The little dark guard who travels between two lives

Chapter 60 The Emperor's Distress

Is it really enough? The emperor couldn't help but touch his chest. Why was it empty there? It felt so uncomfortable. The emperor suddenly remembered another sentence that Concubine Shu said. He turned his head and asked Zhang Dequan: "Zhang Dequan, does everyone in the palace say that the queen is not favored? Is it because they don't respect the queen enough?"

Zhang Dequan hesitated for a moment and looked at the emperor's face carefully: "Your Majesty also knows that the people in the palace are short-sighted and self-righteous without seeing things clearly. Perhaps it's because they see that the emperor rarely goes to the queen's palace."

The emperor was stunned: "I..." Come to think of it, he always avoids the queen and never goes to Kunning Palace if he can avoid it. Who would have known that people in the palace would guess his thoughts like this.

"What a bastard! Zhang Dequan, go to my private storehouse and pick out some good things for the queen." After the emperor gave the order, he became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. He turned around and strode towards the imperial study.

Zhang Dequan had followed the emperor since he was a child. Seeing the emperor so distraught when he came out of the queen's palace, he felt sad for the emperor as well.

Others don't know what the emperor is thinking, but I know it. However, as a servant, I can only watch the emperor suffer alone and cannot help him in any way.

How could the Emperor not understand everything that Concubine Shu said just now? The Emperor knew exactly what everyone in the harem was thinking, he just didn't want to point it out.

The emperor actually doesn't care about what others think. All he wants is that one person. Unfortunately, the emperor owns the whole world, but he cannot get the heart of one person.

The emperor did not understand the queen's thoughts, and neither did the old eunuch who had been immersed in the palace for a long time. Seeing that the queen was unhappy, the emperor was also unhappy, and he felt bad too. Zhang Dequan sighed deeply and followed the emperor to the imperial study from a distance.

As soon as the emperor walked out of Kunning Palace, the maid outside the palace came to report to the queen that the emperor had just come, but left without coming in. Concubine Shu's face changed immediately. The emperor was standing at the door just now, so he must have heard what she said just now.

The Queen was also stunned for a moment, and tapped Concubine Shu's forehead with her finger: "I told you not to talk nonsense. Fortunately, the Emperor did not punish you this time. Just do what you want."

Concubine Shu thought about it and thought that since the emperor had left and did not have a fit on the spot, it proved that everything was fine. She touched her forehead and said, "I didn't say anything nonsense. Everything I said made sense."

The queen glared at her again and ignored her, ordering Ziyuan to come over and deliver the packed things to the Qin Mansion. Ziyuan left immediately.

The next day, after Xinhe and Yu Shen finished their classes in the study room, Xinhe took Yu Shen to Kunning Palace to visit the Queen Mother. She came to thank the Queen Mother for the reward she had sent yesterday, and told the Queen Mother that her mother was in good health and she should not worry about her mother.

Xinhe had just entered Kunning Palace and thrown herself into the Queen's arms. She was reporting about her mother's condition when Zhang Dequan led a group of eunuchs carrying all kinds of rare treasures to Kunning Palace.

The Queen and Xin He were stunned when they saw the boxes of treasures. Why did the Emperor give so many treasures during this special time? Xin He jumped down from the Queen's arms and took Yu Shen to admire the treasures one by one.

The fat girl exclaimed in amazement from time to time. Yu Shen glanced at her and quietly reminded her: "Be more restrained. Look at your inexperienced appearance. You are really embarrassing the master and his wife."

Xinhe rolled her eyes at Yu Shen: "What? My father is an honest official, and there are no such treasures in my family. Of course I have never seen them." The Queen and Concubine Shu couldn't help laughing when they saw that the fat girl never forgot to flatter her father.

The Queen looked at Zhang Dequan and said, "Zhang Dequan, what does the Emperor mean?" The eunuch was also very embarrassed, so he could only smile and reply to the Queen, "The Emperor remembered that the Queen had been busy with the affairs of the harem, and that this was a treasure that the Emperor had specially found for the Queen from his private storehouse. The Queen can play with it as she pleases."

After that, Zhang Dequan hurriedly led everyone to retreat. Concubine Shu looked at the room full of treasures and couldn't help but laughed with her hands covering her mouth: "The emperor must have heard me say that he was not nice to the queen, so he is making up for it!"

The queen looked at her helplessly, then looked at Xinhe and Yu Shen, and asked the two children if they liked anything and just took it away to play.

Xin He suddenly realized and looked at the Queen: "So it was given by the Emperor to the Queen. Then Xin Er and Brother Shen can't take it. It's all the Emperor's gift!"

The fat girl covered her mouth and laughed. Xinhe was losing teeth, so she had to cover her mouth whenever she laughed, fearing that others would notice her missing teeth.

The queen casually picked up two large beads and stuffed them into Xinhe and Yu Shen's pockets: "Since they are given to me, I have the final say on who else to give them to. Here, take them and play with them."

Xinhe and Yu Shen had no choice but to accept them as a token of gratitude. Such large beads were rare to come by. They shone brightly during the day and must be even more beautiful at night.

Xin He couldn't let it go and even asked for one for her brother: "Empress, if you hang such a beautiful bead on Nan'er's bed, Nan'er won't be afraid of the dark at night."

Yu Shen only regretted that he didn't have time to cover Xinhe's mouth. Not only did she take one for herself, but she also asked for another one for her brother. Why is this fat girl becoming more and more greedy!

The Queen and Concubine Shu laughed happily. The Queen picked up another one and stuffed it into Xinhe's arms: "Here, this is for Nan'er. Our Xin'er is such a precious brother, we can't scare him!"

After paying her respects, Xinhe happily followed Yu Shen out of the palace, holding two large luminous pearls in her hands. When she reached the palace gate, she met the emperor.

The emperor saw the fat girl from a distance. She seemed to be holding something in her hand and was looking at it with relish. When she got closer, he found that they were two big luminous pearls, and Yu Shen also had one in his hand.

Xin He and Yu Shen hurriedly paid their respects to the Emperor. The Emperor looked at the night-shining pearls in their hands and felt a little uncomfortable. These were the night-shining pearls that were tributed by a small country in the East China Sea. There were only four of them. He liked them very much, but the Empress Dowager was reluctant to give even one to them.

Yesterday I told Zhang Dequan to deliver all four to the Queen. But just a short while later, the Queen casually gave them to Xinhe and Yu Shen. It seems that the Queen doesn't value the treasures she gave to him!

Xinhe knew that the Emperor had given the Empress many rare treasures today. When she heard Concubine Shu's laughter, she knew that the Emperor wanted to please the Empress and also to show everyone in the palace that the Empress was still the master of the harem.

Xinhe recalled that she traveled back to her previous life and saw the separation of the emperor and the queen. She felt deeply moved. It was a pity that these two people had misunderstood each other throughout their previous lives!

The fat girl saw that she had paid her respects, and the emperor just stared at the big bead in her hand in silence. The fat girl knew from the moment she rolled her eyes that the emperor must be unhappy.

Xinhe stuffed the two beads into Yu Shen's hands and asked him to hold them for her. Then she walked to the emperor, hugged his thighs, waved at him, and signaled him to squat down and listen to her.

The emperor looked at the mysterious fat girl and couldn't help laughing. He picked her up and walked to the small garden. He sat on a bench and asked her, "What's the matter? Why are you so mysterious?"

The fat girl looked out to see that the other palace servants had not gathered around, so she hugged the emperor's neck and said to him seriously, "Your Majesty, Xin'er's brother Nan'er kept crying yesterday, and Xin'er thought Nan'er wanted the cloth tiger that Xin'er had just gotten."

Xin He gestured to the emperor and said, "Uncle Yu bought that cloth tiger for Xin Er from Jiangnan. Xin Er loves it very much. Although Xin Er was reluctant to give it away, Nan Er is Xin Er's younger brother, so Xin Er still gave her favorite cloth tiger to Nan Er."

The emperor was totally confused. What did this little girl mean by talking to him about her younger brother and a cloth tiger, and she made it so mysterious.

Xinhe continued, "Xin'er thought that if she gave her favorite thing to her brother, he would definitely like it, but he kept crying. Xinhe couldn't comfort him, so she had to go to mom. Later, Xin'er realized that her brother didn't want the stuffed tiger, but wanted mom to hug him. So mom hugged him, and he stopped crying."

Seeing that the emperor was still confused, Xin He continued to explain, "Your Majesty, many people think that if they give others what they like, they will definitely like it, but this is not the case. We must find out what others like, and we can't be as self-righteous as Xin Er!"

The emperor finally understood what the fat girl was talking about. The child was reminding him that the queen did not like these rare treasures, and reminded him to find out what the queen really liked and then cater to her preferences.

The emperor looked at this clever and clever fat boy and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's a pity that people's hearts are hard to predict. Sometimes we can't see clearly what others want!"

Xin He thought of the emperor and queen in her previous life. How miserable they were! She had such a good queen. Although the emperor was a little unfaithful, he was good to her and the Qin family. Xin He still hoped that the emperor and queen would be fine.

The little girl tapped the emperor's heart with her fat finger: "Mother loves my brother, and mother can always guess what my brother wants. Xinhe thinks that only with enough love can we know what the person we love wants."

The emperor looked at Xin He in surprise. Such a small fat boy said something so thought-provoking. Xin He also felt that he seemed to have said too much, and hurriedly covered up for himself: "Your Majesty, Xin Er only figured it out after hearing what Daddy said to her. Your Majesty is a smart emperor, and he must have thought more thoroughly than Daddy and Xin Er."

Only with enough love can one know what the one he loves wants. The emperor murmured this sentence and then laughed out loud.

The dark clouds that had been covering his heart seemed to have dissipated, and his mind suddenly became clear. The emperor picked up the fat girl, shook her on his arms, and said with a smile: "Good girl, you are right! Your father is indeed a wise man! No wonder your father and your mother are so affectionate!"

Xin He watched the clouds on the emperor's face disappear, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, I can only help you up to this point. From now on, it depends on your performance."

The emperor put the fat girl down, patted her head gently, and said to Shen with a smile: "Take Xin'er out of the palace and go home. I heard from your teacher that you study very hard, which is good. You should also urge the prince to study hard when you accompany him."

Ever since Qin Mingxuan was promoted to the position of Prime Minister, he had no time to teach the princes, so the emperor found another master to teach them.

Yu Shen bowed his head and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty. The prince studies very hard. Yu Shen is ashamed of himself." The emperor smiled. This child is respectful and polite. I heard from the old teacher that he has a talent for studying and will definitely become a talent in the future. He doesn't look like the child of Yu Huaian, the burly general, but more like the son of Qin Mingxuan.

When Xin He heard the emperor talking about studying, she immediately shrank her head and kept silent. The emperor did not let her go. He bent down and pinched the fat girl's ears, pretending to be serious: "I heard from your master that you, a fat girl, always fall asleep in class, and you also secretly eat with the fourth prince in class?"

Xin He immediately jumped away, covered her ears, and shouted in injustice: "No, no, it's just that the Fourth Prince was a little unhappy, so I used my precious snacks to coax him and make him happier. I am a good student, if you don't believe me, ask Brother Shen."

Yu Shen looked at the emperor who couldn't stop laughing, and he lowered his head and said nothing. He couldn't lie in front of the emperor. Xin He saw that Yu Shen didn't help her, so she could only lower her head: "Well, there were one or two times when the old teacher was too long-winded and always dragged the get out of class. The fourth prince and I were really hungry, so we secretly ate a little. Xin Er knows that I was wrong, and I will change in the future."

The emperor saw that the little girl admitted her mistake very quickly, so he smiled and said, "Well, Xin'er said that a good child is one who knows his mistakes and corrects them. You and the fourth child should learn from your brother Shen. Okay, go, go home with your brother Shen."

After paying their respects to the emperor, Xinhe and Yu Shen turned around and went home happily. Having obtained a great treasure in the palace, Xinhe couldn't wait to go home and present it.

The emperor watched the two children leave the palace and be picked up by the family guards. Then he turned around, hesitated for a moment, and went to the Queen's Kunning Palace.

Everyone in the palace thought that the queen was out of favor because she didn't go to Kunning Palace. In the future, she would have to go to the queen's palace more often to let everyone in the harem know that the queen is the queen and no one can look down on her.

And what the fat girl said just now, the emperor walked and thought, what exactly does the queen want? Unknowingly, the emperor arrived at Kunning Palace.

Likewise, the emperor did not inform anyone and walked to the Qingliang Palace where the queen was. The concubine was still there, and his son, the crown prince, and the third prince also came to pay their respects to the queen after class.

The four people gathered together and whispered, and only the third prince's loud voice could be heard shouting: "Oh, my mother, what are you embroidering? Look at what my mother embroidered, and then look at what you embroidered. Those who know that my mother is embroidering mandarin ducks, and those who don't know would think that my mother is embroidering ducks!"

Actually, Concubine Shu was not good at needlework. She came from a family of generals and preferred to play with guns and sticks. But before she entered the palace, her mother warned her not to be as tough and unfeminine in the palace as she was at home.

Therefore, after entering the palace, Concubine Shu had to pick up needlework and learn needlework from the Queen. Unfortunately, Concubine Shu had no talent in this area. After learning for so long, she still couldn't embroider anything well, and now she was laughed at by her own son.

The Queen and the Crown Prince just held back their laughter as they looked at Concubine Shu and her son, waiting to see what would happen to the fearless Third Prince. Sure enough, before the Third Prince could finish his words, he was slapped on the head by Concubine Shu.

Before the Third Prince could react, Concubine Shu slapped him all over the face: "You little bastard, you dare to laugh at your mother, I'll teach you a lesson!"

The third prince held his head and hid behind the queen: "Mother, save me!" The queen smiled and held the third prince in her arms, blocking the slap that Concubine Shu was about to slap: "Alright, alright, if you hit the third prince again, I will feel bad."

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