Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 288
The Song family was in chaos, but happy events continued in the palace.

At noon, Chen Quan went to Jiaofang Hall. He was in a good mood and wanted to have a conversation with the queen.

After Song Yunfei left, Chen Quan summoned Zhou Yang and appointed him to Dongyang County to assist Song Yunfei in digging his tomb.

Zhou Yang returned from the border and hasn't taken up a position yet, not because he didn't have a suitable position, but because Chen Quan wanted to suppress his arrogance on purpose.

The children of these aristocratic families are born with arrogance.

Zhou Yang is even worse.

In order to avenge his mother, he even dared to abandon his own father, which shows that he has a cruel heart.

Fortunately, this person is also a smart one. Back then when he won the capital city and was rewarded for his merits, he volunteered that he was young and not stable enough, and wanted to follow his uncle to the border for training.

Chen Quan also wanted to test it out, so he really went to the border for five years.

Now that Zhou Yang is back, this person is a sharp blade in his hand if he uses it well, and he might devour the master if he doesn't use it well, Chen Quan dare not aunt at all.

Fortunately, Zhou Yang did make a lot of contributions during his five years at the border.After returning to Beijing, he let him hang out for a while, he was not arrogant or impetuous, except for attending a flower viewing banquet at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, he seldom interacted with important officials in Beijing.

It is said that the Marquis of Wu'an forced him to go to this flower feast.

Zhou Yang is already weak, so he should marry a wife and have children.Men, only after getting married can their temperament be more stable.

Empress Shen listened calmly to Chen Quan's praise and praise of Zhou Yang, and when Chen Quan stopped talking and lowered her head to drink tea, she opened her mouth lightly.

"Since Your Majesty values ​​Zhou Yang so much, why don't you give him a suitable position and let him go to Dongyang County to dig graves?"

This tomb can't be finished in two or three years.

Chen Quan's eyes narrowed slightly: "The Marquis of Wu'an has entrusted someone to get Zhou Yang into the Army Division."

Empress Shen nodded: "This place is good, Zhou Yang has been in the border for many years, and he has a talented general. The military commander is indeed suitable for him."

"Suitable is suitable." Chen Quan put down the teacup with a somewhat puzzled expression, "It's just that I still want to train him for a year or so."

Empress Shen couldn't help curling her lips. If others don't understand Chen Quan, she can't know.

This person is suspicious, if Marquis Wu An didn't find someone to arrange for him, Zhou Yang might already have a good position suitable for him.Just because Marquis Wu An intervened, Chen Quan was unhappy.

He looks easy to talk and loyal, but he is actually very stubborn.For the things he cares about, he only likes to take the initiative by himself, and absolutely does not want others to make decisions for him.

Seeing that the queen didn't talk to him, Chen Quan didn't continue to speak. He pointed to a plate of pastries in Empress Shen's hand and asked, "Why are my dim sum different from yours?"

On the plate in Empress Shen's hand was a plate of flower cakes, a plate of egg yolk crisps, and a plate of pea yellow.

In front of Chen Quan were several dim sum dishes that are common in the palace, such as jujube paste cake, mung bean cake, donkey roll, sesame roll, and Poria pancake.

For some reason, Chen Quan felt that the dim sum in Empress Shen's hand was better than his.

Empress Shen twisted a piece of egg yolk pastry and broke it open, revealing the salted egg yolk inside, and took a slow bite.

"This pastry was brought in by Yan Ge from outside the palace. The taste is not quite the same as the one in the palace. I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

Seeing Empress Shen take a bite, Chen Quan raised his hand and took a piece of flower cake and looked at it carefully: "What is this cake made of, it looks pretty good."

Empress Shen finished eating the whole egg yolk shortbread, then wiped her mouth and said, "This is a flower cake, made by Jixianglou in Beijing. I heard that fifty copies are sold every day."

Chen Quan has an unknown hobby. He likes sweets, and he prefers novelty snacks.

It's just that he heard that this snack was brought in from outside the palace, no matter how much he likes it, he won't really eat it.

The queen tasted it all, and it was delivered by Yan Ge, so he couldn't just ask a little eunuch to try the food for his own appetite.

In this way, more or less slapped the queen in the face.

In the past two or three months, the relationship between the queen and him has just gotten better, so he will stop embarrassing the queen!

Chen Quan felt that he was understanding, so he put down the cake and wiped his hands.

Just when I was about to speak, I set up a meal in Jiaofang Hall at noon.

Seeing Deng Wuwei come in bowed, lowered his voice and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty, the imperial concubine sent someone over, saying that the palace maid Yueniang is happy."

In the past two years, in order to win over Chen Quan, Concubine Zhou sent the two maids around her to Chen Quan's bed.

These two court ladies were brought in from outside the palace by Concubine Zhou when she returned to her natal family to visit relatives a few years ago, and they were just in their prime at that time.Now it's just a charming girl in her early twenties, and a girl who is seventeen or eighteen years old is beautiful.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that these two people were specially trained by the Zhou family to fight for the favor of the imperial concubine.

It's a pity that Chen Quan had just ascended the throne a few years ago, and he was devoted to serving the country and the people, and he didn't care about romance at all.

In addition, the noble concubine of Zhou only wanted to fight for favor, and wished to occupy the emperor alone day and night.He didn't even want to see the cousin sent by his natal family, and it was even more impossible for the two charming girls around him to hook up with Chen Quan.

Concubine Zhou Guifei had once given birth to a princess, but it was a pity that more than two years ago, the little princess suffered from the cold, and the high fever persisted, so she did not survive.

This is Chen Quan's only daughter so far, and she loves her very much.

Because of the death of the little princess, Chen Quan was very cold towards Concubine Zhou for a while.

Empress Shen also fell into Chen Quan's eyes at this time. Although the husband and wife have treated each other like guests since Empress Shen entered the palace, Chen Quan has never even slept in Empress Shen's bed.

But it didn't prevent him from having a heart-to-heart talk with Empress Shen, and only Empress Shen knew him best, almost every word and every word entered into Chen Quan's heart.

Compared with Concubine Zhou Guifei, the queen understands righteousness more clearly.She advised Chen Quan to have more children in order to ensure the longevity of the Chen family's foundation.

Chen Quan has four sons and one daughter, and now only the third prince born by Empress Shen and the fourth prince born by Concubine Zhou Gui are left.

The third prince was weak and raised outside, the fourth prince was young, and the little princess died. When the queen said this, Chen Quan realized that he had too few children, so he had to work harder.

At this time, the Great Shang Dynasty has become increasingly stable, and everything is slowly developing for the better.

Chen Quan also finally had the mind and energy to start working at sunset and rest at sunrise, working tirelessly for the Chen family to spread branches and leaves for future generations.

Chen Quan was interested in giving birth to a son. Concubine Zhou Gui knew that the situation was over, so she had to push out her two maids to try to make it happen. There were thousands of favors in the palace, and Yuhua Palace accounted for at least half of it.

As for the other half, whether Chen Quan is on her or the two maids, she can't care so much anymore.

As long as Chen Quanqin comes to Yuhua Palace, she won't be able to eat meat, and she won't be able to drink broth!

It's just that I don't know if the water and soil in the imperial city are bad, or there are other reasons.

A few years ago, it could be said that Chen Quan delayed the birth of the concubines in the harem because of state affairs, but in the past two years, after Chen Quan's hard work, there was still no harvest.

This made Chen Quan feel somewhat uncomfortable. He began to summon the imperial physician to recuperate his body while frequently running among the concubines in the harem.

Strive to farm widely, sow more, and emerge early.

(End of this chapter)