Fengming Chen Palace

Chapter 298 The Great Princess

Gu Sheng stayed in the General's Mansion, and Shen Xiao ordered someone to clean up a room for her in the mansion.

"Who else is there in your family?" Asking her to have dinner with him, Shen Xiao asked with concern. He wanted to learn about Gu Sheng's background from the chat.

However, his idea will not come true after all, because from the very beginning, his judgment was wrong.

"If you go back to the general, there is a son in the humble family." The little guy is considered by Gu Sheng as his adopted son. As for Zhishu and Zhihua, they will both marry in the future.

"Oh? Already married? Then your family is in the capital?" Hearing that she already had a child, Shen Xiao nodded and asked again.

"My family used to be in the capital, but now for convenience, I moved to a small town not far from the border. If I have a chance, I can go back and have a look."

He didn't hide it, Gu Sheng understood that if Shen Xiao still wanted to investigate himself, these things would definitely be found out.

If you tell a lie now, once it is found out, there will be a lot of trouble even if you have the emperor's recommendation letter.

"So that's how it is. If you have a chance in the future, you can tell me, and I will let you go back to visit your wife and children." In response, Shen Xiao really planned to send someone to check on Gu Sheng again, even if she was recommended by the emperor. here.

"There are two younger sisters in the humble family. They are not married yet. They help the humble to take care of the children at home." Her current status is not counted as a soldier, and she has no specific position. I can call myself humble for the time being.

Gu Sheng thought, when he has the opportunity to go to the battlefield and make some contributions, he will probably have a definite identity.

"Where's your wife? Did she stay in the capital?" After hearing Gu Sheng's words, Shen Xiao seemed a little surprised.

"The child's mother has passed away. She is not a humble wife." Originally, I just wanted to briefly talk about my situation, but looking at General Shen, it seemed that I wanted to ask myself the bottom line. Under such circumstances, it would be better to tell the whole story.

"General, please don't misunderstand me. I didn't abandon you from beginning to end. The mother of the child is indeed not the wife of the servant, and the child is not the son of the servant. It's just a pregnant woman who was rescued on the way here. She gave birth to the child and went there. Seeing that the child lost his mother when he was born, Beizhi feels pity for him, so he adopts him, he is the adopted son of Beizhi."

"It turns out that's the case. You are a kind-hearted person." Before, I thought that this person was not authentic enough, but now I heard that he is a good person, which made Shen Xiao feel a little more fond of him.

The two chatted a little more, and after dinner, Shen Xiao took her out of the General's Mansion and went to check on the barracks.

Knowing that he was going to the military camp, Gu Sheng was faintly excited.

When she arrived in the small town before, she wrote a letter to the emperor, and she reckoned that the emperor would receive her letter after a while.

When she arrived at the General's Mansion, this General Shen should also write a letter to inquire. By then, the Emperor will know that he has arrived at the northwest border and everything is going well.

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When Emperor Chen received Gu Sheng's letter, it was already August. Before that, he was still worried about why there was no news for so long.

In the letter, Gu Sheng explained the reason for his late arrival, also said about his name change, and also told the emperor about the adoption of the child.

After knowing these things, Emperor Chen was relieved a lot.

Not long after, he received another letter from Shen Xiao, knowing that Gu Sheng had entered the barracks, and now he was following Shen Xiao.

Emperor Chen told Su Qingning about these things, knowing that the queen was kept by his second brother, Su Qingning was a little surprised, she knew that her second brother was actually a strict person.

Being able to stay by his side must be due to his admiration for the former empress.

In August, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because of the matter between the Empress Dowager and the Empress, the Emperor does not plan to make a big deal about this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Su Qingning felt that this was also good, there was no need to make a big fuss every time there was a festival every year.

During the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, Su Qingning discussed with Concubine Lu deliberately, and then told the emperor the result of the discussion.

The two discussed that the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet would still be held, and it would be held in Yanqing Palace, but it didn't need to be a major event, and they could choose to have dinner together at Yanqing Palace at noon.

At this time, it is not suitable to have any singing and dancing. After eating, they can go back to their palaces and watch the moon in their own palaces at night.

For those who are willing to make mooncakes by themselves, the provincial capital of the palace will send the materials; for those who are not willing to do it themselves, Shangshanfang will send melons and fruits needed for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After listening to the emperor, he felt that it was feasible, and he would rather watch it with Su Qingning to enjoy the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The matter was thus settled, and on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the harem concubines gathered in Yanqing Palace and had meals together.

Emperor Chen is also there, after all it is Mid-Autumn Festival, the day of family reunion, although he does not favor the concubines in the harem, it is still okay to have a meal with everyone.

Perhaps because of the previous events, the concubines at the palace banquet were all very stable, and no one deliberately did anything to attract the emperor's attention.

The atmosphere in the palace was a little silent, there was no singing and dancing, and no one spoke. Everyone was looking forward to the end of the palace banquet soon. This was probably the most boring Mid-Autumn Festival they had.

"Wow..." A childish cry came, attracting everyone's attention.

Finally, there was some sound, and everyone was curious.

The one crying was the eldest princess next to Concubine Zhang Shu, and for some reason, she was grinning loudly.

Concubine Zhang Shu coaxed softly, she didn't care to look at other people, seeing that it was the Eldest Princess crying, everyone had different expressions.

Everyone in the harem knew that the eldest princess was about to be adopted by Concubine Zhang Shu, but no one dared to say this.

Normally, Concubine Zhang Shu's soft voice was very useful to the eldest princess, but today, no matter how much she coaxed her, the eldest princess had no intention of stopping.

Although it was Mid-Autumn Festival, it was still hot at noon, even though there were many ice basins in the hall, Concubine Zhang Shu was still sweating.

"I beg your majesty to forgive me. The eldest princess is crying and fussing. Maybe she wants to go back to rest. Please accept my concubine's leave."

Seeing that she couldn't be coaxed well, Concubine Zhang Shu got up and reported to the emperor.

"If that's the case, let's take the princess back." The eldest princess kept crying, and the emperor was also distressed. He wanted to go down to see the eldest princess, but every time she saw him, she had a panicked expression, so he had no choice but to give up.

With the emperor's permission, Concubine Zhang Shu picked up the eldest princess and walked out of the palace.

Looking at the backs of the mother and daughter, Su Qingning couldn't help frowning.

She still couldn't agree with Concubine Zhang Shu's way of educating her. The eldest princess is now so old that she can walk around on her own, but Concubine Zhang Shu has been restricting her because of her various worries.

After the mother and daughter left, the hall returned to silence, and some concubines who had already eaten were stealing glances at the emperor.

(End of this chapter)