usatvline Chapter 415: Handling Memorials
Chapter 415: Handling Memorials
Hearing this, Gu Jianchu's heart settled down. "I thought it was some big deal, but it turns out it's for a banquet. My pregnancy is stable now, and Imperial Physician Lin told me to move around more, so I'm just going to do some exercise. Besides, the Imperial Household Department and Zhuxi are helping to take care of it."
There were no other concubines in the palace, so naturally there was no way to divide the power of managing the six palaces and give it to other people to help. Fortunately, when she was at home, the two maids around her were treated as her dowry maids by her mother and were carefully trained. Although they were only taught to manage the household chores at that time, some things were basically the same.
Zhuxia has a carefree personality and is not well-educated, so she doesn't have much housekeeping ability. On the contrary, Zhuxi is more calm and intelligent, and thinks things through carefully. So since she became pregnant, she has handed over all the big and small matters in the palace to Zhuxi to help take care of, so that she can save a lot of effort.
Xie Ci'an helped Gu Jianchu fill a bowl of bird's nest and placed it in front of her. "Although your pregnancy seems to be stable, I don't want you to work too hard."
"I am very happy to hear your words, Your Majesty." Gu Jianchu naturally picked up the bird's nest and started eating.
Gu Jianchu's eyes moved, and he looked at Xie Ci'an again, "Your Majesty, I wonder if Xie Qingrou will be invited to the banquet for Prince Dongli."
King Dongli came for Xie Qingrou. Although Xie Qingrou and the Dongli royal family had an unhappy relationship, King Dongli had never written a letter of divorce or divorced her. Xie Qingrou was still a person of Dongli Kingdom and still a princess who married into Dongli Kingdom.
Now that Prince Dongli has come to the capital, and Xie Qingrou also happens to be in the capital, it would be unreasonable not to invite her. However, Prince Dongli is thinking about Xie Qingrou now, which is really a headache.
However, even if they did not invite him, Prince Dongli would live in the Sifang Pavilion outside the palace, where he could move freely and go to the Princess's Mansion to find Xie Qingrou at any time.
Xie Ci'an was originally reluctant to let Xie Qingrou marry the two brothers, as it would make people laugh if it got out. But after meeting the current King Dongli today, he found that he was indeed an extremely outstanding person. Whether it was planning strategies or appearance and courage, he was superior and many men could not compare to him.
He was so much better than the eldest prince Xie Qingrou married for the first time, but it was the prime minister's daughter who didn't know how to cherish him.
If it weren't for this incident, the Second Prince's background would have been worse. His mother was just a foot-washing maid beside the late queen. Because of her low status, after the Second Prince was born, she was given to the concubine who had never been pregnant to raise. Fortunately, the concubine was kind-hearted and had never had her own children, so she raised the Second Prince like her own son. However, the concubine's family background was not very good, and no matter how outstanding the child she raised was, there was no possibility for him to compete for the throne.
For the sake of their mother and son's future life, the concubine even taught the Second Prince to hide his strength and avoid the limelight, otherwise he would be regarded as a thorn in the side of the First Prince and be eliminated. After all, this was how the Third Prince lost the right to compete for the throne. The Second Prince was a smart man and naturally knew the concubine's good intentions, so he could only pretend to be stupid and took the initiative to handle all the dirty work. Even in front of his father, he would never show himself too much.
Because he knew clearly that his father's favorite candidate for the throne was still the eldest prince, otherwise he would not have married the princess to his eldest brother. As for marrying the prime minister's daughter to him, it was to balance the situation in the court.
But now he is the King of Dongli, sitting in a position above everyone else. No one cares about his identity, and no one dares to laugh at him. Just like he was in the past, he is still an extremely outstanding young man.
The most important thing is that he has Xie Qingrou in his heart, not that he marries Xie Qingrou for the sake of the situation between the two countries.
He didn't want to get involved in this matter. If he helped Xie Qingrou ruin a good marriage, wouldn't he be guilty?
Let them deal with it themselves and bear the consequences no matter what.
"Give Xie Qingrou an invitation. It's her business whether she comes or not. Also, just invite a few court officials and ladies to join you. The banquet doesn't need to be too big." Seeing that Gu Jianchu had almost finished drinking, Xie Qingrou added some bird's nest for Gu Jianchu.
"I understand. Tomorrow I will submit a list of the proposed guests for His Majesty's review."
"No need, just make the decision yourself." Xie Ci'an believed that Gu Jianchu could handle it.
Although the little girl likes to gossip, she is very capable in doing things. She never causes any trouble for others, so Gu Jianchu feels at ease in leaving her to him.
Gu Jianchu looked up at Xie Ci'an in surprise, "Your Majesty, do you trust me so much?"
Xie Ci'an stared at Gu Jianchu's smiling face seriously. He couldn't help himself. He supported the back of her head with one hand, gently pushed her forward, and naturally moved his body closer to her. He kissed her forehead and said, "Leave it to Ah Chu. I am most at ease with it. And if I don't trust Ah Chu, who else can I trust?"
"Your Majesty is probably making fun of me." He kissed her in front of so many people, not afraid of being seen and laughed at. Gu Jianchu blushed and lowered her head, eating the bird's nest in front of her in small bites.
After eating half a bowl, Gu Jianchu was full.
After sleeping for the whole afternoon, she was not sleepy this time, so she leaned against the table and prepared the food for the banquet.
Xie Ci'an asked Cheng Song to move the memorial to the small study in the queen's bedroom to deal with it.
I have not been in the palace during this period. Although the left and right prime ministers are helping to handle official business, the memorials sent in from various places have piled up like a mountain and must be processed as soon as possible.
This is to prevent any new memorials from being piled up.
It’s just that many of these memorials are nonsense, but they cannot be ignored. If important things are missed, it will be troublesome.
Although it was a banquet for King Dongli, there were not many people invited, so there was no need to prepare a big one. Zhuxi had already made a simple list for her, and she only needed to watch to add or subtract, so it was done quickly.
After dealing with these things, Gu Jianchu pinched a piece of cake and put it in his mouth. This cake was the osmanthus cake brought back from Zuixianju. It tasted sweet but not greasy. It tasted refreshing and made people want to eat two more pieces.
Gu Jianchu ate a piece, turned her head and saw Xie Ci'an frowning. She brought a plate of osmanthus cake to Xie Ci'an and said, "Husband, is there anything I can help you with?"
Gu Jianchu picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and personally handed it to Xie Ci'an.
Xie Ci'an originally didn't like to eat these things, but when he saw that Gu Jianchu brought them over personally, he opened his mouth and swallowed them. "Are you tired? Do you want to rest?"
"I slept too much in the afternoon, and I'm not sleepy now and don't need to rest." Gu Jianchu knew what Xie Ci'an was thinking. He was just worried that she was pregnant and was afraid that she would be tired.