After seeing off Abu Zai and Cheng Yanyan one after another, everyone was happy. Of course, only a few veterans were unhappy, and Shen Que started busy with things in the shop.
New goods need to be prepared before the New Year. Liang Fan's shipping is opening smoothly. Business at Chen University is booming and they need to increase supply. The number of female students has increased sharply, and there are not enough teachers...
Shen Silanglan was overwhelmed with many matters. She was obviously about to get married, but she was forced to have no time to take care of the wedding, which made Lao Qi panic all day long:
"Brother and sister-in-law, I wonder if Isatis unwilling to marry me."
Shen Que said no, "This matter depends on your imperial brother. I will help her and return your bride to you."
Li Luansong rolled his eyes.
For several days, Shen Que went out of the palace to do some work, and Xia Chunlan volunteered to follow him.
Shen Que asked her, "Are you feeling uncomfortable in the palace?"
Xia Chunlan has a straightforward personality, and was very reserved when she first entered the palace. Now that she and Shen Que have become as close as sisters, she can talk a lot more: "I am just an ordinary citizen, and I don't know why I was chosen." , I didn’t understand the reason until I met the empress, the folk girl looks a bit like the empress, doesn’t she?”
Shen Que said yes, "They are really similar, even their origins are the same."
Xia Chunlan said that was different, "People's girls can't be compared with empresses. People's girls have heard about empresses since they were young. They admire and admire them very much. They also collected many stories about empresses. Hehe, they are all rumors, but people I just like the Queen, and actually I want to leave when they see them leaving, but I really like the Queen, so why don’t you take me with you to serve you?"
Shen Que was shocked, "How is this possible? You are His Majesty's concubine."
"Any concubine who is not a concubine is just a waste." Xia Chunlan said with a smile, "People's girls don't like Your Majesty. His Majesty is too scary, and Your Majesty doesn't like people's girls either. I want to be myself like the empress, not someone else's shadow, even if I’ll be happy even if I don’t marry a people’s girl in my life.”
This sentence hit the point, and Shen indeed understood.
As a result, Shen Que brought Zelan and Xia Chunlan with him when he went in and out of the palace and shop.
When she talked about the goods, Xia Chunlan watched and learned; when she checked the accounts, Xia Chunlan asked the clerk alone; when she went to see the shipping, Xia Chunlan ran faster than her...
What a hard-working girl.
Zelan smacked his lips and said, "My queen is kind-hearted, so I meet all pure and kind-hearted girls, but this one is a bit too clingy to my queen."
Because she followed Shen Que when he returned to the palace at night and stayed with her until she went to bed, Xia Chunlan took the initiative to ask Ying to watch the night for her.
Shen Que said: "This is not okay. If the veterans find out, they will slap a big label on me again."
Xia Chunlan reluctantly left and sat at the door waiting until dawn the next day.
For two days like this, Shen Que couldn't bear it, so he left her to sleep with her. However, Xia Chunlan was so happy that she followed Shen Que like a follower.
Shen Que also felt that she was young and innocent, and she was so happy doing whatever she did with a smile all day long. Watching her run forward and backward, he became happy too.
The two of them were busy together during the day, and Xia Chunlan also accompanied her at night. Zelan said she was relaxed, "it's time to take a break," and ran to find her cute little May whenever she had time.
However, someone is feeling uncomfortable.
Li Luansong was particularly busy these days. He was always busy until midnight and wanted to see Shen Que. When he entered the door, he saw two people sleeping in the tent, so he had to leave in frustration.
This happened day after day, and as time went by, His Majesty became angry.
"Who is that, get rid of me." He was a little angry, "I pester the queen every day, is she my queen or her queen?"
Wuyue lowered his head and said nothing. Xia Chunlan had to be by her side these days, which freed up Zelan. The young couple were inseparable, and it was not too late to thank Xia Chunlan silently in her heart.
Li Luansong suddenly looked up at him: "Will..."
Wu Yue was stunned and said with a guilty conscience: "Your Majesty..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Luansong said, "Do you think that girl like Xia will like the queen?"
Wuyue breathed a sigh of relief and said that was natural, "She must like the queen, otherwise she wouldn't follow her every day."
"I'm not talking about that kind of love." Li Luansong glanced at him, "It's the kind of love that Duanxiu, the one between women..."
"Ah?" Wuyue was speechless. His Majesty was thinking too much.
"Ah, what, it must be so, I can see it." Li Luansong was determined.
Wu Yue thought about it for a while: "Your Majesty, I think your Majesty is overthinking it. If you are worried, why not test her."
Li Luansong looked at him: "How to test."
Wu Yue said it would be easy to do, "Your Majesty summons Xia Chunlan to see her reaction. If she is extremely reluctant, then 80% of your Majesty's guess is correct."
"What if she is willing?" Li Luansong asked.
"That's not the case. Your Majesty, don't you feel relieved? When the time comes, your Majesty can just find any reason to kick her out."
It's a bad idea, but it's not impossible.
Therefore, an imperial edict was issued to Xia Chunlan that day.
Shen Que was stunned, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Zelan told Shen Que what Wu Yue had told her, and Shen Que raised his forehead: "Why would your Majesty think so?"
Zelan said: "Don't you know, Your Majesty? Your Majesty can't live without you for a day. Someone is occupying Your Majesty. It's strange that Your Majesty doesn't have random thoughts."
"But Chunlan can't."
"Your Majesty doesn't know."
"She'll freak her out."
Shen Que's worries were right. Sure enough, after receiving the imperial edict, Xia Chunlan ran to Shen Que crying:
"Your Majesty, save me."
Shen Que laughed as he said it as if he was going to die.
"You are His Majesty's concubine, and you should be favored."
"No, no, no, my queen understands me, but I don't want to." Xia Chunlan burst into tears.
Shen Que smiled and said nothing, looking at her: "Is there any other secret?"
"Ah?" Xia Chunlan's cry became much weaker, and she lowered her head with a guilty conscience and blushed.
No one can think much about this appearance.
Zelan was horrified: "Xia Chunlan, you don't really have any bad thoughts about the empress, do you?"
"Ah, what, what did sister Zelan say?"
Xia Chunlan asked, blinking her big innocent eyes.
The two men chatted for a long time, laughing loudly and laughing:
"Stop talking about it. Chunlan isn't the one, but she has an inside story, right?"
Zelan was relieved.
Xia Chunlan hesitated for a long time before hesitantly said:
"How did the empress see it?"
Oh, my God, there really is a situation.
Zelan quickly asked: "Do you have a sweetheart? Who is it? From home? Childhood sweetheart?"
"neither."
Shen Que took a sip of tea and said, "It's Lao Ba, Li Luanxi."
That day I was busy on the bunk until night.
Shen Que took Xia Chunlan home and had dinner with his father.
It happened that Shen Silan and Li Luancheng were also there. Prince Qing Li Luanxi had been pestering Brother Qi all day long, so they went to Shen's Mansion to have dinner together.
Everyone sat together, and the brothers and sisters discussed things in the shop and the marriage of Shen Songlan and Lao Qi. Li Luanxi took Xia Chunlan to play together.
He didn't know that this young lady was the emperor's brother's concubine, and he only thought that she was the emperor's sister-in-law's maid.
After a while, the two actually developed feelings for each other.
Shen Que has been watching it. Fortunately, she knows that Li Luansong and Xia Chunlan are not interested in each other, so it is better to make a real couple become lovers.
Therefore, before she could explain the matter to Li Luansong, his imperial edict came down. No wonder Xia Chunlan was afraid.
Not to mention Xia Chunlan, Li Luanxi was too anxious to sit still and rushed to the emperor's wife for help overnight.
Seeing a pair of young people kneeling in front of him, Shen Que felt happy in his heart.
She has watched the eighth child come over the past two years. He has become more and more handsome and upright. Although he is still young, he is proficient in all kinds of literature, Taoism and martial arts.
She had kept this Chunlan lady with her for many days, and after observing her, she felt that she was good. She was a good girl who knew both cold and hot, affectionate and righteous. She was lively and enthusiastic, and she was meticulous enough in everything she did.
Shen Que said: "Okay, Chunlan, go down. Lao Ba and I will go find your Majesty about this matter."
Xia Chunlan was still uneasy and looked at her with tears in her eyes.
"I have grown up too. Since she is the wife of your dreams, you must be responsible. Go and tell your brother the truth yourself. He will definitely agree."
The old man said: "Okay, that's what I meant. Even if the emperor gets angry and beats me up, I will admit it."
He is a responsible person, and Shen Que feels that everything is just right.
The matter was naturally resolved smoothly. Li Luansong didn't say anything. In fact, he was very happy in his heart. But after all, he was an emperor, and his joy and anger were indistinguishable.
Finally, another problem was solved satisfactorily, but it caused dissatisfaction among the ministers.
Only this time, there were far fewer people signing the petition.
Li Luansong looked down and said with a smile: "I counted, there were originally twenty-nine people, but now there are only fourteen. There are many young people here who were forced to sign."
Of course, they didn't agree because they didn't agree. Now that things have come to this point, it's no wonder that they chose the wrong person. No one was as "positive and covetous" as Concubine Zheng was.
"The world is getting worse. Today's little lady really doesn't want to make progress."
"Yes, we can only count on the last three. Fortunately, they all come from aristocratic families, so they should be of great use."
"I don't think so. If you are really motivated, it's been half a year and you haven't even gotten close to His Majesty."
…
This sentence made everyone feel cold again. Looking at the fallen yellow leaves, it was late autumn again, and winter was about to come. This time the fight lasted for too long, but in the end it was not successful.
One sighed and said:
"I think it's not that the ladies are unmotivated, but that they can see clearly that the Emperor and the Empress are really deeply affectionate, and His Majesty's heart is entirely devoted to the Empress."
"Yes, they see a hopeless future, so why bother themselves?"
The autumn wind is bleak and makes my face hurt. Should I persist?
