Chapter 328: Being a Rent Collector in the Infinitely Strange 23
"No, no."
Chu Heng touched the backgammon and shook his head, "This is our secret. Of course I will not tell my mother."
He is a good boy who is honest and trustworthy!
"So good."
Qiao Jinhuan curled her lips slightly, raised her voice slightly with cold eyes and shouted, "Taohong, ask the imperial kitchen to make some sweet pastries."
Not long after, Taohong walked in the door carrying a plate of candies.
When Chu Heng saw Tangsu, his eyes couldn't move. He even threw aside the puzzle pieces he liked to play with earlier, "Sister Jinhuan..."
Qiao Jinhuan pushed the plate in front of him and said softly, "Your Majesty, eat slowly."
"I knew my sister was the best!"
Chu Heng suddenly became happy and hurriedly sat down and started eating with his plate in his arms.
The maid who was serving Chu Heng opened her mouth. She wanted to persuade him but didn't dare to. She finally said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said that you are only allowed to eat three pieces of candy every day."
Chu Heng turned a deaf ear.
For a person with an IQ of only a few years old, sweet candies are his favorite.
However, the Queen Mother would not let him eat more, and the maid who served him would not let him eat more. Only the original owner, who was ready to please him and deceive him, would let him eat as much as he wanted.
Anyway, it's not a common thing. Even if the Queen Mother knew about it, she wouldn't say anything.
"Sister Jinhuan, can you tell me a story tonight?"
Chu Heng asked vaguely while eating candy.
"No, I am pregnant with a child. Your Majesty cannot sleep with me tonight."
Qiao Jinhuan raised her hand to caress her belly and persuaded her softly.
"But I just like to be with Sister Jinhuan. Can I not have this child?"
As soon as these words came out, not to mention Qiao Jinhuan, even the maids and eunuchs who were serving Chu Heng were dumbfounded and tried to dissuade him one after another.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that."
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is pregnant. You cannot rest here at night."
The world is big, and a healthy child is the biggest nowadays.
They would never dare to let Chu Heng mess around.
In the end, Chu Heng was tricked into leaving.
As soon as he left, Qiao Jinhuan was half-leaning on the chair, with a hint of fatigue in her eyebrows, while Taohong was half-kneeling on the ground, pressing her legs lightly.
"Your Majesty, Master Qiao just sent a message."
"Oh? What did you say?"
"Master Qiao, please listen to the Queen Mother and wait for the birth with peace of mind, and don't have any thoughts that you shouldn't have."
"Ha~"
Qiao Jinhuan immediately sneered, "Threatening me? Does he really think that I am some soft persimmon to be pinched?"
A cold look flashed in Taohong's eyes when she heard this, "Master Qiao still thought that the young lady was the concubine who was bullied by others in the past. When the young lady was tortured in the past, Master Qiao did not come forward to protect her. Why did he think that
The lady will listen to him."
"Yes, Taohong really understands me."
Qiao Jinhuan smiled solemnly, "Have you bribed the Queen Mother's people?"
"Don't worry, Madam, I have bribed a second-class palace maid in front of the Queen Mother, and an old nanny who has been with the Queen Mother for many years. I have sent someone to take the family of the palace girl to Zhuangzi, and the old nanny's only son is also here.
I dare not disobey someone who is a slave."
The original owner was cruel.
The maidservant who has followed and been trained by the original owner since she was a child is naturally not a soft-hearted person.
Although Taohong has a harmless face, she is the sharpest executioner under her original owner.
Of course, it would be impossible for just two people to accomplish such a thing quietly.
But isn’t there Chu Ji still there?
Chu Ji took care of things for the original owner, so the matter was naturally handled flawlessly.
"He will come again tonight, and you will keep watch."
"yes."
Taohong responded, and when night came, she moved all the extra people away with ease, leaving only a few lazy maids and eunuchs to guard her. Chu Ji entered the main hall effortlessly.
Taohong bowed to him and then retreated outside the palace gate.
Chu Ji didn't pay attention to her. He walked in and saw his sweetheart lying gracefully on the soft couch, slowly embroidering the embroidered handkerchief on his hand. Under the dim light, that face was so beautiful that it made people feel trance-like.
"Jin Huan."
He walked over and took the person into his arms, "Who is this embroidery for?"
"Other than you, who else could it be given to?"
Qiao Jinhuan withdrew the needle and threw the handkerchief up. Chu Ji subconsciously raised his face, "My Jinhuan is really virtuous..."
Before he finished speaking, Qiao Jinhuan leaned over and kissed his raised Adam's apple.
"Jin Huan~"
This time, the sound was much hoarse than before.
Chu Ji's big, sharp-jointed hands gently pinched Qiao Jinhuan's slender neck, pulled her forward and kissed her red lips, letting the fluttering veil slip from his shoulders.
After a long while, he reluctantly let go of the person in his arms and said, "Little goblin."
"I am a little goblin, then who are you?"
Qiao Jinhuan put her weak and boneless hands on his shoulders, breathing heavily.
"I am the heavenly master who subdues demons and eliminates demons."
"Wrong."
Qiao Jinhuan shook his head gently, "You are a big goblin. Otherwise, how could you make me, a little goblin, so drunk and obsessed with me?"
Hearing this, Chu Ji raised his lips in a funny and helpless manner, "Yes, yes, I am a great goblin."
After being sticky for a while, he took out a big bag of tips from his arms.
There are three or four white porcelain vases in the brocade bag, and the porcelain vases have writings on them.
"This bottle is Duanhun Powder. It seals the throat when blood is seen. Use it with caution unless absolutely necessary. This bottle is Xiaoshen Powder. If you take it every day, you will be hollowed out and die within a month. This bottle is..."
He introduced Qiao Jinhuan carefully.
The other two bottles are also interesting.
One bottle is called Meng Xiaoyao. If you take it, you will die in a sweet dream, but a person with superb medical skills can diagnose it by taking your pulse.
The other bottle is called Zui Xinghe. If you take it with alcohol, you will die within a quarter of an hour and will be diagnosed as a result of alcoholism.
As expected, one cannot underestimate the pharmaceutical level of ancient people.
Qiao Jinhuan picked up a few bottles, took a look at them, nodded lightly, "I understand, I'll play by ear."
"If you encounter something difficult to handle, just tell a guard named Ruan Su in the palace and he will tell me."
"How many more men do you have in the palace?"
"There were still a few in the previous dynasty, and all the men in the harem were given to you last time." Chu Ji said honestly.
Qiao Jinhuan smiled.
Chu Ji really showed his heart to the original owner.
"Erlang is so kind. I will never let him down in the future."
Qiao Jinhuan's warm fingertips caressed his tired eyes, "But the affairs in the court are too complicated, and I see that Erlang is a little haggard today."
"It doesn't matter, it's just that old witch who colluded with your father again to create trouble for me."
The Queen Mother, Father Qiao and Chu Ji are now three pillars in the court, checking and balancing each other.
The Queen Mother wanted to take control of the government and return it to Chu; Qiao's father was already a highly respected minister and wanted to change the dynasty; Chu Ji naturally wanted to regain the throne.
The three parties fought frequently, but no one could do anything to anyone.