Chapter 23 A play
"What's wrong with Ma'am? But what's wrong with Zhao Zhao?"

Putting down the book in his hand, Marquis Zhongyong Xie Huai'an got up, walked out from behind the desk, went to his wife, sat down next to her, and asked with concern.

Two days ago, word came out from the palace, Xie Huai'an knew that the wife would bring her daughter-in-law into the palace today.

He came back before evening, so he didn't know that Qin Shi hadn't had lunch in the palace, so he took his daughter-in-law back to the mansion.

When he saw his wife after returning home, he noticed that she was not in the right mood, and he also carefully observed her during dinner.

He wanted to ask when he returned to the yard, but some things had not been dealt with, so he had to suppress the doubts in his heart and deal with everything quickly, before asking his wife.

"It's nothing..." Leaning towards her husband, Qin replied, although she said nothing, but frowned.

"What's the matter?" Xie Huai'an stretched out his hand, smoothing the crease between Qin's brows, "Except for receiving the late emperor's decree back then, and the eve of Zhao Zhao's marriage, you have never been like this before."

"Entering the palace today, my third daughter-in-law and I saw Zhaozhao, but for some reason, it was our daughter, but I always felt weird."

"Weird? How do you say it?" Xie Huai'an wondered, and asked.

"I don't know how to say it, it's as if... It's a different person."

Qin said her thoughts, Xie Huai'an listened carefully and thought for a moment.

"Before Zhao Zhao entered the palace, you and your daughters-in-law taught her a lot. Perhaps after entering the palace, she saw what you said, so she changed even more."

Xie Huai'an didn't see his daughter with his own eyes, only listened to his wife's description, that's all he could think of.

"I can understand that in the deep palace, you need to be cautious. Even if Zhao Zhao is the queen, you need to pay attention to every step you take."

"But...but I just feel weird." What Xie Huai'an thought of, Qin Shi also thought of.

"Madam Xu is really thinking too much. In my opinion, the relationship between Zhao Zhao and His Majesty should be pretty good."

"In the past few days, I have been teaching His Majesty in the palace. I have seen some small movements of His Majesty, which are similar to Zhao Zhao's. Perhaps the strangeness Madam feels is the influence of His Majesty on Zhao Zhao."

The husband and wife get along day and night, which will inevitably affect each other.

Just like Xie Huaian and Qin's, they often have some actions between them, which are completely consistent with each other.

Xie Huai'an said so, Qin thought about it for a while, and finally felt a lot more relieved.

After thinking about this matter, she couldn't help regretting that she didn't stay longer in the palace.

"There will always be opportunities in the future." Xie Huai'an comforted Qin Shi with his arms around her. Qin Shi nodded and snuggled into his arms.

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Today all the concubines came to Fengming Palace to pay respects to the queen, after they paid their respects, Zhao Jing was thinking about sending the greetings away when he heard a voice.

"I heard that Tao Guiren was singing in the garden yesterday, but he 'ran into' His Majesty?"

The one who spoke was An Meiren, who lived in Yijing Palace, what happened yesterday was told to her by the palace servants beside her.

She looked at Tao Guiren with a smile, deliberately biting down on the word "encounter", and immediately, everyone looked at Tao Guiren.

Zhao Jing also looked at Tao Guiren, he really didn't know about it, Xie Zhao didn't say anything about it yesterday.

"Meet by chance? I'm afraid it's not that simple?" Before Tao Guiren could speak, Zheng Cairen who was sitting in front of her took the conversation.

Originally, Zheng Cairen and Tao Guiren lived together. Before the new queen entered the palace, she had moved from Penglai Palace to Yuexian Palace not far away.

As for Zheng Cairen, he really looks good. He thought that he would be favored after entering the palace, and he would be promoted soon.

Unexpectedly, not only the status has not changed, but also the face of His Majesty has not been seen much.

That's all, among the same group of people who entered the palace, the one she despises the most is not only pregnant, but also became Jieyu, and even got a title.

The difference between Jieyu and Cairen is not even a single star, even though she still looks down on Li Jieyu, she only dared to hum a few times behind her back, roll her eyes or something.

But Mr. Tao is lower than her, so she has no worries.

Tao Guiren sat in her seat with an uneasy expression on her face. Of course, what happened yesterday was more than a simple "meeting by chance", it was carefully arranged by her.

But she didn't expect that she would be seen by someone, and she would be told again when she came to pay her respects to the empress today.

"Since Tao Guiren's singing can attract even His Majesty, it must be extremely beautiful. Perhaps even the singers in the palace can't compare to it."

"Since that's the case, why don't noble Tao sing us a song, and let all the sisters present listen to it."

An Meiren still had a smile on her face, she looked at Tao Guiren, it was more like an order than a discussion.

"Sister An's idea is very good, Tao Guiren, why don't you sing a song quickly?" Zheng Cairen echoed with a smile.

The two of them sang together, causing Tao Guiren to lower her head even lower, a cold light flashed in her eyes where no one else could see.

Zhao Jing sat at the top, watching the commotion below, and didn't know what to say for a while.

In the past, concubines would compete for favor in front of him, but even if they competed for favor, they would be very subtle, like this, it was the first time he had seen it.

I don't know if such a situation is common for Xie Zhao, and how to deal with it?

Just as he was thinking, Tao Guiren suddenly stood up, took a few steps forward, and knelt down towards him.

"I beg your empress to forgive me. Yesterday, a concubine sang in the garden. It was indeed because she saw the beautiful scenery in the garden that she couldn't help herself. The concubine did not expect to meet His Majesty."

"The concubine has absolutely no intention of seducing His Majesty, and she never thought that An Meiren and Zheng Cairen would be so displeased that they would ask the empress to punish her."

After finishing speaking, she kowtowed to Zhao Jing, and then kept her kneeling position with her head touching the ground.

Zhao Jing was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it for a while. He turned to look at Xiao Yun beside him. He didn't understand at all why Tao Guiren would let him punish him?Isn't An Meiren and Wan Guiren talking to her?
"Help Noble Tao get up." Seeing his master looking at him, Xiao Yun never thought that he didn't know how to deal with it, he just thought he was letting her figure it out, and gave another order, and immediately a palace official stepped forward to help Noble Tao get up.

However, the support from the palace servants did not allow Tao Guiren to stand up, she was still kneeling there, as if she dared not stand up.

"Tao Guiren, the empress did not speak up from the beginning to the end. You are like this. Those who know are you pleading guilty to the empress for no reason. Those who don't know think that the empress has made things difficult for you."

"Could it be that Tao Guiren really thinks so in his heart?" Seeing that Tao Guiren couldn't afford it, Xiao Yun spoke slowly. Although his tone was gentle, the meaning in his words was clear enough.

"Maidservant dare not." Tao Guiren quickly raised her head, of course she didn't mean that, she had other thoughts, "Servant..."

"If noble Tao doesn't think so, then stand up, the empress didn't blame you."

"As for An Meiren and Zheng Cairen..." Xiao Yun's eyes fell on the two of them.

After being called, An Meiren and Zheng Cairen stood up quickly...

 The male protagonist is not stupid and sweet, just like letting a straight man look at the lipstick number, it is inevitable that he will be confused.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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