After New Year's Eve, and the entire first month of the year, the capital city was a happy scene.
A heavy snowfall on New Year's Eve made many people happy. The auspicious snow heralded a good harvest and was a good sign.
Queen Tao looked at the well-behaved Yan Qiu in front of her and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
"There are no special rules here in this palace. As long as it's quiet... I'll leave the job of sweeping the garden outside and educating the maids to you, okay?"
Yan Qiu nodded obediently, not daring to be negligent.
"Okay, let's go down!" Queen Tao said casually.
Yan Qiu lowered his head and did not dare to neglect.
Queen Tao looked at Yan Qiu's back, and then at Wen Ranran who was sitting in front of her, drinking tea.
"She still seems to be a well-behaved person, is something really wrong?"
Wen Ranran nodded.
"But I can't take it out of the palace, nor can I put it anywhere else. The queen mother has to be careful, and it's best to be on guard!"
Queen Tao said: "Of course I know this. Tomorrow seems to be the day when the prince of Binguo comes to pay his respects?"
"Well, my husband has been making preparations for the past two days. Tomorrow morning, the queen mother, Yuan Xiuyi and I all have to go to the court. They will go directly to the court to see you!"
Queen Tao smiled and suddenly remembered another person in the harem.
"Do you want to talk to Concubine Tao about this matter?"
Wen Ranran smiled and said: "We'll talk about it later... But specifically, I don't know what will happen to Concubine Tao, so I can only watch first."
"Hey... although most of the things have been resolved,... this guest country, and the Yan country under the leadership of the new khan of the Yan country, are still a big hidden danger."
Wen Ranran nodded, she naturally knew this.
"During this period, has Concubine Jiang settled down a little?"
Wen Ranran stared at Queen Tao with a wicked smile, "Mother, during this period, it is better not to give random things to each other."
Although now Emperor Rongcheng is clinging to Queen Tao every day, as if he is completely devoted to her.
But if something really happened to Concubine Jiang, it would be difficult to explain.
"Don't worry, I'm too lazy to care about her. I'll take care of all her food and clothing expenses myself, and I've never left her short of anything!"
"That's good!"
After chatting with Queen Tao for a while, Wen Ranran left Shufang Palace and went to Taofei Palace.
After Empress Tao, Concubine Tao is another sight in the palace.
After so many years, she was married as a daughter of the clan of the guest country, so Emperor Rongcheng also loved her very much for a while when he was young.
However, since giving birth to Xia Liyuan, Concubine Tao seemed to not care at all about being favored or not.
This empress didn't seem to care at all what she looked like in the eyes of the emperor.
Other empresses love beauty, skin care and health, love makeup, and like beautiful dresses, all in order to attract the emperor's attention. After all, women only want to please their own appearance.
Concubine Tao also loves these, but she seems to like them just because she is interested.
Because she wears new clothes, she never hangs out in front of the emperor, and sometimes she even avoids the emperor...
The attributes of such a beautiful woman who was neither fighting nor grabbing, but also a bit stupid, made Emperor Rongcheng treat her a little more differently.
Although later because of Queen Tao, he never summoned the other party.
But as long as it is something that is a tribute from a foreign country, while giving it to Empress Tao, she will always remember to leave some for Concubine Tao.
Among the few conversations that Wen Ranran had with Concubine Tao, Concubine Tao always acted like an old god. The only time that could make the other party's mood fluctuate was when the guest country was mentioned.
Before Wen Ranran entered the door, she heard Concubine Tao's carefree voice.
"Xiao Cui, hurry up! Mahjong three is missing one! Hurry up!"
Xiao Cui almost cried after being named.
"My dear mistress, I will go to collect the quota for this month in a while! Your trickery skills are really..."
"Go, go, where is the little eunuch named Ergou? I remember that he is very good at cards!"