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Chapter 266 I have a harem
The young emperor still maintained the habit he had when he was a prince, getting up before dawn to prepare for the morning court.He also stayed in the Queen's Xuanyun Palace every night as before.When the Emperor was still the Crown Prince, there were rumors in the palace that the Crown Prince was henpecked, and because the Crown Princess knew medicine, it was even rumored that Concubine Su died suddenly, but in fact she was poisoned by the Crown Princess.

The people in Xuanyun Palace were all filled with hatred, but the Queen didn't care after hearing this.

Haitang also got up early that day. She prepared breakfast outside and was waiting for Xie Ruitang.When he saw him coming out, he greeted him with a smile: "Come and try the dewy glutinous rice balls I made. I haven't made this for a long time. I got some good glutinous rice flour before, so Ji'er mentioned making glutinous rice balls. You didn't see it yesterday, Yun Jue I grabbed a handful of glutinous rice flour and put it in my mouth."

Xie Ruitang remembered that the first time he ate this kind of salty glutinous rice balls was in Yueling.After returning to Beijing, I ate at Cheng Mansion once, and this was the third time.Looking at the smiling Haitang, he saw Yun Hui making trouble for his mother again, and the worries in his heart could not help but feel less.

"This one is good, it's big, you'll be full if you eat two." Xie Ruitang said with a smile: "You like to cook, let them clean up a room for you tomorrow, don't crowd them in the small kitchen, it's so dirty very."

"Chang Xi is so smart. He has already done it before you even said it. I made it in my own small kitchen." Haitang praised.

Chang Xi, who was standing nearby, said proudly: It's good that the emperor knows. Finally, my work was not in vain.He transformed a side room in the Queen's Palace into a place where medicines could be boiled and porridge cooked, and he also built a row of cabinets for the Queens and others to store medicinal materials.The queen liked it very much.

"It's still early, go back and get some sleep." Xie Ruitang took a few bites and reached out to touch Haitang's long hair, which was as smooth as satin.When she got up in the morning, she just put half of her hair in a bun on the top of her head, and let the rest down, still looking like a little girl.Xie Ruitang couldn't help but touch it a little more.

"Tiger is about to wake up. When he wakes up, I will play with him for a while, and then go to sleep when he is tired. Anyway, you have finished your morning and afternoon morning, so I have plenty of time to sleep slowly." Haitang held her cheek and watched motionlessly. Xie Ruitang eats.

Xie Ruitan stretched out his hand and scratched her nose: "What? Are you complaining? I'm not..." Haitang wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief to stop him from talking, and said with a smile:
"How can you complain? You are the emperor, and you are working for the country, the country, and the country. It is too late for me to support you. Now that I have a reputation as a shrew, if I continue to delay you from going to court, won't it become a disaster for the court? "

Xie Ruitang quickly put down his chopsticks, held her hand and said, "Don't listen to those nonsense. I just like you to stay in the palace cleanly, and I will take care of everything outside."

"Don't worry! I am your queen, and Xuanyun Palace is my home now." Of course Haitang knew that Xie Ruitang was protecting her, so how could she make Xie Ruitang more worried?
Xie Ruitang smiled and squeezed her hand, and was about to go out when he raised his foot. After thinking about it, he turned around and said, "In the future, if you like, you can cook and eat by yourself, and throw away those medicines and doctors. There are so many imperial doctors. Is it all for nothing? Why do you need the queen to take action when you want to see a doctor?"

Looking at Xie Ruitang's back, Haitang felt a little disappointed: he still minded others saying she could poison.

The emperor felt that the original morning dynasty was too short, and many things had to be dismissed before the dynasty could be dealt with, so he added the afternoon dynasty.There was an hour's rest between the morning and afternoon dynasties, and the emperor and his ministers had lunch together in the front palace.In this way, the emperor and ministers had a lot more time for private communication.

In the first two days, everyone, including Shen An and others, thought it was the emperor's whim. Unexpectedly, the emperor insisted on holding the noon court every day as usual.As the court lasts for a long time, everyone's opinions can be discussed.

There were also some old ministers who were accustomed to being loose and complained endlessly, but the ministers who wanted to do something were happy and excited, and they were particularly serious about preparing submissions every day.

Xie Ruitang is different from other emperors in that he likes to do things himself.After all, he had just ascended the throne, and his father had been idle in government for many years, and many powers were in the hands of powerful chamberlains and ministers.He needs to understand it bit by bit in order to take back his power bit by bit.Haitang knew how hard he worked and had a simple meal at noon, so she got up every day to prepare breakfast so that he could eat better in the morning.I could also look at him twice more, and the two of them could talk a few more words.

Xie Ruitang did not have any concubines, so the harem did not need the concubines to pay greetings to the queen every day.Haitang was so happy that she took the little tiger around the palace of the old queen mother, the concubine, and the queen mother. The queen mother liked tigers the most, and she always thought hard about preparing some delicious and fun things for the tiger.

"Queen, when are you going to give Tiger another brother? This way he won't be so lonely. Also, there haven't been any girls in the palace for many years. The emperor is still young. How can you do it if you are the only one in the harem?" The Queen Mother endured it for a long time. , just said what was in his heart. Seeing that Haitang had no reaction, he simply said:

"Nowadays, Daxiao cannot hold a high-profile talent show. I will go back to the Aijia and ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to quietly select a few official girls of the right age for you and the emperor to see. If you like them, bring them to the palace and give them the title of Jie. You are still Zhaoyi, even if you choose a beautiful or talented person first, it’s all up to you.”

Haitang never thought that he would dominate the harem. After all, this has been unheard of since ancient times.Since she became a queen, she was naturally prepared to accommodate the concubines.Now that the emperor stays in her palace every day, there are rumors in the palace that the queen is domineering and the emperor is afraid of women.

Haitang felt aggrieved, but had no place to complain. Facing the Queen Mother, she could only smile bitterly and nod in agreement.

Returning to Xuanyun Palace, Tiger who had been sleeping on the road woke up again. After eating, Haitang was patting him for burping. Yuqing hurriedly came in and said: "Your Majesty, someone from Prince De's Palace said that the Crown Princess is about to give birth. The Crown Prince is about to give birth." The imperial doctor has been invited, and the Major General’s wife said that she would like to invite Sister Ji’er to come with her.”

Haitang hurriedly called Ji'er and gave her a few instructions, before Ji'er took Yuqing to Prince De's Mansion.

In the Xuanyun Palace, Haitang was full of things to say to Xie Ruitang and was anxiously waiting for the emperor to retire. The emperor's noon court today was not easy either. The official made some convincing remarks and asked the men with swords standing on either side of the emperor to The guards, Ling Xue and An Qing all secretly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Your Majesty, the harem is your family matter, but the emperor's heir is related to the country. You have no harem now, and the emperor's heir is thin. I suggest that the emperor open the harem widely, expand the branches of the royal family as soon as possible, and stabilize the country." Lu Zhiang suggested. road.

The emperor frowned and thought for a moment, then asked strangely: "I have a harem. My Queen Cheng has given birth to a prince for me. I have a wife and children. Why do I say that I don't have a harem?" In "Celestial Law" , It has long been said that those who are over forty and have no children are only allowed to take concubines, and those who violate it will be flogged for forty years. Although this article is for the people, why can't the emperor set an example?"

The emperor glanced at Lu Zhiang and said: "I have always envied the couples in the folk. They will hold hands and grow old together. As the king of a country, I can't be a pair of white-headed mandarin ducks with the queen? Does the palace have to stage a fight for favor and the rightful son? war?"

Sun Yanxi, who was standing among the ministers, suddenly felt something familiar. He recalled what the emperor said righteously on the day when he and his sister-in-law returned home from their wedding when he was still the prince: "I only have Haitang alone in this life, just like Mr. and Mrs. Sun, we will do the same." To the couple of gods and immortals." It turned out that the emperor was more determined in his persistence in love than he thought.

Lu Zhiang was speechless for a moment, bowed his head and stepped aside.

(End of this chapter)