xiao Atom out of the palace, which is nothing more than wishful thinking.
Xiao Ce's life is planned and his time management is very strict. There is only one thing: when he is too involved in dealing with government affairs, he cannot eat on time.
Zhang Jixiang felt extremely distressed when he saw this detail.
A few days ago, because of the control of the imperial concubine, the emperor's bad habit was slowly corrected. Now that the emperor does not eat on time, all the previous efforts have been in vain.
I wonder if he can still use the note written by Qin Zhao to remind the emperor to eat on time.
Of course, this idea only crossed his mind and he gave up.
Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor is dissatisfied with the imperial concubine and will change his face at any time. He can't even let the imperial concubine out of the cold palace.
In the end, it was the imperial concubine who relied on her own efforts to get out of the cold palace.
In this case, moving out of the imperial concubine will only make the emperor angry.
"Your Majesty, when will Qiu Shui return to serve you?" Zhang Jixiang suddenly remembered this important event.
Xiao Ce thought of Qiu Shui's face, and also remembered that Qiu Shui was one of his concubines in his previous life, and suddenly felt embarrassed: "Don't mention her in front of me."
Zhang Jixiang felt speechless, wondering how Qiu Shui had angered the emperor. The emperor was unwilling to mention Qiu Shui, and there was nothing he could do.
When Xiao Ce was about to finish his dinner, Wu Xirou came to the Yangxin Hall.
She had to hold on tighter.
She became anxious from the moment Qin Zhao left the cold palace. Although she knew that the cold palace could not trap Qin Zhao, she did not expect that Qin Zhao would leave the cold palace so quickly.
What she didn't expect even more was that Xiao Ce would suddenly go to Jinyang Palace last night.
She was shocked when she heard about this. Fortunately, Liuli found out later that Xiao Ce only played a game of chess with Qin Zhao and then left Jinyang Palace.
What's even more fortunate is that Xiao Ce and Qin Zhao are not as affectionate as before, and the atmosphere is not the same as before. In other words, Xiao Ce is purely playing chess with Qin Zhao and has no other intentions.
As long as Xiao Ce and Qin Zhao haven't reconciled, she will still have a chance to serve and rise to power.
She was pressed for time, but she could only think of this method to get close to Xiao Ce.
"Since we are here, let's have a meal together." Seeing Wu Xirou, Xiao Ce was not surprised and directly invited Wu Xirou to sit down.
Wu Xirou sat down as she was told, secretly thinking that she was still running ahead of Qin Zhao, right? At least she could see Xiao Ce every day, but Qin Zhao could only meet Xiao Ce when Xiao Ce wanted to play chess.
Thinking about it this way, her anxiety eased a little.
During the meal, Wu Xirou offered food to Xiao Ce from time to time, but Xiao Ce did not refuse, which made Wu Xirou secretly happy.
She glanced at Xiao Ce opposite her from time to time, and felt that such a scene was as unreal as a dream. Even though the two of them rarely talked, she felt satisfied to be able to sit together quietly like this.
Xiao Ce concentrated on finishing his meal, and Wu Xirou immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks: "Shall I go out with the emperor to eat?"
"No need, I'm going to Jinyang Palace." Xiao Ce's next words caught Wu Xirou off guard.
It took her a while to regain her normalcy in the panic, and tried to keep her voice steady: "The emperor is going to Jinyang Palace? Then, can I, my concubine, accompany the emperor?"
To be honest, she didn't want to face Qin Zhao yet, but just watching Xiao Ce go to Jinyang Palace like this, if she didn't follow him to supervise, she would always feel uneasy, fearing that Xiao Ce and Qin Zhao's old relationship would rekindle.
She can't allow this to happen.
The only way is for her to supervise nearby, even if she has to face Qin Zhao.
She never owed anything to Qin Zhao. Although she and Qin Zhao were friends, she was also Xiao Ce's harem woman. It was Qin Zhao who monopolized Xiao Ce before, so that the concubines, including her, had no chance to sleep with him.
After thinking about this, Wu Xirou felt relieved and felt that there was no need to worry.
In this way, Wu Xirou accompanied Xiao Ce to the front of Jinyang Palace.
Wu Xirou's feelings this time were different from before. In the past, she only had the opportunity to go with Xiao Ce in the name of bringing Qin Zhao and Xiao Ce together.
But this time, she came to Jinyang Palace with Xiao Ce as a virtuous concubine. When she faces Qin Zhao later, can she straighten her waist?
Because Qin Zhao had good hearing, Wu Xirou and Xiao Ce showed up, and she heard their footsteps.
She guessed that Xiao Ce came because she defeated Xiao Ce in a game yesterday, which hurt Xiao Ce's face, so Xiao Ce came.
Wu Xirou will come to Jinyang Palace, this time of course not to reconcile her with Xiao Ce, but to monitor her and prevent her from reconciling with Xiao Ce again, okay?
She could more or less guess what Wu Xirou was thinking.
For some reason, she actually liked this change. At least she no longer had to play friends and sisters with Wu Xirou. In Wu Xirou's heart, she was finally willing to treat her as a rival.
When Xiao Ce came in, Qin Zhao was lying on the chaise longue and reading a storybook, while Xiao Atom was sitting on the bed playing by himself, neither making any noise nor making a fuss, looking particularly well-behaved and sensible.
"Is this how you take care of A Yuan?" Xiao Ce said harshly, feeling that Qin Zhao, a mother and concubine, was not doing her duty.
"Yes, is there a problem?" Qin Zhao's eyes never left the script.
Because Xiao Ce didn't ask everyone to go out to pick him up today and went straight to the main hall, she was happy and relaxed.
"You let your children play by themselves, no matter what. What mother is as irresponsible as you..."
Before Xiao Ce finished speaking, Xiao Atom suddenly shouted to Qin Zhao: "Mom, give me a hug."
Qin Zhao smiled tenderly and stepped forward to hug Xiao Atom. Xiao Atom took the opportunity to kiss Qin Zhao on the face: "Xiangxiang..."
The child sat contentedly in Qin Zhao's arms and found the most comfortable position.
Qin Zhao held the child and sat down in the rocking chair. He was reading a storybook and rocking the rocking chair. The scene looked very warm.
Xiao Ce stood aside and was completely ignored by Qin Zhao's mother and son.
He remembered that when Qin Zhao lived in the cold palace, Xiao Atom couldn't leave his side. Now that Qin Zhao is here, the child actually ignores the existence of his father. Why is this?
"You actually read these inferior books. This will only teach A Yuan bad things." Xiao Ce's face changed drastically when he saw the storybook in Qin Zhao's hand.
Qin Zhao was unhappy when he heard this: "Art comes from life, how can the emperor talk about books that are not popular? Books are not high or low, and the same is true for people. Besides, Xiao Atom is just a child and has not understood the world.
How do you know what book I am reading? Based on the above, the conclusion that teaching bad atoms is untenable."