The two people went out after saying this. In the palace, the emperor looked at Shen Chuliu: "Have you cried, my beloved concubine?"
"No." Shen Chuliu shook his head: "I was just telling Zi Rui some things about my childhood with emotion. I don't like to cry."
Qi Yixiu knew that she didn't like to cry.
He held the person in his arms and said, "As long as you don't cry, you don't need to say hello at these times. You can also cultivate yourself. Don't be too upset about things at home."
Shen Chuliu nodded.
The emperor chatted with her for a while and had another meal before leaving.
It was already dark, and Shen Chuliu didn't want to sleep, so he sat on the corridor outside.
It was still cold, so I put on a thick cloak.
She thought, the emperor was here to comfort her
A second-grade concubine has no elder in her family, so the emperor is expected to come.
But if you don't come, that's all.
So, the emperor still valued her very much
Shen Chuliu thought of this and shook his head slightly. This was actually very important.
Her son is getting older.
Naturally, she needs more... preferential treatment from the emperor? Or so-called pampering.
Shen Chuliu looked at the newborn moon and stretched out his hand as if to grab it.
After a long time, Zhe Mei came to persuade: "Master, it's cold outside. It's still the first month of the year. Why don't you go back and sit down?"
Shen Chuliu didn't embarrass them, so he stood up and went inside.
There was a fire inside, so it was naturally very warm.
"How is the queen's health?"
"Go back to the master. The news I got from Dr. Zhao is that although the Queen is seriously ill, she is not in danger of life. The main reason is that a princess in the imperial court died of illness. It is said that she had a good relationship with the Queen."
As for the fact that the state wanted to marry the second princess, it was not stated openly.
Except for the emperor and the empress, no one in the harem knew about it.
Shen Chuliu nodded: "Just fine, the queen is fine."
The mother of the country is seriously ill, which is naturally a big deal.
On the 21st, the emperor ordered someone to light an ever-burning lantern for the queen in Cheng'an Temple outside the imperial city.
He also asked people to chant sutras and pray for the queen.
In the meditation hall in the palace, Buddhist scriptures handwritten by the concubines were also offered.
Shen Chuliu naturally also wrote a volume. She was not very good at writing these, so she was very slow.
But it was also attentive.
Naturally, the princes and princesses also copied Buddhist scriptures as a blessing to their legitimate mothers.
The Queen Mother also sent people to visit several times, all to show that she valued him.
The harem was probably still affected by the emperor's anger two years ago, so except for a few new people who didn't know how powerful they were, everyone else was relatively quiet.
Of course, if you are quiet on the surface, only you know what happens behind the scenes.
In the palace, the queen was slowly recovering from her illness, and outside the palace, the third prince's house was also slowly making arrangements for the wedding and other matters.
His two concubines have now moved into the mansion, just waiting to get married.
The third prince's wedding can only be decided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Liu family is still locked up in Beigongyuan, and Miao Meiren is not qualified to arrange anything for him.
However, Miao Meiren secretly stuffed him with a thousand taels of silver notes.
This amount of money is not much for the third prince.
Even though he was a prince without a mother and concubine, Liu's things were still left to him.
Besides, even if there was no more mother-in-law, the emperor would not treat him harshly. But Miao Meiren didn’t know how she saved the thousand taels.
She came from a bad background, so she naturally had nothing when she entered the palace.
Being favored only for a few days and then falling out of favor. Over and over again, I fell into the trap of being sick and taking medicine all year round.
I don’t know how to dig out all this money.
But the third prince didn't dare to say no. If he didn't want to, how uncomfortable would it be for her
Even if she doesn't want it, I'm afraid she won't spend the money.
I just have to ask for it.
After all, they were biological mother and son, even though they couldn't recognize each other on face, they still cared about them in their hearts.
The third prince could only take care of him secretly.
But the sixth prince in Ruiqing Palace would not feel this kind of sadness.
So, he went out of the palace to his third brother's house and directly gave him a set of priceless screens, inlaid with various flowers carved from white jade, which he said were placed in the study room in the front yard.
"I got this thing the year before last, and it is just for third brother to use now." The sixth prince smiled and said: "I will come again on the day of third brother's wedding. It will be inconvenient to carry such a big thing at that time, so you can put it on display first. . Just send me a gift note when the time comes.”
"Why is the third brother so embarrassed to ask for such a valuable thing?" The third prince sighed.
"Is there anything more valuable than the brotherhood between you and me? Third brother is too arrogant." The sixth prince smiled and said: "Stop saying such arrogant things, how is the arrangement in the house? Third sister-in-law comes in , There can’t be anything bad about it.”
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites have taken care of everything. There is no shortage. Sixth brother, don't worry." The third prince said.
"That's good. People who want to look after internal affairs don't dare to be careless." The Sixth Prince smiled.
The third prince led him to drink tea, but he sighed in his heart. He was concerned about his internal affairs, so he would not dare to be careless and neglect you, his sixth brother.
"By the way, third brother, I heard something recently." The sixth prince sat down and said, "During the last year of the Spring Festival in the country, there was a locust plague, and the harvest in autumn was less than half of previous years."
"Really? Such a big thing has not spread?" The third prince was surprised.
"Of course this will not spread casually. There are still large armies in northern Xinjiang. They are inevitably villainous." What the Sixth Prince said was naturally about the time when Chao Guo was planning to invade.
"That's the truth. Now that the mother is also ill, she may be worried about this." The third prince said.
The Sixth Prince nodded, and the two brothers chatted for a while.
Sure enough, Chaoguo had its own worries. In fact, the queen did not know that Chaoguo suffered a serious disaster last year.
It wasn't until the emperor of Chao personally sent a message saying that he wanted to marry Princess Dayi that it became clear.
Not only do I want to ask for marriage, but I also want to send a princess.
However, the emperor of the Chao Dynasty had no princess of the right age to marry, and he refused to make a daughter of the clan, so he sent a princess who was only ten years old.
The meaning is also very clear, it is equivalent to sending a child bride.
Of course, now that they are weak, they don't dare to ask to marry the second princess. I just asked for the princess.
The queen made it clear that she was unwilling, and the emperor naturally agreed.
So now the oldest one is the fourth princess.
Yu Xiurong suddenly became anxious and burst into tears. He didn't even care about the lack of friendship in the past and went to Jade Palace to ask for a meeting.
When Shen Chuliu heard that she was here, he understood what was going on. He was just looking for her? This is strange.
"Call in."
Yu Xiurong was about to kneel down as soon as he came in, but was supported by Chi Su and others: "Your Majesty is a concubine, how can you do this great gift?"
"Jing Fei, please save Jing'er. As long as you are willing to save me, I will do whatever you say in the future." Yu Xiurong couldn't kneel down, but he was willing to fight for what he said.
"Sit down and talk." Shen Chuliu said.
(End of chapter)