"Has your aunt heard about what happened in the harem while she was ill recently?"
Xie Ruling and Xie Churou came over to say hello to the Queen Mother, and sat beside the Queen Mother to chat with her.
The Queen Mother is now seriously ill. She is afraid that the illness will be over and Chu Xin will disturb the Queen Mother, so Chu Xin sits and plays in the outer hall.
"My concubine," the Queen Mother lay weakly on the bed, "Actually, this is all His Majesty's own business. If he likes any woman, he should pamper her. How can others get in the way?"
The Queen Mother has long since stopped caring about these matters in the harem, not to mention that she and His Majesty are not close to each other, so there is no point in talking about it.
Xie Ruling and Xie Churou looked at each other and could only fall into silence.
In fact, when they came to mention this matter, they didn't mean to provoke anything deliberately. They just felt that His Majesty's love for concubines was a bit abnormal.
In just such a short period of time, is it really possible to fall in love to such an extent that he would even attack a noble concubine just for the sake of her concubine?
Although they usually don't like the imperial concubine, it's really surprising that His Majesty can do something to the imperial concubine regardless of where she is.
"I just think that there's something wrong with that charming girl, and I'm worried that she did it intentionally."
Xie Ruling could only tell the truth about her worries. She was not worried about these jealousy things, but worried that it was all planned.
The envoy of the Northern Qi Dynasty sent a beautiful woman over, which should have alerted people, but His Majesty did not take any precautions. Instead, he really fell into the beauty's warm and fragrant nephrite.
"Yes, your majesty attacked the imperial concubine just because of the concubine. This shows how much the concubine has charmed your majesty. If it is just jealousy, that's all. But what if..."
Xie Churou worriedly asked, "His Majesty didn't like beauty in the past, so why are you so obsessed with looking at a beautiful concubine?"
"When you come to me and say this, do you think I can dissuade His Majesty? Will His Majesty definitely listen to me?"
The Queen Mother said calmly that the things she just heard had no impact on her in the slightest, and she didn't feel anything about them in her heart.
At this age, what do you have to worry about? Everyone has their own destiny.
What's more, His Majesty was sorry to the Mu family in the first place and owed such a huge debt. Who said he wouldn't repay it?
Chu Xin was sitting outside waiting obediently. Knowing that the Queen Mother was seriously ill, she was afraid of disturbing her when she went in, so she just waited outside for her mother to come out.
"Who are you?"
Hearing the voice of a young boy from behind, Chu Xin immediately got up and turned around to look at the person behind her.
He was a young man dressed in rich clothes, about the same height as himself, and seemed to be about the same age.
"I saw you last time at His Majesty's banquet. You are Princess Xin'er!"
Chu Xun smiled, and two dimples immediately appeared on his fair and tender face. He looked really cute.
"Then who are you?"
Chu Xin couldn't help but laugh as she stared at Chu Xun. She didn't know why, but she seemed to have an inexplicable intimacy with the person in front of her. She had never seen him before, but there was an indescribable feeling.
"Chu Xun, my father is King Rui."
Chu Xun blinked and couldn't help but look at Chu Xin. For some reason, he liked the sister in front of him very much.
"My father took me into the palace to see the Emperor's grandmother. My father went to pay his respects to His Majesty. I knew that the Emperor's grandmother was ill and liked to be quiet, so everyone left and I came in alone."
Chu Xun looked around and saw that the door in the inner hall was tightly closed. He thought someone might have come to say hello.
"It turns out it's you. Mother told me about you."
Chu Xin thought about it carefully. Emperor Shurui once had a beloved woman who passed away after giving birth to Chu Xun, so the emperor's uncle raised Chu Xun alone without any other woman around him.
"Looking at your appearance, I can tell that you must be very popular, uncle. I must have given you all my love, right?"
Chu Xin envied that even though he lost his mother, he had all the love from his father, which he had never gotten in his life.
"Father does like me very much."
Chu Xunluo admitted generously that he had indeed received all his father's love.
"I saw that Sister Xin'er was very kind-hearted, and I couldn't help but want to talk to her more."
Chu Xun took a small step forward. He really had an indescribable feeling that he wanted to get closer to the sister in front of him. He seemed to like her very much.
"What a coincidence, I feel the same way!"
Chu Xin smiled and nodded. In fact, this feeling was strange. Even she didn't have such feelings for Xiaoshu, let alone other princesses.
"Xin'er."
Xie Ruling pushed open the door and went out. Seeing the two children in front of her smiling happily, she was slightly stunned, followed closely by Xie Churou.
"Mother."
Seeing Xie Ruling coming out, Chu Xin immediately ran over and held her hand.
"I've seen two empresses."
Chu Xun bowed obediently and said hello.
"It's Xun'er. Has your father gone to pay his respects to His Majesty?"
Xie Churou couldn't help but walked over and touched his face. She used to come here often to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, and she often saw Prince Rui and his son. Over time, they gradually became familiar with each other.
"Come in quickly. If you go in and talk to the Queen Mother, she will feel better."
Xie Churou pushed Chu Xun and told him to hurry in.
"good!"
Chu Xun nodded obediently, but he looked at Chu Xin with a somewhat reluctant look. He was a little reluctant to let go of this sister.
The same was true for Chu Xin. After hearing the sound of the door closing, she felt an indescribable feeling, as if she was a little sad.
"Let's go," Xie Ruling held Chu Xin's hand.
"Um."
Xie Churou nodded. They came here today just to imagine the Queen Mother talking about the concubines, but the Queen Mother didn't seem to want to interfere.
After going out, I was not in a hurry to go back. Now that the spring flowers were blooming and it was neither cold nor hot, it was a comfortable time, so I took a walk on the palace road.
Chu Xin enjoyed all this. She really felt that as long as Chu Yi stopped making things difficult for her, her life would be much easier, just like these days without the pressure.
Xie Churou walked for a while and then went back first, leaving Xie Ruling holding Chu Xin and walking around slowly.
"Mom, I feel that Chu Xun, who I saw just now, always seems to have a strange feeling. I have never met him before, so why do I feel so close to him?"
Chu Xin asked curiously. Xie Churou was here just now. It was hard for her to say. At the moment, she only had to do it with her mother. Naturally, she asked what she wanted to ask.
If they were related by blood, she didn't seem to have such a feeling with the other princesses. She had never seen Chu Xun before, so how could she have such a wonderful feeling?
"Perhaps compared to the princes and princesses in the palace, he is quite good."
Xie Ruling replied that she didn't pay too much attention to this matter, but she just felt that something was wrong in the harem.
In the past, I thought that His Majesty only had some novelty towards Mei concubines, but now I know that Mei concubines have such an important position in His Majesty's heart.
Chu Xin felt keenly that Xie Ruling seemed to have something on her mind, so she didn't say anything anymore and just walked slowly beside her obediently.
"Did your father really take action against the imperial concubine? I remember that my father used to love her the most, but now he doesn't like her so quickly?"
Chu Xin suddenly thought of the scene when she went to Chuxiu Palace that night. At that time, her father was aloof, so gentle to the concubine around him, and so loving to Chu Yi.
Has it become like this in just a few short months?
"Yes," Xie Ruling nodded, "Hearing that the concubine Mei was injured on the face, His Majesty was so angry that he beat the concubine."
Xie Ruling couldn't tell what kind of mood she was feeling now. Was it ridicule or relief? There seemed to be some of both, but mostly she just felt ridiculous.
She was still glad that her heart had finally cooled down. If she had been as hot as she was eight years ago, she would have been hurt even more. As long as her heart calmed down, she wouldn't care about this anymore.
Chu Xin didn't speak, and she didn't know what to say.
But selfishly, I think this is good. Since the imperial concubines and empresses are not loved by their father and the king, they have no intention to embarrass them, right?
"Empress Jing Fei."
When King Rui came over, he saw Xie Ruling and the others, and his eyes stayed on Chu Xin for a long time.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rui." Xie Ruling nodded and squeezed Chu Xin's hand, "Xin'er, this is your imperial uncle."
"I've met the emperor's uncle."
Chu Xinluo greeted her generously. She had never met this imperial uncle before, but he looked really gentle and elegant, completely different from his father!
"Princess Xin'er learned the rules so quickly, she is really smart."
King Rui smiled and nodded, but there was a hint of guilt deep in his eyes.
It was he who left the child in the cold palace and suffered for so many years, but he had no choice but to keep the girl because the situation was urgent.
"How is Concubine Jing doing? How do you feel about these days apart from the cold palace?"
King Rui quickly looked away and brought the topic to Xie Ruling.
"The changes are naturally big. After I came out of the cold palace without enough food and clothing, I no longer have to worry about the cost of food and clothing. It's already great!"
Xie Ruling's words were always filled with a bit of sarcasm. She was mocking her original stupidity, mocking herself for having to suffer eight years just to gamble. Isn't this the stupidest thing in the world?
But fortunately, her past eight years were not fruitless, and she got a well-behaved and obedient daughter like Chu Xin.
"That's good," King Rui put his hand behind his back into a fist, obviously trying to restrain himself. "The Queen Mother is seriously ill, so I brought Xun'er over to pay her respects, so I'll go over first."
King Rui turned around and left. He couldn't stay here any longer for fear that he wouldn't be able to control his emotions.
"It turns out that the emperor's uncle is like this. He looks much gentler than my father!"
Chu Xin only felt that the people she met today were very strange, and every two of them had an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
"Yes, you also knew just now that after the woman he loved most passed away, there was no other woman around him, raising the child of the woman he loved most."
Xie Ruling held Chu Xin's hand and continued walking forward, suddenly thinking of Mu Wan.
At that time, she still remembered that King Rui looked at Mu Wan with eyes that seemed full of affection. Later, after Mu Wan became the queen, the two seemed to have no relationship, and then he had his beloved woman.
If Mu Wan had married Prince Rui, wouldn't she have ended up like this?
Chu Xin listened obediently to what Xie Ruling said. The more she listened, the more envious she became. I'm afraid she will never have such pure fatherly love, right?
No wonder Chu Xun looked like a child who grew up in a honeypot.
