books44 Chapter 312 The Emperor and the Queen Mother's Doubts
Chapter 312 The Emperor and the Queen Mother's Doubts
The emperor arrived at Shoukang Palace and smelled a faint scent of sandalwood before he even entered. He gently pushed the door open and saw the empress dowager sitting upright on the couch, looking at him tenderly.
The emperor stepped forward quickly and bowed respectfully to the empress dowager: "Your son greets the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager!"
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, motioning the Emperor to stand up. Her eyes revealed her love and expectations for her son.
The emperor stood up and looked at the queen mother carefully. Although the queen mother was old, she was still energetic and radiant.
The emperor asked the queen mother about her health with concern, and she smiled and said everything was fine. After chatting about family matters, the two of them got down to business. "Emperor, is Concubine Hua pregnant?"
"I don't know what's going on. I've asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check. Huanyi incense is delivered to Yiku Palace on a regular basis. There is nothing wrong with the incense." The emperor was also confused. Logically, Concubine Hua should not be pregnant, but she is.
"Then there must be a problem in the Yikun Palace. Is it because the incense she received was useless?" The Queen Mother raised her doubts. The incense was fine and was sent to the Yikun Palace as usual. So there must be a problem in the Yikun Palace.
"I've been to the Yikun Palace, and it smells like Huanyi incense. It has always been the same and has never changed." The emperor was also puzzled, but he had stayed overnight in the Yikun Palace many times, so he would definitely be able to smell that the smell had changed.
"What's going on? I think the root of the problem is still the incense." The Queen Mother expressed her guess. This is the experienced perspective of the winner of the previous palace fight.
"I will investigate it again." Since the Queen Mother gave him directions, he would naturally investigate it again.
After bidding farewell to the empress dowager, the emperor passed through the imperial garden and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. As he closed his eyes to rest, he heard the sounds of children playing.
“Sister, sister, sister.”
"Run faster, Sixth brother, Seventh brother, run faster,"
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The emperor opened his eyes and saw from afar Concubine Xian, Concubine Duan, Concubine Jing, Concubine He and others sitting together on the tea table in the imperial garden drinking tea, while the wet nurses and palace maids were playing with Princess Wen Yi, the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince.
He knocked twice on the imperial sedan chair, which made two bangs and stopped. Su Peisheng saw the emperor staring into the distance with his eyes wide open, and he immediately ordered, "Change the route to the Imperial Garden."
"Greetings to His Majesty, may His Majesty be blessed with good health." The concubines bowed and paid their respects.
"I pay my respects to the Emperor, Father. May the Emperor be blessed with good health and everlasting health." Princess Wen Yi also brought the sixth and seventh princes to pay their respects to the Emperor.
The emperor looked at the chubby Sixth and Seventh Princes and suddenly he was not so unhappy anymore. "Everyone, get up. The weather is nice today. Are you having fun here?"
"Your Majesty looks worried, but is he busy with government affairs?" Lingrong asked with a smile. Although she asked this, she guessed that what annoyed the emperor the most right now was probably the fact that Concubine Hua was pregnant.
"Yes, I'm a bit busy." The emperor answered vaguely. After all, how could he possibly say out loud such calculations towards his concubines?
"Your Majesty's lips are chapped. Drink some chrysanthemum tea to clear the liver and improve eyesight." Concubine Duan looked at the emperor affectionately.
Lingrong stood behind the emperor, looking at Concubine Duan with a puzzled expression. In her previous life, she wondered why Concubine Duan was so affectionate to the emperor even though she knew that she was killed by Concubine Hua because of the emperor's calculation. In this life, she finally figured it out. Whether she hated him or not, she could no longer consolidate her position through children or the emperor's favor. So she might as well pretend to be affectionate and sick, so that the emperor would feel guilty every time he saw her.
The emperor sat down and spoke to them for a few words. After watching his son and daughter play for a while, he felt much better. Then he stood up and went back to the Yangxin Palace to continue handling government affairs.