"Your Majesty is worthy of being your Majesty." Yan Xiurong smiled: "I am picky, but even though I am picky, I know how to be patient and give in when I need to. Don't make fun of me, Your Majesty."
"It's a good thing to know how to assess the situation. What's so funny about this? However, I don't have to adapt to it all the time. When there's nothing important, like drinking tea with a beauty like Yan Xiurong today, then Any tea is good. But if something goes wrong, even the tea you like may not taste good."
Yan Xiurong agreed with a smile and poured tea for Shen Chuliu herself.
The two sat for a while and then dispersed.
When they returned, Yan Xiurong's girl Mu Yu asked, "What Concubine Jing said is very confusing. I don't understand. Please ask Master to clear up my confusion."
"There is nothing to explain. As the saying goes, many friends lead to many paths. There is no need to mention friends in the palace. However, it is also a way to offend one less person. Concubine Jing is telling me that she doesn't mind if I am favored, but she doesn't want to Go out of her way and mess with her."
"This... isn't this a bit too arrogant?" Mu Yu was a little unconvinced.
Yan Xiurong glanced at Mu Yu coolly: "When will she not be arrogant? Who told me that my status is low? Well, don't say this in the future. Life in the palace is difficult, so don't cause trouble for yourself."
"Yes." Mu Yu responded hurriedly.
When the emperor could take care of them, he first asked Mei Jieyu to sleep with them.
Mei Jieyu is still very popular now. She has deep eyebrows and is eloquent.
He can be both elegant and vulgar, and he can also be humble enough to compliment the emperor.
It's hard to say in the future, but for now, the emperor is still willing to ask her to accompany him when he is tired.
Shen Chuliu found out that Mei Jieyu was sleeping with her and fell asleep peacefully.
It's just that the north wind blew up at night. In the early spring in the north, the temperature drops drastically when the wind blows. After sleeping in the second half of the night, the charcoal fire was not so strong. Shen Chuliu woke up from the cold.
Chisu and the others were also very cold, so they hurriedly brought a quilt to cover Shen Chuliu, and stuffed a Tang Pozi in from underneath.
Shen Chuliu fell asleep again in a daze.
Early the next morning, while eating, I heard that Concubine Shun was ill.
"Maybe I can't stand the weather. It's very cold, there are too many fires and it's dry." Xianchun said.
"Well, you can go take a look later and say hello." Shen Chuliu put two water basins in early in the morning, and they were not that dry yet.
"Your Majesty, outside, the governor of Liaocheng Prefecture and other officials' families are waiting. They want to kowtow to you." Yuan Xiao came in and said.
"Oh, just refuse. Just say that I'm new here and haven't gotten used to it yet. We'll talk about it later." Shen Chuliu waved his hand.
"Yes, then... what if other ladies want to meet?" Yuanxiao asked.
"I'm not a queen. Whoever does what they do has nothing to do with me. I don't care about them." Shen Chuliu didn't care.
The Lantern Festival is the answer.
It's not like the local officials' families knew that Concubine Jing was favored, so this kind of thing wouldn't have spread so far.
It’s not like Concubine Yang back then.
The main thing is that all officials have a network of connections. Even if they don't know that Concubine Jing is favored, they have to know about Concubine Jing's family background. Therefore, I came to see Concubine Jing first.
When Concubine Jing disappeared, he went to see Concubine Shun.
It just so happened that Concubine Shun was ill and was nowhere to be seen.
Yan Xiurong is not good at these things, and she doesn’t see them either.
Mei Jieyu saw that Yan Xiurong was gone, so she disappeared.
Yi Jieyu felt the same as she was missing when she saw the others. As for the two concubines, no one asked to see them, and they didn't dare to see them even if they asked.
At noon, the Lantern Festival came and brought the gifts from the women's families outside. It was okay if no one was there, but it would be inappropriate if the things were not collected at all. Shen Chuliu looked at them and found that they were all valuable and good things.
"Let's make a list and show it to the emperor." Shen Chuliu smiled: "It's a waste of money for them, so I gave them all away, right?"
"That's right. I've sent it to everyone. But I haven't said anything about meeting you anywhere." Yuanxiao said.
"The people who came out this time are all smart and won't do anything." Shen Chuliu didn't care much: "The emperor and the prince have gone out today, and I don't want to go out."
"This... Although the emperor didn't say no, you can't go out at will, right?" Yuan Xiao said nervously.
"This is natural. Let's wait until the emperor comes back." Shen Chuliu waved his hand: "There is no need to worry about this."
As she said this, she went out of the yard again. It was not so cold now at noon.
Qi Yixiu took the princes today to inspect the farmland. At this time, the world in Liaocheng Mansion was not barren. Many of them were winter wheat. After all, this was not the northernmost point.
If you get to the far north, you can't plant anything.
The princes have never seen this battle before, no matter what they can learn or see, they are overjoyed anyway. I don’t even feel the cold anymore.
The younger princes were not so calm yet, but the sixth prince, who was already very sensible, started running around happily.
Qi Yixiu didn't stop him, he just smiled and watched, surrounded by guards.
The officials followed the emperor and had to look at the princes.
They are all princes. In this future, I don’t know which one will be the best.
Looking at the second and third princes following the emperor, and looking at the four, five, six and nine running, they all have their origins.
It would be great if I could take a gamble and know who the future Crown Prince would be.
However, they are only local officials after all. Even if they have this intention, they are not as bold as the officials in the imperial city.
Didn't dare to do anything.
It's just that after seeing so many princes, I must be thinking about it. When I walk around with officials in the imperial city in the future, it is inevitable that I will bring it up.
After dark, Qi Yixiu and others returned to the palace.
Hearing that the female relatives came to see them but no one saw them, Qi Yixiu smiled and said, "That's good."
"Concubine Jing asked someone to send the order, saying it was from the ladies outside. She couldn't refuse it straight away, so she accepted it for the time being." Chu Si said.
"Well, tell her it's just a favor, don't worry so much. Forget it, I'll go by myself." Qi Yixiu said: "Watch the princes all drinking ginger soup, and serve some hot soup for dinner. I'll go to Concubine Jing's place. Have dinner.”
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor went to Chunxiao Garden.
Shen Chuliu met the emperor and said, "I have been thinking of you, so you are here."
"Oh? Are you thinking of me, my beloved concubine?" Qi Yixiu looked at her with a smile.
"Yes, I think the emperor just came back. I don't know if it's cold or not. I woke up from the cold last night." Shen Chuliu smiled and helped Qi Yixiu take off his cloak.
"You have such delicate skin and tender flesh, you can't stand the cold." Qi Yixiu finally knew how afraid she was of the cold.
"In your Jade Palace, I will ask someone to quickly place the earth dragon for you." Qi Yixiu suddenly said.
"Isn't it too late now?" Shen Chuliu thought, that was a big project.
Qi Yixiu thought for a while: "The whole dish is not good, but it is still possible to spread it in the inner room where you live."
(End of chapter)