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Chapter 182 The Rules

Now that she has moved into the East Palace, Haitang will go to pay her respects to the empress on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year as usual.Even though the next day is not the day to pay respects, Haitang will also go to several palaces to pay respects.

Xie Ruitang was going to court very early, Haitang wanted to help him change, but he held her down, seeing her sleepy look, Xie Ruitang thought it was funny again, stretched out his fingers to scratch her nose and said: " It's still dark, so you don't have to go so early to say hello, those ladies also get up late. It's most comfortable to go back to the cage, so you can go to sleep."

Haitang had no choice but to call Shuang'er in, help him get dressed, ate a few bites in a hurry and then went to the main hall.Haitang also got up. She called Aunt Cui and asked her to find the newly appointed maid from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for her to meet.There are six in total, but only two are the maids who serve closely, and the others are sweepers and miscellaneous people in the palace.

"Originally, there were four eldest maids and four minor maids. On the wedding day, there were two eldest maids and the two eldest maids given by the queen. The prince sent them back, leaving only these two." Aunt Cui came here almost a month in advance and is very familiar with them.

Cai Lian and Cai Qin hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to the Crown Princess. Cai Lian was more dexterous and said boldly: "My servant Cai Lian has met the Crown Princess. The Crown Prince has said that it is the Queen who makes the decision in the East Palace, and all the servants have to rely on it." Your Majesty sends you."

So the prince also said this?Haitang said with a smile: "From now on, you two will wait in the house. I have just entered the palace, and there are many things that I am not familiar with. You are the palace people, so I need you to remind me more." Cai Lian The two quickly said yes.

Haitang said again: "Today, I have to go to each palace to pay my respects. Cai Lian should accompany me." Cai Lian agreed, and without having to explain, she started dressing up Haitang with Shuang'er, while Cai Qin followed Grandma Cui. Grandma is out.

Today she wore regular clothes, and Haitang wore a simple heart-shaped bun. Cai Lian looked in the box, picked out a pair of gold phoenixes with gold silk beads, inserted them on both sides, and said with a smile: "Although the empress is young, , but you can’t dress up too plainly. Otherwise, others will think that the empress is not valued by the prince in the East Palace, and the prince has no face, right? "

Haitang thought about it and nodded with a smile: "That's true. I have never liked these things. In order not to embarrass your Crown Prince, Cai Lian, please help Liu Ying pick out the jewelry in her trousseau and find some simple and expensive ones. Come out."

Today, Grandma Liu made them mushroom and beef porridge, egg steamed buns and taro cakes. "Is this what the prince ate just now?" Haitang asked Grandma Liu: "In the future, put more shredded ginger in the beef. The prince doesn't like the smell of mutton in it." Grandma Liu nodded in agreement.

Haitang asked Ji'er again: "Should the kimchi we pickled in Cheng's house be ready? Ask Lingfeng to bring a jar in when you go out. Have some white porridge to clear the fire, and some kimchi for appetizer."

Ji'er laughed and said, "I'm afraid the sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed by my mother last year is good. We didn't drink it during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. Why don't we ask Ling Feng to dig two jars and bring them in. October [-]th is the Lantern Festival. Let's drink while drinking. Enjoy the October moon.”

"Bring two empty jars as well. The hawthorns in our west wing yard are ripe. I'm still worried that no one has picked them, so they rotted on the trees and wasted. Ask Cheng Fei and the others to knock them down and bring them to the palace to pickle and eat." Shuang I also remembered one.

"You guys get excited when it comes to eating. How many hands does Ling Feng have? You might as well ask him to move the Cheng Mansion into the palace before we finish." After Haitang finished speaking, everyone including Grandma Liu started laughing.Only then did Cai Lian realize that the Crown Princess was not only kind to her servants, but also a person who enjoyed life.

Haitang took Shuang'er and Cai Lian with her and went to the Queen Mother's Palace to pay her respects.The Queen Mother had some food last night and didn't sleep well all night, so she was catching up on her sleep.Haitang came out to see Concubine Xu. Concubine Xu was in good spirits and brought a lot of food sent by Prince An for Haitang to take away.

When they arrived at the Queen's Chiyun Palace, they said that the Queen was still dressing up and asked Haitang to stand outside the palace and wait.After waiting for more than an hour, Haitang did not dare to move. After everyone was standing unsteadily, Haitang was let in.

"Moved into the East Palace?" The queen's lunch table had already been set. She was preparing to rinse her mouth with tea when she asked a nonsense question knowingly.

"Back to my mother, I just moved in yesterday." Haitang kept her smile and didn't say much. "Is the prince still getting used to living there? It seems that it has been five years since he moved out of the palace. At first, he and King Xian were crowned kings together, left the palace, opened a mansion and built a government office. Now, King Xian is still King Xian, but King Duan has become the prince and moved back. . He must be very proud, right?" The queen smiled on her face, but her tone was cold.

Haitang was stunned for a moment and replied: "The prince only thinks about how to meet his father's expectations as soon as possible. He is working hard and with sincerity and fear."

"Go ahead, I won't let you have dinner." The queen didn't care about her explanation.Haitang bowed and retreated.

When they arrived at Qinghe Palace, Concubine Ji had a late meal and was feeding carps by the lotus tank in the yard.Seeing Haitang, he asked hurriedly: "It's time for lunch, why are you here so late? She's not making things difficult for you, right?" Haitang smiled and shook his head, holding Concubine Ji's arm and entering the palace.

"From now on, you should try to speak as little as possible in front of her, and don't bring food to her palace. My son became the prince, but her son went to the imperial mausoleum. She looked awkward at all of you, which is true. Say. Don’t take anything unpleasant to heart, and don’t make yourself angry in vain.”

His mother-in-law is always willing to be tolerant to others, so he is also a generous person.Thinking of Xie Ruitang, Haitang couldn't help smiling.

When she finally returned to the East Palace, Haitang could hardly walk.Cai Lian led them through the garden and took a shortcut. "This road is good, there are few people, it's cool, and you can enjoy the scenery." Haitang praised.

By the time she returned to the East Palace, Xie Ruitang had already walked around the corridor several times.When he saw her coming back, he asked someone to serve food and strode up to greet her: "Why have you been gone so long? If you don't come back, I will go out to look for you!" Xie Ruitang held her hand and looked up and down. Haitang just laughed.

He turned to look at Shuang'er: "Say."

Shuang'er pouted and said, "I've been waiting outside the Queen's Palace for more than an hour, isn't it too late?"

Xie Ruitan sneered and said, "She is setting rules for you!" He looked at Haitang's legs, picked her up by the waist, and walked towards the palace.

Haitang said shyly: "How can I be so squeamish? Put me down quickly, let people see me, and say I'm pretentious!"

"I am holding my own concubine in my own palace. Do I need other people's consent?" Xie Ruitang smiled and ignored her. Haitang had no choice but to wrap her arms around his neck and bury her face in his arms to save him some effort.

The people they brought into the palace were not surprised. It turned out that people in the East Palace quickly spread the word. Now everyone knew that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess had a really good relationship.That's right, their prince only has one main concubine. Not only does he have no side concubines or wives, he doesn't even have any concubines.

Aunt Wu smiled flatteringly and bent down in front of the queen, describing it with added detail.

The queen sneered: "We're just newlyweds. How many men don't love beauties? They fade away over time. Isn't it easy to add trouble to the East Palace? On the day of the wedding, at the Prince's Mansion, he chased me away with a golden sword. Man, I want to see if he still has the courage to enter the East Palace?"

Even if my biological son goes to guard the imperial mausoleum, you will never be able to sit comfortably in his position!
(End of this chapter)