The third day after the wedding was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. In folk customs, this day is the day for the bride to return home. Unfortunately, as the queen, Shen Jiang could not go back to Khorchin. Fortunately, Wu Keshan, who was accompanying the bride, had not left yet. Xiaozhuang held a dinner in the Cining Palace, which was considered a family reunion.

Wu Keshan was a cheerful middle-aged man with a good alcohol tolerance. During the meal, he frequently toasted Shunzhi and almost got him drunk.

"Father, stop drinking. You'll get drunk if you drink any more." Shen Jiang turned to Xiaozhuang and said, "Aunt, please take away the wine!"

Wu Keshan's face flushed from drinking. He smiled and said, "Don't you know how much alcohol Ama can drink? I'm not drunk, and I won't get drunk."

Empress Xiaozhuang said helplessly: "Listen to Bumuba, Sumalagu, and take away the wine."

Wu Keshan drank the last bit of wine in the bowl, sighed and said, "I will leave the capital and return to my headquarters tomorrow. Please take good care of your niece, Your Majesty. Please cherish your queen."

Xiaozhuang also said sadly: "Don't worry, I will definitely treat Bumuba as my own daughter."

Shunzhi did not express his opinion directly, but only said: "Uncle, don't worry too much."

After the banquet, Empress Xiaozhuang specially reserved time for Wu Keshan and Shen Jiang. Wu Keshan said to his daughter: "Don't be wronged, your aunt will help you with everything!"

Shen Jiang said he understood, and then said, "Take back all the maids that my father gave me as dowry!"

Wu Keshan asked in surprise: "Why? Are they disobedient?"

"No," Shen Jiang shook his head. "Father, there are too many Mongolian women in the palace. If you want me to live a good life, take them back! I can use the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"How can that be possible! You don't have anyone close to you to serve you. What if you get bullied?" Wu Keshan was anxious. They were thousands of miles apart, and if something really happened, he wouldn't be able to help even if he wanted to!

Shen Jiang smiled and said, "I am the queen. The only person who can bully me is the emperor. Do you think you can avoid it by giving me a few more servants? Besides, there is the aunt the queen mother in the palace. I won't be bullied."

Wu Keshan thought about it and said, "Since you have decided, then fine! Let them come back with me to the headquarters tomorrow. I will pick out some good men for them to marry, and maybe they can be with you in the future."

Shen Jiang nodded: "Yes, this is the truth!"

The father and daughter talked for a few more minutes, then Wu Keshan left the palace, and Shen Jiang and Shunzhi returned to Kunning Palace together.

Shen Jiang called several palace maids who came with her as a dowry to her and told them what she meant. They were all shocked. But Shen Jiang already had the majesty of the queen, and they were originally slaves of Bumuba, so they obeyed her in everything and did not dare to raise any objections.

"Don't you want your own palace maid as dowry?" Shunzhi was not drunk. He was sitting on the edge of the bed with very clear eyes.

Shen Jiang naturally would not tell the truth. Her maids would come into conflict with the servants of the Imperial Household Department in the future. Those dogs and killers in the Imperial Household Department might even be remnants of the previous dynasty, and their methods were much stronger than those of the simple-minded girls she brought from the grassland.

Rather than letting them suffer in the deep palace in the future, it is better to let them leave freely.

Shen Jiang pretended to be sad and said, "It's enough for me to be trapped in the deep palace alone." She looked unhappy and lay down after washing up quickly.

Shunzhi was also feeling very angry. Was she the only one trapped in the deep palace?

He said in a muffled voice: "If you don't want to, you don't have to marry me."

Shen Jiang sneered: "Come on, do I have the final say? My cousin is the emperor, does every word count?"

Shunzhi was speechless for a moment. He turned over and glared at the back of Shen Jiang's head. He glared at her for a long time, feeling angry alone. Shen Jiang showed no sign of turning around.

Just when Shunzhi was feeling discouraged, he suddenly heard Shen Jiang sobbing.

Shunzhi was stunned and was about to quietly prop himself up to see if she was crying, but Shen Jiang suddenly turned around and he quickly lay down.

Shen Jiang hugged Shunzhi's neck and said softly, "Cousin, I can't rely on my aunt for everything. The palace is like the sea, can you protect me from the wind and rain?"

After three days of getting along, Shunzhi felt that the new queen was not as unruly as he had heard. She was clearly just a little girl who had left home and needed care!

She was only thirteen years old, and had grown up freely in the grasslands. Suddenly, she was married to the capital city far away from her hometown. Alas, she had no choice.

Shunzhi patted her on the back and said, "Don't worry, I...cousin will take good care of you in the future."

"Yeah." Shen Jiang's voice was still sad, but the corners of his mouth were already curled up.

The emperor is nothing more than a boy of fifteen years old!

Middle school boys are easy to be deceived.

Although the two of them hugged each other, after a while Shen Jiang curled up in her quilt and fell asleep. Shunzhi looked at her empty arms, sighed helplessly, and went to sleep!

The next morning, Shunzhi ended his wedding leave and went to court.

Shen Jiang will receive the audience from the concubines in the Kunning Palace.

There is no clear hierarchy in the imperial harem nowadays. Although there are titles of imperial concubine and concubine below the empress, they have been vacant and no one has conferred them. If a woman has children, she is called a concubine or a concubine. If she has no children, she is called a princess. The daughters of Mongolian princes are called concubines.

Shunzhi had no children yet, but Shen Jiang saw that one of the concubines was pregnant.

The nanny beside Shen Jiang reminded: "This is Gegeba, she is already seven months pregnant."

Shen Jiang hurriedly said, "Everyone, please stand up. No need to be polite. Please take a seat."

She looked around and found that the number of concubines was quite considerable, and most of them were Mongolian women.

She had no intention of developing a "sisterly relationship" with these women. She just asked about Ba's situation as usual and demonstrated her virtue as a queen.

"You are pregnant, and it is the emperor's first child. Your health is important. You don't have to come every morning and evening." Shen Jiang said with a smile. "As for you, you don't have to come every day. From now on, we will set a rule that the wives and above will come once every five days, and the rest can come once every month on the first and fifteenth day of each month."

The daughter of a Mongolian prince who had just been promoted to a higher rank responded graciously, "Yes, I will follow the Queen's orders."

The rest of the princesses also followed suit.

Shen Jiang nodded with satisfaction and let everyone go back.

After leaving the Cining Palace, a princess who didn't quite understand asked a Han concubine named Chen: "What are the new moon and full moon?"

Chen pursed her lips and smiled, then said softly, "It's the first and fifteenth day of every month."

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and suddenly someone behind them called out, "Bagege, please stay."

It was the nanny beside Shen Jiang. Behind her were four young eunuchs, who were carrying a sedan chair.

The nanny smiled and said, "The mistress has ordered that Baggege is in a heavy condition and should ride in a sedan chair when going out. Please get in the sedan chair."

Ba was flattered: "How can this be done?"

The nanny smiled and said, "This is the grace of the master."

Ba said hurriedly: "I thank the master for his grace."

She got on the sedan chair and was carried away with a feeling of happiness and pride.

The rest of the concubines in the harem looked at her with envy, thinking in their hearts: The Queen is so kind, I wish I could get pregnant too.

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