The Salted Fish Empress Dotes on the Harem

Chapter 17 Inquiry
Zhao Nuoqing was very helpless, why were they comparing Concubine Jin with her or Queen with her?Is this something that a young talent like her can compare to?
Shen Bochen's eyes flashed with a scrutiny look, he put down the booklet in his hand, and suddenly said: "No wonder the queen values ​​Zhao Cairen so much, and strongly recommends it to me and the queen mother. Sure enough, Zhao Cairen is a woman who understands respect and etiquette. I... almost missed a woman as outstanding as Zhao Cairen!"

Zhao Nuoqing lowered her eyes slightly, not daring to look directly at Tianyan, but even so, the hot and probing gaze from above her head still made her feel like she was sitting on pins and needles.

The emperor's words were clearly probing, Zhao Nuoqing knew in his heart that the emperor was suspicious of her relationship with the empress, so he immediately replied: "Concubines are afraid! Concubines only returned to the palace with the queen mother during the general election years ago. I have seen the empress, and other than that, the concubines only stay in their own palaces, and the concubines don't know why the empress is so kind to the concubines. They want to come to the empress to be respectful to the world, with a broad mind, for the sake of harmony in the harem, So treat your subordinates and concubines like this!"

She clarified her relationship with the queen in a few words, and said that the queen's special care for her was because the queen was a queen, not favoring her alone but for everyone.

What she said was true, the emperor slowly withdrew his scrutinizing eyes, did not continue to question, and said with a smile: "So that's it! I thought there was another reason for the empress to take care of you so much! It seems that I was thinking too much! "

After finishing speaking, the emperor reviewed the memorial again, and Zhao Nuoqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about it, she has passed this level. Although these remarks can't completely remove her doubts about the relationship between her and the empress, if the emperor sends someone to investigate the relationship between her and the empress in the future, they will know that what she said is true Really, so, even if she really wants to do something for the queen in the future, the emperor can somewhat understand that she is forced to be helpless instead of taking the initiative to cater.

Zhao Nuoqing picked up the pen again and carefully copied the "Curse of Pure Heart".

At first she didn't understand why the emperor suddenly asked her to copy scriptures, but after talking with the emperor just now, she gradually understood.

The emperor thought he didn't want her to sleep with her, but the queen mother had an order, and he didn't want to disobey it.

But the emperor didn't want to win the queen's heart and favor her, so he made this bad plan.

He brought her back to the Hall of Yangrong in front of all the concubines, in order not to refute the empress dowager's face, not to allow her to sleep in bed, in order to warn the empress!
After thinking about this point, Zhao Nuoqing relaxed a lot. If the emperor really does not favor her, then no matter what the empress wants her to do tomorrow, she will not be able to do it.

At that time, the queen will definitely not bother with her useless piece of chess, perhaps, she will be able to live the carefree days before.

Thinking of this, her copying pen gradually slowed down.

In a moment, the child's time has passed.

Because the queen mother ordered that the emperor is not allowed to work too hard, so Han Mingde risked being punished by the emperor to come to admonish him, "Your majesty, the child's time has passed, you should rest! You see Zhao Cairen is asleep!"

Since the conversation with Zhao Nuoqing just now, the emperor has been concentrating on reviewing the memorial. Zhao Nuoqing is also very obedient and did not make a sound to disturb him, so he gradually forgot that there is another person beside him.

Now hearing what Han Mingde said, he immediately put down the vermilion pen in his hand and looked sideways.

I saw, on the spacious desk, a small man was lying on the table and sleeping soundly with one arm under his cheek. He is still holding a long-dried Huzhou brush, and the exposed right half of his face has been rubbed with ink at some point, and his appearance is both funny and cute.

Shen Bochen was a little surprised looking at the peaceful sleeping woman, and suddenly felt an itchy feeling like a feather brushing past, and suddenly became playful, picked up a soft brush from the pen stand, and dipped it In front of Zhao Nuoqing's face, the ink that had not completely dried up, picked up the pen and added two more strokes on her clean and smooth face.

The woman who was teased lightly wrinkled her small face, but she didn't wake up, she slept very peacefully.

Looking at the emperor's childish behavior, Han Mingde immediately widened his eyes, shocked!However, he regretted his life, and immediately lowered his head, pretending that he didn't see anything.

Then, hearing the sound of the emperor hugging Zhao Cairen, Han Mingde raised his head secretly, and saw the emperor carrying Zhao Cairen walking towards the bed curtain, he immediately arranged for the servants in the palace to leave.

The door was closed, Han Mingde called the little eunuch beside him, and after whispering a few times in his ear, the little eunuch walked towards the direction of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Mother Lan was waiting at the door, when she saw the little eunuch from Yangrong Hall approaching, she hurriedly said: "Have the Emperor and Zhao Cairen rested?"

The little eunuch nodded, and said a few more words that Han Mingde ordered. After hearing this, Sister Lan frowned slightly, said "Understood", and let the little eunuch go back.

Back in the hall, Nanny Lan turned around and went to the Buddhist hall, and saw the Queen Mother sitting on the futon with her eyes closed and reciting the Buddha's name.

Hearing the sound, the Empress Dowager stopped, slowly turning the beads in her hands, and asked in a deep voice: "The emperor still doesn't favor Zhao Cairen?"

Sister Lan replied: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, the emperor was approving the memorials as soon as he returned to the Yangrong Hall, and gave Zhao Cairen a scripture for her to copy. Zhao Cairen fell asleep after copying it. Come to think of it, today should be I won't be favored any more!"

The Empress Dowager shook her head helplessly after hearing this, her tone was sad or sad, "Nurse Lan, you said that Aijia helped the Empress to force the Emperor to favor Zhao Cairen, did you do the right thing?"

As she spoke, the Queen Mother raised her left hand slightly, signaling that she was going to get up.

Sister Lan rushed forward and waited for the queen mother to get up, "The queen mother helps the queen because she is also thinking about the emperor's heirs, the emperor can understand!"

Sister Lan is an old man who served the Empress Dowager. The two have been together for more than forty years, and she understands the Empress Dowager's thoughts best.

Right now the emperor doesn't want to favor Zhao Cairen because he is angry with the queen. Although the two pretend to be affectionate in front of her every day, the queen mother has lived for nearly 50 years after all. Is the blind date between them real or fake? How could she not see their love?

It's just a play made by the son and daughter-in-law who are filial, afraid of her sadness and worry, and she also watched the play in cooperation.

The queen mother sighed and sat down on a side chair.

"It's becoming more and more difficult for the Ai family to see through the thoughts of the emperor and the empress. On the contrary, Zhao Cairen looks like a shrewd person on the outside, but he is actually very stupid. How many concubines can't ask for serving the emperor? She sleeps soundly! "

Because of Zhao Nuoqing's ability to mend hairpins, the queen mother looked at her differently in her heart, and when she heard her absurd things in Yangrong Hall, she couldn't help laughing even more for a moment.

There is no shortage of scheming and deep-minded people in the palace. Seeing a silly girl like Zhao Nuoqing makes her eyes light up.

Regardless of whether she is real or not, at least the appearance she is showing now is very satisfactory to the Queen Mother.

Sister Lan replied with a smile, "No, Zhao Cairen is really different! But, after tomorrow, Zhao Cairen will inevitably be ridiculed by other concubines!"

The Empress Dowager's complexion gradually sank, and she slowly twisted the beads in her hand, and the beads collided with each other, making a deep sound.

"The empress will not just sit idly by! After all, she always wants to take advantage of Zhao Cairen!"

After all, the Empress Dowager's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of indelible sadness, and she murmured: "The Ai family always feels sorry for Zhao Cairen!"

Sister Lan was stunned, but she didn't dare to answer the Queen Mother's words.

(End of this chapter)