Chapter 44 Cakes from the Queen
After the morning court, Emperor Changping returned to Chongde Hall. There were piles of memorials waiting for him to review on his imperial desk. Emperor Changping accepted his fate and shouldered what the emperor should do.
There is a vase with flowers in the corner of the imperial desk. Flowers are either precious treasures, or ordinary flowers. Since Emperor Changping said that in Wutong Palace, Empress Cao would always send vases with flowers in the Chongde Hall. Every time Emperor Changping always asked Zhang Quan to place them on his imperial desk.
At that time, the concubines in the harem learned about this news, which caused the incident of sending Emperor Changping to arrange flowers for a while. However, for those rare flowers that were more expensive than the other, Emperor Changping still liked Empress Cao to send him, and the others were sent back by him.
Time passed little by little, and the memorials on the imperial case of Emperor Changping were decreasing little by little. Emperor Changping narrowed his eyes and twisted his neck. When Zhang Quan saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward to massage Emperor Changping's shoulders, back and neck, "Your Majesty, you should take a breath first, don't be tired. The people in this world are counting on you to live, Your Majesty."
Emperor Changping shook his shoulders, Zhang Quan hurriedly retracted his hand and stood on one side. Emperor Changping raised his eyes and rolled him, "You can speak." He clicked on the memorial unfolded on the imperial case, picked up his pen and wrote the instructions, and the memorial was folded by Emperor Changping. The three words Mu Yanlang were displayed in front of others for a moment, and the memorial was closed in just a moment.
Emperor Changping put down the memorials and stood up, "Let's go, I will listen to your advice once, go out to wake up your eyes and clear your mind." After saying that, he took the lead in walking out, and Zhang Quan hurriedly followed, and behind him was a string of little palace maids and eunuchs.
Emperor Changping did not go to the Imperial Garden, he just walked back to the pavilion in the corridor in front of Chongde Hall. When he went to the Imperial Garden, it would be even more impure. After a while, those who received the news would go to the Imperial Garden.
Everything was complicated, and Emperor Changping was also very tired. Now that his sons had grown up and had their own little thoughts, he couldn't help but ask Zhang Quan, "Zhang Quan, how about these sons of mine?"
Zhang Quan felt a stern, but the smile on his face did not change at all. He bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, how dare I discuss with you all, your highness?"
Emperor Changping glanced at Zhang Quan, raised his hand and pointed Zhang Quan at the void, gritted his teeth on the face, and Zhang Quan hurriedly cooperated with a flattering smile. Emperor Changping rushed to him and slapped Zhang Quan in the head, "I asked you to say, just say, that's so much nonsense."
Zhang Quan had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, all of you are taught by Your Majesty himself, and you are your Majesty's son, so you are naturally a dragon and a phoenix among people." Saying that means not saying anything.
Emperor Changping was so angry that he gave Zhang Quan a slap in the head. He still slapped several times in discomfort. "Hmph", Emperor Changping walked back angrily. Zhang Quan hurriedly followed, and behind him was a string of little palace maids and eunuchs, and the group returned to Chongde Hall.
"Let Song Wenjie come here." Emperor Changping picked up Mu Yanlang's memorial and looked at it. His son was all the best among his brothers, so his voice in this court was naturally not low, and Emperor Changping felt complicated.
In his memorial, Mu Yanlang mentioned that this year's climate change is too impermanent. He was worried that this year's winter might be colder than before, so he wrote to Emperor Changping to prepare for it from the autumn harvest now, so as not to be too cold at that time, so he could make arrangements in time.
"Yes, Your Majesty", Zhang Quan hurriedly went to make arrangements.
Emperor Changping called him again, "Forget it, don't go, just give me instructions tomorrow morning."
"yes".
The hall calmed down for a moment, leaving only the small sounds that Emperor Changping made when he read the memorials. The eunuchs and palace maids, including Zhang Quan, had to be careful not to make a sound even when they breathed.
In the quiet hall, a little eunuch rushed in from the door and knelt on the floor in front of the hall, "Report to Your Majesty, Madam Ping from the Empress Palace came to bring pastries to Your Majesty on the order of the Empress Palace and was waiting in front of the hall." The reason why the little eunuch dared to report directly without notifying Zhang Quan was because Zhang Quan had ordered the little eunuchs in front of the hall to report immediately as long as they were from Wutong Palace.
Sure enough, Emperor Changping, who was not very happy to be disturbed, immediately smiled when he heard that it was from Wutong Palace. He put down his pen and ordered Zhang Quan, "Madam Xuanping, come in."
Zhang Quan's face was also full of smiles, "Yes, Your Majesty." Only those from Wutong Palace could let Your Majesty treat him like this. Zhang Quan personally went to the palace outside the palace to enter the palace, "Hurry, Your Majesty is waiting for the nanny, please follow me."
Madam Ping is an old man who is following Empress Cao. She has never bullied others with her power. Instead, she is polite to everyone. She is also polite to Zhang Quan at this time. She carried the food box to bless Zhang Quan, "Please trouble Eunuch Zhang."
Zhang Quan also knew that the queen's people were very kind from top to bottom, so he also replied to Madam Ping, "Madam is so polite, please, Your Majesty is waiting." Then he told Madam Ping in a very small voice, "Madam, I'm in a good mood today."
Now that he had already entered the hall, Madam Ping didn't say anything anymore, but just nodded gratefully.
Madam Ping entered the hall and hurriedly walked to the imperial case and knelt down to salute, "I will meet your majesty." The big food box was placed beside her.
Emperor Changping smiled and raised his hand, "Get up, the queen has sent me some new snacks today. I can't wait, come on."
Madam Ping hurriedly thanked her, "Thank you, Your Majesty, these pastries were prepared by the Empress today with His Royal Highness the Princess." Madam Ping stood up and handed the food box beside her to Zhang Quan. Zhang Quan hurriedly took out the food box and put it on the small kang table on the wide bed where Emperor Changping rested on weekdays, and arranged the dishes and silver chopsticks.
Emperor Changping also stood up and said with interest, "Oh, what will the queen and princess be doing?"
"Report to Your Majesty, now, the Empress is probably teaching the princess girl Hong."
Emperor Changping laughed loudly when he heard this, "Baoer can sit!" Madam Ping lowered her head and smiled. It was difficult for her to answer. Emperor Changping didn't need her to reply. He said, "Go back and tell the queen that I will have dinner at Wutong Palace today, so that Baoer can stay for dinner together."
"Yes, I will leave." Madam Ping withdrew from the hall and returned to Wutong Palace.
Emperor Changping went to clean his hands, and then came to the wide couch to sit down, picked up silver chopsticks, ate the pastry and tasted it. After using a piece of pastry, Emperor Changping sighed, "So many years have passed, and the pastry made by the queen is very similar to my wishes." He pointed to the teacup containing herbal tea, "Even this herbal tea is the same."
Zhang Quan smiled and complimented, "Your Majesty and Empress have been with you for so many years, the food you make is naturally the most suitable for Your Majesty's wishes, let alone the Empress's wholeheartedness for Your Majesty."
Emperor Changping didn't say anything else. He just smiled and used some pastry and some herbal tea. Then he rinsed his mouth and returned to the imperial case to continue reviewing the memorials.
Chapter completed!