Although Ying Tai was good, and could not be stayed for long, and although the emperor was lazy, he still went to the imperial court every once in a while, so going from Ying Tai to Huangji Hall was a huge effort of his.
His Majesty seemed to have reverted back to the days when he was still in power. He politely and humbly invited the court and officials to fish by the lake, and when they were free, he exchanged pleasantries with them. His majesty Wang spoke with tears in his eyes, as if no one in his family had given up and wanted to return to their hometown just because of the ruckus in the leopard house.
He was still willing to die for the king.
Zhu Yijun caught the fishes from the Ying Tai, Zhu Yijun told the disciples of the pavilion to bring them home to eat some food, the two lords Wang also brought them back to take care of them, saying that it was a holy fish, and that they would kill the fishes and cook the fishes when they return home, then recite the holy graces before dinner.
After Zhu Yijun heard this, he laughed out loud at Wang Rong, "I still think that Shen Shi and Xing Ye are very much in my heart."
"This is the first time Lord Wang has received such a reward from His Majesty. In the future, when you come to the Ying Tai to fish for them a few more times, you will know that it's time to eat." Wang Rong said with a smile.
"I didn't eat the first time, so it won't be that easy to eat in the future." Zhu Yijun said.
"Your Majesty couldn't be thinking of some tricks, right?" "" Wang Rong said with a smile. "Don't purposefully give His Excellency Wang so many big fish, turning your subject's house into a fish pond."
Zhu Yijun smiled and squinted his eyes, as if he had seen the scene Wang Rong described.
"After His Majesty returns to the palace, which palace should he stay in? "I'll get someone to clean it up first." Wang Rong asked.
"Qixiang Palace then." Zhu Yijun said, "Where are you going to cause trouble?"
"I'm afraid that's not appropriate." Wang Rong Yun said with a smile, obviously not feeling that there was anything amiss. Husband and wife should have lived together. It wasn't normal for them to live separately from each other.
"I can live wherever I want. Could it be that others can come and say that it's inappropriate?" Zhu Yijun said. Or do you want to live in another palace? "
"Where can I live?" Wang Rong said, "Otherwise, we can only go to Changchun Palace and squeeze with Rong Chang."
"Then why not squeeze with us at Qixiang Palace?" Zhu Yijun said. "Then it's settled."
The main hall would be used as a sleeping quarters, while the main hall would be used as a sleeping quarters. As well as the emperor's study, Wang Rong and the person who would be in charge of the palace affairs would be sent to the rear hall to receive the imperial concubines.
Before the summer ended, Wang Rong He and Zhu Yijun had already returned to the palace.
"The palace is hot and stuffy, aren't you unable to withstand the heat?" Zhu Yijun said.
"It's not as hot this year as in previous years." Wang Rong He said.
"Ying Tai is indeed a little small. Coincidentally, this time around, Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace are going to be refurbished, so we might as well have them renovate the western courtyard's palace. You can also go to one more place." Zhu Yijun said.
"When I'm together with His Majesty, whether it's the Ying Tai, the Western Courtyard, or the Qixiang Palace, I don't think they're small either." Wang Rong He said.
"My mouth is so sweet." Zhu Yijun stroked her chin and said, "It was not this sweet in the past."
"Then there will be something sweeter." Wang Rong said with a smile.
Zhu Yijun very rarely refuted Wang Rong's suggestion, and now, he could be said to be extremely obedient. Since the Empress had said that she wanted to return to the palace, then she would return to the palace.
This was all thanks to the difficulty of meeting His Majesty. The princesses would not come to pay their respects at this time, but Imperial Noble Consort Zheng had brought along the baby Huang San Zi, and Madame Li had brought him along as well. The Imperial Consort Gong was uncertain and even up to the point of departure did not say that she would bring the Eldest Prince there.
But when she reached Qixiang Palace, Eldest Prince was still there by her side.
Rong Chang and Zhao Yi did not prepare to welcome them, but when the two little sisters were together, they prepared to pay respects at Qixiang Palace. After that, Rong Chang nodded and said that her empress would definitely let them have their meals. Then, the Imperial Consort Yi saw that the current Emperor had five sons, three of them came, and the two princesses did not appear.
Because it was done in a hurry, it had only arrived a moment before the Qixiang Palace arrived. When he knelt down and welcomed it, his back was covered in a layer of cold sweat.
Zhu Yijun did not see anyone kneeling down to welcome him, he went straight into the hall, only Wang Rong and the others came to welcome him, and after entering the hall, he asked the Emperor to invite the two princes and three princesses in, and then he left after eating dinner.
"If we were to come here to welcome them, our children would be different from the adults. In such a bright future, we have waited outside for quite a bit of time. Our children are filial to their fathers, so it would be good for His Majesty to return the kindness."
"I also did not let them come and welcome them. I only tormented them for no reason. It is also because their mother did not feel sorry for them. " Zhu Yijun said, "Alright, call him in."
Imperial Noble Consort Zheng was pleased because the Third Prince was young. Imperial Noble Consort Zheng did not need the wet nurse to personally carry him in, so the rest of the concubines were not as daring as she was. If the Emperor did not summon her, Imperial Noble Consort Zheng would not dare to go in.
He just stood outside the Qixiang Palace, waiting for the emperor to call out to him so he could immediately go in.
The rest of the concubines dispersed, touching their stomachs. No one knew what they were thinking.
With the eldest son of the Emperor as the head on the left, Imperial Noble Consort Zheng carried Huang San Zi and followed behind. On the right was Rong Chang and the wet nurse carrying the Third Princess. They all knelt down to pay their respects to the empress.
"Get up." Zhu Yijun said indifferently, "You are still young, and it takes too much time to welcome a boat. The reason why I don't let you welcome me when I return to the palace is for your own good."
"It's good to have filial piety, but it depends on where you can use it."
"Your son will receive his teachings." Rong Chang started the fight first, while the rest of the Eldest Prince and Princess Zhao Yi followed suit.
"In the future, if Your Majesty is to return to the palace from the outside, you can come and accompany father for a meal. There's no need to welcome him, your father also loves you." Seeing that his Majesty had spoken to him, Zhu Changluo was a little afraid and tried to smooth things over.
"The three big ones stay, the two little ones go back and drink some milk." Zhu Yijun said.
His Majesty hadn't even seen her for a long time, before he carried the Third Prince in and out of the palace just like that. Fortunately, the Third Princess was a wet nurse and wasn't brought in by his concubine, so the Imperial Noble Consort Zheng felt embarrassed and glared at her wet nurse.
The nanny hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to meet the gaze of this beloved concubine.
Imperial Noble Consort Zheng went out and told Imperial Consort Gong, Imperial Consort Yi and Madame Li, "Your majesty will keep Eldest Prince and Princess Rong Chang here, Princess Zhao Yi will eat, and the rest can go their separate ways."
In the kitchen, she already understood what she meant. But there was still His Majesty, as well as the princes and princesses, who could not avoid setting up a large dining table. Wang Rong and His Majesty sat at the head of the table, while Eldest Prince and the two princesses sat at the other small round table.
He first looked at the dining table, and saw a few dishes that Rong Chang liked or might like were all given to the eunuch to deliver to the table of the princes and princesses, he also wanted to gently ask Zhao Yi if there was anything Eldest Prince would like to eat.
Zhu Yijun saw that it was hot, and did not allow the serving eunuch to move, so he just looked at Wang Rong and he greeted him before turning his head, "Your majesty, why aren't you eating, is it that you don't like it?"
"If no one gives us food, what will we eat?" Zhu Yijun asked.
Wang Rong looked at him with a disapproving smile. "Then what does Your Majesty want to eat? I'll make some food for Your Majesty."
"There's no need for others to say anything. We just eat to our heart's content. We don't have such blessings." Zhu Yijun pretended to sigh.
"In front of the children, Your Majesty should stop." After that, she smiled and served the food to Zhu Yijun. She naturally knew what Zhu Yijun liked, and the food was naturally to his liking.
Zhu Yijun ate a few chopsticks before letting her eat his, so he didn't need to be busy taking care of his and didn't have anything to eat.
Wang Rong naturally would not treat her unfairly, but hearing that Zhu Yijun was concerned about her, it was a different kind of press.
After the meal, the prince and princess took their leave as well. Zhu Yijun changed into his usual attire and rested his head on Wang Rong's knees. Wang Rong brought a comb over his head, "Your majesty, when Imperial Noble Consort Zheng was here, why didn't you look at him at all?"
Zhu Yijun originally had his eyes closed to rest, but after hearing that, he paused for a bit before saying, "What's there to look at?"
"Your Majesty is starting to like it." Wang Rong said in a low voice, "Your majesty wants to see the Imperial Consort Zheng, so look at it openly, am I not going to let you?"
"Nothing to look at." Zhu Yijun said. "There is clearly a wet nurse who can carry me in, but she insisted on carrying me in herself. Her intentions are impure, and I don't like her."
"His Imperial Majesty has been used to it in the past as well." Wang Rong He said.
Zhu Yijun smiled as he went to find Wang Rong's wrist, and held it in his hand to play with it, "Are you jealous?"
"I'm not that stingy either. If His Majesty had taken a look, I wouldn't have been so stingy." Wang Rong He said, "His Majesty doesn't even look at him, as if he's purposefully avoiding his gaze."
"There's no need for that."
"Even if I want to, in the end, I am not in charge of His Majesty's heart. In order to prevent me from thinking too much, His Majesty thinks about the Imperial Noble Consort Zheng and doesn't even look at him. To be able to endure this for so long, she won't be able to endure this life."
"I don't want to look at the Zheng Family, and you're already in the mood to eat. If I look at the Zheng Family a little more, wouldn't you want to make your Qixiang Palace sour?" Zhu Yijun laughed.
"Men, come! Imperial Noble Consort Zheng has a frivolous demeanor and has no grand concubine. She has to trespass into palace rules a hundred times. Before she is finished, don't leave the palace for now." Zhu Yijun sent someone to the Salty Fortune Palace to pass down the order.
"I'm not asking you to punish her?" Wang Rong was also shocked by Zhu Yijun's sudden order.
"You won't be able to get through the knot in the Imperial Noble Consort Zheng in a short period of time, so you have to make sure that she rarely appears in front of us. I'm not sad about that." Zhu Yijun laughed.
"I was narrow-minded." Wang Rong admitted her mistakes with a good attitude.
"Then what?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile. If Wang Rong was still the same as before, although he liked her, it would be hard to say who would only look at her. However, ever since Ying Tai was revealed, Wang Rong became even more adorable, and this became even more so in the past. Zhu Yijun knew that this was a part of the story that Wang Rong had concealed from the past. However, as a manly man, since the past was over, there was no point in investigating Wang Rong and how restrained she used to be towards him. Even though he felt that he hadn't hidden anything from Wang Rong from the beginning and had given him what he could.
Since those weren't things that Wang Rong and she valued, he would give them to Wang Rong and what she wanted. He would like to see what Wang Rong and the truest, truest heart looked like.
"It's good to be narrow-minded." Wang Rong He said, "My heart is big to others, but only with His Majesty. His Majesty will allow me to be a little narrow-minded."