"Your Majesty, you should know that I can't help you with this matter."
"This king knows."
He knew that Qin Rushuang would not be of much help to him in this matter, and he also knew that it was best for Qin Rushuang to rest in the house and raise her baby with peace of mind.
But these days, Qin Rushuang went to Shen Ji Pastry Shop frequently. Although Ying Yi and Ying Er also followed, Shen Xiaoyang did not show up.
Moreover, Qin Rushuang and Shen Xiaoyang had not interacted much these days, but some irritability and anxiety inevitably arose in Xie Xun's heart.
He wanted to take Qin Rushuang to Honglin Lake, not so that Qin Rushuang could help him, but because he always felt that he would feel at ease only when Qin Rushuang was by his side.
"I see that you are bored in the palace. You have been going out every day these days. There is nothing new for you to see in Kyoto. Why not go to Honglin Lake for a few days."
Suddenly being invited by Xie Xun to go to Honglin Lake together, and for such a specious reason, Qin Rushuang's first reaction was that Xie Xun was planning something else.
But Qin Rushuang carefully looked at Xie Xun's expression and saw nothing unusual on his face.
"I'm fine in the mansion, so I won't go."
"What if I hope you can accompany me?"
"Why?"
"How about...just to give justice to those women who fell into the water?"
Xie Xun's abnormality made Qin Rushuang a little confused.
She thought that after Qin Fanghao left the palace, she and Xie Xun would have nothing to do with each other.
Before Qin Rushuang could think about the answer, Xie Xun had already made up his mind: "Let's make this decision. I may have to leave for a while, and you won't worry about being alone in the house, so let's go to Honglin Lake to relax. We will set off early tomorrow morning. Ask Qingzhi to pack your luggage quickly."
After saying that, she turned around and left without giving Qin Rushuang a chance to refuse.
She was afraid that Qin Rushuang would say another word of rejection.
"If the princess is going to Honglin Lake, should I pack my luggage?"
Qin Rushuang raised her eyebrows, "But I haven't decided whether to go or not."
"Go, go! Why don't you go? This time Qin Fang is gone, the princess can be alone with the prince."
Qingzhi added: "And didn't the prince say that many young women died this time, which is very pitiful. Doesn't the princess want to go and see what is going on?"
"I think it's you, girl, who wants to go out to play, right?"
"Yes, yes! I just want to go out and play. Should the princess be my slave?" Qing Zhi replied quickly.
For the happiness of the prince and princess, just think that she wants to go.
Seeing Qingzhi looking at her eagerly, Qin Rushuang couldn't help but refuse, so she said: "That's it, go ahead if you want to."
"Then slave girl, go pack your luggage now!" Qingzhi responded, chirping like a little magpie and running away.
Just as Qingzhi left, the Sumei people arrived.
"I just saw Miss Qingzhi saying that she was going to pack her luggage. Is the princess going on a long trip?" Su Meiren asked curiously.
Qin Rushuang nodded, "Your Majesty will be going to Honglin Lake to do something in a few days. Please let me go with you."
When Su Meiren heard the news, she was as happy as Qingzhi and said: "It's good. There are no other people this time. It's just the prince and the princess. It's good to go and relax."
"You are also the prince's concubine, don't you want to go with us?"
Su Meiren waved her hand: "Princess, please stop teasing me. I just want to stay peacefully in this palace and don't want to go anywhere."
After saying that, she opened the basket she had been carrying and said, "What a coincidence. I have just made a lot of snacks. There is a whole basket. The princess can take it with her and eat some on the way."
Qin Rushuang gently opened the basket, and there were all kinds of snacks inside, so she asked, "Why do you suddenly think of making this for me?"
Sumei said with some embarrassment, "I heard that pregnant people have to eat several times a day. They often want to eat, but they can't eat too much, so they made some snacks, which are easy to digest.
Yes, the princess will use some when she is hungry."
Qin Rushuang nodded, "You are interested."
Qin Rushuang looked carefully at the snacks in the basket and even saw a small bag of rice dumplings.
She took out the bag of crispy rice and said with some emotion: "It's been a long time since I've seen this thing."
"Princess, don't be dissatisfied that this thing can't be put on the table. When I was a kid, I loved eating the crispy rice made by my mother."
After saying that, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
Qin Rushuang picked up one piece and put it in her mouth. The crispy and delicious rice cake made her index finger move. After finishing one piece, she unconsciously took another one.
"It would be a waste of your skills to make it for me to eat. It tastes better than what I ate when I was a kid."
After receiving Qin Rushuang's compliment, Su Meiren became happy, put away the sadness in her eyes, and took out another thing from the basket.
"Eating too much rice crust can easily lead to internal heat. Princess, try this. This is pear jelly made by me. It is refreshing and relieves internal heat."
Qin Rushuang tasted it again and found that the pear jelly was also refreshing and delicious.
It can be seen that every snack here is made with great care.
Qin Rushuang always reciprocated love. Thinking of the prince asking her to go to Honglin Lake, she said: "Your Majesty went to Honglin Lake this time. He didn't say that he would only take me with him. If you also want to go out and relax, why not come with me?"
Go ahead."
"No, no, I won't disturb the prince and princess."
Qin Rushuang saw that although Su Meiren refused, there was still a hint of loneliness in her eyes.
Thinking about it, these good concubines have almost no chance to leave the house after entering the house, unlike me who can occasionally leave the house to go shopping.
Once these good concubines marry into the prince's palace, they may not be able to leave the palace for the rest of their lives unless the prince gives permission.
"I make the decision. You can go with us this time. No objection is allowed. Just ask the maid to pack your luggage."
Sumei was a little flattered, "Really? Can I really go with you?"
"Of course. Go back to the yard to pack your things and set off with us tomorrow morning."
"Hey!" Su Meiren quickly agreed happily, "I'll go right now!"
Early the next morning, the Sumerians got up early as promised.
Xie Xun was waiting for Qin Rushuang at the gate of the palace. She waited and waited for Qin Rushuang, but she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Does Qin Rushuang really not want to go to Honglin Lake with him...
Just as he was about to tell the coachman not to wait any longer and to start the journey, he saw Qin Rushuang walking over.
Xie Xun finally saw Qin Rushuang, but before he could be happy, he saw that there was a Su Mei behind Qin Rushuang.
Xie Xun frowned, "Why are you following me?"
Su Meiren seemed a little frightened and looked at Qin Rushuang hesitantly.
Qin Rushuang patted her hand as if to comfort her, then turned to Xie Xun and said, "I'm a little bored going alone, so let's take Meiren with us."
Qin Rushuang said this, and Xie Xun couldn't refuse.
More importantly, he was afraid that after rejecting Qin Rushuang's request to bring Su Meiren with him, Qin Rushuang himself would not be willing to go.
So he nodded and said, "Get in the car."
Because the Sumerians were also going, the originally prepared carriage was obviously not enough, so the old housekeeper quickly prepared another one.
When getting ready to get on the carriage, Xie Xun was about to help Qin Rushuang, but saw Qin Rushuang waving her hand to him.
"Your Majesty is very busy, and I am afraid that I will have to deal with official business in the carriage, so I will not ride in the same carriage with him. I will ride in one carriage with the Sumei people, and your Majesty will take one by himself."
The servants on the side watched Xie Xun's face change from sunny to gloomy, and were so frightened that they did not dare to express their anger. When Qin Rushuang and Su Meiren had already boarded the carriage, they asked tremblingly: "Your Majesty, should we set off?
"
"Let's go."
He didn't expect that he could be intercepted by the Sumei people.
