The Salted Fish Empress Dotes on the Harem

Chapter 60 Autumn Tour
The day of the autumn tour came in a blink of an eye. On the day before his departure, Zhao Nuoqing was by the emperor's side. The emperor put his arms around Zhao Nuoqing's slender waist, and rubbed his head on her neck, "I want I haven't seen you for two or three months, if it wasn't for the palace rules, I really want to take you away with me!"

Zhao Nuoqing smiled slightly, and suddenly took out a piece of emerald green jadeite from his bosom. The jade was not big, only about an inch, with delicate patterns carved on it, and the word "Chen" was engraved in the middle.

Then I heard Zhao Nuoqing say: "This is carved by the concubine herself. Every time I say 'Amitabha Buddha', the emperor puts it on, and it will surely protect the emperor's safety. Take it out, and treat it as a concubine accompanying the emperor!"

With a move in Shen Bochen's heart, he took the jade over, looked at it carefully for a moment, then put it in his arms with great care, looked at Zhao Nuoqing's heart-warming eyes, bent down, and had another good night's dream.

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After the emperor left, all the concubines were in high spirits, but there was a lot less right and wrong.

Zhao Nuoqing complained secretly, this palace is really peaceful without the emperor!

Autumn has come, and it is the time when autumn is high and refreshing, but the queen fell ill at this time.

Because the weather is getting colder day by day, the empress suffered from the disease in her early years and didn't take good care of it at the beginning, so every time it rains on cloudy days, she will feel weak all over her body. Dubobo was sweating, but the queen was still shivering from the cold.

However, it is a commonplace that the queen must fall ill every autumn, and she will recover in spring, so everyone didn't feel anything.

Because the queen is ill, it is also possible to avoid waking up in the morning and evening.

The queen mother likes to be quiet, so no one is allowed to disturb her except the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year.

The concubines have more time, and they are happy in their respective palaces. Occasionally, if they can't spare, they will gather together in twos to stroll around the garden or have a drink, which is very pleasant.

Peaceful days always pass quickly, Concubine Tong was out of the confinement, and learned that the emperor was no longer in the palace, she was very angry, but no one in the palace paid any attention to her, so she just stayed in her own palace up.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the weather became colder and colder. The leaves swirled in the cold wind and rolled to the ground.

For some reason, this autumn has been extraordinarily cold, as if it has entered winter.

The Empress Dowager sat in the Buddhist hall with her eyes closed and recited the Buddha's name. Zhao Nuoqing also closed her eyes and prayed for her family.

The father's letter had been delivered a few days ago, and the father understood the secret letter he wrote, and told her in the same way that the three gentlemen suddenly disappeared overnight.

Zhao Nuoqing said in his heart: Come to think of it, the emperor intervened in this matter, the crisis between father and younger brother has been resolved, now as long as the queen stops thinking about getting her pregnant, he will be able to retire!
The road ahead suddenly became clear again, and Zhao Nuoqing was in a good mood.

Suddenly, there was a crackling sound, and the sound of beads falling to the ground, Zhao Nuoqing opened his eyes, and saw the beads in the Empress Dowager's hands spilled all over the ground, and the Empress Dowager's face was pale and frightened.

Sister Lan hurried forward, followed by a group of court ladies and began to pick up the beads, while pretending to be relaxed, she said: "My servant said long ago that the strings in the prayer beads should be changed, but I forgot for a while, the queen mother must forgive my servant!"

Sister Lan's joke did not make the queen mother happy, and the queen mother's expression became more serious.

"No, is it the emperor... What happened to him?"

Zhao Nuoqing also picked up the beads with Mother Lan. After seeing the rope that fell on the ground, he realized that it was indeed broken because of a long time. However, the timing of this breaking was too coincidental!
"Queen Mother, you see, the rope was indeed too old, so it suddenly broke! Your Majesty is the Son of the Dragon, so nothing will happen! Even if something happens, you will turn danger into good luck. You are so sincere, and you recite Buddha's name every day. , the Buddha can see it!"

Zhao Nuoqing handed the thread to the Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager didn't even look at it, her heart was still heavy.

Sister Lan shook her head towards Zhao Nuoqing, indicating that the Queen Mother would not listen to anything now.

As the queen mother got older, she believed more and more in the theory of ghosts and gods. She would feel that the Buddha was giving her some hints at the slightest movement.

It is said that there are ghosts and gods, if you believe it, you have it, if you don't believe it, you don't believe it, Zhao Nuoqing didn't believe it at first, but when the news came that the emperor returned to the court early, she couldn't believe it anymore!

The emperor came back half a month later, and all the concubines in the harem stretched their necks to look forward, wanting to see what kind of folk woman the emperor would bring back this time.

The crowd waited for half a day, but they saw the emperor wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a red cloak embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon.

When the queen mother saw that the emperor had returned with all her beard and tail, a big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

Ever since the prayer beads were sprinkled in front of the Buddha that day, the queen mother has been unable to sleep at night, and her thoughts have been heavy. Even though the emperor sent someone to send a letter back to report her safety, the queen mother is still worried about it.

The queen can't catch the wind, so she didn't come to greet the emperor today, so all the concubines, headed by the queen mother, greeted the emperor in front of Chengde gate.

Shen Bochen stopped on his horse ten steps away from the crowd, then got off his horse and walked quickly towards the Queen Mother.

Then he raised his hand and lightly lifted the cloak, and then respectfully knelt beside the queen mother, "My son pays respects to the queen mother, and the queen mother is worried!"

The empress dowager's eyes were full of tears, and she hurriedly wiped away the tears when the emperor bowed her head, then bent down and helped the emperor up, "Get up quickly, the emperor, it's not that the three-month trip is expected, why it's not two months yet, the emperor Then came back?"

Shen Bochen frowned slightly, his eyes began to search for something, and finally, among the concubines, he saw the blue color that made him yearn day and night.

Shen Bochen called out: "Zhao Cairen come forward!"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the emperor's words, and then looked towards Zhao Nuoqing who was standing behind.

And Zhao Nuoqing, who was suddenly named, also looked puzzled, looking at the emperor's face seemed a little dignified, he was a little confused for a while, and his heart was beating a little.

Zhao Nuoqing hurried forward, came to the front and back of the emperor, and bowed his knees towards the emperor, but before the knees were bent, the emperor stretched out his hand to stop him.

I saw that the emperor's originally heavy expression was now covered with a thick smile, and the eyes looking at her seemed to be shining.

Shen Bochen took Zhao Nuoqing's hand and came to the Empress Dowager's side, and said excitedly: "Mother Empress, I want Jin Qing'er to be the beauty!"

(End of this chapter)