Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Not long after the Queen returned to Fengqi Palace, the eunuch beside the Emperor came to deliver a message.

"Empress, the Emperor ordered me to deliver a message to you to have lunch at Fengqi Palace today."

The Queen did not reply. Yuying took out a piece of silver and put it into the young eunuch's hand.

"Your Majesty understands. Thank you for your hard work, eunuch."

Originally he was somewhat dissatisfied with the Queen's deaf ear attitude, but now he walked out with a smile holding the piece of silver.

When Yuying saw him leave, she looked towards the bed and shook her head helplessly.

Yuying is the queen's maidservant who grew up with Bai Qingning. But Bai Qingning has been in poor health since childhood. The doctor said that she would not survive the ceremony of coming of age. The whole family invited famous doctors for her until they heard that there was a technique in Miaojiang that could prolong people's lives. So General Bai, Bai Qingning's father at the time, took her to Miaojiang, and her mother and brother, now General Bai, stayed in Bai Mansion. Two years later, General Bai brought Bai Qingning back, and Bai Qingning's health returned to normal. But as she grew up, entered the palace, and now became the queen, her personality changed little by little, and Yuying almost didn't recognize her.

"The Emperor is coming, so I have to leave early."

A man's voice came from the bed. It was Teng Sen.

"No, the emperor is just here for lunch. Don't you know him? I must have gone to the Ministry of Revenue to help him solve some problems, so he came here to 'show his favor'. This is his usual trick."

The Queen's voice was full of disdain. She no longer had any expectations for the Emperor's behavior.

"If the emperor had not met Concubine Yun, he would still love you. Would you still be with me?"

Through the bed curtains, one could vaguely see Teng Sen lifting the queen's chin with his fingers and making her look at him.

"There is no such thing as if in this world. How can we guess what if?"

The queen held his finger, slowly put it into her mouth, and licked it lightly with the tip of her tongue. Teng Sen's finger trembled slightly, and then he withdrew his hand.

"Your Majesty, it's time to wash up. What if the Emperor is in a good mood and comes early~"

"Are you jealous?"

"Why should I be jealous? Isn't the Queen already mine?"

The queen hummed softly, then stood up to wash and dress.

Until noon -

"Welcome to His Majesty~"

The queen wanted to salute the emperor, but her voice was so delicate that the emperor was in no mood to care about those vulgar rituals. He quickly reached out to help the queen up from her half-kneeling position.

"When the Queen sees me, there is no need to perform formalities. You and I are husband and wife, one body."

As the emperor spoke, he patted the queen's hand, and the two of them sat down at the table together. Mu Yi and Yu Ying stood behind them with their heads lowered.

The emperor looked at her ten fingers, which were as white as jade. They didn't look like she had given birth to two princes. He also thought that it seemed like he hadn't been to the queen's place for a long time. Thinking of this, the emperor looked at the queen again, and his Adam's apple couldn't help but roll up and down.

Bai Qingning felt the emperor's gaze, but she was no longer interested in this old man. She put the dish in front of the emperor into his bowl.

"Your Majesty, this is a dish that I have just developed. Your Majesty, please try it~"

“And this one~”

“This one too~”

......

The Queen kept picking up dishes for the Emperor. The Emperor had indeed never eaten them before, but whenever he said he had eaten them, the Queen would ask him to tell her the name. The Emperor had no choice but to open his mouth and taste them. Although he only took two bites of each dish, he was already very full after trying so many dishes, and his stomach even felt a little bloated.

The emperor now only wanted to go for a walk in the garden and had no intention of doing any strenuous exercise. Of course, the main reason was that he was afraid that strenuous exercise would cause him to vomit. But the emperor didn't know that the queen had specially prepared some dishes that would easily cause him to bloat.

"Is the Emperor feeling unwell?"

The queen asked with concern.

"I want to take a walk in the Imperial Garden. Would the Queen like to come with me?"

"I have to go see the Seventh Prince in a while, so Eunuch Mu Yi will just accompany the Emperor."

After being politely rejected by the Queen, the Emperor lost interest in her.

"Then I will leave first. Queen, please eat slowly."

After the emperor left, the gauze curtain of the bed was slowly lifted, and Teng Sen lay on the bed listening to their conversation.

"What a poor old man~"

Teng Sen couldn't help but sigh.

The queen disagreed.

"I was serious about him at first, but who made him choose to pamper that arrogant bitch?"

"But I heard that Concubine Yun didn't think highly of the emperor at the time. Concubine Yun didn't have any relatives or weaknesses in the emperor's hands. How did the emperor take her into the harem? I heard that once, the emperor arranged 500 elite soldiers, but they couldn't trap Concubine Yun."

"Of course I helped him."

Bai Qingning raised her eyes slightly, with an expression that said "you can't guess what I'm thinking", which was very touching.

"It's Your Majesty? How did Your Majesty accomplish something that even five hundred elite soldiers couldn't do?"

Teng Sen lay on his side on the bed, facing the queen, with his head supported by his hands.

"This is a secret~ But it is precisely because I don't like Concubine Yun, and she doesn't like the emperor, that I want her to never get rid of the emperor. Although the emperor has trapped Concubine Yun in the palace, he also has the sixth prince, but he can never touch Concubine Yun. Who do you think is more uncomfortable between the two of them?"

The queen walked to the dressing table and slowly sat down. She looked at herself in the mirror and reached out to touch her face, but her expression was suddenly violent.

“I actually hate this face!”

As she spoke, the queen wanted to reach out and knock all the rouge boxes off the dressing table.

"Miss!"

Yuying shouted from a distance, and the queen didn't really throw anything. Yuying looked at the queen worriedly from behind, wondering when the queen started saying this, maybe it was after Concubine Yun entered the palace.

"Mom, calm down~"

Teng Sen also got down from the bed, stood behind the queen, and put his hands on her shoulders.

"I will help you get whatever you want~"

Imperial Garden——

"Your Majesty, please slow down~"

Eunuch Mu Yi supported the emperor as they walked step by step on the stone path in the garden. The emperor was stroking his belly.

"Mu Yi, tell me, why did the Queen come to see me today?"

"How could this servant guess what the Queen was thinking?"

"She must have heard something and ran to stop Prince Yun. But this is what I want."

Mu Yi was listening quietly at the side, and it was not appropriate for her to interrupt at this time.

"Prince Yun is investigating a serial murder case with Prince Qing. The case has been going on for over a month, but there is no result because..."

The emperor stopped talking halfway through his words and turned his head to look at Mu Yi cunningly with anticipation.

Mu Yi was listening attentively with his ears tilted, but the emperor was silent. He looked up curiously and saw the emperor's fox-like smile.

"Oh, Your Majesty, you only said half of what you said. It really makes me feel itchy!"

"You should listen carefully. There are some things you shouldn't listen to."

"Yes, I know I was wrong."

The emperor has these words to say, but he is not allowed to listen to them. It is really difficult to serve the emperor.

But after bullying Eunuch Mu Yi, the emperor seemed to be in a much better mood and a smile appeared on his face.

"Let's go! Accompany me back to the study!"