When the Xu family's uncle and nephew left muttering, Li Chen silently thought about what he had to do next and what he had already done in the Xi Zheng Palace.
Checking for deficiencies is not only a way to review what has just been done, to calm down the mentality, but also to prepare for what is about to happen.
It is already the second night after he comes back. According to the plan, there will be an early morning court meeting tomorrow. The news has been sent from the East Palace to officials at all levels in the capital. Everyone who is supposed to come will come.
Unless there are really special circumstances, this morning pilgrimage will come, because everyone knows that after half a year, many important things will happen during this morning pilgrimage.
It's just that everyone is guessing what will happen, but Li Chen can decide what will happen in the end.
All kinds of thoughts, some good and some bad, were swirling in Li Chen's mind. New ideas came out all the time, and various ideas were rejected.
At this moment, Li Chen suddenly thought of Emperor Daxing.
The old man who persisted on the hospital bed for several years and finally waited for his return with his last breath finally passed away.
But even if he died, his body would still play a role in the stability of the empire and could not be buried in a short period of time. It would continue to lie in the Qianqing Palace to hide from others.
Is it worth it for the emperor to do this?
This answer is probably only known to Emperor Daxing himself, but Li Chen knows that he is absolutely unwilling to be such an emperor.
"Your Highness."
A call woke up Li Chen who was deep in thought.
Turning his head and looking at Zhao Rui standing next to him with a bowl of soup, Li Chen suddenly realized that he had not seen Zhao Rui for a long time.
"Your Highness has just come back. He has been thinking too much and his complexion is not very good. I have made a bowl of lotus seed soup. Your Highness may use it first."
Li Chen took the lotus seed soup. In fact, he didn't have much appetite. He didn't refuse Zhao Rui's kindness. He drank the lotus seed soup in two big mouthfuls and said, "It tastes good. I like it very much."
Zhao Rui showed a bright smile on her face and said: "Your Highness likes it. I will come here to drink for Your Highness every day from now on."
Seeing Zhao Rui's cautious and courteous appearance, Li Chen raised his hand and pulled her into his arms.
"Actually, this doesn't have to be the case between you and me. Although you are a concubine, we still have feelings for each other."
Playing with the ends of Zhao Rui's hair, Li Chen thought that when he first traveled through time, the first thing he saw was Zhao Rui. The burning feeling at that time has never been forgotten to this day.
Although Zhao Rui had ulterior motives at that time, those things have passed, and Zhao Rui has used time and practical actions to prove her sincerity now.
Li Chen could also feel it. In the subsequent interactions with him, Zhao Rui always accompanied him carefully, fearing that he would be disliked by him because of those past experiences.
It is this caution that keeps the gap between the two of them from being truly caring.
Zhao Rui pursed her lips, sat obediently in Li Chen's arms, and said softly: "I know His Highness is good, but it is precisely because of this that I have to be more careful in serving His Highness."
"Serve, I don't like this word."
Li Chen rested his chin on Zhao Rui's shoulder, smelled the faint fragrance on her body, and said: "I am the prince. Naturally, there are a lot of people vying to serve me, but they are all servants, eunuchs, and maids.
Chapter completed!