fake prince

Chapter 385

The queen just came out of the inner hall, and saw that although it was drizzling, the emperor had already brought some eunuchs in.

Seeing the emperor coming in, all the maids in the hall knelt down, and the queen also bowed her knees slightly and bowed her head to perform the Wanfu salute. , just treat it as an ordinary couple, and you don't have to greet each other in person every time."

The queen didn't refute the emperor's words, but just smiled lightly, and her eyes fell on the eunuchs behind the emperor, who were holding some pots in their hands.

Seeing her looking over, the emperor explained: "This is the new tribute spring tea. There are fried ones and fragrant dew. They are all high-grade local tributes. I know you like tea, so I brought some of each. You can drink it when you turn around." Try them all, if you think which one tastes better, let someone tell me, there are still some in the private treasury, and I will bring them to you when the time comes."

The queen bowed slightly, and just smiled lightly, but this perfect smile was like a perfunctory mask.

The emperor looked at it for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.

"You all go down first." The emperor waved at the people.

"Yes." Including the eunuchs brought by the emperor, as well as the maids and eunuchs in Yong'an Palace, they all retreated respectfully.

Then the emperor walked up to the queen and asked softly: "Are you angry? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so perfunctory and not even say a word to me, but what did I do wrong to make you unhappy?"

At this time, the emperor didn't even talk about me, just me.

The empress felt uncomfortable in her chest. Originally, she could show face in front of outsiders, but now that there were no outsiders in the palace, the empress simply spoke out what was in her heart.

She frowned slightly, and her beautiful eyes were full of disappointment: "Your Majesty still asks why? You are asking knowingly! You have had people test you several times, and it has been confirmed that Su Ziji is Fu'er's son, your grandson, But in the end, you are so stingy that you don’t even want to give a title to the champion?”

"Just a number one scholar, what is it to Fu'er's son?"

"Look, I guessed that you would be thinking wildly, so I came here as soon as I finished my government affairs." The emperor gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, sighed first, and then said softly: "It's not that I won't give him the money." Fame, I just want to give young people a little more experience."

"Taizu once thought of letting the prince practice, but it still failed. The prince went down to practice, not to mention mobilizing the teachers, those courtiers couldn't think of anything, or took refuge, or seduced, or alienated, and troubles happened among the sons of the late emperor."

Seeing that the queen seems to have listened in, her face softened a lot. The emperor patted the queen's hand and arrived at the gate of the palace. Seeing the female officials and eunuchs timidly retreating into the distance, the emperor swallowed a bit bitterly.

"Actually, even the current princes of Qi and Shu feel uncomfortable in Beijing, but as princes, you can't just enjoy the benefits and not take responsibility. With their identities, even though I am a member of a country Jun, but you can't think about the consequences."

"Su Ziji became a member of the royal family and became a member of the royal family. He has many eyes staring at him, so how can he go out to practice again?"

"He's only 17 years old, and he's still too young. Wouldn't it be a pity to arrest him immediately? Staying in Beijing won't do him much good."

"I'm going to let him go to Shun'an Mansion for training. There are still some things for him to deal with. It's all about repaying credit and seniority. Accumulating some experience and seeing more personnel will be good for him."

"Queen, you and I have been husband and wife for many years. You should understand me. It's really not the time now. Although I am the lord of the world, there are some things that I can't do according to my temper."

This statement is justified.

The Queen finally nodded.

The emperor was in a daze, and said for a long time: "Don't worry, when he comes back this time, I will definitely give him a title when I arrive. In this way, I can also stop the mouths of those old guys, and it will be good for Su Ziji." .”

"It's His Majesty who is thoughtful, and it's the concubine who didn't think carefully and blamed His Majesty." The queen smiled, and apologized with a slight salute to the emperor.

Seeing this, the emperor also breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly supported her, and smiled: "You and my husband, why are you so polite? As long as you don't misunderstand me, I will be very happy."

Then the two sat together and chatted about some things. At this time, the chatterbox gradually opened up. The emperor supported a low table and said: "I think I used this table often back then. I remember that "Shanglin Chunse" was written here." , and at that time, you were by my side."

Words are too much to miss.

When the emperor was young, the calligraphy and ink books were extremely exquisite. Yougong painted flowers, and the queen accompanied him for many years. I don’t know how many times he leaned on the table to polish ink for him.

The queen's heart moved, and she recited: "The clouds are light and the wind is approaching noon, and the flowers and willows are crossing the front of the river. At that time, people didn't know Yu Xinle, and they would be called young people who sneaked to learn."

She read it softly, then suddenly sighed again: "It's been many years, it still seems like yesterday."

During this time, I keep thinking about the interesting events of the year. It seems that the conflicts of interests and entanglements have faded away, and the atmosphere is happy and warm, with a touch of nostalgia.

It was drizzling outside, and the spring rain fell again at some point. The emperor was obviously very interested in talking, but seeing the tired look on the queen's face, he decided to leave the palace without letting her accompany him.

The queen sees them off, there are corridors between the halls, the two of them walked through, the female officials and eunuchs naturally did not dare to make noise, the atmosphere was so quiet that it was like in a dream.

During the silence, the two had already stepped out of the door one after another. Cheng Yu was waiting not far from the steps, and naturally someone greeted them with an umbrella. The emperor walked down the steps, but turned around again, looking at Yong'an Palace, with a somewhat perplexed expression on his face .

"I remember 20 years ago, when you returned to the palace late, you waited here for me, and when you saw me, you smiled at me."

"In a blink of an eye, I am old, but I always feel that this smile is still yesterday." The emperor said softly, smiling, as if reminiscing, but halfway through, the smile finally faded away.

The emperor turned around and was about to leave, sighed softly again, stood at the foot of the steps, and looked back at the queen again, the whole palace seemed to be frozen in time in an instant with the breeze and drizzle.

When the female official came in again and told the empress that the emperor had brought people out of Yong'an Palace, the empress with a faint smile on her face restrained her smile and became expressionless again.

"Your Majesty, those spring teas..."

"Put it away first, I don't like drinking new tea recently, so let's drink old tea from last year."

"Yes." I don't know why the queen changed her taste again, but the female officer didn't dare to question it, so she agreed and withdrew.

Only the queen was left to walk slowly back to the chair and sit down again.

In this restored inner hall, she propped her cheeks and sank into memories, until Zhaoxia came in and interrupted her thoughts.

The queen didn't look up, and asked directly: "Why, what happened?"

"Your Majesty, something happened to Princess Xinping." Zhao Xia said, "You have to tell me to report the matters related to her—the princess was assassinated outside the palace, she fainted from fright, and now she has returned to the palace."

(End of this chapter)