In the morning, Emperor Wen of Ming Dynasty proposed the order of favor. As soon as the words came out, all the civil and military officials were stunned. Some were happy and some were worried.
Those who are worried about the consequences will naturally have their interests affected, but most people are still very much in favor of extending the grace order.
After the imperial edict was issued, the people in the whole city cheered that Emperor Mingwen was a good emperor and very resourceful.
Chu Yunning didn't sleep for two days and went back to Qingluan Hall early to catch up on her sleep until Aunt Su came in the evening.
"The Queen Mother has had a bad appetite these past two days. Let's go and have a look at Chu Shang Palace."
The Queen Mother was old, and due to the hot weather and indigestion, she often had little appetite. Chu Yun Ning immediately got up and went to Cihe Palace without thinking too much. She went straight to the small kitchen and rolled up her sleeves to make a few appetizers.
She pickled some sauerkraut in the small kitchen, made a red wine and pear dish for dessert, and asked Aunt Su to serve it first.
After a while, Aunt Su came back with an empty bowl: "Chu Shang Palace still has a way. The Queen Mother's appetite has improved a lot."
Chu Yunning's biggest supporter in the palace is the Queen Mother. No matter what the Queen Mother wants to eat, she will find a way to make it.
The Queen Mother likes spicy food, but the royal chef in the palace couldn't make it taste the Queen Mother likes, so Chu Yunning simply braised a lot of rabbit heads, duck necks, and duck wings for the Queen Mother, all of which were spicy.
Emperor Mingwen frowned at the table full of hotties. He came to pay his respects and happened to catch up with the Empress Dowager for dinner. He didn't know who he was, but he was shocked when he saw it.
"Where are the people from Chu Shanggong?" Emperor Mingwen asked.
Aunt Su glanced at the Queen Mother in embarrassment, and the Queen Mother immediately said: "Don't blame Ning'er. It's because the Ai family has no taste in their mouths and asked Ning'er to cook. The Ai family only tastes it occasionally. Eating more spicy food can remove moisture.
"
This is what Chu Yunning said. There are disadvantages and advantages to eating spicy food.
"Ning'er has excellent medical skills. She will never harm the Ai family." The Queen Mother trusted Chu Yunning wholeheartedly, leaving Emperor Mingwen speechless.
After a while, Chu Yunning cooked a table full of dishes. Emperor Mingwen was in a good mood and didn't care about it, and he didn't want to ruin the Queen Mother's elegance. He told Chu Yunning in private that the same thing would happen when he had time.
"What makes the Emperor so happy?" The Queen Mother could see the smile in Emperor Mingwen's eyebrows at a glance, and she couldn't stop it.
Emperor Mingwen smiled and briefly talked about the affairs of the court. The Queen Mother did not ask too much and smiled: "As long as the Emperor can solve the serious problems in his heart and stop worrying, the Ai family will also be happy for you. It just so happens that Ning'er did it today
A table full of delicious food, Aunt Su, go get the fruit wine that the Ai family buried under the tree."
Emperor Mingwen frowned.
Soon Aunt Su fetched two jars of wine. The wine jars were exquisite and small, and they were poured into glass bowls with a beautiful color.
"Pour the Emperor a glass to taste," the Queen Mother ordered.
Aunt Su smiled and carefully poured a glass for Emperor Mingwen, which made Emperor Mingwen laugh: "It's just a jar of wine, but it deserves the Queen Mother's caution."
"Your Majesty, you will know after you try it." The Queen Mother couldn't wait to raise a glass and drink it, picked up a piece of duck neck, drank the cold fruit wine, and smiled happily.
Emperor Mingwen couldn't help but taste it when he saw this, and wondered: "What kind of fruit wine is this? It tastes sweet and has an endless aftertaste."
"This is mincemeat."
As the name suggests, it is brewed with a hundred kinds of fruits. It took several days of work to make a small jar. The Queen Mother treasured it so much that she was reluctant to drink it.
"Is this also brewed by Chu Shang Palace?" Emperor Mingwen knew without guessing that it must be Chu Yunning. What other abilities did she have that he didn't know about?
The Queen Mother nodded and smiled happily: "The Ai family doesn't have any other hobbies, pruning flowers and plants to pass the time.
We have long been tired of playing chess, calligraphy and painting, but now that Ning'er has entered the palace, the Ai family feels that their life is promising."
"As long as your mother likes it." Emperor Mingwen smiled slightly.
Mother and son ate some tacitly. The Queen Mother had a great appetite and was in a good mood while drinking fruit wine. Emperor Mingwen looked at the time and said, "Ask Chu Shang Palace to accompany the Queen Mother to dine."
"Yes!" Eunuch Mo agreed and quickly went to invite Chu Yunning.
Chu Yunning served the last strawberry ice cream, which was so pink and tender that it looked tempting. It was very difficult to make this ice cream, and it was still cold when it was served.
"What is this?" asked the Queen Mother.
"It's ice cream."
Chu Yunning made two bowls in total. After looking at Emperor Mingwen, he was extremely reluctant and offered one of the bowls.
"Your Majesty, you have to eat this bowl of ice cream as soon as possible. It won't taste good after it melts after a while." Chu Yunning stared at the ice cream, she still wanted to eat it.
The Queen Mother held the bowl in her hand, scooped out a large spoonful and put it in her mouth. It was cold and melted in her mouth. It also had a rich milky strawberry flavor. It was sweet and not cloying. After one bowl, the whole person felt much cooler.
"Is there any more?" The Queen Mother had gone after a few spoonfuls.
Emperor Mingwen on the side ate most of it with great interest. This was the first time he tasted such a strange food. Although the taste was good, Emperor Mingwen didn't like sweets very much, so he only ate half of it.
"Your Majesty, it's too troublesome to make this ice cream, so I only made it for two people. I'll make more ice cream tomorrow."
Chu Yunning coaxed the Queen Mother and warned her not to be greedy for coolness. The Queen Mother then wiped her mouth with satisfaction and leaned back on the chair: "Your Majesty, if Ning'er makes any mistakes in the future, for the sake of the Ai family, you must
Open a wide net.”
Chu Yunning's eyelids twitched, and she looked at the Queen Mother in surprise, and then at Emperor Mingwen.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I will definitely keep an eye on you." Emperor Mingwen smiled brightly, and it was obvious that he was in a very good mood today.
The Queen Mother asked again: "How are the Queen and the noble concubine?"
"Back to the Queen Mother, the Queen is still the same as before. She is still recuperating for the time being. The Concubine was a little frightened after falling into the water. She has almost recovered in the past few days." Chu Yunning replied.
"Since the imperial concubine is almost healed, the emperor no longer needs to keep her guard every day. He should also accompany the newcomers in the harem, as well as the several concubines who are pregnant with dragon children, so that no more mistakes can be made." The Queen Mother said.
Advice.
Concubine Xia had no heir and was in bad health. The Queen Mother had not wanted to see Concubine Xia in the past. Now that Concubine Xia was injured, she did not show much concern. She just sent Aunt Su to deliver some tonics in a symbolic way.
The Queen Mother was the first to be unhappy if a frightened man occupied the Emperor.
"Yes!" Emperor Mingwen nodded.
Chu Yunning also breathed a sigh of relief. She finally no longer had to stay up late to review memorials. It was too torturous.
"I'm going to visit Concubine Mei tonight."
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "The emperor will make arrangements as long as he sees it."
The relationship between mother and son was quite harmonious. Emperor Mingwen sat for a while and then left. Before leaving, he called Chu Yunning away.
"The Queen Mother's diet in the future will still be mainly light, so you have to control your taste."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I know what's going on."
Emperor Mingwen thought for a while and said, "How is the child?"
Chu Yunning would check for pulse every day. All the three concubines’ children were safe and sound. But something came to mind. Chu Yunning said: “This morning when I checked for the queen’s pulse, I noticed something was wrong.”
Queen Gong's pulse condition is much more stable than before, and there are signs of improvement, which means that Queen Gong has privately consulted other doctors and is secretly taking medicine to recuperate her health.
If the queen gets better, then the phoenix seal in Chu Yunning's hand may not be preserved, and she is not sure whether the harem can be peaceful.
Emperor Mingwen raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "I know about this."
That night, news came from Fengqi Palace that because the queen's personal maid made a mistake and was arrested, the queen's condition worsened in anger and she collapsed on the collapse.
When Chu Yunning went to visit, Queen Gong's face was indeed pale and she stared at her deeply. When she stepped forward, Queen Gong grabbed Chu Yunning's wrist.
"I know that this disease is not an ordinary disease. It goes up and down, depending on the person's wishes." The Queen refused to take the medicine. The more she drank the medicine, the worse her condition would become.
She vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Only she knew the condition of her body and bones best. She did not take medicine every day at all. After stopping the medicine in private for two days, her symptoms gradually improved.
After careful consideration, the Queen realized that things were not that simple.
Chu Yunning replied without raising her head: "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Chu Yunning, you can cure my disease if you want to. If you can't cure it, no one will dare to cure it."
, I am the mother of a country, if anything happens to me, I will definitely take you to be buried with me!"
The more the Empress thought about it, the more she became afraid that someone was going to kill her. What she was not sure about was whether the Emperor was involved in this matter.
"How could the Queen, who was thousands of years old and in her prime of life, die for no reason? Your Majesty, you are worrying too much."
Chu Yunning was lucky that he knew medical skills, otherwise he would have been tricked to death sooner or later.
"Chu Yunning, the water in the harem is much deeper than you think. If I can die quietly in the harem, one day you will lose your value and you will not be better than me!"
Chu Yunning remained silent, unable to deny that the queen's words made sense.
"Please step back. You don't have to come to this palace from now on." The Queen was too lazy to talk to Chu Yunning. She didn't want to look at Chu Yunning anymore.
"Yes, I'm going to leave!" Chu Yunning said goodbye with her hands in hand.
After coming out of Fengqi Palace, Chu Yunning felt heavy in his heart. One day when he lost his value, would Emperor Mingwen let him go safely?
She doesn't know either.
Chu Yunning knew that she had no ability to compete with Emperor Mingwen.
"Prince Xiao."
A voice of greeting came to his ears, and Chu Yunning raised his head and saw King Xiao striding towards this side.
Prince Xiao passed Chu Yunning and suddenly stopped: "Li Shanshan hung a beam yesterday."
After receiving fifty sticks, Li Shanshan rested for a few days and couldn't stand the way the outside world regarded her reputation. After the Li family sent people to criticize her, Li Shanshan couldn't think about it anymore. While she could go to the ground, she left the maid hanging in the middle of the night.
.
It was already this morning when I found out.
"My lord, my condolences." Chu Yunning said calmly.
Whether Li Shanshan lives or dies has nothing to do with her. Chu Yun Ning does not think that she killed the person. It was Li Shanshan who wanted to hurt the person first.
Therefore, she does not deserve sympathy.
King Xiao snorted coldly: "Chu Yunning, why are you becoming more and more indifferent? Li Shanshan did something wrong and was forced to die. It was you who perjured yourself in the first place!"
Chu Yunning was not in a good mood when she came out of Fengqi Palace. Now that something irritating came to her, Chu Yunning regretted not getting around it earlier and met Prince Xiao.
"You also have a share of responsibility for Li Shanshan's death, Chu Yunning. I hope you don't dream about Li Shanshan coming to claim his life when you wake up at midnight!"
When Chu Yunning heard this, she couldn't help but said angrily: "Every wrong has its owner and its debtor has its owner. It was not me who framed her, and it was not me who ordered the beating. What are you doing to me? Thank you for reminding me, Your Majesty."
She is an atheist and is not afraid of any innocent souls seeking her life. She only scares herself.
"When Princess Xiao was alive, she didn't see how sincere the prince was. Why did Prince Xiao become so worried after she died?"
Chu Yunning despised Prince Xiao's appearance the most. He thought he was very affectionate, but in fact he was the most sarcastic.
"Chu Yunning, don't think that this king will not punish you. You are just a little female official now, but you dare to contradict me!" Prince Xiao became angry and ordered: "I will punish you to kneel here.
Two hours!"
Chu Yunning frowned, madman, simply a big madman!
"Kneel down quickly!" King Xiao shouted angrily. He wanted to see how proud Chu Yunning was, and he wanted to break this pride himself.
"Although I am a female official, I hold the phoenix seal now. Why should I kneel to you when I have the phoenix seal in my hand?" Chu Yunning took out the phoenix seal from her arms. She just wanted to prevent some concubines from being disobedient and using their status to oppress her.
, so I carry the phoenix seal with me every day.
Prince Xiao was stunned when he saw the Phoenix Seal, and then sneered: "You are really talented. You actually tricked the Emperor into giving the Phoenix Seal to you. I am underestimating you."
"Prince Xiao, please respect yourself!" Chu Yunning left without looking back, too lazy to argue with Prince Xiao.
However, Prince Xiao refused to let her go easily. He caught up and took Chu Yunning's arm: "I plan to return to Beibei."
This sentence made Chu Yunning completely annoyed. He turned around and glared at Prince Xiao: "Didn't the prince deny Beibei? What qualifications do you have to take Beibei away?"
"Why?" Prince Xiao sneered: "Just because I am Beibei's father and Beibei is the heir of Prince Xiao's palace, I should stay."
Chu Yunning gritted his teeth. He used to think that Prince Xiao was a man who couldn't tell the difference between love, but now he felt that this man was a little paranoid, and he was a pervert to say that he was ugly!
"If the prince wants to take Beibei away, he has to see if I agree or not!" Chu Yunning gritted her teeth, no one could take Beibei away from her.
Prince Xiao took a deep breath and lowered his voice: "If you don't want to be separated from Beibei, there is a way, that is, you and Beibei go back to the palace together."
After all the talk, he wanted her to go back. Chu Yun Ning said patiently: "You have never participated in Beibei's growth and have slandered him several times, so you are not worthy of being with Beibei. As for me, Prince Xiao should die as soon as possible."
Heart it!"
King Xiao laughed angrily: "Chu Yunning, don't blame me for not reminding you. Since you are so persistent, I can only take Beibei away."
Seeing that King Xiao was striding away in the direction of the Political Affairs Hall, Chu Yunning felt uncertain. She was worried that Emperor Mingwen would suddenly agree to King Xiao's request.