Chapter 18

Zhao Jing's words made Xie Zhao slightly taken aback.

Speaking of which, the two had been husband and wife for nearly [-] years in the previous life, so the number of concubines in the harem is really not that many.

Except for the draft before she entered the palace, in the third year after she entered the palace, because no prince was born in the harem, the queen mother took the lead and had another draft.

Adding up the two drafts, the concubines in the harem can still be counted with their fingers. Afterwards, even if there were still papers for the draft, they were all suppressed by Zhao Jing.

Because of this, the queen mother was even more dissatisfied with herself, and often called her to her, stabbing her with words openly and secretly, thinking that she was preventing her from being drafted.

Xie Zhao knew that Zhao Jing was not an emperor obsessed with women.

But unexpectedly, he would rather take a bath in cooler water than go to the harem on purpose, or invite people to Jianzhang Palace.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this Jianzhang Palace, except for her, has never had a concubine in the harem, and Shen's is no exception.

"What's the matter?" Seeing her in a daze, Zhao Jing asked in a low voice, Xie Zhao came back to his senses and stared at him for a while.

"You..." She opened her mouth, and Zhao Jing stared at her, but in the end, she couldn't ask.

She actually wanted to ask, although she was the only one who lived in Jianzhang Palace in this harem, she was his queen after all.

Why would he rather bathe in cooler water than be with his queen...

But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

"It's okay." She shook her head and got up from the soft couch. At this time, the palace people had prepared hot water, and she walked towards the side room.

Behind him, Zhao Jing sat on the soft couch, looked at her back, and thought of her hesitation just now, with a rather puzzled expression.

This time, he really couldn't guess what Xie Zhao wanted to say?
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The next day, after the daily lecture, Xie Zhao took Jiang Hai to Yichun Palace.

Yesterday Li Jieyu sent someone to invite His Majesty down for dinner, because Xie Zhao was going to Fushou Palace, she changed the dinner to today's lunch.

After receiving the exact news, last night, Li Jieyu ordered her to go down, and there is no need to pay her respects to the Queen today, she has been waiting for His Majesty to come in the Yichun Palace.

"Master, Your Majesty is coming!" The palace servants trotted in from outside the hall, Li Jieyu got up from the soft couch, and went to greet the hall entrance.

"Your Majesty~" After walking outside the hall, Xie Zhao heard the mellow tone of nine to eighteen tunes, she couldn't help shivering, and felt goose bumps.

Li Jieyu came out to greet Xie Zhao, and before Xie Zhao could speak, she got up and took her arm, acting like a baby with her.

"Your Majesty, why did you come here? Both the concubine and the emperor missed you, and the emperor kicked the concubine just now!"

Being held by her, Xie Zhao entered the hall together with her, Li Jieyu's words made her look a little weird.

She lowered her head and looked at Li Jieyu's stomach, she couldn't even see it in less than three months.

Where did the emperor kick her?
"Your Majesty has come to Yichun Palace to visit his concubines one after another. Will the empress be happy?"

Pulling Xie Zhao to sit down, Li Jieyu blinked her eyes, looking uneasy.

Before Xie Zhao could speak, Li Jieyu's eyes suddenly turned red, and her voice was a little more aggrieved.

"My concubine knows that your majesty and your empress are newly married, but this concubine is pregnant now, so I want your majesty to spend more time with my concubine..."

Xie Zhao was quite clear about Li Jieyu's temperament, because of this, she didn't expose it when she said "the emperor kicked her" just now, so as not to touch her heart that is prone to sadness.

But what she was doing now really made Xie Zhao confused. She looked at Li Jieyu and waited for her to continue.

She really lived up to Xie Zhao's expectations and continued, "Yesterday, my concubine went to pay her respects to the empress. Because she was pregnant, it would inevitably be inconvenient. When she didn't want to come out of the palace, she bumped into the empress. She..."

What he said was hesitant to say, leaving enough room for imagination.

But Xie Zhao didn't think much about it. One was that she knew Li Jieyu's hypocrisy in the past, but she never felt sorry for her.

Second, the current queen is actually Zhao Jing, and Li Jieyu is pregnant, so Zhao Jing will not embarrass her.

As for why Li Jieyu was like this, it was probably because Zhao Jing accidentally touched Li Jieyu's heart that was prone to sadness.

This is not surprising.

It is said that three women make one play, but with her, Li Jieyu, she can imagine a big play.

Gangli Jieyu said it was yesterday, no wonder she sent someone to invite her yesterday, it turned out to be a complaint.

I thought about it in my heart, after all this is pregnant, if she doesn't speak, what else can she imagine?

"Don't worry about the queen, I'm here. You are pregnant right now, so pay attention to your body. Don't cry anymore."

She took out a handkerchief from her bosom, and helped Li Jieyu wipe away her tears.

Speaking of which, Li Jieyu's tears probably don't need money, they can be shed as soon as they are said, which is quite powerful.

She can't do that.

When Zhao Jing passed away in her previous life, she was also sad, but she couldn't cry. Later, she asked Zisu to smear something on her handkerchief, and tears flowed from her blunt eyes.

Her Majesty persuaded her, and wiped her tears himself, a smile appeared on Li Jieyu's face again, and the tears stopped immediately.

This made Xie Zhao sigh inwardly again.

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With the matter of Xie Zhao going to Fushou Palace yesterday, early this morning, the nuns beside the Empress Dowager went to the Palace Bureau.

When Zhao Jing got the news, the steward of the Palace Bureau had already been replaced.

The nanny next to the queen mother personally brought the new steward to Jianzhang Palace to pay her respects to the queen.

The new steward brought by Mammy was not the steward of the Palace Bureau in Zhao Jing's memory.

But since the nanny from the empress dowager's palace came, he will take care of it for now.

Last night, for some unknown reason, Xie Zhao rested after taking a bath and did not speak to him again.

Therefore, Zhao Jing is not very clear about what happened in Fushou Palace yesterday.

But since the Queen Mother is willing to replace the steward of the Palace Bureau, Zhao Jing is still happy.

Yesterday, the steward of the Yeting Bureau brought Zhao Jing, but today the new steward of the Gongwei Bureau took over.

While eating at noon, he heard that Xie Zhao had gone to Yichun Palace again.

Frowning slightly, he always felt that she had been there a little too frequently these two days.

Although Li Jieyu is pregnant, she should be more concerned, but it is not good to go too many times.

He thought about talking to her when Xie Zhao came back at night.

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After having lunch with Li Jieyu, Xie Zhao went back to the Wenhua Palace. After lunch, there was an afternoon lecture, and there were a lot of papers presented today.

With all the ministers around, even if he encounters difficult government affairs, with their help, Xie Zhao can handle them well.

Since she became Zhao Jing, she hasn't encountered anything too difficult to deal with.

There was no riding and shooting today, so Xie Zhao went straight back to Jianzhang Palace after finishing the paperwork and the afternoon lecture.

Zhao Jing was waiting for her, and when he saw her come back, he waved at the palace servants, only the emperor and empress were left in the palace.

(End of this chapter)

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