C103 (1/2)
On the sixteenth day of the first month, Zhu Yijun recruited the Imperial Lower Consort Lan, Imperial Noble Lady Yu, and Noble Wang. This was the first time the three of them had not been carried into Qianqing Palace naked by a blanket, but had instead been wearing good clothes on their heads and entered the Qianqing Palace with their bodies and bodies.
Zhu Yijun intentionally brought out some unimportant memorials and went to the Western Warm Pavilion, sitting down and saying to the three of them, ”Relax, I have summoned the three of you to accompany me for a bit, as a reward for my victory. Don't just stand there. Sit. ”
”Your consort really didn't think that there would be such a good thing.” Imperial Noble Lady Yu laughed.
”It was the empress's wish.” Zhu Yijun said, ”Not only today, we can also come tomorrow.”
”If the rewards are so generous, then I'm afraid it'll be difficult for Flower Lantern to win next year.” The Imperial Noble Lady Yu said.
”Hard to say, maybe next year's reward will change.” Zhu Yijun said. Because it was a reward, Zhu Yijun even found a topic of conversation with them in an amiable manner.
When Zhu Yijun arrived at Kunning Palace in the evening, Wang Rong was extremely surprised to see him, ”I had thought that Your Majesty would be staying at the Qianqing Palace today.”
”It's a bit unaccustomed to sleep alone in the Qianqing Palace cold and quiet.” Zhu Yijun said that in the recent days when he stayed in the Kunning Palace, it wasn't every night when he was at Dunlun. But when he laid on the bed with Wang Rong and he, they talked slowly until they fell asleep, where Zhu Yijun had the illusion that Kunning Palace was warmer than Qianqing Palace.
Qianqing Palace would naturally not be stingy with their carnage. That was the reason why it could only be used by humans.
”His Majesty summoned the Imperial Lower Consort Lan. The Imperial Noble Lady Yu, Noble Wang, even if the Imperial Lower Consort Lan cannot service them, the other two can just leave one of them in the Qianqing Palace. His Majesty won't feel cold anymore.” Wang Rong said with a smile.
”Speaking of which, let's change the reward next year. We have nothing to say to them. We still have three more days before we sit down and chat. Just thinking about it makes my face hurt.” Zhu Yijun said. ”Laughing and hurting.”
”Thank you, your majesty.” Wang Rong He said.
”Today, seeing that the lamp is still hung on our Qianqing Palace, I guess our guess is correct.” Zhu Yijun said complacently.
”Yes, Your Majesty is very perceptive.” Wang Rong He said, ”I just don't know if you can guess, your majesty?”
”Before you said it, you had already locked onto the target. One of them was the willow branch hanging on the moon now, and it was around dusk.” The other was Fuwa holding the carp lantern. ”In the palace, only you dare to make the first lamp, and only you can make the second. As for the latter lamp, I was thinking that you had the embroidery of a carp on your clothes, perhaps because I wanted it to be similar to the lamp you made.” Zhu Yijun said, ”Even if you didn't remind us, we would still have chosen that person to meet Dusk.”
”Why can only I do that lamp?” Wang Rong did not understand.
”Because they are only women serving me, they can only respect me and can't admire me. Even if they love me, they can only hide it and not say it publicly. It is not good to express one's feelings for me to meet with him in the evening like this. It was just like being jealous. It was a pleasure for a wife to be jealous of her husband, but it was also a grudge between a concubine and her master. A serious matter is a violation of the taboo. ” Zhu Yijun said, ”Of course you are the empress, you are naturally different from them.”
”Love and admire, but not openly? ”The requirements are too high.” Wang Yunhe said, ”Cough and love are the most important things that cannot be hidden, because even if you don't say it, your mouth will still come out of your eyes.”
Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Rong He's eyes. Then let me see, does Zitong have any love for her? ”
Wang Rong He looked straight into the emperor's eyes and said with a smile, ”Speaking of which, I really have to thank the emperor for ordering me around. Otherwise, I would be so stupid that I wouldn't even know how to light a lamp.”
”If Zitong is an imperial concubine now, what would happen?” Zhu Yijun suddenly asked curiously.
When His Majesty didn't see me, I was just playing around in the palace to amuse myself, no different from now. However, as an empress, you can summon others to dance and entertain yourself, and you don't have any privileges as an concubine. You can only play the music and let the palace maid dance. Wang Rong He said.
”Then in Zitong's opinion, what's the benefit of being a queen?” Zhu Yijun laughed.
”There are many benefits to being a queen.” Wang Rong wrapped her arms around Zhu Yijun's waist, ”Your Majesty won't let me be your concubine again, right? ”It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to go from extravagance to frugality.”
”Say something nice in the first month.” Zhu Yijun hugged her back and said.
Wang Rong and she originally thought that it was enough for Zhu Yijun to accompany her until the fifteenth day of the first month. She didn't expect that Zhu Yijun would always stay at the Kunning Palace and Wang Rong didn't urge him either. Currently, the empress dowager didn't speak any words of advice to the empress for too long, so there was no need for her to act virtuous and virtuous.
Because Spring Festival had a series of activities, on the nineteenth of the first month, the colorful lanterns laid in front of the imperial palace were gradually removed. Zhu Yijun proposed to Wang Rong and her, ”The willow branch on the moon is only suitable for us to hang in the bedchamber, Zitong will make another lantern for us to hang in the study. It doesn't have to be a lantern, it's just that it's more solemn and suitable for the study.”
”Your Majesty, I only make one lamp a year.” Wang Rong He said, ”Wait until next year, I'll do it for His Majesty and take it directly to his study.”
”You really can't do it?” Zhu Yijun said, ”Then there's nothing we can do, we can only hang that first.”
”Thank you for your understanding.” Wang Rong He said.
On the second day of the second month, Zhu Yijun decided to bring the officials to the western suburbs to plow the fields. The empress would dress up as a peasant woman and lead her women to the fields to deliver food, pray for a good harvest, and pray for a good harvest. After the ceremony, there would be a sacrificial feast. It would be a feast for all the officials, and the Emperor and Empress would also give him spring cakes.
Returning to the Kunning Palace, Wang Rong didn't immediately change her clothes. Instead, she made people push the mirror closer, turning it to admire her figure. The eunuch sang ”His Majesty has arrived”.
”Your Majesty, today is the second day of the second month. Your Majesty has not been to the imperial harem for a long time, so you should go to the imperial harem like the Dragon King.”
Zhu Yijun clapped his hands and called Zhang Cheng over, ”Did we overturn the plate for the harem today?”
”Your majesty has flipped open the Imperial Noble Lady Yu's signboard today.” Zhang Cheng said.
”I forgot about it all at once, so I went straight for the Kunning Palace.” Zhu Yijun laughed.
Then your majesty will go back to the Qianqing Palace after eating some snacks with me. Wang Rong He said.