The crabapple tree is fragrant in the tent, and the bright moon is in my arms

Zhaoyue looked at his back as he fled and almost tripped over the threshold, and burst out laughing.

Qiu Ju came in: "My lady, what are you laughing at?"

Zhao Yue coughed lightly: "Is Tao Xi feeling better?"

"I gave him medicine, and his fever has gone away, but he still has no strength."

Zhao Yue nodded and saw her go to get new bedding: "What's wrong?"

Qiu Ju said honestly: "General Manager Quan instructed that if His Majesty comes, the young lady's bed must be changed again."

Zhao Yue snorted: "You just know how to order me around."

"My lady, it's Steward Quan who's here to prepare dinner. He said he learned a new dish."

Qiuju helped him out and went to make the bed obediently.

Zhao Yue: "I'm going to take a look at Taoxi. You can go and do your own things after I finish paving the way."

"Yes."

Qiuju made the bed and felt it was a little cold, so she took out a thick fox fur blanket from the cupboard.

He nodded with satisfaction, and the young lady wouldn't be cold anymore.

Exited the room.

-

The rain hit the gravel road in the palace, and the sound gradually subsided and stopped.

Huang Quan asked Xiao Xiazi to put away the umbrella and wiped the raindrops from his forehead: "Your Majesty, the rain has stopped."

Because of the rain, the delayed work now had to be completed quickly. The servants walked hurriedly along the palace wall with their heads down.

After seeing His Majesty's sedan chair, they all knelt down. One of the younger ones had an ugly look on his face and suddenly fell in front of Huang Pian.

The imperial sedan stopped.

The leading eunuch immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I'm afraid this little servant can't stand the hard work in Xinzheku, so he pretends to be dizzy and lazy! Hurry up and drag him away!"

Huang Quan looked towards the sedan chair and said, "Your Majesty, it was a young eunuch who fainted. It's nothing serious."

Zhu Dingyuan opened the curtain and looked at the fainted eunuch: "We haven't reached Fengyi Palace yet."

"Yes, the road was slippery due to the rain, so we walked a little slowly." Huang Quan replied: "Hurry up and pull it down. If it really falls in front of His Majesty's carriage, five heads will not be enough to chop off!"

The leading eunuch nodded quickly and asked two people to drag him away.

Zhu Dingyuan's voice came down from above, calm and unperturbed: "Don't use your brain, this road is walked with your feet."

Huang Quan was startled: "Your Majesty?"

Zhu Dingyuan opened the curtain, his moist face hidden in the sedan chair: "Don't let the blood stain the road to Ningzhu Pavilion red."

"Yes..." Huang Quan glanced at the young eunuch, breathing up and down: "Take him to the Ministry of Punishment and chop off his legs."

Xiao Xiazi looked surprised and lowered his head.

Your Majesty, what's wrong?

This question also lingered in Huang Quan's mind.

He listened to the pearl curtains on the sedan chair swaying and colliding as he moved, making crisp sounds.

The back is bent lower.

-

Fengyi Palace.

"Has His Majesty arrived?" The Queen wanted to stand up and go to the door, but was supported by Xun Qiu.

"My lady, the rain has just stopped, so he must be on the way. Please take care of yourself."

"Your Majesty, you came from Ningzhu Pavilion, right?" The queen sat on the couch, the smile on her lips turned cold.

Xun Qiu: “Yes…”

"I am pregnant with the heir to the throne, but Your Majesty doesn't seem to care much. She stays in Ningzhu Pavilion every day, and she can always trick Your Majesty into coming to see her."

Xun Qiu saw the sadness on her face and said quickly, "Your Majesty, His Majesty is very busy with government affairs and only goes to Ningzhu Pavilion occasionally. He favors others."

She brought hot water and said, "Your Majesty will stay in the room of whoever he favors. It has been a while since Concubine Zhao has slept with you. Your Majesty, don't worry about it."

"Really?" The queen took a sip of water, her eyes a little confused.

If Your Majesty loves her, it is because he takes her health into consideration that he does not treat her casually.

It's like, treating it like a treasure, not even having the heart to desecrate or touch it.

No, that's not right.

She quickly rejected herself, wondering how a man's love could be separated from his sex life, and how could someone with Zhu Dingyuan's personality fall in love with someone.

What he loves is power and the throne.

Otherwise, he would not have married her and would not have abandoned the young person he loved deeply.

She smiled again and put the water on the table: "Ask Ruixin to come and serve."

Xun Qiu: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty came to see you, why did you call Rui Xin?"

The queen laughed and said, "I am too heavy to serve Your Majesty. Go and call her."

"Yes."

Zhu Dingyuan came in, and the queen watched him wash his hands: "I had someone prepare meals for your majesty, all fresh and seasonal."

Rui Xin came in from the door, wearing a light lotus-colored velvet skirt, which made her look even more intimate. The plain hairpin on her head was also carefully designed.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." She glanced at the Queen, took the handkerchief and went to Zhu Dingyuan, holding it up with both hands.

Zhu Dingyuan hummed lightly and wiped his hands on the handkerchief a few times.

"The Queen's taste has changed now. This dish looks light." He sat down: "Do you prefer sour or spicy?"

When the Queen saw him sit down directly, she sat down beside him with some disappointment. Rui Xin stood obediently beside Zhu Dingyuan and served the dishes.

"I like them all, but I cannot eat oily or meaty food."

Zhu Dingyuan tasted the dish and then looked up at her: "Well, you look good and refreshed."

"I wonder how the Noble Concubine Gao's birthday banquet is going. Concubine Fang said that Noble Concubine Gao doesn't allow her to interfere in anything, but she still has to look at the process. It's better for me to be the concubine..."

"It's not like Concubine Gao just entered the palace. If she wants to do it herself, just let her do it."

Zhu Dingyuan frowned, his eyes fell on her bulging belly: "Don't worry too much during pregnancy, don't hurt my heir..."

The queen's smile froze, and her fingers holding the chopsticks tightened: "I will rest assured and take care of my baby."

She looked at the man she loved the most without giving up. "By the way, I heard that Concubine Zhao was choked by the wind. I will send some supplements to her later. She is too weak and needs to be made stronger."

Zhu Dingyuan put down her chopsticks, her eyes dark and deep: "Queen, you always go to give gifts to whoever I favor, you are really my caring and good wife."

"His Majesty……"

"I have favored more than just Concubine Zhao these days. Why do you only give her gifts? Are you trying to push her to the forefront and let those concubines stare at her and plot against her every day?"

Zhu Dingyuan's voice was slightly oppressive: "You are not happy to know that I renovated Chuntang Palace, right?"

The queen's lips trembled, her pupils showed surprise, and she immediately knelt down. Rui Xin also quickly knocked her head to the ground.

"Your Majesty, I have never had any complaints about your favor towards Concubine Zhao and other concubines. Now that I have an heir, my heart is especially softer. I am just concerned about my sisters in the harem." Her tears flowed.

Zhu Dingyuan glared at her and stretched out his hand after a long while: "I am too suspicious."

She stood up, her steps were a little unsteady, and Xun Qiu quickly helped her sit down again.

"Your Majesty, I was not in good health and was dying, but the heavens gave me a child. This is a gift from the Bodhisattva. How could I, how could I, still think of harming others?"

Zhu Dingyuan reached out and stroked her belly: "You are the queen, you should have the bearing of a queen. I remember that Lingpin liked your sketch of Drunken Swallows. You can give it to her later."

"And Meng Ying, she loves to read poetry, so you can send her the bluestone carved inkstone that I left in your hands last time."

The Queen's smile turned bitter: "...Yes, they serve Your Majesty wholeheartedly. I will send people to take them away one by one later."

After saying this, she felt a little dizzy: "I am not feeling well, Your Majesty, please forgive me, I want to go and rest first."

Zhu Dingyuan raised his eyebrows and drank the tea handed to him by Rui Xin: "Go ahead."