After being robbed by the prince of the enemy country

The snow was sparse all night, and it didn't stop until dawn, and the early morning fog gradually gathered.

Huai Zhen stepped into the air in a dream of ice and snow, his elbow slipped from his knee, he opened his eyes suddenly, and what he saw was a piece of silver.

Looking at the sky again, it was just after the beginning of the day.

He really sat withered outside the hall all night, but he didn't freeze to death.

Just thinking like this, he raised his eyes and looked around, only to see two imperial guards holding an umbrella above his head, a row of small ice cones hanging from the edge of the umbrella, the guards' outer robes and the accompanying clothes The scabbards were covered with snow, and beside the white jade steps, there were six more golden charcoal stoves burning silver charcoal.

He didn't know when he had a crane cloak with a black gold face and black bear fur.

"Ouch! Your Majesty! You've woken up!" Wen Yan stood leaning against the wall with his old bones, and didn't dare to sleep all night. He counted the time, "Your Majesty, go to Heyang Hall to change into court clothes, just in time Morning."

Huaizhen gradually lost his sleepiness. He stood up, and the guard behind him who was holding an umbrella hurriedly helped him up. Huai Jiu accidentally touched the palm of the other party's hand, which was as cold as ice.

He seemed to be abandoned in the ice and snow last night, but how could an emperor really be frozen?

Wen Yan and the guards close by were holding umbrellas and shielding them from the wind. Although Huai Zhen was sitting on the ground, he still spent the night warmly, except for his buttocks, which were a little cold from sitting on the cool steps for a long time.

"You all have worked hard." He patted the snow off the shoulders of the imperial guards with his own hands, "Those who waited by my side last night will each be rewarded with a March reward."

The guards knelt down to thank them, and they got 300 taels of silver from the cold overnight, which is really not worth it.

Huaizhen rubbed his warm hands, glanced at the closed palace door, feeling cold in his heart, he wanted to turn around and go up to court, but he couldn't hold back and turned back, sent everyone outside, and pushed it away gently by himself Temple gate.

The bedroom is warm and warm, but across the door, it is warm in spring and cold in winter.

In the flashing gold-woven gauze tent, a bare hand rests outside the soft quilt. When you get closer, you can see the beauty sleeping inside. He occupies two soft gold silk pillows by himself, and sleeps soundly, with black hair messily scattered. On the white collarbone, a corner of the quilt has fallen to the ground.

Huai Zhen frowned, Chu Shao's previous sleeping appearance was not so wild!

When I tucked him in the quilt, I realized that there were still many red dates and peanuts wrapped in the bed and quilt. I think it was because I was trapped in a dream last night, so the sleeping position was so indulgent.

Chu Shao is weak, if he wakes up in the middle of the night or goes to bed late, he will be obviously tired. A few days ago, he slept well, his cheeks were rosy like a peach, but today the peach seems to be a little tired. Now crawling light blue.

Huaizhen only thought that he didn't sleep well because he was crushed by red dates and longan all night. ?? "Little heartless."

He took advantage of Chu Qingxu's deep sleep, so he dared to speak softly at him. In a blink of an eye, he found that his wrist was empty, so he turned around, walked to the mirror stage, picked up the silver bell with red thread that was unloaded by Chu Shao before going to bed last night, Tie it up for him stubbornly, as if having completed some kind of wedding ceremony, and then left the bedroom contentedly, and went to the morning court.

It was still three poles in the sun before Chu Qingxu woke up slowly.

Breakfast came from Xiangxiu, and he reminded softly: "Your Highness, don't forget, I'm going to offer tea to Concubine Ning this morning."

Chu Shao stretched his waist. Last night, he was really hurt by a few red dates and peanuts. Now he still has some back pain. He hammered his waist twice, and the silver bell on his left wrist rang crisply. Put on clothes and massage for him.

Chu Shao was free. He picked up the spoon and took a sip of the sweet soup of glutinous rice balls. Xiangxiu led the little maids to congratulate with a smile, "The empress is so sweet."

Chu Shao scooped up another glutinous rice ball, just took a bite, and everyone laughed and said, "The emperor and empress are round and round."

He took a piece of red dates and sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Xiangxiu said, "Give birth to a precious son early!"

Chu Shao was speechless for a while. He ate two pieces of sweet cakes and drank a cup of hot milk. The silver bell on his wrist kept tinkling with his movements. He asked when he was full, "Did Huaizhen go in this morning?" Sleeping hall?"

How dare Xiangxiu hide it, "Your Majesty came in and tucked you in the quilt, and specifically asked the servants not to wake you up just to go to the Concubine's Palace to say hello."

Chu Qingxu touched her nose unintentionally, and when the bell rang, she pretended to be casual and asked, "He...couldn't have really sat in the snow all night last night?"

Xiangxiu smiled and replied, "Your Highness's heart is like a mirror."

Chu Shao pretended that she couldn't hear what she was laughing at, and said firmly: "The skin is rough and the flesh is thick, so you probably won't die from the cold, so you go and order the imperial chef to make a bowl of hot ginger soup for the guards who served by Huaizhen's side last night to drive away the cold. "

Xiangxiu Fu stepped down and asked again: "Then, do you want to send a bowl to your Majesty?"

Chu Shao pressed the glutinous rice balls with a spoon, and the glutinous rice balls spit out sweet black sesame juice: "The black bear skin is not enough for him to keep out the cold?"

After the early court was over, Huaizhen met with the civil servants of Shangshutai in Heyang Hall to discuss the selection of Qiuwei Hall. At this time, the little eunuch outside the hall came in and said, "Ginger soup has been sent from the queen's palace."

Ning Yuanqiu, who was promoted to Shangshuling, reacted quickly, and immediately praised: "Your Majesty always remembers Your Majesty, this feeling is really touching, and I am envious of others!"

The tone started to rise, and the other officials of Shangshutai immediately followed suit:

"Your Majesty must be thinking about His Majesty's coming to court in the cold wind, and personally boiled this bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold. Drinking it really warms my heart!"

"Although he is a man, he is as gentle and considerate as a woman. It's so rare!"

"Your Majesty is truly blessed!"

Huai Zhen couldn't help laughing. If these officials knew why there was this bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold, they might not even be able to flatter them.

But he still had expectations, thinking that Xiao Shao is a soft-hearted person after all, he must have a cold face and a warm heart, with a hard mouth and a soft heart, so he specially boiled ginger soup for him to drink.

He sent the little eunuch from Qiwu Palace to come in.

The little eunuch held two bowls of steaming ginger soup in his hand, bowed his head and said: "His Royal Highness, considering the heavy wind and snow last night, specially gave two bowls of ginger soup to drink for the guards around His Majesty to drive away the cold."

The two close guards suddenly raised their heads: There are such good things! ?

But soon, they realized that a menacing gaze was staring at them dangerously.

Huaizhen cleared his throat and asked casually, "Are there only two bowls of ginger soup?"

The little eunuch timidly replied: "There are only two bowls. The Queen said...the Queen said Your Majesty...Your Majesty has rough skin and thick flesh, so you don't need ginger soup to drive away the cold."

Huaizhen: "..."

The Heyang Hall was so silent that the sound of ginger soup steaming could be heard.

The two guards lowered their heads silently, held their breath and closed their eyes, not daring to speak out, for fear that the emperor would be furious and chop off their heads.

The eloquent Ning Yuanqiu also fell silent. He followed His Majesty when he was in the palace. According to Tu Wei, he was the flattering king of Huaizhen's confidantes. Before Chu Shao appeared, his flattering had never been I haven't stepped on thunder, but today...

The ginger soup was about to cool down, and the little eunuch was sweating a ton on his forehead.

Huai Jiugu finally let out a cold snort, gritted his teeth and said to the two guards: "Why are you standing still?! Drink it! Since it is a reward from the queen, you are not allowed to leave a single drop!!"

The two imperial guards hurried forward, picked up the bowl, and poured ginger soup into their mouths, tons and tons, three or two times the ginger soup bottomed out, because there was not a single drop left, so they also chewed the ginger slices at the bottom of the bowl. Swallowed into the stomach together!

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In Yongning Palace.

The maid in charge came in with a happy face and said, "Taifei, the queen has come to pay her respects."

Concubine Ning closed her eyes and fell asleep, and did not express her opinion immediately, but Wen Rongyu, who came to Yongning Palace as soon as the confinement was released, said angrily: "In another hour, we will be able to pass on the lunch, Chu Qingxu only came to offer tea to say hello now. , he didn't pay attention to you, Concubine Toffee at all!"

"Then what do you say?"

First, she became a dispensable mother and concubine on the wedding day, and then she was neglected to serve tea on the first day of the wedding. Concubine Ning thought that she was polite to Chu Shao in the past, but the other party was so contemptuous of her. Furious.

"If it is according to the concubine, let him stand outside for half an hour, kill his prestige, and then the concubine will send him into the palace!"

"Half an hour?" Concubine Ning opened her long and narrow eyes, looked at the unmelted snow outside, and hesitated, "I heard that Chu Shao's health is not good, if he stands for half an hour, if he gets sick from the cold... .”

"He's a man after all, so how can he be so weak that he can get sick from the cold?" Wen Rongyu wished that Chu Shao would freeze to death in the cold wind, and she fanned the flames, "Mother and concubine are kind and can't bear to be harsh, but they don't know that this is the first day of marriage. The importance of rules, he is so lazy in serving tea today, it can be seen that he doesn't take his mother and concubine seriously at all, if he doesn't show him off, he might be able to turn the royal family over in the future!!"

There were not many concubines in the late emperor's harem. Concubine Yu died young, and Empress Zhao was the only one. Concubine Ning had no heirs and had no title of concubine, but she could not pose any threat to the empress. Most of it is the bonus of luck, the prince Huaizhen was missed, and he won the honor of the concubine by virtue of the three years of nurturing.

If you really want to talk about intrigue, she is not as good as Queen Zhao, but she is not as stupid and sweet as Concubine Yu. She is ambitious, but she is not stupid. She knows that if she doesn't show her power today, then she is a concubine for nothing. .

She summoned the maid in charge, "He said that the palace has not woken up from a nap, and asked the queen to wait outside for a while."

This so-called moment naturally started in half an hour.

The lady in charge of the palace told the truth, and when Chu Shao heard it, she was happy, "Since the concubine is busy, I'll come back another day." After saying that, she turned around and wanted to leave.

The person in charge was startled, and hurriedly raised his voice to warn, "Your Highness, you should think twice. Tea can only be served on the first day of the wedding. If Your Highness leaves like this, wouldn't it be a violation of the etiquette set by the ancestors?"

Chu Qingxu turned around and glanced at the maid in charge, and asked back with great interest: "I came to serve tea today, but the concubine didn't see me, so why did I lose my manners? Logically speaking, it should be the concubine who doesn't know how to be polite. Right?"

The words in charge widened his eyes, "You are presumptuous, how dare you turn around and slander the concubine?!"

"You are presumptuous!" Xiangxiu sternly reprimanded, "A court lady dares to speak ill of the queen!"

The person in charge was immediately deflated, and then lowered his eyebrows and looked down, "The concubine did not see the queen, but the concubine did not wake up from a nap. Since your highness is filial, don't you even have the patience to wait for the concubine to wake up?"

In a few words, Chu Shao was labeled as "unfilial if you dare to leave". If it was an ordinary concubine, she would have resigned herself to her fate and waited.

But Chu Qingxu is the main wife Huaizhen chased back thousands of miles away, and the emperor begged him to be the empress. If he wants to walk sideways in this Qin palace, the emperor Huaizhen has to stand aside willingly for him. How could he? Let yourself suffer at the slightest loss in the hands of this deep palace woman?

"Go and tell the concubine, or let the hall go in to serve tea now, and the tea will naturally be hot." Chu Shao closed the smile in his eyes, and said coldly: "If she must sleep for several hours , I really don't have the patience to wait here, if the tea is cold, the concubine naturally doesn't have to drink it."

The person in charge had a pale face, staggered two steps before walking steadily, and hurried back to the hall to answer.

Looking at her embarrassed figure, Xiangxiu felt secretly refreshed but also knew that something was wrong, so she persuaded in a low voice, "The concubine wants to give His Highness a bad rap, so His Highness naturally cannot suffer, but the slaves are worried that people outside will make a fuss about it .”

Chu Shao seemed to have nothing to do with him: "It's okay, I didn't want to be your majesty's queen at first."

Xiangxiu: "..."

"It's not certain who will give who is under the influence." Chu Shao shook the bell in his hand, his eyes were cold, "The concubine should come out to meet me in person."

Too arrogant! !Xiangxiu couldn't help thinking this way.

However, very soon, the door of Yongning Palace really opened, and Concubine Ning, wearing a gorgeous palace dress, with a half-truth and half-fake smile on her face, really came to welcome her in person.

Chu Qingxu glanced at the concubine, and her eyes fell on the young concubine beside the concubine.

Ah, Wen Shi is here too.

Chu Qingxu raised her eyebrows, which is interesting.

The author says:

The Queen's growth plan is officially loaded, the current progress: 5%

Wife chasing progress: 25%

*No imperial guards were punished by Jiuzu in this chapter.