The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

The harem of the Yan, Chen, and Chu dynasties had relatively loose rules, especially in the Yan and Chen dynasties, as long as the empress dowagers, empresses, and concubines and above palace masters reported to the emperor, they could put on a ceremonial car to play outside the palace, or return home. Visit relatives at home, or team up to the garden to escape the summer heat, or go to the mountain villa to enjoy the hot springs.

When it came to Dachu, Emperor Chengyuan, as the first emperor, inherited the former system of Yan and Chen, and he still treated the harem with grace.It's just that his mother, the Empress Dowager Rong'an, didn't like to travel, and she followed her example. Since then, the harem concubines rarely left the palace.

Over time, this unwritten rule has become that concubines can invite family members into the palace to meet.

Empress Qin was estranged from the Qin family since she was a child, and all her affection for her natal family was placed on her eldest sister and youngest son.

From the age of three to nine, Sheng Xiangxun spent half of his time in the Manfu Palace; even after the age of nine, he was taken to the palace once every ten days; Going to the palace to see my aunt, even if it is like this, I can still see Queen Qin about ten times a year.

Especially on the eve of Empress Qianqiu and New Year's Eve, Empress Qin would specially summon him in front of the Yongping Hall, and the aunt and nephew had a good talk.After all, when it's the right day, the queen will have to meet too many orders, so it's not easy to talk to him.

It was the same this time, Sheng Xiangxun entered the palace by order on the afternoon of the 28th, and when he entered the palace, he deliberately brought the memorabilia that Mrs. Shi had entrusted him with.

According to his previous experience, every time he went to the palace to meet his aunt, the emperor would meet him in the name of an elder.

Although he was often summoned by the emperor when he was in the Hanlin Academy, such summons were always different.

Although Sheng Xiangxun was tired, he didn't know what to do.

Like every time he entered the palace before, he left in a hurry.

However, unlike every time he went out of the palace before, he didn't come back happily as usual, instead, he entered the mansion listlessly like a child who made a mistake and was dismissed by the adults.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Zheng was taken aback. After a quick thought, she guessed that it might not be the reason for the memorial, so she couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Sheng Xiangxun saw that her face was shocked, her hands and feet were a little helpless, and she couldn't care less about being depressed, so she hurriedly comforted her and said, "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! It's just letting my aunt grab her ear and say a few words. It's not a big deal. When I was a child I was very naughty in the palace, and my aunt even beat me on the hand with her hands!"

"..." Mrs. Zheng was a little guilty at first, but hearing his words, she couldn't help crying and laughing, can this be the same!

"Don't worry, Mrs. Shi's playbook has been sent to the imperial court, and the emperor is not dissatisfied after seeing it.

It's just that my aunt thinks it's not good for me, Tete educated me for more than half an hour, and even showed the prince a joke! "

Sheng Xiangxun was very depressed when he thought of the ridicule of the narrow-minded prince, "Auntie was so angry that she forgot to reward me!"

"..." Mrs. Zheng, who hadn't been comforted just now, really believed that it was nothing serious at the moment. This master is still thinking about these things at the moment, so it can be seen that the queen is just scolding her younger generation.

Zheng was relieved, and couldn't help but wonder why the emperor was not dissatisfied, but the empress of Qin cared so much about the memorial. She had an intuition that what empress Qin was dissatisfied with was not the memorial, but the person who asked to hand it over.

Sheng Xiangxun never knew how to hide in front of Zheng Shi. Hearing her question, he was about to answer immediately, but at this time, Empress Qin came to the door with the most powerful Aunt Qi.

"Greetings to the third master and the third young lady, the empress has sent slaves to give gifts to Sister An and Sister Yuan." Aunt Qi saluted with a smile, and handed over the gift list.

Sheng Xiangxun was unhappy as soon as he rolled his eyes: "Auntie, this is obviously a reward given to me by my aunt every year, but this year I became sister An and Sister Yuan!"

Aunt Qi smiled and said, "Oh! Is that so? But that's what the Empress ordered my slaves to do! Why do you think this is?"

Her words were gentle, but her eyes and face swayed to express a meaning: Why are you so clueless?
Sheng Xiangxun was not guilty about this, he turned his head and pointed to his ear and said, "Auntie, look, my aunt has made my ears turn red! I beat and scolded, why is it really a punishment! The prince made a special trip to laugh at me just now!"

His childish appearance of complaining made Mrs. Zheng feel ashamed to stand next to him to look at it.

On the contrary, Aunt Qi looked used to it, and she really cooperated with her.

Seeing that she could whisper to her ears that were not red or swollen, Zheng couldn't help updating her understanding of her husband's favor in front of the queen for the dozens of times.

"Your Majesty said, if you can listen to that lesson, stay away from people who should be far away, and when I meet you in a few days, I will make you a red envelope." Aunt Qi conveyed Queen Qin's intentions kindly.

When she said this, Zheng's heart suddenly trembled.

She recognized that it was Empress Qin who had someone beat her.

"Auntie, it's not the third master's fault. It's because I reunited with my old friend, and I couldn't bear her begging, so I begged the third master. Who would have thought... It was because I didn't think thoroughly enough, and I won't do this again in the future."

"How can this depend on you! Although you couldn't bear it before, you didn't agree to Mrs. Shi. You asked me!"

Sheng Xiangxun was afraid that his aunt would be dissatisfied with the Zheng family because of this, so he hurriedly said to Aunt Qi: "You know, if I don't like my temper, who can force me?"

Aunt Qi saw that he was protecting the Zheng family, and he seemed to be a family member, so she couldn't help feeling relieved and emotional.

She turned her head and smiled at Mrs. Zheng: "Young Madam, don't be nervous. The empress has said that it's normal for the women in the mansion not to know the details about the outside affairs. If there is any fault, you can't blame the women.

If you make a mistake, it is all the fault of the third master. You should be cautious when you enter the palace and hand over to the emperor, how can you take over without asking?

Although His Majesty is generous and His Majesty can take care of her, but sometimes the matter is of great importance, and various relationships are complicated. If the third master gets involved in things that should not be involved, what should I do? "

Mrs. Zheng quickly said that she was educated: "What the empress taught me is that I will never dare to take everything without asking why in the future."

Seeing what his wife said, Sheng Xiangxun nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, if you want to care about it in the future, you have to find out first."

Aunt Qi saw that it was almost done, so she took her leave and left.

Sheng Xiangxun looked at the gift list, sighed, flicked his fingers, and called for someone to distribute these boxes of rewards to the two girls.

He waved his hand to retreat the servant girl, and coaxed behind Zheng Shi: "Don't mind, my aunt is still angry with me, but it hurts you."

Mrs. Zheng glanced at him, and said in her heart: Why is the empress willing to be angry with you?This is clearly blaming me for dragging you down!

Fortunately, she was savvy and took the initiative to admit her mistake when she heard the beating, which is why Aunt Qi said the following words; if she really hid behind him and pretended to be stupid, the empress might really have a grudge in her heart.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zheng sighed, she couldn't help but be thankful that she had always been clear-headed and never complacent because of her husband's weight in the queen's heart.The queen took her nephew as a pain in the eye, but she didn't necessarily take her nephew's daughter-in-law seriously. The reason why she valued her more was only for the sake of her nephew.

Zheng Shi calmed down for a while in her heart, and the depression almost dissipated. Now she is very curious, why does her friend's playbook make the Queen feel like an enemy?