Queen is fearless

Chapter 89 Rui Wang
At noon, Gu Jinzhi arrived at Longgan Palace. The copper pot was ready, and she waited for her to wash her hands and put meat and vegetables in it.

"I'm afraid the emperor hasn't slept well these few days?" Sitting at the table, Gu Jinzhi looked at Zhou Jing, his eyes were dark and blue.

"It's okay, I will definitely go to bed early tonight." She said with a smile. In the past few days, Zhou Jing only slept for two or three hours, and she really didn't sleep well.

"This is what the emperor always says, but he can't always do it. Seeing that the New Year is coming, the emperor must pay attention to his body."

"I heard that the ground dragon in Longgan Palace is not hot, so I specially made some ginger tea with my own hands. The emperor remembers to drink it."

Now that it's cold, Gu Jinzhi herself often drinks ginger tea, the ordinary one is too spicy, and she made it specially.

"Jin Zhi's wish, I accept it." Ask Yuan Bao to put away the ginger tea and brew it for himself every day, "Eat it quickly, everything will be fine."

The two each picked up their chopsticks, picked their favorite meat and vegetables from the copper pot, and dipped them in the sauce to eat.

"By the way, I have something to discuss with the emperor. After dinner, I would like to ask the emperor to give me some time."

While eating right now, Gu Jinzhi didn't want to discuss that, so he said to Zhou Jing with a smile.

Regarding this, Zhou Jing naturally agreed, the two sat down in the side hall after eating, Yuan Bao ordered someone to bring refreshments, and whispered a few words in Zhou Jing's ear.

"Then let him come into the palace." Replying, Zhou Jing took a sip of tea and looked at Gu Jinzhi, "What does Jinzhi have to discuss with me?"

"It's almost the twelfth lunar month, and it looks like the New Year is coming. I entered the palace last year. Although I have hosted a palace banquet, I have never been in touch with a New Year's Eve palace banquet."

"I wanted to ask my mother, but I was afraid it would be too troublesome, so I came to discuss it with the emperor. By the way, I would like to ask the emperor for permission to let Concubine Dong and Jiang Xiuyi help me manage it."

It will be explained in the future that Gu Jinzhi is not curious about what Yuan Bao whispered just now.

"It's fine for Jinzhi to decide on his own. As for the palace banquet, you can ask the steward of the palace to go to Fengyang Palace and ask him about the annual arrangements."

"If you think it is appropriate, continue to do it as before, and if it is not appropriate, you can modify it."

Smiling and speaking, Zhou Jing gave Gu Jinzhi an idea. He didn't care about the palace banquet on New Year's Eve in previous years, but he knew the general process.

When there is no empress in the palace, because the empress dowager is not around, it is impossible for the emperor to take care of the harem himself, so at that time, it was all handled by Lin Shi, which is how she did it.

"Well, then I understand, thank you, the emperor." Nodding, what the emperor said coincided with her thoughts.

"As for Concubine Dong and Jiang Xiuyi, they are originally from the harem, you arrange it."

Thinking of something Zhou Jing said again, Gu Jinzhi responded with a smile.

After staying in Longgan Palace for a while, Gu Jinzhi was about to leave. Zhou Jing had other things to deal with, so he didn't stay longer, and only asked her to pay more attention, and went back to accompany her when she was done with her work.

Taking advantage of Zhou Jing's inattention, Gu Jinzhi kissed him on the cheek before leaving.

Touching the kissed place on his face, Zhou Jing smiled.

Leaving Longgan Palace, Gu Jinzhi returned to Fengyang Palace in a soft sedan chair. Halfway there, she noticed that the sedan chair seemed to have stopped, and then slowed down.

He opened the curtain and looked outside, only to see a palace official with a strange face standing by the side of the road, waiting for them to pass.

Seemingly noticing Gu Jinzhi's gaze, the other party raised his head, allowing Gu Jinzhi to see his face clearly.

Surprise flashed in his eyes, and then became clear, Gu Jinzhi nodded at him, and then put down the curtain.

If I guessed correctly, the bold man just now is King Rui. His appearance is somewhat similar to that of the emperor, and the clothes on his body are not the official uniforms of ordinary officials.

King Rui didn't expect that the woman who looked at him would actually nod towards him. When the sedan chair passed by, he looked in that direction and couldn't help squinting his eyes.

"My lord, please come this way." The palace man's voice came, King Rui turned his head and continued walking with him.

In his heart, he also had a rough guess about the identity of the person just now.

In the harem, there is no other person except the queen who can carry a sixteen-carry soft sedan chair.

The woman just now is the queen...

Following the palace people, King Rui came to Longgan Palace, where Zhou Jing was waiting for him.

Seeing that he was going to salute, he stepped forward two steps, reached out and helped him up, "There is no need to salute."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, please forgive me, I should have arrived a few days earlier, but it was snowing heavily, so I had to slow down and only entered Beijing today."

As soon as he entered Beijing, he handed a sign to the palace, asking him to come to pay his respects.

"It's okay, there's been a lot of snow this year, and safety is more important." After giving King Rui a seat, Zhou Jing sized him up. Compared with the last time we met, King Rui was much stronger.

"It seems that kung fu is not wasted. When there is a chance, we two brothers will compete."

Many of the kung fu of the two were taught by the first emperor himself, in the past they were evenly matched, but now it is not clear.

"Looking at the heavy bruises under the eyes of the emperor, I must have not rested during this period of time, okay?"

Although Concubine Xing was a bit generous, King Rui was clear-headed, and he understood that from the day the former emperor appointed the crown prince, he would have no chance.

Therefore, he restrained all his thoughts and lived a stable life in the fief.

This time, if it weren't for the letter between the queen mother and the emperor, he would not have come to Beijing.

"During this heavy snowfall, many houses outside the capital were crushed by the heavy snow. Fortunately, there were no casualties. We have been dealing with this matter recently."

The houses of the people were crushed, and they were homeless in the winter. It was almost the Chinese New Year, and the people could not be displaced.

Therefore, Zhou Jing ordered the officials to urge them to temporarily provide housing for the people who lost their housing, and then find a way to rebuild the houses in the spring of the next year.

"Brother Huang is benevolent." After hearing Zhou Jing's words, King Rui got up and saluted him.

"Okay, you and my brother, don't need to be so formal, go to Shoukang Palace to say hello later, and then go to see Concubine Xing."

Zhou Jing still has court affairs to deal with, if he wants to exchange pleasantries, he can only wait until night.

"Succeed, my brother will come back tonight, and I won't go home until I'm drunk with my brother." The two drink fairly well. When Zhou Jing was canonized as the crown prince, he once had a relationship with King Rui who didn't go home without getting drunk.

At that time, King Rui was about to go to the fief, and before that, the two brothers had been in a competitive relationship.

It wasn't until the dust settled that they returned from a competitive relationship to brotherhood.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Responding, Zhou Jing sent King Rui out of the palace, and returned to the palace after he had gone far away to continue dealing with court affairs.

Leaving Longgan Palace, King Rui went to Shoukang Palace. Although his biological mother was Concubine Xing, the Empress Dowager was still there.

At the same time, the news reached Ci'an Palace, knowing that King Rui had returned to the capital, Taifei Xing's eyes were red...

(End of this chapter)