This was the first time Li Jinglan met the queen.

The queen looks a bit like Lu Bozhou and has a very gentle smile.

He doesn't look like he's in his fifties, but rather in his early forties.

Seeing Li Jinglan walking towards her, the queen quickly took a few steps forward and grabbed Li Jinglan who was about to bow down.

"My son..." After saying this, the queen's tears fell.

She clenched Li Jinglan's hand, the corners of her lips trembling slightly. She had kept what was in her heart for eighteen years, and now she could finally find someone to tell it to.

But she couldn't say a word and just kept crying.

"My son!" She repeated these three words over and over again.

He held Li Jinglan's hand in his own, squeezing it tightly.

It was Chen Ji who said, "Madam Li is pregnant, and it's freezing cold outside..."

The queen finally came to her senses and wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "Look at me, I am so happy that I am stupid."

He personally held Li Jinglan's arm and led a few people back to the palace.

After entering the hall, the queen returned to her graceful self.

He looked down at Lu Guanyu and asked, "Are you Xiao Yu'er?"

Lu Guanyu responded obediently: "Your Majesty, I am a subject."

The queen was so happy that she took out a nine-winged phoenix hairpin from her head and put it in Lu Guanyu's hair.

After taking a look, he felt it was asymmetrical, so he pulled out another hairpin and inserted it into the other side.

"Good boy, we're in a hurry today! I'll ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make you a few sets of headgear next time." The queen gently pinched Lu Guanyu's little face and looked at Lu Zhongyu again.

"Are you Zhongyu?" the queen asked softly.

Lu Zhongyu bowed and saluted: "In reply to your Majesty, I am a subject."

This ceremony was performed in a very proper manner.

The queen smiled as she saw this.

He also carefully observed Lu Zhongyu's clothes.

Lu Zhongyu was wearing something very simple, just a small-sized scholar's robe.

The only thing hanging around her waist was a jade pendant given by the emperor.

“I embroidered the purse and sachet when I was bored.”

The queen tied the purse and sachet around the waists of Lu Zhongyu and Lu Guanyu, and took out a jade pendant from the brocade box and gave it to Lu Zhongyu alone.

"This was given to me by His Majesty on my birthday last year." The Queen hung the jade pendant around Lu Zhongyu's waist. "Your sister Zheng Guo asked me for it several times, but I couldn't bear to give it to her."

The queen took her hand back and looked at it carefully. "Go and get the purple gold crown with twin dragons and the jade hairpin that Your Majesty wore when he was a child."

The eunuch left in a hurry and came back in a hurry.

Holding a tray.

The queen put it on Lu Zhongyu herself.

The purple gold crown is a bit big.

The queen pursed her lips and smiled: "You can only wear this crown after your crowning ceremony. I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a few sets of crowns for you tomorrow."

Then the ebony hairpin on Lu Zhongyu's head was removed and replaced with a jade hairpin for tying her hair.

Lu Zhongyu has delicate and handsome facial features, and a pair of clear eyes under his black eyebrows.

The Queen was a little stunned for a moment, imagining what Lu Bozhou looked like when he was a child.

Tears started flowing again without me noticing.

Chen Ji stepped forward and handed over a handkerchief: "Madam, Madam Li is still standing."

"I was so happy today that I forgot everything." The queen reached out and took Li Jinglan's hand. "What's your maiden name?"

"My wife's name is Jinglan." Li Jinglan answered softly.

Hearing the word "daughter-in-law", the queen almost burst into tears again. She wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Good child."

Then he took a deep breath and told Chen Ji, "Go and inform those rascals to come and see my Jing Lan."

"Don't put on any powder or perfume, and don't put on any hair oil or perfume sachets. Carefully scent my Jing Lan."

The queen took Li Jinglan's hand and asked her to sit beside her. "The others will come over soon. Just sit there."

"You are pregnant. The sky and the earth are not as big as you."

He looked at Li Jinglan's belly expectantly, "How many months?"

"Three months." Li Jinglan replied.

"Okay, okay." The queen shook Li Jinglan's hand and slid a jade bracelet from her wrist onto Li Jinglan's wrist.

"Don't think I won't give you anything. I'll give you whatever you like in this palace."

The queen pointed at Chen Ji beside her and said, "Even if you want him, I will definitely not be reluctant to give him up."

Chen Ji was the top eunuch in the Queen's palace, in charge of all affairs in the inner palace.

The Queen is willing to give up even Chen Ji?

Hearing this, all the eunuchs in the palace looked up at Li Jinglan at the same time.

You must be careful when serving Li Jinglan in the future.

Li Jinglan stood up with some fear: "I am deeply grateful for your kindness, Madam."

"Sit down, sit down." The queen pointed to the stool next to her and said, "Zhongyu and Xiaoyuer, sit down too."

"We are a family, so let's not be discriminatory." The queen pursed her lips and smiled, reluctant to let go of Li Jinglan's hand.

Soon, the concubines in the palace arrived one by one.

Although the queen did not allow Li Jinglan to salute, when she saw these concubines, Li Jinglan still stood up and bowed.

The emperor has very few people in his harem, and apart from the empress, there are only eight people with ranks.

Two concubines, two imperial concubines, and the remaining one is the Zhaoyi.

They are all older.

Both concubines were in their early forties.

The youngest Zhaoyi looked to be around thirty years old.

"This is Concubine Xian. She is very naughty and would steal my cards when we were playing mahjong." The Queen introduced Concubine Xian, the eldest of the two concubines, to Li Jinglan.

Concubine Xian pursed her lips and smiled: "It's true that I only stole a few times, and Your Majesty always talks about it. Now it's good, Your Majesty has a helper, and I won't be able to steal anymore if I want to."

After hearing this, the Queen held Li Jinglan's hand and laughed: "See, I was right when I said she was a scoundrel."

He also introduced Concubine Shu to Li Jinglan: "She doesn't like to talk much, she is good at writing small calligraphy with flower-shaped hairpins, and she is also good at needlework."

But he did not introduce the concubines and imperial concubines below, and stretched out his hand to the two concubines: "You came empty-handed?"

The virtuous concubine took the tray from the eunuch and lifted the red silk: "The emperor gave me a box of oriental pearls a few days ago. Grinding them into powder is very good for applying on the face."

"My face won't be smooth anymore no matter how much I apply it." Concubine Xian put it in front of Li Jinglan.

The queen was a little disgusted: "That's all?"

"How could that be possible?" Concubine Xian covered her lips and smiled.

Five eunuchs came up one after another, each holding a tray in his hand.

The queen was satisfied.

Next, Concubine Shu also sent something, also six trays.

The concubines and imperial concubines below also came forward to present gifts, with each person presenting four trays.

Li Jinglan felt that the emperor's harem was very harmonious.

Maybe it's because everyone has no children and no one has the mind to compete for favor.

After the concubines presented their gifts, the emperor's rewards arrived.

The emperor's reward was unusually generous.

Not only Li Jinglan has it, but Lu Zhongyu and Lu Guanyu also have it.

Even Li Chengyue and Teacher Wang received rewards.

Just as the palace maids were delivering rewards to the Queen's palace one after another.

The emperor sat in the Prince of Jin's mansion, watching Lu Bozhou talking to the Prince of Jin with a smile.

Most of the conversations between Prince Jin and Lu Bozhou revolved around family. Prince Jin just asked questions and Lu Bozhou just answered.

The question and answer seemed a bit awkward.

When Prince Jin asked Lu Bozhou whether he wanted to move to Prince Jin's Mansion, the Emperor suddenly interrupted.

"Since we are returning to live in Prince Jin's Mansion, the matter of the Crown Prince's Consort should be put on the agenda."

The emperor smiled and spoke to the Prince of Jin: "I think the girl from the Xu family is good and can be the Crown Prince's consort."

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