Volume 1 The Wind Rises Chapter 48 The Wind Rises (8)
Lu Xi wore a brand new robe and stood outside the White Jade Palace, but this red came suddenly, which caught him off guard. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and there was still some rain, he thought about lighting the lights in the palace earlier. After instructing the two eunuchs who held the lamp, he turned around and entered the door of the White Jade Palace, the sky was dark, and he couldn't see clearly in this room. Lu Xi roughly saw that Concubine Hui was still confined to the bed, and asked, "Niangniang, do you still need something to eat?" ”
Wan Jiao'er listened, slowly sat up straight, and a bruise appeared on her good-looking face. It turned out that after the emperor returned to the palace yesterday, he was angry and clamoring to hang himself, but she went to stop her, and she was slapped hard. She secretly cried all night last night, and today she still has swollen cheeks and eye sockets, and she doesn't call anyone to freshen up, so she just lays in bed for a day.
"No appetite." Wan Jiao'er tilted her head and gently touched the bruise with her hand, a pain that made her feel the reality of the world.
"I haven't eaten in the five rooms, so let's eat a little at night, don't be hungry." Lu Xi continued.
"Then you go and command."
Hearing this, Lu Xi was naturally happy, and his hanging heart was put down, and he went out and ordered the little eunuch to inform the imperial dining room, and then entered the palace gate and asked, "Niangniang, do you want to freshen up and dress up?" Lu Xi was kind-hearted, thinking that Wan Jiao'er's young and beautiful appearance cared about her appearance after all, but she never thought about it, but this question made Wan Jiao'er cry.
"Dress up for whom." Wan Jiao'er cried and cried, which was pitiful.
"Don't be sad, the emperor is just injured by mistake when he is angry. Now in this palace, who is Ronghua who is comparable to Niangniang. ”
Wan Jiao'er couldn't stop crying when she heard this, and said: "I let him endure him everywhere, and he still treats me like this, if it wasn't Cui'er who was killed at the beginning, it would be good." "The Cui'er in Wan Jiao'er's mouth is the little palace maid who was killed by the emperor, and the little palace maid came into the palace with her.
There are thousands of people in the harem, and Lu Xi naturally doesn't know who Cui'er is, and she is helpless when she sees Wan Jiao'er crying. The two eunuchs who held the lamp knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so they hurriedly lit the lamp and went out of the palace gate, and in this white jade palace, only Wan Jiao'er and Lu Xi were left.
When the lights were turned on, Lu Xi saw Wan Jiao'er's delicate cheeks with pear blossoms and rain, and was a little stunned. Although he was a eunuch, he was also a young man in his early twenties.
Wan Jiao'er saw Lu Xi's infatuation, but no longer cried, and asked softly: "Do you think I look good?" ”
"Good-looking, Niangniang is naturally good-looking." Lu Xi subconsciously said this, but as soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "Niangniang forgives sins, Niangniang forgives sins......"
When Wan Jiao'er saw it, she chuckled out with tears and asked, "If you are the emperor, are you willing to beat me?" ”
Hearing this, Lu Xi wondered if this girl was stupid, and hurriedly continued to kowtow, a line of red oozed from her forehead, and said: "How dare a slave be the emperor, a slave is a slave." ”
Wan Jiao'er's eyes reflected the light, and they looked crystal clear like gems, but the red and swollen side looked even more miserable. She said softly: "You just came to this White Jade Palace, but I still choose to believe you, I don't have a trustworthy person in this palace." You're not going to say what you just said, are you? ”
"The slave doesn't dare, the slave is the chief eunuch of the White Jade Palace, and he is naturally the person of the mother." After all, Lu Xi has been with Colliers for so many years, so he is naturally a clever person.
"You can beat Lu Jin." This Wan Jiao'er seemed to find fun from Lu Xi, and asked again.
Before Lu Xi could answer, someone knocked on the door outside, and it turned out to be the imperial dining room with food.
"Go open the door." Wan Jiao'er raised her chin, her slender neck was like a swan, Lu Xi should be, and swallowed her saliva quietly.
The food sent by the imperial dining room today is relatively light, and the little eunuch who ran errands is also smart. Mushu pork, steamed dumplings with crystal cabbage, amaranth with clear water, and a little chicken porridge. Although it is simple and homely, it is indeed suitable for Wan Jiaoer now.
"You all go down," Wan Jiao'er's eyes shone brightly, her eyes were like a pool of autumn water, gently flowing over Lu Xi's body, and said, "It's enough to have Lu Gonggong guarding it." The palace maids who originally planned to dress her felt strange one by one, but they didn't dare to say it, so they could only retreat.
Lu Xi was still stunned in place, and when she heard this, her heart was pounding, but Wan Jiao'er opened her mouth and said, "Father-in-law Lu, dress me for me." ”
Lu Xi's face was hot, and he didn't have to think about it to know that it was red. He moved forward step by step, and finally reached the bedside, but he didn't dare to look up at Wan Jiao'er. Wan Jiaoer is now Concubine Hui, her daily life is taken care of, and her daily clothes have already been prepared for her, and today's clothes are hung on the hanger next to the bed, which is a green juan gauze gold silk embroidered long skirt.
Lu Xi took the long dress in his hand and handed it to Wan Jiao'er on the bed with both hands, but his head was buried deeply. Seeing this, Wan Jiao'er smiled even more on her face and asked, "Am I not good-looking?" Why don't you dare to look at me? ”
Hearing this, Lu Xi buried his head even lower, and said, "Niangniang, change it quickly, don't embarrass the slave." ”
Wan Jiao'er giggled, stripped off the underwear on her body, and threw it under the bed, the white underwear fell at Lu Xi's feet, Lu Xi didn't dare to look up, it seemed that he could think of the naked jade body on the bed.
One hand gently took the long dress from Lu Xi's hand, and it was squirming on the bed, and Wan Jiaoer was wearing it herself.
The voice was quiet, and Wan Jiaoer said, "Put on shoes for me, Father-in-law Lu." Wan Jiao'er stretched her white legs down from the side of the bed and entered Lu Xi's sight. Lu Xi raised her head, Wan Jiao'er wore this green juan yarn gold silk embroidered dress, people were in good spirits, and looked at Lu Xi with a smile. Lu Xi hurriedly lowered his head again, knelt down beside the bed, and put on Wan Jiao'er's shoes.
In the past, there was a bad habit of the Han Dynasty, women bound their feet, and many literati praised their petite cuteness. When Emperor Wu, Princess Izumo was afraid of pain and refused to bind her feet, but Emperor Wu was soft-hearted and let Princess Izumo go, so the women in the Han Dynasty were liberated and no longer endured the pain of foot binding. And although Wan Jiao'er's feet have not been entangled, they are also petite, and Lu Xi's hand touched it inadvertently, and it was a little cold.
Lu Xi picked up a milky satin beaded embroidered shoe and gently knocked on Wan Jiao'er's foot, but he didn't dare to press the shoe harder. Wan Jiao'er laughed out loud, stretched out her hand, and gently hooked the shoe repair on her foot. The other one is also gently put on like this.
Wan Jiao'er stood up straight beside the bed, only as tall as Lu Xi's ears. "Father-in-law Lu, I've worked hard." Wan Jiao'er squinted and smiled, and the roots of Lu Xi's ears were red.
Wan Jiao'er sat down at the table, filled a bowl of porridge by herself, ate slowly, and stopped talking. Lu Xi just stood by and didn't speak, and the red on his face didn't go away for a long time.
"The emperor has arrived." Outside, the shrill voice of a little eunuch sounded.
Lu Xi hurriedly went up to open the door, but Wan Jiao'er was the first to get up, stood on tiptoe and touched Lu Xi's ear gently. Lu Xi stayed where he was as if he had been struck by lightning.
"Go open the door, don't be stunned." Wan Jiaoer said.
Lu Xi stiffly opened the door and knelt down to greet the emperor, Wan Jiao'er also knelt down beside him, and said in a low voice: "You are my person." ”