Within a day, the reputation of "the empress's virtue and kindness" spread throughout the harem and reached Shunzhi's ears.

"Is she so kind?" Shunzhi asked Wu Liangfu.

Wu Liangfu smiled and said, "I only heard that the Queen exempted Bagge from paying respects and even sent Bagge back to the palace in a sedan chair."

But he thought to himself: Although the Queen grew up on the grassland, I didn't expect that she is so cunning.

Shunzhi snorted coldly and ordered, "Pass the message, I will accompany Bagge for dinner."

Wu Liangfu bowed and replied, "Yes!"

Mrs. Ba had never thought that she would have such luck. The Queen had just sent someone to send her back on a sedan chair in the morning, and the Emperor came to see her for dinner.

Although she is pregnant and cannot serve the emperor in bed, she will feel honored as long as the emperor can come.

Just like the dishes for tonight's dinner, they were much better than what she usually ate.

If you want to eat something good on weekdays, you have to pay for the canteen yourself.

As soon as Shunzhi came in, he glanced at her and asked, "Are you okay today?"

Ba lowered her eyelids, but glanced at the dining table and replied, "Your Majesty, I am fine."

"Did the Queen give you any trouble?"

Ba was startled and dared not look at the dining table again. She raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen is very kind to me and has never made things difficult for me!"

What are you doing? Why are you asking such a life-threatening question?

Ba is not stupid. She is courting death by saying bad things about the Queen in front of the Emperor!

Shunzhi snorted and said, "Let's eat!"

Ba secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he could eat!

Even though she was very hungry, Mrs. Ba still waited carefully for Shunzhi to eat first, and then she took small bites of food.

When Shunzhi looked at the way Ba ate, he somehow thought of the Queen.

Mrs. Ba eats in a very elegant manner. The queen...she probably doesn't think of herself as an emperor.

Yes, after so many days of marriage, the queen still calls herself cousin, and never calls him emperor!

She was so casual in front of him that he couldn't even put on the airs of an emperor!

In the eyes of the concubines in the harem, it does seem to be the case.

No, I have to let her know who is the master and who is the servant!

After thinking for a long time, Shunzhi suddenly froze. What was going on? Why was the queen on his mind?

After a tasteless meal, Shunzhi glanced at Ba's belly and said, "Take good care of your baby. Tell me if you need anything, and ask the kitchen to prepare whatever you want to eat."

"Yes, I thank the emperor for his grace."

Shunzhi nodded and signaled Wu Liangfu to proceed.

Wu Liangfu smiled in his heart and took Shunzhi directly to the gate of Kunning Palace.

Shunzhi asked coldly, "Did I say I would come to Kunning Palace?"

Wu Liangfu was not afraid at all. He bowed and said, "I deserve to die. I misunderstood my master's intention. Then, where is my master going?"

Shunzhi had already stepped down from the sedan chair and said, "Well, now that we are here, let's go see the Queen!"

"Yes!" Wu Liangfu answered loudly.

Shunzhi glared at him fiercely, and when he walked into Kunning Palace, his face was indifferent, and he did not show any anger or calmness, and he seemed very calm and composed.

Shen Jiang came out and asked in confusion, "Why are you here? Aren't you here to accompany Bagge?"

Shunzhi was a little angry for some reason and asked, "Can't I come?"

Shen Jiang smiled and said, "I don't mean that. I'm just curious. Cousin, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten!" Shunzhi sat down on the kang by the window. Shi Liu, a newly promoted maid from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, served him tea. He took a sip and asked, "What did you eat?"

"Crab." Shen Jiang sat opposite him and took an orange and peeled it with his hands.

Shunzhi frowned and said, "Didn't we just eat yesterday?"

"Yesterday we had steamed crabs, and today we're having fried crabs, stir-fried with chili peppers. They're delicious. I also asked the kitchen to pick out some crab roe and crab meat, and we'll have crab meat buns tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Shunzhi regretted not coming to eat today. Mrs. Ba was pregnant, so the meals were good, but they were all light and not as exquisite as those in Kunning Palace.

Shen Jiang handed over the peeled orange: "Cousin, eat the orange."

Shunzhi said as he ate: "You can't always call me cousin, you should call me Your Majesty."

"No, I want to call you cousin." Shen Jiang acted coquettishly, then sighed and said sadly, "There are so many women who call you Your Majesty, but I am the only one who calls you cousin."

Shunzhi was stunned and looked at Shen Jiang.

The new queen was very beautiful. He gasped the moment her veil was lifted on the wedding night. It turned out that the beauty that was so radiant at the age of thirteen and the most beautiful in the harem really existed.

All the beauties selected into the harem were good-looking, but the new queen still stood out among these beauties.

She was bright and noble, and such a beauty should hold her head high like a phoenix. But now, her beautiful eyes were dim and dark.

Shunzhi's heart was hit hard, and he actually felt a little sympathy. Perhaps he didn't know what "love born from pity" meant. In short, at this moment, he was determined to ignore the queen's mentality, and things went wrong.

"Okay, scream if you want!" he said casually.

Shen Jiang smiled particularly brightly and coaxed him sweetly: "Thank you, cousin, you are so nice."

Shunzhi said nothing and lowered his head to eat the orange.

Why is this orange so sweet?

Shunzhi spent the whole afternoon here. He was reading a book while Shen Jiang was painting on the other side. When she finished, she showed it to him and he praised her painting. Then it was getting late.

"What are you going to eat tonight?" Shunzhi didn't have enough for lunch and was already hungry.

Shen Jiang thought for a while and said, "Eat fried rice." Fry the rice with diced ham, diced mushrooms, diced cucumber, peas, diced sea cucumber, diced scallops, etc. and eggs, then sprinkle with chopped green onions.

Shunzhi’s bowl was a little different, it was fried with “Laoganma”.

When Shunzhi saw the fried rice, his eyes widened: Fried rice can be fried with hot sauce?

Shen Jiang pretended to be profound and said: "Everything can be paired with chili peppers."

Anyone who has eaten Lao Gan Ma fried rice will know!

Shunzhi took a bite and found it really delicious!

He showed off a plate of fried rice and said to Wu Liangfu, "This is how I'll make fried rice from now on."

Wu Liangfu: “Yeah!”

When he went to bed at night, Shunzhi prepared himself for a while and thought about it in a complicated way: although the queen was given by Dorgon and he didn't like her, she was not bad. He didn't want to be controlled by a Mongolian woman, and he didn't want his child to be born by a Mongolian woman.

The final decision: the queen can be pampered, but she cannot give birth to children.

When he was mentally prepared to favor Shen Jiang tonight, when he turned around, Shen Jiang had already fallen asleep.

Shunzhi: ...

"Falling asleep so quickly," Shunzhi muttered. Looking at Shen Jiang's peaceful sleeping face, he no longer had any romantic thoughts. He closed his eyes resignedly and went to sleep!

It had been more than half a month since his wedding, and Shunzhi had been resting in the Kunning Palace.

Although they were just sleeping under the quilt, it was not the case in the eyes of others.

Xiaozhuang was especially happy. Shunzhi was originally very opposed to this marriage, thinking that his son would not treat his niece well. Unexpectedly, fate came and could not be stopped.

She will be able to hold her grandchildren soon!

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