Chapter 198 The Empress

In the Jiaofang Palace, Chen Quan took advantage of the drunkenness and made a fuss about washing the Queen's feet.

He was still mumbling: "It's been a long time since I washed Sister Lian's feet. This time, I, the emperor, will let me serve you with my own hands."

When he was a boy, he did this.

Doing it at that time was a sign of love between husband and wife and fun in the boudoir.

Now, if Queen Shen dares to let him wash her feet, tomorrow the heads of the Shen family, big and small, will fall on the ground.

Although, there are not many people in the Shen family now.

"Your Majesty didn't drink much today, why did he start talking drunkenly?"

Unable to refuse openly, Empress Shen had no choice but to pull Chen Quan to sit down: "Sit down, I have something else to ask you. Your Majesty, why did you think of my little sister today?"

"Little sister?" Chen Quan concentrated on thinking of Queen Shen's little sister.

Shen Qinghe is two years younger than Shen Qinglian, and they have been in love since childhood. Both sisters are good-looking and as pretty as flowers.

No, the flowers are not as pretty as those of the Shen sisters.

When he was able to marry Shen Qinglian, it was because his ancestors burned high incense. Who wouldn't say that Shen Qinglian was like a flower placed on top of his cow dung, Chen Shiluo.

It was Shen Qinghe's turn to get married, and she was married to Master Lu of Dongyang County. Everyone praised Shen Qinghe for marrying well.

It is said that Lu Yuanshan is handsome, handsome and elegant, and Shen Qinghe is a match made in heaven.

He was actually a little unconvinced. Except for his family background and appearance, he was not as good as Lu Yuanshan. He was worse than Lu Yuanshan in that way.

However, the younger sister still respected him as her brother-in-law, and even her brother-in-law Lu Yuanshan had always had a good relationship with him, until Yunfei was taken back to the house and became slightly unhappy.

Thinking of Yun Fei, Chen Quan thought of Lu Yuanshan's death and couldn't help but sigh.

"My little sister died unjustly. I just want to choose a stepson for her and Yuan Shan. At least there is someone who can inherit the family legacy."

"I don't agree." Queen Shen said with a cold face.

Seeing the queen like this, Chen Quan felt a little flustered for a moment, as if he had returned to the moment when the two first met.

At that time, he wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Shen family and tried to find ways to block her every day.

How could the eldest daughter of the Shen family fall in love with a libertine like him at that time? She was as cold-faced as she is now and didn't even look at him.

"Qinglian."

Chen Quan was drunk and couldn't tell the situation for a moment. He only knew that his wife was angry and wanted to comfort him.

He bent down and put his arm around Queen Shen's shoulders, and asked in a soft voice: "Why don't you agree? Are you going to let your younger sister and brother-in-law live under the influence of Jiuquan without anyone even burning paper money?"

"I just think Hongnan and Hebei are not dead yet. Didn't you say you haven't seen the bodies of the two children? If you haven't seen them, then they must not be dead."

Empress Shen softened her voice and tried to be docile and kind, "I thought that these two children were scared and did not dare to come out. After two years of stability, they will definitely come back to recognize their ancestors."

Chen Quan just smiled when he heard this.

Under the light, the smile did not reach his eyes, making Chen Quan's slightly fat face look less kind.

"If you think so, then I'll just follow you. If it doesn't work, I'll send someone to look for it."

"And Xiang Ge."

Speaking of Lu Shenge, Queen Shen felt vaguely in tears, "I always feel that the child Shenge is not dead either."

Lu Shengge was the youngest child among the Shen family siblings. This child simply followed the Shen family's inner vision. He was well-behaved, smart and good-looking.

Empress Shen gave birth to three sons and no daughters. She always loved Lu Xiangge as her own daughter.

Who knows, who knows...

"Okay, okay, don't cry, be careful not to hurt yourself." Chen Quan patted Queen Shen on the back.

He also liked Lu Xiuge's child, but if he died, he would die. Only a stupid wife like him could believe that Qinghe's three children were not dead.

Since she thinks this way, she will follow her, and there is always something in her heart.

Empress Shen stopped when she saw that it was good, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and her eyes were soft and bright like water: "Brother Quan, shouldn't I cry? You see, this day is so good, and I am still crying..."

Chen Quan also didn't like women crying. Seeing Empress Shen put away her tears, he felt satisfied: "This is our home. You can cry if you want, and do whatever you want. Who dares to say you can't do it?"

"real?"

With the tear-stained handkerchief still in her hand, Queen Shen immediately asked impatiently, "Can you really do whatever you want?"

Chen Quan lowered his eyes: "Yes, what do you want to do?"

"I want to copy some scriptures for my brother and sister. As you know, I have a slow temper and things in this palace are complicated. Why not give some to the noble concubine so that I can free up my hands..."

"nonsense."

Before Queen Shen could finish her words, Chen Quan turned cold and said, "You are the master of the harem. How complicated can it be? No matter how complicated it is, you still have Caiyue Caiqin and the others."

Queen Shen lowered her head and held the wet handkerchief motionless.

But I am slandering in my heart, when the woman named Zhou was making trouble, it was you who wanted me to divide my power. Now I want to divide my power, but you are still unwilling.

"What, are you angry?"

Chen Quan noticed that the soft body in his arms was a little stiff, and he tried to coax him, "It's not that I don't want to do it, it's because the rules are here. Just copy the scriptures slowly. If you feel that the harem affairs are complicated, just ask Ask your mother and ask her to help you."

"Yes." Queen Shen responded softly.

Her purpose was not to decentralize power to the woman named Zhou, but she wanted to copy a few scriptures openly so that she could go to the temple and light some everlasting lanterns for her brother and sister.

It is also a good way for her, the lamp provider, to have pure eyes in all her lifetimes, and not to become blind and unable to recognize people clearly.

When the Queen Mother was mentioned, the couple chatted for a while.

The Queen Mother is actually in good health, but her eyesight is bad and she can't see clearly, because the Queen Mother is reluctant to come out.

At today's New Year's Eve banquet, the Queen Mother only sat for a while and then returned to her palace under the protection of the third prince.

When mentioning her youngest son, Queen Shen's tone became much lighter: "Ye'er also said that when he moves out of the palace, he will take his grandmother to live in his royal residence for a while."

"What's that like?" Although Chen Quan disagreed, he didn't mean to blame him.

"It's because their grandparents have a good relationship." Empress Shen said with a sour tone, "You don't know how much mother cares about Ye'er. Even I, a mother, can't compare to that."

"You can also eat this sour vinegar."

Chen Quan smiled and lifted Queen Shen's chin, looking at the beauty under the lamp. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Queen Shen was even more beautiful than when he first saw her.

Without waiting for Queen Shen to speak, he raised his fingers and pressed the Queen's cherry blossom lips, murmuring: "It's getting late, we should rest."

That night, the lights in Jiaofang Hall didn't turn off until midnight, and I had to ask for hot water one more time.

When Chen Quan started snoring, Empress Shen closed her eyes, rolled away from Chen Quan's arms, stood up and entered the cubicle next to her. She took out a black pill from a gold hairpin, not even water, it was stiff. Swallowed it.

As the cold wind blew outside the window, Empress Shen copied a few more pages of scriptures. After the medicinal taste in her mouth faded away, she took some tea and rinsed her mouth. Then she turned back to the tent covered with melons and lay down far away from Chen Quan.

The lights of Concubine Zhou's Yuhua Palace were kept on all night, which was comparable to the bustle of Jiaofang Palace, and the sporadic sound of broken porcelain falling to the ground was considered consistent.
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