Chapter 423 Experience
Rong Que kissed the corner of Su Qingqing's mouth and said, "You guys were able to get things done so smoothly in Yulin this time. I think he played an indispensable role in that."
Still jealous.
Su Qingqing couldn't help laughing, "Moduo only has Yingliu in his heart."
Rong Que and Mo Duo had no friendship. All he knew about Mo Duo was that he was the crown prince of Da Qi, who was deposed. Before he was deposed, he fought with Su Qingqing for several months.
This war was fought as if they were holding a banquet on the border.
They practiced in earnest during the day, and at night, Su Qingqing and Mo Duo roasted lamb legs over a bonfire along the border between the two countries, and talked about life and the future in that vast borderland.
That was Su Qingqing's prime years, in which he had never participated.
Originally, a celebration banquet was to be held, but Su Qingqing was pregnant and had been traveling for days and just wanted to rest, so she had no energy to attend the banquet. Xiao Yu, who was going to Yulin this time, stayed in the northwest, so the celebration banquet was cancelled.
Civil and military officials followed the carriage and sent the emperor and empress to the palace before dispersing.
The days of running around made Su Qingqing extremely sleep-deprived. After taking a comfortable bath, Rong Que wrapped her in a quilt and carried her back to the bed. She fell asleep before she even dried her hair.
Rong Que sat on the edge of the bed, carefully wiping Su Qingqing's hair. Looking at her sleeping face under the quilt, he felt sore and painful in his heart.
Other people's wives have to be taken care of delicately even when they are pregnant, but his wife... has become thinner again.
The water droplets on his hair were wiped dry, but it was still wet. Fearing that Su Qingqing would get sick, Rong Que had someone add a basin of charcoal to the room.
After everything was packed up, he took off his clothes and got into bed, then he grabbed the person, pulled her into his arms, and held her tightly.
Su Qingqing might have sensed his presence. She hummed softly, rubbed her head on the pillow, and continued to sleep without opening her eyes.
With their chests pressed against their backs, they looked like a pair of spoons snuggling together.
During the days when Su Qingqing was in the northwest, Rong Que didn't sleep well. He was busy fighting wits and courage with those old guys during the day, and he barely got through the busy day at night. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, he missed Su Qingqing terribly.
In the first few days after Su Qingqing left, he missed her the most and couldn't sleep all night long. Even after drinking the tranquilizing soup, he couldn't fall asleep. Ming, Ming Lu and He Chao were scared during those days, fearing that he would die suddenly one day.
Later, He Chao secretly made arrangements and asked the imperial physician to burn calming incense in his room and increase the dosage of calming medicine. Only then did he fall into a drowsy sleep.
After getting through the first month, I could sleep without calming incense, but I still had nightmares and woke up every night.
This is worse than not being able to sleep.
Whenever he thought of the panic and fear , his heart ached.
Now, the person is back and in his arms, Rong Que feels more at ease and relaxed than ever before.
This time, one because of fatigue from the long journey and the other because of sleeplessness, they hugged each other and slept from mid-afternoon until dawn the next day.
Ming and Minglu felt sorry for Rong Que, knowing that he hadn't slept like this in a long, long time. They didn't wake him up at the time for the morning court, but they didn't delay the court either.
Minglu went to He Chao's house before dawn.
When he left, He Chao was about to go out. When he saw him coming, he was shocked and asked, "What happened?"
When he said this, He Chao's voice was shaking.
The Empress had just returned, and the Emperor's personal attendants came to visit before dawn the next day. If something horrible hadn't happened, would they have come?
The moment he saw Ming Lu, He Chao almost staggered.
Ming Lu made him laugh and cry . "What could possibly happen? I just want to tell you that His Majesty has fallen asleep. He has been sleeping since he came back yesterday afternoon. He doesn't seem to be waking up from the noise, but if you look at the court in the morning..."
He Chao breathed a sigh of relief, "That's it? Nothing else?"
Minglu smiled and said, "What could happen? What are you looking forward to?"
He Chao sighed, "The morning court continues. The Queen came back yesterday and the food problem was completely solved. The Queen is in control of the Su family army. She first solved the flood in Guangdong and Guangxi and then solved the national food shortage. This has already established a firm foothold in the hearts of the people.
Now is the time to clean up those old guys who are doing nothing. Don't worry about it. Just cooperate with me during the morning court."
"How to cooperate?" Minglu said.
He Chao smiled and said, "You'll know when you get there."
Ming Lu had always known that He Chao was a mean person, but he had never thought that he could be so mean and evil.
During the morning court session in the Golden Throne Hall, everyone, including the emperor, had no time to eat breakfast because they got up too early. Normally, they would make up for it after the court session.
As a result, this morning...
When all the civil and military officials arrived, Ming Lu stood on the high platform of the Golden Palace as He Chao had said before, and glanced at the civil and military officials who looked at him with suspicion.
"His Majesty has ordered that each of you submit an essay of no less than 2,000 words on the grain shortage in the court."
As Minglu's voice sounded, Minghe and his people came in one after another . Small tables were carried in and placed at the feet of the adults. There were pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the tables.
"My Lords, let's begin!"
boom!
The entire Golden Palace was suddenly filled with discussions.
"What do you mean? Your Majesty wants us to write here now?"
"Why should we write this? The problem has been solved, and we are not responsible for it. Why should we write about our experience?"
“That’s right.”
When the discussion had almost reached a climax, He Chao stood in front and raised his voice in a sarcastic tone, "Of course you didn't solve the problem. The problem was solved by the Empress, who was pregnant. What? Is it glorious? You get paid by the court, but you rely on a pregnant woman to solve your problems so that you can rest easy?"
Jingzhao Yin Huang has always been a loyal supporter of He Chao, and he immediately said: "If you don't write your experience and analysis now, what will happen next time something big happens, do you still expect the Queen to come forward?
I don’t have the face to do that!
I am writing this experience now. I didn’t contribute at that time. If I still feel reluctant to write a summary now, I think I should give up my job and go home to lie down. It’s so comfortable. I don’t have to do anything. Anyway, I have saved enough for retirement over the years.”
Lord Huang's words were always more sarcastic than He Chao's.
The two of them talked back and forth, and with the addition of a few other people who supported Rong Que, most of the court officials had sat down and started writing their thoughts.
There were still a few who relied on their seniority and refused to do this, clamoring to see the emperor. Minglu had already invited Wang Yu, who stood at the entrance of the Golden Throne Hall in armor and said angrily: "Before you want to see the emperor, you should see the queen first and tell her what you have been busy with during the days when the queen has been working hard!"
