Chapter 81 The male protagonist is the emperor(2/3)
The queen felt that Gu Wenjing was slapping her in the face, but when Gu Wenjing asked her to taste these meals, she reluctantly ate a chopstick dish, and immediately felt that way.
The taste is so big that the queen doesn't want to eat the imperial meal carefully prepared by her own destiny.
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After eating, Gu Wenjing wiped his mouth, looked at the "really fragrant" queen reluctantly put down her chopsticks, and smiled and said, "The queen is here to come to me, but what's wrong?"
Over the past few days, the queen, taught by Gu Wenjing, has long changed her original rigidity of focusing on rules and not knowing how to adapt to it, and has relaxed some restrictions on the original strict requirements. The concubines and the palace people are all grateful for the queen's kindness, which has made her reputation in the palace much better.
However, the queen still holds her own identity and will not use excuses to invite favors like other concubines. Every time she sends someone to invite him to Kunning Palace, something must be wrong.
Of course this time is no exception. The queen said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty has not set foot in the harem in the past few days, I don't know your Majesty..."
The smile on Gu Wenjing's face became slightly awkward.
My wife asked me why I would not sleep alone and how should I answer?
Do you want to answer that I need to take a leave of my kidney?
Gu Wenjing coughed lightly and said lightly: "Political affairs are busy, and there is no time. Let's talk about it when you have time in the future."
The concubines in the harem were forbidden from inquire about the political affairs of the previous dynasty. Although the queen is the mother of a country, she may be exceptional, but she will never ask him about political affairs in front of the emperor.
So the queen seemed to take Gu Wenjing's reason seriously. She said softly: "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, but you must also put your health first."
Gu Wenjing nodded. He wanted to leave after the embarrassing topic was asked about it. At this time, the little prince came back from school in the study room.
Gu Wenjing stayed.
The little prince is already preparing to move to the East Palace, but because there are still some places in the East Palace that need some rest. After all, it has been empty for so long. Now that it has finally waited until its owner has moved in, it has to make some arrangements.
So for the time being, the young prince still lives next to the queen of Kunning Palace.
Gu Wenjing summoned the young prince and asked him warmly about his study in the study room.
Now the original owner's five sons are still young, and the only one who actually went to the study to attend classes was the eldest son. The rest were the little prince's companions and the children of the royal family.
The little prince's homework in the study room has always been the best among these children.
Gu Wenjing was paying attention to the little prince over the days, and he found that although the little prince was taught by the queen in a proper manner and without the active and active manner of a normal child, he was more able to sit still in his studies and was very serious in his studies.
The little prince has a low IQ. He is a smart and diligent academic master. However, in the original plot, he is dull and useless by the genius Sixth Prince born to Chen Xi.
In the end, he was deposed as the prince due to the witchcraft case and exiled to guard the imperial tomb. He died of illness within a few years.
In this society of the eldest son inheritance system, although the royal family is sometimes the most unruly place, Gu Wenjing feels that if the eldest son is not the A Dou who cannot be helped, then raising the eldest son to be the crown prince is undoubtedly the best choice.
Because the eldest son becomes a legitimate son and inherits the throne, he will not be afraid of other younger brothers. If other princes ascend the throne, even if the third prince, who is the same mother as the young prince, ascends the throne, the eldest son will become a thorn in the eyes of the new emperor.
Gu Wenjing looked at the cute baby in front of him with a serious expression on his back, and couldn't bear to let him end up in a good end in the future.
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After Gu Wenjing stayed in Kunning Palace for one night, he gradually returned to the frequency of the original owner staying in the harem.
So a few months later, Zhao Rong was exposed to be pregnant, which is not surprising.
After receiving the news that Li Zhaorong was pregnant, Gu Wenjing was stunned because the child was conceived after he traveled through time.
His mood was a little complicated. Inevitably, his relationship with the eight children left by the original owner, except for the little prince whom he often paid attention to, was not as deep as that of the other four princes and three princesses.
In a sense, this may be the child of the Sixth Prince or the Fourth Princess, and he is his first child in this world.
People's hearts will inevitably be biased.
"Your Majesty?" Eunuch Li reminded softly.
Gu Wenjing came to his senses and looked at the little eunuch who came to report the good news. He smiled on his face, but said in a faint tone: "Please reward according to the usual example!"
Although he was complicated and very excited, his rationality told him that he could not act too fond of this child, otherwise this child who did not know whether it was a man or a woman would become a thorn in the eyes of many people.
Gu Wenjing pondered for a while, and suddenly said to Eunuch Li softly: "You carefully select a few people and send them to Li Zhaorong. Be sure to let her have a safe child."
Eunuch Li was slightly stunned and quickly responded. He thought that the emperor was not very excited after hearing the good news, but he didn't think it was because there were too many children, but he didn't expect that he would send someone to protect Li Zhaorong and his son. It seemed that Li Zhaorong was very favored!
Gu Wenjing didn't care what Eunuch Li would think about after he issued this order. Eunuch Li was the original owner's confidant eunuch, so naturally he is also his confidant now. There is no need to hide some things from his confidant.
After Li Zhaorong was revealed to be pregnant, many childrenless concubines in the harem could no longer sit still.
Among them, Shufei is the most popular.
Concubine Shu is only two years younger than the queen. The queen already has two princes. However, she has miscarriage a few years ago and has no chance to get pregnant again.
There are interests in sending her into the palace by Concubine Shu’s family. She did not give birth to a child and was not the most favored person in the harem. It was not very helpful to the family. Concubine Shu’s family had already moved and then sent a legitimate daughter to the palace.
Of course, Shufei was anxious. If the family sent a new clan girl in, the clan girl would not be favored and had no children. She could rely on her position to suppress her. But if this clan girl had better luck than her and gave birth to a dragon heir in one fell swoop, then all the family resources would be tilted to the clan girl. At that time, even the queen Shufei, who looked at the glory, would have to be a stepping stone for the clan girl.
Concubine Shu naturally didn't want to sit still and wait for death.
As Chen Xi had done before, she took the soup she made to the imperial study room and asked to see Gu Wenjing.
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"Your Majesty, Empress Shu asked for a visit!"
Gu Wenjing put down the memorial that had just been corrected and asked in surprise: "Why is Concubine Shu here?"
He still had a deep impression of the original owner's two concubines, Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu.
Because in the original plot, these two are the biggest obstacles for the heroine Chen Xi to ascend to the throne and dominate the harem.
The queen is completely unable to compare with the threat these two brought to Chen Xi.
As her title is, the Virtuous Concubine is a woman with a virtuous and gentle appearance, and has a certain status in the original owner's heart. Before the Virtuous Concubine was overthrown by Chen Xi, the original owner's impression of Virtuous Concubine was gentle and wise.
Many times Chen Xi has suffered a secret loss in his plan, the person who is really planning behind the scenes is Concubine Xian, who is the ultimate villain boss who is hidden very deeply!
Concubine Shu is more impulsive and is rational and smart before her temper rises. Once she gets angry, her IQ will plummet and she is often secretly robbed by Concubine Xian.
However, Shufei's family background is strong, and she is not the kind of vicious female supporting actress who is brainless and domineering. Sometimes she faces Chen Xi and even makes Chen Xi suffer losses.
In the end, because she wanted to frame Chen Xi, she was tricked by Chen Xi. She was furious and deposed the concubine throne by the original owner who had gradually fallen in love with Chen Xi at that time and demoted her to the lowest level of Cai Nu.
Now Concubine Shu is still one of the only two concubines in the harem. When Concubine Xian is gentle and uncontested, she is a high-ranking concubine who is only under the queen and is still very glorious.
After Gu Wenjing came through, he tried his best to keep his attitude towards the concubines in the harem as similar as the original owner to avoid unnecessary trouble. Except for Chen Xi, a time traveler.
The original owner was quite fond of Concubine Shu.
So Gu Wenjing thought for a while and said, "Let Concubine Shu come in."
Last time Chen Xi came to the imperial study, he asked someone to come in. This time, compared with Chen Xi's higher status, he was not easy to turn people out.
Concubine Shu walked in gorgeously in a gorgeous dress, but the soup cup she held in her hand seemed a little inconsistent with her temperament.
Gu Wenjing shouted after Shufei saluted.
His eyes fell on the soup cup in Shufei's hand, and he smiled and said, "Is Shufei here to deliver soup to me?"
Concubine Shu walked over with a smile and placed the soup cup on the table in front of Gu Wenjing. "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty loves Xipin's cooking skills, so I often go to Xipin's palace for advice. I want to learn cooking skills well and let Your Majesty like me and I like you!"
Concubine Shu boldly and bluntly told Gu Wenjing about her admiration, and Gu Wenjing was not surprised. Concubine Shu had such a personal character. The original owner loved her because she was so enthusiastic that she was unconcealed. Everyone liked her women to express their admiration for her at all times.
Gu Wenjing looked at Concubine Shu serving him a bowl of soup. He saw with sharp eyes that the meat in the soup bowl seemed to be... venison?
He had a guess in his mind: "My dear, can you be stewed with venison?
Concubine Shu smiled and blinked: "Your Majesty is really ignorant. You can tell at a glance that I am cooking venison soup."
Gu Wenjing: "..." If he remembers correctly, eating too much venison seems to get angry? Well, it is a hot topic in all aspects.
Gu Wenjing, who didn't want to be in the imperial study room at all, did not drink the soup, but said to Shufei with a serious expression: "The imperial study room is where I handle political affairs, and I am inconvenient to stay for too long. Now that the soup has been delivered, I should go back!"
Concubine Shu looked at Tang Chuan regretfully. Although she was bold and straightforward, she was also clear about the measure and knew that there was no room for refutation of Gu Wenjing's words.
So she could only salute and leave the imperial study room in disappointment.
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Of course, Gu Wenjing did not drink the venison soup full of Shufei's "love". He rewarded it to several eunuchs around him.
However, I don’t know what Shufei added when stewing the soup, but the medicine was very effective. Gu Wenjing saw that the eunuchs who had drunk the soup were bleeding from nose...
Gu Wenjing said helplessly: "Forget it, you don't need to serve you today." He gave these eunuchs a vacation and asked them to vent their energy that had nowhere to vent before coming back, so as to avoid suffocating and bleeding from the nose.
However, since Concubine Shu played this trick, Gu Wenjing was worried that other concubines would follow suit, so could he be better?
So Gu Wenjing directly ordered that the concubines in the harem were not allowed to step into important places such as the Imperial Study.
The concubines who were already working hard to learn cooking skills and prepare to go to the imperial study room to deliver food and then show the emperor's favorability, felt very regretful and lost.
The only meal that can be delivered to Gu Wenjing now is the only meal made by Chen Xi with Lingquan water.
Gu Wenjing ate the meal made by Lingquan water for almost a year. He felt that his thunder-type superpowers gradually slowed down after absorbing Lingquan. He knew that the time had come.
When Eunuch Li brought the green-headed sign in the evening, Gu Wenjing turned over the sign of Xipin.
After nearly a year, when Chen Xi saw Gu Wenjing again, he lost the confidence that Gu Wenjing had revealed when he first saw her.
Over the past few days, because Gu Wenjing never set foot in Xipin's palace, most people think that Chen Xi has fallen out of favor. Even though she still serves the emperor's three meals a day, many people want to take this opportunity to step on her.
So Chen Xi's life is really not easy. In addition to going to the imperial kitchen to give the emperor the ingredients for cooking, she always encounters difficulties in all aspects such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.
This kind of dilemma does not mean that someone deliberately deals with her arrogantly, but that he is polite on the surface and secretly makes small tricks to disgust her.
To be continued...