northernbook Chapter 797: You’re already married but still not stable?
Chapter 797: You’re already married but still not stable?
The young palace maids blew themselves up one by one, selling out everything they had, and they didn't know what to say in front of the queen.
"Well, it looks like Changle Palace is going to host several weddings. I'll have to carefully arrange your dowries." Tao Yanyan's brows lit up with joy. While she didn't force anyone to marry, she was happy to facilitate a good match if two people were in love. After all, in this era, if a woman didn't marry, she would be bullied and might even lose her survival. Her maids were all good girls, and she hoped they would live well after leaving the palace.
She first looked at Mingyue and said with a smile, "Mingyue is the oldest and will be twenty-five in June. Find a chance to ask Yingyi when he will marry you."
Mingyue's face was redder than a peach: "Your Majesty, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to work." Mingyue ran away.
Seeing this, Qingfeng hurriedly said respectfully: "I will go to work too. It seems that the Fifth Princess is calling me." Qingfeng also ran away.
Several other young palace maids also left with red faces, feeling very embarrassed.
When Chang Tai came in to report the situation, he saw the young ladies coming out shyly one by one. He touched his head, unable to figure out what had happened.
"Your Majesty, I sent the letter to Yuecheng. When I returned, I ran into Doctor Zhao. Seeing how hurried he seemed, I asked him a few more questions. He said he'd been frequently called in by Liufang Pavilion lately to diagnose her... He said Concubine Shu was experiencing pain on the right side of her body, often waking her up in the middle of the night."
Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "The pain only affects half of your body? That's probably because your meridians are blocked."
Many modern people who sit in offices and use computers every day suffer from mouse hand, cervical spondylosis, sciatica, and there are also many people with pain on one side of the body. However, in ancient times, Tao Yanyan really couldn't understand why people like Shu Cairen who didn't work would be like this.
"The Imperial Physician Zhao also complained to me, saying that Concubine Shu had neither been poisoned nor had any other illness, yet she often cried out in pain and asked him to come over. He couldn't prescribe any medicine, and instead, Concubine Shu complained about her."
Tao Yanyan sneered, "People like Shu Cairen won't listen to the truth. They'll just blame everything on others. Since she has this problem now, you just need to pay a little attention to her and don't spend too much time on her."
Chang Tai agreed and then talked about another matter: "Your Majesty, you asked me to select more young palace maids before. I have selected seven of them. They are of good character and smart. If Your Majesty wants to meet them, I will arrange for them to come."
Tao Yanyan waved her hand and said, "I trust you to do your job, so I won't bother you. Let Mingyue, Qingfeng and the others take over and show them how to run things in Changle Palace. When Mingyue and the others are old enough to leave the palace, these people will be there to take over."
Chang Tai nodded in agreement. He would never dare to let the Queen down. The more she trusted him, the better he would do his job and keep a close eye on every detail to make the Queen worry less.
Time flew by and it was already April. Ever since Qi Yizheng took Jiang Yingying to thoroughly investigate Yixingtang, they had gained a lot. Yixingtang had abolished all its practices that exploited the people and passing merchant ships, becoming an organization recognized by the imperial court. It paid taxes to the government every year and became a major support for Yuecheng's tax revenue.
After the matter was settled, Qi Yizheng took Jiang Yingying back to the capital. He didn't even go back home, but went straight to the palace to meet His Majesty.
Seeing the young and handsome emperor again, Qi Yizheng excitedly stepped forward and wanted to hug He Linzhang. He Linzhang quickly dodged to the side, his face full of disgust: "Alright, alright, you're already a married man, and you're still so unstable."
But Qi Yizheng was so excited that he finally hugged He Linzhang's arm.
He Linzhang kept shaking and Qi Yizheng kept hugging. Finally, Eunuch Zhang couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to grab Qi Yizheng away.
"Your Majesty is so cruel. I didn't even get married with Your Majesty to drink a glass of wedding wine." Qi Yizheng said sadly, relying on his status as a favorite and close minister.
He Linzhang glanced at him and said, "Didn't I also send Yingyi to deliver a gift to you? The Queen sent one, and I sent one. You got two and you're still feeling resentful?"
Qi Yizheng touched his head and laughed to get away with it.
"Thankfully, Your Majesty has recovered from the poison and returned to the palace, so the Empress can finally rest. Your Majesty, you don't know how much the Empress suffered while you were away. Especially with the incident of Prince Liang's rebellion. At the time, I was investigating the case in Yuecheng, but I found nothing, only a few clues. The Empress, worried that the situation would worsen, plotted to expose Prince Liang. Every step was fraught with danger."
He Linzhang was not in the palace, but he knew about this matter. The young queen did bear enormous pressure and eradicated a cancer in the Great Zhou.
"I know everything. She has also appointed you as the chief of the anti-black group. You must do a good job, maintain the stability of the Great Zhou, and root out those termites one by one." He Linzhang patted Qi Yizheng's arm and said.
Qi Yizheng's eyes twitched as he smiled, "I will do my best to live up to the trust of Your Majesty and the Empress. However, I finally got married, and I haven't even applied for marriage leave. Your Majesty, could you please give me some time off while you have nothing to do recently? I'd just like to take my new wife out for a walk and have some fun."
When He Linzhang heard this, he suddenly wanted to take Tao Yanyan out for a walk and have some fun. They had given birth to three children in succession in the past few years, and Tao Yanyan's time was occupied by the children most of the time. In fact, because the children were young and other things happened one after another, they had no time to go to the palace to escape the summer heat and soak in the hot springs.
"Hehe, your idea is very good. I will grant you a ten-day vacation. Take your wife on vacation." He Linzhang said generously.
Qi Yizheng hurriedly thanked the emperor for his grace. Before leaving, he suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, I get paid for my vacation, don't I? You won't deduct my salary, will you?"
He Linzhang was stunned: "How many taels of silver are you short of?"
Qi Yizheng smiled awkwardly, "If you haven't raised a family, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are. My previous salary was more than enough to support me, but my wife loves to eat and has a big appetite. When I travel with her, we inevitably eat and drink a lot, so the expenses are naturally higher."
He Linzhang's mouth twitched, thinking that even if you dine in restaurants all day long, you won't be able to spend that much money.
"Okay, I won't deduct your money. I'll give you paid leave, that's all." He Linzhang waved his hand and drove this stingy person out.
Returning to Changle Palace in the evening, He Linzhang accompanied the children to finish dinner, and told Cheng, Yunuo and Xiaobao a bedtime story before returning to the bedroom.
Tao Yanyan had already washed up and was lying on the couch practicing yoga. He Linzhang watched her twisting her lithe body into various poses, his eyes darkening. He sat down beside her silently, his voice a little hoarse: "The Queen has been practicing for so many years, no wonder her body is so flexible."