The Empress Dowager was very satisfied with Xiao Ce being so proactive. She sent the two of them away with a smile, and then turned to Nanny Li and said, "Have you noticed that A Ce treats Girl Zhao better than before?"
Grandma Li smiled when she heard this: "The Emperor is much more proactive than before. I think so, the Imperial Concubine is so good, how could the Emperor not see it? In a few days, the young couple will definitely be as good as before."
The Queen Mother was delighted, "I hope so."
On that side, Xiao Ce accompanied Qin Zhao out of Shoukang Palace without sitting on the chariot.
Qin Zhao secretly thought, why bother?
Xiao Ce had to send her off on foot, so she would be more comfortable riding a chariot back to Jinyang Palace by herself.
But she couldn't tell the truth. Xiao Ce was walking, so of course she had to accompany him to the end.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Ce saw that Qin Zhao didn't say a word, and he was immediately dissatisfied: "Is your beloved concubine always so quiet?"
Qin Zhao heard the harshness in Xiao Ce's tone: "I am scared."
She didn't know what to say. Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. If you say less, you will never go wrong. If you don't want her to say nothing, Xiao Ce can still find her faults.
Xiao Ce stopped and looked directly into Qin Zhao's eyes. When he saw the confusion in Qin Zhao's eyes, he felt that he was looking for trouble.
"I don't know what to say." Qin Zhaona said under Xiao Ce's eyes.
"My beloved concubine has changed." After a while, Xiao Ce breathed out a turbid breath.
He remembered that Qin Zhao was not so quiet before. He didn't know when Qin Zhao started to become less talkative when facing him.
"Concubine... I know I was wrong." Qin Zhao was a little frightened.
Seeing Qin Zhao like this, Xiao Ce was furious for no reason: "That's it, my beloved concubine, please go back by yourself."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked forward.
Qin Zhao hurriedly sent him off respectfully: "Farewell, Your Majesty!"
Xiao Ce turned around and looked at her when he heard Qin Zhao's voice, his eyes unclear.
Qin Zhao didn't know what he had done wrong, so he could only maintain a respectful posture.
Fortunately, Xiao Ce didn't make things difficult for her anymore and walked away.
Because Yangxin Hall and Jinyang Palace were in the same direction, Qin Zhao was not in a hurry to get on the chariot. Instead, she made sure that Xiao Ce had gone far, so she got on the chariot and returned to Jinyang Palace.
Bao Zhu finally learned what it means to accompany a king like a tiger. Although he was still frightened, he also gave a warning: "Your Majesty, you should be more careful when facing the emperor in the future."
The emperor was moody. One moment he was friendly and cheerful, but the next moment his face changed. It was thanks to the concubine's good psychological quality, otherwise she would have been frightened to death by the emperor.
"The emperor is not that scary. Although the emperor has a bad temper, he will not punish people randomly." Qin Zhao did not take Baozhu's words to heart.
Although she didn't understand how her lack of words made Xiao Ce angry, Xiao Ce had a very good advantage, that is, he would not punish people for no reason. At most, he would just get sulky and say nothing.
She still knows the current Xiao Ce quite well.
"Aren't you afraid of the emperor at all?" Bao Zhu asked curiously.
Qin Zhao smiled: "Sometimes I am afraid, but that is when I feel guilty when I have done something wrong."
As long as she is open-minded and has done nothing wrong, it is unlikely that Xiao Ce will make a mistake.
"But I always feel that the emperor is too harsh on the empress. Even though the empress has done well enough, the emperor will still find fault with the empress." Baozhu said in a dull voice.
The imperial concubine is so good, why can't the emperor see it and still insist on causing trouble for her?
"It's probably because the emperor and I have a bad relationship. There is a saying: Wrong aura?" Qin Zhao said and comforted Baozhu in turn: "Don't worry, I will be fine. The emperor is so busy, what do you think?"
Does he always find trouble with me when he has so much free time? I just need to try to meet the emperor as little as possible, and it won’t be a problem.”
Baozhu saw that Qin Zhao knew what he was thinking, so he didn't say anything more.
That night, Xiao Ce returned to the Yangxin Hall, but he was not interested in government affairs and sat on the dragon chair in a daze.
Zhang Ji felt that his master had something on his mind after he and the imperial concubine broke up on bad terms, but he really didn't understand what the imperial concubine had done wrong or what made the emperor upset.
Because he couldn't figure out what Xiao Ce was thinking, Zhang Jixiang just waited aside, ready to be dispatched at any time.
About a quarter of an hour later, he heard Xiao Ce speak: "Zhang Jixiang..."
"The slave is here!" Zhang Jixiang responded loudly.
Xiao Ce heard Zhang Jixiang's loud voice and glanced at him with an unclear expression.
"I wonder what the emperor's orders are?" Zhang Jixiang asked.
"Tell me about the former imperial concubine." Xiao Ce stopped dealing with government affairs and made a listening gesture.
Zhang Jixiang didn't understand Xiao Ce's specific meaning, so he picked some situations he knew.
Speaking of which, nothing shocking happened between the emperor and the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine was not a vain woman. All the favors from the emperor were given to the imperial concubine. It seemed that there was nothing worth saying.
thing.
"By the way, the Queen Mother has always disliked the Imperial Concubine. But when she knew that the Empress Dowager's phoenix body was inconsistent with her, the Imperial Concubine still lured the emperor to Cihe Palace. At that time, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were having a conflict and had not seen each other for some days. If not
The imperial concubine is asking for help, the queen mother is afraid that she has been deeply poisoned..."
Xiao Ce understood what Zhang Jixiang didn't finish.
Therefore, it was Qin Zhao who saved the Queen Mother's life regardless of the past grudges and knowing that the Queen Mother did not like her.
"Did anything special happen between me and your concubine?" Xiao Ce asked, feeling that he didn't hear anything.
"This... this slave doesn't know." Zhang Jixiang didn't dare to talk casually.
In the past, when the imperial concubine and the emperor were together, they would always shun servants like them. The two of them would whisper together and be very intimate.
Other than that, nothing particularly impressive happens.
Perhaps it should be said that the relationship between the emperor and the imperial concubine is a long-lasting relationship. Although the two of them are not in a dramatic relationship, it is not a bad thing.
"Did your concubine never quarrel with me because of other concubines in the harem?" Xiao Ce still didn't believe Zhang Jixiang's story.
If Qin Zhao really cared about him, how could he not care about him getting close to other concubines?
"The imperial concubine is not an unreasonable woman. The emperor is very kind to the imperial concubine. How could the imperial concubine make a fuss with the emperor?" Zhang Jixiang replied immediately.
Xiao Ce wondered why Qin Zhao in his dream was so noisy?
The strange thing is that he has dreamed of Qin Zhao less and less recently, and the Qin Zhao in his dreams has gradually been replaced by the Qin Zhao in the harem.
Unfortunately, he still doesn't understand why the two Qin Zhaos are different and why both Qin Zhaos feel so real to him.
"Have you found the person I asked you to find?" Xiao Ce suddenly remembered another important thing.
Zhang Jixiang knew that the person Xiao Ce was talking about was Ding Lian, so he answered truthfully: "Master Ding's whereabouts are uncertain. There is no news about Master Ding yet."
