bookcurios Chapter 264: Return to the Palace Delayed
Chapter 264: Return to the Palace Delayed
Lin Junxue looked at Xie Yu with a worried look on her face.
"Your Majesty, is my mother seriously ill? You should send someone to bring her back immediately. I will clean up Ci'an Palace tomorrow to welcome her back."
Xie Yu said in a deep voice, "The illness is not serious. Nanny Wu wrote to me saying that the Queen Mother is depressed and misses me very much, so she occasionally catches a cold."
Lin Junxue thought about it, and the next second, she looked a little embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, if Mother has caught a cold, then when we return to the palace, the journey from Yushan to the palace is long, with heavy snow and strong winds, and Mother's body may not be able to handle it. It would be bad if her condition worsens on the way."
Xie Yu paused. He had actually forgotten about this matter. Yushan was thousands of miles away from the imperial palace.
If the Queen Mother comes back, she will be exhausted from the journey, and there is a risk that her condition will worsen.
Although the queen mother acted too cruelly this time, the mother-son love they have had for so many years still exists.
Xie Yu said, "Jun'er, your worries are justified. Since the Queen Mother has caught a cold, it is not good for her to travel a long distance, but the Queen Mother is eager to return to the palace. Moreover, the Queen Mother is seriously ill. If I do not agree to let her return to the palace, I am afraid that people will talk about it."
After all, Xie Yu still values his reputation the most and is afraid of being branded as unfilial.
Lin Junxue walked over to Xie Yu and sat down, then spoke softly.
"I know that Your Majesty is filial to His Majesty, but the Queen Mother has caught a cold and cannot be tossed around. If her condition gets worse, it will be bad for His Majesty. I have an idea. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to listen to it?"
Xie Yu turned around and looked at Lin Junxue beside him, patting her hands.
"Do you have any good ideas, Jun'er? Feel free to tell me."
Lin Junxue said, "Your Majesty, why don't you send your imperial judge Zhao Yuanpan to Yushan? With Zhao Yuanpan, the living Hua Tuo, my mother's cold will surely heal quickly. This will also show your filial piety to your mother. Moreover, it snows heavily in winter, and my mother's body cannot bear the long journey. Why don't you give an order to welcome my mother back to the palace in March next year, the beginning of spring. It will only take three or four months. I think my mother will understand your good intentions. In this way, the subjects and the people will only praise your filial piety."
When Xie Yu heard this, his expression immediately improved a lot, and he looked at Lin Junxue with even more tenderness.
Lin Junxue showed a hint of shyness
Xie Yu praised
"Jun'er, what you said is right. Let's do as you say. This is the best way. Tomorrow, I will send Zhao Yuanpan to Yushan to take care of my mother in person. In March of next year, I will send someone to bring my mother back to the palace."
Originally, Xie Yu had already agreed to let the Queen Mother return to the palace, but the letter and sachet sent by Zhang Yuyan yesterday played a significant role.
Thinking of the Queen Mother's actions this time, Xie Yu became angry again.
He could have kept the matter quiet, but he had to let his mother know clearly what he had done.
The following year, he returned to the palace in March, which was also a warning to his mother.
Lin Junxue smiled and said, "As long as your Majesty thinks it's good, I was just saying it casually."
Xie Yu held Lin Junxue in his arms. Lin Junxue leaned in his arms, without any emotion in her eyes.
Day two.
Xie Yu passed down the order and sent Zhao Yuanpan to Yushan.
In the morning, after Lin Junxue mentioned Wu Renlang intentionally or unintentionally.
Xie Yu asked Wu Renlang, the deputy judge, to temporarily act as the judge and be responsible for his daily pulse diagnosis.
The imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau was so stunned when he saw Wu Renlang calmly accepting the imperial edict that he couldn't even feel jealous.
This year, Wu Renlang's promotion speed has broken the rules of the Imperial Medical Service.
Wu Renlang looked down at the imperial edict in his hand. He naturally knew who had asked for it on his behalf.
The emperor has always trusted Zhao Yuanpan and has never asked anyone else to check his pulse.
Now, he was asked to temporarily replace Zhao Yuanpan's position?
He knew clearly that without the Queen, he would not be where he is today. His life was saved by General Lin and his future was given to him by the Queen.
In this life, he will only serve the queen as a slave.
Xie Yu sent someone to deliver the imperial edict to Yushan at full speed.
The Queen Mother was originally waiting with great joy, and Xie Yu sent people to welcome her back to the palace, and he was very confident that this matter would be successful.
But after hearing Xie Yu's decree, the empress dowager became furious.
Over the years, when the late emperor was alive, she was the most favored concubine in the harem. When Xie Yu ascended the throne, she firmly grasped the power of the harem. Xie Yu was also obedient to the empress dowager.
She had never suffered such injustice, and the empress dowager was so angry that she fainted.
The Queen Mother was pretending to be sick, but that night she actually caught a cold and was bedridden.
After Zhao Yuan's verdict came out, the Empress Dowager took a full half month to recover.
The empress dowager, who had recovered from her illness, also knew that she could no longer act rashly.
What did the emperor find out? That's why he didn't let her return to the palace immediately after she claimed to be sick, and waited until the beginning of spring to send someone to bring her back to the palace.
No matter how reluctant the Queen Mother was, she could only wait until the beginning of next spring.
She would never have thought that this was all because of Lin Junxue, whom she despised the most, who ended up hindering her way back to the palace.
Zhonghe Palace
Lin Junxue, Zhang Yuyan and Li Shiwen were drinking tea.
After Li Shiwen finished her confinement, she refused to go anywhere else except Zhonghe Palace.
Zhang Yuyan finished eating a piece of osmanthus cake
"Sister Li, you are a little plumper than before"
Women in dynasties mostly considered slimness as beauty, so even after giving birth, they would not let themselves gain weight.
Not to mention the concubines in the harem, who also had to stay slim in order to be favored.
Lin Junxue looked at Li Shiwen and said, "Shiwen, you are indeed a little plump."
Li Shiwen put down the cake in his hand and smiled embarrassedly.
"My queen, my sister, after giving birth to Ziyi, I no longer wanted the emperor's favor. I just wanted to live my own life behind closed doors, so I didn't deliberately lose weight. It's good this way. Now I am unwilling to sleep with you."
Li Shiwen feels that her life is really good now.
She became the head of the Nine Concubines, which was already a high position, and she could keep Zi Yi by her side, so she was very satisfied.
Lin Junxue said, "Since it is what you want, just follow your heart and be happy. It is not easy to live the life you want in this world for decades. Has Ziyi been bothering you recently?"
When mentioning Xie Ziyi, Li Shiwen immediately showed a happy smile on her face
"Ziyi, she started to make noises after the confinement period, but she has been better in the past few days. Perhaps she has known that my canonization ceremony will be in three days, so she has been quieter. In the past few days, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have come to the palace and have been very careful about everything. Thinking about the canonization ceremony, I feel it is too tedious and exhausted."
Zhang Yuyan said, "Sister Li, your enthronement ceremony should have been held last month. If it weren't for this incident in the harem, it should have been completed long ago. However, no matter how tired you are, it will only take one day."
Li Shiwen smiled and nodded
"Yes, Her Majesty asked Xiao Xiazi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to personally organize the canonization ceremony for this concubine. This Xiao Xiazi is indeed capable and can be used."
Lin Junxue smiled but said nothing
Xiao Xia Zi is Xiao Cheng's godson, and has been following Xiao Cheng since entering the palace.
He personally trained this person, so naturally he can't be wrong.