Qian Zui was suddenly startled. Queen Hua's words came out of nowhere. Your Majesty was asking who told Queen Hua about the Qintian Prison. Queen Hua answered something else. She said that Concubine Shen Shu was here.
Pass Weiyang Palace.
This is a fact, but when Empress Hua said it when Xia Huanyu asked that question, she felt it was a bit subtle. In this way, it seemed that she was telling Xia Huanyu that the person who mentioned the Qintian Supervisor in front of Empress Hua,
This is Concubine Shen Shu.
Xia Huanyu's face really turned ugly. After a long while, he concealed the displeasure in his eyes and said calmly: "It seems that the guards at the gate of Weiyang Palace are not doing their best. Liu Wen'an, pull them down and punish the three with a stick."
Top Ten Boards.”
Empress Hua just held the bowl, blew on the soup in the bowl, then silently took a spoonful of soup and drank it. Then she turned to look at Duke Hua, and her voice became a little softer: "I
I heard from Chang'er that my mother's son was not doing well, and her whole body ached in the cold weather. I have a recipe here that I got when I was in Ningguo. I have been using it for a while, and it is very effective. I
I made a copy and asked my father to bring it back to my home for my mother."
Hua Guogong responded quickly, his eyes seemed to be filled with muddy tears.
Xia Huanyu frowned: "Have you ever had this disease before? Are you feeling better now?"
"I've been taking the medicine for many years, and it's not that serious now. It happened more than 20 years ago, and I don't know how it happened." Empress Hua smiled, as if she didn't care much.
After the three of them had finished their meal, Queen Hua asked Qianzui to take out the copied prescription and hand it to Duke Hua. Xia Huanyu and Duke Hua left Weiyang Palace and returned to the Meeting Hall.
When he was leaving, he turned around and said, "I have already ordered people to prepare the formal attire for the main hall. The people from the Clothing Bureau will send it over later. You can try it on and see if there is anything that needs to be modified. As long as there are any
If you don’t like it, you can just tell them.”
Queen Hua agreed softly, and after Xia Huanyu left, she turned around and entered the bedroom again.
I don't know if it was because Concubine Shen Shu came to disturb Empress Hua in the morning. Empress Hua, who usually took a nap in the afternoon, seemed not to be sleepy at all today. She was leaning on the soft couch and not reading, but seemed to be in a daze.
After a while, Qian Zui heard Empress Hua speak, seemingly asking her.
"I heard that the Crown Princess was born prematurely, but I didn't ask her why she was born prematurely when I came back that day."
After Qian Zui heard the words, he quickly responded: "This matter is related to the Su family. After His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess returned home, they discovered that many places in Jincheng were a little unusual. After careful investigation, they discovered
The Su family seemed to have collected all the gold and silver jewelry in the city, as well as the money in the silver village, and also arrested many people and hid them in the palace to secretly bake weapons. The Crown Princess took advantage of the Xiangzhu Palace
After Hui Zhaoyi had a difficult childbirth, she was depressed and stayed overnight in the palace to find out the truth of the matter. After the investigation was completed, the Crown Princess returned to the Xiangzhu Palace to rest and then disappeared from the Xiangzhu Palace."
Yun Shang disappeared under Qian Zui's eyes. Qian Zui was still a little frightened when she mentioned the matter, and continued after a while: "At noon the next day, the Crown Princess was found in the ice cellar in the mansion. The Crown Princess was so cold.
It was so bad that when I woke up, I had fetal contractions and was born prematurely.”
Empress Hua never thought that this matter would have such a sinister inside story. She said after a while: "It's good luck that mother and son are safe."
Qian Zui also nodded quickly: "Yes."
After a pause, he continued: "It's all because of my negligence that something happened to the Crown Princess. If something happened to the Crown Princess or the young prince, I will definitely be responsible for the death."
Queen Hua didn't respond. After a long while, she smiled coldly and said, "So, there are so many women in the palace, everyone can save their worries."
After a pause, he asked again: "Who holds the Queen's Seal now?"
"Concubine Shen Shu." Although Qian Zui didn't know why Empress Hua asked such a question, she responded quickly.
"Oh?" Empress Hua raised her eyebrows, remembering the appearance of Concubine Shen Shu she had seen before, and laughed: "She looks graceful and calm, but she is not peaceful at heart."
Qian Zhi choked for a moment, but she never thought that someone would comment on Concubine Shen Shu so straightforwardly. Although the words were not very nice, they were on point.
After a long while of drinking, I heard Empress Hua say again: "It's been a few days since I returned to the palace. That day in the Taiji Hall, the decree of the queen was also read out, and there was just a ceremony to seal the queen. Logically speaking, I should be considered the queen.
Alright?"
"Yes." Qian Zui responded softly, thinking that although she had been serving Empress Hua for a few days, she didn't seem to understand Empress Hua's temperament at all. She was a little confused when Empress Hua suddenly asked about this.
, what exactly do you want to do.
Just as I was making random guesses, I heard Queen Hua's voice slowly ringing out, with a hint of indifference: "Since I am the Queen, then the Queen's Seal is not placed on an unknown concubine.
Reason. Although I have been busy traveling and traveling in the palace this time, I have almost rested and recuperated. It is also time to meet the...concubines in the palace."
When Qian Zui heard the words, he suddenly raised his eyes, with a bit of surprise on his face. He seemed a little surprised that Empress Hua would make such a request. But she quickly agreed: "Yes, I will order people to go to each palace right now."
Send word to all the palaces and we will resume the greeting system in the palace tomorrow."
Empress Hua thought for a while and then shook her head: "It seems inappropriate for you to send someone there. I will mention it to His Majesty when he comes later."
"Yes." Qian Zui also knew that she was actually a maid in the prince's palace. She really had no reason to pass on the news to the concubine in the palace. She was afraid that if she went, she would be criticized.
Xia Huanyu seemed to have no objection to the request made by Empress Hua, but was a little worried. When he specially asked people to go to each palace to inform him, he pushed the time back a little, and after the morning court was over, he would discuss matters.
All the courtiers were still in the meeting hall, and they hurried to Weiyang Palace.
The door of Weiyang Palace was unusually wide open today, and some concubines had already arrived.
The first one to arrive was the Queen, who had been sitting in the main hall early in the morning and waiting. After the concubines, who had arrived early, arrived, they couldn't help but quietly look at the Queen's appearance, and invariably flashed through their lowered eyes.
Surprised.
The dress of this Empress Hua seemed a little too casual.
She was only wearing a mint-colored robe and long skirt, with a pony bun and a green jade hairpin. There was no makeup on her face. She was so plain that she didn't look like such a noble queen.
The concubines, who had dressed up very well in the morning, couldn't help but secretly think to themselves that they would have to pay more attention next time. It was really taboo to steal the spotlight from the Queen in their dressing up.
Empress Hua was quite indifferent, just sitting quietly drinking tea, and responded lazily when anyone came to say hello.
Not long after, almost all the concubines who were due to arrive arrived, except for two concubines who complained of illness, and only Concubine Shen Shu was left.
Everyone looked at the empty seat not far from the queen, with a bit of anticipation in their hearts.
Just when I was thinking about who would be better between the usually virtuous Concubine Shu and the Queen, a chorus of harmony suddenly sounded outside: "Your Majesty has arrived..."
Except for Empress Hua, all the concubines were shocked and stood up quickly, "Your Majesty, Jin An."
Xia Huanyu's eyes only fell on Empress Hua, and he walked quickly to sit next to Empress Hua, and then casually responded: "Get down."
After saying that, he turned to Queen Hua and said, "Can you have breakfast?"
Queen Hua nodded lightly.
Xia Huanyu then continued: "The imperial dining room made me lotus leaf porridge early this morning. The taste is very fresh. I think you will like it. I'll ask the imperial dining room to send you a copy later."
The concubines below were shocked again, when did your majesty speak with such a gentle voice, and he kept calling himself me, not me?
As soon as Xia Huanyu finished speaking, there was another chorus singing outside: "Concubine Shen Shu has arrived."
When Xia Huanyu heard this, he frowned. When he turned around and looked at the door, his face had returned to its usual indifference, and there was undisguised displeasure in his eyes.
When Concubine Shen Shu stepped into the main hall, she had already seen Xia Huanyu sitting on the throne. Her steps paused slightly, and a touch of surprise flashed in her eyes.
But before the surprise could dissipate from his eyes, he heard Xia Huanyu's voice sounding loudly: "Yesterday, I sent someone to tell you the greeting hour. It seems to be exactly the hour. Now it's already been a moment.
Why did Concubine Shen Shu come in? Why don't you just kneel at the door?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the palace was shocked. Concubine Shen Shu's expression had already changed, and she said with a hint of pleading: "Your Majesty, it is true that the palace servants of the Shangyi Bureau sealed the queen as a queen this morning.
The clothes for the ceremony were sent over for me to see, so I wasted time."
"Oh?" Xia Huanyu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but his voice was a bit colder: "I remember clearly that yesterday I sent someone to give instructions to the palace officials of the Shangyi Bureau. When the dress was ready, I was the first to do it.
It's time to send it to Weiyang Palace for the Queen to try on. Who is the steward of the Clothing Bureau? Since you can't understand what I'm saying, there's no need to be the steward anymore."
Concubine Shen Shu's body trembled again, her lips gradually turned a bit whiter.
Xia Huanyu glanced at her face indifferently, "Besides, before I left the palace, I only asked you to temporarily take charge of the Queen's Seal. Now that the Queen has returned to the palace, why are you still occupying the Queen's Seal and unwilling to hand it back? But now
What thoughts should not arise? Huh?"
Concubine Shen Shu suddenly knelt down and buried her head deeply on the ground. Her voice was slightly trembling: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. After the Queen returned to the palace, Your Majesty personally ordered that the Queen was busy traveling and traveling, and no one was allowed to disturb her.
, I didn’t look for a chance to see the empress, so I couldn’t return the empress’ seal in person.”
Concubine Shen Shu had just finished speaking, but before Xia Huanyu could speak, Empress Hua's voice sounded faintly: "Concubine Shu, you are such a noble person who forgets things so much. I still remember that you gave me a gift yesterday.
The opportunity for Tremella Soup was in the bedroom of Weiyang Palace..." (To be continued)
