Tao Yao sat in a high position and looked at the beauty below. She looked really beautiful and looked very peaceful. She just sat there quietly, feeling her own gaze. She seemed to be frightened. , frowned slightly.
"I didn't expect that the Queen would still blame me. I spent a few more words with Your Majesty this morning, so I came late to greet you. If the Queen still cares, I will apologize to you again!"
Qionghua looked extremely aggrieved, stood up again and knelt on the ground. Everyone could see that it was as if the queen had deliberately made things difficult for her and never let her go.
"Who are you showing Mrs. Qionghua like this? How many times have you been late? Apart from a few verbal reprimands, the Queen has never punished you! The Queen has always been kind to our sisters, but why are you always crying! "
The other concubine in Tsing Yi didn't like to see her. Seeing Qiong Hua's pretentious look, she immediately became angry and couldn't help but taunt her.
The other concubines also had their complaints, but they didn't speak out openly, because His Majesty's favorite one now is Mrs. Qionghua.
Taoyao just watched everything that happened quietly and looked at Qionghua's face carefully. It was indeed very beautiful, and those eyes were really bright and clear. She was only seventeen years old this year, but she was as beautiful as a flower. The budding and blooming period.
I couldn't help but reach out and touch the hair next to my ears. The memory of the original owner Xie Minghui came to my mind. She married His Majesty Xiao He when she was eighteen. Thinking about it carefully, it has been ten years.
Ten years can change everything. The feelings that were once so strong will slowly and suddenly fade away. No matter how turbulent the feelings are, they will calm down after one day.
"Queen!"
The person who came in was Li An, the eunuch next to the emperor Xiao He. Now that he came here, he probably represented the emperor's wishes.
"Your Majesty is currently handling affairs in the Imperial Study Room. He needs someone to polish his ink around him, so he can only ask Madam Qionghua to come over at this moment. I wonder what Madam has done to make the Empress so angry? If it is not a big mistake, can Madam be allowed to come here right now? past?"
As soon as Li An came in, he saluted first and looked at Taoyao with a smile.
"Since His Majesty is the one who has spoken, it is meaningless for me to bring Mrs. Qionghua over and let her accompany His Highness to serve you. If Your Majesty feels that the service is not good, you can tell me that you can find her. More concubines who know how to serve will come over."
Tao Yao suddenly smiled. Unlike before, she was not sarcastic out of anger. Instead, she didn't mind at all. She waved her hand and asked Li An to take Qiong Hua away.
"The Queen?"
Concubine Shu looked at her in disbelief. Today, His Majesty clearly expressed his attitude that he must protect Qionghua no matter what.
She was just a woman brought back from Jiangnan half a year ago. How could she be more important in His Majesty's heart than the Queen?
The other concubines are also a little aggrieved. No matter how important Mrs. Qionghua is, can she really surpass the status of the Queen? This has never happened in so many years. Is a woman brought back inexplicably so powerful?
"Okay, all of you, please step aside. Concubine Shu will stay and talk to me."
Taoyao smiled and shook her head, asking everyone to leave, leaving only Concubine Shu.
The original owner Xie Minghui and Concubine Shu had always been on good terms, and they were the only good sisters who had a true relationship in the harem for so many years. It was precisely because of this that she hated Qiong Hua so much and would make sarcastic remarks from time to time.
"I know that the Queen is unhappy. In fact, there is really no need to endure it in front of us. What happened to Mrs. Qionghua is that Your Majesty has gone too far. A woman who has only been with you for only half a year, is really such a Is it important?"
Concubine Shu was really furious. If she just doted on Qionghua like a concubine, it wouldn't be a big deal.
But everyone can see that Qionghua and these concubines seem to be completely different. His Majesty really likes her, and he likes her more than the queen's status.
"Princess Lin'an's typhoid fever is getting better. Fu Anke has been making noises around me these days, saying that she wants to play with her sister. She has not seen her for a while, and she sheds tears whenever she talks about it!"
Tao Yao did not answer this question directly, but instead talked about her children. After ten years of marriage, the original owner naturally had both children, and the harem was full of concubines, including many princes and princesses.
"Lin'an was really too noisy and sweaty from playing. He secretly took off his coat and got typhoid fever. Don't worry, Madam. You will be fine after taking medicine for a few days. You will be fine within seven days at most. Then Princess Fu'an can go and play with her sister!"
When it comes to her daughter, Concubine Shu's face is full of tenderness. She has a good relationship with the Queen, and the two children are naturally close to her.
It is precisely because the queen is virtuous and virtuous that most of the concubines in the harem are also attracted to her. Although there are indeed some conflicts for favors on weekdays, they will never harm the prince or princess. The queen really manages the harem well. Be well organized.
Originally, the harem had been peaceful over the years, but since His Majesty went to Jiangnan six months ago and brought back a beauty, Mrs. Qionghua, the harem suddenly changed!
Apart from the Queen, His Majesty has never loved a woman so much. As soon as she brought her back, he gave her the title of Mrs. Qionghua. He thought of giving her all the good things, and even vaguely seemed to surpass the Queen.
"I know you are complaining about me, but no need, really no need. In the past, I was angry just because I still had hope in my heart, but now it seems that people in the past can only live in the past. Your Majesty, if you want to pamper someone, then do it.
He once told me personally that the reason why he brought Mrs. Qionghua back was because he saw the former me. Her eyes were very similar to mine. It was as if he had returned to the time more than ten years ago. Gradually His heart was immersed in it, but I was clearly still here fine, but his feelings suddenly went to another woman! "
Taoyao smiled lightly as she spoke, as if she was really just talking about something that happened to someone else.
Because the soul of the body at this moment is Taoyao, it can be so calm and indifferent. It is precisely because the real Xie Minghui cannot accept these things that she makes things worse.
I can't accept that a husband who once truly loved each other has really given his heart to another woman. If it's just the favor of an ordinary concubine, forget it.
She is a generous and wise queen, who treats all the concubines equally, handles the affairs of the harem in an orderly manner, and loves the princes and princesses equally.
That's because she knows very well in her heart that what she gets is her husband's sincerity, which is enough, and she will be a generous queen and a good wife.
She was twenty-eight years old, but her husband brought back a seventeen-year-old girl, saying that this little girl looked very much like her ten years ago.
It was precisely because of this that Xie Minghui couldn't accept it. She was obviously still standing here alive, so why did she bring back a substitute who belonged to her so quickly?
"What do you mean by this?" Concubine Shu was a little stunned. "Mrs. Qionghua is young and beautiful. It is normal for His Majesty to be fascinated for a while. Maybe he can see clearly after a little longer."
"No," Taoyao smiled and shook her head, "You are not me. You don't understand my heart. Even Your Majesty doesn't understand what I really care about. So there is no need to say more about this matter. You can go back and take good care of me." Princess Lin'an, when the princess is completely recovered, let her come to Fengyi Palace to play with Fu'an!"
Taoyao doesn't plan to talk about these things anymore. She has never been the real Xie Minghui and will never have her feelings again.
"Your Majesty is really a little strange today. Why did she let Mrs. Qionghua go so easily? This slave looks a little distressed."
Yun Xi was a slave who had served her original master for many years. How could she not feel how depressed and painful her master was?
The Queen didn't care about the existence of other concubines at all, but Mrs. Qionghua was the only one who pierced her heart like a knife.
"I'm not trying to stay calm. His Majesty wants Qiong Hua to accompany him, so let him accompany him. Whoever he wants can accompany him. After so many years, it's time for it to become a memory."
This is Tao Yao's view of the original owner's relationship. It is true that they were deeply in love and happy with each other in the past, and it is also true that the emperor and queen later gradually separated from each other.
We are husband and wife who are close to each other but only sigh.
"My dear, what do you mean?"
Yun Xi's hand holding Taoyao's arm suddenly trembled. Did the empress say these words to admit defeat to Mrs. Qionghua?
"It doesn't mean anything. You don't have to keep mentioning Mrs. Qionghua around me in the future. The more you mention her, the more she will be like a thorn. If you want me to be really happy, don't mention her again."
Tao Yao whispered softly that the original owner's real wish was to be completely free from these messy emotions. He no longer felt flustered when he heard the name Qiong Hua, but wanted to live back to the way he was before.
Now that the husband whom I once loved has changed his mind, he will not foolishly want to restore it. He just wants to make himself and his children live well.
"yes."
Yun Xi won't be able to figure out what's going on for a while, but she won't mention it if she doesn't want to, so as not to make her master unhappy every time she mentions it.
Qiong Hua was standing by the side, sharpening his ink, and secretly glanced at Xiao He, who was reviewing the memorial. Seeing his high nose and sharp eyebrows, his face quietly turned red.
She returned to that day in a daze. She had never seen such a good-looking man, so majestic and powerful. The moment she later learned that he was His Majesty, she felt a surge of great joy in her heart.
As expected, she was brought back to the palace by His Majesty and given the title of Mrs. Qionghua. She was the most favored woman in the harem. It seemed that even the Queen could not compare with her!
"The queen is unhappy again today?"
Xiao He suddenly asked.
"No, no," Qionghua realized and quickly shook his head in denial, "The Empress didn't like me from the beginning. Has Your Majesty forgotten, the Empress was the first person to object when she brought me back to the harem? , No matter what I do or say, the empress will never like me."
Qionghua spoke word by word, her voice was nice and soft. When a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old is really ready to bloom, no matter what she says or does, she is so lovable.
Just hearing such a pleasant voice made Xiao He smile. He was already in his thirties, and the high-spiritedness of his youth seemed to have become a memory.
But the girl next to me is really young, with the shyness of a girl in every move. I remember that the queen seemed to be the same at this age. Getting along with Qiong Hua seems to be like returning to the time when I was young. It makes people want to stop and can't let go. leave.
