Your Majesty, please do not disturb, the empress only wants to engage in business

Chapter 164 Sneaking into the Night

Human habits are terrible.

Getting used to a certain kind of life, getting used to giving your heart to someone, getting used to being pampered, getting used to being arrogant and domineering, as long as you don't experience any major changes, your character is almost impossible to change.

The same is true for women when they love someone.

Too many women in this world are trapped in the so-called word "love". Even if there is no love, most of them cannot escape the responsibilities attached to their status. Chronic poison added with honey is still poison. I am afraid that many people cannot understand this point clearly.

Yao Jinse understood this truth, but she fell into the deadlock of habit many times. It can be seen that following habits is a very terrible thing.

The reason why Queen Shen was not favored by Emperor Xie Yun'an was actually because of the habit she had developed over the years.

The Kunning Palace was well managed by the Empress, with strict discipline throughout. However, behind all this was an increasingly silent atmosphere in the Palace. The faces of the palace maids and eunuchs always had an expression of silence that looked like they were not alive. It was fine during the day when there was plenty of sunlight, but even at night, although there were quite bright lights on, one could feel that there was something a little weird about the Kunning Palace.

Yuan Shan was a eunuch, but not a writing eunuch like Hu Shijie, so he naturally had no chance to study since childhood. Although he could read, it was only for the convenience of reading imperial edicts and the like. Therefore, he was not well-educated, so apart from being a little scared, he could not explain the reasons behind the situation in Kunning Palace. However, Yuan Shan would never come to such a place on his own initiative unless he had to.

There are too many taboos in various places in the palace. Of course, for eunuchs like Yuan Shan, the biggest taboo is the emperor's attitude.

If the emperor could get along harmoniously with the empress, Kunning Palace would naturally be the best and most beautiful place in the palace. But if the emperor's heart is not there, then no matter how good the location is, it would be useless.

Eunuchs are different from palace maids. Once stabbed, they have no roots and no hope. If they want to survive and live a good life, they have to rely on their own abilities to figure out their master's preferences. Sometimes they even understand their masters better than the masters themselves. Be it Yuan Shan, Hu Shijie, or even Mao Tuan, the youngest of the three eunuchs, all have their own unique experiences.

His Majesty is a man who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. On the surface, he seems to be very powerful, but in fact, he really likes the worldly life in his heart. Perhaps it is because he pretended to be a recluse in front of the previous emperor for too long, so now His Majesty actually enjoys the feeling of being a real person. However, his identity as an emperor means that he cannot lose his manners outside, but when he comes to the harem, His Majesty definitely still wants a lively and lively small family.

No matter which palace it is, whether it is the Imperial Concubine's Chengqian Palace or Concubine Qiao's Liuchun Pavilion, they are all places of laughter and noise. The Imperial Concubine always dares to act coquettishly and get angry with the Emperor, and Concubine Qiao is also a person with her own pride. Even Concubine Lin of the Yuxiu Palace is gentle and virtuous, but she can also make the Emperor feel at home. Isn't this a good thing?
The women in the harem want to keep His Majesty and retain his favor. To put it bluntly, the most important thing is to please the emperor. Although the royal family is different from the common people, life is the same. Everyone has one life and everyone wants to live a comfortable life.

But the Queen Mother, for some reason, did not understand this truth and focused all her attention on the deceased prince. Otherwise, how could her good life have turned out like this?

In the side dining room, Xie Yun'an ate in silence, looking at the queen sitting opposite him. The queen was about the same age as him, but now she looked like a forty-year-old, especially her hands. Her once gentle and fair hands were now so thin that even the blood vessels on the back of her hands could be seen clearly. She didn't look like a pampered queen at all, but rather like someone who was used to working.

This doesn't look like a queen at all, she looks like a concubine in the harem. In the past two years, Xie Yun'an has been less and less willing to come to the queen's place. It was like this when he was in the palace, and it became more serious after entering the palace. If it weren't for the queen's face as the mother of the country, and not breaking the rules, he really wouldn't even want to come to eat this meal, let alone stay overnight in Kunning Palace.

It was not that he did not know why the Queen was in such a predicament. He had once held that child in his arms, and he felt sad to lose a child.

But children are difficult to raise, especially those in the harem. He has witnessed countless brothers and sisters who died young since he was a child.

Even among the grown-up brothers, there were many children who had passed away in their respective palaces.

As the queen, Shen was nominally supposed to be the mother of a country, but she was unable to see this clearly, which really troubled him.

But seeing that weathered hand picking up the food for him, Xie Yun'an couldn't help but think of the good things the Queen had done for him over the years, and he consoled her softly, "This year has been really hard, and you've been so worried, but the first year is always like this. You've been working hard these days, so you could actually take a rest. It's the same if you let Concubine Zhuang and the others do the trivial things."

This sounded very good, but to Shen Qingyin, it was hard to laugh. She just nodded and said, "It's what I should do. Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

Such a cold and desolate sentence, even when spoken from such a warm mouth, is still unpleasant to hear.

The spark of anger that had just risen in Xie Yun'an's heart was extinguished in an instant. Nanny Hua, who was serving him on the side, also felt a pang in her heart. Fortunately, Xie Yun'an did not say anything, but just like Shen Qingyin, he returned to his calm demeanor.

"It's up to you. Tomorrow is the second day of the second month, the day when the dragon raises its head. Although there is no need for a grand ceremony in the palace, the objects of blessing in each palace need to be prepared carefully. You need to select some careful people to take care of this matter."

The night passed just like that.

There was no other noise in Kunning Palace. The harem was silent. Everyone knew that the emperor would stay in Kunning Palace that night and would not appear in other places. So most of them had dinner early and closed the door. Those who had plans continued to make plans, while those who had no plans went to bed early.

It seemed like a calm day.

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