The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

After coming out of Shouning Palace, the Queen was stuffed with a lot of things by Xie Yuzhen, including snacks of dried meat and fruits, and small gadgets like Lu Ban's Nine-Ring Lock, which were given to the palace servants to hold.

Of course, the cute and exquisite hand warmer was also handed over to her and was now in the queen's hands.

Xie Yuzhen stood at the entrance of Shouning Palace reluctantly, clutching her handkerchief, her eyes full of nostalgia, which made the queen's scalp tingle: "Your Majesty, it's okay to take a walk while the weather is nice, but don't stay outside for too long. Remember to ask someone to change the coal in the hand warmer when it gets cold, and don't take it lightly."

He keeps nagging.

But to be honest, the Queen did not hate such nagging. When she was still Princess Qingning of the Prince of Dongxiang's Mansion, the aunts and mistresses did the same, nagging her endlessly, and all they said were heartwarming words that warmed her heart.

More than ten years have passed, and the biological mothers of Princess Dongxiang and the Queen have passed away one after another. It has been a long time since anyone has given her such intimate and detailed instructions.

The queen thought about it and realized that since she had already come out, there was no need to rush back to Kunning Palace to deal with paperwork, so she simply continued walking somewhere else.

behind her.

Xie Yuzhen's eyes, hesitant but still, remained silently on the queen's back until she turned the corner of the palace road and he could no longer see her. Only then did Xie Yuzhen suddenly restrain his facial expressions and become somewhat indifferent.

She turned back to the house, feeling a little anxious.

Chunfen brought her some hot water and asked curiously, "Didn't my wife ask you to find an orphan child to take home a few days ago? Why are you still..."

Although Xie Yuzhen had a bad temper, she was reasonable most of the time and would not take out her irritation on the palace maids for no reason, especially since Chunfen was a child she valued very much. So she pulled herself together and said, "The orphans found outside are not as clean as those in the orphanage. My mother wrote to me earlier saying that four spies from other families were found among the five orphans found outside. Sigh... From now on, it is best to go directly to the orphanage to find those with clean backgrounds.

"The Queen is in charge of the Salesian Home, and my family's adoption of a child cannot escape her control. I told the Queen, firstly, to seek her consent, and also to go through her process first, to avoid any unexpected mistakes in the future that would be used as an excuse to attack me; secondly... I wanted to see if she could guess the other intention behind this matter."

"What are you thinking, my lady?" Chunfen was a mature young man with a rare look of confusion on his face.

Xie Yuzhen was happy to teach her, but it was not easy to tell her about this matter, so Xie Yuzhen stood up and took a brocade box from the Duobao Pavilion. The brocade box contained several finely crafted brushes. She took out two and handed them to Chunfen, touching the round little bun on her head: "Good girl, that's an adult's business. I'll tell you when you're older."

Chunfen blinked her eyes, held the brush, and nodded seriously: "I understand."

Xie Yuzhen rubbed the girl's soft bun with satisfaction. Facing the disapproving look in Xia Zhi's wide-open eyes, Xie Yuzhen completely messed up Chunfen's bun: "Ask your sister Xia Zhi to comb your hair again. I allow you to pick a few golden flowers from her to wear. Comb your hair and write today's big words, ah."

After saying that, Xie Cairen was happy. She let go of Xia Zhi's hand, ignoring Xia Zhi's unbelievable expression, and walked out humming a vulgar tune: "Xiao Xi, your sister Xia Zhi wants to eat silver thread rolls today. Go to the imperial kitchen and bring a basket over. Ask them to serve a sour and spicy fish. The persimmons distributed by the Shang Gong Bureau the day before yesterday should be soft. Take a few and share them among yourselves."

She tested the Empress with the matter of adopting a child from the orphanage. Besides the reason she told Chunfen, she also wanted to use the Empress's hand to release her child from the Emperor's villa.

Although the child's biological father was extremely despicable, he was a good child who only loved his mother, Xie Ruizhen. He knew that his mother's food might be poisonous, but he still refused to leave Xie Ruizhen. He was almost taken away by the wife of Marquis Wuwei several times, but he was like a little donkey who was obsessed with digging. He would go back to his mother again and again, no matter if it meant crawling through a dog hole or climbing a ladder. Even when Zhou Ting intended to abuse Xie Ruizhen, he would pounce on her and bite his biological father.

Now, under the auspices of the emperor, the child changed his surname to Xie, and under the tenderness of the beauty, he mercifully named him Xie Yi. From then on, Xie Yi had nothing to do with the Wuwei Marquisate; but... perhaps the emperor didn't know how to take good care of him, so he could only ask people to raise him well. In order to avoid making the emperor feel uncomfortable, Xie Yuzhen had always been cruel and pretended that he didn't exist.

Now that she was pregnant, she had a good grasp on the emperor's mind, and with Xu Xiaoyi's help, the empress seemed to be someone she could trust after repeated observations and tests... Perhaps it was because her thoughts were particularly sensitive during pregnancy, Xie Yuzhen missed the child more and more, and could not help but think of him, who was almost five years old and was born in the first month of the year, only three days after the fifth prince.

But even if you miss your child and want to take him out, you shouldn't bring this up on your own initiative.

The only one who is suitable is the Queen.

In fact, Xie Yuzhen still didn't trust the Queen very much. This was her last test of the Queen. If the Queen was sweet-faced but had a vicious heart, then she could just do something with the child and make Xie Yuzhen lose the Emperor's favor.

But Xie Yu was really willing to take this gamble. She saved the data the night before she went to see the queen. Although she always felt that it was not appropriate to use this thing, it was the most useful trump card in her hand.

She loosened her messy bun and picked up the sandalwood comb again to comb her hair carefully.

Xie Yuzhen was afraid that the queen was not a good person, but he was also afraid that the queen was really a good person.

She tried to re-establish a normal relationship with the queen, but she was confused in her heart. She couldn't figure out whether it would be worse to be hurt again, or to have her defenses softened by a truly good person?

Lizheng Hall.

This was Xu Xiaoyi's first time serving the emperor, so she stayed from last night until noon today and was only sent back after being given a meal.

The queen chatted with Xie Yuzhen for a long time. When she came over, Xu Xiaoyi had already gone back.

The emperor was a little surprised why the queen came at this time. Although the queen and he had been married for many years and there was not much love between them, they had a sincere relationship and respected each other.

So the Queen just walked over and said calmly: "I have asked people to clean up the palace for the tribute girls. Your Majesty wants to keep a few of them this time, as well as the princess of Danzhu. Your Majesty, do you want to keep her in the palace or give her to the royal family? If she stays in the palace, can you arrange a separate room for her?"

The emperor straightened up and stroked his chin: "Leave it empty for now, and we'll talk about it when the people arrive."

"I understand." The queen nodded, picked up the teacup on the table and touched it. Finding that it was cold, she gave it directly to Yunrong and asked her to pour it and replace it with hot tea.

The emperor could not help laughing upon seeing this and said, "Xie Qing and Zi Tong are exactly the same in this matter." It was just that Xie Yu was not so "impudent" as to directly pour out his tea.

The queen seemed to be reminded by him and said, "I have something to ask about Lady Xie, and I would like to ask your majesty what he thinks."