Chapter 163: Sleeping under the blue screen window
After a few days, Zili's injuries gradually improved, and although she was tortured by Madame Yu for a few days, she successfully brought the news back. Empress Lu heard that the acting king had been diligent in military training recently, and seemed to have a disobedient heart, so he asked Yifang to find out whether these rumors were true, and if so, he had to find out the place for military training.
Empress Lu only gave her a two-month deadline, and Yifang was silent in Guangyang Hall for a few days, not knowing where to start to inquire. In the past, he could be by Liu Heng's side and occasionally listen to the reports of the ministers in the court, so as to get some news, but now this method is not used.
She leaned against the window alone, looking up at the sky outside, wondering how her brother in Chang'an was doing, whether he ate and slept on time. My thoughts drifted far away, and I fell asleep on the windowsill unconsciously.
Yifang felt as if someone had helped her put on a dress, so she propped herself up: "Tengling, what time is it now?" ”
"It's Shen Shi." The man replied, but it was not the sound of the bell.
Yi Fang turned around in surprise, and it was Liu Heng standing in front of him. She subconsciously glanced out, no one had reported before, and there was no one outside at this time, perhaps it was specially ordered by Liu Heng. Yifang remembered the feeling of suffocation last time, and his heart couldn't help trembling, but on the bright side, he quickly stood up and saluted.
"The concubine is the king."
"No need to be polite." Liu Heng wanted to reach out and help her up, but Yifang stepped back and stood up by himself. Since then, he has stood there without saying a word.
Liu Heng looked at her detached appearance and felt that Deng Tong's previous words were right, but he still wanted to warm up Yifang's cold heart again to make up for his previous mistakes.
"A few days ago, there was a fire in the Tongfu Temple." Liu Heng wanted to find a topic to talk to her, thinking about it, there had been nothing major happening recently, thinking about it, this is the only thing that is slightly different from what is normal on weekdays.
"It's not the fire set by the concubine, but if the king wants to punish him, please don't implicate the palace people of Guangyang Palace." Yi Fang knelt down again, but the expression on her face was indifferent, as if nothing could touch her emotions anymore.
"This king is not suspicious of you." Liu Heng didn't expect her to understand like this, and he wanted to explain but didn't know how to speak, so he could only step forward and help her up. Yifang carefully avoided Liu Heng's touch and took a step back again.
"You, these days...... What do you think? Liu Heng's eyes glanced at her neck, and although the pinch marks on it were a little lighter, they could still be seen at a glance. His brow twitched, and an emotion called self-reproach spread in his heart.
"Good."
"This king asked someone to bring you a sugar cake a few days ago, do you like it?"
"Concubines don't like sweets." Yi Fang lowered her eyes, and she answered whatever he asked. It's just that despite the words, the hall is lifeless, and there is no vitality at all. If Liu Heng had come to see her a month earlier, maybe Yifang's whole person would have been different.
"I remember that you used to be very fond of the sugar cakes made in the dining room."
"Once upon a time, no matter how good things were, you would get tired of eating them for a long time." Yifang's words are a pun, which is to compare himself to a sugar cake.
"No, no, if you really like it, you will definitely like it for the rest of your life." Liu Heng hurriedly showed his heart.
It's a pity that Yifang only spit out a sentence lightly: "The king said that he laughed." ”
Another long silence spread between the two, and this time it was finally Yifang who spoke: "It's not too early, the king should go to the Tongfu Hall quickly, so as not to make Mrs. Yu anxious." ”
"This king will stay in the Guangyang Palace tonight to accompany you." Liu Heng wanted to pull Yifang's hand, but she quietly avoided it.
"The concubine is unwell today, and it is inconvenient to serve the king, so please choose another place for the king!"
"Since you are not feeling well, it is even more time for this king to stay with you."
Yi Fang opened his mouth, and finally sighed: "Your Majesty, please." ”
"Tengling, go and clean up the side hall, I'll rest in the side hall tonight." Yifang walked out of the door and called Tengling.
Originally, because of Liu Heng's arrival, the entire Guangyang Hall was jubilant, and even Tengling thought that the hard days had come to an end. But when Liu Heng came, Yifang was not half happy, but looked indifferent and worried.
"Beauty, is the king going to stay tonight?" Teng Ling asked tentatively.
Yifang nodded: "So I want you to clean up the side hall." The king dwells in my bedchamber, and I have to go to the side hall. ”
"But, beauty, the king finally came back, and he sent a lot of things a few days ago, why don't you see joy?" Teng Ling was puzzled.
"What is there to rejoice in? The king was disgusted with me a few days ago, and because of his former favor, all the concubines of the palace fell into the well, and even brought you with you many insults. Now, after a while, they also got angry, and felt that I was no longer a threat to them, so they gradually left me behind, and would not come back to trouble. Yi Fang sighed, "The kings will stay in the Guangyang Hall tonight, and after the news spreads tomorrow, their eyes will be drawn back to me." You don't want to live like you used to be bullied, do you? ”
"However, since the king has stayed in our palace, maybe it is an unforgettable old love for the beauty, why don't the beauty take this opportunity to regain favor?"
Yifang shook his head: "I don't want such a hot and cold favor." Maybe Wu Nong whispered softly at this time, and he would be sentenced to beheading in the next moment. There is no affection in this palace, and the previous favor is just the king's greed for freshness. Besides, some time ago, the king was extremely disgusted with me, and now he is staying in the Guangyang Palace, maybe he wants to use this to attract the attention of those jealous concubines to me, and use their hands to torture me even more. ”
"But......" Teng Ling wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Yifang.
"Okay, hurry up and clean up the side hall, I'm tired." After Yifang finished speaking, she walked towards the side hall, she didn't notice at all that what she said just now was heard word by word by Liu Heng, who was chasing her out.
Liu Heng looked at the back of Yifang leaving, and his heart was full of thoughts, but he didn't expect his momentary anger to hurt her so deeply. Thinking about the things he had done, Liu Heng really wanted to slap himself a few times.
"Wu Ping, do you say that Yifang will still forgive this king?" Liu Heng didn't know the bottom in his heart, so he wanted to find someone to say a few nice words, telling himself that Yifang would treat him the same as before in a few days.
But Wu Ping is a person who likes to tell the truth: "Your Majesty, the slave boldly said a word, I knew it was like this, why bother in the first place!" If you care about Su Meiren when her back is covered with broken tiles, or ask after she is splashed with tea by Madame Yu, even if you don't slap that slap or pinch a handprint around someone's neck, this thing won't be like this! The slave pondered the nature of the plain beauty, and if you want to get her understanding, I'm afraid it's unlikely. ”
"Then what do you think the king should do?"
"Look at the slave, what Su Mei just said is right, there are so many concubines in your harem, there is no more than her, and there is no less than her. This Guangyang Hall is not happy, let's change places, with the floating hall, Linhua Palace, Changqiu Palace, everywhere I look forward to the king of you! ”
Liu Heng squinted at him, seeing that his heart was furious, and then the word "roll" came out of his mouth.
"No." Wu Ping knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and wanted to retreat, but after taking two steps, he was called back by Liu Heng.
He suddenly thought of an idea: "After a while, you go to the side hall to find a Su Meiren to report, and you will say that this king suddenly fell ill, and he was very sick, and he was cold. She is the master of Guangyang Palace, and she will definitely not let this king go. ”
"Good idea, the king." Wu Ping praised with a clear conscience, and waited for half an hour to do what Liu Heng instructed.
"Beauty, it's not good." As soon as the time came, Wu Ping ordered a few eunuchs to pretend to be panicked outside to cooperate with him, while he hurriedly ran to the side hall to report.
"Mr. Wu? What's wrong? Teng Ling helped Yifang up.
"Beauty, the king doesn't know what's wrong, suddenly he was chilled, and he talked nonsense, but he was sick." Wu Ping thinks that he is pretending to be very similar.
Yifang also did not suspect him: "Tengling, quickly send someone to ask the doctor to come over, and ask someone to take a few more quilts to cover the king." ”
Teng Ling hurriedly ran out to arrange, but Wu Ping waited in place, and saw that Yifang didn't have the slightest intention of going over to take a look, so he asked, "That's it?" ”
Yifang was suspicious: "Is there anything else going on with Manager Wu?" ”
"Why don't you go over and see the king?" Wu Ping reminded. If other concubines encounter this situation, they must be Baba rushing over to serve her, but this plain beauty is very calm. Wu Ping sighed silently in his heart, it seems that the king really has no hope.
"There are maidservants waiting for me, and I am not a physician, and I can't heal diseases, so wouldn't it be a cause for chaos to go?" Yi Fang said that he lay down again.
Wu Ping wiped the sweat on his forehead, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with Wang Shang now.
In the main hall on the other side, Liu Heng glanced at the door after a while, and saw the palace maids and eunuchs coming in and out, and even doctors coming in, but there was no Yifang. While he watched, he had to pretend to be very cold, and it was really hard to come and go.
Seeing that Wu Ping finally came back, Liu Heng asked anxiously, "What about her?" Why haven't you come here yet? ”
"This ......" Wu Ping wanted to speak and stopped, and only reluctantly said it after Liu Heng's urging several times, "Su Meiren said that she would not be able to cure the disease, and coming here would also add to the chaos, so she fell asleep again." ”
"What?!" Liu Heng angrily slapped the head of the bed, and pointed to a doctor, "You, go and report to Su Meiren, saying that this king is very sick and needs to warm up." ”
"Huh?" The doctor's face was puzzled.
Liu Heng waved his hand irritably: "Ah what, go quickly!" ”