Wang Dequan had watched the emperor grow up and had feelings for him after decades. He really couldn't bear to see the emperor so sad every day. He sighed and said: "The emperor only has Concubine Zhen in his heart, but Concubine Zhen doesn't know." Ah! You have to let her feel your sincerity."
This was already considered an overstep. He really shouldn't be allowed as a eunuch to mention the emperor's emotional affairs.
But what to do?
His emperor lost his father when he was young. In fact, even if he had not lost his father when he was young, the late emperor would not have taught him how to love a woman. The emperor never learned those useless things, only the way of balancing and governing the country.
The late emperor knew how to play with people's hearts, and how to truly love a woman. How could the late emperor teach the emperor something that he himself had never experienced?
After the death of the late emperor, his relatives took over the power, and the Queen Mother was such a person. She only taught the emperor how to fight back when faced with betrayal by others, and she did not teach him how to love someone.
He is the Son of Heaven, the Holy One, and everything he wants will be brought to her, and there will be nothing he can't get.
He has been like this since he was a child, so it is not his fault that he has developed the character he has now.
Wang Dequan looked at her with cold eyes. He really liked Concubine Zhen. He had never liked Concubine Shu or Concubine Li before.
But the emperor himself didn't notice it, and he, a eunuch, didn't dare to say anything.
There are so many empresses in the palace. If word spread that it was him who woke up the emperor, his life would be at stake.
Now, the emperor himself said that he only has his concubine in his heart, and it has nothing to do with him.
"How can I let her know?"
Wang Dequan felt as if he had a mirror in his heart: "Your Majesty, you have done so much for Concubine Zhen in private, you have to let her know about it!"
Concubine Zhen only saw that the emperor always abandoned her and weighed the pros and cons on the surface. She did not see what the emperor did in private to protect her!
Isn’t it sad?
Just like how Concubine Li fell into the water before, Jiang Zhaoyi and the others forced the emperor to send Concubine Zhen into the cold palace.
Concubine Zhen only saw the emperor protecting Concubine Li, but she didn't know that in the court, Prime Minister Song led the civil servants to force the emperor to execute Concubine Zhen. For this reason, she stayed in court for three days in an attempt to force the emperor to compromise.
But the emperor ignored her, and instead ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take good care of Concubine Zhen, meet all her requirements, and not let her get hot or cold, and there must be no shortage of food. Only then can Concubine Zhen live such a good life in the cold palace.
If the emperor had not relegated her to the cold palace at that time, the Song family would definitely find ways to kill her. This was the emperor's protection for her.
But Concubine Zhen was unaware of all this.
There were many times when the harem's methods were used on Concubine Zhen. After the emperor found out, he helped her to resolve the problem, so that Concubine Zhen could conceive the dragon fetus safely and healthily.
She only knew that her protective measures were very good, and she thought that being pregnant with a dragon fetus was the result of her own care.
In fact, if there was no emperor, Concubine Zhen’s dragon fetus would have been killed long before she even knew it.
Concubine Zhen loves to eat lychees and tribute oranges. This summer, almost all the tribute oranges were brought to Hexi Palace, and the emperor himself did not even eat two.
The lychees were delivered quickly from Guangdong and Guangxi. Every time they passed through a post station, they were taken and chilled to ensure that the lychees were still fresh when they were delivered to the palace.
The Queen also likes to eat lychees, but this year she only had a small basket, and the rest went into the belly of the Concubine Zhen.
In the past, the emperor never did this kind of thing that wasted people and money. He only broke the rules for the people he liked.
All the bad things the Emperor did were seen by Concubine Zhen and remembered. She didn't let her know anything he did right, and Wang Dequan really lit the wax for the emperor silently.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty asked the prince to send you royal ambergris. He said that he was afraid that other incense empresses would use it inappropriately. From now on, he would separate it from his spices for his empress' use."
Ambergris is a clear and gentle animal fragrance. It has the highest quality among animal spices.
The aroma is as graceful as musk, slightly earthy, and somewhat like seaweed, woody, or moss. It has a special sweetness and an extremely long-lasting fragrance. It is a very complex aroma combination.
Although not strong, it is subtle and soft, and the fragrance lasts thirty times longer than ordinary spices.
Jiang Xinyue really likes it.
She did not refuse the gift, but she did not agree to see Emperor Xuanwu. Instead, she asked Xiao Xuanzi to go out and receive the reward. She did not even let Wang De fully enter the gate. Naturally, he was not able to see Jiang Xinyue and help the emperor. Nice words.
"Empress Zhen, this is a set of long-life locks made for the sixth prince or the third princess by the emperor's order. It is exquisitely made and beautiful. Please give it to your empress!"
"Concubine Zhen, Fusang has sent you a tribute gift. There is a beautiful Fusang skirt in it. Concubine Liang and the others like it very much. Your Majesty asked your servant to bring it to you."
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Wang Dequan would send the emperor's rewards to Hexi Palace every now and then. Gold, silver, jewelry, and rare playthings were thrown at Hexi Palace as if they were free, trying to break open the palace door.
However, Jiang Xinyue kept her things and refused to see anyone.
You have suffered so much for the emperor since you entered the palace, what's the point of getting some compensation?
The Pei family thought that Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor, and Pei Wu could take advantage of the opportunity to ascend to the throne. Unexpectedly, there was an infatuated child in the Shen family this time. Not only was the emperor not angry, but he also carefully coaxed the seductress in Hexi Palace.
This is completely different from what they expected!
Pei Zhongshu originally wanted to have a banquet with the emperor on his sixtieth birthday, and then arrange for Pei Wu to perform a performance to celebrate Pei Zhongshu's birthday. Unexpectedly, the emperor refused directly.
It is said that after the death of Song Shoufu, the court affairs were busy and he could not get away.
These are all excuses. After Song's chief minister was beheaded, Prime Minister Song was also demoted from his official position. Only Xiao Yu Xiao Xia in the Song family escaped the fate of being liquidated. All officials above the fifth rank were in bad luck.
Not to mention saving Potian's wealth, it would be good to save the lives of the whole family.
But this matter had no impact on the emperor at all.
Liquidating the Song family was something he had planned for a long time, and the emperor had already made a decision on the replacement of major officials.
The officials of the Song family were dismissed, and the emperor had already arranged for his own people to come up.
There is no delay in the important affairs of the government, so why don't you have time to go to Pei Zhongshu's 60th birthday party?
It just feels unnecessary.
Pei Wu's first appearance was stillborn, but Pei Zhongshu obviously would not give up just like that, and was planning a second meeting between the emperor and Pei Wu.
Emperor Xuanwu, who was very busy, summoned King Ruyang, Princess Ruyang, and Mr. Lu, a former Hanlin Academy scholar who was already seventy years old and had resigned to live in the country with his wife, into the palace.
There is no other reason. The loving couple of King Ruyang and Princess Ruyang were a pair that the people of the Yan Dynasty talked about.
Mr. Lu has only had one wife in his life. He and his wife have grown old since they were young. They have always respected each other as guests and have never had a quarrel. After Mr. Lu resigned, people who got married were very fond of looking for this old couple to be their guests.
It seems that with their blessing, we can grow old together like them.
