Pampered Into Being The Empress - Chapter 80

Two days have passed since Muhuai’s east tour.

Rong Xi’s palace had not been completely renovated, and he was inconvenient to live alone in the Qianyuan Hall where the emperor was living, so he temporarily returned to the East Palace and stayed with Mu Jue.

It didn’t take long for the two of them to leave the East Palace, but Mu Huai was not in the Yongxi Palace. When Rong Xi saw the familiar scenery and things in front of him again, he was a little bit emotional.

The former East Palace was called Quyun Palace.

Although the Quyun Palace was expanded after Mu Huai was placed in the state reserve, some scenery remained unchanged.

Quyun Palace also has special memories for Rongxi.

She recently thought of the past in Quyun Palace, but it was not Mu Huai’s violent and arrogant attitude towards her in the past, but the gentle gentleness he occasionally revealed to her when he was the Fourth Prince.

And when she first met Mu Huai, his look of Zhilan Yushu and Jiyue scenery brought her awe.

And after this place became the East Palace, for her, there were more mixed memories.

When she was first retrieved from Hongdu by Mu Huai, she did not have any status, but Mu Huai said that he would allow her to pet her and give her a sharp edge.

Later, she was named Liangdi, and she was insulted by Zhai Shiyin in the imperial garden next to Zirui Palace. Mu Huai taught Zhai Shiyin severely for her. After returning to the palace, she personally applied medicine to her sprained ankle and solemnly Promise to her that he will be her biggest backer in the future.

He worked hard and planned for a long time, and finally let her sit in the position of the princess. Her brother Rong Hui was going to harm him, and Mu Huai was afraid of her sadness, so he would rather hide her depression in his heart.

After Jue’er was born, the previous discord between the two faded away, and the time she spent with Muhuai in the East Palace was nothing short of honey mixing oil.

It was night, Rong Xi was lying on the four-poster Chinese bed in the main hall of the East Palace, recalling all the past.

There was no change in Mu Huai’s bedroom. When the palace official learned that she was coming back to live, he simply dusted it.

Everything in front of him was too familiar to Rong Xi.

She gradually closed her eyes. Although charcoal was burning in the temple, she was a little delicate and still felt cold, especially her feet, which were always cold after nightfall.

Mu Huai was not by his side, no one hugged her to sleep, and no one yelled at her with his own body.

Thinking of this, Rong Xi’s nose was a little bit sour.

She had to admit that she was squeezed by Mu Huai, and she became more clingy.

She missed the moment when Mu Jue was born, she curled up in Mu Huai’s broad arms, narrating to him the trivial things about babies.

Mu Huai would listen patiently, touch the top of her hair and kiss her forehead.

Even thinking of all the ways he took advantage of her, Rong Xi felt that Mu Huai was less annoying and shameless.

Rong Xi comforted herself in her heart. It was because of the rotation of the seasons that she felt so delicate and kind in her heart. She couldn’t blame anyone for hurting the spring and the autumn. It must be because it was autumn that she was so hypocritical.

But she missed Mu Huai very much, but it was true and irresistible.

Fortunately, there is a lovely son to accompany her.

Without Mu Huai, Rong Xi can hug Mu Jue by the bed and sleep with his son.

Although Xiao Ajue can’t utter the complete words now, she can often babble, and she also likes to wave her little hands and feet, like a white and soft ball, which makes people feel affectionate at first sight.

Rong Xi asked the nurse to hug Mu Jue into the back of the palace, and Mu Jue got up on the spacious Chinese bed. After not climbing a few steps, he tilted his head and opened his mouth slightly to look at her.

Rong Xi’s heart softened, and he hugged the child.

Mu Jue is a child who loves to laugh. When an adult teases him, he will laugh from ear to ear. Rong Xi thought that when her A Jue grows up, she will be a very cheerful child.

She bowed her head and kissed the baby’s soft cheek, remembering that Emperor Zhuang also loved Mu Huai very much. If Concubine Xian did not have an accident, Mu Huai’s temperament would not be as surly as before.

Rong Xi hugged the little dumpling and gently shook it left and right, humming a little song while coaxing the child to sleep.

She thought that she and Mu Huai must be good, and they must watch Ajue grow up safely and healthily.

On the third day of Mu Huai’s departure, Xiao Ajue was with him. Rong Xi did not feel sad that night, and slept well.

Early the next morning, Rong Xi went to Mu Huai’s former study after a brief breakfast.

Now that Muhuai does not have a harem, she does not need to accept the courtesy of her concubine every day, but she also has to look at the account books and expenses in the palace.

The study of the East Palace is the same as before, unchanged.

Sitting in Mu Huai’s position, Rong Xi felt unspeakable.

This study also has too many memories for her.

She hadn’t been used to living in Qianyuan Hall very much, but when Mu Huai was the prince, she was waiting for her in the study room here.

Mu Huai was very focused on both his academic studies and the criticism and administration of politics.

The man’s attentive appearance is very charming, and Rong Xi often looks at him quietly.

The number of times the two have been here in Dun Lun is also uncountable, every time it is a little crazy.

Fortunately, Mu Huai visited east, only to go for a month or two.

Rong Xi couldn’t imagine how the other person who stayed in the world would spend the rest of his life if his lover leaves.

If Mu Huai is gone, she will miss her and will not live long.

Rong Xi condensed all his thoughts, and began to look closely at the account books submitted by the Nei Zhusi.

The cost of the Eastern Tour is not small. Since Mu Huai left Bianjing, Rong Xi began to reduce his consumption.

She deliberately ordered the people of the Shang Food Bureau to not need to present her food according to the Queen’s rule, as long as each meal has meat and vegetables, it can be four dishes and one soup.

She had a small appetite and couldn’t eat it.

Rong Xi flipped through the account book with his slender hands. When he saw Yan Xianggong’s expenses, he couldn’t help but pause the page turning.

In the harem of Emperor Zhuang, the concubines with higher status besides Concubine De, the deceased Concubine Li and Concubine Shu, there is also a concubine of the Zheng family.

Today the main seat of Yan Xiang Palace is the Concubine Hui.

Concubine Tonghui lived with Jieyu, who was beloved by Emperor Zhuang during his lifetime.

Concubine Hui had a good relationship with Concubine Li, whose father was originally Li Rui’s subordinate, and was named General Yunhui by the court. The Zheng family also made military exploits for Qi.

However, although the Zheng family was a general, it was incomparable with the Li family, the Wang family, or even the Yin family.

After Li Guifei was burned to death by Mu Huai’s design, Hui Taifei also behaved peacefully.

Rong Xi took a closer look, and found that the expenses that Tai Fei Hui had recently spent on food and drink were a bit larger.

In the late autumn, the crabs are fat and beautiful, and Hui Toffee likes to eat Bazhen Crab Soup. For several days, the royal chef of the Shangshi Bureau will present this dish to Yanxiang Palace.

Rong Xi knows the recipe of Bazhen Crab Soup. To make this dish, it often costs a basket of crabs, or dozens of live crabs. It also uses prawns, abalones, sea cucumbers and other delicacies from the sea. The cooking method is exquisite, and it takes a lot of royal cooking.

It would cost dozens of taels of silver to make a piece of Bazhen Crab Soup, which is truly extravagant.

Rong Xi beautifully stared at the account book, called an errand lady, and said to her order: “The person who went to the Tongshang Food Bureau said, If Concubine Hui wants this dish again, she will remind her that the precedent is over. When the concubine asked, she asked Shang Shi Jian to tell her, let her cook this dish by herself.”

After listening, the court lady took Rong Xi’s words in her heart seriously.

After the palace lady came out of the palace, Rong Xi continued to flip through the account books. He saw that Du Fei De’s food and clothing were all in accordance with the system, but he remembered the delayed marriage of Wang Mutao Chen.

After Emperor Zhuang died, the marriage between Na Mu Tao and the second daughter of the county official could only be held three years later.

After Mu Tao got married, Concubine De could live with her son in the palace and be supported by Mu Tao.

Rong Xi felt sorry for him. When he saw the expenses in the Queen Mother Zhai’s palace, there was no peace and gentleness in his beautiful eyes.

The Empress Dowager Zhai actually ordered a lot of expensive tonics in the past few days. It is said that although the Queen Mother Zhai was trapped in her old palace, she could not leave.

But Emperor Zhuang’s imperial decree prevented Mu Huai from keeping her life.

Emperor Zhuang knew his son very well. He was afraid that when he died, Mu Huai would immediately attack the Queen Mother Zhai. He also told Mu Huai something before he died.

No matter how cruel Mu Huai was, he couldn’t ignore Emperor Zhuang’s will and could only continue to support the Queen Mother.

When Rong Xi thinks of Queen Mother Zhai, he will inevitably have some vicious thoughts.

The deaths of Yu Zhaorong, Huanniang, and Ye Yunlan are all related to her.

What made her unbearable most was that she used Concubine Shu and Zhou Nun to harm her A Jue.

Rong Xi wished that Empress Dowager Zhai died early, but as the queen and the daughter-in-law of the first emperor, she could not violate the last wish of Emperor Zhuang.

Thinking about this, Rong Xi’s white hands were already clenched into fists.

Dan Xiang stood by, catching a glimpse of Rong Xi’s expression, and was frightened in her heart.

It is difficult for her to see a sulky cruel look on Rong Xi’s delicate face.

The empress empress on weekdays is always gentle.

Now she looks like this, her lips are painted crimson again, and she looks at some femme fatale.

But in this way, her stunning face looked more vivid.

Rong Xi quickly calmed down. She felt Danxiang’s strangeness and knew that she must look like a poisonous woman in the deep palace.

However, she was fortunate that after Mu Huai left Bianjing, she finally recovered as usual, and was no longer as sad and helpless as the previous few days.

Although in this heart, it is still empty.

——”The queen mother, the queen mother, please go there. The concubines of the first emperor are also there.”

The shrill voice of the East Palace **** interrupted Rong Xi’s thoughts.

Rong Xi’s voice was still as soft as usual, and she replied lightly, “I see.”

Danxiang didn’t panic after seeing the master Empress after hearing the news, and didn’t say to go right away.

Instead, she was ordered to bring some peach blossom fragrance to the Queen Mother’s palace. Although Dan Xiang was puzzled, she did not dare to ask more, and only respectfully answered yes.

Rong Xi’s expression was calm, and he gathered his hair in front of the stage again.

The beauty in the mirror is still stunning, but her face is a bit less tender, and her eyes are a bit cold.

Dan Xiang prepared the peach blossom fragrance, but seeing that Rong Xi was still not in a hurry to leave the East Palace, she went to see the little prince again.

She asked incomprehensibly: “Manny…Shall we go to the Queen Mother?”

Rong Xi looked at Mu Jue with gentle eyes, and returned to Danxiang and said, “Go, of course I want to.”

Dan Xiang was a little bit at a loss, his tone lowered a bit: “That Niang Niang…”

Rong Xi straightened up, ordered the nurse to take care of Mu Jue, and then said to Dan Xiang, “Come on.”

She knew that although she was a queen, the concubines looked down on her in their bones.

They think she is the daughter of a petty official, and to this position, she is all dominated by the emperor, and it is the fox that charms the lord.

Even if the Empress Dowager Zhai loses power, she still has to cling to her and watch her jokes about the new queen.

After all, although Queen Mother Zhai was under house arrest by Mu Huai, if she wanted to summon her daughter-in-law and Mu Huai was not in the palace, she would definitely be criticized if she did not go.

But she didn’t have to be diligent if she wanted to go to Queen Mother Zhai.

She wanted to deliberately air the unkind toffees, and she also wanted to show the Queen Mother Zhai a little bit of prestige.

Sure enough, in the main hall of Queen Dowager Zhai’s palace, the toffee sitting in the room was a little impatient after seeing the new arrival.

Concubine Hui asked: “What’s going on with this new queen? It’s been half an hour since the **** went to the East Palace. Why can’t she still come?”

Empress Dowager Zhai said indifferently, “The daughter of a petty official was born, and she was spoiled by the new emperor again, so she wouldn’t be too disciplined.”

As soon as the voice fell, the eunuch’s shrill voice came from outside the main hall——

“The Queen Empress is here—”

The faces of the toffees in a room are different, some are chattering, some are calm and indifferent.

Seeing that Rong Xi was wearing a crown on his head and wearing a red bow attire, the lower-ranking concubine of the first emperor still got up from the armchair and bowed to Rong Xi.

Rong Xi met with Concubine De, and when she saw Concubine De’s lips curled slightly, she also smiled back to express her friendship.

After Rong Xilue’s courtesy, Queen Mother Zhai gave her a seat, and she still sat in the main hall.

At this time, Lan Ruo approached from outside the hall and whispered to the Queen Mother, saying that there were several sabre attendants standing outside the hall.

Queen Mother Zhai nodded.

After Rong Xi took the seat, he spoke before Queen Mother Zhai, and asked respectfully: “The mother calls for the ministers, what can I do?”

Empress Dowager Zhai had an unidentified smile in her eyes. This was the first time she had seen Rong since the Zhai family was copied.

Rong Shi is also.

The Empress Dowager Zhai also didn’t want to greet Rong Xi too much. She was ready to get straight to the subject, so she winked with Lan Ruo.

From time to time, Lan Ruo led a young court lady into the palace.

Rong Xi looked at the court lady, saw her gait twisted, and her lower abdomen was slightly close.

Her eyes changed slightly, her eyebrows were slightly frowning, but she quickly returned to normal.

Rong Xi guessed the Queen Mother Zhai’s intentions, but didn’t make a sensation.

Empress Dowager Zhai said to the concubine who was full of the house at this time: “This court lady is called A Jin, she is a rough maid in the Ai Family Palace, and she looks pretty pretty. Before the death of the first emperor, the new emperor of the prince was in drunk Lucky for her in the pavilions of the Royal Garden.”

Concubine De’s expression changed, she looked at Rong Xi, but she saw that her expression was light and she could not see any emotions.

Empress Dowager Zhai also glanced at Rong Xi and continued to preach: “Fortunately, it is fortunate. It is not a major event. Since the new emperor has not granted any status to Ajin, then she is still the first life palace in the Ai family palace. Maid. But a few days ago, Ai Jia actually found out that she was pregnant, and since she had a dragon heir in her belly, it would be too compliant to be a maid.”

When the words were over, Rong Xi glanced at A Jin who was kneeling on the ground.

Seeing that her appearance can only be regarded as delicate, she has nothing to do with the word beauty.

Rong Xi knows Mu Huai’s temperament, he is very arrogant and easily looks down on other women.

An ordinary court lady like A Jin could not be seen by him.

But at that time, Mu Huai did often drink with Yin Cheng.

Rong Xi half believed in the fact that A Jin was pregnant with Mu Huai’s child.

Concubine De said at this time: “The emperor was not in the palace on the way to the east, but when the emperor left, a pregnant Ajin appeared. This is really strange, and the one-sidedness of a single palace lady is not credible. Besides, the new emperor’s character is clear in the palace, and he will never do anything to be lucky to the palace ladies.”

Empress Dowager Zhai gave a chuckle, her wrinkled eyes fixedly looked at Rong Xi, and her mouth seemed to be answering Concubine De’s words, but in fact she was talking to Rong Xi: “In the past in this palace , Is it rare for the prince to adopt the maidservant as the maidservant? There was a prince who made the maidservant pregnant. These, the queen should be very clear.”

Rong Xi listened, but the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, without showing any anger.

Empress Dowager Zhai was referring to Sang and cursing Huai. She said this, on the surface, she was talking about A Jin and Mu Huai.

It was really insinuating her previous relationship with Mu Huai.

Empress Dowager Zhai knew that she was once Mu Huai’s maidservant, and she was pregnant with his child even when she had no status.

Rong Xi’s tone was very calm, and he ordered Na Ajin, and said, “Hold up your head.”

A Jin Yiyan adjusted her kneeling posture and looked at Rong Xi.

Rong Xi’s eyes were scrutinized, and he interrogated, and then said, “How many months have you been in your body?”

A Jin whispered and replied, “I have been back to Niangniang for two months.”

Counting days is the period when Mu Huai often went out of the palace to drink with Yin Cheng.

Rong Xi’s expression did not change, and he asked again: “How lucky is your Majesty, can you remember?”

A Jin glanced at the Empress Dowager Zhai, who did not expect that Rong Xi would interrogate A Jin so calmly, her expression could not help changing slightly.

A Jin could not see any information from the Queen Mother, so she replied: “The slave servant…the slave servant doesn’t remember.”

After listening, Rong Xi singled out the delicate Emei, but his tone was a little heavy: “Don’t remember? You have been pregnant for two months, so you should have noticed it early in the morning. Why have you kept the secret? After the emperor, what should you sin?”

A Jin was so frightened that she shed tears, and her body started shaking.

Seeing Rong Xi’s aggressiveness, Concubine Hui said in a slightly neutral tone: “Queen, this palace lady is still pregnant with a dragon heir. You are a little jealous and intolerant.”

Rong Xi didn’t even pay attention to Concubine Hui’s acrimonious words. Instead, he ordered the imperial physician to call the imperial physician, and in front of the imperial concubine, he asked the imperial physician to ask A Jin for consultation.

The imperial physician told Rong Xi that A Jin was pregnant, and it was two months old.

The Queen Mother looked at Rong Xi who was sitting on the armchair with cold eyes.

After Mu Huai succeeded to the throne, he didn’t even have a harem. This Rong family’s daughter should not be too smooth.

She knew that she couldn’t touch this woman by her ability.

She just wanted to take this A Jin Ge to respond to her while Mu Huai was away, and also wanted to pass this A Jin to make Mu Huai and Rong Shi a rift.

Rong Xi waited for the imperial physician to diagnose A Jin’s pulse, and then said to Concubine Hui: “This palace is just concerned about the emperor’s heir. Where did the toffee hear that this palace is jealous? This palace is the queen and the harem. The lord, also gave birth to the prince Mu Jue for the emperor. A small palace lady, even if she is pregnant with the emperor’s heir, the palace cannot be jealous of her.”

Concubine Hui was choked by these words.

But what she said was right. A Jin was indeed inferior to her in anything.

In terms of appearance alone, A Jin is a thousand miles away from Rong Xi.

Empress Dowager Zhai said at this time: “How does the queen want to place A Jin?”

Rong Xi half-hanged his head, and replied respectfully: “I will give her a temple first, so that she can temporarily raise her fetus. As for the position…the emperor needs to come back and make a plan.”

Empress Dowager Zhai’s calm face could not see the frustration, anger, or jealousy she wanted, and she couldn’t help but feel a little sad.

Rong Xi had already ordered the maid behind him to take Ah Jin down, and when he looked at the queen again, his smile was like a spring breeze.

Empress Dowager Zhai was a little puzzled, but heard Rong Xi say to her with that delicate voice: “This time, my son, I specially brought some peach blossom fragrance for the mother’s queen. This peach blossom fragrance can prevent the regeneration of hair, and it can also be kept. The fragrance lasts.”

After hearing the word Peach Blossom Xiangze, the Queen Mother quietly embedded her fingertips into her palm.

Some words are inconvenient for the two to speak in front of everyone.

Empress Dowager Zhai was a little unbelievable, Rong Xi actually knew that she had harmed Yu Zhaorong with the fragrance of peach blossoms.

Her actions today are also telling her that she knows all the evil things she has done.

Moreover, she will not let her go.

The lines around the corner of Queen Mother Zhai’s eyes were deep, and she glanced at A Jin’s back.

She had already explained to A Jin that if the queen wanted her to go, then she must think about dropping the child in her womb before Mu Huai went back to the palace and lay it on the queen’s head.

In this way, the Rong family will bear a reputation of being jealous and persecuting the emperor’s heir.

No matter how you think, this A Jin can play her purpose before Mu Huai returns.

But without realizing it, after Queen Rong returned, she ordered two imperial physicians with high medical skills and four female doctors to stay beside A Jin’s palace at any time.

There are not only imperial physicians and medical women, but Empress Rong also puts powerful eyeliners in the temple.

As soon as A Jin wanted to make a deed that would hurt her womb, she would be stopped in time.

The palace lady A Jin accidentally became pregnant with a child because she had an affair with her servant, and her fate was at the mercy of these heavenly nobles. After knowing that her deeds were revealed, she would not have any good end, and her mentality was a little out of balance.

Seeing that his actions were being controlled by Rong Xi, he began to play tricks on the imperial doctors and doctor women.

The imperial doctor and the doctor woman dared not speak because she was pregnant with a dragon heir.

When Queen Rong learned that, she personally came to A Jin’s palace and asked Aunt Danxiang to slap her for twenty every day.

Empress Rong’s methods were really ruthless. Every time Aunt Dan Xiang had her face swollen, she would always order her imperial physician to give her a few doses of anti-fetal medicine, and stare at her to take supplements.

A Jin did not have any position, so he treated the imperial doctor harshly, and he should be punished.

Queen Rong’s punishment of her was also due to a reason, and it also extinguished A Jin’s arrogant arrogance.

Such a move not only punished A Jin, but also kept A Jin’s fetus.

The palace man secretly said that Empress Rong would be too shameful to humiliate others. Although the methods were ruthless, it was really terrifying that people couldn’t find faults.

Rong Xi sent someone to stare at A Jin, and here he also received the fourth letter from Mu Huai to the forbidden city of Biandu.

Speaking of which, when she first received a letter from Mu Huai, she was extremely happy.

But when I saw the content of the letter, I was a little disappointed.

As expected, Mu Huai was someone who didn’t understand Fengyue, and every letter seemed to have a template, and the format was roughly the same.

At the beginning, I often write about which county I have been to.

Then it began to show, which local officials did not work well and was dismissed by him.

Finally, I will write a few sentences about the local people.

Although Mu Huai has the ability to govern the country, he is indeed a man with no literary talent.

If you want to change someone with a little talent, you will be able to write this book more beautifully and readable.

But Mu Huai’s family letter is flat and straightforward, and it seems to be keeping a running account, like reporting to her government affairs.

Two of the three letters sent back earlier mentioned the person Duzhi Taochang, Hubu.

Rong Xi saw the few strokes that Mu Huai mentioned in the letter, and he could guess that this household official should have been tossed badly by Mu Huai.

Mu Huai is an energetic person, and he always asks others by his own standards.

It seemed that Tao Chang had been helping him with drought prevention in various counties. He fell ill halfway because of overwork and cold.

The entire east tour team stopped and waited for Tao Chang to cultivate his body. After he recovered from his illness, he went to other counties in the southeast.

Rong Xi did not expect much of this fourth letter from the family. After spreading out the letter, he saw only three words written on it–

I will return.

Mu Huai’s calligraphy is vigorous, and it is clearly three simple characters.

Rong Xi’s face was red.

She even realized that the implication of the three words Mu Huai was to wait for me to go back and clean up you.