The news of the Queen's illness soon spread to various palaces. Concubine Shu, who had met the Queen yesterday, felt strange: "When I went to see the Queen yesterday, the Queen's face was still very good. Why did she suddenly become ill?"
"I heard that the Queen was worried because Her Highness the Seventh Prince went to the border. She couldn't sleep every day and became ill!" The maid said softly, "I wonder if the Queen was too sad and hurt because the princess got married. My heart pulse got better after I rested for a long time!"
Concubine Shu smiled bitterly, but ultimately said nothing.
Concubine Shu was not very smart, but fortunately she rarely caused trouble. Except for Princess Zhaoyang, she never did anything out of bounds. The emperor and empress did not criticize her too much for this. She said that she did such a stupid thing because she loved her son so much.
Although neither the emperor nor the empress blamed her, after calming down, Concubine Shu finally felt a little ashamed of her unreasonable behavior, the empress who had always taken good care of her.
So after sitting for a long time, she stood up and said, "Get ready, I'm going to serve the Queen!"
The maidservant was startled by Concubine Shu's words: "What are you talking about? The Queen is just feeling a little unwell, and it's not to the point where she needs to go and take care of her illness!"
"The reason why the Queen is sick is ultimately because of the Seventh Prince. The reason why the Seventh Prince was sent so far away from the border is also for Princess Zhaoyang. As a mother-in-law, I should take care of her for Zhaoyang. My true mother." Concubine Shu looked at her maid and said softly.
There were tears in Concubine Shu's eyes, and the maid knew that she still felt sorry for her daughter who did not know whether she was alive or dead. All she could do now was to please the emperor and empress and pray for her daughter.
The maid did not stop her anymore, but just accompanied him to the queen's palace.
The empress is the empress of the palace. As long as she wants, any empress in the palace can come and take care of her. However, for so many years, the empress has always been kind and tolerant and considerate towards the concubines in the palace. She has never let anyone One person comes to attend to illness.
So when Empress Shu came to the Queen's Palace and said she wanted to serve as a sick person, everyone was laughing at her for being crazy. She was obviously a noble empress, but she wanted to put her dignity on the ground and trample on it. Only the Empress was there. While not blaming her, he also gave her a reward and some words of comfort.
When the emperor knew that Concubine Shu wanted to come to serve her, he was a little surprised, but then he understood the reason. He sighed softly, with helplessness in his eyes: "Only when you become a parent can you understand that parents are their children." good intentions."
The queen looked at the emperor for a long time, and finally just smiled.
In fact, in the queen's heart, the emperor is still the father who is partial to the crunching nest. In her opinion, her son will only be a prince in the future. Raising a son who is only worthy of being a prince to fight in the frontier is, in the final analysis, just to make him a prince. She was just assisting the superior emperor!
If it had been the case before, the queen would not have felt it was unfair, and even felt that the throne belonged to the eldest son, as it should be. However, anyone with a discerning eye knew that his eldest son did not like his younger brother.
The emperor didn't know what the queen was thinking now. He was more worried about the war situation at the border. Although he trusted Ningyuan Hou very much and believed that he had the ability to drive those barbarians out of the country, he made a mistake. On the battlefield, Things are changing rapidly, and one careless move can lead to death. It would be too false to say that you are not worried.
And the emperor suffered a physical breakdown just because he was worried about these things.
It's just that the concubine can be missing, but the queen's own daughter can't be missed. As soon as Princess Zhengyang heard the news that her mother was ill at home, she rushed to the palace.
Madam Xu was worried that Princess Zhengyang would go alone, fearing that she would be too worried about her and become in a hurry, so she asked Xu Qingmo to accompany her.
Xu Qingmo did not refuse, and had no reason to refuse, so he accompanied Princess Zhengyang into the palace.
But when he first arrived at the Queen's Palace, Xu Qingmo felt a little strange. The Queen was sick, but no one was moving around inside and outside Fengqi Palace.
Moreover, the palace servants refused to let them in at first, but said that they would not let Princess Zhengyang go in to see the Queen until she reported it. Finally, when they entered the Queen's room, even though the room smelled of medicine, , but although the Queen's face was a little pale, she really couldn't see any discomfort at all.
Xu Qingmo immediately understood that someone was indeed sick, but it was not the queen in front of him, but the person sleeping in the side hall.
Because Princess Zhengyang was worried about her mother, she didn't even talk to the Empress. How could she notice Xu Qingmo behind her, but the Empress still noticed a very slight change on her face.
How could the Queen, who knew countless people, fail to see Xu Qingmo's inner thoughts?
The Empress sent Princess Zhengyang to the small kitchen to make something, leaving Xu Qingmo to talk: "Why didn't Miss Xu say anything from just now?"
"The Queen is talking to the princess, why are you interrupting?" Xu Qingmo lowered his eyes, not looking into the Queen's eyes.
The queen looked at Xu Qingmo for a long time, and then said, "Do you know who is in the side hall?"
Xu Qingmo smiled: "Is your Majesty joking? How can I know who is in the side hall when I am sitting in the main hall?"
"You are thoughtful, Mrs. Hou. She is pregnant in nine months. Although Zhengyang is similar in age to you, her behavior is far inferior to yours. These days, the house is still in order, thanks to you." The queen was quite emotional about this, "If Zhengyang is alone, I'm afraid she will come to the palace to cry every day."
Xu Qingmo looked up at the Queen, and then said: "The Queen is the mother of a country and cares about the world. She still has to take good care of herself. My father, brother, and my fiancé are all on the border, and they all rely on the Royal Family. The Queen is still You must protect your own body, and you must not cause more trouble in this troubled year!"
What Xu Qingmo said was very cryptic, but the queen still understood it: "I understand! I will naturally take good care of myself!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Princess Zhengyang came back with a bowl of bird's nest porridge cooked by herself: "Mother likes to tease people. This bird's nest has obviously been soaked, but she still has to let me cook it. Could it be that my daughter's cooking is special? Wouldn’t it be more delicious?”
