After the worship, there was a banquet. Everyone was smiling and talking to Shen Huan, but Shen Huan just felt tired and was too lazy to greet them. After such a day passed, Shen Huan just felt exhausted and dizzy.
Xichen came back in the evening and wanted to have dinner with her, but was told that the queen had already taken a bath and rested.
After Xichen changed her clothes, she sat next to her bed. Shen Huan fell asleep on Fengchen Palace's bed for the first time, so she didn't sleep well. She felt someone was around her. She opened her eyes and saw Xichen, showing a slight smile.
"Are you tired?" Xichen asked softly. He went to the ancestral temple today, so he must be very tired, but there was no look of fatigue on his face, and he remained calm.
Shen Wen blinked and said, "How can you not be tired after meeting so many people at once?"
Xichen gently rubbed her hair and said with a smile: "From now on, there will only be a few such grand pilgrimages in a year, and there will be more than a dozen large and small activities such as praying and offering sacrifices to heaven. In the future, you You will get used to it gradually.”
Shen Wen breathed a sigh of relief, then remembered that he had not eaten dinner, and said apologetically: "I'm too tired so I don't want to eat, but you should eat some?"
Xichen nodded and went out to have dinner. When he went to bed, he lay next to Shen Huan, held her hand and said, "Today, the Queen Mother has wronged you."
He indeed knew, Shen Huan thought in her heart, smiled at him, and said: "I know the Queen Mother doesn't like me very much, but I won't mind, even if it's for you, I will respect the Queen Mother well. Even if... you can't make the Queen Mother like me, at least I won't be as annoying as I am now."
Xichen held her hand tightly and pulled her into his arms, saying: "No matter what, don't wrong yourself. Even when you treat elders, sometimes elders will make mistakes. The more you talk back to your elders, the more they will blame you. I didn't do this very well." Okay, but because we are biological mother and son, there will be no overnight feud. But Hunan, please obey her in front of the Queen Mother, but don’t be too easy to bully. I will never let you be wronged. "
Shen Huan listened quietly, is this the way of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law? I didn’t expect that he would understand so well.
"Concubine Pei was very rude today, why didn't you punish her?" he asked.
Shen Huan gently twitched the corner of her lips and said: "I have just become the queen, and I'm afraid it won't be good to embarrass the mother of the emperor's eldest son like this."
Xichen patted her back to comfort her and said, "In this case, I will take care of this evil person."
Shen Wen asked in surprise: "What do you want?"
Xichen sighed: "Well...Huanhan, what do you think will happen if there are more than one child in Fengchen Palace?"
Shen Huan was shocked and asked: "I don't understand what your Majesty means."
Xichen frowned and said: "Concubine Pei is not suitable for educating children. I have had this idea for a long time, but others are really worried about me. Since Huanwen is the master of the harem, and it is up to my legitimate mother to teach the eldest son of the emperor, I will also I feel more at ease”
Shen Huan thought for a while and said: "Would this be against the rules? After all, his biological mother is still alive."
Xichen said: "There is nothing against the rules. It is not without precedent in the previous dynasties. It is also good for the children."
Shen Huan pondered for a moment and said jokingly: "Then if I teach poorly or injure the emperor's eldest son, wouldn't it be my fault? Will the emperor blame me?"
Xichen smiled and said, "How could that happen?"
Shen Huan also smiled and said: "I'm afraid such a job is thankless."
Xichen had no choice but to say: "Since you don't like it, Huanwen, why not take the child over and raise it for a few days first? If you still don't like it, just send it back to make some preparations for the future."
Shen Huan asked: "What preparations?"
Xichen smiled: "Preparation to be the mother of a child."
Shen Huan was stunned, Xichen pushed her down and said in a low voice: "I said, I will give you a child back." After saying that, his kiss fell on her lips, and she closed her eyes blankly, Tired yet happy
After the incident, both of them were breathing heavily
Shen Wen suddenly asked: "As time goes by, what if I become like the women in the harem?"
Xichen said: "In my heart, Huan Huan will always be my Huan Huan."
Shen Huan didn't speak, and suddenly her sleepiness disappeared. She turned to look at the handsome man sleeping beside her, and sighed softly: "Your Majesty is wrong. From the moment Huan Huan stepped into the palace gate, Huan Huan was no longer Huan. Huan, but Queen Shen, Your Majesty, you may be disappointed in the future."
The next day, Xichen went to Ruizhu Palace to see Concubine Pei in person and reprimanded her face to face. At the end of the sentence, he said sternly: "You are so lawless that even my own queen dares to contradict you. You have no moral character! You are so lawless!" How to educate my son! Someone, take the emperor's eldest son to Fengchen Palace and hand him over to the Queen to raise. Concubine Pei will be confined in the palace for three months and learn the rules! I don't want you to teach my child a bad way!"
When Concubine Pei heard this, she was shocked and crawled to Xichen's feet, crying: "No, Your Majesty, don't take away my son, don't take Ping'er away! Your Majesty, you can punish me however you want, don't let me Our mother and son are separated! Please, Your Majesty, Ping'er is my lifeblood, I can't live without him!"
Xichen took a step back in disgust and said coldly: "If you had thought about him, why would you have done those things? Today I just punished you with a grounding, but Ping'er is innocent and has already taken advantage of you!"
When Concubine Pei saw the palace servant holding the emperor's eldest son and about to leave, she shouted and rushed towards her. The emperor's eldest son also burst into tears when he learned that he was about to be separated from his biological mother.
Xichen winked, and two eunuchs stepped forward to drag Concubine Pei. The person holding the emperor's eldest son hurriedly ran out, but the emperor's eldest son was already four years old after all. He kicked the concubine randomly a few times, and the man felt pain, so he let go After putting the child down, the eldest son of the emperor ran to Xichen, hugged his thigh and cried: "Father, please, don't let me separate from my mother and concubine."
Xichen frowned and said: "Your mother-in-law is not good, I will take you to your mother-in-law and she will treat you well."
The eldest son of the emperor suddenly acted rogue: "I don't want to go to any queen. I only have one concubine and no queen. I don't want it, I don't want it..."
Xichen said angrily: "Look at you like this, do you still look like a prince? It's because your mother and concubine spoil you too much. A loving mother often loses her son! Xiao Shizi, why don't you let me carry Ping'er to the queen?"
Xiao Shizi hurriedly asked a sturdy eunuch to carry the child away. Concubine Pei yelled. Xichen was disgusted and ordered her to never let her out, otherwise she would be killed!
At this time, Chun'er came over and Xichen asked her what was going on. She replied: "The Empress knew that Concubine Pei was reluctant to let go of the emperor's eldest son, so she specially asked her slave to come over to convey the message. The Empress said that he would take good care of the emperor's eldest son as if he were her own. He is just like his biological son, so please rest assured, Concubine Pei." Her tone was sincere when she said this, but her eyes looking at Concubine Pei were extremely cold.
Xichen nodded and said: "Fei Pei, you have heard everything, so you can rest assured."
Concubine Pei shouted: "Bitch! Bitch! Shen Huan, you bitch! I know you hate me for killing your child, but you can't take revenge on my son! What if you dare to do anything to Ping'er? I won’t let you go even if I’m a ghost!”
Xichen was furious: "Shut her mouth!" After saying that, he shook his sleeves and left angrily.
Seeing the emperor leaving, Chun'er stepped forward and leaned into Concubine Pei's ear, and said fiercely: "Empress, now you finally experience the feeling of being separated from your son? It's very painful, isn't it? But the empress asked you not to worry, she I will also let you, like her, taste the feeling of death!"
Concubine Pei was pulled by two eunuchs, but could not speak. She was suddenly angry and anxious. Chun'er walked away triumphantly. She rolled her eyes and fainted.