My heart hurts when I mention the abolition

Chen Yizhen fell into a daze.

For a long time, she smiled awkwardly and was speechless.

Do you think she is happy?No!After the previous analysis, anyone who thinks about it can understand that she doesn't want to take back the power of the palace at all.

What's more, she still has deep worries. Does the emperor really mean to return the power to her by saying this suddenly, or is it just a test, to see if there is any grudge in her heart, and whether she will be greedy.

There are too many gaps between them, which means that it is impossible for her to look at every word he said with pure eyes. Maybe, one day, they will be able to completely clear up the gap, but at this time, she is no matter what. Had to ponder over and over again, hesitate.

She lowered her head, thought for a while, and said, "Your majesty, I'm not afraid of your jokes. The concubine has always been lazy. If you really love the concubine, let the ancestors and the empress dowager stay in power for a while longer."

After speaking, the emperor did not answer immediately.

She was apprehensive, and couldn't help but raised the corners of her eyes to look at him.

The emperor's expression at this time was a little strange, as if disappointed, as if in a trance, and as if indifferent.

She was startled, raised her head, bit her lip, thinking about what to say to break the embarrassment.

The emperor had already recovered, he twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and nodded, "Since you said that, I will naturally follow you."

Having said that, there was clearly no joy on his face.

So, this is still wrong.

Chen Yizhen was a little flustered, not knowing what went wrong, and how the emperor expected her to answer.

The emperor sighed, stood up, and said: "I suddenly remembered that I still have some official duties to finish, I'm going back first, you should rest earlier."

Chen Yizhen was silent for a while, then she stood up and forced a smile, "I will see you off."

"No need, it's cold outside, you're wearing thin clothes, and you're sick again."

After that, he nodded, turned and left.

Chen Yizhen stopped where he was, and looked at his receding back, without moving for a long time.

After coming out of Zhongcui Palace, on the way back to the palace, passing through a maple forest, the emperor who was walking in front suddenly stopped.

Rong Sheng was always paying attention to the emperor, seeing this, he immediately stopped and stood respectfully not far behind him, silent as if there was no one there.

The night wind was blowing, the maple moved with the shadows, the emperor's figure melted into the mottled shadows of the maple forest, swaying and swaying, with little ripples, he raised his head, and the bright moonlight poured down like flowing water, reflecting the shadows of the maple forest leaves. To the side of his face, apply a layer of darkness, which also covers the expression on his face.

After a long time, his trivial whispers could be heard faintly in the wind.

"I should understand her, trust is not cultivated overnight..."

Rongsheng lowered his head even lower.

Since that day, after the emperor left, he has not been to Zhongcui Palace for more than half a month. The atmosphere in Zhongcui Palace has visibly become sluggish, especially in the past few days, the empress's complexion does not look very good.

One day, Mr. Pei was dozing off in the room. Suddenly, a young eunuch knocked on the door and came in to tell him that someone was asking to see him.

"Who is it?" Eunuch Pei was sleepy.

"Back to Eunuch, he is the follower of the imperial dining room."

Eunuch Pei recalled it for a long while before he remembered who this person was. The little suitor was working in the dining room. Some time ago, he saw that the emperor showed great favor to their mother, so he took the initiative to lean over.

He lowered his eyes, said "hmm", and asked him, "Do you ever know what's going on?"

The little eunuch bowed his back, and answered cautiously: "I heard that Chef Jia asked him to come."

Eunuch Pei narrowed his eyes, but this time it was easy to recall who Chef Jia was, he seemed to be a good friend of Wang Dashi, who also worked in the dining room, and he was the one who made the glutinous rice dumplings that the empress and the emperor loved so much.

He nodded, "Let him in."

"Slave Xiao Suizi kowtowed to Grandpa Pei."

Xiao Suizi was a lively little eunuch, he didn't say anything when he entered the door, and he was the first to give him a big gift.

Mr. Pei felt comfortable, and couldn't help looking down at him. Seeing his round head and big eyes rolling around, he knew he was smart, so he felt more satisfied, and asked him, "Tell me, why do you want to find a miscellaneous family?" .”

Speaking of this, Xiao Suizi frowned, and said bitterly: "Grandpa Pei, Chef Jia started working on the black-bone chicken soup that my mother told you yesterday, and it took a whole morning to finish it with great difficulty. , at this time, someone from Ningshou Palace suddenly came, saw the black chicken soup boiling on the pot, and took it away without saying a word, but in the name of the empress dowager, Chef Jia, he really stopped They dare not stop."

After all, he carefully peeked at him.

Seeing that Mr. Pei at the top had already stopped laughing, he was not as angry as he thought, but was calm like an old monk sitting still.

After a long while, he said calmly: "The miscellaneous family knows, you can step back and tell Chef Jia that since you have been robbed by Ningshou Palace, you should make another pot. The empress will not remember it for a while, but when you think about it Don't say you can't take it out."

Mr. Pei's tone was flat, but his words were sharp. Xiao Suizi shook his shoulders and hurriedly said, "Yes, don't worry, I'll go back and tell Chef Jia."

After Xiao Suizi left, Eunuch Pei stayed in the room for a while, then got up and walked towards the main hall.

When he walked into the inner room, Chen Yizhen was playing a game with Shuangshu, Shuanglu, and Madam Zheng. It was a game called poker.

With a smile at the corner of his mouth, he walked forward and greeted him respectfully, "See your mother."

Chen Yizhen looked up and saw him, surprised, "Eunuch Pei? Is there something wrong?"

Eunuch Pei reported to her what Xiao Suizi had said, and tried his best not to be blunt and unflappable in the conversation, and finally said: "The slave has already told Xiao Suizi to tell Chef Jia to prepare another copy. This trivial matter is not happy with that side."

After listening, Chen Yizhen was stunned, and after a moment of silence, she nodded and said, "You did the right thing, it should be like this, it's just a small matter, since she likes to be top-notch, let her pull it out."

She smiled, "Just take it as my filial piety to the empress dowager."

Nanny Zheng and Shuang Shu looked at their noses, noses, and hearts without saying anything, and even Shuang Lu just curled her lips and said nothing.

This kind of small and trivial things happened frequently recently, either they robbed the dining room for her meals, or let the steward take the lead in delivering the silver charcoal to the Ningshou Palace. Helpless, and I don't bother to argue with her, it's not like Zhongcui Palace doesn't have those things, even if the Si Wujian sends the silver charcoal to Ningshou Palace first, wouldn't it be possible not to send Zhongcui Palace?

No one is a fool, everyone knows that she is just the queen mother's wishful thinking, the emperor's true heart has always been in Zhongcui Palace.

Mother Zheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty is generous and kind, and her filial piety is commendable. Even if the Emperor knows about it, he will only praise you."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed. During this period of time, the emperor has not come to Zhongcui Palace, and they also tacitly never mentioned it in front of the empress, for fear that the empress would panic when thinking of the emperor.

Shuangshu glanced at her dissatisfied.

Mother Zheng didn't care, instead she persuaded: "Your Majesty, I heard from Xiao Fuzi that the emperor has been busy with official duties recently, and he forgot to eat and sleep, so he didn't even have time to drink hot soup. Look, do you want to prepare some soup and go to visit?" emperor?"

Chen Yizhen was silent.

She lowered her head, gently stirred her cuff with her fingers, pursed her lips and remained silent.

It's not that she never thought of going to the emperor on her own initiative, but she also heard that the court has been in turmoil recently, and the emperor is very busy with all kinds of affairs. She was afraid that going to disturb him rashly would affect the emperor's mood and progress in dealing with the affairs of the court.

What's more, she still couldn't figure out why the emperor was angry that day and left suddenly. If she didn't want to see her during this time, then didn't she deliberately annoy people in the past.

However, what Madam Zheng said is also reasonable, in case the emperor is waiting for her to take the initiative to show his favor.

She thought for a while and said: "Two days will be the day to greet you, I will take the initiative to say hello to the emperor then."

In this way, Madam Zheng shut up temporarily.

Another two days passed, and it was the day to greet you. This time, Chen Yizhen passed by early in the morning.

When the Empress Dowager saw her, she immediately narrowed her eyes, smiled and waved to her, "Come on, sit in front of Ai's house."

Chen Yizhen sat forward with a smile, obediently allowing the Empress Dowager to hold her hand.

Touching her little hand, the Empress Dowager smiled, frowned, and reprimanded: "Why is it so cold? Did you come on the way and didn't bring a hand stove? It's not that Aijia said you. It's a good thing to be young and vigorous, but it's also a good thing. You can't not cherish your body because of this, you guys, at the age of Aijia, you will know that the road you walked and the things you did when you were young will always be fulfilled one by one."

Chen Yizhen lowered his head and listened humbly to the instruction.

After the old ancestor had finished scolding her, she hurriedly nodded and replied: "The old ancestor taught that the grandson's daughter-in-law has a long memory, and she will never do it again."

The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction.

During the time they were chatting, the Empress Dowager and the others finally came late.

"Greetings to the ancestors, all blessings to the ancestors."

The Empress Dowager let go of Chen Yizhen's hand, looked over, gave a faint "um", and told them to flatten.

Xia Conglin glanced at her and Chen Yizhen, who stood beside her and got up to salute the empress dowager, bit her lip, stepped forward suddenly, took out a forehead from her sleeve, and shyly said: "Old ancestor, this is made for you by my daughter-in-law." Wipe the forehead, the craftsmanship is not good, please don't be disgusted by the ancestors."

The empress dowager added with a smile, "This child, the Ai family has told her not to bother her, but she just didn't listen, and just stayed up all night to make such a forehead wipe. It's not early in the morning, so I will send it to you. gone."

The Empress Dowager lowered her eyes to see that her forehead was in a novel style, and the embroidery on it was also exquisite. At first glance, it was obvious that a lot of effort had been spent on it. She calmed down a little, nodded slightly, and told Nanny Qin to put it away.

Said: "Troubleshoot, sit down."

Chen Yizhen was watching from the side, feeling curious. The Empress Dowager was not to say how cold she was to this girl Xia, but she was by no means kind. She glanced at Xia Conglinjiao's face like a peach blossom, and her heart was even more puzzled. The old ancestor is a latent face control. Xia Conglin's age is just right, and the budding flowers should be the most suitable for her old man's wishes. No matter how you look at her, she is even colder than when she first met her.

She thought to herself, the empress dowager was having a conversation with the empress dowager, and after a while, someone from outside came to report that the emperor was here.

Chen Yizhen glanced at it, and the eyes of everyone present, including herself, suddenly lit up.

However, no one could compare to Xia Conglin who was sitting next to the empress dowager. When she heard the news, her entire face almost lit up.

Chen Yizhen was amused, stood up and saluted the emperor who came in.

Hearing the emperor's familiar voice, I couldn't help feeling emotional, but I haven't seen each other for only half a month, so it seems like half a year has passed.

She raised her eyes, just in time to meet the emperor's gaze.

Startled, he lowered his head, his thoughts drifting.

However, the emperor had already withdrawn his gaze, and instead chatted with the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.

Recently, he was too worried about the affairs of the court, and both of them were a little worried about his body, so they kept nagging, telling him to eat meals on time, go to bed on time, etc.

The emperor is right and wrong.

Xia Conglin stared at the emperor's handsome side face, her heart was beating like a deer, she tightly pinched the purse in her sleeve with her fingers, thinking about whether she should muster up the courage to stand up, but then she hesitated and stopped, giving the old ancestor It is light to leave a frivolous impression, but if the emperor refuses on the spot and hates her, then that is the most important thing.

Thinking over and over again in her heart, she sighed softly, and was just about to put down her purse to stop her impulsive thoughts, when suddenly, the emperor's gaze swept over her.

Her heart skipped a beat, her eyes widened, she looked straight at the emperor, her face slowly turned pink, her little heart jumped into her throat.

"Queen Mother," the emperor said, "I heard that you often order your servants to bring refreshments to the dining room these days. Those things are heavy on your heart. If you eat too much, you will be satisfied. It is best not to eat them often."

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed when she heard her son's concern, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother knows."

After she finished laughing, she thought about it again, but was taken aback, how could Huang'er mention this suddenly, she has never liked to eat those sweet and crispy snacks, it's not like Huang'er doesn't know.

Subconsciously, she looked at Xia Conglin, and as expected, her face was already pale.

The eyes suddenly became low, and the empress dowager gave her a hard look. After all, she is a concubine who is not good enough to fight for even a little food. That petty air really disgraced the Xia family!

Chen Yizhen was also taken aback. Are the emperor's words hitting Xia Conglin?

She turned her head and looked over there.

The emperor also looked at her, but with a light glance, he turned his head again, as if the gaze just now was just a coincidence.

Chen Yizhen's thoughts were fluctuating, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Can she boldly assume that when the emperor was busy with government affairs, he had actually been paying attention to Zhongcui Palace all the time.