Harem Daily Life

Chapter 238 The Queen is in Danger

Tao Yanyan had just finished telling a story to Xiao Jinan and coaxed the child to sleep. When she returned to her room, she saw He Linzhang had come with the manuscript she had written a few days ago on the reform of Huangzhuang.

"Your Majesty has been so busy these days. Do you still have time to read my manuscript?" Tao Yanyan said as she poured him a new cup of tea.

He Linzhang took a sip of the tea, put it back on the table, and pulled Tao Yanyan over to sit on his lap: "It's really a headache for those censors to keep pestering the Duke's Mansion and the Queen. The old Duke was an important official in the court during the previous emperor's time, and he would never do anything to harm the interests of the royal family. The Queen's second uncle is an outlier in the royal family. He has been a playboy since he was a child. I didn't expect that he would do something that would damage the family name at the age of several dozen."

Tao Yanyan put his arm around his neck and said, "Even the nine sons of a dragon are different from each other. Not all the children of a large family are outstanding. So you must educate your children well after you give birth to them. Otherwise, if they grow up crooked, it will be easy for a good vine to grow a crooked melon, and you will suffer in the end."

He Linzhang pinched her face and said, "Jin'an will be outstanding in the future under your education."

Tao Yanyan slapped his hand away and said angrily: "Pinching again? Are you so easy to pinch?"

He Linzhang laughed: "I've seen you pinch Jin'an's face often, and I also saw you pinch Yue'er's face a few days ago. Why can you pinch their chubby faces, but I can't pinch yours?"

Tao Yanyan took the opportunity to pinch He Linzhang's face: "Then I, your majesty, will also return the favor and pinch him."

He Linzhang was well aware of her unwillingness to suffer any loss, so he moved his face closer and let her pinch him.

I have to say, the emperor is really handsome. As Tao Yanyan was pinching him, she couldn't help but lean lightly on his shoulder.

The atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous. He Linzhang turned his head and gently rubbed Tao Yanyan's forehead, and said in a hoarse voice: "I will carry you to take a bath."

During this period, the two had quarreled over some disagreements, and had also been sulking and awkward with each other. They had not been together for many days. He Linzhang was too excited and didn't know how to be satisfied.

"Your Majesty, you still have to attend court in a few hours. You should go to bed early. Otherwise, how can you have the energy to debate with those censors?" Tao Yanyan advised. She was afraid that she would die from overwork at such a young age.

He Linzhang glanced at the person under him and said: "Don't worry, I'm very strong. As for Yan Yan, I'll ask the imperial physician to prescribe some medicated food for you tomorrow. You've worked hard."

The next day, Tao Yanyan got up despite her fatigue. She had to go and prepare lunch for the Queen Mother.

Mingyue combed her hair and said, "Your Majesty, please wear the jewelry you sent yesterday. There is a hairpin with kingfisher feathers, which is very beautifully made. It goes very well with Zhaoyi's clothes today."

Tao Yanyan nodded. She fully approved of Mingyue's aesthetic taste, so she let her dress herself up.

Little Jin'an ran in with a piece of written characters on it: "Mother, mother, father said that as long as I know 200 characters, he would send me to the Imperial Academy for elementary education. I've learned these three characters today, and I'll have 200 characters!"

Tao Yanyan took the words he wrote and looked at them, then smiled and said, "Well, it's well written, the handwriting is neat, the elementary school starts on the second day of February, then mother will make a small school bag for you and send it to you when the time comes."

Little Jin'an looked at Tao Yanyan with bright eyes: "I heard that I can meet many classmates when I go to elementary school. Mother, will they be friends with Jin'an?"

Tao Yanyan touched his head: "Jin'an is smart and well-behaved, of course he can make good friends."

This also reminded Tao Yanyan that it would be best for Jin'an to have more contact with the eldest prince, the eldest princess and the second princess before he went to elementary school. It would be best if they could make friends first so that little Jin'an would not be left alone.

She thought about it and felt that among the children, the Second Princess, born to the Queen, was relatively reasonable, so she could make a breakthrough by learning from the Second Princess.

Tao Yanyan took the matter of bringing Jin'an and the second princess closer to heart. She went to Changchun Palace to prepare lunch for the empress dowager and had lunch with her. Then she took a basket of snacks to Fengyi Palace.

The Queen has been staying at home recently, firstly to take care of her pregnancy, and secondly she doesn't bother to pay attention to the gossip outside. In addition, the Imperial Concubine is assisting in the management of the harem, so her Fengyi Palace is deserted. The arrival of Tao Zhaoyi surprised her.

Tao Yanyan greeted the queen, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then presented the snacks she had made: "This is the snack I made in the Queen Mother's Palace today. I brought two plates over for the Queen to try. The Second Princess had eaten it at my place before. It was her favorite lotus crisps and meat floss cakes."

The queen would not eat food that was not made in her own palace, but when she heard that the second princess liked it, she had it accepted.

"You are thoughtful. Yue'er has been learning the piano recently. We have invited a musician to teach her. We will pay more attention to her when she has learned it well."

Tao Yanyan praised: "The Second Princess is smart and clever. The last time she came to my palace, she was well-behaved and very lovable. She was able to play well with Jin'an."

The queen was naturally happy to hear her child being praised: "Jin'an has been well raised by you, isn't it time for the child to go to elementary school?"

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "Yes, His Majesty said that as long as he learns 200 words, he will be sent to elementary school, and he will start school on the second day of next month."

When the Queen thought about how she and Shu Fei had been in agreement about the issue of elementary education and had made things difficult for Tao Yanyan, she never expected that in the blink of an eye, the child who was adopted from the common people and lived under the care of others would be adopted as her grandson by the Queen Mother. He originally recognized Tao Yanyan as his sister, but now he has become a legitimate prince and recognized Tao Yanyan as his mother.

"Speaking of which, I am also the mother of the Second Prince. Someone, go get a set of four treasures of the study and give them to the Second Prince."

Tao Yanyan expressed her gratitude: "Thank you, Queen."

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from the side hall, and a little palace maid hurried over to report: "Empress, two snakes have crawled in from somewhere. Please take shelter quickly, it's very chaotic outside!"

The queen was horrified, and Tao Yanyan was also shocked: "Where did the snake come from out of nowhere? Where is the second princess?"

Tao Yanyan is most afraid of snakes, and he got goose bumps all over his body.

The little palace maid was only concerned with reporting the news and had no idea what was happening with the second princess.

There was chaos outside the hall. Tao Yanyan thought to himself that he was so unlucky. Why did he have to encounter snakes as soon as he arrived?

Suddenly, she felt panicky. Before she could react, Qingfeng beside her screamed, "Snake! The snake is at the Queen's feet!"

There were ten people in the hall, including Tao Yanyan and Qingfeng, and they were all very frightened at this time.

The queen took only one look at the snake that came out of nowhere and was so frightened that she fainted.

Tao Yanyan was also terrified and shouted, "Quick, who isn't afraid of snakes? Catch them quickly and don't let them bite anyone!"

In the blink of an eye, the young eunuch rushed in with his guards and quickly caught one.

"Quickly check on the Queen, and call the imperial physician!" Tao Yanyan hurriedly asked Nanny Fang, who was beside the Queen, to come and help. Nanny Fang obviously had not yet recovered from the shock.