"Come here." Zhao Zongheng turned his eyes and said: "The Ci'an Palace has been locked. The Queen Mother needs to rest. No one is allowed to disturb her without permission."
"..."
After Zhao Zongheng said these words, everyone in the hall was shocked.
Where is this retreat?
This is clearly house arrest!
Queen Mother Cui's face turned pale, she looked at Zhao Zongheng in disbelief and said, "What does this mean, Your Majesty? The Ai family is the Queen Mother of Tianqing Kingdom!"
"It's good to be the Queen Mother of Tianqing Kingdom." Zhao Zongheng's eyes were calm, and he whispered without any disturbance: "I allow you to be the Queen Mother, you should know it."
When these words were spoken, everyone in the palace stopped breathing. They were afraid that the next second they would hear the words from the emperor to depose the Queen Mother. This was really scary!!!
Queen Mother Cui opened her mouth and looked at the cold and emotionless emperor in front of her. He was like a heartless person who never cared about warmth and coldness. She did not dare to be arrogant or presumptuous.
She was afraid that her hard-won Queen Mother would leave her later.
Zhao Zongheng reached out and took Si Ningchi's hand, then turned and left without looking at Empress Dowager Cui again.
Queen Mother Cui's pupils suddenly shrank when she saw the hands of the two intertwined, and her eyes were full of shock and astonishment, as if she couldn't believe what she just saw. It was the emperor who took the initiative to hold the queen's hand?
He...
Queen Mother Cui was like a deflated balloon, and she fell to the ground with a dejected face.
"The Queen Mother!" The nun who was waiting next to her seemed to have been saved. She rushed up and helped the Queen Mother Cui.
"It turns out he has feelings..." Empress Dowager Cui laughed miserably, tears of laughter almost came out. She laughed with a ferocious face and said: "He is not a cold-blooded person, haha!"
"The Queen Mother?" The serving nun was frightened and at a loss when she saw the Queen Mother Cui. She always looked like this every time the Emperor and the Queen Mother met.
In front of the gate of Ci'an Palace, Si Ningchi saw with his own eyes the huge iron chain locking the gate of Ci'an Palace, and was a little shocked. After all, the Queen Mother lived here?
Zhao Zongheng lowered his eyes and looked at Si Ningchi with a flashing expression: "What are you thinking about?"
Si Ningchi pursed his lips and lowered his head: "I know I was wrong."
"What's wrong?" Zhao Zongheng wanted to laugh when he looked at her pretentious posture. He was obviously very courageous, so perverse and willful, but he still had to look like this pitifully.
"I, my concubine, should not take the initiative to seek medical treatment for the Queen Mother..." Si Ningchi glanced at Zhao Zongheng's face, trying to figure out something.
"Yeah." Zhao Zongheng looked indifferent.
"Since you are wrong, I will punish the queen to serve the emperor today and serve the pen and ink." After Zhao Zongheng said this, he turned around and sat on the dragon chariot. He planned to defend himself and pretended to be a white lotus. Si Ningchi hadn't even finished the scene when he heard Zhao Zongheng's words and was dumbfounded.
.
Real punishment?
She blinked and stood still.
Zhao Zongheng knocked on the dragon chariot: "Why don't you come up?"
Si Ningchi looked at the dragon chariot in front of him with some hesitation, but finally stepped forward and sat beside Zhao Zongheng as if resigned to his fate, and the emperor and empress rode away towards Xuanming Hall.
The imperial guards accompanying the Holy Driver beside the dragon chariot almost had their eyes bulging out when they saw this scene. Wang Chengxiang secretly breathed in. He really made the right bet!
Si Ningchi and the emperor rode in the dragon chariot and swaggered to the Xuanming Palace. She looked at the elegant decoration inside the palace. There was nothing except calligraphy and painting books. The dragon desk was piled with folds, and there were memorials spread out on the table that had not yet been processed.
Complete.
It is not difficult to see that Zhao Zongheng must have been in a hurry when he rushed to Ci'an Palace, right?
Si Ningchi glanced at Zhao Zongheng with some suspicion and saw that he had lifted up his robe and sat down. He pointed to the small cushion next to him and said, "The Queen is here to serve you."
"..." Si Ningchi opened her mouth aggrievedly, but when she saw that he had ignored her and looked down at the booklet, she did not dare to say anything.
Zhao Zongheng handled government affairs very seriously, and seemed not to care about her being here at all. He occasionally frowned when writing in red, but there was no obvious attitude. It was a bit novel when he first came here, and she couldn't sit still for a while.
After grinding for a few times, I put it down. My eyes wandered around, and finally I reached out and picked up the foldable books piled beside the table and started reading.
"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics." Zhao Zongheng's voice suddenly sounded, and Si Ningchi was frightened and sat up straight in a hurry.
"...Just take a look." Si Ningchi said aggrievedly.
"Boring?" Zhao Zongheng put down his ink pen and raised his eyebrows as he looked at her fidgeting.
"No, I just think it's hard for the Emperor to do this every day." Si Ningchi shook her head quickly, but she still remembered that she was punished to come here.
Zhao Zongheng looked at her twice, lowered his eyebrows and called out: "Wang Chengxiang."
Wang Chengxiang was leaning against the door to listen to what was going on inside. When he heard the call, he straightened his sleeves and went in: "My servant is here."
Zhao Zongheng turned over the book and said: "The queen is tired, take her to the side hall to rest."
"Yes." Wang Chengxiang quickly glanced at the emperor's face and quickly agreed in a low voice.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is so kind!" Si Ningchi's eyes lit up, and he immediately leaned over to say thank you with a smile on his face.
Le Dian Dian followed Wang Chengxiang to rest. Zhao Zongheng raised his head from the fold and looked at the back of Si Ningchi leaving happily. He couldn't help but curl his lips and smile, as if he suddenly felt a little more relaxed.
.
There is a bed in the side hall for the emperor to take a rest occasionally. This place is cleaned every day, but the emperor has always been diligent. Even if he is tired, he just sits with his head and eyes closed for a while. He rarely feels at ease here.
When taking a break.
Si Ningchi was not polite. He was tired from sitting on the big cushion, but now he saw it and lay down...
Wang Chengxiang bowed and smiled: "Then I will not disturb the queen's rest. If anything happens, just call Luo Jin."
Wang Chengxiang pulled Luo Jin and said: "This is the apprentice of a slave. He is not stupid and has a bright mind."
"If the Queen has any instructions, just tell him. I have to go to the Emperor to serve you, so I won't disturb the Queen." Wang Chengxiang said as he reached out and patted Luo Jin on the head and said, "You should learn from the Queen." "Yes, I will only follow the Queen's lead!" How could Luo Jin not know that this was the opportunity given to him by his master, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Get up." Si Ningchi looked at Luo Jin, who had his head lowered and a congratulatory gesture on his face, and smiled and said, "I have some impressions of you."
"Did that girl-picking girl give you a reward last time?" Si Ningchi raised an eyebrow and smiled, looking at Luo Jin and asked casually: "Is she still obedient?"
Luo Jin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he remembered that the person she was talking about was the woman named Qiu Ji.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Si Ningchi's face, then lowered his head and said, "I may not be so lucky. That woman tried to run away several times, but I had her locked in the room. She hasn't been seen for a few days."<
