Chapter 810 Salted Fish Queen 2
A drowsy afternoon on a hot summer day.
After lunch that day, the emperor originally wanted to take a lunch break, but after thinking about it, he decided to visit Concubine Xian.
The Changyin Hall where Concubine Xian lives is closest to the Emperor's Lingxin Palace, which also shows her status in the Emperor's heart.
After arriving at Changyin Hall, there was a sound of greetings. Concubine Xian has a soft appearance and a gentle temperament. She is a little thin and weak, and she looks so weak that it makes people feel pity. Concubine Xian greeted the emperor at the door, her voice was gentle and gentle: "I have seen the emperor."
Without waiting for the emperor to speak, she raised her head, her eyes were like water, she looked at the emperor obsessively, her admiration was written on her face, and her eagerness for the emperor's arrival was expressed in her eyes.
"My concubine, get up quickly." Obviously, the emperor would like this, so he hurriedly helped Concubine Xian up, "Has my concubine finished eating?"
"I've used it. It's hot and the emperor needs to take care of the dragon's body. I asked someone to cook lily and mung bean soup, and I was thinking of sending it to you later." Concubine Xian sat down with the emperor with a gentle smile, the tenderness in her eyes almost To overflow, "Your Majesty has just had a meal, let's cool off with some fruit first, and after you're done, will your Majesty take a nap here?"
"No, there are still matters to be dealt with in the afternoon." The emperor gently patted the back of Concubine Xian's hand, "After a few days, I will take you to escape the heat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Xian was about to stand up and salute, but the Emperor held her down and motioned her to sit down, "I will come to see you again tonight."
Concubine Xian nodded happily.
At this time, the palace maid brought up the fruit plate, Concubine Xian forked a piece of watermelon cut into small pieces with a small silver skewer, and fed it to the emperor's mouth.
The emperor frowned after eating it.
"Your Majesty?" Concubine Xian called out a little nervously.
"What's the matter with this melon?" The emperor's consumption of food and clothing has always been the best, and now he suddenly ate a watermelon that was not too fresh, and he immediately felt that something was wrong.
"What's going on?" Concubine Xian was stunned, looked at the emperor puzzled, and said anxiously, "Is it because the watermelon is not sweet? Then the emperor don't want to eat it, why don't you drink some green tea?" Concubine Xian picked up the teacup and handed it to the emperor. .
The emperor looked at the watermelon on the plate, then at the weak tea soup in the teacup in Concubine Xian's hand, and did not speak for a long while.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?" Concubine Xian asked uneasily.
The emperor smiled, stretched out his hand and lightly touched Concubine Xian's face: "It's okay, I remembered that there are still some things that need to be dealt with, you should rest first."
After saying this, the emperor got up and left quickly.
"Farewell to the emperor." A series of voices came from behind, it was Concubine Xian leading a group of court ladies to salute and send off.
The emperor didn't even sit in the chariot, and went towards Zhaoyang Hall where the empress lived with an angry expression on his face. The chief eunuch followed closely behind. She knew in her heart that Concubine Xian was giving eye drops to the queen, saying that the watermelon sent by the queen was not fresh.
The emperor's heart was full of anger. He finally found out that something was wrong. These days, all the fruits he ate were ordinary fruits, and the tea he drank was also ordinary tea. Concubine Xian is deeply liked by him, so he often rewards Concubine Xian with good things, and then he goes to enjoy it with Concubine Xian. But during this period of time, it seemed that he hadn't eaten any good food, so he didn't reward Concubine Xian either. Today, he went to Concubine Xian to eat stale watermelon, and then saw the weak tea soup, and only then did he understand what the problem was.
Sigongtai was in charge of the emperor's diet and daily life, but the palace affairs of the harem were in the hands of the empress. Including the distribution of salaries and food expenses of all concubines, the queen is in charge. And sometimes the good things that belong to the country are offered, and the queen is also in charge of dispatching them. All in all, the queen of the Great Zhou Kingdom has the highest authority in handling the affairs of the harem.