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Chapter 274 Visiting the Queen

Seeing that Geng Erlang was a little worried, King Ping said the truth lightly: "She actually came here to work in a man in a fake name."

Geng Erlang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he didn't know how to plead for her.

"I have an old age with her father, so I can't bear to punish her. But she is afraid that she will not be able to stop her from being so brave, so she came to ask Mr. Geng with courage, saying that she would be willing to marry her. If it is convenient in the future, she can take her to investigate the case with her."

Geng Erlang couldn't help but look at his father, and he was a little surprised to see his father and he said something to stop him. Thinking of Yang Erlang, he couldn't help but salute, "The kid's marriage depends on the elders."

This is what he means to be willing. King Ping nodded secretly and looked at Geng Jieqing.

"Okay, you go down." Geng Jieqing said to his son. After his son left, he looked at King Ping, "Then thank you for your hard work, and go to the palace to hand in a message."

"It's not hard, so Xiao Wang said goodbye."

“Not giving.”

A few days later, the decree for marriage in the palace was delivered. When Geng Erlang just received the imperial edict, he reluctantly thanked him, but immediately hurriedly pulled his father to the side. Before he could react, King Ping mentioned that the old daughter of his old friend was Princess Wanhua. When Geng Jieqing saw his appearance, he looked at him with a little regret.

"Use your brain and go back and think about it. Fortunately, you didn't enter the officialdom, otherwise you would be a confused official."

"The second brother is just a mystery to the authorities." Geng Dalang was also on the side and couldn't help but make a joke.

Geng Erlang was still a little confused, but looking at his father and elder brother's attitude, he gradually had a guess in his heart, and looked at his father in disbelief. Geng Jieqing laughed and left him to call his eldest son to play chess in the study.

As soon as the news about Princess Geng Erlang Shang came out, the court discussed for a while. The emperor had three daughters in total. The eldest princess married General Xia and the second princess married the son of the new Minister of Justice. This obviously meant to win over the court officials through the princess' wedding. Compared with Princess Changle who married the Kong family and Princess Yiyang who married the Xie family, these two princesses now married the descendants of the important ministers. The emperor wanted to support his own strength to fight against Duke Qing.

Although Duke Qing's sons and nephews also had many marriages with ministers in the court, there were not many people in it, unlike the royal family that had one King Chen and one Prince Beichuan. From the previous events, everyone also saw that the Zhang family was afraid that there would be no successor. It would be fine if Duke Qing could take advantage of the years to support his disciples, but at such a moment, no one would be willing to be a pawn for him again.

The meaning of Prince Beichuan is somewhat unclear now. If he was looking at Duke Qing, the court officials might be able to endure Duke Qing's dominance. However, many ministers knew that the relationship between Prince Beichuan and Duke Qing was not good, but this was not true, and it was just to calm the emperor's heart.

As soon as Princess Wanhua got married, she obediently prepared for marriage in the palace, and even wanted to embroider a few wedding dresses in person, which made the empress dowager very comforted. The marriages of her granddaughters were arranged by the emperor themselves, and she didn't even get into the mouth. Even the affairs of the emperor's harem were now unspeakable.

Since the incident with Shu Fei, the emperor obviously became cold to these women and only loved Concubine Sang. Concubine Sang was not good at following Empress Jingyi before, but now it seems to be a charming person. Fortunately, although the emperor often went to Concubine Sang's palace, he did not take the queen a slow treatment. Unfortunately, the empress himself was not good enough and has not been able to recover since she fell ill.

When she heard about Princess Wanhua's engagement, the queen took the sick body to her Curry and chose many good things to send them. Princess Wanhua took the things and took a look.

"How is the Queen's Phoenix Body?" Princess Wanhua asked the female official who sent the goods.

"It's already better."

"Let the queen have a good rest. I've been sick for half a year. Should I change the prescription to recuperate?"

"Yes, I must tell the queen."

Princess Wanhua nodded, and the female official accused her of resignation when she saw that she had no other instructions. Princess Wanhua has never been close to her stepmother, but after reading many case files outside, she knew that this stepmother was still very virtuous, but her temperament was too soft and not the type she liked to be close to. She preferred Princess Ping's temperament, knew that she wanted to embroider her wedding dress, and Zhuhua also sent in a few hand-painted simple styles of acupuncture, which was more liked by her than those objects.

The emperor also went to see the queen after Princess Wanhua's marriage was settled. He said that the queen's illness was just a minor illness, but he never cared about it. He didn't expect that it would not get better after a long time. There were many things that Princess Wanhua had to let her, the queen come forward, so the emperor wanted to see how she was sick.

After entering the inner room of the Queen's harem, the female official next to the Queen was about to go in and report, the emperor waved to her, stopped her movements, and walked in quietly.

The queen was leaning on the bed to read a book, and was following the queen's Xingxiang since she was a child. Seeing that the queen had been reading for a while, she stepped forward and persuaded her.

"My lady, please take a break, don't look at her eyes."

"I have only watched it for a while, how could I be bad? I heard that Empress Jingyi is very knowledgeable, so I have to learn more."

"I have to learn, and I have to take care of myself first."

The emperor heard it outside and waited for a while before entering the house as if he had just arrived. Xingxiang saw that the emperor had come, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. When the queen saw it, she struggled to sit up.

"Lying down." The emperor said, and sat down beside the bed.

Xingxiang was also tactful and immediately retreated outside.

The emperor glanced at the book that the queen placed on the inside of the bed, leaned over and took it over, and asked, "Why did you think of reading this?"

"There is nothing to do when you are sick, fight for time." The queen replied timidly.

The emperor looked at her pale face and felt a little reluctant, so he advised: "Why bother to look at these things? You should cure your illness first."

"Yes, I know I'm wrong."

The emperor frowned slightly, and didn't know how to tell her. After a while, he could only sigh, "You are the queen, and the most important thing is to take care of the harem. It doesn't matter if the queen mother is in charge of it now, but you can't always bother the queen mother."

"Yes." The queen responded quickly, and she didn't know what to say except this.

Seeing her like this, the emperor knew that she was afraid she would not be able to do it, so he asked, "There is no trustworthy person behind you who can help you control the harem?"

After hearing this, the queen thought about it seriously, but she still couldn't tell anyone.

The emperor waited for a while, and saw her like this, he joked: "Fortunately, you didn't say Xingxiang now."

"Xingxiang? The emperor thinks Xingxiang can take this important task?" the queen asked in confusion.

The emperor glanced at her and chuckled, "Why can't it? She often brings soup to the queen at night, and this thought alone is a heavy responsibility."

The queen was puzzled and suddenly realized it again. Her already pale face became even worse. The emperor's eyes were slightly deeper, and he threw the book in his hand at the end of the bed.

"Instead of learning to be favored by others, it is better to learn how to manage the harem. If you don't even understand the matter in your palace, how can you bear this harem? I heard that your mother is a neat person, and you have never learned a little."

"I am stupid." The queen said with tears in her eyes.

The emperor didn't blame her. When the Empress Dowager chose a step-in-law for him, she never thought that he would become the emperor. The Jia family always thought that a princess in her family was a great fortune. Who would have thought that this princess would be the queen one day? Mrs. Jia knew that the queen was a weak person and only chose a few girls who could use it. At that time, the affairs of the royal family were arranged by the eldest princess, and the queen could not interfere. It was better to hold the man and give birth to a son first. But after so many years, the queen had not given birth to a son. Now that the eldest princess is married, she can't control the harem. Some of the girls around her are loyal, but they are useless, and some are not only useless but also unfaithful.

Mrs. Jia knew that this would not be possible, so she took advantage of the best girl Qiaoping around her to the queen when she went to the palace to visit her next time. This girl was the granddaughter of Jia's nanny. She had a confused marriage by her father. The man died of illness before she even passed. Because she received many dowry from her family, she had to stay filial for three years before she could remarry.

Nowadays, her husband's family was talking to her, but she was not allowed to pick a good family. This girl was also angry, so she simply stopped marrying and returned to the Jia family to be her second-class girl. Seeing that she was capable, Mrs. Jia transferred her from the kitchen to her house, and after a few years she was promoted to first-class. Because she was a bit of color, the physical contracts of her parents and brothers in her family were in her hands, so Mrs. Jia also wanted to let her go to the palace to serve the queen in the future. After asking Qiaoping what she meant, she was willing.

When the queen saw that her mother came to visit her, she breathed a sigh of relief. While Xingxiang took Qiaoping to the place, she spoke private words to her mother for a while and retelled what the emperor said a few days ago to her mother.

After hearing this, Jia Mu nodded: "It seems that the emperor understands. If the lord of the harem is in chaos, many things in the previous dynasty will be in chaos. I thought that Xingxiang was not good before, but Qiaoping had just arrived, so I had to look at some days before I could rest assured that Xingxiang's position. Your body is not easy to serve the emperor, so it is hard for the emperor to think about you. If Qiaoping is good, let her serve the emperor."

"The person who escaped from my mother is naturally good." The queen said, feeling a little lonely, but she thought that the few closest girls she had always been closest to were all those who were betrayal, but the person she chose was not wrong.

"You have to pay attention to it. There are so many servants in this palace who are willing to serve you."

"But my daughter has no queen, if so..."
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