Harem Daily Life

Tao Yanyan didn't expect to receive a letter on the first day of arriving at the palace, and it was a little surprising.

Isn’t it the same for the Queen Mother?

She raised her eyebrows and said, "It's still early to cook anyway, why not read the letter first? I don't know why the emperor has only been here for one day and he has to write a letter for something!"

The Queen Mother opened her own letter first with a look of disgust.

There was only a piece of paper with a few words written on it: "May the Queen Mother be blessed with good health. I feel really guilty for not having the time to return to the palace to see her off. I hope the Queen Mother will not blame me. I hope everything is well in the temporary palace. Don't worry!"

It was so brief that there was no need to send someone to deliver it...

The Queen Mother looked up and saw that the letter from Lady Tao was probably five or six pages long, all filled with words...

In the letter, He Linzhang wrote that he regretted not being able to see her off, and elaborated on the reasons why he was late, described the assassination attempt, and even wrote his own guesses about who would want to assassinate him. But most of the words he wrote were about his helplessness and regret for not being able to see his beloved after returning to the palace. It was a heartfelt love letter.

The two pieces of paper at the back contained instructions, asking him to be happy every day, eat well, sleep well, and think about him well.

Tao Yanyan smiled the whole time she read the letter, and at first glance she looked like a little woman immersed in love.

After she finished reading and folded the letter carefully, she found that the Queen Mother was looking at her with a resentful expression.

Tao Yanyan hurriedly put away the letter, feeling a little embarrassed, thinking that he had been too immersed in the letter to respect the empress dowager.

"The emperor does have a lot to say to you." Humph, he only said a few perfunctory words to me, but he wrote so much to the little beauty!

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "Most of it is about the assassination, and it also asks me to take good care of the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother knew with her toes that she must have a lot more to say from the bottom of her heart, but she just smiled bitterly and said nothing more.

Tao Yanyan felt a little embarrassed, so she changed the subject: "I wonder what kind of food the Queen Mother would like to eat today. I will prepare it."

The Queen Mother thought for a moment and said, "Let's eat something sweet. Just don't eat anything sour."

It's so sour that it's bubbling. I have to have something sweet to calm my nerves.

Tao Yanyan took the order and went downstairs to prepare the meal.

When little Jin'an was brought in, he was sweating profusely and his face was flushed. As soon as he entered the room and greeted the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager called him over to wipe his sweat.

"Why are you sweating so much? Wipe it off quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

"Empress Dowager, I love it here. It's so big. I can run around and play everywhere!" Xiao Jinan said excitedly.

The Queen Mother wiped his sweat and smiled as she said, "I'm glad you like it. Then Jin'an, can you take me out to play this afternoon? I don't even know what to play."

Being entrusted with an important task, little Jin'an's sense of responsibility exploded, and he patted his chest loudly: "No problem, Jin'an will play with the Queen Mother. After dinner, Jin'an will take a nap with the Queen Mother. I will sing a lullaby."

As he said this, he made a scissors gesture and said, "I can sing two songs." He is so confident!

The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing and successfully tricked the child into staying.

She gave Eunuch Qin a wink, and Eunuch Qin understood it immediately. He immediately sent someone to bring the two palace maids who served Concubine Yin in the past, and he would go to question them in person later.

Tao Yanyan used the ingredients to make sweet and sour pork tenderloin, Kung Pao chicken, sweet and sour pork, rice dumplings with fermented rice wine, braised prawns, crucian carp and tofu soup, cold shredded chicken, three fresh vegetables, roasted lamb leg, and also stir-fried a green vegetable, filling the table.

After setting the table and inviting the Queen Mother, Xiao Jin'an ran over and hugged her thighs: "Sister, sister, I like it here so much. There are so many fun things here. I will take the Queen Mother to play in the afternoon!"

Tao Yanyan was worried that Jin'an would be too noisy, but the Queen Mother said, "Let Jin'an stay with me today and have some fun with me."

Tao Yanyan was naturally happy to have someone take care of the baby: "Yes, then I'll bother the Queen Mother. Jin'an, you must be obedient, okay? Be a good boy."

Little Jinan nodded, very well behaved.

Anyway, Tao Yanyan felt relieved because Dong Fang and Xiao Quanzi were with her.

The three of them washed their hands and sat down to eat. The Empress Dowager and Jin'an, one big and one small, had similar tastes. They both focused on the sweet and sour pork throughout the meal, and that dish was finished first.

After the meal, Tao Yanyan gave Jin'an a few more instructions, told Dongfang and Xiao Quanzi about the matter, and then took Qingfeng and Mingyue back to Qingxi Courtyard.

The Queen Mother had not coaxed the baby to sleep for many years. He Linzhang was cute and adorable before he was seven years old, but after that he suddenly grew up, with a stern face all day long, and he loved to read, like a little adult, independent and self-reliant, so he was never coaxed to sleep again.

At that time he was the eldest son, and perhaps it was because he awakened the imperial blood in his bones that he was very prudent at a young age.

There are gains and losses. The late emperor loved him very much and slowly trained him to be the crown prince, but he also lost a lot of the fun of being a child.

Therefore, the empress dowager particularly liked the lively, cute and adorable little Jin'an. Firstly, his face resembled the emperor's when he was a child by 60% and he looked friendly; secondly, the child was easy to raise and did not have the pampering of the eldest prince.

At her current position, there is nothing to ask for. She just wants to be happy and to smile again, as she has never smiled in her life. So she will pamper whoever makes her happy.

But Xiao Jinan is also a good kid who loves to pamper others. He will be nice to whoever is nice to him.

Look, lying on the Queen Mother's couch, little Jin'an is about to sing a lullaby.

He patted the Queen Mother with his little hands, singing: "Sleep, sleep, my dear baby..." "The flowers of my hometown are blooming all over the wall, and the spring flowers, autumn moon and four seasons are fragrant..."

The out-of-tune little devil laughed so hard that tears came out.

In the end, the big and the small fell on the couch laughing, and their lunch break failed.

Eunuch Qin, after asking in detail, came to see the Queen Mother with a nervous mood. Seeing the two of them laughing, he felt a little puzzled.

"Okay, okay, since you can't sleep, Jin'an, get up and go play first. I'll come find you after I do something." When the Queen Mother saw that Eunuch Qin had something to say, she had Jin'an taken away and called Eunuch Qin to her side.

"How is it?" The Queen Mother restrained her smile and asked with concern.

"Your Highness, according to the recollections of the two palace maids, the little prince was indeed healthy when he was born, and his cry was quite loud. They both said that there was a large mole at the base of the little prince's thigh, but they could not remember whether it was on the left or right thigh. Later, only the midwife and Aunt Zhao were left in the inner room, and they heard that the little prince was gone, but they did not see him for the last time. There was chaos in Changle Palace, and they were finally punished to work in the temporary palace."

The Queen Mother thought for a moment and said: "Go and bring Jin An here. Tell him that he is covered in sweat and give him a bath." The Queen Mother must verify it today.

"Yes." Eunuch Qin went down to do it personally.

It was noon when Xiao Jinan was taking a bath and was reluctant and awkward for a while, but when he thought about using hot spring water, he obediently let Eunuch Qin strip him naked.