Chapter 49: Drawing the Line
The Yongsu Hall suddenly regained its tranquility. www.biquge.info As the night grew darker, Li Mu'er sat outdoors in the cold and fell into a complex mood.
He and the Queen?
She never wanted to think much about them. Thinking that by trying to escape, you can trap yourself outside them. But when she returned to this palace, there were people or things that reminded her all the time, their affection, love, and their lingering.
How could she forget that her sweetheart was already in two circles, overlapping each other.
How easy is it for him to take her as a concubine? But how can I bear to split him in half, half for myself and half for her?
Li Mu'er looked up at the half-sinking sky and said to herself: "I'm sorry, Ah Wrong, I don't want to wronged myself like this, and I don't want to treat you like this."
stood up and dusted off, and didn't have time to wait for the white fungus to come back for dinner, so he hurried to the Qianqing Palace.
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Zhu Youzhu was dining alone in the Qianqing Palace.
In the wide hall, there is only one table, although there are many dishes, there are also eunuchs waiting for them. But Li Mu'er looked at it from afar, but felt that he was extremely lonely.
She did not enter the temple, bowed her head and avoided outside, but he still found and called in.
Li Mu'er walked not far from his desk and wanted to speak, but opened his mouth and gave up. In the end, he didn't say anything, and silently accompanied him to finish a meal.
Zhu Youzhu was also silent.
Until she hastily finished eating, she went to the kang of the Xinuan Pavilion to read a book, and asked her to go in.
A few little eunuchs were busy in and out of serving tea and water, but the two seemed to be separated at both ends, and they suddenly became unfamiliar.
Finally everything was calm, and Zhu Youzhu turned the pages of the book angrily. Li Mu'er recalled that she threw books when she was preparing for the exam and was lectured by him, and she couldn't help laughing.
Zhu Youzhu closed the book heavily, and asked angrily, "What are you laughing at?"
Li Mu'er walked a few steps away from him, and Yi Yiran said: "Minister, read the book of sages, and establish a gentleman's character." It is not easy for the ancients to write books and speak, and our generation should cherish them. β
Zhu Youji's cold expression finally eased a little, and even the corners of his mouth slightly raised a suspicious arc.
Li Mu'er struck while the iron was hot, and said in a glutinous voice, "Ah wrong, I want to accompany you forever." However, you are the emperor! I doubt that after becoming the emperor's concubine, will I retreat, will I no longer be pure? I want to be with you forever, but I don't want to share you with others, so you can fulfill me and her. β
Zhu Youzhu was not shocked.
He always thought that if she wanted to be with him, he should give her an explanation and try his best to give her a name. It turned out that he was superficial.
However, does this mean ......
He frowned, got up and stood in front of her, startled her several steps back.
He didn't allow her to dodge, and held out his palm to her.
Li Mu'er hurriedly turned his head and didn't want to face it.
Zhu Youji's heart was gloomy. How could he not know that if he didn't accept her as a concubine, then a line had to be drawn between them.
Sure enough, she was going to draw a line with him!
From now on, the king is the king, and the minister is the minister?
Zhu Youzhu finally spoke, and his tone didn't know what it meant, "What do you think, you girl." β
Li Mu'er felt a little regretful in her heart, but she was warm. Smelling his familiar breath at the end of his nose, listening to his obviously dull but gentle tone, I couldn't help it, I put my palms together with both hands, and said sweetly: "Ah wrong, I really like it, I like you so much...... But I learned from Sister Qingyan that there is a kind of liking, which is to give up. I can be with you, and I feel very satisfied. I don't care about identity, and I don't want it. β
Zhu Youzhu smiled helplessly, "What's going on with your sister Qingyan?" What did they teach you? β
Li Mu'er likes to see that such a calm person as him is not calm in front of him, he chuckled a few times, thought of He Qingyan and couldn't help sighing, and was about to talk to him about her illness, when he heard a voice outside:
"Your Majesty, the queen is asking to see you outside the palace."
Zhu Youzhu abruptly withdrew his hand.
Li Mu'er was struck by lightning.
In a daze, Zhu Youzhu had already walked towards the main hall.
Voices kept coming in from outside the door:
"Why are you here?"
"The Emperor's ......"
"Why don't you wear more clothes? How do you take care of your mother? β
"Slaves should be damned!"
"Your Majesty, I shouldn't have lost my temper today, can you forgive me?"
She calls herself me, just like her.
Scold.
When the queen sent someone to beat her in Yongxiang that day, she kept saying what the rules of the palace were, and she was inferior to her.
It turns out that the so-called rules, the so-called respect and humility, really only lie in the emperor's favor.
The queen was outside, but she couldn't open her legs anyway and saluted.
Finally, the sound of footsteps behind her sounded, which relieved her of the embarrassment of not being able to take a step, she smiled bitterly, turned around and knelt down, "Weichen, Shen Qionglian, please say hello to the queen." β
"Bachelor of Ladies please." The queen's voice sounded softly, and she couldn't hear any emotion.
Li Mu'er stood up slowly. Although she still kept her head down, the queen felt that she was really very different from the last time they met.
The official uniform is bright, and she is heroic without makeup. The eyelashes fanned, and she couldn't see her eyes clearly, but the queen guessed that she must be uncomfortable.
Because, she didn't feel good either.
Not long ago, Zhu Youzhu said to her late at night: "Lezhi, if one day I really break my promise to you, will you blame me?"
From that moment on, she didn't feel good.
There are rumors from the outside world, and she has no way to stop it.
The minister wrote to advise her, and she could still lose her temper.
But when he said it to her personally, she was, panicked.
When they married into the royal family, both of them were still young, not so much love, but a necessary union to adapt to the times.
Before she was married, her mother taught her how to stand firm in her position. She obviously did so, but instead pushed him farther and farther away after marriage.
It wasn't until an incident happened later that she completely gained a foothold in the inner courtyard of the palace......
Now he told her that he would break his promise......
Although Zhu Youzhi found that her expression was wrong, he immediately comforted, "I just said if." Don't think too much about it, if you don't allow it, I won't break my promise. β
However, how can the thorn planted in the heart be easily pulled out?
Since others can't help her pull out this thorn, she has to pull it out herself.
"Bachelor of Daughter," she said leisurely, "the palace has long heard that the Zheng family has returned to the Empress Dowager, and there is a lack of personal servants around the emperor. Now that you're back, you're going to have to do more errands from now on. The emperor's food and clothing, you have to stay inch, you should take care of it, do you hear clearly? β
Li Mu'er was shocked. I thought that the queen would have to give herself a little good look, after all, the two had already been "taken care of" when they first met. Unexpectedly, instead of fixing her, she also allowed her to serve Zhu Youzhu closely, could it be that he, the barbarian queen, had changed sex?
Peeping at Zhu Youzhu again, he was taking the book back and reading it as if he was nothing. She really suspected that He Wending said that the two of them had been awkward for a few days, and it was just nothing!
didn't dare to disobey the queen, Li Mu'er could only respond: "Yes, the minister obeys the order, and the minister must do his best to serve the emperor and the queen well, and dare not slack off in the slightest."
"Yes, that's good." The queen continued to instruct, "Today, the palace will accompany the emperor to stay in the Qianqing Palace." Before the fifth watch tomorrow, you will wait outside, take care of everything, and wait for the emperor to get up. Specifics, Deyanβ"
"The little slave is here!" Li Mu'er can remember this sharp voice and face.
"Let's ask Deyan for details." The queen said and turned around, "The palace is tired, you all retreat." β
"Yes." Everyone withdrew from the pavilion one after another.
The moment the door was closed, Li Mu'er saw the queen meekly leaning on Zhu Youji's back, and she only saw his back.
The back she was so familiar with, so attached to, the back she had told herself a long time ago that it didn't belong to her.
Since then, only the back remains......