Lu's face panicked, and when she saw that Shen Huan had picked up the flounder sachet from her waist, she seemed to like it very much as she looked at it. Lu's heart skipped a beat, and she said with a smile: "This is the sachet that I sewed with my own hands." , I will make a pair with my husband, if the queen likes it, I will make a pair myself and give it to the queen?"
Shen Huan smiled and said: "Young Madam is so skillful. Although there are many people in this palace, none of them can compare to Young Madam. I can't take away people's love. This is your young man." If I wanted one as a keepsake between husband and wife, I would be afraid of attracting attention from others."
Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is an extremely valuable person. Is there anything that your Majesty is not worthy of?"
Shen Huan smiled, put down the sachet, and said: "I have gone back. Madam, please just sit here for a while. Don't waste the time."
Mrs. Lu bent her knees and said: "Yes"
Shen Wen took Cui Shanggong and others back to the table, smiled gently at Xichen, sat down beside Xichen, held her hand, and asked softly: "Do you feel better?"
Shen Huan nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Very good."
Everything is under her control, what's wrong?
After the banquet, Xichen rested in Helu Tongchun's inner room, but Shen Huan was in high spirits. She called Cui Shanggong and asked her to hand those letters to Prime Minister Zhou, saying: "Tell him, Concubine Qing's father and brother and Liu Zhao Your Excellency, we are all in the same league. If you want to bring down Liu Zhao, you must first remove these people and then tell him. After removing these people, I will help him consider the list of substitutes."
Cui Shanggong carefully took these letters, put them in his arms, and asked: "Are Concubine Qing's father and brother also the officials who followed Mr. Liu Zhao to reverse his position?"
Shen Huan sneered: "Of course, otherwise, why would the emperor be so kind to Concubine Qing?"
Cui Shanggong frowned slightly and said: "In this case, Mr. Zhou will definitely go all out."
Shen Huan nodded: "Not bad"
Cui Shanggong bowed and left. Shen Huan called for Xiang Ming again. He said this in her ears. Things were done securely”
Shen Huan waved her hand to deal with the matter, but he returned to the inner room, sat in front of the dressing mirror, untied his hair of pearls, and slowly combed his waterfall of blue silk.
There was a cold smile on his lips, and his eyebrows became increasingly cold.
Concubine Qing, you will die in my hands sooner or later, and I don’t mind waiting a few more days.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, so I hang out in the palace all day long. In the morning when the palaces come to say hello, I take everyone to visit the garden. At noon, we sometimes have meals together, and in the afternoon we rest. When it gets cooler in the evening, we listen to music or have fun with everyone. Watch a play and have a banquet in the evening
This went on for more than ten days, and the concubines who had never spent time with Xichen were able to eat and play with him from time to time. As a result, Helu Tongchunli became more and more lively.
In a blink of an eye, June is here, the days are much longer, and the weather is extremely hot.
They had just had lunch and sent everyone away. Shen Huan was eating with an ice bowl with a satisfied look on her face.
"Empress" Su'e called out outside
"What's the matter?" Shen Huan asked lazily.
Chun'er opened the crystal bead curtain and let Su'e in. Su'e held a gold lacquer tray in her hand. Inside was a small white jade bowl with lotus branches. She presented it to Chun'er, who brought it to Shen Huan.
"What is this?" Shen Huan put down the watermelon ice bowl in her hand and glanced at the purple-red refreshing juice. It smelled sour and sweet, like sour plum juice.
Sure enough, Su'e replied: "The emperor just got this sour plum juice at Concubine Qing's place. The emperor ordered it to be sent and asked the slaves to relieve the heat of the empress."
Shen Huan raised his eyebrows, and Xichen went to Concubine Qing. She knew that Concubine Qing had sent people to invite him, saying that there was something going on. It turned out to be just for this.
After chuckling, Shen Huan pushed away the sour plum juice and said with a smile: "I won't drink this, Su'e, I'll give it to you!"
Su'e was stunned, and Shen Huan asked: "What? Are you still not happy?"
Su'e hurriedly said: "I don't dare, but this is a reward from the emperor after all. It would be disrespectful for me to drink it."
"You certainly understand the rules." Shen Huan smiled again, but there was no smile in her eyes. "The reward given to you is yours. I don't dare to touch Concubine Qing's things."
Chun'er pouted and said, "That's right! Who knows what shameful things are inside!"
Shen Huan glanced at her with a smile, and Su'e's face froze, and she speculated: "This... the emperor has drunk it..."
Shen Huan said: "What the emperor can drink, I may not be able to drink too."
Su'e hurriedly knelt down and said, "I'm too talkative."
Shen Huan waved his hand: "I'm tired, go down! I'll reward you with these sour plums. You can drink them, pour them down, whatever you want." After that, he fell asleep with his face inward and ignored her.
Su'e no longer hesitated, drank the sour plum juice, bowed her head and left.
Chun'er muttered: "It would have been fine if I had done this earlier. I would have made the empress unhappy in vain."
Shen Huan chuckled: "Do you dare to drink it?"
Chun'er's face turned red and she said, "I don't think Concubine Qing dares to face the empress in front of the emperor..."
After all, she has always served Shen Han, and her affection for Shen Han is naturally different from others, so even if she goes out of her way, Shen Han never cares.
When Shen Wen heard what she said, she laughed, stretched out her hand to pull her in front of her, and asked quietly: "Do you think Su'e's loyalty can be trusted?"
Chun'er said stupidly: "I don't know"
Shen Huan smiled and said enigmatically: "We will know in the evening whether her loyalty is trustworthy or not."
Chun'er was stunned. She didn't know what Shen Huan meant. She only felt that there was an undercurrent hidden behind that smile.
Shen Huan fell asleep leisurely on her side and complained about the hot weather. Chun'er asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bring new ice cubes and put them in a large cloisonne vat. She also called two little girls to face Shen Huan across the ice cubes. Huan fanned, while he knelt on the couch and shook the fan gently.
Shen Huan then reluctantly fell asleep. After fanning for a while, Chun'er's hand was sore and she changed her other hand. This was repeated several times. Shen Huan rested for almost an hour before getting up.
When she woke up, Chun'er was still kneeling beside the bed in the same position, fanning herself constantly. Shen Huan said: "Get up quickly, I won't sleep anymore."
As soon as Chun'er got up and sat down, Shen Huan asked, "What's wrong?"
Chun'er said embarrassedly: "I have been kneeling for a long time without moving, and my legs and feet are all numb."
Shen Huan felt a little sour in her heart, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, you don't know how to move even a little bit?"
Chun'er said seriously: "If I move, I'm afraid I'll wake up the empress."
Shen Huan sighed: "You!" and said to the two little girls: "Come here and help you Sister Chun to have a rest outside and get some mung bean soup to drink."
Ke Qiao Xiangming came in with mung bean soup and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are really considerate."
Shen Wen deliberately said with a straight face: "You are a mouthful! They are all waiting in front of you. I don't know where you are lazying! Why don't you come over and change my clothes?"
Xiangming laughed for a while, put down the mung bean soup and said to Chun'er: "You go, don't feel wronged, I will serve the queen."
Chun'er blushed and said, "Sister Xiangming is always teasing me. How can I be wronged?"
While we were talking and laughing, we heard outside...
(ps: Embarrassing, the title is ahead of schedule again, I’m not happy to change it, that’s it!)