Foster son and husband

Chapter 175
"Be flat."

As the emperor spoke, he kept walking, walked past Mei Niang, leaned over to support the empress's shoulders in front of the bed, looked at his son with a smile, and said, "Is it true that you don't want to vomit anymore? Qin Meimei is not bad, she knows a little bit more, better than the imperial physician." Works!"

The queen smiled and acted like a baby to him: "Then the emperor will give Meimei a reward, her method can solve our big problem!"

"Give it a reward! Qin Meimei, what do you want..."

The emperor suddenly braked suddenly, but reminded Qin Meimei, she immediately knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward! Minnies only want..."

"Wait, wait! Get up!"

The emperor's face sank: "You are really fast, and you want to earn money! Last time I gave you so many rewards, isn't it enough? This time there is no more, and I will give you half of the meal at lunch, that's all." !"

Meimei bit her lip and stood with her eyes downcast: she was a step slower, she should have been faster, the queen should have knelt down to thank her as soon as she uttered the words, this was considered a missed opportunity.

The queen didn't know what the emperor wanted, so seeing him treat Meimei like this, she couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and said softly: "The emperor..."

The emperor took his eyes away from Meimei and comforted her: "I have given her the greatest gift, except for the empress dowager and empress, who can share the royal meal with me?"

The queen glanced at Meimei, smiled and said: "That's true, but the emperor is not good at talking like that, seeing her face turn pale with fright!"

The emperor chuckled: "Queen, don't worry, your girlfriend is not a coward! Qin Meimei, did I scare you?"

Meimei pretended to be stupid, lowered her head and bent her knees, and responded, "Minutes are terrified!"

"Mrs. Weiyuan Hou!"

The emperor dragged out his voice and deliberately relaxed his tone: "Junying said that after you recovered from your illness, you will remember the past for a while, and you can't remember it for a while. It is true! Forgot that you have a seal, right? No one taught you, Do you have to be cautious and decent when speaking in the palace? It seems that I have to point you to two teaching nuns in the palace, who will follow you day and night and teach you etiquette titles. After a year or so, you will never forget them! Come on! -"

"no no!"

Meimei quickly raised her head: "The concubine doesn't need to teach the nanny, the concubine... remember it!"

The emperor turned his face to the queen and smiled: "Send the lunch to Kunning Palace? The emperor is doing well today, I am happy, the queen will accompany me to eat together!"

The queen smiled like a flower, and said softly: "The concubine obeys the order! But the concubine can only stay on the bed..."

The emperor raised his chin towards Meimei: "Maybe I can get out of bed, ask her to see!"

Women who are in confinement cannot get out of bed or go out of the room within a month. This is the experience passed down by the ancestors. Throughout the ages, who has not come here to give birth to women?Even children of a few years old understand this truth.

Meimei couldn't figure out why the emperor would deliberately test her like this, she thought for a while, and said to the queen seriously:
"It is said in medical books that women can occasionally get out of bed and walk around a few days after giving birth. How many steps and how far they can walk depends on their physical fitness. This is good for the body and helps to restore the body..."

The queen was skeptical, but the emperor glared at Meimei: "You can get out of bed after a few days of giving birth? How unreasonable! Did you do it on purpose?"

"No, the concubine tried it before, but the empress's daughter, it's better to be more cautious and follow the advice of the imperial physician!"

Meimei showed a smile: This is the knowledge of maternity care and health care for future generations. It is taught for free, believe it or not!If you want me to be reasonable, I'm sorry, just take the consulting fee!

The emperor was very shrewd, he was not fooled into further consultation, but asked the queen: "How do you feel about yourself?"

The queen rubbed her forehead: "The concubine didn't feel anything unusual, and she didn't feel dizzy, everything seemed to be fine!"

"Good is good! Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi are not ordinary people, do you know how much effort I have gone to to find them? With them around, you don't have to be afraid of anything!"

The queen leaned against the emperor, looked at the prince who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and said happily: "The emperor treats my concubine so kindly, and my concubine is very satisfied!"

The emperor gently shook her hand, smiled and whispered in her ear: "I can't be by your side all the time, I'm afraid you'll be bored during confinement, so let Meimei come to accompany you for a few days, even if you are good friends, when you need to teach, you still You have to teach her well, if you want to give her any promised rewards, wait until I come over to discuss——she is very smart, don't let her get you into it!"

The queen smiled and nodded: "The concubine knows!"

The queen failed to get out of bed to have lunch with the emperor and Meimei at the same table. The nuns tried their best to persuade them in turn, all kinds of terrible sequelae were brought out, and the queen was frightened. The emperor was also terrified, and the couple gave up. The idea of ​​a bold attempt.

So the empress had her meal in the palace by herself, the emperor and Meimei went to the flower hall which was two rooms away, Meimei thanked her, and sat on the lower side, the imperial meal was passed on continuously, she was dumbfounded: there are hundreds of dishes, Everything is exquisite and attractive, and the emperor gave her half of the meal, which is more than 50 dishes. She can taste at most [-] dishes, and she will definitely be able to support herself.

The eunuch serving the imperial meal tried the dishes on the table one by one with silverware, and the emperor asked Ji Qing to drive away all the eunuchs and maids, and said to Meimei: "The seat you are sitting in is usually Junying's - there has never been a woman who is married. Thanks to me for giving you imperial meals, you forced me to do this today!"

Meimei lowered her head and said: "The concubine dare not, the concubine is afraid!"

The emperor couldn't help laughing: "What do you have to be afraid of? You are very courageous! You bought property outside without telling Junying. I heard that the business of Cyclamen is booming, and dignitaries love to go there for banquets. Junying said You frequented there too often, why, you even took his money?"

Meimei was taken aback for a moment: Xu Junying also told the emperor about this?

She looked at the emperor and said: "The concubine is just taking over the cyclamen. The real manager is the shopkeeper. The operation of the hotel requires capital, and the people who work in the store need to support their families. Everyone who comes is a customer. People have paid for their labor. So ask for something in return, Xu Junying is no exception!"

The emperor nodded: "It makes sense! One day I will go to Xianke to have a meal, and I will still have to collect money!"

Meimei said: "Don't dare! The emperor is the son of heaven, he owns the world, even the lives of his ministers and concubines belong to the emperor, how dare cyclists accept money from the emperor!"

"You are eloquent, I'm afraid Xu Junying can't beat you! Come, eat!"

Meimei dared to pick up the chopsticks when the emperor moved her chopsticks. Seeing the emperor lowering his eyes to eat the food, she quickly stretched out the chopsticks to pick up the dish in the middle. She had seen the dish strange and strange, and she really wanted to taste what it tasted like. It doesn’t matter if it’s not tasty, if it’s delicious, let the masters of Cyclamen cook it when you go back, you can’t just type the name of the imperial meal, just choose a new name for the dish.

But the emperor saw it: "Women can't move their chopsticks beyond the plate in front of them. Has no one taught you?"

Meimei froze, is there such a rule?Looking at the emperor, his face turned from pink to bright red, and said timidly:

"The emperor forgives the sin! The concubine... forgot!"

The emperor endured and endured, and finally controlled himself from laughing, and waved his hand lightly: "Eat! You can try any dish you like on this table. If there is a dish from the imperial dining room in Cyclamen, I will go there." Eat there, and don't pay money!"

Meimei looked at the emperor and felt a cold sweat running down her spine: what kind of emperor, he is smarter than a fox!Let him guess what she thinks in her heart!
After eating and drinking enough, the emperor finally gave Meimei a chance: "Tell me, why do you have to leave Xu Mansion?"

Meimei thought about it for a while, and felt that she couldn't use the reason of marrying a flat wife as an excuse, that would be scolding, the emperor's harem still had three thousand beauties, what did the empress dare to say?

She could only say: "The concubine's background is too low, her family is poor, and it's wrong to be in the same household as Xu Hou's family. At the beginning, Xu Hou only saw the beauty of the concubine, but didn't take this into consideration. He asked the imperial decree to marry him. Many habits and views are different from those of courtiers and concubines, and the relationship between husband and wife has gradually faded. The elders of the Xu family were not willing to marry lowly. I figured it out: If I continue to live in Xu's mansion, I must die! The concubine has a young son, an old mother, brother and sister-in-law, and she doesn't want to die! When Xu Hou married his concubine, he disobeyed his grandmother's wishes, and he didn't expect that the relationship between husband and wife would be so weak in the end. Lushui, the two have fundamentally different tastes, and the words are not speculative... The concubine does not want to burden him with the name of being unfilial, and would rather he abandon the concubine and find another beautiful woman. The concubine has no complaints or regrets, and only wants to take away his son!"

After hearing her finished speaking, the emperor frowned and said, "Thought it over clearly, what you said is true? If there is half a lie, it will be punished!"

Meimei's expression was determined: "If there is even half a lie, I am willing to punish you!"

"You husband and wife, one of them must be a lie! Why do I feel that what you said is a lie?"

Meimei glanced at the emperor, summoned up her courage, and said boldly: "Because the emperor and Master Xu are good friends, the emperor has selfish intentions and favors old friends, so naturally he thinks that the concubine is a fake!"

Ji Qing, who had been silent all this time, said slowly, "Bold!"

The emperor also stared at her: "Don't look at me with that kind of eyes! No matter how biased I am, I will never bully you, a weak woman!"

He breathed a sigh of relief, showing a troubled look: "But I saw that Junying's heart for you was very real! He told me that he only had you in his heart and didn't love his cousin, because he rebelled against Xu when he married you. Old madam, I don’t want to make my old grandmother sad and even hurt her body by refusing to marry a common wife. I beg me to come forward and stop the queen mother from issuing an order. I go out to run an errand, and I want an order... to protect you! Your current rhetoric It's the same as the real thing...you husband and wife, what happened? If you dare to play tricks on me, you will be punished together!"

Meimei lowered her head: "This concubine doesn't dare! This concubine is telling the truth! I was really looked down upon and humiliated in Xu Mansion, and I can't survive there. I beg the emperor to allow this concubine to leave Xu Mansion!"

The emperor looked at Meimei: "This...let's talk about it! Just now you dared to blame me for being biased. If I listened to your side and made a decision, it would be unfair to Junying. Are you right? Now I understand a little bit Now, you want to leave Xu's mansion, Junying doesn't want you to leave, as for the relationship between you two, I really can't tell! Forget it, Junying is not at home, you are afraid of his parents, you can live in Cen's house if you want Go ahead, but there is one thing: you have to accept Junying's arrangement and be protected by Baoju Baizhan - I still feel that you have lied, if Junying is ruthless to you, why would you leave Baoju Baizhan with you?"

Meimei's eyes shifted: "Your Majesty, there is Heng'er by my side, Xu Hou is probably afraid that his son will have an accident!"

The emperor was silent, and after a while he said: "The empress is weak, I don't want her to bother, you can't tell her these things!"

"The concubine understands!"

"Go and stay with the queen, she seems to like you very much!"

Meimei got up and left her seat, and saluted the emperor, just two steps back, the emperor stopped her again, and stretched out his hand to her:
"Bring it!"

Meimei was puzzled: "What does the emperor want his concubines to bring?"

The emperor smiled slightly: "Empress Dowager Yizhi! That has been abolished, and it is useless for you to hold it!"

Meimei lowered her eyes: "Concubine, I didn't bring it!"

"Didn't bring it? Forget it! I have issued a verbal order: Before sunset today, the queen mother's decree stolen by King Qi has not been handed back. Within this year, King Qi will have to just stay in circles in the palace without even thinking about it." Get out of Prince Qi's mansion! He is so self-willed, he will defy the edict and leave the mansion, I have long wanted to punish him severely, so I just waited for him! It is best to demote him back to the fief, and never allow him to enter Beijing!"

After the emperor finished speaking, he walked away.

Meimei was stunned for two seconds, pulled out the Yizhi from her sleeve, and hurriedly turned and chased out the door:
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, wait!"

　Second watch. . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)