To Be A Virtuous Wife

77

Chapter Seventy Seven

When He Heng brought Qu Qing Ju to Tian Qi Palace, the children of the Emperor along with their mothers were all present. Qu Qing Ju even saw some unfamiliar princesses and their fuma, but these people were evidently not valued by Qing De Emperor and silently stood to one side.

The person sitting next to the dragon bed was none other than Jing guifei. She saw her son and erxicome in but didn't pay any attention to them and persisted in her efforts to feed Qing De Emperor his entire medicine before announcing: "Emperor, Heng'er and erxi have arrived."

Qing De Emperor's mental state was much better compared to when he had first woke up yesterday. He watched as his son and erxi bowed in greeting before waving his hand, "Stand up, no need for such protocol." He indicated for a taijian to bring a bench for the two to sit.

Qu Qing Ju detected that the smile Qing De Emperor directed towards Jing guifei was especially warm and his eyes, as he looked at He Heng, was kinder than in the past. She strangely felt her back turning cold. He was only sick for a few days, but why did Qing De Emperor seem strange?

She looked at the still standing feipin and princesses, and saw He Heng pulling his stool closer to sit next to the bed. She followed to sit next to He Heng and watched obediently as Jing guifei warmly placed a cushion for Qing De Emperor and gently put a blanket over Qing De Emperor as though, in the eyes of Jing guifei, Qing De Emperor was a more important existence than her own son.

Her eyebrow slightly twitched. Qu Qing Ju felt that she thought something she shouldn't have. She silently moved her gaze to He Heng and saw He Heng appeared to be deeply worried as he looked at Qing De Emperor. She also adjusted her expression and tried not to get left behind.

"Has fuhuang gotten better? A few days ago, er chen heard fuhuang's body wasn't well and felt so worried. Er chen waited at Tian Qi Palace many times but didn't see you awaken. Today, your state looks much better and this son can finally be at ease," He Heng's expression slightly relaxed as he examined Qing De Emperor's complexion before saying, "This son was unfilial for not being in attendance the entire time that fuhuang was ill."

"You are an adult now, and there are many affairs at court. You can't keep watch over zhen all the time," Qing De Emperor smiled and glanced at Jing guifei, "Your mufei has taken very good care of zhen, zhen understands your filial piety."

Qu Qing Ju raised her eyelids to look at Jing guifei but only saw a faint smile on the other's face.

"These last few days, Jing guifei didn't have it easy," The Empress who had been silent all this time spoke. She came forward and stood next to the bed. He Heng and Qu Qing Ju stood to move to one side. There wasn't any reason for them to be remain seated when the Empress was standing.

"Emperor, after you recover, you have to greatly reward Jing guifei. The last two days, qie tried many times to get her to rest, but she couldn't bear to part from you," When the Empress spoke to there, she gave a helpless sigh at Jing guifei. "After just a few short days, she's thinned a whole circle. Not just you, Emperor. Even I feel pain looking at her."

Qing De Emperor nodded: "Her regard, zhen knows."

The Empress smiled, not a hint of jealousy on her face. From what Qu Qing Ju saw, the Empress was very satisfied with the present situation. That made her suspect that the Empress might be on the same side as her popo.

"Emperor, Shu guifei and His Highness Rui Wang are asking for an audience," The chief taijian came in and after seeing the relaxed mood inside the room, he informed in a small voice, "His Highness Cheng Wang and Chang Wang Fei are also waiting outside the hall to be summoned."