Chapter 170: Back to the Palace
When I said goodbye to my parents, there was a lot of silence on the way back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoBecause I had seen that I had cried before, the emperor hugged me in his arms with some distress, and his mouth was spewing hot air, so he leaned into my ear, and asked in a friendly voice: "Why are you crying?" If you're panicking, I'll just bring you here another day. β
I knew that he was uncomfortable looking at me, so he coaxed me first. But he was still happy in his heart, so he only made a coquettish look and said angrily: "The emperor has to say that he has to say - the slave and maid really feel uncomfortable." But after a few months, I felt that my father had gray hair......"
The emperor was silent for a while and did not answer, and only after a long time did he hold my hand tightly and said to me: "Hua'er, I ...... I envy you. β
I was slightly stunned before I understood why. Before entering the palace, I heard that the emperor was the most unfavored son of the emperor, and it was only his brother who was usually favored, and only when it came to him, he was left with reprimand and disgust.
I was about to open my mouth to comfort him, but I saw him turn his head and say to me carefully, "Hua'er, I ...... I haven't been pampered like this since I was a child. Now that you have it, I have it. I will keep this happiness for you. β
I stared blankly at the emperor. Even the tears that were half of crying stopped and did not flow again. After a while, he replied: "The emperor's words are taken to heart by the slave maid." When the slave maid first entered the palace, she felt that there were no relatives in the palace, and people were as helpless as duckweed. Now, the slave feels like a pothos, and the emperor is the slave's dependence. β
When the emperor heard this, his brows stretched slightly, he pointed his finger at the center of my eyebrows, and said, "Yes, I am your dependence." You can remember this sentence, and if you don't tell me about any difficulties, I will come to you to settle accounts. β
I only felt that my heart was as sweet as honey, and when I looked at the emperor, I believed his words very much. I can't wait to dig it out and show it to him. When I arrived at the palace, it was still night. With the father-in-law there, the gold medal given by the emperor and the chief of the guard, the palace gate was not blocked, and he went back to the palace all the way.
The emperor did not send me back to Xianfu Palace, but said to me: "They all know that I have summoned you today, so they will be arrogant again, stay here with me, and go back tomorrow." β
Naturally, I was willing. It's just that I feel that this is a bit public, which can't help but make people red. But the emperor said: "If I summoned you today, you have already suffered from pink eye, why are you afraid of staying overnight?" I promised you, and I naturally protected you. β
I saw the emperor's hot eyes, so I nodded. Speaking of which, if I am an unfavored person, and the emperor orders this, I can only stay. Where did I have to bargain? I thought about this, but I forgot to think about the emperor.
Although it is said that it is to stay in the Qianqing Palace, it is not possible to sleep when you return. After walking around the palace, I was contaminated with those mortal dusts, and I had to wash them, change into clean clothes, and then use perfume to make my body fragrant, so that I could go to the emperor's dragon bed.
The whole prince was preparing water fairly, but the emperor changed his mind. He instructed his father-in-law and said, "I am also tired today, and I have been contaminated with a lot of dust in this circle, so I prepared the dragon soup, and I washed it with Wanyi." β
When I said that, I blushed. Let's not say that the dragon soup is not something I can enjoy, but I just said that I want to bathe with the emperor, so I am a little shy and empty-hearted. Although he is no longer as shy as he was when he first started to serve the king, he is still a little shy at the thought of being "honest with each other."
The emperor saw that I was shy, but he refused to let me go more and more. only instructed the father-in-law: "You go, pack up early, and I and Wanyi will go over in a while." I remember to call someone to wait, but only stay outside, and you are not allowed to enter the inside. β
When the father-in-law responded, he had to go down on an errand. I hurriedly stopped him and didn't let him go first. I'm still in a trance. Dragon soup is the first hot spring pool in the palace for the emperor to bathe, specially led the hot spring water, passed through this pool, repaired an inlet and outlet, when the emperor wants to use it, the water outlet will be blocked, and the water will be stored, it is the hot spring of the eight classics.
Dragon soup is not available for anyone other than the emperor. Even if it is as noble as the emperor's wife, the queen's mother, she can't soak it. It's just that an exclusive phoenix pond was built next to the emperor's dragon soup for the queen to bathe, and the concubines above the concubine rank also had a special glow pool for them to bathe. As for those of us below the rank of concubine, we took a wooden barrel in the clean room, soaked our bodies, and scrubbed them clean.
Now, the emperor actually asked me to make dragon soup with him, how dare I respond. This is different from calling me to sleep, if the concubines in the harem know, they can't just scold me for being a fox; If the Queen Mother knows, it may be that she looks at me and adds something unpleasant; But if the ministers of the previous dynasty knew, it would be a great sin.
It's like the ancient Shang king spoiled Daji, and fell into the infamy of the ages, if I really followed the emperor to make dragon soup today, I am afraid that I will be scolded by those pedants "bewitching the lord, bewitching the king's heart". If I'm alone, then I'm not afraid, but ...... My father, I was afraid that he would be excluded and scolded by pointing his nose.
Thinking of this, I still bent my knees slightly and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the slave knows that you spoil the slave and the maid, but ...... Etiquette cannot be abolished, there are no rules, and it is a blessing for slaves and maids to be able to serve the king. If it violates the ancestral system, not only are the ladies unwilling, but they are afraid that the loyal soldiers of the Manchu Dynasty in the previous dynasty will also say that the slaves and maids are such a disaster. The emperor's heart for slaves and maids, and the hearts of slaves and maids, are just soaked in dragon soup, but they can't. β
The emperor stared at me for a while, sighed, and said, "That's it, you're afraid of those old pedants." Also, don't talk about you, I still have to look at their faces on weekdays. If you don't soak, you don't soak, there is only one thing you have to promise me. Since you refuse to soak in dragon soup with me, then ...... I'll make a barrel with you, okay? β
I didn't expect him to choose such a compromise, and I was about to persuade him again, but he stopped me and said, "Heyβyou don't have to refuse." Otherwise, you will be said to be a disaster, and I will take you to soak in this dragon soup. β
I couldn't, so I had to do it. I don't want to enjoy the good dragon soup, I have to learn to make a wooden barrel with me, but I know his intentions. Seeing that I nodded, the emperor instructed my father-in-law to prepare two wooden barrels, put them together, prepare water, and bathe with me in a while.
The father-in-law was helpless, but looking at the emperor's resolute look, he still responded. I grabbed him again and asked him to help me put a curtain directly between the two barrels, or place a screen, so as not to be inconvenient.