After the fifth prince left the capital, the palace began to fall into peace again.
Emperor Yuwen was reviewing the memorial in the inner palace, probably a little tired, so he raised his head from time to time to move his neck.
Seeing this, Eunuch Ming quickly brought a plate of lychees and said to Emperor Yuwen with a smile: “I have been working all morning. Please eat some fruits and rest.”
“Eat 300 lychees a day, and I always become a Lingnan person.” When I saw that the lychees presented by Eunuch Ming was lychees, Emperor Yuwen couldn’t help but show joy on his face, and he recited Su Dongpo’s “The One-Serious Food of Lychees in Huizhou” to Eunuch Ming.
“This is the lychee that was newly tributed this year. It tastes sweet and delicious. Your Majesty quickly.” Eunuch Ming peeled it for the emperor and handed it to the emperor.
The emperor nodded, while eating lychees, as if he had remembered something, raised his head and asked Eunuch Ming, “Have you ever sent a sweet and delicious lychees to each palace?”
Hearing the emperor’s question, Eunuch Ming quickly shook his head and answered the emperor’s words. “The emperor doesn’t know that Lingnan has suffered from flooding this year, and the yield of lychees is extremely low. It is even rarer to have such delicious lychees. So I only sent them to the emperor, and there is no case in each palace.”
The emperor nodded in pondering, signaling that the emperor would stick his head over, and whisper to Ming.
The father-in-law said, “Go and get some lychees to Hongluanyuan. There is nothing delicious in winter. Xiao Shisan must be greedy these days.”
Eunuch Ming smiled and nodded, bowed to the emperor and said, “The emperor’s favor for Princess Thirteen is the first, and no one can compare to others.”
Eunuch Ming said while leaving to prepare.
But before he could leave, Emperor Yuwen called him from behind.
“What are the instructions for the emperor?” Eunuch Ming turned around and looked at Emperor Yuwen, bent down and asked the emperor.
Emperor Yuwen hesitated for a moment. He remembered what the fifth prince said to him when he left the capital. He couldn’t help feeling guilty. He waved to Eunuch Ming and said, “Forget it, let’s send some to the Queen’s harem first.”
Hearing that the emperor changed his mind, Emperor Yuwen was not able to speak, so he had to nod to the emperor.
Eunuch Ming took the lychee and was about to leave. Emperor Yuwen waved to Eunuch Ming again, sighed and said, “Forget it, I’ll go with you. When the fifth prince left the capital, I promised him to take good care of the queen. Now that I think about it, I have indeed not been to the queen’s harem for a long time.”
The emperor walked down from the dragon throne, shaking his shoulders and preparing to walk outside.
“Emperor
It’s cold outside, so you might as well put your cloak on first. What if you catch a cold?” Seeing that Eunuch MingXie also quickly took the cloak for the emperor to put it on, and carefully followed the emperor and walked towards the queen’s bedroom.
The queen was asleep. Qiu Shui, the close maid next to her, saw Emperor Yuwen coming, and hurriedly ran into the house anxiously, preparing to tell the queen about the news that the emperor had arrived.