The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

Chen Dingbei was a little annoyed. He had fought his way out of the crowd of noble children and finally had a chance to talk to Mingyuan alone. Why was there someone so blind as to call him,

The voice sounded like Meng Wen Yao's personal maid Fu Liu. Chen Dingbei thought that the next time he saw Meng Wen Yao, he would make sure to ask Meng Wen Yao to marry this maid off. She was so short-sighted.

Without even turning his head, he continued to talk to Mingyuan about the major and minor scenic spots in the capital, inadvertently separating the other disciples who wanted to talk to Mingyuan and leading Mingyuan towards the palace gate.

Meng Wenyao, who was not far away, heard Fu Liu calling Chen Dingbei twice without any response, and couldn't help but sneer: "Fu Liu, you must embarrass me at the palace gate, right?"

Fu Liu's body froze, and she hurriedly followed Meng Wenyao to explain, "Miss, there must be too many people at the palace gate, so the prince didn't hear it and didn't come over."

"Everyone in the capital knows that the prince holds you in his heart. Every year when the palace holds Cuju, whenever the prince receives a reward from the queen, it is always given to you first. Even a blind man can see his love. If he had heard or seen you just now, he would have squeezed through the crowd and come to find you even if I hadn't called him."

As she spoke, Fu Liu observed Meng Wenyao's expression and whispered flatteringly, "The prince must have thought that your illness was not over yet and that you would not attend today's palace banquet, so he did not expect to meet you today. When you get to the palace later, once the prince sees you, he will definitely ignore others and will definitely revolve around you."

That's not necessary. Meng Wen Yao followed the crowd into the palace gate. She didn't enter the palace today to have a love affair with Chen Dingbei. The right thing to do was to find the emperor and win his favor.

"There are many people in the palace who are gossipy. Please stop talking nonsense."

After giving a low instruction, Meng Wen Yao followed Madam Meng into the palace. Led by palace maids, the group went to pay their respects to the queen first.

The current queen is the niece of the late queen dowager. The late emperor issued an order to marry her to the late crown prince. Unfortunately, the late crown prince died suddenly before marriage, so the current emperor got the chance.

It is said that before the current emperor was adopted by the empress dowager, he was very unpopular and had no sense of existence in the palace. He was just lucky to be chosen by the empress dowager from among the illegitimate princes.

It is said that sugarcane is not sweet at both ends. Although the emperor became the empress dowager's adopted son and was named the crown prince, he seemed to be in great glory. However, people who knew the palace knew that the crown princess looked down on him at that time and married him only for the status of the crown princess.

I heard that back then, as long as they were not in front of the emperor, the Crown Princess treated the Crown Prince like a servant. Even after they had been married for several years, the Crown Princess allowed the Crown Prince to sleep with her, but of course she did not allow the Crown Prince to favor other palace maids.

The power of the imperial relatives was huge, and when the prince ascended the throne, the power was controlled by the empress dowager. The emperor endured this for ten years.

After taking power, the emperor ruthlessly cleaned out the empress dowager's minions. If it weren't for his reputation, the emperor would have exterminated the empress dowager's clan.

At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court were very excited. The emperor had been oppressed by the queen for many years. Once he had power, he would definitely depose the queen and replace her with another one. Everyone was ready to try, hoping that a phoenix would fly out of the family.

Unfortunately, everyone was disappointed.

The Emperor has purged all of the Empress Dowager's cronies, except for her niece, the current Empress, who remains firmly on the throne.

Moreover, the emperor did not appoint any concubines.

All the emperor's actions told the world that he hated the empress dowager's behind-the-scenes rule and the monopoly of power by his relatives, but he loved the empress and could not bear to do anything about it.

Not only that, news of the Empress looking down on the Emperor and embarrassing him on various occasions spread from the palace.

Even so, the emperor did not depose the queen, because he saw that he truly loved her, and his love was deep and forbearing.

From then on, the story of true love between the emperor and the empress spread to every corner of the dynasty, and they became the couple that every woman longed to be together.

"It would be great if a woman could meet a man as infatuated as the emperor in her life. Even though he was suppressed and looked down upon by his wife when he was young, and even though his wife was infertile, he still did not look for other women. Such a man is rare since the beginning of the world."

Madam Meng was extremely envious, and then she sighed: "And such a man is also an emperor."

Yes, which woman would not desire such a passionate and affectionate man?

Looking at the ladies and young ladies kneeling before the queen, all of them had envy on their faces.

For the first time, Meng Wen Yao felt that this strategy mission was a bit difficult!

"Our emperor likes quietness and reading, but he doesn't like riding, shooting, hunting, etc. Since the death of the empress dowager, there has been no Cuju competition in this palace. It's a rare day that the emperor is in a good mood. Let's go to the imperial garden with me to see the excitement."

Everyone followed the queen towards the Imperial Garden, talking in groups of three or four along the way.

"The Emperor is so kind to the Empress. He doesn't like riding horses, but he even specially organized a Cuju game to make the Empress happy."

"Yes, will the Emperor personally come out to please the Queen?"

Listening to the two ladies chattering, a lady in her thirties whispered, "Be careful with your words."

"In the past, the emperor was the least favored in the palace, and the late emperor did not have anyone seriously teach the emperor how to ride and shoot. I heard that when the emperor first became the crown prince, he played Cuju with the queen once, and the queen kicked him off his horse. He lay in bed for three whole months. He was really humiliated."

As she spoke, the lady shook her head and sighed, "Since then, the emperor has never played cuju again. When the late empress dowager was alive, the palace held cuju every year. After the late empress dowager passed away, cuju disappeared from the palace. It can be seen that the emperor was very angry about being kicked off the horse by the emperor that time."

After hearing the lady's explanation, a lady asked, "The emperor is able to hold a game of Cuju today, which shows that he still loves the queen too much."

The lady frowned, then opened her brows and asked, "Which man in this world would like a wife who steps on him, especially an emperor who is often humiliated by the queen?"

But the emperor tolerates all the queen's domineering behavior. This can only be true love!

The lady's doubts were also Meng Wen Yao's doubts. As they were thinking along the way, they had already arrived at the Imperial Garden.

The game on the field has already begun. The emperor, sitting high on the throne, is watching everything in front of him with a faint smile. He is about thirty years old, well-maintained, elegant, with a face that blurs his age. It is easy to overlook him at first glance, but he was once a ruthless emperor who hunted down the remnants of the empress dowager in one night.

The Queen in the distance walked closer step by step. Surrounded by the crowd, she came to the side of the Emperor. After bowing slightly, she raised her hand and asked the Emperor to pull her up. After a moment, the Emperor seemed to have just seen it, nodded with a smile, and asked the Queen to sit down.

Seeing this, the corners of Meng Wen Yao's mouth immediately curled up. It seemed that the emperor did not love and pamper the queen as much as the rumors said!