Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 51

Zhaoyang Hall is very large, beautiful and splendid.

Ruyi stared intently, but Aman was drowsy. With his immature and limited eyesight, he could only vaguely see a black and white world.He opened his mouth, yawned delicately, and closed his eyes in Zhao Qingze's swaying arms.

When Zhao Qingze and Ruyi found out, he was already fast asleep, breathing lightly, his small mouth slightly opened, looking so innocent.

"Let the nanny carry him to sleep! He won't sleep well then."

Ruyi looked at her son tenderly, and said to Zhao Qingze.

Little Aman was still young, this time when he returned to the palace, Ruyi specially wrapped him in thick swaddling clothes, just in case he would freeze, so it was obviously uncomfortable to wrap him so tightly and thickly.

Zhao Qingze nodded, and handed Aman to the nanny who came up.

As soon as little Aman was carried away, Zhao Qingze stepped forward and hugged Ruyi, and asked softly, "Do you want to go shopping again?"

Ruyi shook her head, she had actually done enough shopping just now, this Zhaoyang Palace is too big, and Ruyi, even if she visits it all for a while, it’s just a quick glance, anyway, she’s already moved in, and there will be more in the future It is time and opportunity to slowly understand.

"Okay, I'll take you to the last place."

Zhao Qingze grabbed Ruyi's hand with a smile, and led her into the apse of Zhaoyang Hall, bypassed the main hall, walked into the bedroom, and pushed open an inconspicuous door. The water mist diffused out.

Ruyi's eyes widened in surprise, and she looked at Zhao Qingze. Zhao Qingze pulled Ruyi into that room, or the bathroom.

The entire room is simply furnished, with only a screen and a couch. In the middle, there is a large pool, just like a small swimming pool. The pool is filled with water, and the steaming steam envelopes the entire bathroom hazy. , The petals floating on the water exude a faint fragrance.

"This this……"

No wonder Ruyi is speechless at this moment, this is too extravagant!

It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to fill the water in this pool. This is an era when it is all artificial.

"Like it?"

Zhao Qingze asked with a smile.

Ruyi nodded again and again, but felt a little uneasy: "Would it be...too wasteful!"

Originally, it was just a bath that could be finished in a bathtub, but now it uses a hundred times more water, but she really likes it so much that she really can't say anything hypocritical to say no.

"You are also tired from the journey, go take a bath now, if you like, I will take you to the palace to soak in the hot spring when you are free."

"Ok!"

Ruyi felt that she had been completely eroded by Zhao Qingze's sugar-coated bullets, she didn't even look at Zhao Qingze with some anticipation, wondering if the other party was taking a bath with her.

At this time, she was very grateful to Nanny Cao for the cloth wrapped around her waist after giving birth. At least after she gave birth, her figure looked better except for a little plumpness.The slender waist did not show any signs of just giving birth, and even the skin on the waist did not show any signs of slack.

Zhao Qingze smiled and looked at Ruyi expectantly and looked at himself shyly. He lowered his head again and was about to speak, but he heard Deng Xian's soft voice outside.

He knew that Deng Xian would never come to disturb him if he had something important to do, so he could only touch Ruyi's face in frustration, and said, "You take a bath first, I will come later."

After finishing speaking, he told the maids standing on both sides to wait on him: "Serve well."

Ruyi watched Zhao Qingze walk out of the room, and felt slightly relieved. She didn't know whether she was relaxed or disappointed.

Zhao Qingze walked out of the room, saw Deng Xian who was standing beside him, and asked with a calm expression, "What's the matter?"

"The first empress and the first concubine asked to see each other outside Zhaoyang Hall."

Now that Zhao Qingze has ascended the throne, the two mothers and wives of Zhao Qingze can no longer be called Queen and Crown Princess, but Zhao Qingze has not clearly expressed his position on the titles given to the two. The people in the palace can only tacitly become the two as "first" up.

"Two weak girls, you still can't stop them?"

Zhao Qingze sneered, disgusted in his heart.

Deng Xian lowered his head, and explained: "The guards outside the hall dare not stop."

It's not that they can't be stopped, it's that they dare not stop them. After all, in the eyes of all outsiders, these two are the people closest to Zhao Qingze. If they forcefully barge in, they really don't dare to stop them.

Zhao Qingze frowned, and walked directly towards the outer hall of Zhaoyang Palace without saying anything.

The first empress and the first concubine were really a little panicked at this time. Zhao Qingze's impression of the two of them's honest words yesterday existed in their hearts.Let them no longer dare to be sure that they can be the queen mother and queen.

Last night, I tossed and turned, almost unable to sleep at night.

If they can't sit on the throne of queen mother and empress, it will really become a joke.The more they thought about it, the more flustered and anxious their hearts became.At this moment, the two of them didn't care about who suppressed the other, and they couldn't help but unite together. No matter what, they had to determine their status first.

Chen Yuanxiang ran to the Jiaofang Palace almost at dawn to ask for advice, and the first empress also invited someone to Zhao Qingze as soon as she opened her eyes.

It's just that Zhao Qingze left the palace early in the morning, and the former empress was a step behind and didn't invite him.

This is great, Empress Xian was even more panicked, she simply went out of the gate of the Jiaofang Palace and rushed to the Chaoyang Palace, where the guards were dense, but there was no trace of popularity.

The first empress and the first concubine waited outside the door for a long time, but they couldn't get in at all. The latter came out and said that Chaoyang Palace had been deserted since then, and Zhao Qingze had already chosen another place, so the two gave up and went back to Jiaofang Palace.

The two waited bitterly in the Jiaofang Palace, thinking countless things about what to do if they saw Zhao Qingze, and the more they thought about it, the more anxious they became.It wasn't until the two of them couldn't sit still anymore that the palace servant who helped deliver the news told Zhao Qingze about returning to the palace.

The first empress and the first concubine didn't say anything else, so they packed up their clothes and rushed over.

The two were stopped outside the hall, and the gold-helmed and iron-armored guards drew their knives to stop them, but the first empress and the first princess looked like they were going all out. As a result, the guards really didn't dare to do anything, and could only forcefully kill the two. People stopped outside the hall.

When Zhao Qingze walked out, he saw this confrontation.

He glanced coldly at the two of them, with a mocking smile on his face, and said coldly: "The two of you really don't mind showing embarrassment."

In the front hall of Zhaoyang, guards and courtiers don't have to shy away from it.

He really underestimated the embarrassing skills of these two people. It's a great skill to be able to throw the ugliness to the previous court!
Empress Xian heard Zhao Qingze's voice, and saw Zhao Qingze standing on the top of the stairs looking at them, a little embarrassed, while Chen Yuanxiang was chilled by Zhao Qingze's cold gaze, and shrank behind Empress Xian in fear.

"Ze'er, the queen mother..."

Empress Xian's tone was gentle and loving, as if she wanted to arouse Zhao Qingze's filial piety.

"If the mother really has something to do, let's talk about it tomorrow. I don't have time right now."

Zhao Qingze interrupted coldly, as if wanting to go back to Zhaoyang Hall.

"Ze'er, I am your queen mother!"

The first empress had a mournful face and spoke bitterly.

"Mother, if you are willing to accompany father and emperor, you don't have to obey my order."

Zhao Qingze sneered and looked at her.

Empress Xian's heart skipped a beat, she was angry and sad at the same time, Zhao Qingze, a rebellious son, even if he became the emperor, she would also be his mother.How can there be a child who is not filial to his mother.

However, the former empress really didn't dare to challenge the son she couldn't see through, so she could only ask with a little pleading: "When will the emperor come to see me?"

"I'll be here tomorrow."

Zhao Qingze didn't hold the other party's appetite, so he answered simply, but after saying this, he said coldly: "I sent someone to send my mother back, mother, don't run around, if I see you like this again, don't blame me Those who were just evacuated yesterday were sent back to their mother's back."

A group of guards trotted forward and surrounded the Empress Xian. Empress Xian felt that she was almost out of breath. This is not an escort, it is clearly an escort, and there is her harem. Surrounded by outside men.

But the first queen, who had already got the answer, didn't dare to speak out again, for fear of angering Zhao Qingze, and the loss outweighed the gain.

Chen Yuanxiang stood where she was, watching the first queen being escorted away. She looked at Zhao Qingze hesitantly, and wanted to say something soft. After all, she always felt that Zhao Qingze should have feelings for her, and she didn't care about Zhao Qingze. What she did was when she was confined, she even asked Prince Rong to send her the clothes she made by herself.

"emperor……"

She opened her mouth, wanting to stop Zhao Qingze who was about to return to the palace.

Zhao Qingze stopped in his tracks, glanced at Chen Yuanxiang coldly, and said, "Could it be that you want me to send someone to take you back."

"No..." Chen Yuanxiang shook his head repeatedly.

If someone escorted her back to the East Palace, she would really be a joke, she quickly refused: "The concubine returns by herself, by herself..."

After saying this, she lingered on step by step.

Zhao Qingze glanced at the place where Empress Xian and Chen Yuanxiang were standing just now with disgust, and said to Deng Xian who was beside him: "Have someone clean this place well."

"Yes."

Deng Xian shrugged his head and agreed.He could feel that Zhao Qingze was in a very bad mood at this time.He watched Zhao Qingze walk past him in the same direction as he had called Zhao Qingze out just now, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

With Mrs. Chen, there is no need to worry that His Highness will be in a bad mood later.

He propped up his body, and told the little eunuch who was following him: "Your Majesty's order, hurry up!"

When he left here, he glanced at the clean, almost spotless white marble steps, and couldn't help shaking his head.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Qingze really finished his morning court feeling refreshed.

Deng Xian accompanied Zhao Qingze to the morning court, and then followed Zhao Qingze back to the imperial study. The maid who served tea had just brought tea, but he saw that Zhao Qingze took two imperial decrees that seemed to be just written and threw them into his hands.

"His Majesty?"

Deng Xian glanced at Zhao Qingze in confusion.

But Zhao Qingze said, "Take it, let's drive Jiaofang Palace."

"Yes!"

Deng Xian hastily applauded the two imperial decrees tremblingly, but the curiosity in his heart couldn't help but arise, what is His Majesty going to do.

In the Jiaofang Palace, Empress Xian washed up early and sat in the hall waiting for Zhao Qingze.

When Zhao Qingze walked in, Empress Xian smiled lovingly and stepped forward to greet her. She was determined to repair her relationship with Zhao Qingze.

She thought about it in her mind, Zhao Qingze treated her like this probably because she thought she had given up on her when he was imprisoned, but it was easy. When he was imprisoned, she often gave Zhao Qingze things and said a few soft words That's it!
Thinking of this, she was full of confidence, looked at Zhao Qingze with a dignified and loving face, and personally took the tea from the palace man, and put it in Zhao Qingze's hand.

"Your majesty, now that you are the emperor, the empress mother is really happy for you. When you were imprisoned earlier, the empress mother was very worried..."

Empress Xian spoke softly and slowly.

It's just that Zhao Qingze didn't seem to want to listen to her nonsense.

"Queen, I want to ask you a question? I and Zhao Qingli are in your heart, who do you value more?"

The empress was stunned for a while, so it might as well be Zhao Qingze asked this question, but she immediately raised a gentle smile and said, "Ze'er, what are you talking about, you and Qingli are both fallen from the queen mother's body. Meat, of course the queen mother loves it."

She couldn't help thinking in her heart, could it be... Could it be that the reason why the emperor treats her like this is just because he feels that she loves Qingli more, so he has a grudge.Thinking of this, she said again: "Qing Li is the youngest son, and you are the eldest son whom the empress has given everyone's attention. The empress pays more attention to you, but she will not express her love for you. Don't you think that the empress does not love you?" is you!"

Zhao Qingze smiled faintly when he heard the words, and played with the lid of the teacup in his hand, but asked again: "My mother must really hope that I can let the tea come out, right?"

Empress Xian's heart skipped a beat, but she kept a smile on her face calmly, and said softly: "Of course I hope, the empress mother said, you and Qing Li are both the empress's children, and the empress is in pain, so I don't care about you." I hope you brothers can live in harmony..."

"If you let Qingli come out, you will need to pay some price from your mother, will your mother be willing?"

Zhao Qingze suddenly looked at Empress Xian and asked aloud.

"The price..." Empress Xian's expression remained unchanged, she looked at Zhao Qingze with a soft and loving face, and smiled: "For the sake of the child, there is no reason why parents would not be willing. If it were you, Ze'er, the queen mother would also be willing."

"it is good!"

Zhao Qingze stood up with a smile, and said, "Mother, I have two orders here, but you can only take one of them. The mother can choose carefully."

Deng Xian put the two imperial decrees in front of the first queen, Zhao Qingze pointed with a smile and said: "One is the imperial decree to make the queen mother the empress dowager; the other is the decree to release Qing Li and restore his title of Prince Rong. He also chose a rich and prosperous place in the Central Plains as a fief, and the queen mother can go there with Qingli to enjoy the blessings."

"Of course, if the queen mother chooses the latter one, I believe Qingli will be filial and give up the queen mother's position to protect his mother."

Zhao Qingze approached the first queen and said softly.

"you……"

Empress Xian looked at Zhao Qingze, and said coldly, "I won't choose!"

She turned her back, as if to avoid the two wills in front of her.

"Are you sure you don't want to choose the empress?" Zhao Qingze was not angry, and said with a smile on his face, "If the empress doesn't choose today, then nothing will be left. The only chance for the empress is today."

Zhao Qingze signaled Deng to go forward to take back the two edicts, and he seemed to turn around and leave.

Deng Xian stepped forward and was about to reach out to take it back, when suddenly Empress Xian's hands were placed on the two imperial decrees. She looked at Zhao Qingze pleadingly, as if she wanted him to change his previous decision.

Zhao Qingze just squinted at her. Seeing that she hadn't responded for a long time, he looked at Deng Xian again.

"Don't..." Empress Xian bit her lips tightly and said, "I choose, I choose..."

"Which way will the queen choose?"

Empress Xian didn't speak, she just lowered her head and took out the imperial decree of the Empress Dowager.

Zhao Qingze laughed: "Sure enough, it is exactly as I expected. To the queen mother, what is a son!"

Zhao Qingze walked out of Jiaofang Palace with a big laugh, and told his subordinates loudly: "Since Mother Empress is Xiaoci Empress Dowager, hurry up and help Mother Empress move to the palace!"

(End of this chapter)