Zhu Yijun was extremely angry, even the heartache and guilt he had felt from hearing about Wang Rong and the day he had met her had turned into displeasure from being looked down upon. Zhang Cheng indicated for Dong Zhi to leave. At this time, he couldn't explain anything to the empress, so he could only stand there quietly.
"I only gifted food to her because I missed her, but she didn't mind." Zhu Yijun said, "Is it because we tolerated her too much? So presumptuous of her that she dares to neglect me. "
Zhu Yijun also gifted food to Wang Rong during dinner, and after calculating the time, he brought people to the Kunning Palace. Wang Rong had only finished half of her meal, and upon seeing that the emperor had come in, she was stupefied, immediately standing up and bowing.
Zhu Yijun sat down and looked at Wang Rong He's table. Sure enough, a few dishes that she liked to eat were right in front of his.
"Zitong, have you finished eating?" Zhu Yijun asked.
"I've used up all of them. Has His Majesty eaten yet?" Wang Rong He said.
"Then why is it that the dishes that This Emperor has bestowed upon you have not been touched?" "But it's not to my taste." Zhu Yijun asked.
Wang Rong stared at the dishes that didn't emit the slightest bit of heat. She reckoned that even if she ate the dish, she would still be able to chew on ice shards. "His Majesty sent the dishes over late. I've already eaten my fill, so I really can't eat anymore. I can only dip my chopsticks in every dish and express my gratitude for the Emperor's great kindness." Wang Rong He said.
"Zitong must have eaten her fill before this, in order not to eat the dishes bestowed by us." Zhu Yijun said.
Wang Rong stared fixedly at him, and suddenly revealed a smile: "If Your Majesty wants to say it like that, Wuyou, bring the dishes over." Wang Rong He picked up his chopsticks again and calmly finished the entire dish.
"Look, Zitong hasn't had her fill yet, right?" Zhu Yijun kept looking at it until Wang Rong finished eating all of it, then said, "Zitong does not like the dishes that we give you, and we will not give you any more in the future, so Zitong doesn't need to make things difficult for you."
Zhu Yijun left as soon as he finished his words. Wang Rong and fortune were respectfully sending him off, and did not say much more.
"Empress, would you like to call the imperial physician?" Wulv worriedly offered hot tea.
"You haven't seen His Majesty angry." Wang Rong He said, "Go and ask Imperial Physician Xu secretly, tell him what medicine I should eat in this kind of situation."
"Why would His Majesty be angry?" Wuyou was also a little worried, his Majesty had never treated the Empress like this before.
"It's no big deal." Wang Rong He said that he was angry because he didn't eat the dishes he bestowed upon him. Indeed, the Emperor had been the emperor for a long time and had always been the sole ruler of the world.
The problem is that it's in the middle of winter. You gave me a dish of frozen vegetables, so you have good intentions.
Wang Rong took a few deep breaths and suppressed the heaviness in her heart, "Tomorrow afternoon, let Shang farewells make a steel-plated cow and send it to Qianqing Palace." If he couldn't get a divorce, then no matter how childish her husband was, he still had to be coaxed.
His Majesty did not summon the other consorts to pick him up and leave for the Kunning Palace. The Tzu Ning Palace did not have time to react to his audacity, but after a while, His Majesty came out again, in a hurry, with an unhappy look on his face. Bao Dating, who was in the imperial harem, had guessed that the empress had gotten on the wrong side of him.
So the concubines rubbed their hands together and wanted to go to His Majesty at this time to play the role of a flower of interpretation. Unfortunately, His Majesty was not in a good mood and did not summon anyone.
At this time, besides the empress dowager, who else in the palace dared to go to Qianqing Palace? Only the Imperial Consort Guo would dare. Imperial Consort Guo went to the Qianqing Palace with a frown. She wore a red cloak and walked in the snow like a sweet winter plum.
Zhu Yijun originally did not want to see Imperial Consort Guo, but Imperial Consort Guo stayed outside, afraid that she would freeze over and let her in. I didn't teach you, why are you here? "Could it be that the empress dowager decided to go to the empress dowager's room and tear them apart just because she hadn't spoken for a few days?"
"Listen to your majesty." Imperial Consort Guo tilted her head in disobedience, "Even if I wanted to come up to the room to tear apart my roof, how could I dare to come to the Qianqing Palace to behave so wildly?"
"Why don't you dare?" Zhu Yijun said.
"Your majesty is a servant's heaven. Your servant would not dare to do anything concerning your majesty." Imperial Consort Guo laughed.
Hearing that, Zhu Yijun kept quiet, and waved for her to come over and sit next to him. Imperial Consort Guo then easily rested her head on His Majesty's shoulder. "Your Majesty, what's there to be unhappy about? Just tell your servant that your servant is your servant's little purse. If you pretend to be unhappy with taking away your king, your majesty will be happy."
"How do you know I'm not happy?" Zhu Yijun lowered his eyebrows and asked, but his gaze was not focused on the beauty in his arms. He was thinking, it seems like the Queen has never relied on him like this before?
"His Majesty's face." The Imperial Consort Guo said, "When this servant looks at His Majesty, he can tell that His Majesty is unhappy. Slave really is useless. I can't make His Majesty happy. "
"I'm worried about the matters of the kingdom, how can you make me happy?" Zhu Yijun said reluctantly, "Silly girl, you can go back now. I still want to see the paper. "
With regards to the matters of state, the Imperial Consort Guo did not dare to pester him. She could only reluctantly pay her respects and say her goodbyes, "Your Majesty, remember to summon a slave."
Zhu Yijun nodded. After Imperial Consort Guo left, he said to Zhang Cheng, "Go to the storehouse and find a new Water Immortal Flower God hairpin to send to Imperial Consort Guo."
"Yes." Zhang Cheng said that perhaps he should remind his majesty that he was the one who had instructed his majesty to go and fight these Twelve Flowers Divine Needle, in preparation for the empress. However, His Majesty's attention was already completely focused on the imperial reports, and in the span of a breath, Zhang Cheng lowered his head and left the Warm Pavilion, heading to the warehouse to retrieve the hairpin and deliver it to the Yi Kun Palace.
Zhu Yijun had originally thought that he would ignore the empress at least until the end of the year banquet, and so he naturally wouldn't go to the Kunning Palace either. Unexpectedly, when he was eating the next day, Zhang Cheng said that the empress had sent some people over to deliver the dishes.
Zhu Yijun snorted, "We asked her to send it over previously but we didn't see anything. Now that we know that we are angry, we sent it over. Previously, I said that I was worried that Zhen wouldn't always be able to gift food to her, and that she'd be depressed. Zhen said that Zhen wasn't worried about the empress not giving him food, but now it seems that it's still me who gives a little more food. "
"Then, do you want someone to send them back?" Zhang Cheng asked hesitantly.
Zhu Yijun glared at him, and Zhang Cheng immediately understood what he meant. He brought out the dishes empress had given him, and placed the metal board on top of the table, leaving the charcoal burning, and placed it on top of the wooden board.
"Why did you bring the pot up directly?" Zhu Yijun asked.
"It was made by the Palace Manager, with ironclad ears, and had been burning ever since the time the stewards were set up. Even the dishes were sizzling, and even after the meal, the pot was still steaming hot, suitable for winter." Zhang Cheng said.
Zhu Yijun ordered his men to cloth the vegetables. After eating a few mouthfuls, it was indeed tasty, but even if it wanted to eat it, Zhu Yijun did not look at it, and said to Zhang Cheng: Go back to Kunning Palace, tell us that we have tasted it, and know the Empress's thoughts.
Zhang Cheng originally thought that the empress would show weakness and his Majesty would follow him down the ladder. When Zhang Cheng thought about going to see the Queen later, he felt bitter in his mouth and didn't know how to respond.
Wang Rong He heard from Zhang Cheng that his Majesty already knew the Empress's intentions, and nodded in agreement, "It's good that Your Majesty knows my intentions." After asking Wulv to bring the small censer over, he removed the lid and placed the metal plate on top of the censer. A moment later, he heard a sizzling sound, "Thank you, your majesty, for showing me mercy and sending it back to me."
Wang Rong didn't think much of it and brought Zhang Cheng back to eat the Iron Plate Ox Willow, but seeing that she had consumed the Imperial Physician Xu's Fasting Pill right after eating, Wuyou guessed that her mood wasn't good and it affected his digestion.
"Empress, are you sending them off tomorrow?" Wuyou asked.
"I'll send you off." Wang Rong He said, "Bring a stone pot of roasted meat to His Majesty tomorrow."
"I'll send them off the day after tomorrow."
"Salted chicken wrapped in hot, coarse salt will be delivered the day after tomorrow." Wang Rong He said, "Take them to His Majesty until the dishes are no longer brought back."
"The Empress's Huang Zhuang, Xiao Jing, was already waiting outside the palace. He was waiting for the Empress to come when it would be convenient to send him in."
Wang Rong He nodded. "You've worked hard. Then, come to the palace tomorrow afternoon."
His Majesty and Wang Rong were both angry, but Wang Rong's face did not reveal any of it. Empress Dowager Chen asked a few concerned questions, while Empress Dowager Li said straightforwardly, "Although all thunder and rain is a favor, Your Majesty treats you well, and is considerate in every way, even if you were to bestow it upon me, the harem, in total, would not even be able to touch me. If Your Majesty does not give you these rewards, this humble one thinks that the Empress's life would be very difficult as well. "
"I'm from the province of ChenChen." Wang Rong He said, "This son knows his wrongs."
"The person who sent the dish was not smart this time. His Majesty's food should not be neglected. Should the empress eat the cold soup?" The Empress Dowager Li said, "This one punished those young eunuchs and replaced a few smart ones."
"Since mother treats me like that, I really don't know what to say." The Son of Heaven had ascended to the throne at a young age, the empress dowager lived in the Qianqing Palace, and both above and below the Qianqing Palace were the empress dowager's men. When the emperor was married and the empress dowager moved to the Peace and Peace Palace, the young Son of Heaven would leave her mother's imprisonment, so naturally he had to cultivate his own confidants.
When he heard the reason of the empress's disharmony, although he really wanted to educate the empress to look down on the sin of grace, in the end, it was more important to strengthen the control of the Qianqing Palace. Thus, he could only stand by the empress's side and find an opportunity to punish the person who used the Qianqing Palace, before reinserting his own people back into the palace.
Wang Rong and returned to and said, "Those who have been punished by the empress dowager for their Qianqing Palace, go and sigh.
"The Empress's benevolence is truly the fortune of this harem." Li Gong was very moved as he said, "Those people can't be considered completely innocent. After all, it's because of them that the Empress and Your Majesty …"
"What's wrong with them? They've given us so many dishes in one year, and all of them sent us like this. Summer's food has turned sour, winter's food is cold, and it's not in their range to criticize. They've only sent His Majesty's kindness to places that they should go to." Wang Rong said helplessly, "I was a bit too delicate, but why couldn't I eat some of the cold soup? I didn't know that Xu Tiande had to eat the goose bestowed upon him by His Majesty. Your Majesty has only fought with me but not punished me. This is already a great favor. "
"His Majesty's heart is always burning for the Empress, so the Empress must not let this hurt her heart." Li Gong said.