Harem Daily Life

"Your Majesty, your servant, respectfully welcomes you back to the capital." Tao Yanyan had a smile on her face, but her eyes were red. She looked at He Linzhang for a long time.

He Linzhang helped her up, then took Xiaoliu from Shuang'er's arms and held him in his arms. Looking at the round, cute, white and chubby little son, his heart was filled with love.

"The Queen has worked hard! Is Mother in good health?"

Tao Yanyan's face flashed with a look of astonishment, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please return to the palace first. The Queen Mother sprained her ankle and has been lying in bed for almost a month."

He Linzhang did not dare to delay and hurried to the palace. He Xuan and He Jinan also followed him to visit the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother is already sixty-one years old this year. Although she has been well maintained and looks young, she feels indescribably weak lying on the couch.

Doctor Xu, who had been caring for the Empress Dowager, burst into tears upon seeing His Majesty return: "Now that Your Majesty has returned to the capital, I'm sure the Empress Dowager will no longer be so worried. She should be relieved."

He Linzhang stepped forward and held the Queen Mother's hand: "Mother, I am back."

The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor and the two children behind him and said with a smile, "I'm glad you're back. I'm fine. I just didn't see the ground clearly and fell down accidentally. The Queen made a fuss and kept making me lie down and not move. Now that you're back, quickly comfort your Queen and tell her to stop staring at me."

Seeing that the empress dowager still had the mind to tease him, He Linzhang finally calmed down and led everyone out of the bedroom.

Doctor Xu described the Empress Dowager's condition: "Your Majesty is old, and this year's severe cold, coupled with excessive worry, led to a fall. A bone was fractured, so she has been bedridden for almost a month. Wait until March next year, when the weather improves, to get out and move around more. She will slowly recover. Your Majesty, please rest assured."

Doctor Xu's words completely dispelled He Linzhang's worries: "We must use the best medicine and take good care of her to ensure the Empress Dowager's health."

After visiting the empress dowager, He Linzhang took the children back to Changle Palace to rest. The army had been sleeping in the open air along the way, and although the three people were riding in a carriage, they were already covered in dust and dirt.

Tao Yanyan asked He Linzhang to take a bath by himself while she went to take care of He Xuan.

He Xuan, once pampered by Tao Yanyan, had become incredibly fair and tender. But after a year away, she had become quite tanned. Add to that the strong winds and sandstorms in the north, and she hadn't taken good care of herself, and she had become incredibly dark and thin. Tao Yanyan was furious and wanted to curse, but seeing the calluses on her hands, he felt so distressed that he couldn't speak.

"Mother, I am leaving without saying goodbye. I hope you will not be angry."

Tao Yanyan glared at her. "What's the point of getting angry? You've been there and come back again. How can I beat you with a few more sticks? Look at your small body, so thin and dark, like a monkey. I'm going to punish you by making you eat four or five meals a day. You have to get back to health."

He Xuan knew that Mother Tao was worried about her, so she kept smiling, her heart full of sweetness.

After everyone had bathed and changed into new clothes, the whole family sat together to enjoy dinner.

He Xuan and He Jinan had been out for over a year, and seeing the table full of delicious food, they wolfed it down. He Linzhang, on the other hand, remained elegant and ate slowly and leisurely.

He Xiaoliu looked at the three strangers with his big round eyes. He grabbed a meatball in his hand, took a few bites and looked at them, feeling very curious.

"Dingyi can eat by himself now. Time flies." He Linzhang left when the child was still in swaddling clothes. The unfamiliar father and son looked at each other from time to time, staring into each other's eyes.

After dinner, He Jinan did not return to his own palace, but wanted to sleep with his younger brothers so that they could talk in private. He Xuan was also taken away by He Yue and Yunuo. Tao Yanyan pulled He Linzhang back to the room and began to take off his clothes.

"The Queen is so impatient? It seems that you really miss me." He Linzhang smiled proudly and let Tao Yanyan undress him.

Tao Yanyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I was just checking to see if Your Majesty was injured. Your Majesty always reports good news in your letters, but never bad news. Swords have no eyes, so who knows if Your Majesty is hiding something from me?"

He Linzhang choked and said helplessly, "Didn't I say that when I wear the golden soft armor, no sword or knife can hurt me. Oh, and I gave the golden soft armor that the Queen Mother gave me to Gu Yi. He is more dangerous than me in the battlefield. I can't let anything happen to him."

Tao Yanyan, who was now concentrating on his wounds, replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration, cousin. Hey, there are a few new wounds here."

The wound was on the arm, probably because the golden armor had no sleeves to protect it.

"They are all minor injuries, and they have all healed." He Linzhang saw her fingers gently stroking the scars, so he hugged her and pressed her onto the bed, causing Tao Yanyan to exclaim.

"The Queen has seen me naked. It's time for me to take a good look at her." After saying that, he slowly began to take off Tao Yanyan's clothes, one by one, until she was left with only her underwear.

The porcelain-white yet somewhat pink skin came into view, and He Linzhang's breathing gradually became heavier.

"Yan Yan, you are so beautiful." She was so beautiful that the King of Yan had been thinking about her for so long that he even searched the palace for beauties who had similar features to her.

Tao Yanyan raised her jade arm, put it around his neck and pulled him down a little: "Your Majesty, don't just stare." She kissed him gently, and her initiative made He Linzhang very excited.

"Ah, wait, your Majesty's stubble pricks me." Although He Linzhang had shaved, he still hurt Tao Yanyan.

But He Linzhang was not willing to stop. He wished he could increase his strength and tear the person under him apart and eat him to relieve his lovesickness.

The army rested for three days, after which the generals went to the palace to receive their rewards. During these three days of rest, He Linzhang was not idle. He and the queen stayed at home, not even leaving their rooms.

He Xiaoliu would hang around the door every morning without fail, shouting and yelling outside the door, but when his mother showed up, he had to go somewhere else to look for food.

The other children went to school as they should, and rested as they should, and did not bother their parents.

It was not until the third day when He Linzhang was going to court that the door of the bedroom was opened. He went to court in high spirits, leaving Tao Yanyan listlessly dressing himself.

"Ha." After another yawn, the new palace maid Fei'er couldn't help but complain: "Your Majesty, don't you take it easy? The Queen is so tired!" It's really more tiring than getting up early to attend court every day. She even closed her eyes when she was dressing.

Xianglan patted her and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If you talk about His Majesty behind his back, be careful or His Majesty will punish you."

After saying this, she picked up a golden hairpin and inserted it into Tao Yanyan's hair. "In the past few days, Shu Siyi has sent clothes to Qingyun Palace where the Second Prince lives several times, but she was stopped by Xiao Quanzi every time. She was quiet for a year, but when she saw the Second Prince return, she became restless again and was restless."

Tao Yanyan opened his eyes and looked at the hairpin Xianglan had chosen. He said calmly, "How's the investigation going on with Changtai? Did the Queen Mother really fall down when she passed by the Plum Garden that day?"