Chapter 707: Dinner
That night, Concubine Rou received a carbon fire sent by the queen here, all of which were fine black charcoal, a piece of which could be burned overnight, and Concubine Rou immediately showed a grateful smile on her face when she received it.
"Thank you, father-in-law, and please thank you for helping the queen for me." Concubine Rou said gratefully.
The eunuch smiled: "Concubine Rou, I think you want to thank not only the queen mother, but also Princess Mu." ”
Hearing this, the smile on Concubine Rou's face froze, and then she asked, "What does my father-in-law mean by this?" ”
The eunuch said: "The queen has been busy in the past few days, and you have a lack of charcoal here, or Princess Mu mentioned it to the queen, so I sent it to you immediately." ”
The smile on Concubine Rou's face disappeared completely, her eyes couldn't help but be sour, and she was silent for a moment before saying, "Then please also say thank you to Princess Mu for me." ”
When the eunuch saw that everything that had to be said had been said, he turned around and went back.
Concubine Rou stood stunned for a while, and then returned to the room, not knowing what it was like.
Chu Qingli waited here for the eunuch to come back and return to his life, and not long after the eunuch who sent the charcoal came back, Chu Qingli hurriedly asked, "How about Concubine Rou?" ”
The eunuch told Chu Qingli what Concubine Rou said she wanted him to bring, and Chu Qingli didn't have any expression after listening to it, only sighed slightly: "I hope to come in and make peace." ”
Seeing this, Liu Ningxi on the side couldn't help asking: "Qingli, I see that you have a really good relationship with this concubine Rou." ”
Chu Qingli nodded: "Concubine Rou is a good girl, and I lied to her first." ”
Liu Ningxi smiled: "It's also rare to see you encounter difficulties, but you don't have to worry, Concubine Rou will definitely forgive you if you go on like this, it is estimated that you can't get down in face, so you are still angry." ”
Chu Qingli sighed: "I hope that's really the case." ”
The two of them didn't talk about Concubine Rou, Chu Qingli helped Liu Ningxi deal with all the logistics of the funeral, although the emperor died and the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian and other officials arranged, but there are always some things to do in the harem, Liu Ningxi couldn't be busy, Chu Qingli helped to help.
It was so busy until the evening, although the snow stopped at this time, but the sky was still gray and dark, and it was cold outside, and the palace lanterns that were bright on weekdays were replaced by white lanterns, which made it even more gloomy and desolate.
Chu Qingli and Liu Ningxi were also busy for a while, they were sitting and drinking tea at this time, and it didn't take long for the announcement of the emperor's arrival outside, Chu Qingli and Liu Ningxi put down the teacup together and went out to greet them.
As soon as he went out, Chu Qingli felt that the cold wind was steep, and the emperor who looked very downcast came over with a red nose, followed by Xiao Pan, who was dressed in white, and saw Chu Qingli happy in her heart, she was afraid that Xiao Pan would still follow those ministers to discuss other things and not come.
Yan Zizhen stepped forward and grabbed Liu Ningxi's hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Why did you come out, it's cold outside, come in." ”
And Xiao Pan took a step behind Yan Zizhen, and also followed over to hold Chu Qingli's hand, and the four of them walked indoors together.
Liu Ningxi just heard that Yanzizhen's voice was hoarse, and as soon as he came in, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you still have to pay attention to your body." ”
Chu Qingli also echoed on the side: "The emperor's dragon body is important, and Daqi still needs you." ”
Xiao Pan nodded and echoed Chu Qingli's words: "Indeed, while Li'er is here now, the emperor will let Li'er help you take a look." ”
Chu Qingli took a step towards Yan Zizhen: "Your Majesty, I'll check your pulse, be careful of the wind and cold, you have been guarding the spirit for the past few days, and you should be on guard against the cold in the Spirit Palace." ”
Everyone was saying this, and it was really not good to shirk the banquet, so they stretched out to let Chu Qing take the pulse.
Chu Qingli took the banquet and really called it on his wrist, and it took a while before he withdrew his hand: "It's not a big deal to arrive, it's just too tired, thinking about it, and thinking about it in my heart, it will definitely be bad for your health for a long time, Your Majesty, you still need to pay attention." ”
Yan Zizhen nodded: "I understand, it's just that I just ascended the throne, and it coincides with my father's ......" Speaking of this, Yan Zizhen was really eating, and he didn't continue because he felt uncomfortable.
Liu Ningxi, who was sitting next to Yan Zizhen, couldn't help but gently stroked the emperor's back and comforted: "Your Majesty, you have done a good job." ”
Xiao Pan on the side also opened his mouth to comfort: "Don't push yourself too much, everything can be done slowly." ”
Yan Zizhen couldn't help but look at the few people present, and then sighed: "Fortunately, there are you." ”
Hearing this, Chu Qingli smiled slightly: "We will always assist you." ”
Hearing Chu Qingli's words, Yan Zizhen felt that he was full of strength again, and the lonely expression on his face faded a lot.
Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Liu Ningxi hurriedly said, "I see that everyone hasn't eaten yet, let's eat some together." ”
Yan Zizhen nodded, and Liu Ningxi instructed the palace maids waiting outside to let them pass the meal, and the prepared meals were brought up one by one, still steaming.
Waiting for the dishes to be served, Liu Ningxi let them go down again, leaving only the four of them in the hall.
Xiao Pan and Chu Qingli were different from Yan Zizhen and Liu Ningxi, so they didn't care about those etiquettes, so they all sat down together.
Ben Xiao Pan and Chu Qingli still wanted to shirk it, but they couldn't help frowning when they saw Yanzi, and the two of them were not polite, they were really eating home-cooked meals like ordinary friends.
After the hot food entered her stomach, Chu Qingli felt that her body's internal strength was finally heating up, and she couldn't help but sigh: "This year's winter seems to be extraordinarily cold. ”
Xiao Pan on the side agreed: "Not only is it much colder, but it also came much earlier." ”
"I guess it's the heavens that are sad ......," Yan Zizhen said with a hint of sadness on his face.
Everyone knew that Yan Zizhen remembered the death of the first emperor again, and was angry and cold for a while, Chu Qingli hurriedly said: "Wrong, but God knows that the people are suffering, and now seeing the new emperor who has finally ushered in, the next Ruixue will express his joy." ”
Hearing this, Yanzi couldn't help but laugh: "Princess Mu is still as clever as a lotus." ”
Chu Qingli also smiled slightly: "The emperor doesn't have to be sad, everything is developing in a good direction, and we will usher in a new enlightenment next spring." ”
Yan Zizhen seemed to have fallen into Chu Qing's words, and couldn't help but imagine, his face was sad and with a hint of yearning: "Hope." ”
Liu Ningxi on the side said, "Yes." ”
Chu Qingli then said: "Yes, you see that I don't also come into the palace to help the queen mother deal with the things that the concubines want to make trouble." "Chu Qingli deliberately said this matter at this time, thinking about getting down to business, the emperor's mind wouldn't be sad when he was down to business.
Sure enough, the emperor immediately asked, "How is the situation now?" After speaking, he looked at Liu Ningxi with some concern, he knew about this matter, and it brought trouble to Liu Ningxi.