Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 185 Acknowledging Mistakes

The evening glow gradually faded, a grey curtain covered the earth, and the palace in the distance became a hazy silhouette in the twilight.

Qin Zhi left the Jiaofang Palace and went straight to the Chongde Palace without waiting for the next day.

Entering the gate of Chongde Hall, the hall was quiet and deserted. Only a few days had passed since the busy day when Concubine Zhen Lu Xinyin gave birth to the sixth prince. Chongde Hall looked very deserted and lonely.

After the empress dowager passed away, most of the palace maids and eunuchs who had been sent by her to serve Lu Xinyin ran away, saying that they were returning to Ci'an Palace to see their old master off. However, only they themselves knew whether they would return to Chongde Hall, which had basically been turned into a cold palace.

The Chongde Hall itself was full of flowers and trees, and needed more palace servants to take care of it. Without someone to maintain and clean it from time to time, the branches and leaves blown down by the cold wind spread on the ground, causing the Chongde Hall to begin to look somewhat dilapidated.

Qin Zhi stopped the palace maids and eunuchs from reporting, stepped on the branches and leaves on the ground, pushed open the door, walked into the main room of Chongde Hall, and stood there silently.

A palace lantern is lonely, and the fire in the incense burner flickers.

The Sixth Prince in the cradle had fallen asleep after being comforted by Gao Yun. Lu Xinyin leaned against the head of the bed, quietly staring at the fire in the incense burner.

She was wearing a plain white dress, with the quilt covering only her lower body, and her long raven hair tied up with white silk, making her look both fragile and pretty.

"Your Majesty, I greet you. May your Majesty be in good health." The palace maid Gao Yun reacted quickly and immediately knelt down to salute.

Gao Yun was worried about waking up the Sixth Prince who had just been coaxed to sleep, so she spoke in a very soft voice.

"Why didn't you let the palace servants turn on the floor heating?" Qin Zhi walked closer and asked in a deep voice.

Seeing Lu Xinyin struggling to get up, Qin Zhi frowned.

"No need to get up."

But Lu Xinyin still insisted. She stood up by herself, holding on to the four bedposts, and bowed politely.

"Your Majesty, I have seen you. May your Majesty be well and healthy."

Lu Xinyin's movements of saluting were very proper, but her posture at this moment was as graceful and elegant as a willow swaying in the wind.

"Although I am in confinement after childbirth, I want to prove to Your Majesty that my physical condition has recovered enough to support me in seeing my aunt off."

Lu Xinyin's tears slid down the corners of her eyes. She cried silently and looked up at Qin Zhi. There was a hint of stubbornness in her eyes and her eyelashes were stained with tiny tears.

"As for the floor heating, no one has delivered the charcoal fire to my Chongde Hall for several days. If I don't use it sparingly, I'm afraid that both the Sixth Prince and I will freeze to death in the early spring of this year."

Seeing Qin Zhi's indifferent expression, Lu Xinyin raised her hand and gently wiped the tears flowing down her cheeks, restrained her crying voice of grievance and complaint, and continued:

"The floor heating can't be started without enough charcoal, and it's the same with my fumigation cage.

When the charcoal I have stored is used up, summer will be here. With the quietness of Chongde Hall, why should we fear the hot summer? "

"Are you blaming me?"

Lu Xinyin originally came to Chongde Hall for confinement and reflection, and Qin Zhi was indifferent to her complaints.

Lü Xiyin moved to Chongde Hall, and the Queen Mother almost emptied the storehouses in Ci'an Palace. How many days have they been gone? When the tree falls, the monkeys will scatter, but this is not the way to pretend to be pitiful.

"I know that Your Majesty has been busy with the funeral of the Queen Mother and Aunt recently. The whole world is mourning the passing of the Queen Mother and Aunt.

Although I cannot go to the spirit of the Empress Dowager Aunt in person to pay my respects, I will naturally do the same out of filial piety and in mourning clothes.

How can I blame Your Majesty if I feel the same way? How dare I blame Your Majesty? "

"What's more, I know very well that I came to Chongde Hall to be confined and reflect on my mistakes." Lu Xinyin sobbed.

"I came to see the Sixth Prince today because of the Queen's advice.

The Queen is pregnant and has been very busy these days. She is still thinking about you and the Sixth Prince, and urged me to come and visit them.

If one day I forgive your sins, will you repay the Queen with hatred after you are released?"

Qin Zhi raised his eyes and asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, please tell me about the Queen's kindness. I will definitely be grateful. The Queen is loved by Your Majesty very much. How could I dare to have any improper thoughts towards the Queen?

I know I was wrong, Your Majesty."

Qin Zhi pondered Lu Xinyin's answer carefully for a moment and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Interesting. Isn't Concubine Zhen afraid of angering me?"

"I don't want to deceive your majesty. Your majesty is more important than anyone else in my heart."

"Okay, I get it." Qin Zhi was a little fed up with these sweet words.

However, Lu Xinyin still needs to hone her skills in Chongde Hall, and we will release her when the time is right in the future.

It would be a pity if such an intelligent cousin died in the cold palace.

I wonder if the sixth prince she gives birth to will inherit Lu Xinyin’s intelligence, stubbornness, unwillingness to admit defeat, and cruelty?

"On the day of the Queen Mother's funeral, I will send someone to take you there."

Qin Zhi did not say directly whether he would forgive Lu Xinyin's crime, let alone when he would forgive Lu Xinyin's crime. He only said that he agreed to let her go to see the empress dowager off and then left Chongde Hall.

Back in Zhaozheng Hall, Zhang Deli diligently helped Qin Zhi wash up while talking non-stop.

"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince's features are exactly like yours," he gestured as he spoke.

"Which prince have you seen say this to me? This child is not even a month old, and his eyes are closed. How did you see that his eyebrows and eyes are similar to mine?"

Qin Zhi glanced at Zhang Deli and said with a disdainful tone.

“Your Majesty, wait until the Sixth Prince grows up, then you can take a look.

"I have served Your Majesty for many years and have developed a pair of sharp eyes. When it comes to Your Majesty, I can react very quickly."

"You are the only one who is smart."

"Of course not. It's all thanks to your good teaching, Your Majesty." Zhang Deli flattered wittily.

"Sixth Prince, you are my son after all."

Qin Zhi tapped Zhang Deli's head with his index finger and said seriously.

"I understand, and I will always criticize those palace servants and eunuchs who flatter others and flatter others."

His Majesty did not say that he would release Concubine Zhen and her son, he only said that the Sixth Prince was his biological son after all.

It is estimated that the Sixth Prince spent his childhood with his mother, Empress Zhen, in Chongde Hall. Poor Sixth Prince was implicated by his biological mother from the moment he was born and had to live in the cold palace.

Seeing that Zhang Deli understood what he meant, Qin Zhi waved his hand and let him go.