My father is Jiajing

Chapter 407 The Role of Concubine Chen

Chen has read a lot of books. Medical books say that papaya has the effects of soothing the stomach and relaxing muscles, eliminating rheumatism, and relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

But she didn't know what was wrong with Zhu Zaigui's subtext.

So, when she heard Zhu Zaigui say that eating more papaya is good for you, she couldn't help but feel a little sweet in her heart.

Chen gently took a bite of the papaya that Zhu Zaiqi passed to her and thanked Zhu Zaiqi: "Thank you, Your Majesty. The papaya smells very good. I like it very much."

Zhu Zaigui laughed and said, "Since you also like papaya, when Meng Chong and the others come over later, I will ask them to distribute some papayas to your courtyard. With papayas and my efforts, if you have children, they will not go hungry."

Zhu Zaigui's words made Chen feel a little confused, and she didn't know what was going on for a moment.

At this time, Zhu Zaigui instructed Meng Chong to arrange for two side dishes made in the small kitchen to be served.

Zhu Zaigui continued to invite Chen to taste the cooking from his small kitchen.

Chen gently tasted the dishes that Zhu Zaigui enthusiastically pushed to her, and she indeed found that Zhu Zaigui's taste was very light, not as heavy as the traditional northerners'.

Moreover, these light side dishes still retained the original fragrance of vegetables, which made Chen, who has always been elegant, very fond of them and couldn't help but eat more.

Seeing Chen eating so happily, Zhu Zaigui also said: "People eat the five flavors to satisfy their desires. Although bitter, spicy, sour, sweet and salty taste different, strong flavors will inevitably burden the body. Therefore, I have always eaten with light and ordinary flavors to overcome the desires in my heart. What do you think of my logic, Concubine Chen?"

When Chen heard Zhu Zaigui asking her a question, she gently put down the silver chopsticks in her hand and replied, "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense, but I feel..."

Zhu Zaiqi looked at Chen's hesitation and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Chen seemed to have suddenly thought of something. Her pretty face turned red and she said softly, "I feel that the prince is not someone who can control his desires."

Zhu Zaigui was stunned when he heard this, but he reacted immediately.

Zhu Zaigui smiled awkwardly and said to Chen: "My beloved concubine, you don't know that since I practiced some Taoist techniques, my physical fitness has been very strong. In addition, I am young and energetic now, so sometimes I can't help but have too much energy, which makes my beloved concubine suffer."

Chen blushed and said, "I am not miserable. I am just worried that Your Majesty will overwork and damage his health."

Meng Chong stood in a corner of the small restaurant, listening to the conversation between Zhu Zaigui and Chen. He also had a confused look on his face. He seemed to understand everything, but also seemed to have not understood a word.

I really don't know what the prince and Concubine Chen are talking about?
Moreover, according to Meng Chong's previous memories, although Concubine Chen was a concubine in the prince's palace and was also stunningly beautiful, Zhu Zaigui seldom went to her courtyard.

I don't know what happened to the wind today, it actually blew Concubine Chen into the prince's study.

Moreover, the prince was in such a good mood that he asked him to add two more dishes.

Has the wind in the palace changed? Is Concubine Chen going to be favored?

Of course, Zhu Zaigui didn't know about Meng Chong's thoughts, nor did he care.

Everything in the palace is done according to rules rather than by personal preference.

For example, Li Xianshi and Si Hua were both favored by Zhu Zaigui, but Zhu Zaigui never gave them any presumptuous rewards or excessive favors. When they met Princess Li and Concubine Chen in the palace, they still had to bow and greet them according to the rules.

Otherwise, Zhu Zaigui would not have shown them any mercy, because he knew very well how serious the problems in the harem would be caused by his favoritism and partiality.

Therefore, when treating the women in the harem, Zhu Zaigui adhered to the concept of respecting hierarchy and order. He used this feudal order to maintain stability in the harem and gave the princess enough majesty and authority.

Otherwise, if these women do nothing all day and become spoiled by their favor, won't the world be in chaos?

Therefore, no matter how much Zhu Zaigui favored her and loved her, he still had to follow the rules and not break them.

So even though Meng Chong saw the sign that Chen might be favored, he just thought that Zhu Zaigui's taste had changed and he wanted to try something new.

After lunch, Zhu Zaigui asked Meng Chong to remove all these things.

Then Zhu Zaigui pulled Chen aside, looked at a pile of documents that had not yet been processed, and said, "My beloved concubine, this is the patent matter I told you about yesterday. These matters are now our own affairs, and we cannot let others interfere."

"But His Majesty has assigned me the responsibility of supervising the country, so I can't devote too much energy to the affairs of our palace. I will tell you later how to deal with and classify these things, and you can try to deal with one or two of them, which can be regarded as sharing my worries."

Chen looked at so many documents and listened to Zhu Zai's words. She hummed softly, "I'll give it a try."

Zhu Zaiqi smiled slightly, "Okay."

Zhu Zaigui had given careful consideration to letting Chen participate in the chores that he could not handle.

First of all, Zhu Zaigui was clear about Chen's character. He knew that Chen was a person with a slightly cold temperament and did not like diplomacy.

Moreover, Princess Li's mind is now completely on Zhu Yixuan, so the management within the palace seems a bit lax, and it is difficult to find someone in charge.

As a concubine, Chen had the responsibility to assist the princess in handling the affairs of the palace.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui thought that since this was the case, it would be better to give Chen something serious to do so that she would not continue to live in her own world, reading some messy books all day long and trying to persuade her husband to be a "good person".

Therefore, according to Zhu Zaigui's plan, he led Chen into these matters.

Let Chen help him share some of the pressure of work, and at the same time enjoy the elegance of having a beautiful woman by his side.

Zhu Zaigui was in a very good mood when he saw Chen carefully looking through the documents regarding the patents of Shunyi and Xishan.

Although Zhu Zaigui also wanted to entrust the management of patents to the court bureaucrats, considering the current quality and thinking of officials, they would look down upon such so-called "strange and lewd skills".

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui did not seek trouble anymore and simply took the matter into the palace's internal affairs and regarded it as part of the palace's property management.

Now Chen was looking at these things. Although she was having a hard time understanding the meaning behind them, she also understood that these things were important matters related to the interests of the palace.

Then, as half the mistress of the palace, she must do her best to sort out and clarify these things.

In this way, the interests of the palace can be guaranteed, and her status and authority as the heroine will be reflected accordingly.

(End of this chapter)