Translator – Xiao He Lian
Chapter 93.2
When he walked into the mourning hall, the Empress was preparing something with a pale face. Concubine Rong was kneeling with tears in her eyes, some of the imperial sons were also kneeling aside and there were monks chanting sutras.
“As soon as the Empress saw him, she immediately came over and asked someone to bring a sackcloth for him to put on and said to him: “Go, kowtow then let’s go back to the palace.”
Xian Sheng kowtowed and then she took his hand and walked out, saying: “Everyone else is still observing filial piety. They have to take turns, they can’t be all here and there are still a lot of things to deal with.”
On the way, people kept coming to find her. The queen was very patient, she ordered them one by one. Xian Sheng had never experienced it before, so he observed it secretly and kept it in his mind.
When she returned to the palace, Xian Sheng immediately slumped on the chair and took a breath: “When I came, I saw two dead bodies being taken away.”
It’s a little palace maid, I guess she just entered the palace this year and she is ignorant. The two girls were laughing and they were reported to Concubine Rong. They were caned to death and will be buried with the Empress Dowager.
The queen took a sip of water, seeing that Xian Sheng didn’t speak, she smiled and said: “Scared? It’s nothing, this palace eats people and doesn’t spit bones1(derogatory, figuratively) to be extremely ruthless and greedy. You’ll know when Zhan Zhen ascends the throne in the future.”
Ruyi wiped the sweat on Xian Sheng and the queen said again: “Since you are here, you can drink the anti-abotion medicine, so I won’t have to send it to you today.”
“Thank you mother.”
“Did you come walking today?”
“It’s really not suitable to do anything special these few days.”
“You are in such poor health and pregnant. Later, I will tell the Emperor, so don’t run back and forth. Anyway, one more of you is not much, and one less of you is not more2One more of you is not much, and one less of you is not more, which means that this person is dispensable and irrelevant..”
“If I don’t come, I’m afraid it will look like the Crown Prince does not understand the etiquette.”
“I’m here, so you don’t have to come. The Empress Dowager is a matter of our generation, it has nothing to do with you juniors but Zhan Zhen must come on the day of the funeral. Can you stay at home alone?”
“I’m not going?”
“You can’t take the carriage on that day. Even His Majesty has to walk to the imperial mausoleum, so you won’t be able to handle it.”
“But…”
“Don’t worry, just drink the medicine and go back, the palace is not very lively now. After Xian Sheng finished drinking the medicine and rested for a while, the Empress called for a Sedan Chair. Xian Sheng hurriedly refused: “It’s not suitable, I’ll rest for a while and go by myself.”
“Look at you tired, then sleep here for a while, wait for Zhan Zhen to come over to carry you out.”
The Empress was in a hurry and gave some orders and went back to work. Xian Sheng really started to feel sleepy, so he slept on the reclining chair for a while.
Near lunch time, Zhan Zhen really came over. The queen was dialing the abacus and upon seeing this said: “Go and eat something and take Xian Sheng back later. Let her go back to the house to eat some good food, she is so weak, you have to take good care of her.”
“Erchen will go back and eat with him.”
“Don’t eat so well these days. Don’t eat greasy food, if people see it, then they will say you are an unfilial child.” While speaking, someone brought food to the Empress, and she immediately left the table and said, “Come here and accompany mother to eat.”
Zhan Zhen frowned, came over reluctantly, stuffed himself with a mouthful of green vegetables. He swallowed it and said, “It tastes like chewing wax.”
“You brat.” The empress sighed: “Queen Wei has really good fortune. She gave birth to such a good-tempered and flowery daughter. Believe it or not, if you let Xian Sheng accompany this place to eat, she certainly won’t say a word.”
“Where did the good temper come from?” Zhan Zhen said: “He has been very temperamental lately.”
“I forgot to tell you this, pregnancy can be moody and when this palace was pregnant with you, your father did not dare to come over.”
“That’s Exaggerated”
Before, Empress Xin spoke a voice came from the doorway: “Not exaggerated at all.”
Emperor Jin strode in, asked the maids to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks and joined the conversation, “You don’t know, when she wanted to eat something back then, she had to eat it right away. I remember one time I had to go out to eat deep-fried dough strips3. I personally accompanied her out. Guess what?”
Zhan Zhen took a handkerchief to wipe his mouth and asked cautiously: “What happened?”
“The fried dough strips too long ah.” Emperor Jin gave him a gesture: “I want to eat from one end, she has to let me eat it from the other end. You tell me, when eating fried dough strips, which end comes?”
Zhan Zhen: “…..”
The Empress brought dishes to the emperor Jin: “You can’t forget it, can you?”
“Also, at that time, there was a small carved cup in your mother’s palace, which was carved all the way to the rim of the cup. She did not allow my lips to touch the flower and I said you could change it and she would say that the carving of the cup was meaningful. In short, it was wrong for me to drink even a sip of water.”
“Unreasonable.” Zhan Zhen looked at the Empress, who gave Emperor Jin a sideways glance and said to Zhan Zhen, “He took it out of context, there are reasons for these things…”
Xian Sheng had already woken up. He laid inside, listening to this family conversation, gently pulling the blanket on his body.
After an unknown time, Emperor Jin was called away in a hurry. He heard Zhan Zhen say: “I’ll call him.”
“What are you calling? Wait until he wakes up by himself.”
The sound of footsteps came and stopped again. It seemed that the Empress was holding him back. She whispered something and then heard Zhan Zhen ask suddenly, “After getting pregnant, we shouldn’t have s*x?”
“Seven months will pass in a flash.” The queen coaxed him: “You should be more considerate during pregnancy, you are now a father, eh?”
After a while, Zhan Zhen walked in. Xian Sheng looked at him, seeing his frown, he looked like a puppy who had lost the source of happiness.
When he reached out, the puppy came over, squatted down and lay on his knees, and said unhappily, “It’s been so long since we’ve been together, this child is so impatient.”
“It’s not your fault.”
“That’s true.” The corner of Zhan Zhen’s mouth twitched and then suddenly withdrew, becoming more and more unhappy: “I have such a vigorous and powerful skill, my inside is brewing storms on rivers and seas4aka he and his little brother are restless. If I have to wait for seven months, I am afraid that I will be suffocated.”
He was waiting for Xian Sheng to give him a promise, for example, that he would cooperate obediently. After all, it was necessary for a husband and wife to get along with each other.
Xian Sheng saw what he was coming for, he pushed Zhan Zhen’s head, watched him bounce back and said, “From now on, the wall next to the couch will be rewarded to you.”
Zhan Zhen was cold for a while before he said :”You’ve changed.”
“You have become vulgar.”
“I’m going to follow the local customs.”
The author has something to say
Lue lue: don’t learn from my mother.
Queen: ? ? ?
Sheng Sheng: cute and innocent baby like jpg
1(derogatory, figuratively) to be extremely ruthless and greedy2One more of you is not much, and one less of you is not more, which means that this person is dispensable and irrelevant.34aka he and his little brother are restless
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