Chapter 20: The Eccentric Emperor
The emperor is not a covetous woman, and there are already many beautiful concubines in his harem, so even if he sees a woman with a beautiful face like a cuttlefish, it is difficult to be tempted. If you casually fall into beauty, wouldn't you be a faint king?
It's just that the bright eyes in front of him are really familiar to the emperor, and he always feels like an old man, but he can't think of who he looks like.
The more he looked at the cuttlefish's eyes, the more familiar he felt, the more beautiful he felt, the more he liked it, and a great interest arose.
Who is it like?
Originally, the emperor had sent someone to thoroughly investigate the identity of the cuttlefish, but it was hindered by the lack of information available for investigation, so he could only delay it for a while and allow some time to take his time.
Driven by curiosity, he instead had the idea of figuring it out by himself, so he specially summoned the cuttlefish in advance and wanted to ask about it.
is really an emperor who doesn't love beauties but loves to solve cases......
"Su promised to have such a good appearance, but he stayed in Changchun Palace for three years, and he didn't even give me a chance to take a look, so he wasn't afraid of living up to his good time?" There was a hint of joke in the emperor's voice.
Hearing the emperor's ridiculous question, the cuttlefish was a little speechless, didn't they all say that the emperor is strict and serious and unsmiling? How is this ...... You can still say such frivolous things.
The cuttlefish replied, "Back to the emperor, as the saying goes, the appearance is beautiful and ugly, but they are all white bones under the skin, and there is no difference between appearance and appearance?" The beauty and ugliness of the appearance are not worth mentioning, not to mention that there are many beauties in the palace, and the concubines are nothing."
This answer is full of personality, and when the emperor heard it, he immediately became interested, and immediately retorted: "There are good skins and bad skins, and bones are also divided into white bones and black bones, how can you generalize, haven't you heard of each other?" ”
The cuttlefish was speechless for a while, so he had to bite the bullet and continue to say nonsense, "Emperor Xie praised the appearance of the concubine, if it wasn't for the concubine who had been sick in bed in the past, she would have been able to serve the emperor early, and she wouldn't have waited for more than three years." ”
"Poof" The emperor almost squirted out the tea in his mouth, but he still held back his laughter, and his playful gaze fell on the cuttlefish, "I'm not afraid of being late for a good meal, I'm not afraid of waiting, I'm afraid of waiting for an imposter in the end, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”
The cuttlefish's heart tightened, for fear that her identity would be seen through, but as soon as her eyes rolled, she put her mind at ease, if the emperor really knew that she was not a concubine but a palace maid, he would definitely be furious, and he would immediately surrender the death penalty, where would he waste time and her nonsense here?
The emperor looked at it with a smile on his face at this time, except for the iron mouth and copper teeth, there was nothing abnormal except that he was in a hurry up, presumably he didn't know the truth at all, so he would be in the mood to laugh.
The cuttlefish pretended to be innocent, boldly looked directly into the emperor's eyes, and said with full of anger, "Although the concubine is not in good health and has a somewhat withdrawn personality, she rarely interacts with other sisters, but when it comes to identity, the concubine is genuine, and there is nothing false or untrue. ”
The emperor was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment and nodded, "I just want to joke with you, you don't have to be too serious, of course I know that you are innocent, how can anyone in this world dare to pretend to be a concubine to tease me, that is too fateful." Having said that, he will continue to investigate, and he still can't be too relieved if he doesn't check clearly.
The emperor naturally couldn't predict now that his words would come true in the future, and he was reluctant to take the life of this impostor.
There was silence in the Xinuan Pavilion, and neither of them had anything to say.
The cuttlefish secretly thought, what should she do next, since the emperor has finished interrogating, can she retreat, and then return to Changchun Palace to have a good meal, so as not to let herself be so frightened in vain. No, no, she is here to sleep and not to be interrogated, how can she leave after speaking, she should stay, but do you want her to really sleep?
After all, the emperor is not her real husband, how ridiculous this is! Last time, she was sick on the ground, and this time she won't lie about her old mistakes, anyway, she's already told a lot of lies that are enough to lose her head, and it doesn't hurt to do it again.
But is that really good......
"Your Majesty!"
Just when the cuttlefish was at a loss, Su Peisheng suddenly broke in and reported in a panic, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Zhong Cui Palace is gone, and Ning Concubine's Zhong Cui Palace is gone!" ”
The emperor's reaction was extremely fast, and he stood up in an instant, his face changed greatly, "Gone to the water?" How did it go to the water, do you know what the situation is now, but someone is injured, what happened to Concubine Ning. ”
The cuttlefish also panicked, the palace is heavily managed, and it is rare for such a disaster to happen, and she has not seen it once in the three years she has been in the palace.
There are many concubines in Zhong Cui Palace, but the emperor only asked about Ning Concubine's safety, which shows that Ning Concubine has a place in the emperor's heart, at least better than others in Zhong Cui Palace.
"The old slave didn't know, this just came the news of the water, and he ......"
The emperor was so anxious that he interrupted Su Peisheng's reply and ordered, "Don't say it, I want to go and see it myself." ”
After that, he threw a gold silk brocade coat to the cuttlefish, "It's windy in the evening, you put this on, and you all go to Zhongcui Palace with me, I want to see what caused the water to go, if someone is unfortunately injured by this incident, I will not spare the culprit!" ”
The emperor's face was strict, and he had long lost the pleasant color just now, so the cuttlefish had to obey the order to follow this trip, but such a bad thing happened, it is estimated that she will not have to sleep tonight.
This is not a good thing, I just hope that no one will be injured by the fire, and it will be safe.
The emperor walked in the front, full of anger and resolute appearance, but also the majesty of the Son of Heaven, the cuttlefish looked at the straight back, a little headache, she didn't know how long she had to get along with this eccentric emperor, if there was always such a thing as a bed, she would have to find a piece of tofu to bump, can't she be a little promise that no one cares about?
How many people can know the mind of the Son of Heaven? Of course, the cuttlefish can't guess the emperor, and he doesn't know that the current saint is a man who is capricious and extremely capricious, if he is in a good mood, he can talk to you all day long with his clever speech, but if he is a little unhappy, he is a gloomy and cold-faced emperor, and he does not have a good face for anyone. The only person who can have no scruples in front of him is Prince Yi.
Zhong Cui Palace was in front, and Concubine Ning stood in front of the palace gate and saw the emperor, and walked over with an ugly face.
If you know the truth about this water loss, I'm afraid the emperor will really be angry, this matter ...... Even a child can't do it......