When Shen Jin arrived at the Queen's Palace, Princess Rui and Concubine Chen were already inside. After Shen Jin saluted everyone, she was given a seat by the queen. The queen smiled and said, "Look at this little appearance, it's even more watery than the New Year's meeting." It's a lot tenderer."
At this time, Concubine Chen had no part to speak at all, and she was given the seat only for the face of Mrs. Yongning Bo, Shen Jin. Princess Rui smiled and said, "It's a bit taller."
The queen looked at Shen Jin and asked, "How is life in the border town?"
Shen Jin got up and said, "If you go back to the queen..."
"Stupid child, you've already talked about commonplace things." The Queen said softly, "You don't need to get up to answer, and why are you so outrageous, just call Aunt Huang."
Shen Jin rolled his eyes and smiled, and the queen softened her heart when she saw it, and said, "The gold silk rolls in my palace taste pretty good, and I'll give Yuzhu to Jin girl to taste."
"Thank you, Aunt Huang." Shen Jin said with a smile, and waited for the maid to bring the food before sitting back in her seat, and immediately took a piece and ate it.
Although Concubine Chen missed her daughter in her heart, she didn't dare to say anything more at this time, but when Shen Jin came in, she took a few glances and found that her daughter was much taller.
Princess Rui looked at the queen and said, "Sister-in-law Huang is the best at climbing poles."
"I like it when I see it." The queen said with a smile, "How about the border town?"
After Shen Jin finished eating the golden silk roll, he took a sip of tea and said, "I don't go out often in the courtyard on weekdays."
The queen thought for a while and asked, "Then how did you eat in the mansion? What did you do?"
Shen Jin lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "It's all meat, and I ate horse meat for a while. I just embroider things and read books on weekdays, and I have nothing else to do."
Princess Rui's eyes were red, she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "It's good to be back, no wonder I look thinner, you may not know, sister-in-law, that when girl Jin is at home, light food is what she likes most every day. This time I wrote a letter and asked for a lot of food, which is what I am used to at home, but in a place like the border town... "
Concubine Chen lowered her head and wiped her tears silently.
Instead, Shen Jin smiled and said, "Concubine Mu, I haven't suffered any grievances. Although the food in the border town is a bit heavier, it's not bad."
It was obviously the truth, but it felt sad to hear it from everyone. The queen is also a woman, and she felt pity for Shen Jin even more in her heart, and asked, "Uncle Yongning drove back all the servants around you. How many servants are there in the border town? Can you still be considerate?"
"Originally there were two maids. When the barbarians besieged the city, there was a maid... Later, when my husband came back, he arranged for another nanny." Shen Jin's voice was soft and waxy, "This time when I come to Beijing, I will arrange another maid." I got a maid."
Not to mention Concubine Rui and Concubine Chen, even the Empress' eyes were red. Although she didn't know how much drama was involved in it, she said with distress, "I'm sorry for you."
"Enough." Shen Jin comforted softly, "Auntie Huang, I don't feel bitter."
The queen wiped the corners of her eyes, sighed slowly and said, "Good boy, Aunt Huang knows you are sensible, and the royal family owes you a lot."
"..." Shen Jin always felt that the queen was thinking too much.
After caring about Shen Jin again, the queen asked, "Why did I hear that you kicked out all the servants in the mansion yesterday? But what's wrong?"
"No." Shen Jin looked at the queen with a puzzled expression and said.
The queen took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said softly, "Then drive away all the people, is there enough people to serve?"
"Enough." Shen Jin said with a smile.
The queen sighed slowly and said worriedly, "Do you know that this will harm your reputation?"
Shen Jin's eyes were full of confusion, "Why?"
"I drove so many people away as soon as I came back. I don't know what people outside will say." The queen said, "A good reputation is especially important for women."
Hearing the words, Shen Jin comforted, "It's okay, anyway, I don't like going out so much and I can't hear it."
The corner of the queen's eyes twitched, and she looked at Princess Rui. She saw that Princess Rui was holding tea and didn't notice her eyes. She pursed her lower lip slightly and asked, "Then why did you drive people away?"
Shen Jin looked at the queen and said, "Because I don't like them."
The queen looked at Shen Jin Xiaolu's eyes, and asked in her heart, "Then can't they all be driven away?"
"Why not?" Shen Jin asked back.
The queen didn't know how to answer for a while, she couldn't say that there were people arranged by Emperor Cheng, so how could they all be driven away, Shen Jin puffed her cheeks and said as a matter of course, "This is the capital, I am Mrs. Uncle. Uncle Huang and King Father supported me, so I let them go if I didn’t like them, I gave them the deed of sale, and gave them money.”
"Stupid child." Princess Rui said, "Your aunt is worried about you. If you drive away so many people at once, it's inevitable that someone will gossip."
Shen Jin smiled sweetly and beautifully, and said, "Thank you, Aunt Huang, but it doesn't matter. With Aunt Huang and Concubine Mu, they can say a few words in secret at most, and they dare not say it in front of me. I don't care."
The queen hadn't tasted this feeling of being choked and speechless for a long time, and what made her speechless the most was that she could see that Shen Jin was serious, and really thanked her for her relationship, and drank the tea The queen calmed down and continued, "Then what do you like?"
"I don't know." Shen Jin thought for a while and said, "It should be a good match for your eyes."
There is no difference between saying these three words and not saying them. The beautiful ones drive away, the honest and ordinary ones drive away, the young ones drive away with pitiful background, and the old ones look prudent. The queen forced a smile and said , "Bo Yongning didn't blame you, did he?"
"No." Shen Jin turned his face slightly, dimples appeared on his smiling face, "My husband has a very good temper."
Killing people without blinking an eye, mentioning his name can stop children from crying at night, Yongning Bo, who does not take prisoners, has a good temper? The queen took a closer look at Shen Jin's expression, but found that Shen Jin was serious about Yongningbo's good temper, so she couldn't help but look at Princess Rui.
But after thinking about the situation in Prince Rui's Mansion, I have some doubts about how miserable Shen Jin's life in Prince Rui's Mansion is, that's why she is so satisfied with her current life. Didn't she hear that she was brought by Princess Rui's side
The queen thought about it, and felt that she seemed to know something. After all, Shen Jin was a concubine. Princess Rui had a son and a daughter. After her daughter got married, I was afraid that King Rui would want Princess Rui to raise Concubine Xu. After all, the daughter who was raised by the aunt's side is also beneficial when talking about marriage.
But Concubine Chen couldn't dote on Concubine Xu and Concubine Xu had a son, and Concubine Rui was not a fool, how could she agree, so she kept Shen Jin by her side as a cover, maybe she didn't have any sincerity towards Shen Jin at all.
Thinking about it, even she herself is not like this, it's just a matter of face, how can she teach them seriously, not spoiling people, it is already kind.
Not only that, but the queen has also heard that Concubine Xu's side concubine Xu loves to pick up the best, and it is understandable that Shen Jin has been cultivated into such a temperament that is ignorant of the world and easy to satisfy. The queen is full of pity, and said softly, " That day the border city was besieged by barbarians, His Majesty was so worried that he couldn't sleep all day long, and he even fell ill, it's not because your uncle didn't want to send troops to rescue him, it's because the south is not peaceful."
"Oh." Shen Jin didn't know how to answer, did she say she didn't feel resentful? That's impossible, but no matter how gentle the queen is, she can't say such words, so she responded and smiled sweetly at the queen, "It's okay, but the horse meat is a bit unpalatable. Messenger, even my husband and I eat horse meat, so I also ate horse meat, but they are a bit wasteful, which is very bad. Aunt Huang, I think you can talk to Uncle Huang. It’s a big taboo, it’s unacceptable.”
The queen twitched her eyes when she thought of what the emperor said when the emperor came up that day. Princess Rui said, "Don't talk nonsense, don't embarrass your aunt, but even if they don't want to eat, you can't force them to eat. Why are you so ignorant?"
Shen Jin complied obediently, begging for mercy, "I won't dare next time."
After finishing speaking, he puffed his cheeks and complained, "I just thought that they came here on behalf of Uncle Huang, and Uncle Huang was thinking about us, so he bought them the best food in the mansion, and Uncle Huang also said that because There is a disaster, the court is poor, and even the emperor's uncle and aunt have to reduce their expenses in the palace, how can they waste it."
The queen felt speechless. Could it be that it was just an excuse that she didn't want to send food and supplies, but the court was not poor at all
Still not satisfied, Shen Jin continued, "My husband and I only use one dish and one soup, and we prepared four dishes and one soup for them."
The queen looked into Shen Jin's eyes, and said after a long time, "It's because they are too ignorant, girl Jin did the right thing."
Shen Jinxiao's eyes were curved, and she was very cute, "Aunt Huang praised me too much, I just did what I should do."
Princess Rui smiled very calmly. Concubine Chen lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief from time to time. The queen was about to say something when she heard the news from the palace that Princess Zhaoyang and Princess Chenyang came. The queen said with a smile, "Hurry up and bring those two children in, and make out with Girl Jin."
Shen Jin lowered her eyes slightly, Princess Zhaoyang was born of the queen, she was slightly younger than Shen Jin, probably two or three months old, and Princess Chenyang's mother died when she was born, and she has been raised by the queen's side all the time, it is said that she is very favored , bigger than Shen Jin.
To be honest, these two princesses are very suitable ages to marry Chu Xiuming, but Emperor Cheng didn't want his daughter to suffer, and wanted to win Chu Xiuming to marry a clan, so he chose King Rui's daughter.
When the two princesses came in, not only Shen Jin, but also Princess Rui and Concubine Chen stood up. Princess Zhaoyang said with a soft voice and a slight smile on her face, "Auntie, please sit down."
Princess Chenyang glanced at Shen Jin and was already sitting next to the queen. Several people sat down again. The queen smiled and asked someone to put new fruit points on the two daughters, and then said to them, "This is your uncle. home's."
"Oh?" Princess Chenyang raised her eyebrows and looked at Shen Jin, "The one who married Yongningbo? According to the year and month, she should be my cousin."
Shen Jin got up and saluted, "Cousin."
Princess Chenyang expressed her gratitude, while Princess Zhaoyang smiled and said, "Sister Jin."
"Cousin." Shen Jin replied with a smile.
Princess Zhaoyang is not very old, but she has a dignified smile, "Cousin, please sit down, we are all from our own family, so there is no need to be too polite."
Shen Jin then sat down and said, "Yes."
Princess Chenyang suddenly asked, "I heard the rumors outside that Yongning Bo had a hideous face, terrifying and violent temper, but yesterday Yongning Bo entered the palace, and there were rumors that Yongning Bo's face was like a crown of jade, which one is true? If Yongningbo is really so good-looking, would those alien races be afraid of him? Isn’t it because of his outstanding military exploits?”