strictlysupreme Chapter 185 Washing hands and making soup
Chapter 185 Washing hands and making soup
The Queen Zhou mentioned by Chenshan is Zhou Huiyue, the biological mother of the Crown Prince and Su Heting.
Because she had faked her death before, she was already dead in the eyes of the world. After Su Heting ascended the throne, he never gave her a title.
Chen Shan could only call her this.
Upon hearing this, Su Heting stood up immediately and asked, "Where is she? Is Grandfather okay?"
Upon learning that Queen Zhou was still alive, he sent people to Wuli to look for her.
Later, with the help of his uncle, the barefoot master, his men finally found Queen Zhou.
I just realized that Queen Zhou didn't know the news from Dayou.
Since her second son was still alive, Queen Zhou decided to follow Su Heting's men back to Dayou.
However, Su Heting's men did not wait for Queen Zhou as promised, but were assassinated instead.
After the news reached the capital, the old man was worried that Queen Zhou was trapped by Yi Qing, so he left the capital that night to look for his daughter.
Su Heting was worried about the old man's safety, so he sent Chen Shan and his men to follow him.
Chen Shan replied, “The old man is fine and is already on his way back to Beijing with Queen Zhou.
But Yi Qing's men pursued us relentlessly, and we lost several men. The old man then asked me to take the fake Queen Zhou back to the capital first, while he and another team escorted Queen Zhou along the mountain road.
Qiao Xi came over when he learned that Chen Shan had returned. After hearing this, he pondered and said, "I'll go meet him."
She was originally planning to leave Beijing.
During the period when Su Heting ascended the throne, there were subtle movements in various vassal states, especially the two vassal kings.
She had to kill King Wu'an, who was the leader in disobeying Su Heting, before they made any moves.
Prince Wu'an was also the largest vassal prince in Dayou besides Su Heting, and he was the first to have rebellious thoughts in his previous life.
Assassinating King Wu'an was something Qiao Xi had done in her previous life. Now her martial arts skills were even better than before, and with the blessing of her past life memories, this trip was not difficult for her.
Su Heting was worried at first, but was eventually persuaded by Qiao Xi.
I had packed my bags and planned to set off secretly tomorrow morning. I was thinking of coming to see Su Heting, and then I learned about this.
Knowing that Su Heting was worried about the old man and Queen Zhou, she made this suggestion.
Su Heting stood up and didn't respond to her. Instead, he asked, "Have you packed your things?"
Qiao Xi smiled, "With Bei Qiao and the others, I need to do it myself."
Su Heting was also worried about her safety, so he ordered Su He and Lai Chijiao to prepare a lot of self-defense medicines, which were just delivered to the palace.
"I'll go pick up Grandfather and the others first. There's no need to delay anything."
Qiao Xi said again.
Su Heting looked at Chen Shan and said, "Go and rest quickly. You will leave with the Queen tomorrow morning."
I agree.
Chen Shan was indeed tired, so he said, "Then I will go down first."
Seeing that he looked haggard, Qiao Xi said, "You've been traveling hard all the way. Go find Su Que and get some tonic pills. They'll help you recover quickly."
Otherwise, if I follow her out of Beijing on horseback tomorrow, my body won't be able to handle it and the trip will be delayed.
Su He was granted the title of Princess Anping and was allocated a palace in the imperial palace. She lived in both the Qiao family and the imperial palace. Today, she happened to be in the palace, so it was convenient for Chenshan to go there.
Upon hearing this, Chen Shan spoke faster than his brain and sighed sincerely, "Your Majesty really knows how to care for me."
His master never thought of giving him any nourishment.
Su Heting glanced at him and said, "If you need care, I can keep the position of the chief steward beside me for you."
Chen Shan subconsciously wanted to cover his crotch, but fortunately he still remembered Qiao Xi was here, so he quickly turned around and said, "I'm leaving."
Before going out, I couldn't help but slap myself on the mouth.
The master is a jealous person. He actually dared to speak to the queen like that in front of the master. He is really asking for his life.
At the same time, he realized that Su Heting and Qiao Xi were now the Emperor and Empress of Dayu, and he could no longer speak casually.
Thinking of this, he reminded himself, "You must keep your mouth shut from now on. Don't say anything nonsense anymore, otherwise one day you will really become Eunuch Chen, and your parents' coffins will not be able to cover it."
But he didn't know that these words were muttered aloud.
Su Heting and Qiao Xi behind him heard this and shook their heads helplessly.
Su Heting said to Qiao Xi, "After we deal with Yi Qing, please keep an eye out to see if there's a woman suitable for him."
Chenshan is older than him and it’s time for him to get married.
Qiao Xi nodded in agreement and glanced at the neatly stacked memorials on his desk. "Are you done?"
Su Heting looked at her, "Do you want your husband to accompany you?"
Since ascending the throne, he has been busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty, while Qiao Xi has been cleaning up the harem and the secret factories, so both of them have been very busy.
Often when he came back from work, Qiao Xi had already fallen asleep, or, when he rarely had time to see her, she was busy.
The two haven't gotten along well for a long time.
Qiao Xi is leaving tomorrow, and Su Heting had originally planned to go and accompany her early tonight, so he was a little more efficient than usual.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Xi came over first, and Su Heting couldn't help teasing her.
Qiao Xi was different from him and admitted frankly, "Yes, I miss you."
Su Heting held her hand and said, "Let's go and make you something delicious."
Qiao Xi was surprised, "You want to cook?"
I am afraid that when the ministers find out tomorrow, they will have to submit another memorial, and some of the old ministers may even cry and wail to the sky, asking the emperor to cherish his dignity.
Su Heting saw through her thoughts and insisted that she go to the imperial kitchen.
"I'm off duty, they control everything, but how can they control whether I cook for my wife or not?"
He doesn't spoil them.
In Su Heting's mind, being an emperor and being a husband are two different things, and he can tell the difference clearly.
Ever since he decided to return to the capital to regain the throne, he never thought that his status as emperor would affect his relationship with Qiao Xi.
The people respect the royal family because they can let them live a good life and protect their peace, and also because of the emperor's thundering methods.
She would not lose respect for the royal family just because he gave up cooking for his wife and lived his own life.
The emperor is also a human being, not an ornament on their shrine.
Qiao Xi was raised by him, so her ideas were similar to his. She followed him to the imperial kitchen with peace of mind.
After sending away all the palace servants and leaving only Bei Qiao and Xiao Man to help, Su Heting personally fried a few dishes and made a bowl of jujube and golden rice porridge.
After the couple had a simple home-cooked meal, Bei Qiao accompanied Qiao Xi in walking outside the imperial kitchen to help digest the food, while Su Heting taught Xiaoman how to cook golden rice porridge.
Qiao Xi had a bad stomach, and she probably couldn't eat properly during this fast journey. Su Heting was worried that she would have another stomachache.
The golden rice grown in northern Xinjiang has the effect of nourishing the stomach.
He instructed, "I have ordered people to bring enough golden rice. When the time comes, you can cook a pot of it. After it is cooked, the leftovers can be stored in bamboo tubes.
If conditions permit, remember to heat the Queen's food before eating it, and try not to give her dry food that is difficult to digest..."
He had finally managed to get her stomach back in better shape, so he didn't want to damage it again.
Xiaoman was happy to see that Su Heting cared about Qiao Xi. She listened carefully and nodded quickly, promising to take good care of Qiao Xi.
Su Heting was worried, and he was unusually talkative and gave detailed instructions.
Qiao Xi's eyebrows curved as she listened outside the house.
Bei Qiao whispered to Qiao Xi, "His Majesty is so kind to you."
Qiao Xi replied, "I am also good to Your Majesty."
"That's what the Queen said."
Bei Qiao covered her lips and smiled secretly.
Servants hope most for the well-being of their masters, so that their lives will also be good.
But she also felt a little regretful. Why didn't she learn martial arts well back then? Otherwise, she could have followed the empress out of the palace like Xiaoman this time.
Qiao Xi saw through her thoughts and said with a smile, "You have to stay and look after the house, so that no other woman will miss my man."
The man in the room heard this and replied, "There's no need for her to watch. I will kill my peach blossom myself."
He turned to Xiaoman again and said, "If you meet anyone who dares to get close to the Queen, don't show any mercy."
He is a good husband, but his daughter has grown up and become more and more seductive. There are always some who don't know how to live or die. He doesn't want her to go out and get involved in a bad love affair.
Xiaoman and Beiqiao smiled at each other and agreed in unison.