As usual, when Qin Zhen enters the palace, she first visits Xiao Chengye.
But when she arrived at Qinzheng Hall, she was told that His Majesty was in the palace of his new favorite concubine and was not at Qinzheng Hall today.
Qin Zhen raised her eyebrows in surprise at first, and then sneered mockingly.
It seems that Xiao Chengye really likes this woman.
A diligent emperor like him would abandon all his mundane duties in broad daylight and go to the harem to accompany his beloved concubine.
Qin Zhen smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll just go to the harem to see His Majesty."
Originally, her goal was not the emperor, but the beloved concubine.
Qin Zhen arrived at the palace of the beloved concubine and took a look. The location was very good, very close to the queen's palace. The decoration was also very luxurious, and there were many people serving the palace. It seemed that the emperor was deeply gracious.
When Qin Zhen entered, Xiao Chengye was playing chess with the newly beloved concubine. The two of them were talking and laughing, and they looked like a loving couple.
"My son, I have met my father." Qin Zhen stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
Xiao Chengye smiled as before, when he saw her, he raised his hand and waved, saying: "Get up, I told you that the whole family doesn't need to be so exposed. Come on, come on, help me take a look at this chess game. How about this game?"
Qin Zhen smiled, took two steps forward and stood next to Xiao Chengye. He glanced at the chessboard and said with some embarrassment: "Father, you are making things difficult for me. It's good if I can recognize a few words. Where can I
Do you understand such complicated things?"
Xiao Chengye raised his eyebrows, raised his head and glared at her: "I don't know how to learn."
Qin Zhen curled her lips: "Not interested."
Xiao Chengye shook his head and said, "Forget it, just be happy."
He looked at Qin Zhen and asked: "Why are you free to come to the palace today? That...is not taking care of the third child at home?"
As soon as Qin Zhen saw Xiao Chengye's expression, she knew that he wanted to ask about Lou Yan's situation but couldn't keep his dignity, so he asked in roundabout ways.
Qin Zhen didn't expose it and said, "Ayan's injury is almost healed. He was just able to walk a few days ago."
"I came to the palace this time mainly because I wanted to meet Concubine Qing." Qin Zhen looked sideways at the woman on the side and smiled sincerely, "Last time, it was Ayan who was impulsive and scared Concubine Qing. I will take my place.
He came to apologize to the queen."
Concubine Qing was stunned for a moment, glanced sideways at Xiao Chengye, and then said with a smile: "Things have passed and I don't remember them anymore. How come the princess still remembers them?"
"It's magnanimous of you that I don't care, but I can't pretend that nothing happened." Qin Zhen took out the set of jewelry from the silver building, "This is a little thought of mine, and I hope that Concubine Qing will accept it."
Down."
Concubine Qing glanced at the opened box, and the exquisitely crafted jewelry inside immediately caught her eye.
She hesitated for a moment, then said: "I can't take it, take it back quickly! I really don't remember what happened before, you don't have to do this."
Qin Zhen said: "If you don't accept it, do you mean you won't forgive Ayan?"
Concubine Qing: "No..."
"Since it's not the case, please accept it, Concubine Qing, so that Ayan and I can have some peace of mind." Qin Zhen said softly.
Xiao Chengye, who was next to him, looked at the jewelry, then at Concubine Qing's expression, and then said calmly: "In that case, just accept it."
Concubine Qing laughed suddenly, stretched out her hand to take the jewelry box, lowered her head and glanced twice, and then said: "In that case, then, I will accept it?"
Qin Zhen smiled and said: "I prepared it for the empress! This set of jewelry was made by the master of the silver house, and I spent a lot of effort to get it. Now that the empress holds it in her hand like this, I
I feel that this jewelry matches the empress very well, as if it was specially made for the empress."
"Really?" Concubine Qing smiled, reached out and picked up a hairpin and inserted it into her hair. She turned to ask Xiao Chengye, "Your Majesty, does it look good?"
Xiao Chengye smiled and said, "Not bad."
Concubine Qing became even more happy, lowered her head and concentrated on playing with the set of jewelry.
Xiao Chengye didn't care about her, pulled Qin Zhen to sit down next to him, and talked to her in a low voice.
Qin Zhen kept paying attention to Concubine Qing from the corner of her eyes. Seeing that she was eager to put all the jewelry on her body, a coldness flashed in her eyes.
Xiao Chengye was talking to her in a low voice: "Sometimes you still have to help me persuade Lao San. He is good at everything, but he is easily impulsive. You said he hit people in front of so many people that day.
You are still attacking me, where do you want me to put my face?"
"He is my son, wouldn't I feel bad if he was hit with a stick?"
Qin Zhen looked away and said softly: "Ayan actually understands these truths, and he has never blamed his father."
Xiao Chengye pursed his lips and said, "That's good."
"But please, Father, please understand him a little bit." Qin Zhen lowered her voice, glanced at Concubine Qing next to her, and said softly, "When I first saw Concubine Qing, I almost didn't react.
Not to mention Ayan. At the beginning, he and Concubine Lou Shu were the closest."
Qin Zhen remained silent after saying this.
Everyone knew that Xiao Chengye loved Concubine Qing because her face looked like Concubine Lou Shu, but they couldn't point it out.
By saying this, she had already exposed the matter, and Xiao Chengye could easily become angry from embarrassment.
But luckily, although Xiao Chengye looked ugly, he didn't say anything.
Qin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, stopped talking about Lou Yan, and turned to other topics.
She turned her head and looked at Concubine Qing who was trying on jewelry over there, and said with a smile: "Concubine Qing is so beautiful, maybe Concubine Lou Shu should have looked like this when she was young. Speaking of which, when I first saw this set of jewelry
I just thought of Concubine Lou Shu, but it's a pity... But it doesn't matter, these jewelry are very good for Concubine Qing to wear now."
Xiao Chengye: "..."
Xiao Chengye felt a little stuffy in his heart.
He looked at Concubine Qing opposite and couldn't help but said in his heart: Lou Shulan was countless times more beautiful than Concubine Qing when she was young, Concubine Qing couldn't even compare to Lou Shulan's hair.
Looking at the way Concubine Qing held the jewelry, she felt even more uncomfortable. If Lou Shulan had let Lou Shulan wear this set of jewelry, it would have looked better, right?
Qin Zhen kept watching Xiao Chengye's face from the corner of her eyes, and saw that his eyes were getting darker and darker, and finally there was a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
She raised her hand to straighten her sleeves and stood up: "Ayan is still waiting for me at home, so I won't disturb my father and Concubine Qing."
Concubine Qing put down her jewelry and looked up at her: "Are you going back now?"
Qin Zhen nodded, smiled and said: "I don't know something, Ayan suffered a lot when he was a child, and now he is alone. He becomes more clingy after being injured and can't live without me."
Concubine Qing was stunned for a moment and didn't realize why Qin Zhen said this. She only said subconsciously: "Then you should go back quickly."
