novelaction Chapter 271 The World of Mad Men and Mad Women 7
Chapter 271 The World of Mad Men and Mad Women 7
"I hope so!" The Queen said in a light voice. In fact, she didn't have much confidence in Jiang Chunxi.
There's nothing that can be done. The emperor dotes on that bitch Concubine Xian too much. I heard that Concubine Xian has been taking great care of that guard during this period of time. The queen doesn't believe that the emperor doesn't know about this.
But the emperor actually knew about it, but did nothing. The fact that he could endure such humiliation was enough to prove how important Concubine Xian was in the emperor's heart.
The Queen was right. The Emperor was naturally well aware of Concubine Xian's attentive care and concern for Gu Yansen during this period. After all, how could Eunuch Qin give up the opportunity to flatter Concubine Xian? It can be said that Eunuch Qin exaggerated all of Concubine Xian's care for Gu Yansen and reported them to the Emperor.
So during this period of time, the emperor felt quite depressed and angry.
When the Queen brought Jiang Chunxi to the Taiji Hall, it was Eunuch Qin who was guarding outside the Imperial Study.
"Your servant pays his respects to the Queen." As soon as Eunuch Qin saw the Queen, he immediately smiled and saluted her.
"Eunuch Qin, please get up quickly," the Queen said to Eunuch Qin in a gentle voice, "I wonder if the Emperor is free now."
"Yes, yes," Eunuch Qin said quickly, "I will go in and report right away. Please wait outside for a while, Your Majesty."
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Qin walked inside, without even glancing at Jiang Chunxi who was standing behind the Queen.
Of course Jiang Chunxi didn't know either. After all, she lowered her head, so how could she notice the look Eunuch Qin gave her?
"Your Majesty, the Empress is outside asking for an audience," Eunuch Qin said to the Emperor who was reviewing memorials as soon as he entered the Imperial Study. "She also brought the maid named Jiang Chunxi with her. I think the maid has figured it out, otherwise the Empress would not have brought her to the Taiji Hall to ask for an audience with Your Majesty."
The emperor frowned and said, "If that maid had thought it through, the queen should have arranged for her to sleep with me. Why would she bring her to the Taiji Palace to ask to see me?"
As he spoke, the emperor's face turned ugly: "Could it be that the queen wants to ask for mercy for that maid and let me nod and agree to let that maid leave the palace?"
Eunuch Qin was slightly stunned. He really had not thought of this possibility, but the Empress would not make the Emperor angry for a palace maid: "Your Majesty, the Empress cares about you the most. I don't think she would deliberately make you angry. After all, the Empress is not Concubine Xian."
"That's true," the emperor said, looking much better, "Let the queen come in!"
"Yes." Eunuch Qin bowed and retreated, and then the queen quickly walked in. As for Jiang Chunxi, she stayed outside.
As soon as the queen came in, she saluted the emperor. The emperor also gave face to the queen. He stood up and personally helped the queen up, and then sat down on the couch with the queen.
"Empress, I have already taught that maid the rules," the Queen said as soon as she sat down, "but that maid's husband is a bit stubborn and she is still a bit reluctant to serve the Emperor. So I thought it would be better to let that maid serve the Emperor as a maid in front of the Emperor and let the Emperor personally train her. After all, I am not as good as the Emperor in training people."
"I believe that as long as Your Majesty can train that maid for a period of time, she will be willing to serve Your Majesty and adore Him as if He were a god."
The Queen and the Emperor have been husband and wife for so many years, doesn't she know what kind of character the Emperor is? So her words really touched the Emperor's heart.
"That's fine! Let that maid serve as a maidservant by my side, and I will personally train her," the emperor said seriously, but the corners of his mouth curled up too obviously. "By the way, how is the eldest prince's schoolwork these days? I'm quite busy with government affairs these days, and I can't spare the time to care about the eldest prince's schoolwork."
"Xi'er's academic performance during this period has been praised by the Grand Tutor, who said that Xi'er has made a lot of progress," the Queen said with a smile, "Your Majesty, rest assured that I will always keep an eye on Xi'er's studies and will not let her slack off."
The Queen didn't believe the Emperor at all about the busy government affairs, but it seemed that she would have to be stricter with her son's schoolwork.
The emperor frowned again: "Although studying is important, health is equally important. Queen, don't push Xi'er too much. You must know that a balance between work and rest is the best..."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I know what to do," the Queen was too lazy to listen any further and quickly interrupted the Emperor, "Xi'er is my son. How can I harm my own son?"
For someone like the Queen who is so obsessed with her children, what she hates most is others' advice not to push her children too hard and to give them more rest time.
After hearing what the queen said, the emperor didn't say anything more. He believed in his heart that the queen would know her limits. After all, what mother would push her son to the point of becoming ill from exhaustion?
From this we can see that the emperor does not really pay much attention to his son. Although the emperor has high hopes for his legitimate son, it can be said that he does not pay much attention to his son in all aspects.
He only knew that the queen was strict with the eldest prince's studies, but he didn't know how the queen was madly torturing her son.
"I still have palace affairs to attend to, so I will go back first," the Queen said as she stood up. "No matter how busy the Emperor is with government affairs, he should take care of his health."
"I'm sorry to have made the Queen worry," the Emperor said, "Queen, don't just worry about my health. The same goes for you. If the palace affairs are too complicated, share some of them..."
"Your Majesty," the Queen quickly interrupted the Emperor, "As the Queen, it is my duty to take care of the affairs of the harem. Your Majesty does not need to worry about me."
The Queen was really worried that the Emperor would ask her to give up some of the palace power to Concubine Xian, so she interrupted the Emperor. No matter what she said, she would not give Concubine Xian the opportunity to get involved in the palace power.
The Queen said so, what else could the Emperor say? It was the Queen who was tired anyway, and since the Queen did not appreciate his good intentions, the Emperor was too lazy to persuade her any further.
The Queen bowed to the Emperor and left. When she came out of the Imperial Study, she said to Jiang Chunxi who was standing outside the Imperial Study: "Since you are in the Taiji Hall, you should serve the Emperor well."
"Yes," Jiang Chunxi replied respectfully, "I will definitely serve the emperor well."
"Yes!" The queen responded with satisfaction and left.
After respectfully seeing off the Queen, Eunuch Qin immediately arranged for Jiang Chunxi to go in and serve tea to the Emperor.
The two forces of the imperial eunuchs were keeping an eye on each other, so Eunuch Qin would naturally not behave in a way that would arouse people's attention. His attitude towards Jiang Chunxi had to be very careful so as not to give people any chance to suspect him.