The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 94 One Person Gets Two Rewards

There are many rules for the emperor to eat.

Moreover, after being an emperor for a long time, no matter how good the food of the Shangshi Bureau is, he will feel that it is nothing new after eating too much.

Emperor Liang De often loses his appetite after eating.

But Xue Qingyin has a very good appetite.

The taste of the imperial meal is just so-so, but the advantage is that the ingredients are all selected from the best.

She was not polite, and she grabbed the chopsticks and started eating without waiting for the palace maid to serve her the dishes.

Emperor Liang De stared at her for a while, and his appetite was also aroused.

He asked: "How does it taste?"

He thought Xue Qingyin would say that she had never eaten such good food.

Unexpectedly, Xue Qingyin said frankly: "This golden bell roast is the most delicious, the rest are inferior."

Emperor Liang De smiled and said: "Have you eaten better ones?"

Xue Qingyin nodded and said: "There are better ones on my farm."

Emperor Liang De was not angry, but said: "You are so arrogant."

"Father, if you try it one day, you will know."

Emperor Liang De made her laugh again: "Okay, you are doing business to my head."

Xue Qingyin shook her head: "We are originally a family. Father, this is called keeping the fat water in the field."

This sounded pleasant, and Emperor Liang De put down his chopsticks and said: "Okay! Then I really want to try it someday."

But after saying that, he said solemnly: "The Shangshi Bureau is not inferior to the chefs on your farm. It's just that those in high positions cannot indulge in external things." He pointed to the dishes and said: "This is external things."

Xue Qingyin thought to herself, it means that if you don't enjoy the blessings, you must suffer and force people to kill their desires.

No wonder everyone in your palace seems to be mentally unstable.

Even so, Emperor Liang De ate a few more bites today.

With Xue Qingyin around, the atmosphere between him and Prince Xuan would not be so cold.

After the meal, the palace servants came forward to remove the dishes, and heard Emperor Liang De say: "I will go with you to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."

This is to protect Prince Xuan and Xue Qingyin.

…

The Queen Mother didn't even have lunch.

She was just full of anger.

She gritted her teeth and repeated with the nanny beside her: "How can Prince Xuan be so close to the emperor? How can he? How can he..."

"My queen, the emperor is very cunning, and Prince Xuan is now more powerful. I'm afraid he has to restrain his edge and get close to the emperor..." The nanny comforted her.

The Queen Mother was not comforted, but her tone became more serious: "I am afraid that if we get too close, the fake will become real. In the future, you will forget about me, your grandmother."

She was interrupted when she said this.

"Queen Mother, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan is here. His Majesty...is here too." The palace servant said cautiously.

The Queen Mother's face became serious: "Please come in."

Xue Qingyin followed the biggest boss in the palace into the door.

She bowed and said: "Qingyin pays respects to the Queen Mother."

Emperor Liang De turned around and smiled and imitated the previous behavior of Prince Xuan, correcting her: "Qingyin, how can you say Queen Mother? You should say Grandmother."

The Queen Mother's face turned green immediately, as if there was a thorn stuck in her throat.

Seeing this, Emperor Liang De felt very comfortable.

He didn't feel uncomfortable anymore when he was offended by the Queen Mother.

"Why don't you change your words?" Emperor Liang De urged.

Xue Qingyin:?

This was instigated by the emperor, it has nothing to do with me.

"Greetings to Grandmother." Xue Qingyin said obediently.

The Queen Mother said with a green face: "You are just a concubine, are you qualified to call me like this?"

Prince Xuan looked unprepared, but before he could speak, Emperor Liang De spoke first: "What are you talking about, mother? Prince Xuan is not born by his mother, so can't he call me grandmother?"

The Queen Mother choked.

She loved Prince Xuan much more than the prince born by the queen. She even wished that Prince Xuan would only be close to her!

She had no way to refute the emperor's words.

But this did not mean that she could not make trouble from other places...

The Queen Mother said coldly: "It's okay to call me 'Grandmother' in front of me, but you still have to recognize your position in the prince's mansion. Don't confuse the superiors and inferiors and act eccentrically."

This is a warning, a show of power.

Emperor Liang De pointed at Xue Qingyin and said, "I think she is a well-behaved girl."

The Queen Mother did not expect that the Emperor would say something to her.

She could no longer suppress her anger: "Well-behaved? She did not come to the palace to pay respects yesterday, and she was late to pay respects today. How can she be well-behaved?"

"Her reputation of being weak is known to the whole capital. Why does your mother bother with her? Didn't the Princess of Wei also miss a time when she was unwell?" Emperor Liang De answered fluently.

Liu Yuerong would never have thought that Emperor Liang De would use her as an example to "exonerate" Xue Qingyin.

"Yes, the Princess of Wei is the same. One by one, they really don't take me seriously." The Queen Mother said with resentment.

"Who dares not to take you seriously? Didn't my son come to pay respects to you?"

"..."

The Queen Mother would rather he didn't come, but now she couldn't even find a chance to punish Xue Qingyin.

"I see that she looks ruddy today, not like a weak body. If she is late to pay respects tomorrow..." Don't blame her for being rude then.

"She is a concubine, and she doesn't deserve to come to pay respects to the empress dowager every day." Emperor Liang De sighed.

The empress dowager was very angry.

Now you remember that she is a concubine again?

The emperor's standard is really too flexible!

"The Ai family has a headache, that's all, let's all go away." The Queen Mother turned her face away, trying to show weakness to arouse King Xuan's soft heart.

"Prince Xuan is a man of few words. He never likes to compete for favors, and he doesn't know how to receive rewards for his merits. But even though he doesn't say anything, I, as a father, still have to say it for him." Emperor Liang De paused for a moment, and then said: "What's the matter? As a newlywed, my son gave King Xuan and Qing Yin a reward yesterday, so my mother should also give them a reward."

Queen Mother: "…………"

She wanted to scold her as "no more than a concubine". But she stopped in time.

Now the emperor can tolerate Xue Qingyin in order to win over King Xuan. If she refused to reward him at this time, wouldn't she be allowing the emperor to become a good person again?

The Queen Mother's face twitched slightly, but she finally managed to show some kindness and said: "The Ai family was also thinking about this matter yesterday, but King Xuan forgot about it after he came."

After saying that, she suppressed all the reluctance in her heart and beckoned: "Come here, go get the agate and gold incense box from the Ai family's desk. I will also give you a set of peacock stone noodles and nine gold ingots."

Nine gold ingots, if converted into silver, would be about two thousand taels.

But the Queen Mother didn't know how much the emperor had rewarded, and she really didn't want to miss him too much.

She hesitated for a moment, and then added as if she was cutting flesh: "Look at another eight-petal rhombus mirror, a pair of jade rings, a pair of golden buttercups with butterfly patterns..."

Xue Qingyin:?

She didn't do anything, and pie fell from the sky!

She immediately said in a sweet voice, "Thank you grandma for the reward."

When the Queen Mother heard the word "grandmother", her chest became even tighter and panicked.

"Okay, okay, let's all go." She held her head with one hand and turned her head away, not wanting to look anymore.

Emperor Liang De led them to retreat.

After walking out of the hall, Emperor Liang De turned his head to look at Xue Qingyin and couldn't help but admired her: "She is a smart person."

She had no idea what panic was.

Coupled with the fire he lit, it made the Queen Mother very angry.

Emperor Liang De said: "Go back and rest."

"My son, I still have something to report to my father." King Xuan suddenly said in a deep voice.

Emperor Liang De nodded: "Then Qingyin..."

King Xuan raised his hand and caressed Xue Qingyin's head, and said, "Let's go play in Qingsi Palace."

Emperor Liang De nodded and immediately sent someone to accompany Xue Qingyin to play.

Then he turned around and asked, "What is King Xuan going to say?"

…

Qingsi Hall was the place where King Xuan took her to play last time.

It was here that the emperor broke up their "intimate relationship".

It is also familiar to Xue Qingyin.

When the palace people of Qingsi Palace saw Xue Qingyin being led over by her personal attendant, how could they dare to neglect her?

At that time, about twenty palace people were playing with her alone.

Push the swing and play cards.

She also sent someone who was good at shadow puppetry to perform for her.

That's a joy to behold.

After a while, another eunuch came with a tray.

There are several gold ingots placed on the plate. The portion is more generous than the one given by the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty said that His Royal Highness Prince Xuan and his concubine were extremely filial today, so he specially ordered his servants to send these yellow and white things to the concubine."

The palace attendants in Qingsi Palace immediately stopped talking and took a few glances quietly.

Although she is a concubine, such a reward is really new!

Xue Qingyin was stunned for a moment before taking the tray.

Oops, it's so heavy that it weighs on my hands.

King Xuan really knew the tempers of the two giants in the harem. Her reward was indeed no less, and even more than the Queen Mother's share!

When Xue Qingyin was happy, she rummaged through her pocket, found some golden melon seeds, and rewarded the palace servants who played with her. Even the one who brought gold ingots was not left behind.

Such generosity made the palace people overjoyed and thanked her profusely.

On the other side, the atmosphere was stagnant.

"How dare the Queen Mother collude with the previous dynasty and try to frame Qing Yin's family by buying an official position?" the emperor said sternly.

After Xue Qingyin mentioned it to King Xuan that day, he went to check it out.

I waited until today to talk to the emperor.

After hearing this, the emperor felt angry that the Queen Mother stretched her hand too far, and also felt that King Xuan reported this matter to him, which was clearly a son complaining to me for help.

The emperor was very pleased with this.

No matter how powerful King Xuan is in military power now, won't he still come to me if something happens?

The emperor was determined and did not show his joy. He only patted King Xuan on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother acted out of proportion in this matter. I will seek justice for Qingyin. Since she is the person you like, I will naturally I’ll take care of him a little bit too.”

He is different from the Queen Mother!