Shunzhi had lived in Kunning Palace for nearly a month. As the saying goes, love grows over time. Shen Jiang knew how to confuse people, and she called Shunzhi "cousin, cousin" every day, which made him confused.

Shunzhi unknowingly developed feelings for the new queen.

He was very conflicted. He could pamper her but could not love her.

She was the woman arranged for him by Dorgon, and she was also a Mongolian woman from the Khorchin grassland!

No! You absolutely cannot fall in love with her!

Shunzhi kept talking to himself in his heart. Seeing that Kunning Palace was in front of him, he suddenly said, "Wu Liangfu, go back to Qianqing Palace!"

Wu Liangfu was startled and quickly responded: "Yeah!"

Shi Liu clearly saw the emperor's carriage at the door, so why did she turn around and go back?

She walked into the east room in confusion and reported to Shen Jiang: "Master, the emperor went back halfway." Her tone was worried.

Shen Jiang smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, let him be! The emperor probably won't come today, let's go to bed early."

She ate and rested in an orderly manner and slept well at night, but Shunzhi tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

I couldn't sleep, so I just picked up a book to read, but I couldn't understand a single word after reading for a long time.

Wu Liangfu dozed off with his head down when he suddenly heard Shunzhi ask, "What is the Queen doing now?"

Wu Liangfu was startled and came to his senses. His first reaction was to check the time. He said carefully, "It's so late. The Queen should rest."

Shunzhi snorted coldly: "Can she sleep?"

Wu Liangfu's brain was working rapidly, and he sighed, "I guess he can't sleep."

Shunzhi seemed to be curious and said "Oh". Wu Liangfu said quickly, "This servant is just a guess. Since the wedding of the master and the queen, the master has been staying in Kunning Palace. If he suddenly stops staying there, the queen will be unable to sleep!"

Shunzhi also thought so in his heart. He seemed to have gotten used to having a troublesome woman sleeping next to him. After a while of pestering "cousin", he was almost exhausted by her and she fell asleep first.

"Go and see if the Queen is asleep." Shunzhi blurted out.

Wu Liangfu exclaimed, "Ah!" and said in embarrassment, "At this moment, all the palace gates are locked."

How can he get there? He can't climb walls or fly over rooftops.

Shunzhi said that without thinking, and said, "Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

He lay down again and forced himself to fall asleep. If he didn't, he would not be able to get up for the morning court tomorrow.

The next day, Shunzhi handled state affairs with dark circles under his eyes. When his ministers saw this, they all felt that the emperor was diligent and must have suffered from insomnia at night because of national affairs!

Wu Liangfu tried hard to hold back a yawn, thinking: I'll persuade the emperor to go to Kunning Palace later, so that they won't have a good sleep.

After the court session, they had to discuss other matters. By the time Shunzhi sent his ministers away, it was already past one in the afternoon.

"Go to Kunning Palace!"

"Hey!" Wu Liangfu's voice was as loud as ever.

Shen Jiang had already eaten in Kunning Palace, but she asked the kitchen to prepare afternoon tea: fried chicken!

Over the past month, the kitchen has gotten to know the queen's temperament and often prepares some new foods.

They can't succeed in one go, they have to do it several times before their master is satisfied.

For example, the fried chicken. The Queen said she wanted to eat it at around four in the afternoon. It was impossible for the kitchen to really wait until four o'clock to make it. They must have made it several times in advance.

So when Shunzhi arrived, Shen Jiang asked for fried chicken, and it was immediately served.

There are several flavors of fried chicken: spicy, cumin and sweet plum.

Shunzhi unexpectedly liked the sweet plum flavor. He tore off a piece of chicken and dipped it in chili powder. The taste of sweet plum and chili blended in his mouth, giving it a unique flavor.

Although Shen Jiang was full, she couldn't help drooling when she saw Shunzhi eating with relish.

"Cousin, is it delicious?"

"It's delicious! Why don't you eat it?"

Shen Jiang stamped her feet in anger: "I just had a full meal! Why did you come so late today? Either come earlier next time, or just come later."

Didn't stop him from coming.

Her tone was complaining, but to Shunzhi's ears, it sounded more like a act of coquettishness.

Shunzhi thought she was talking about his absence last night, so he said with a hint of apology, "I was busy today and came late. I will come on time next time."

Shen Jiang looked at the chicken and leaned closer and said, "Give me a piece to try."

Shunzhi tore off a piece of fat and tender chicken and handed it over. Shen Jiang took it with her mouth and licked Shunzhi's fingertips with her tongue.

Shunzhi was stunned, but Shen Jiang didn't seem to notice. He chewed the chicken and smiled, "It's delicious. Let's try other flavors tonight."

After that, she said "Huh" again and asked, "Cousin, did you dip too much chili powder? Your face is so spicy that it's red."

Shunzhi hesitated and said, "Maybe I dipped too much."

He slowly put the chicken in his hand into his mouth. The fingertips that had just been licked by his cousin felt a tingling sensation that spread from the fingertips to his mouth and to all parts of his body.

It turns out it tastes like sweet plum, so sweet.

Shen Jiang still had a smile on her face and asked Shi Liu to get a pot of sweet milk tea.

If you don’t have cola to go with fried chicken, milk tea will do!

Shunzhi also fell in love with sweet milk tea like her.

Liking someone probably starts from the stomach. He likes all the food and she is the person.

To use a modern saying, "To capture a man's heart, you must capture his stomach."

After dinner, Shunzhi naturally stayed to sleep.

But tonight Shunzhi didn’t want to just sleep under the quilt, he wanted to do something.

Unfortunately, Shen Jiang didn't give him a chance, and used a very powerful excuse: "My life is coming."

Shunzhi was dumbfounded. According to the rules, women in the harem were not allowed to sleep with the emperor during their daily lives.

Before he had time to get angry, Shen Jiang started to act coquettishly: "I can't sleep without you!"

After hearing this, Shunzhi's heart softened immediately. He couldn't sleep without her.

"Alright, alright, go to sleep!" Shunzhi touched her lower abdomen with his hand, "It doesn't hurt, does it?"

Shen Jiang blinked: "It won't hurt if my cousin is here."

Shunzhi couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and muttered, "You are so sweet."

He completely forgot how he had resolved to neglect the queen and not pamper her too much.

This belief collapsed in just one day!

She then lived in Kunning Palace for another two months. In November, Ba gave birth to the eldest prince.

This was Shunzhi's first child. Shunzhi was very happy and gave the child a name, Niu Niu.

Shen Jiang: I accidentally heard it as Niuniu.

On the day the eldest prince was born, Shen Jiang only gave him a reward. It was not until the eldest prince's third birthday that she went to see the child.

The child was born weak. His lips turned purple from the cold during his third bath in the middle of winter.

Seeing Shen Jiang staring at the little prince, Ba said quickly, "The Queen and the Master are deeply in love, and they will definitely have their own children soon."

Shen Jiang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't take your child away."

Mrs. Ba's face flushed. She was indeed too impatient, but this was the child she had given birth to with so much difficulty, and she really couldn't bear to give him up!

There were many people present, so these words reached Shunzhi's ears.

Shunzhi snorted, "Mrs. Ba doesn't know the rules."

According to the rules of the Qing Palace, concubines in the harem were not allowed to raise their own children, and they could not even raise them in the palace.

Shunzhi felt that Ba was relying on the fact that she gave birth to the eldest prince, and he regretted being too happy and giving the eldest prince a name so early.

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