"The queen is careful." Emperor Wu of Zhou smiled gently, "Then just follow what the queen said."
Sun Kui originally thought that Emperor Wu of Zhou would object to the Queen's proposal, but he didn't expect that Emperor Wu of Zhou actually agreed. He was so surprised that his eyes widened.
"I will carefully select a few beauties who are good at giving birth and send them to the Prince's Palace." Queen Xie said, with a trace of hesitation on her face.
Seeing Queen Xie's expression of hesitation, Emperor Wu of Zhou said warmly: "Queen, if you have anything to say, just say it."
Queen Xie hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Your Majesty, would you like to send a few imperial doctors to Dai Wang's Mansion to check the pulse of Dai Wang and Dai Wang Concubine?" As soon as she finished speaking, she added hurriedly, "Dai Wang has often been away fighting in recent years. , he had suffered a lot of injuries, big and small, and he also took a lot of medicine. As the saying goes, medicine is three parts poisonous. It might have hurt his foundation, so he had to ask the imperial doctor to look at him carefully and then prescribe a prescription. Take good care of yourself.”
"Then send the imperial doctor to Prince Dai's Mansion."
After Emperor Zhou Wu finished speaking, he saw Empress Xie's hesitant expression again and smiled slightly at her, "Queen, is there anything else you want to say?"
"Your Majesty, I have arranged for the imperial physician to go to Prince Dai's Mansion to reward the Prince with beauties. I am afraid that Concubine Rong will be unhappy and will not agree to what I am doing." Empress Xie said with a wry smile on her face, "I'm afraid that Concubine Rong will be unhappy." The noble concubine will feel that the concubine is deliberately humiliating the king."
Sun Kui said in his heart, isn't it?
"You are also kind-hearted." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, "Even if the Queen doesn't say anything, I will send an imperial doctor to Prince Dai's Mansion tomorrow."
"Your Majesty, you have the heart of a loving father."
"You can make arrangements for tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Wu of Zhou asked again: "Queen, is there anything else you can do?"
"I'm fine now. I won't disturb you anymore." Queen Xie bowed her knees and said, "Your Majesty, please go to bed early."
"The Queen should also rest early." Emperor Zhou Wu glanced at Sun Kui and said, "Send the Queen out."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Sun Kui sent Queen Xie out of the imperial study. Queen Xie did not leave in a hurry, but told Sun Kui: "Eunuch Sun, the emperor will forget the time when he is busy. You also remind the emperor to go to rest early."
"Don't worry, Queen, I will definitely remind the Emperor."
"If the emperor is hungry, remember to prepare a late-night snack for the emperor." Queen Xie said, "The late-night snack should be easy to digest. Also, do not prepare strong tea for the emperor at night. Drinking too much strong tea will make the emperor unable to sleep at night. Already..."
Queen Xie gave many instructions at once, and it wasn't until Sun Kui remembered them all that she held Jiang Chuan's hand and left.
Sun Kui sent Queen Xie off for a while, and then was driven back by Queen Xie, who asked him to go back and serve the emperor quickly.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has just given you many instructions."
Emperor Wu of Zhou asked without raising his head: "What did she say?"
"The Queen has asked this slave to remind you to rest early..." Sun Kui told Emperor Zhou Wu exactly what Queen Xie had told him.
After hearing this, Emperor Zhou Wu just nodded gently and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, the Queen really cares about you."
Emperor Wu of Zhou just said "hmm".
Seeing that Emperor Zhou Wu didn't say anything, Sun Kui didn't want to disturb him anymore, but when he saw the lotus seed soup beside the royal table, he could only speak again: "Your Majesty, the soup sent by the Queen will get cold if you don't drink it."
Emperor Wu of Zhou glanced at the lotus seed soup placed aside and said in a calm tone: "Take it."
"Yes." Sun Kui walked out with the soup.
Seeing this, his disciple stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't you want to drink?"
Sun Kui handed the soup in his hand to his disciple, "The emperor never likes to drink soup. Whether it is the soup sent by the queen or Concubine Rong, the emperor rarely drinks it." When Concubine Rong brings soup, the emperor will symbolically say After taking two sips, he took the rest of the soup. However, every time the emperor went to Kunde Hall, Liang Zhaoyi would prepare a bowl of soup for the emperor, and the emperor would drink it all.
"What about this soup?"
"It's an advantage for you." Sun Kui knew that the empress did not make the lotus seed soup herself, so he let his apprentice drink it. If it had been made by the queen herself, Sun Kui would have thrown it away.
"Thank you, Master." The apprentice walked away with the soup and drank the soup when he returned to his room.
Queen Xie returned to Zhaoyang Palace and asked Jiang Chuan and Grandma Sun to select two outstanding-looking ladies from the Zhaoyang Palace. For others, choose from other palaces.
Jiang Chuan and Grandma Sun understood what Queen Xie meant and quickly selected two outstanding maids from Zhaoyang Palace. Queen Xie saw it and was very satisfied.
Grandma Sun retreated with the two maids, and then told them some things.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say and I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Queen Xie said warmly: "Just say what you want to say."
"Your Majesty, actually it is not a bad thing to let Kong Taichang's little daughter enter the Prince's Palace."
Queen Xie was a little surprised by Jiang Chuang's words and asked, "Why isn't it a bad thing?"
"After Kong Taichang's youngest daughter enters the Dai Wangfu, she will definitely compete with Dai Wangfei for favor. If she is the eldest son of Dai Wangfei, then her status in Dai Wangfu will surpass Dai Wangfei." Jiang Chuan grew up in the Xie family. The Xie family's back house has seen many things and tricks. "Princess Dai and the Marquis Xuanping will definitely not give up."
Queen Xie had not thought of this, but now that she heard what Jiang Chuan said, she felt that it made some sense.
"Your Majesty, there will be no peace in the back house of the Prince's Palace."
After hearing this, Queen Xie pondered: "It is indeed not a bad thing, but what good does this do to us?"
"Empress, didn't you just say that His Highness the Seventh Highness is still young? In the past few years, the Crown Prince will still need to deal with the Dai Wang." Jiang Chuan analyzed, "If we don't find something to do for the Dai Wang, I'm afraid that the Dai King will really do it in the seventh year. If His Highness succeeds in replacing the Crown Prince before he reaches adulthood, it will be very detrimental to His Highness the Seventh Highness."
"You're right." Before Xiao Jing grows up, she still has to help the prince. She cannot let the prince be replaced by the king. Otherwise, when Xiao Jing grows up, the king will firmly take the position of the prince. When the time comes, he wants to be the king. Stepping down will be very difficult. "I will write a letter to my brother now, asking him not to stop Kong Taichang's youngest daughter from becoming the acting king's concubine."
"Your Majesty is wise."
"Thank you for reminding me." Queen Xie was so angry at Concubine Rong tonight that she didn't even think of this aspect.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Rong, what are you going to do?"
"Let her be proud for a few more days." Empress Xie turned the ring on her ring finger and said meaningfully, "In a while, it will be the death anniversary of my good sister."
"Empress, do you want to attack Concubine Rong on the death anniversary of the late Queen?" Jiang Chuan asked.
"Do you think that in His Majesty's heart, is Concubine Rong more important, or is this good sister of mine more important?"
Jiang Chuan did not dare to answer this question. Because no matter whether the answer is Concubine Rong or the First Queen, Queen Xie will not be happy.
"To be honest, I don't blame you."
Jiang Chuan did not dare not answer, so he could only reply: "I believe that in the emperor's heart, the late queen is more important than Concubine Rong." When the first queen passed away, the emperor was so sad that he did not go to court for three days. Also, when the late empress was alive, the emperor respected the late empress very much.
She remembered that one time when the late queen was ill, she accompanied her then-young lady into the palace to visit the late queen. Not long after they arrived, the emperor hurriedly came to visit the late empress after coming down from court, and even personally fed the late empress medicine.
At that time, Concubine Rong was also ill, but the first person the emperor visited after coming to court was the late Queen, not Concubine Rong.
Also, she remembered that when the emperor was not the emperor, he often fought abroad. Every time he came back from the war, the emperor would bring something to give to the late queen. At that time, the Queen Mother was very jealous of the First Queen.
After the late Queen passed away, the Emperor would personally pay homage to her every year on her death anniversary. The emperor clearly remembered the late queen's birthday and would go to Chonghua Palace to pay homage to the late queen.
She still remembers one thing. At that time, the late Queen returned to Xie's family while pregnant. In fact, at that time, the first queen was four months pregnant and her belly was not big. However, the emperor was worried that something might happen to the first queen. He not only helped the first queen out of the car personally, but also held the first queen's hand and carefully entered the Xie Mansion.
When the late queen was pregnant with the prince, her appetite was not very good, so the emperor specially found a good cook for the late queen to prepare meals for the late queen.
The emperor was very concerned about the late empress, and everyone in the Xie family saw it at that time.
"If Yu Wanrong does something that insults my good sister on the anniversary of her death, do you think the emperor will be angry?"
"The emperor will naturally be angry."
Queen Xie had a plan in mind and waved to Jiang Chuan. Jiang Chuan stepped forward and Queen Xie whispered something in her ear.
