Chapter 58: The Emperor's Concerns
() Nourishing Heart Palace, West Warm Pavilion.
"Is she going back?"
A faint question broke the silence in the room for a long time.
Su Peisheng immediately raised his head when he heard the voice, and reacted, only then did he understand who the emperor was asking, :, "Back to the emperor, Su Changzai has already returned to Xianfu Palace." ”
The emperor frowned and said unhappily, "When I want to ask Su Chang is here, you don't have to figure out my thoughts, I didn't mean her." ”
Obviously duplicitous, he obviously thinks about cuttlefish, but he refuses to admit it. Su Peisheng sighed lightly in his heart, Su Chang has been absent these days, the emperor's love is extremely low, and he often finds fault and gets angry, he has to worry about his heart all day long, and carefully avoid the anger of the emperor's master.
Gonggong Su smiled and said, "Your tea is finished, and the slave will go and add some to you." With that, he walked out with the teapot, so as not to be scolded by the emperor again.
"You still need to do this little thing yourself? Come back, don't go anywhere, just stay here. The emperor drank Su Peisheng, who was about to leave, and said slowly, "Since you mentioned her, let's tell me more, how is she doing during this time?" ”
Su Peisheng breathed a sigh of relief, he had been holding back some words for a long time, just waiting for the emperor to take the initiative to ask, he put down the things in his hand, stood beside the emperor, and chattered, "Master, you can finally ask the old slave, recently you have been busy with state affairs and the prince's side, and you have ignored the big and small things in the harem, you can not care about other people's affairs, but you can't just ignore this Su Chang's affairs, since you came back from Jingren Palace last time, and listened to Concubine Xi talk about it, you haven't asked again, you said it......"
Before he could finish speaking, the emperor interrupted him impatiently, and his tone was impatient, "Can you give me the key points directly, and save the previous nonsense!" Just talk about Su Chang's recent situation! ”
Su Peisheng did speak abrasively, but he was also cautious in his actions, and he has always been very careful.
"The emperor is not angry, the old slave will tell you about Su Chang's existence, you don't know, now Su Chang's life is very difficult, she has been grounded, and she is often bullied."
"It's all grounded, who else can bully her?" The emperor glared at Su Peisheng with a slight doubt: "Don't make it up, Su Chang is in the period of confinement, it stands to reason that she can't come out, and others can't go to visit her, and who will run to bully her." ”
This is not necessarily, even if there is a ban, Gu will still go to Xianfu Palace to spread wild, she completely ignores the palace rules in order to vent her anger, the emperor will definitely not guess, but if he really knows about it, he may not be angry like what he will be.
Su Peisheng looked wronged and defended himself, "Hey, Emperor, how dare the old slave lie to you, this is not good for the slave, but it is really wronged." What if you have a ban, Su Changzai didn't run out to find you yet, but you didn't even want to see each other, and there was no way to know how much she was wronged to see you. The slave listened to the people under his hand, on the way to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Su Changzai met Lan Guiren, and was embarrassed by a good meal, and even, alas, even knelt down. ”
The emperor was taken aback, and immediately asked, "What?" Kneel down to Lan Guiren, how could there be such a ridiculous thing. "She has always been stubborn, and she will not suffer this humiliation lightly, could it be that she was forced by the Lan family?
Su Peisheng sighed and said helplessly, "I should have told you earlier, but I was afraid that you would be angry, so the old slave didn't dare to speak, it is said that the noble people of Nalan led people to block the road, Su Changzai had to bow his head in order to see you, and knelt down in a reluctant voice, and knelt for a long time." ”
It turned out that it was to come to the Heart Cultivation Palace to see him, so he was so compromised, the emperor's eyes flashed a trace of distress, he lowered his head and stopped talking, and his heart was full of waves.
It is a big deal that the palace concubine and the eunuch have a private affair, and the palace has long been rumored to be through ups and downs, even if the emperor wants to protect the cuttlefish, there is nothing he can do, after all, this is a matter of the royal family, how can he cover up openly, he will only teach people to laugh at him for being confused.
When he first heard about this, he was shocked and angry, he couldn't believe it, one moment it was a false identity, and the other time it was a deep friendship with the eunuch, and he didn't know how much his beloved concubine was hiding from him. He believed that the cuttlefish was innocent, but he couldn't help but be angry, such a big thing happened, and he put his face where to put it.
Up to now, the cuttlefish can't be said to be without any mistakes, and it is also a punishment to let her ground and meditate, teaching her to eat a trench and grow wise.
Su Peisheng saw that the emperor was silent, guessing that the emperor must be unbearable, regretting that he had driven Su Changzai back just now, he opened his mouth cautiously, and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, if you don't see Su Changzai for a day, you and her haven't seen each other for several days, or you will see her." ”
"Forget it, I'm not an idler, now that the war is tense, those rebels in the northwest have recovered peacefully, it's really hateful, this time we must annihilate them in one fell swoop, so as to save them from making trouble again. I don't have time to take care of the affairs of the harem, so I'll leave it all to the queen and Concubine Xi, by the way, you send someone to inform the queen, it's not right for Su Chang to leave the palace without permission today, but for her first offense, she will be exempted from punishment and let the queen open up. The emperor commanded.
"Hey, the old slave understands."
The crime on the cuttlefish has not yet been decided, if the emperor is too close to him, it will inevitably fall into the mouth, saying that he is protective of the cuttlefish, and when he gets rid of the crime in the future, maybe it will be regarded as his too protective, and it is easy to confuse the truth.
In order to return the innocence of the cuttlefish without worries, and at the same time make a small punishment, the emperor decided not to see each other for the time being.
However, he has secretly sent someone to investigate the matter strictly, and presumably soon, the matter will come to light.
At this moment, in addition to worrying about the cuttlefish, the emperor also has a lot of worries in his heart, and the most important thing is the body of his thirteenth brother.
"Yunxiang's illness is always not getting better, I am very worried, what kind of bullshit is too doctor, all of them are rice buckets, Su Peisheng, you will prepare a carriage for me in a while, let's go to Prince Yi's mansion."
Su Peisheng immediately nodded in response, the emperor and the prince have a deep brotherhood, and now that the prince is seriously ill, the emperor is the most anxious, and he can't wait to suffer this illness for him.
The emperor thought for a moment and remembered something, "I asked you to go to the divine doctor last time, but what progress did you make?" ”
"Back to the emperor, the people sent out by the old slave found a Taoist priest in the Jiangnan area, he has some medical skills, but he is proficient in alchemy, it is said that it can have the effect of raising the flesh and bones of the dead, and it must also be useful for the prince's illness."
"Oh? There is really such a powerful pill in the world, if you are really a little sure that you can cure Yunxiang, you will invite him to the capital. ”
The emperor was overjoyed, but soon he calmed down again, since it was to treat his thirteenth brother, he must be careful, and he must not be careless.
This so-called elixir, even if you want to use it, you must find someone to test it first.