Long Harem Road

Chapter 65

Baozhu took everyone's reaction into consideration, and she targeted Zhou Wan'er unscrupulously, because she was sure that the emperor would not blame her for it, but would indulge her because of the empress dowager's guilt.

However, Baozhu guessed the beginning but didn't expect the ending. She never thought that the wise, powerful, just and honest emperor would cover her up so blatantly, without saving face for the empress dowager and empress at all. It is indeed a little moving.

The emperor's martial arts practitioners have different senses than ordinary people, so naturally he did not miss the slightest bit of Baozhu's expression. Seeing the slight surprise and touch in her usually calm eyes, the corners of her mouth turned up, and her eyes were filled with smiles.

When he learned that the queen was holding a flower viewing banquet, he guessed that this little woman who must be revenged would definitely make things difficult for Zhou Wan'er. He knew that she was in a high position and would have no problem dealing with a little Baolin, but he couldn't help worrying.

After dealing with the government affairs as soon as possible, he rushed over to support her. He just wanted to tell everyone, including the Queen Mother, that Concubine De was protected by him, and no one could bully her.

Since the low-key doting has also aroused the empress dowager's fear, then the doting is open and aboveboard, can't I still protect the woman I love?But seeing Bao'er's surprised expression today is an added bonus.

Zhao Zhen looked at the little woman with a lively expression who was close at hand. He didn't even notice the pampering and tenderness in his eyes. Seeing her red lips hooked lightly, he was in a good mood, and couldn't help but want to kiss those full red lips. A pro Fangze.

Sitting beside the emperor, the empress could clearly see the emperor's constant glances at Concubine De, her heart ached and her eyes were stingy, she suddenly wanted to escape, and she would never see that part again after escaping. She longed day and night, but gave tenderness to others.

The slender nails were embedded in the delicate palms. The queen took a deep breath, swallowed the bitterness in her heart, and comforted herself. This palace is the wife of the emperor. Salute to the palace.

Thinking of this, the Empress felt a little better. She calmed down and smiled tenderly, then turned to the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, look...?"

The purpose of the emperor's visit this time has been achieved, so he naturally didn't want to stay here to watch a group of vulgar fans wink at him, so he got up and planned to leave, but in the blink of an eye, seeing Bao'er bored, he secretly laughed, and wanted to take her away with him, smiling road.

"Queen, I'm going back to the imperial study first. Concubine De will come with me. Since I want to teach Zhou Baolin, I must let her know the gap between myself and Concubine Ai, so that she can be convinced and follow me back to write a copybook." , leave it to Zhou Baolin to study."

Zhou Baolin sat in the corner, his eyes were poisonous, the hatred in his eyes could no longer be concealed, the emperor's eyes swept across lightly, Zhou Baolin shivered, hurriedly lowered his eyes, and broke out in a cold sweat.

"The concubine obeys the decree." Baozhu was a little stunned, and responded with kindness. Anyway, in this harem, he has won the emperor's favor and has become a public enemy, and he doesn't care about more. Retire first."

The empress knew that the emperor had found an excuse to take Concubine De away, and felt ashamed to die, but she had no choice but to nod generously, "Then sister, go back first, don't disappoint Zhou Baolin's expectations."

"Yes!" Baozhu got up and followed behind the emperor.

"Congratulations to the emperor!", everyone stood up and saluted, and watched the emperor leave with his hands and hands. The man was tall and handsome, and the woman was charming and exquisite. to replace it someday.

Leaving the imperial garden, on the secluded cobblestone path, the emperor suddenly turned around, put his arms around the soft waist of the woman behind him, and with his fiery breath in her ear, he teased softly, "Is Bao'er satisfied with my performance today? "

Baozhu was burned by Zhao Zhen's breath, her face was red, her ears were red, she didn't know how to respond, she raised her head, her big eyes were watery and wet, she shyly changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about, are you making fun of my concubine for being arrogant and bullying?" your beauty?"

"Where did I make fun of Bao'er, obviously I helped Bao'er a lot, as long as Bao'er is happy, no matter who you bully, I will help you." Zhao Zhen tightened his arms and hugged the person in his arms road.

"Your Majesty, this is what you promised yourself. Don't suddenly take pity on you one day and blame your concubines for bullying people." Baozhu suddenly thought of the more than 30 beauties who had just entered the palace, and didn't realize that her tone was sour.

Zhao Zhen obviously felt the change of Baozhu, with a smile on his mouth, he couldn't help feeling annoyed, could it be that I was too reserved in the past three years, no wonder Bao'er never opened up to me.

Little did they know that it was precisely because of the emotional foundation of the previous three years that Baozhu relaxed her vigilance so easily, and naturally showed the posture of a little woman.

"How could it be? My pity and pity are only for Bao'er. I don't know how Bao'er plans to thank me?" Zhao Zhen accepted it when he saw it, and saw that Baozhu was a little embarrassed, so he stopped entanglement and changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, in order to express my concubine's gratitude, this concubine cooks in person, how about serving a table of delicacies to the emperor? I would like to ask the emperor to show me your face." Baozhu bowed to the emperor mischievously.

Baozhu found that since the last time he was promiscuous in the daytime, the emperor has become more and more shameless, but she seems to like this feeling very much, and she doesn't even realize it herself, and her defense against Zhao Zhen seems to be not so deep.

"Then I'm waiting for Bao'er's food, and I actually want to swallow Bao'er even more." Zhao Zhen lowered his head, kissed her shiny earlobe, swallowed his saliva, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty." Bao Zhu cast a shy glance at Zhao Zhen, blushing, and said angrily, "Your Majesty, don't you want to go back to the imperial study?"

"Hehe, I will accompany Bao'er back to Qingfeng Palace. I haven't seen Mao'er for a few days. Let's have dinner together as a family." Zhao Zhen said it naturally, and Baozhu didn't care.

Li Mingzhong, who followed behind, remembered it in his heart. It seems that the emperor has moved his true feelings. Only Concubine De and the fourth prince are a family. There are so many women in the harem, they are just tools and pawns in the eyes of the emperor. .

When the group returned to Qingfeng Palace, Zhao Hao jumped up happily and pestered Zhao Zhen to play Feifei Gao. Baozhu arranged the preparation of the small kitchen and cooked some home-cooked dishes by himself.

Not to mention the warm and happy family in Qingfeng Palace, the flower viewing banquet in the Imperial Garden came to a hasty end because of Zhou Baolin's incident and the departure of the emperor and concubine De. The queen did not return to Kunning Palace, but took the palace people directly When I arrived at Yongshou Palace, I asked to see the Queen Mother.

"Mother's queen." The queen entered the palace to salute. Just as she opened her mouth, she covered her face with a brocade handkerchief, choked up, and burst into tears. The grievances that had been suppressed for a long time could no longer bear it. fall in love with someone else.

The Queen Mother calmly glanced at Nanny Sun behind her, and Nanny Sun understood, waved her hand and hurriedly retreated the servants in the hall, stood up and helped the Queen up, and served a cup of hot tea.

The empress dowager stroked the Buddhist beads in her hand quietly, without saying a word, only the empress' suppressed crying was left in Yongshou Palace, until the empress finished venting, the empress dowager said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

The emperor wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, his eyes were red, and he described the scene at the flower viewing banquet in detail, when it came to the emperor's tolerance and doting on Concubine De, he choked up several times, and his heart throbbed non-stop.

The husband she had loved for ten years actually fell in love with another woman. No matter how much she deceived herself, she could not ignore the emperor's pampering towards Concubine De. She would rather the emperor be cold-hearted, at least she did not lose to anyone, but Now, all her illusions are shattered.

The Empress Dowager's face was a bit ugly, knowing her son was like her mother, she knew how deserted Zhao Zhen was, and she did not hesitate to use such extreme warnings to herself, presumably she was moved by her true feelings for her unabashed and unscrupulous love for Concubine De.

Since ancient times, the mother-in-law has always had a unique possessive desire for her son, and she does not want her son to show his true affection to other women, especially the Queen Mother. In her opinion, Zhao Zhen, as a qualified emperor, must never be emotional.

"The Ai family knows, Rui'er, you did a good job today, you must always remember that you are the empress, the only person who can stand side by side with the emperor, no matter how favored the concubine De is, she is only a concubine and cannot shake your position .

In this case, you must be more virtuous, and you must not do stupid things because of jealousy, understand?Aijia will not just watch the emperor being so absurd, you go back first. "

The Empress Dowager sighed, without much consolation, and directly issued the order to expel the guests. Although the Empress was full of things to say, she did not dare to say more. , I can't see the heartbreak before.

Nanny Sun helped the queen mother into the bedroom, leaned on the bed, saw the indescribable exhaustion on the face of the always strong queen mother, squatted down and gently hung her calf for her.

"Nurse Sun, you have been following Aijia, but do you think Aijia did something wrong this time? Zhen'er is always filial, but this time because of Concubine De..." The queen mother hesitated to speak, and gently closed her eyes.

"Ma'am, are you worrying too much?" Sun Nanny watched Zhao Zhen grow up, and she loved the emperor very much. She actually hoped that there would be someone around the emperor who knew the cold and the hot, and would accompany the emperor. lifetime.

However, last time the Empress Dowager took action against a junior, even though she didn't directly attack it, it also contributed to the flames. She still couldn't understand why the Empress Dowager must destroy it if the Emperor likes it?
"Knowing children is better than mother, the emperor's thoughts are clear to Ai's family. The little eunuch who wants to come to Qingfeng Palace has been exposed. Zhen'er is taking the opportunity of the flower feast to tell Ai's family clearly that he wants to protect Concubine De."

"Your Majesty, there is something I don't understand about this old slave. The concubine De is dignified and courteous, and the fourth prince is cute and intelligent. Now the emperor likes her, why does your empress do this? Does it only make the emperor unhappy?", Nanny Sun was careful, she knew that she had overstepped, But he couldn't help but speak.

"Nurse Sun, do you also think it's unreasonable to mourn your family? Do you have to help your mother's family plot against your son? Make things difficult for the woman your son likes?" the queen mother asked calmly.

"The old slave dare not!", Grandma Sun was startled, and broke out in a cold sweat. After several years of devoting herself to worshiping the Buddha, she almost forgot how scheming and ruthless the seemingly kind-hearted Queen Mother is.

"Okay, our master and servant for decades, Aijia understands that you are doing it for Aijia's good, and you are worried that there will be estrangement between Aijia and the emperor, so how can you blame you.

However, the Li family, after all, is the Ai family's natal family. They have raised the Ai family for 17 years, and they gave their full support when the Ai family was the queen. ", the queen mother sighed slightly.

"Your Majesty, this old servant said something that should not have been said. Although the Emperor is cold and cold, there is a clear distinction between grievances and grievances. Moreover, the Li family is the Emperor's kinsman, so they will not do such things as cunning rabbits and lackeys. Why bother Your Majesty?"

"Nurse Sun, the Ai family knows that you really love Zhen'er, but Zhen'er is the emperor, and the emperor is suspicious. Although the Ai family values ​​the emperor more, they have to help the Li family.

The Ai family knew very well that the Li family was extremely powerful and greedy for power, but they were absolutely incapable of rebelling. The people of the Li family had plans and schemes, but only lacked the domineering power of an emperor, and they had no successors, so they could only serve as auxiliary ministers.

And all this, the emperor is also well aware, that's why he tolerated it again and again, but what about the next emperor, if it is not for the blood of the Li family, and the Ai family will no longer be there by then, do you think he will continue to tolerate it?

When the moon is full, the water is full and the water is full, the Ai family understands this truth, and the Grand Master also understands it, but the Li family has come to today step by step, how can they be willing to give up this hard-won wealth?

Even if the father is willing, the thousands of people the Li family has accumulated over the past century will not agree. The Li family has no way out, and the Ai family only wants to keep the Li family in their lifetime.

As for Concubine De, in all fairness, the Ai family admits that she is a good woman, but the fault is that she is the daughter of the Ji family, and the person she is marrying is the current emperor. Watching the emperor fall into. "

"Old slave understands!", Nanny Sun lowered her brows and looked down, respectful, and sighed slightly. Although the queen mother had a good reason and said it in a high-sounding manner, she couldn't stand up to careful scrutiny, and it was even more difficult to conceal her true selfishness.

She was afraid that the Li family's status as a queen would be damaged if the Li family lost power, that the emperor would have a beloved woman and would never be with her again, and that her authority would be challenged, but she didn't understand that her biggest reliance now was the emperor, not the Li family!
Perhaps it was the inseparable bond of family affection, Nanny Sun sighed and said nothing more.

(End of this chapter)