Anyway, his original intention was to have more people protect Meng Shu.
Meng Shu has great martial arts skills, and the maids around her are also very powerful. If she enters the harem, there should be no accidents.
But there is always a contingency in everything, and of course the emperor must make more arrangements to feel at ease.
Especially the Queen Mother and King Wei had to be on guard.
"Then let's go watch the martial arts competition in the dark hall?" the emperor asked.
"It's freezing cold and it's getting dark soon, so don't go out!" Meng Shu shook her head.
"Okay." The emperor nodded in agreement. Since he had nothing to do, he was not in a hurry to return to the palace. He could just play two games of chess with Meng Shu.
Meng Shu's chess skills are quite good.
If the emperor doesn't let go, his chances of winning against Meng Shu are not great. If he lets go even a little bit, he will definitely lose.
However, Meng Shu didn't want to play chess today.
She had a small stove brought in, and an iron mesh was placed on top of the stove.
Meng Shu put the sweet potatoes brought in by Su Ye on top.
"This is a sweet potato from Anzhou. It is fragrant and sweet. Has the emperor ever eaten roasted sweet potatoes?" Meng Shu raised her head and asked, as if she had thought of something fun, her eyes were shining.
"I've never eaten it before." The emperor shook his head.
"I didn't eat it when I was young. One year when I first arrived, there was a severe drought. The military rations were not delivered to Guiyun City for a long time. The food grown by the common people had long been used up. Everyone was hungry, including our general's mansion. I was just a six-year-old girl at that time. I was used to living in fine clothes and fine food, and I never knew what it felt like to be hungry. As a result, in those days, I could only drink three meals of gruel a day, and nothing else. Other than that, I’m so hungry that I feel dizzy.”
"It was only later that I realized that I could still eat rice porridge three times a day. Everyone in the house, including my father and mother, could only eat one porridge. I was the only exception. Everyone was very hungry that day. In the afternoon, I woke up hungry and secretly went to the kitchen to look for something to eat. I found that my eldest brother and my second brother were roasting sweet potatoes behind the rockery. Just the smell of it made people salivate. While eating it, I just felt like it was Delicious food on earth.”
"It's really hard for my eldest brother and my second brother. I finally got a sweet potato and roasted it to eat, but most of it ended up in my stomach..." Meng Shu spoke so much to the emperor for the first time, and he talked for a long time.
The sweet potatoes first put on the stove gave off their fragrance.
"Doesn't it smell delicious? It's the scent of honey. You can tell it's sweet when you smell it. The sweet potatoes from Anzhou are the most delicious, and they're even more delicious when roasted. It takes about two-quarters of an hour to bake..."
The emperor looked at Meng Shu with a complicated expression.
No wonder this girl is obsessed with Guiyun City and wants to go back and become a female general to protect the country. This is closely related to her childhood experience.
"After two years, I will take you to Guiyun City for a walk." The emperor suddenly held Meng Shu's hand and said softly.
"What about the government?" Meng Shu smiled sweetly at him. This man must have forgotten his identity!
As long as the emperor allows it, she will still have the opportunity to go out for a walk in the future. As for the emperor himself?
Just think about it, there's a good chance you won't be able to get out.
"It's not like we'll never come back. I've been keeping an eye on Lao Xi and Lao Wu for the past two years. Whoever is reliable will be asked to supervise the country. We can also let them restrain each other. It will only take a few months and they can't get out. Luanzi, if that doesn’t work...then choose Jiahe.”
Meng Shu and the emperor were engaged, so of course she knew many secrets related to the emperor.
The emperor's biological mother was actually Concubine Su Gui. Concubine Su Gui did not know that he had a son and thought that the child she gave birth to was dead.
Princess Jiahe is the biological sister of the emperor's mother.
Princess Jiahe is a playful and noisy person. If the emperor ordered her to stay in the capital to supervise the country for a few months, she would definitely get angry.
Meng Shu was looking forward to seeing this scene.
It had never happened before in the history of the Zhou Dynasty that a princess could supervise the country's governance.
The emperor has experienced too much over the years and is more open-minded than most people, and his behavior is bolder.
Maybe marrying him and becoming a queen in the palace would not be as boring as she thought.
The two talked for a long time, and then the sweet potatoes on the stove were cooked.
"It's cold in winter, eat it while it's hot!" Meng Shu took one and gave it to the emperor. The skin was a little burnt.
Of course the emperor would not dislike it.
This was the first time his wife-in-law brought him food, and she baked it with her own hands, which was very meaningful.
"Crack it open in the middle and eat the softest and sweetest part inside. Don't eat the burnt outside..." Meng Shu said while demonstrating.
The sweet potatoes were still very hot, but she was a little greedy, so she ate them while blowing them.
Meng Shu couldn't help laughing when she saw the emperor breaking the sweet potatoes awkwardly, no longer as elegant and noble as usual.
She thought of the scene ten years ago when her two brothers roasted sweet potatoes for her.
The three brothers and sisters were all very dirty that day, their faces were dark, and they lacked the restraint of the young masters and young ladies of the Duke's Palace.
Thinking about it now, Meng Shu felt soft in her heart.
She wants to protect the British government. Whether she goes to the battlefield to kill enemies or enters the palace to become a queen, her goal is to protect her family, her relatives, and the people of Guiyun City.
When you become a queen, you can still do all these things and still be with the person you like, which is not bad.
"Is it sweet?" Meng Shu asked.
"Sweet!" The emperor nodded.
Firstly, this roasted sweet potato is indeed very sweet. Secondly, it was given by Meng Shu. Can it not be sweet?
Looking at the smiling woman in front of him, the smile on the emperor's face became deeper and deeper.
He had previously felt that having only three months to prepare for the wedding was a bit too hasty.
But now... he wished that the two of them were already married and would never be separated.
The emperor was reluctant to leave, so in the end Meng Shu was cruel and pushed him out, almost being spotted by the nuns from the palace.
Meng Shu couldn't help laughing when she saw the emperor's embarrassed avoidance.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, it's time for your Majesty to go to bed." The two nuns came forward and said respectfully.
Although she has not yet married, Meng Shu is already the queen canonized by the emperor's imperial edict. People in the palace still call her the same name as before, but everyone in the palace calls her "Empress". In front of Meng Shu, the courtesy Extremely thoughtful.
"Thank you, mamas. Let's go and have a rest!" Meng Shu waved her hand and went back to the dormitory.
The two nuns looked at Meng Shu's back and looked at each other.
The eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion is really as different as the outside rumors say.
It was freezing and snowy outside, and she came out wearing only a thin coat and skirt. It didn't seem to be cold.
And he was still standing under the eaves and giggling.
It's late at night!
The two of them also heard the noise and hurried out to check. Unexpectedly, the person laughing here was actually their master, the future queen.
