back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 317
Before the third quarter of You Shi, Lu Chengqi, who had nothing to do, left the Chui Gong Hall.It is rare to have a free day without having to face those piles of memorials, and it is always a bit comfortable.

Surrounded by his personal eunuchs and court ladies, Lu Chengqi came to the imperial dining room.Looking at the evening after the rain, Lu Chengqi suddenly remembered something: "Where is the queen?"

The little eunuch next to him was taken aback for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know."

Lu Chengqi laughed and scolded: "I don't know, don't you know how to look for it? Can't I go?"

The cute little eunuch said "oh", and hurriedly ran to the Hall of Renming without knowing how to say it.Lu Chengqi smiled wryly, and thought: "The original personal eunuch is still easier to use, this one..."

The original personal eunuchs were sent by Lu Chengqi to serve the Empress Dowager Zunci, not only the personal eunuchs were sent there, but also a lot of court ladies who served Lu Chengqi were sent there as a show of filial piety.

Lu Chengqi pondered: "It seems that I haven't been to Jingfu Palace for a while, I have to stay tonight to discuss with Zi Tong, and I will take some time tomorrow to go and see the Queen Mother. What to say, she is also my stepmother in this life, As an emperor, you still have to set an example for the people of the world..."

Not long after, the imperial dining room arrived.And the royal chef had already prepared dinner for the entire palace.Of course, the emperor's dinner was cooked fresh, and if the emperor ate cold dishes, they would be negligent in their duties.If the emperor didn't blame him, it would be a trivial matter, just change a dish.But if it happens that the emperor is in a bad mood and eats your already cold dish, you'll be lucky not to chop you up.Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, which means that your heart is unpredictable!

While waiting for dinner, the personal eunuch came back panting: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Empress...she..."

Hearing this, Lu Chengqi felt anxious, stood up with a "huh", raised his eyebrows, and shouted: "How is Zi Tong?"

The little eunuch next to him was frightened by Lu Chengqi, and almost fell to his knees: "The empress has left the palace..."

Hearing this, Lu Chengqi knew that he was neurotic, so he felt a little relieved, and scolded with a smile: "You are half talking, do you want me to punish you?"

The little eunuch said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, you are in a hurry..."

"Okay, okay, you don't have to complain anymore, send someone out of the palace to look for it, the orphanage, and search everywhere in Huangzhuang! If you can't find the queen, don't come back!" Lu Chengqi said impatiently.

Hearing that the Yellow River was about to burst today, Lu Chengqi was not in a very good mood. Even the maids behind him could sense Lu Chengqi's displeasure, and they were very careful not to offend the little emperor.Only this heartless little eunuch couldn't even do this well, the maid guarding behind Lu Chengqi had no expression on her face, but she laughed at the little eunuch in her heart.

Seeing the little eunuch running in embarrassment, with his back to the little emperor, the maids covered their mouths and started laughing.Lu Chengqi tapped the table with his fingers habitually, and murmured, "This Zitong is too old, he even forgot the time to eat, like a child, really..."

The court ladies in the front row with sharp ears heard it clearly, and couldn't help laughing again, and said in their hearts: "The emperor still cares about the queen..."

But the scheming one said in his heart: "It's just a good fate. If the emperor takes a fancy to me, wouldn't I also fly up to a branch and become a phoenix?" This kind of thinking occupies the majority.This can't be blamed on them, the three thousand beauties in the harem count them all as palace maids, who might be favored by the emperor, how many people can there be who are favored by Yulu?
These court ladies are all the best in appearance, at least in this era, it is impossible for anyone who comes out of the palace to be ugly.Most of them are selected by the good family of the public officials, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not bad.These court ladies have hearts higher than the sky, and their lives are thinner than paper. The fate of most people is to live through the age of 30, be sent back home, and spend ten or twenty years of youth in exchange for a bunch of stuff.At that time, I was old and poor, so I could only find someone to marry, and I could only be a concubine, and my life was very bumpy.

And a small part will be favored by the imperial guards, and they will be freed from the sea of ​​misery if they ask the queen to marry them.But the imperial guards are only made up of a thousand people, and most of them still have families. Don't they go to the end of the world to be small?These proud and arrogant women, I'm afraid they won't!

But apart from this road, the ladies of the court really don't have many choices.Are they going to marry those useless eunuchs?Although many court ladies and eunuchs have been in love for a long time, although they can't be humane, their relationship is better than ordinary couples.But this kind of love, which is absolutely intolerable in the eyes of the world, is ultimately criticized by others.How many court ladies with a heart higher than the sky can accept it!
Most of the maids behind are about the age of the emperor, they were sent to the palace when they were less than 15 years old, and they are only sixteen or seventeen years old now.In the big dye vat of the imperial palace, they are more scheming than women of the same age, and even if there are some who are not stained by mud, they are in the minority.

The court ladies had their own concerns, and Lu Chengqi was also absent-minded. Even when the imperial chef brought up the dishes, he didn't intend to move his chopsticks, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The night slowly fell, Zhou Zhiruo still didn't turn around, Lu Chengqi finally couldn't sit still, just when he was about to say something out of the palace, he heard the little eunuch outside the door shouting: "The empress is here!"

Lu Chengqi was overjoyed, stood up abruptly, took three steps at a time, and stepped out of the imperial dining room.Seeing this quick movement, the palace maid behind her was saddened, envious and jealous at the same time.

Sure enough, Zhou Zhiruo walked slowly towards Lu Chengqi under the support of a close maid.Lu Chengqi originally complained a little bit, but when he saw Zhou Zhiruo's voice and smile, those dissatisfaction had long been forgotten, and he seemed to be smiling from the bottom of his heart, like a spring breeze.

Zhou Zhiruo walked slowly in front of Lu Chengqi, and said in a low voice: "The concubine sees Your Majesty, I am really sorry that I have been waiting for you for so long..."

Lu Chengqi hurriedly helped Zhou Zhiruo into the imperial dining room, and said, "It's good for Zi Tong to go back to the palace, it's good to go back to the palace. It's raining today, did Zi Tong get wet?"

"How can the concubine get wet in the orphanage? Your majesty is concerned, the concubine..."

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else, the food is the most important thing." Lu Chengqi said softly, this show of affection not only made Lu Chengqi's close maids envious, even Zhou Zhiruo's close court ladies were a little envious .

When the two of them sat down, Lu Chengqi saw that some of the dishes were cold, so he summoned the chef, "I changed them for me, they were all cold, and I spoiled the empress, there are some good ones for you..."

But Zhou Zhiruo stopped her and said, "Your Majesty, just warm it up. Isn't Your Majesty the most frugal?"

Hearing what Zhou Zhiruo said, Lu Chengqi immediately changed his mind: "Listen to the empress..."

After the imperial chef said "Zunzhi", he went out with those dishes.Seeing this scene, the court ladies behind him who wanted to make the little emperor look up to them began to overturn the jealous jar, but they were limited by Lu Chengqi's imperial power and dared not show it.

(End of this chapter)