Chapter 35: The Emperor Arrives
After I finished speaking, Qiushui and Bailu still refused to get up, so I had no choice but to get up and help her two up: "I know the intentions of the two of you, don't kneel at every turn, I will rely on you in the future." ”
Bailu grinned happily, but Qiushui still looked preoccupied, I knew that some knots could only be untied by Qiushui herself, no matter what I said, it was useless, so I didn't say anything, just asked her two to go out, I was a little tired.
This day has passed without danger.
Early the next morning, I woke up early and called Qiushui to change my clothes: "Hasn't the queen's return date been set yet?" Qiushui quickly dressed me and answered my question: "The slave didn't hear the news, but I think I'm coming back soon." ”
I nodded, it has been three days since the queen left the palace to pray for blessings, and she should indeed come back.
After breakfast, I sat down at the desk to read, and every time I looked up, I could see the bottle of green plums, and I always felt relaxed and happy, and I couldn't help but want to move the green plum tree in the imperial garden to the courtyard of the Xiwu Palace.
Before the lunch, a father-in-law suddenly came to report: "The emperor said that lunch should be used here by Lin Chang, and Lin Chang is preparing it for Xu Haosheng!" The eunuch was yin and yang, Qiushui immediately took out a bag of silver money from his sleeve and handed it over, and the eunuch weighed the weight before leaving satisfied.
However, after the eunuch left, the atmosphere inside and outside the Xiwu Palace became completely different.
The palace people outside the Xiwu Palace were talking to each other one by one, excited about the emperor's sudden arrival, but the three people in the inner room, that is, I and Qiushui and Bailu, the three of us were dejected, and there was no sense of excitement at all.
I looked at the two little girls, and suddenly felt that I shouldn't be so decadent, and if I was decadent, I could only make Qiushui and Bailu worry, but it was better to block it with soldiers, and the water would cover it!
Immediately, I took a deep breath and looked at Qiushui and Bailu: "What are you two still doing in a daze?" Didn't you hear that the emperor was coming for lunch? Don't hurry up and get ready! ”
Qiushui quickly understood what I meant, but Bailu was confused by what I said: "Little master, you ......"
I looked at her coldly: "What am I, is it possible that you don't even listen to your little master?" ”
Bailu was in tears when I said it, and she was about to cry, but I didn't pay attention to it, Bailu is a simple-minded girl, and it was for her good to let her understand some truths earlier.
Qiushui saw that Bailu still didn't understand, and even wanted to reason with me, so he directly pulled Bailu out and went out.
The first time the emperor asked me to sleep because I was my aunt's niece, and the second time the emperor came to Xiwu Palace because of my calculations, this was the third time, but I had obviously annoyed the emperor, but the emperor still wanted to come, only because there was something else in the middle.
I suddenly thought of a question, that is, the last time the emperor came to wash the palace, not only because he heard me playing the flute on the plane tree, but also because he met Wen Xiu Mandarin on the road, and the day before yesterday, Wen Xiu Yuan also mentioned me in front of the suffering, could it be because of this reason?
However, I subconsciously abandoned this idea of mine, because I was always unwilling to believe that Wen Xiuyuan approached me with ulterior motives, even if the ironclad evidence had been placed in front of me.
Qiushui came in from the outside, carrying a bucket of hot water in his hand, and walked into a warm pavilion next to the inner room, which was specially used for bathing, and the emperor wanted to come, as a concubine, of course, he had to bathe and change his clothes, and greet the most honorable guest in the best state.
Taking off my clothes, I obediently sat down in the bathtub under the service of autumn water, and a layer of gardenia and rose petals floated on the tub, and the mixed taste of these two petals was my favorite, and it was also the best for the skin.
The long hair floated in the water like duckweed, and I was like the duckweed, helpless in the harem, and even the only man I could rely on was regarded as the object of my greatest disgust.
Qiushui seemed to see through my thoughts, and said while wiping my back: "Little master, even if some things should not be done, they must be done in order to be able to live, who is not like this in this deep palace inner garden?" ”
I understand what Qiushui means, she, like the second brother, wants me to leave behind those children and daughters and take life as the ultimate goal, but they are not me, they don't care about my feelings, they don't understand me, they just blindly think that letting me live is for my good, how ridiculous is this?
After taking a shower, I looked at myself in the bronze mirror, the mole in the corner of my eye had melted into the water, and now there was only a white and flawless face left, and there was no expression on the face, which also gave people a cold and noble feeling.
If my aunt is a bewitching red plum, a smile can charm people's hearts, presumably my face is the rare green plum, the same clan but the other generation is a deserted, so the color is scarce, so it looks more noble.
Qiushui put on makeup for me, and looked at my face and felt amazing: "I thought that the little master was stunning because of the makeup, but I didn't expect that the little master who had not given pink was even more beautiful and moving." I sneered, if it weren't for a face like this, I'm afraid the people in the Xiwu Palace today wouldn't be me, right?
However, at the same time, I am also worried about another question, if this face no longer belongs to me, will the second brother still remember me? Do you still feel sorry for me?
I may never get the answer to all this, but maybe the answer is in my heart, in short, I don't want to see the real answer, I am afraid that the answer will be different from my expectation, and I will completely lose hope of survival.
"Okay, the little lord is so beautiful!" Qiushui looked at the bronze mirror and said such a compliment, I glanced at the bronze mirror, and found that it was indeed as Qiushui said, I looked like a condensed skin in the bronze mirror, eyebrows and distant mountains, cherry mouth like the finishing touch, a face looked like a natural picture.
Qiushui looked at it for a while but frowned, turned around and walked to my bookcase, broke off a green plum and inserted it in my sideburns, and then nodded with satisfaction.
I picked off the plum blossom, these days when I entered the palace, because of this plum blossom with its own proud bones, how many disasters have been caused, and now I am still carrying plum blossoms, wouldn't it become a troublemaker, deliberately reminding the emperor of the incident where my aunt was framed.
Qiushui chose a goose yellow palace dress for me that was cut with Liu Jianxue, the only difference is that my palace dress is embroidered with plum blossoms, while Liu Jianxue's palace clothes are embroidered with cuckoos, both of which are extremely attractive, but the cuckoo is delicate, and the plum blossoms have their own wind bones.
Maybe I chose this set, also because I want to be like plum blossoms, maintain my own bones, not like those resentful women in the deep palace, become a duckweed in the harem.
At this moment, Yu Shunliang's high-pitched voice came: "The emperor has arrived!" ”
I hurried to the door of the side hall and knelt on the ground waiting for the man's review.
Soon, a pair of bright yellow boots appeared in my sight: "Huaixing doesn't need to make this big gift, Yue'er is your aunt, and you will be like Yue'er in the future, you don't need to salute when you see me." ”
I was a little frightened, I don't know why the emperor linked me with my aunt again, could it be that the emperor came over this time because of my aunt: "The concubine doesn't dare, the concubine knows that she is not as good as her aunt, how dare she compare with her aunt." ”
The emperor had already pulled me into his arms, his eyes were looking at me directly, and there was a smile full of care on the corner of his mouth: "What I say is what it is, Huaixing thinks it's good?" ”
Can I still feel bad? Here, women don't have the capital to confront the emperor at all, they are all attached to the emperor's silk flowers, even if they twist and turn, they are only for that one person.
The emperor hugged me into the side hall, and Qiushui sent a copper basin for cleaning hands: "Please clean your hands." ”
On the other side, Bailu brought up the food sent from the imperial dining room one by one, the emperor sat on the round stool, and I sat in the emperor's arms, for fear of falling, I could only hold the emperor's neck.
"I don't know what Huaixing likes? Today, I hurried over after the next court, and I didn't prepare a gift for Huaixing, so don't be angry with Huaixing! "Although the emperor said that the wind is light, but my heart is always beating the drum.
"It's good that the emperor can come over, and the concubines don't lack anything." I snuggled up in the emperor's arms obediently, not daring to look him in the eyes.
The emperor pinched the crystal clear grapes washed on the table and put them to my mouth, I subconsciously opened my mouth, but I didn't taste the cold grapes, but I saw a magnified handsome face, and the warm touch on my lips.
I was frightened, and hurriedly pushed the emperor away: "Your Majesty, the concubine has specially prepared some good food for you today, why don't you taste it?" I left the emperor's arms lightly, sat down beside the emperor, picked up the chopsticks, and put some dishes on the plate in front of the emperor.
The emperor looked at the empty embrace, and a touch of displeasure suddenly flashed on his face, but he didn't say anything, and looked at me with a smile: "I heard that Huaixing was infected with a cold, how many days have you gotten better?" ”
I didn't dare to say that I was better, so I could only shirk and say: "The concubine is just an occasional cold, how can I make the emperor worry, the concubine is already much better, but I still feel dizzy from time to time." ”
The emperor's big hand suddenly reached into my forehead, and then tried his forehead again, and found that I did not have a fever, so he moved his chopsticks.
However, before the emperor's chopsticks touched the straight dishes on the plate, a pleasant female voice was remembered outside: "It turns out that Tingchen is here, but I am easy to find!" ”
Soon, a touching red shadow appeared at the door of the side hall of Xiwu Palace, it was my aunt who was the crown of the sixth palace, she moved lightly, walked to the emperor's side and sat down: "Tingchen, why don't you wait for me, I waited for you outside the Shangshu room for a long time, but you came to Huaixing without saying a word." ”
The emperor couldn't see his aunt being coquettish, so he took his aunt into his arms even if he was soft-hearted: "You girl, every time I see Huaixing, you always have to be jealous for a while, if outsiders know, won't you laugh off your big teeth!" ”
My aunt looked at the emperor as if I didn't exist at all, and leaned into the emperor's ear and said, "Then Tingchen, will you let others know?" ”
A touch of lust flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he immediately imprinted a kiss on his aunt's cheek: "I just planted it in your hands, otherwise no matter how coquettish you are, how can I be obedient to you?" ”
My aunt's eyes glanced at me, and I immediately lowered my head and pretended not to see anything, only to hear my aunt continue to say to the emperor: "The concubine has also prepared a table of things that you like to eat, if you don't go, I'm afraid those things will be wasted." ”
The emperor didn't say anything when he heard this, I guess he probably didn't want to accompany his aunt to leave, even if it wasn't in Xiwu Palace, my aunt didn't give the emperor a child, but I didn't look up, so I couldn't accompany the emperor to finish this play, I don't know how the emperor would respond to my aunt's request?