He called it a bribe? This is clearly a deal.
But as long as he doesn't mind eating cold food and drinking cold drinks, he can think so.
Song Jinning is quite confident about the bunch of food and drink she just threw out. Because he knows that Li Chengxuan is a foodie.
After tasting so many delicacies produced by her small kitchen in Weiyang Palace, he couldn't believe that he would not be tempted when he heard the names of the desserts and drinks she just mentioned.
Li Chengxuan was really tempted.
But even if he was tempted, he still insisted on not letting go.
This is meaningless.
Song Jinning thought angrily, how old is she, and she still wants to be controlled by an outsider
So Song Jinning got a little angry.
She stopped talking. He picked up a shrimp dumpling and ate it with lowered eyes, with a look of indifference, and ignored Li Chengxuan.
Lee Seung-sun: ...
Li Chengxuan found that he was actually a little afraid of Song Jinning's anger.
Even when he is not angry, he can miss him for several days. If he is angry...
So Li Chengxuan took the initiative to compromise, and added an occasional before whether he could eat cold food and drinks.
Zhou Jing, who stood by and waited: ...
Your Majesty, are you kidding me? Feelings don't count here with the empress, do they
As for Song Jinning, facing Li Chengxuan's voluntary compromise, she trembled in her heart.
Always feel very wrong ah.
From Li Chengxuan who got up early and took the initiative to put shoes and socks on her, to Li Chengxuan uncharacteristically controlling her not to eat cold food and drinks, to the current compromise...
Song Jinning had a bad feeling in his heart.
So her hands shook too.
There was only a soft bang, and half of the unfinished shrimp dumpling held on the tip of the chopsticks fell onto the table.
Then Song Jinning raised her head tremblingly, and asked a question tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, did you put on my shoes and socks this morning? Why?"
This is Song Jinning's temperament. If something happens, I don't want to toss myself over and over again. It's better to ask a question directly and ask for a clear answer.
Lee Seung-sun: ...
It never occurred to Song Jinning that she would be so straightforward and ask directly without knowing what euphemism is.
How should he answer this
Oh, that's because I'm attracted to you, and I don't want you to catch cold, so I put shoes and socks on you.
Just now I was in charge of you not to let you eat cold food or drink, but it was actually because I was worried about you and didn't want your body to suffer from the cold.
As for the fact that I will take the initiative to compromise later, it is because I care about you and I don't want you to be angry and ignore me.
Would Lee Seung-sun answer like that? Of course not!
Because this Majesty is not usually arrogant, and he takes his face very seriously.
More importantly, he vaguely felt that Song Jinning didn't really have much place for him in his heart now...
So why would he express his feelings to Song Jinning at this moment? He was even worried that Song Jinning would see that he was already attracted to her.
So even though he was clearly flustered in his heart right now, he had a more serious look on his face than usual.
"Last night you solved many of my problems, and I wanted to reward you. But thinking that you are a queen, you don't lack anything, so when I saw you forgot to wear shoes and socks and stepped on the ground barefoot in the morning Just put on shoes and socks for you, don't think too much about it."
As soon as he said this, Zhou Jing was so shocked that he almost couldn't control his facial expression.
What did he hear? My goodness, Your Majesty has learned to serve others
But considering that this person is the empress, it seems that there is nothing to be shocked about.
And think about it again, wearing shoes and socks for the empress, such a charming and glamorous thing, it seems that His Majesty still understands the daily love and interest between men and women.
But why did His Majesty give this matter such a high-sounding reason? He is not afraid that the empress will be unhappy when she hears this
But in fact, Song Jinning was very happy after hearing this reason.
It seems that I really thought too much just now.
She just said, Li Chengxuan's peerless true love is Jiang Wanqiu, how could he be tempted by someone who he hated since childhood
Even if the mountains have no mausoleums, the rivers are exhausted, thunderstorms in winter, rain and snow in summer, the harmony of heaven and earth is impossible!
As soon as I relaxed, not only did I start to have an appetite, but even a few smiles appeared in my eyes.
But Li Chengxuan couldn't relax.
Why did Song Jinning have a relaxed expression after hearing his words, and there was a smile in her eyes
Although because of her smile, her eyes were as bright as thousands of stars, but Li Chengxuan still felt that his heart was in a mess.
Because he understood that the reason why Song Jinning had this reaction was because of her peace of mind.
Don't worry, he gave her shoes and socks out of reward for her, not out of other things, such as his heart for her...
So as he expected, Song Jinning really doesn't have him at all in his heart now
So Li Chengxuan felt that the crystal steamed bun in his mouth was no longer delicious. But the outer wall of the glass cup filled with frozen lemon tea in his hand is really ice.
Not only was his palm cold, but even the heart in his chest was also cold.
The good appetite just now is gone now, Li Chengxuan hastily drank two mouthfuls of mung bean porridge, took the wet silk towel handed over by Zhou Jing, wiped his hands, got up and started to leave.
Although today is not the day of the Great Court Meeting, but after yesterday's rest, I am afraid that the memorials sent by the courtiers and other places are already full of books, right? So Song Jinning was not at all surprised that Li Chengxuan was leaving now.
It's just that she suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called out to Li Chengxuan: "Your Majesty."
Li Chengxuan paused, then turned around immediately.
There is still a glimmer of hope in my heart. Song Jinning called him suddenly, didn't she want him to leave so soon, did she want him to stay here for a while
I heard Song Jinning saying: "Your Majesty, I forgot to discuss something with you last night. Although I don't think it is necessary to save the harem for now, I think there are too many servants in the harem, and some of them have been in the palace for many years, so Your Majesty, do you think it is possible to send a group of servants out of the palace?"
"Firstly, there are fewer people in the palace, so the cost will naturally be reduced; secondly, the palace servants have been in the palace for many years, and there are parents and relatives at home, who miss each other very much. Letting them out of the palace can be regarded as a family happiness for them. What does His Majesty think?"
Song Jinning also saw a few days ago that there were palace servants in the palace who were thirty or forty years old, or even older. After asking, she realized that the saying that once entering the palace gate is as deep as the sea is not only for concubines, even palace servants The same is true for the servants in the palace.
So in the past few days, she has been thinking about whether it is necessary to set an age limit. Once the palace attendant reaches this set age, she can decide whether to stay in the palace or leave the palace according to her own wishes
Moreover, even if one has not reached the prescribed age, if a palace attendant wants to leave the palace, as long as he can give a reasonable reason, he can also be allowed to leave the palace after approval.
Is this a humane rule anyway? Otherwise, is it really necessary to imprison him in this deep palace for the rest of his life, separated from his parents and relatives
Li Chengxuan was quite disappointed.
Originally thought that Song Jinning stopped him because he wanted him to stay a little longer, but he didn't expect to discuss matters with him.
As for what she said...
"You are the master of the harem, and you are in charge of the Phoenix seal. You can make decisions about everything in the harem, and you don't need to know me."
Song Jinning was slightly startled upon hearing this.
Although she is a good queen now, Li Chengxuan and she both know that she is just sitting in the queen's seat for a while, and the second seat will definitely be replaced when it is about the same time.
But why listen to Li Chengxuan's decisive tone when he said that just now, as if she will always sit on the queen's seat
"In charge of the Phoenix Seal?"
Song Jinning murmured softly, and then she continued after a pause, "All right, then I'll be in charge of the Phoenix Seal for now."
Others didn't understand the meaning of her words, but Li Chengxuan understood it in seconds.
She still keeps that so-called contract marriage firmly in her heart, and is waiting to ask herself to abolish her queen at any time.
Li Chengxuan actually wanted to tell her that before, I really thought about finding a suitable time to cripple you after I became full-fledged, but now I have never had such an idea.
You are the only queen in my heart. In this world, except you, no one can stand by my side.
But His Majesty is proud. And Li Chengxuan knew very well that now was not the time to say these things to Song Jinning.
Because it will scare her instead, and it will make her take the initiative to alienate him in the future.
He didn't say anything, just took a deep look at Song Jinning, then turned around and left.
However, even though Li Chengxuan said that Song Jinning was in charge of the affairs of the harem and he did not need to be informed, Song Jinning still wrote down all the thoughts in his mind on rice paper one by one, then dried the ink, and sent Bailu to Li Chengxuan.
In addition to releasing a group of palace servants out of the palace as mentioned earlier, there is also the matter of regulating punishment in the palace.
Although there are no concubines of Li Chengxuan in the harem now, there are quite a few concubines of the late emperor. There are also institutions such as the Shangfu Bureau and Shangyiju, which together add up to a large number of palace servants.
It is said that where there are people, there is a world, and it is also said that officials and high officials crush people to death. When there are too many people, there will inevitably be bullying, private punishment, and even torturers.
But due to their low status, those palace servants who were lynched did not dare to speak out. Because they knew that no one would uphold justice for them, and they would still have to work under those people in the future, so they could only suffer in silence.
Song Jinning felt that this was very inhumane.
It was already hard enough to stay away from your family and enter the palace as a servant, but you still have to be lynched? Even if he was accidentally beaten to death, no one would uphold justice
Just wanted to do something.
As her temporary empress status, she issued a decree to Xiaoyu's harem:
If the people in the harem do something wrong, they will all be examined and convicted by the Department of Punishment, and no one is allowed to abuse lynching. If found out, they will be punished severely!
Of course, Song Jinning's starting point was good, but she felt that the consent of Li Chengxuan and Queen Mother Song was also needed.
One is that although she is now a queen in name, the status of these two is still higher than her. It's better to report to the two of them before doing something, so that even though they don't say anything on the surface, they will blame her for making private opinions in their hearts.
Secondly, both of these two are people with great strategy. What if my little suggestion is not thoughtful? These two can also help with some suggestions.
Furthermore, if her decree was issued, there would definitely be people who would not accept it, and there would definitely be people who would not obey it. And most of them are at the master and sub-level. If the prophet met these two big bosses, then when she starts to rectify, she will not be afraid at all even if these people make trouble.