Chapter 125: The Caged Bird
"Smack!"
Without warning, a slap hit the seventeenth princess in the face.
Emperor Ji Wudi had a gloomy face and scolded with a slashing face, "Do you know who you're talking to?" Which palace I go to, is it difficult to get your consent? How much do you know about Ningshou Palace? Accuse me by hearsay, is this your filial piety? ”
The seventeenth princess covered her face, but still argued indignantly, "Father, but you accompany her every day, this is an indisputable fact!" She's just the daughter of a minister, and she doesn't have a name yet, isn't this a filthy palace? ”
"Smack!"
Another slap in the face,
"At a young age, do you know what it means to be filthy? Who taught you this, let me know that I can't spare her! ”
The seventeenth princess's little face was beaten red, and her tears fell down without anger, but she still glared at Emperor Ji Wu strongly, "No one, it was Erchen himself who thought of it!" ”
"In this way, I spoiled you in the past, making you so ignorant of the sky and the earth, and you can open your mouth to say anything! If I don't give you a long memory today, you don't know what the Son of Heaven is! ”
As Emperor Ji Wu spoke, he shouted outside the door, "Come on, pull the seventeenth princess down, take the twenty boards seriously, send them back to Changle Palace, and think about it behind closed doors for three months!" The princess's discipline and mother, each of whom is responsible for thirty boards! The queen's discipline was not strict, and she was ordered to self-examine, grounded for half a month, and exempted from three months! ”
"Father, father, your eyes have been blinded, can't your ears even listen to a word of truth? Father ———— "The seventeenth princess shouted all the way and was carried out by the people brought by Qi Tian.
The room was in a mess, Jin Su squatted down, and found that Hua Qing's face was pale, her lips were bitten, oozing with blood beads, and her entire back was a blood-red whip mark.
"You two, help Hua Qing to the next room, go and ask the imperial doctor to take a look, and the rest of the people will clean up the room," Emperor Ji Wu commanded.
"Yes," the palace people immediately started to work with the answer.
Waiting for the palace maids to help Hua Qing out, Jin Su originally wanted to follow, but Emperor Ji Wu stopped her, and the two went to Linglong Pavilion together.
The two of them walked to the second floor, and Emperor Ji Wu stood by the window, just in the distance to see the island in the middle of the lake.
Jin Su suddenly knelt down and said without humility or arrogance, "Your Majesty, the courtiers want to go back to the house, please ask the emperor for permission!" ”
"Ahem~" Emperor Ji Wu couldn't help coughing twice, slowed down, and then asked a little reluctantly, "Are you going to ignore my cough?" ”
"Back to the emperor, these days, the emperor's cough has improved greatly, as long as he follows the courtier's prescription for five to seven days, it should be fine. The courtiers will hand over the recipe to ......"
"No way!"
Emperor Ji Wu's voice was a little loud, and with the majesty of the emperor, Jin Su's words came to an abrupt end.
Probably realizing that his tone was a little stiff just now, Emperor Ji Wu restrained himself a little, and said softly, "You get up and talk", and stepped forward and raised his hand to help her up.
He continued softly, "The seventeenth princess has been spoiled since she was a child, you don't have to take her words to heart, I have already been punished heavily. You just have to rest assured that you will live in Linglong Pavilion, and I will send more people to guard below, and nothing like this will happen again. ”
The tone of these words is not only like a gentle and affectionate lover, but also like a bitter father.
After Jin Su got up and stood up, he lowered his head and whispered, "But the seventeenth princess is right, the courtiers are just the daughters of the ministers, and they have no relatives in the palace, and it is indeed against the palace rules and etiquette to live like this." ”
Emperor Ji Wu gently held Jinsu's hand and asked tentatively, "Are you ——— willing to be my concubine?" ”
Jin Su withdrew his hand, took a step back, knelt on the ground, and said earnestly, "The emperor is a wise monarch through the ages, a man of martial arts, a great talent, appeases the people, inspects water conservancy, and reduces taxes. Like thousands of people, courtiers love and respect the emperor, and are willing to serve him. But the courtiers didn't want to be the golden bird in the cage, and guarded the green tiles and red walls every day. ”
Emperor Ji Wu smiled bitterly and muttered, "I guessed that you didn't want to." ”
"Thank you for the emperor's understanding," Jin Su kowtowed and continued, "The emperor's love for the courtiers is remembered by the courtiers. ”
"That's it, you get up," Emperor Ji Wu raised his hand. Turning, his hands propped on the guardrail, and stared into the distance with a slight loss.
Jinsu slowly got up and stood in place, at a loss.
The two of them stood quietly for a long time before Emperor Ji Wu said slowly, "I still have some things to deal with, and I will discuss the matter of your return to the house later!" ”
"Yes", Jin Su replied lightly, unable to tell whether he was lost or not.
After Emperor Ji Wu finished speaking, he glanced at Jin Su deeply, then turned around and strode away.
Jin Su was still standing in the attic, she didn't know what Emperor Ji Wu would do with her, but if she really wanted to accept her as a concubine, what would she do? Should I resist the decree or seek satisfaction, and if so, what will be the consequences?
Alas~~
It wasn't until he saw that the imperial doctor had left from the frost garden that he came down and went to Hua Qing's room. When she entered, Hua Qing was lying on the bed, allowing the other palace maids to medicate her?
"Sister, bear with me," the palace maid gently applied the ointment while soothing Hua Qing.
Jin Su quietly took the ointment from the palace maid's hand, and motioned the palace maid to go out.
"County Lord, this is unacceptable...... Ah......h
"Okay, you just lie down, it's all this time, what else is there to do. Besides, these injuries of yours were originally suffered on my behalf......"
"No, protect the county lord, that's the slave's job." Hua Qing held on to her breath and finished her words continuously.
Putting down the plaster in his hand, Jin Su took out a small white bottle from his waist, poured out a pill, fed it to Hua Qing, and said, "This is painkiller, take it quickly." ”
Hua Qing thanked her, and then swallowed the pill.
Jinsu was not in a hurry to take the medicine, but got up and took a wet handkerchief, carefully cleaned up the blood stasis on Hua Qing's back, and applied the medicine while cleaning up.
"Is this a birthmark?" When Jinsu took the medicine, she found a red mark on the back of her shoulder.
"Hmm."
Seeing Hua Qing's drowsy appearance, Jin Su guessed that it was mostly the effect of the pill, so he didn't speak, and only quietly took the medicine. After she finished taking the medicine, Hua Qing was already asleep, and Jin Su gently covered her with a quilt and came out.
After that, Jin Su found the other palace maids who were waiting in the Frost Villa and asked about the situation of the seventeenth princess.
Only then did I know that the seventeenth princess was not born to the queen, but because her mother died just after giving birth to her, she has always been raised by the queen. Emperor Ji Wu doted on her very much and specially approved her to learn martial arts.
Jin Su thought that Aunt Wen Li, who had taught her the rules before, seemed to be the one who served by the side of the seventeenth princess. No wonder the last time I was in Haitang Residence, as soon as I heard that the seventeenth princess was looking for her, she immediately rushed over, and she didn't even care about the errand assigned by the Queen Mother.
In this way, the status of the seventeenth princess in the palace should be extraordinary.
But looking at this seventeenth princess, her temper is also hot, and she is still a straight intestine, and she will say whatever comes to mind. came to make a fuss today, it seemed that he was angry with the queen, but in the end, he caused the entire Changle Palace to be punished. If she's not stupid, she's too young to be taken advantage of.
Jin Su wanted to leave, but without Emperor Jiwu's consent, it was impossible to do so.
And right now, at the foot of the slope of Linglong Pavilion, several paths in and out are guarded by guards, and the number of patrols has been deliberately increased. said that it was to prevent others from disturbing her, but why didn't this imprison her?
In the next few days, Emperor Ji Wu never came again. Jinsu still steamed a bowl of radish soup every day and sent it to the side hall, but every time it was only handed over to the father-in-law who guarded the door.
In addition, he has been staying in Linglong Pavilion, really bored, picked all the chrysanthemums on the slope of Linglong Pavilion, dried part of the tea, and brewed some chrysanthemum wine.
Goodbye Emperor Ji Wu, it was a clear afternoon, and Jin Su was sitting in the courtyard of the Frost Villa playing the piano.
The palace maids in the courtyard listened very attentively, and it was not until the end of the song that they suddenly found that Emperor Ji Wu was leaning on the door frame and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
Jin Su turned her head when she heard the voice, and just met the affectionate eyes of Emperor Wu last season, she immediately lowered her head, got up and saluted, "Your Majesty, when did you come, why didn't anyone spread it?" ”
Emperor Ji Wu smiled and asked the palace maids to be busy, and then said to Jin Su, "Seeing that you are investing, I didn't let them pass it on, besides, how can I be willing to interrupt it easily with such a beautiful piano sound." ”
Welcoming Emperor Ji Wu into the house, Jin Su personally served tea again, and finally asked softly, "Is the emperor still coughing recently?" ”
Emperor Ji Wu thought about it with the teacup, and replied seriously, "It doesn't seem to be, I didn't pay much attention to it." ”
"That'...... Why don't you let the courtiers help you take a pulse? Jinsu asked.
"Good!"
With a hearty response, Emperor Ji Wu naturally stretched out his wrist and put it on the square table next to him.
Jin Su carefully took the pulse for a while, and then said with a smile, "The emperor's pulse is up and down, and the cough should be very good." ”
Emperor Ji Wu smiled reluctantly.
Instead, he asked, "You can go back to your house tomorrow." ”
Jin Su raised his head sharply and looked at Emperor Ji Wu in surprise, as if he didn't believe his ears.
"Don't you like to be a bird in my cage? There are many birds in my harem, and there is no shortage of you, so go back! Emperor Ji Wu pretended to be relaxed and said.
"Emperor Xie!" Jin Su knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Ji Wu.
"Qi Tian~" Emperor Ji Wu called softly.
Immediately afterwards, Qi Tian presented a yellow pure gold waist card to Jin Su with both hands, and said, "County Lord, this is the waist card that the emperor specially ordered someone to create for you, and there is your name on it." ”