The wives of the concubines are empresses

The girls' academy was full of female students. Listening to the girls' clear voices reading aloud, Shangguan Wanjun looked at the blue sky and the occasional white clouds.

Shangguan Wanjun asked Liu Cheng beside her: "Little Liu, what time is it?"

Liu Cheng looked up at the sky and said respectfully, "It's almost noon."

Shangguan Wanjun glanced at everyone and said, "Why don't we have lunch here? We can also try the students' food."

Everyone bowed, "Yes, Your Majesty."

The master's dining room is quite crowded today because of the presence of Shangguan Wanjun and others.

Muxiang and Lianhua went to get the food themselves, Ouhe poured tea for Shangguan Wanjun, and the others also lined up to get their food.

"This is my first time dining in the gentlemen's dining hall. It feels quite strange."

Baipin Jiang Ruobai smiled softly: "Your Majesty, this is also the first time for me to eat in the gentlemen's dining hall. It's the same for Zhoupin, right?"

Concubine Zhou Zhengzhouxing nodded: "Yes, it feels quite strange."

Shangguan Wanjun was sitting opposite her two husbands. She looked at them with a smile on her face, then turned her gaze to the queue for food.

Memories of her past life resurfaced in her mind, and the once familiar scenes seemed to reappear one after another.

Lianhua Muxiang brought the food. Looking at the rich dishes, Shangguan Wanjun picked up the chopsticks and tasted the cold-boiled eggplant. She pursed her lips slightly and nodded with a smile.

“It tastes pretty good.”

When everyone saw the empress picking up her chopsticks, they all picked up their chopsticks to taste the food. After tasting the food, Master Li smiled and nodded, and began to eat happily.

The gentlemen were under a lot of pressure. Not only were there concubines, tutors, and female officials here, but there was also the empress, the supreme ruler. They tried to keep their voices down while eating, for fear of making any noise that would disturb the empress and the others.

After having lunch at the women's college, everyone went to the men's college for a tour.

Yun Yangfan, the official headmaster, and Meng Jia, the deputy headmaster, brought the teachers who had no classes to welcome the emperor.

Baipin - Jiang Ruobai took a step forward with her long legs, took the initiative to walk over and carefully helped Shangguan Wanjun get off the carriage.

"The emperor is slow-witted."

Yun Yangfan and the others said respectfully, "We welcome the Emperor."

"No need for formalities. Thank you, Principal Yun, Deputy Principal Meng and the others."

Yun Yangfan said respectfully, "Your Majesty is too polite. Please come in!"

There are some in the men's academy and the women's academy. There is also a special exhibition courtyard here, which contains calligraphy, paintings, poems and other works. Shangguan Wanjun looked at them very seriously.

"Master Yun, please tell us about the students' situation. Let us listen to it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

He looked at the landscape painting in front of Shangguan Wanjun and began to introduce it: "This was painted by a student. He has always loved landscape painting and studied it very seriously. Here are several of his paintings. Your Majesty, please follow me to the other room to view them."

After his introduction, Shangguan Wanjun was generally satisfied. She turned and looked at Tutor Li.

"Taifu Li, after hearing what Yunshanzhang said, what do you think?"

Imperial Tutor Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that teaching students in accordance with their aptitude is a very good method. It allows students to fully utilize their strengths in their respective fields, which is in line with their profession."

Shangguan Wanjun nodded calmly, "You are right. I have seen the abilities of Principal Yun and Vice-Principal Meng. I hope you will cooperate well and continue to develop the Men's Academy."

The two men bowed respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."

They were very excited and happy to receive praise from the empress herself, because what they did was recognized, and it came from the mouth of someone at the pinnacle of power. This was a great honor.

Everyone accompanied Shangguan Wanjun to visit and appreciate the academy, and also accompanied her to take a rest and drink tea.

Shangguan Wanjun was very tired. She held her waist with one hand and gently stroked with the other.

Seeing how exhausted she was, Concubine Zhengzhouxing expressed her concern: "Your Majesty, why don't we return to the palace?"

"It's time to go back to the palace, let's go." She was feeling sleepy. Being an empress must be more tiring than being a man, especially a young empress who had to get pregnant and give birth to a child.

On the way back to the palace, sleepy Shangguan Wanjun slowly closed her eyes. When she was about to close them, Baipin Jiang Ruobai approached her in time, and Shangguan Wanjun's head just rested on Baipin Jiang Ruobai's broad shoulders.

Concubine Zhou-Zhengzhou Xing glanced at the two of them, then silently looked away.

When the imperial carriage arrived outside the imperial study, Baipin - Jiang Ruobai saw that she had not woken up yet, bent down and picked her up and walked out of the carriage. Zhoupin - Zheng Zhouxing had been paying attention to the two of them, especially to Baipin's feet.

In the imperial study, Concubine Wu - Zhu Wu, Concubine Ran - Wang Ran, and Concubine Wen - Li Youwen heard the noise and turned around to find that it was the emperor who had returned. He was still sleeping and was carried back by Concubine Bai - Jiang Ruobai. Concubine Zhou - Zheng Zhouxing, who had been watching over them, was still beside him.

The moment they turned around, Concubine Zhengzhouxing raised her hand to signal them to be quiet. Concubine Bai Jiang Ruobai, holding Shangguan Wanjun, strode steadily towards the side hall and gently placed her on the soft couch. Concubine Zhengzhouxing took off her shoes and socks, while Concubine Bai Jiang Ruobai covered her with a blanket.

He stood up and looked at Concubine Zhou - Zhengzhou Xing and said softly: "Concubine Zhou, please go to the side hall and take a nap first."

Concubine Zhou - Zhengzhou Xing understood what he meant, turned around silently, walked to the door quietly, and closed the door for the two of them.

Seeing him so considerate and tactful, Baipin - Jiang Ruobai raised the corner of her mouth slightly. He turned around, untied his belt, took off his outer clothes, shoes and socks, and lay down flat. He turned sideways to look at the person who was sleeping quietly, with the tenderness in his eyes not hidden at all. He reached out and held Shangguan Wanjun's left hand, then slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Shangguan Wanjun woke up and found that her hand was being held by someone. She glanced at the big hand that was tightly holding hers, slowly raised her head to look at the man's face, and found that it was the gentle and jade-like Baipin - Jiang Ruobai.

She moved her body and tried to break free from her tightly held hand, and Baipin - Jiang Ruobai suddenly woke up.

"Your Majesty, you are awake."

Shangguan Wanjun was stunned, and slowly raised her eyes to meet the gentle eyes of Baipin - Jiang Ruobai, as if she was about to be attracted into them.

"You're awake. Sorry, I just wanted to move around. I didn't mean to wake you up."

Seeing that she felt a little guilty, Baipin - Jiang Ruobai hugged her in her arms.

"Your Majesty, if anyone is to blame, it is Huai Chenfu, how can you be blamed?"

His embrace was warm and broad, making her feel very safe. Hearing his words, Shangguan Wanjun pursed her lips and smiled.

"We should get up. We must have gotten enough sleep."

"About an hour." The pregnant emperor was very sleepy, and the imperial concubines in the harem were very understanding of her hard work.

The two men appeared in the main hall neatly dressed and found that Concubine Zhou - Zheng Zhouxing had fallen asleep on the desk. Looking at his peaceful sleeping face, the two men looked at each other silently.

Shangguan Wanjun stroked her pregnant belly and came to Zhoupin Zhengzhouxing. She reached out and pushed him. Zhoupin Zhengzhouxing woke up slowly and was stunned when she saw that the person in front of her was her.