Zhao Qingye received many gifts.
All women are always happy to see all kinds of things. As they were about to travel far away to their fiefdoms, the storehouses in Prince Min's mansion were almost full. Everyone in the palace, from the Empress Dowager Tian to the Crown Princess, expressed their opinions. Emperor Yuanfeng even waved his hand and asked Prince Min to go to his inner storehouse to select many things.
The items delivered included cloth, clothing, jewelry and medicinal materials. Zhao Qingye asked his subordinates to register them and they were busy all night.
Even so, after seeing the gifts sent by the Crown Princess, Zhao Qingye's hands still twitched slightly, and then he reached out to take the gift list from them, and said stiffly, "The nobles who are rewarded to send gifts."
Refers to the eunuch who came to deliver things.
The people below hurriedly agreed.
Zhao Qingye reached out to open the gift list, but before she had time to look at it, King Min came back and she stood up hurriedly.
King Min glanced at her and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Zhao Qingye handed over the gift list in his hand: "This is the gift list sent by the Crown Prince's Palace. I was just about to take a look."
Prince Min reached out to take it. Seeing that the gift list contained dozens of kilograms of various medicinal materials, with a complete range of types, and also a list of carpenters, he could not help but be surprised. After a while, he nodded and could not help but sigh: "The Crown Princess is really thoughtful."
This is the ability of a person. Su Yao is really considerate in doing things. The gifts he gives are very much to people's liking and are what they need. This person has a delicate heart.
When Zhao Qingye heard Prince Min praising Su Yao, her face turned pale for a moment, but she had made great progress after all, so she quickly suppressed her emotions and nodded: "Yes, Your Highness is right, the Crown Prince's Consort is really very capable."
It was beyond King Min's expectation that she would say that.
He said bluntly: "If you can keep doing this, you are not that stupid."
Zhao Qingye raised his eyes to look at him: "I am very stupid, but I also know a truth, marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog, from now on, Your Highness and I are a family, sharing life and death, honor and disgrace, Your Highness's affairs are my affairs, and I will not hold Your Highness back."
King Min narrowed his eyes.
He was originally very annoyed with Zhao Qingye.
But he didn't really want to do anything to her. After all, her status and position as the queen were different. If something happened to her, it would be difficult to explain it to the outside world without any impact.
It is precisely because of this that if Zhao Qingye can really think it through and stop doing stupid things, it would indeed be a good thing.
With this in mind, King Min's tone became much softer: "It's good that you know."
It was a rare moment when there was no tension between the two of them. On this day, Prince Min finally stayed in her inner chamber, which made the servants like Nanny Zhao feel relieved and no longer so worried.
The relationship between the two progressed by leaps and bounds, and by the time they went to say goodbye to the Zhao family, they were just like any ordinary newlywed couple.
Mrs. Zhao was worried to death. Her daughter had been married to Prince Min for half a year, but she was not very happy. Every time she came back, she had a stern face, as if someone owed her millions of taels of silver. It made people feel uncomfortable just by looking at her.
Even Master Zhao asked about it, asking if Prince Min didn't like her and whether she was wronged in Prince Min's mansion.
Mrs. Zhao regretted not insisting on calling off the marriage. She always felt that she had harmed her daughter and had been feeling unwell recently.
Seeing her daughter's changed attitude this time, as if she had reconciled with Prince Min, she finally let go of her worries. When Prince Min went to the front to talk to Master Zhao, she pulled her daughter to her side and asked her softly, "What happened between you and the prince? Have you reconciled now?"
Zhao Qingye was elated, and the previous gloom and pain were swept away on his face. He smiled gently: "Yes, I will listen to mother and be good to the prince. The prince likes me very much now."
For some reason, Madam Zhao always felt that this sounded strange, but since her daughter had said so, as a mother, she couldn't keep asking her daughter about her bedroom affairs. She nodded and told her daughter: "Just know it yourself. Don't quarrel with the prince anymore. In this world, husband and wife are the ones who can finally walk through life together. Who can you trust with your friends? You have to understand this. Be tolerant of each other with the prince, and you can live a good life."
These are all old clichés, and Zhao Qingye is now feeling a little annoyed listening to them.
She glossed over it.
After returning home, Prince Min went straight to the study.
Now Zhao Qingye's previous lukewarm attitude towards Prince Min was completely different. Seeing that Prince Min had not returned until midnight, he specially asked his subordinates to prepare a midnight snack and personally went to the study with Nanny Zhao to deliver it.
When she reached the gate of the courtyard, Zhao Qingye saw a person walking down the corridor. The person looked familiar. She frowned, and after a long while, she opened her mouth in surprise.
At the same time, the man also saw her, immediately lowered his eyes, and suddenly went back to the study.
She suddenly stopped.
Aunt Zhao was a little puzzled: "Princess, why don't you leave?"
Zhao Qingye's lips moved, and she finally came to her senses and nodded blankly, but she still didn't go in. She just asked Nanny Zhao to bring in the midnight snack.
When Nanny Zhao came back, she told Zhao Qingye, "The prince said he was very grateful to the princess, and that he was using it very well and would be back soon."
Zhao Qingye hummed in a low voice, and after a while he said, "Tell them to get ready, and get the hot water ready."
Nanny Zhao agreed.
Zhao Qingye couldn't sleep at all. He sat alone under the south window, frowning.
After a while, the door creaked open and King Min's smiling voice came in: "Are you still asleep?"
Zhao Qingye was startled and stood up subconsciously, saying softly: "The prince said he would come back to sleep, and I couldn't sleep anyway, so I just waited for you."
Now she even speaks properly, and King Min is very satisfied with this. He thinks she is teachable. Seeing her lowering her head and being docile, he feels that she is sensible, so he said, "Let the maid fetch water and settle down."
It’s getting late.
Zhao Qingye quickly agreed.
After a while, the couple packed up.
Late at night, Prince Min stroked Zhao Qingye's smooth back from time to time, and asked unconsciously, "You came to my yard today and left again. Did you run into someone you know?"
Here we come!
Zhao Qingye's heart tightened and he immediately looked up, just in time to meet King Min's deep gaze.
She did not evade the question and said frankly, "Yes, I met Mr. Kong. I know him. He was also in Jizhou before and was the governor of Jizhou."
Lord Kong, now the Chancellor of the Eastern Palace, can be considered an important official of the Eastern Palace.
His appearance in Prince Min's mansion was in any case thought-provoking.