Long Harem Road

Chapter 14

Li Mingzhong waited respectfully outside the hall, waiting for the emperor's call, suddenly raised his head, and saw the empress's guard of honor coming slowly from a distance, hurriedly trotted to the front of the guard of honor, bent down and knelt down, "I have seen the queen's empress!"

"Come on, why isn't Director Li serving in the palace today?" The queen was a little surprised when she saw Li Mingzhong running over to salute, but this one had been staying by the emperor's side all the time.

"Back to your empress, the emperor is not in a good mood, so he sent his servants out..." Li Mingzhong looked at the queen cautiously, and Fang replied, the miscellaneous family reminded you, you can figure it out yourself.

"I don't know why the emperor is upset? I wonder if Mr. Li can give me some advice?" The queen winked, and Dongmei, who was standing beside the chariot, stepped forward and stuffed a purse into Li Mingzhong's hand.

"Your Majesty is a slave, and I don't know about this slave. It seems to be about the eldest princess's mansion." Li Mingzhong acted as a servant, and answered respectfully and carefully. The slave didn't reveal anything, Your Majesty.

"Mr. Li, please inform me that I have important matters to discuss with the emperor!" The queen got off the chariot and said, "It seems that the palace came at the right time for the matter of the eldest princess's mansion. He Ruyu, the sky is going to kill you." Ah, don't blame me for being cruel.

"Madam, please wait a moment!" Li Mingzhong turned and went back to the imperial study room, carefully scrutinized the emperor's face, saw that the emperor's expression was as usual, and had recovered calm, bowed forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, the empress is asking to see you outside the hall !"

"Oh? Is the empress busy?" Zhao Zhen raised his head, a trace of doubt flashed across his stern face. Women in the harem cannot casually go to the Qianqing Palace. The empress should be clear. Could it be that there is something important?
"I don't know, my servant said that she has something to discuss with the emperor!" Li Mingzhong wiped the sweat from his face, not knowing whether this announcement was right or wrong.

"Understood, you take the queen to the side hall, I will go straight there!" Zhao Zhen put down the ink pen in his hand, frowned slightly, and said that he happened to have something to discuss with the queen, but the queen came by herself, so she got up and went directly to the side hall. temple.

"Yes" Li Mingzhong got up and walked out of the hall, this day was really thrilling, "Empress Empress, the emperor invites you to the side hall, the emperor will be there in a while!"

"Lead the way!" The queen seemed to have a plan in mind, and supported Dongmei to walk towards the side hall.

"Yes!"

When the queen walked into the side hall, a gust of cold air hit her face, and the heat outside immediately eased a lot.

The emperor sat on the chair, stern and stern, with an extraordinary appearance, with a kind of royal aura invisibly. This is her husband, the man she has been thinking about.

The empress raised her smile, swayed forward, and bowed to salute, "The concubine has seen the emperor!"

Zhao Zhen looked at the queen who braved the scorching heat to come here in the scorching summer. Her exquisite makeup and heavy ornaments on her head showed her nobility and status extremely.

The corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched, and a smile appeared on his face. Isn't he so hot and tired? The little woman who didn't wear makeup and was refreshing and clean flashed in his mind again.

Zhao Zhen didn't wait for the queen to complete the salute, he got up and helped the queen up, and pulled the queen to sit on the chair, "The queen and I are married, so you don't have to be so cautious. I don't know if the queen is coming to the Qing Palace today, is there something important?"

"It's nothing serious. The concubine sees the emperor working hard day and night. The weather is hot now. I hope the emperor pays attention to his health!"

Seeing the smile on the emperor's face, the queen was in a bright mood. She opened the food box and brought out a bowl of iced sour plum soup, "Your Majesty, why don't you drink some sour plum soup first?"

"The empress is still careful. I have you in my harem, so I feel relieved!" Zhao Zhen enjoyed the woman's concern for him, and he did not hesitate to praise him.

After taking a few sips of the sour plum soup, the inner boredom was relieved, "Is there anything the queen wants to discuss with me?".

"Your majesty, it's like this. When He Jieyu paid her respects this morning, she mentioned that she was unwell. The concubine was afraid that she would give the emperor a bad breath, so she gave her three months to cultivate her body!"

The queen thought over and over again, and finally spoke. She was not sure about the emperor's attitude towards this cousin, so she could only speak cautiously.

After listening to the queen's words, the emperor could describe his mood at the moment with joy and encouragement. He was dissatisfied with the eldest princess's bullying in the capital, and he didn't know how to punish him properly.

It's so sleepy that someone gave me a pillow. Since it's not good to punish the eldest princess directly, let it be her daughter. Anyway, since he was a child, he didn't have any affection for this arrogant and domineering cousin who likes to pester him.

It happened to take advantage of this matter to give the eldest princess a warning, hoping that she would restrain herself in the future.

"Well, the Queen can decide on the matter of the harem, and there is no need to report to me!" Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, then turned to Li Mingzhong, "Notify the respect room to remove He Jieyu's jade plaque until she recovers!"

"Yes, I'll do it now, slave!" Li Mingzhong retreated obediently, hey, this He Jieyu is really unlucky, the emperor was trying to punish the eldest princess, but she bumped into it by herself.

The empress obviously did not expect the emperor to cooperate so much. Although she knew that the emperor must have other reasons for doing so, she couldn't help being happy and got up to thank her. After this incident, her position in the harem became more stable.

"Well, the queen will go back and make arrangements. He Jieyu will not have to go out of Yiliuxuan before this, and arrange for her to copy the Buddhist scriptures fifty times to cultivate her body and mind." The emperor took the queen's hand, thought for a moment and continued, "Tonight I'm going to see the princess!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my concubine is resigning!", the empress couldn't hide the joy in her heart, she stood up and resigned after she had achieved her goal, the empress's face was full of joy when she left.

It was June, and it was hot and hot. The sky was blue and the sun hung like a fireball. The clouds seemed to be burned and disappeared without a trace.

The weather was extremely hot, there was no wind, the thick air seemed to be frozen, even the strong bamboo leaves outside the emerald green pavilion were drooping listlessly.

At this time, a decree from Kunning Palace spread throughout the entire harem, and the people in the harem who were sluggish due to the hot weather seemed to come back to life all of a sudden.

Like a drop of water poured into a hot oil pan, the entire harem boiled. From top to bottom, from the imperial garden to the Shang Palace Bureau, everyone was whispering about this decree and the power of the empress hidden behind it.

"He Jieyu in Yiliuxuan, because of her physical discomfort, special permission allowed her to recuperate in Yiliuxuan for three months, and copied Buddhist scriptures fifty times to pray for me!"

Cuiluxuan, Baozhu is leaning on the bamboo chair, holding a bowl of smoothie and gnawing on it. In the scorching summer without air conditioning, you can only rely on ice cubes in the room to cool off. Cuiluxuan is closer to the bamboo forest, which is better than other places. The place is a little cooler.

Huanxi hurried into Cuiluxuan, wiped the sweat from her head as she walked, "Master, something serious happened!", she was sweating profusely, blushing, and rushed into the room happily.

"Oh? What's the big deal that made you so anxious, isn't it hot? Go drink some water first." Baozhu didn't raise her head, and continued to struggle with the smoothie.

Joy poured a glass of water and handed it to her with a smile, "Here!".

Huanxi took the teacup, took a few sips of "gudong gudong", and took a breath. Seeing that Baozhu didn't care much, Huanxi also watched the fun with a smile.

He raised his eyebrows depressedly, and threw what he thought was a blockbuster, "Master, what a big deal, He Jieyu has been grounded by the queen for three months, let her be proud of the master in the morning!".

Huanxi gritted her teeth and said, anyone who is against the master will be punished.

"Oh, she's self-inflicted." Baozhu didn't care at all and continued to stuff smoothies into her mouth, which was the result she could have imagined when she greeted her, but it seemed that the emperor was giving the empress a lot of face. I don't know if there was any other inside story.

"But, master, the empress is so powerful, shouldn't we be careful?" Seeing that Baozhu was still eating to herself, Huanxi couldn't help muttering.

"Huanxi, you are really worrying. The empress is strong, and our Cuiluxuan has not provoked her, and we have not done anything wrong. What are we afraid of?" joked.

"That's right, your master and I won't be able to confront the queen now, so let's live in Cuiluxuan with peace of mind.

It would be hell if He Jieyu would accept the queen's order wholeheartedly, she would have to suffer even bigger failures, I really don't understand what is going on in the hot weather. ", Baozhu stretched out her arms, Jinpa covered her mouth and yawned.

"Okay, it's lunch break, the sky is falling and the emperor is still there, besides, it's none of your business!" He got up and helped Huanxi into the inner room for lunch break.

"Could it be that I'm thinking too much?" Huanxi mumbled while holding his forehead, and followed into the inner room.

(End of this chapter)