Harem Daily Life

Tao Yanyan cried again. It seemed that she was still not strong enough inside.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm not hurt at all. But Your Majesty, I almost..." Tao Yanyan couldn't continue. He almost died. Wouldn't she have to raise several children alone and become a widow at a young age?

The two little ones are not even one year old yet!

It seemed like a mother-son connection. The crying of two little ones could be heard outside the door. He Linzhang wiped Tao Yanyan's tears and said with a smile, "You are already a mother, why are you crying like this? Stop crying, go get Yu Cheng and Yunuo to come in and let me see them."

Tao Yanyan got up to open the door and asked the wet nurse to bring in the two crying children.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The little prince and princess refused to sleep, and we held them in our arms and coaxed them to sleep. We are sorry to bother Your Majesty."

He Linzhang did not blame them, but gestured for the two crying children to be brought to him. When the children came closer, four tearful eyes looked at their father lying on the bed, and their crying gradually subsided.

He Linzhang's left shoulder was injured, and he couldn't lift his left hand, so he could only use his right hand to gently pull Yunuo's little hand. Little Yunuo held one of He Linzhang's fingers with his small hand, smacked his lips twice, and stopped crying.

"Nuo'er is worried about father, right? She must come to see father before she can feel at ease." He Linzhang looked at his little daughter, his heart softened, and even his voice became much gentler.

Yu Cheng stared at He Linzhang with a frown. Although he didn't cry anymore, his expression was hard to describe. He looked extremely dissatisfied, like a serious leader.

He Linzhang turned around and pulled Yu Cheng's little hand. Yu Cheng was obviously stronger than Yunuo. His little fingers pinched He Linzhang's index finger as if they were fixed.

"Yu Cheng is also very well behaved and knows how to care for father. Well, stop bothering your wet nurse and go to bed early. Come back to visit father tomorrow morning." After he said that, Yu Cheng yawned and twisted his body in the cradle, as if he was stretching.

"Then we servants will take the prince and princess away first." The wet nurses hurriedly carried the children out, leaving space for the emperor and empress.

Seeing that the little queen's eyes were still red, He Linzhang gently stroked her face: "Don't worry, you are still so young, and the children are so young, I will not abandon you. I will accompany you well until Yucheng grows up and can stand on his own and protect you from wind and rain."

Tao Yanyan said softly, "Your Majesty must live a long life. By the way, Li Cairen..." Tao Yanyan thought about it and decided to say directly, "The Queen Mother hates Li Cairen for hurting Your Majesty. I'm afraid she will be severely punished."

No one knows what the situation is now, and Tao Yanyan did not ask He Linzhang whether he wants to send someone to check it out.

He Linzhang's eyes darkened, and he said after a while: "Leave it to the Queen Mother to deal with. When she wanted to hurt you, my feelings for her had completely ended." He Linzhang didn't dare to think about it. If he stabbed Tao Yanyan directly this time, would her small body be able to withstand it?

Although Li Cairen was once his favorite concubine, she violated his bottom line again and again, and no matter how deep his feelings for her were, they had been worn out in repeated disappointments.

He didn't even want Zhang Fuhai to ask about the result, and he was too lazy to even hear any news from her.

Because of excessive blood loss, He Linzhang needed to rest. After the imperial physician came in and examined him, he gave him a bowl of porridge, and he fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Shuang'er's first thing was to report Li Cairen's fate: "The Queen Mother ordered people to cut her hand and foot tendons and throw her into a mass grave. I took advantage of the absence of people and killed her with a knife."

Tao Yanyan took a deep breath and said, "It is really sad that such a favorite concubine ended up like this."

In Yongning Palace, Shu Fei listened to Fu Xin's report without a trace of joy on her face.

"So, all the concubines who followed your majesty from the Eastern Palace are gone. Oh, the era of Queen Tao has finally come."

When Fu Xin thought of the punishment the Queen Mother had given Li Cairen, her whole body stiffened and she looked at Zi Ling for help. Zi Ling thought for a moment and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, there are so many things going on in the palace, and the Queen Mother has been keeping a close eye on us recently. How about... not touching the eldest prince for the time being?"

Being at the center of the storm, Zi Ling and Fu Xin were both very scared.

Shu Fei sneered, "The more critical it is, the more we must act quickly. Didn't you see what that little bastard did yesterday? He wants to kill Li Cairen. His heart is much harder than that of an ordinary child! If he knew that I was also responsible for his mother's incident, I'm afraid I would be jealous of him too. It's best to get rid of him early before he grows up."

Seeing that their master could not be persuaded, Zi Ling and Fu Xin had no choice but to continue poisoning the eldest prince.

He Linzhang was injured and could not attend the morning court as usual. In order not to affect the government, he temporarily exempted the morning court for a few days and asked the ministers to send all the important reports to Changle Palace.

In Changle Palace, Eunuch Zhang had already sorted the memorials sent in according to the urgency and importance of the matter. Tao Yanyan had been accompanying He Linzhang the whole time. She was responsible for reading the contents of the memorials to He Linzhang, recording his opinions, and writing them down on the memorials.

"Your Majesty is so knowledgeable. You can understand the meaning of such an obscure memorial as soon as you hear it. I may not be able to understand the meaning even if I read it several times."

The memorials submitted by court officials were all written in classical Chinese, which were concise and to the point. Tao Yanyan at most knew how to read them, but he really didn't know their meaning.

He Linzhang lay on the couch, watching the little queen writing the reply diligently, and said with a smile: "I have learned these since elementary school. The late emperor hired a teacher to teach me when I was ten years old. Speaking of which, when Yucheng was ten years old, I was almost forty years old, and my energy was not good enough. I am afraid that I would not have much time to teach him. Otherwise, after he was three years old, he would follow me to court."

Yu Cheng, who was lying on the side and playing with his little hands, seemed to hear someone calling his name. He stopped and looked in the direction of He Linzhang.

He Linzhang happened to be looking at him, and when the eyes of the father and son met, Yu Cheng gave He Linzhang a serious face that said "I'm very angry".

He Linzhang was amused by his son's expression and poked his little cheeks: "What? You are not happy to accompany me to court and I will teach you in person?"

Yu Cheng stretched his short legs and danced around, but his facial expression didn't change at all, he was still serious.

"You said you are less than three months old, why do you have such a deep expression on your face all day long?" He Linzhang teased the child, poking him here and there on the face.

Tao Yanyan looked at the father and son and said, "Your Majesty, in fact... it would be the same if you trained Jin'an more."