The emperor now wouldn't do that, and what made him feel at ease was Zhou Shuren, who now saw the heavy snow and said, "Auspicious snow means a good harvest, so next year must be a good sign."
Zhou Shuren pulled the corner of his mouth, "Yeah."
Inside the palace, the Queen looked at the soup brought back by the palace maid and fell silent. This was the Emperor's favorite soup. The Queen looked out the window, but the heavy snow blocked her vision, as if she could no longer see through the Emperor.
The female official said, "It's cold outside, your Majesty, please close the window."
The queen stepped back a few steps and waited for the palace maid to close the window. She couldn't help but think about what her father had told her. Her son must be the crown prince. If he was not the crown prince, how would the legitimate son survive in the future
The queen felt upset. Why did the rift between her and the emperor become so deep? If it were still the same as before, she wouldn't be so tormented now.
The queen fell into deep thought. When she came back to her senses, everyone in the palace had left. The emperor, who had arrived at some point, was sitting by the window looking at the snow.
The queen came back to her senses, "Your Majesty, when did you come? Why didn't you call me?"
There was a complex look in the emperor's eyes. He and the queen had been married for many years, but he had never seen the queen so confused. She didn't even hear the palace maid's greetings when he came in.
The emperor waved his hand, "Come and sit down."
The queen walked over and looked at her husband. It was the most beautiful moment in a man's life, but she was no longer young. Every time she thought of it, she would be afraid. Thinking of the endless flower buds blooming in the palace in the future, the queen felt bitter in her heart and her eyes unconsciously showed bitterness.
The emperor sighed and wondered why he had never communicated with the queen. He was disappointed with his wife and she did not trust him.
The emperor held the queen's hand and saw the scars on her hand, which were left by stewing the soup himself. "You are my queen, my wife, the only one who can accompany me and be buried in the ground forever."
The emperor did not say anything else. This was his wife. He had been disappointed, but he had also reflected on himself.
The empress was feeling uneasy and panicky, and had been unable to find her direction. But she felt at ease after hearing the emperor's words, and finally faced up to her own identity. "I."
The emperor raised his hand to cover the corner of the queen's mouth. Some things don't need to be said.
The Queen's eyes were blurred with tears. This was the opportunity given to her by the Emperor.
In a blink of an eye, it's already the fifth day. The heavy snow five days ago did not stop. Although the snow has melted, it has also taken away the temperature. The temperature has dropped sharply in the past few days.
Zhulan went to Prince Qin's mansion, and coincidentally, today was Rongchuan's day off.
Rongchuan and Xuehan personally greeted her at the door. Zhulan said, "Why do I need you to greet me every time?"
Xue Han helped her mother get off the carriage, "You are our mother."
Zhulan was moved by this sentence. She felt that she was becoming more and more emotional. "Okay, okay, I am your mother."
Xue Han said with a smile: "It's great that mother can come, you also saved my daughter!"
Zhulan understood, and her daughter also received the post.
When Zhulan met the Empress Dowager, there were many portraits on the table in front of her. Zhulan only took a glance, then looked away and greeted.
The Queen Mother said, "Come quickly. I have heard Xue Han tell you a few stories these days. I just realized that compared with the storybooks, your stories are still the best."
Zhulan was happy, of course, as she had modern ideas.
The Queen Mother looked at the portrait on the table and muttered, "These people are really something. They can even send portraits to the Qin Wang Mansion. People who don't know would think that the Qin Wang wants to take a concubine!"
Zhulan understood that these portraits were for the emperor. She took a quick glance and found that there were quite a lot of them.
The Empress Dowager looked at Yang's face. The Zhou family practiced monogamy. She mentioned the King of Qin, but Yang didn't react. The more they got to know her, the more complicated this woman seemed to be. After all, how could she be a simple person when she could control Zhou Shuren so tightly
The Queen Mother continued, "I don't care about the Qin Palace, so why would I interfere in the affairs of the harem? I don't want to be a nasty mother-in-law."
Zhulan knew that this was the Queen Mother's permission, which showed that the Queen Mother liked Xuehan very much. "You have always been a good mother-in-law."
The Queen Mother was happy. If her eldest son had not been the Crown Prince, she would have been even less bothered to care about him. It would have been great for everyone to be at ease. "Do you have any new stories? Tell me if you do."
Zhulan thought the current Queen Mother was very cute, "Do you want a happy ending or a sad one?"
The Queen Mother had seen many stories with happy endings, so, "It's sad."
Then when Zhulan left, the Empress Dowager's eyes were red from crying. Zhulan faced the Emperor who had returned early and walked away without even looking at him.
In the evening, Zhulan told her husband about the portrait, "The job of queen is so difficult."
Zhou Shuren, "That's just your idea."
Zhu Lan snorted and continued, "I heard from my daughter that the queen has changed a lot in recent days and is paying more attention to her son and the emperor."
Zhou Shuren stroked his beard and said, "That's good. I hope the queen can always be so smart."
Zhulan continued, "I hope so. By the way, I plan to buy two houses that are about the same size as the one we live in now."
"You can make the decision, but there are only so many houses in the capital, and it's hard to buy a house in the capital now."
Zhulan naturally knew that the capital was the political center and the population moving to the capital had reached its peak in recent years, so the shortage of houses had also caused prices to rise sharply.
Zhu Lan said: "My friend Liu, Ning Zhiqi's mother-in-law, has a house for sale, and I want to buy it."
Zhou Shuren was surprised. "Liu family, I haven't heard anything happened, why are they selling the house?"
Zhulan explained, "Every family has its own problems. The house was Liu's mother's dowry. There were many sons in the family, and the daughters-in-law were cunning. They all wanted the house in the hands of the old lady. The old lady was tired of being nagged, so she simply sold the house to stop them from worrying about it."
Zhou Shuren, "Then buy it. Our family is not afraid of getting into trouble."
Zhulan: "Yeah."
In the days that followed, the Empress Dowager was particularly diligent in visiting the Zhou Mansion, and she always left with red eyes. Zhulan wanted to change to a sweeter story, but the Empress Dowager was unwilling. She was so tortured that she didn't know how many handkerchiefs were wet, but she still loved tragedy.
Then Zhou Shuren had to face the retired emperor's hesitant gaze.
Zhou Shuren, "Why do you look at me like this?"
The emperor looked at Zhou Shuren and asked, "Is your wife really happy?"
"Happiness!"
The Emperor laughed, "Would happiness tell so many tragic stories?"
Every time his wife came home, she would reminisce about the abuse alone. She felt so abused, but still wanted to listen, and no matter how he tried to persuade her, it would not work.
Zhou Shuren, "... ... My wife also has a lot of sweet stories."
The retired emperor thought that Yang had a very clear mind, and Zhou Shuren, who treated Yang as a treasure, the retired emperor realized that Zhou Shuren was not a normal person either!
Zhou Shuren, "..."
No, Your Majesty, what did you understand? Is he a little panicked
After leaving the yamen, Zhou Shuren was still recalling the retired emperor's meaningful smile. He felt that something was wrong, and then he met Ran Zheng.
Ran Zheng said, "Let's have a drink together?"