Concubine's Handbook of Good Life in Ancient Times

Chapter 190

After the second prince was born, apart from washing the third son, he didn't even hold a serious full moon banquet, which shows the emperor's dislike.The people in the palace are also used to follow the wind to make the rudder, so although the second prince has not been deprived of food, and now no one dares to commit crimes against the wind, he is not taken seriously.

If it weren't for Qin Shurong's caring heart, it would be quite difficult for the second prince to survive in the harem, a place where people cannibalize.

One day in late May, not long after the second prince's full moon banquet.

The emperor suddenly recruited Shuning out of the Taiji Palace one day.

"My concubine will accompany the queen out of the palace tomorrow. I will be involved in national affairs tomorrow and I will not be able to tell where I am from. I don't worry about other people. Can my concubine help me?"

The emperor embraced Shuning and walked to the inner hall.

"Of course, as long as the concubine can do something, I will definitely help."

Shu Ning didn't refuse, it's just that the empress leaving the palace is a big deal, right?However, the emperor's appearance seemed normal, which meant that this was not the first time the empress had left the palace.

"Concubine Ai is really my concubine, I can't tell you about this in detail, it concerns the Queen's privacy. If the Queen wants to tell Concubine Ai, she will say it herself."

The emperor sighed, it had been almost ten years since that incident, and the queen couldn't let it go, and he also had unspeakable guilt in his heart.

"I understand, I won't talk too much."

Shu Ning sees the emperor like this, but knows that this matter is not easy, she just needs to be with the Empress well tomorrow, and the rest of Shu Ning will be a deaf and dumb person, not saying anything and pretending not to see anything.

"I know Aifei is not such a person, otherwise I wouldn't let Aifei go out of the palace with the queen."

The emperor touched Shu Ning's face, feeling mixed feelings in his heart, and he and the empress would not be in a good mood during these few days of the year.It's good that he has the imperial concubine to accompany him this year, but what about the queen?She can't let it go, and she won't be happy for a day.Fortunately, the current empress has accepted the fact, but after hearing the report from the hidden guards, the emperor knew that she was still worried about her.

Early in the morning of the second day, an ordinary carriage quietly drove out of the palace.

Behind the carriage was a group of people dressed in ordinary clothes. The carriage gradually drove out of the imperial city and headed out of the city.

Shuning and the queen were sitting in the carriage. In order not to be recognized, Shuning didn't even bring Simei with her, and only brought Hou Lin with her.The same is true for the queen, who didn't bring a single girl.

The faces of the two were still covered with veils. Shu Ning's hand was held by the queen. The strength was not very strong, but it could be felt that the queen was very nervous.

"Empress?" Shuning poured a cup of tea for the queen with one hand.

"Don't call me your mother when you leave the palace, call me sister!" The queen took the teacup and drank it in small sips.

"Yes, sister."

Shu Ning quickly changed her mind, going out of the palace is no better than being in the palace, in order not to reveal her identity, it's better not to call someone like a concubine or something.She was just used to it before, and she didn't change her mouth.

The carriage traveled eastward until it came to a small valley more than 20 miles away from the capital.Different from the valley Shu Ning saw in the palace, this valley has many trees and weeds, but there is actually a path between the trees and weeds.

Outside the valley, the queen and Shuning got out of the carriage, and the rest of the carriage could not get in, so they had to get off the carriage to walk.

Supporting the queen, Shu Ning looked at the valley covered by weeds and trees, what's in there?At this time last year, Shu Ning had just entered the palace and was not familiar with the emperor and empress, so she didn't know whether the emperor and empress had left the palace that day.

"Be careful with your feet."

The queen warned Shuning.

"Yes, thank you sister."

The queen's reminder made Shuning avoid a pit on the path, if she stepped into it, even if her feet were fine, she would fall into a shit.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, the group came to a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters.Shuning never expected that after walking through the forest and the place where weeds gather, there will be a beautiful scenery.

What surprised her even more was that there was a tomb quietly standing in the deepest part of the valley in this place that looked like a treasured place of geomantic omen.

Is that tomb the reason why the queen left the palace this time?Shu Ning saw that the queen took the burden from Hou Lin, and walked over with two big burdens by herself.

Shu Ning stood there silently, she promised the emperor to be deaf and dumb.

Even so, Shu Ning still saw the queen take out incense candles and other sacrificial items from the bundle and place them in front of the tomb.

The queen first half-kneeled in front of the tomb, and talked to the tombstone for a long time, then lit the incense and burned the paper money, and finally saw the queen opening another bag, which was actually full of clothes.

Shuning could tell that it was a man's clothes.She didn't mention how surprised she was, but she could think that since the emperor let the queen come out, he must know that the queen made another man's clothes.But the emperor actually allowed it, and even let the queen come out to worship.

Shu Ning no longer cared about state affairs, but she also knew that the queen's father was not buried here, but in the queen's hometown, under the care of the clan.

A thought flashed through Shu Ning's mind for a moment. She always thought that the relationship between the emperor and the empress was not like a husband and wife, but like siblings. The movements between the two looked close but not intimate. It's between a man and a woman.

She thought it was an illusion before, anyway, the empress is the emperor's wife, although she was also curious why the empress was never jealous of her, but this was not something she could ask, so Shu Ning never asked.But judging from everything today, the truth is so unexpected, but it is reasonable.

(End of this chapter)