Chapter 44: The Trick of Love
Lin Yao's eyes were slightly dark, but there was still a bright and gentle smile on her face, "Your Majesty, the concubine has something she wants to tell Your Majesty." β
Lu Zhixing still looked indifferent, his eyes looked at Lin Yao with some questions.
"The concubine didn't have His Majesty's child before, and now she wants to have another child with Your Majesty."
Lin Yao whispered in a sultry tone in Lu Zhixing's ear. Lu Zhixing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then frowned slightly, and after a long time, "Recently, I have been busy with official affairs, and I have no intention of announcing the matter of sleeping for the time being, and we will have a chance in the future." β
Lu Zhixing rejected Lin Yao's request to have another child, and he didn't know why he refused directly, maybe it was related to Jiang Wan who appeared in his mind.
The smile on Lin Yao's face after hearing this was a little unbearable, Lu Zhixing had never rejected her so repeatedly before. She naturally knew why Lu Zhixing was like this, which made her even more annoyed.
"Okay, the concubine understands Your Majesty, then Your Majesty should remember to come and see the concubine more, the concubine is in the huge concubine palace, cold and lonely."
Lin Yao will not force Lu Zhixing step by step, let alone play tricks on Lu Zhixing, she knows what to do to suit Lu Zhixing's mind.
Lu Zhixing looked at Lin Yao, who was so reasonable, and felt a little relieved in his heart, "I will go to see you more." β
At this time, Jiang Wan was walking with Xia Yahan in the imperial garden, and Xia Yahan was also happy about Jiang Wan's promotion.
"You have suffered such a serious injury for Your Majesty, I don't think Your Majesty's reward is enough."
"Where, it's just a matter of duty, and this reward is not what I want."
Jiang Wan and Xia Yahan took advantage of the coolness of the near evening to go out with Xia Yahan to relax, and at the same time, they also arranged for their palace maids to avoid those Lu Zhixing.
Her two promotions now have made the water in the harem even more muddy, and the onlookers can't see Lu Zhixing's thoughts, let alone the direction of the power of the harem.
"Jiang Wan, why don't you want a reward?"
Xia Yahan didn't understand, Jiang Wan must have been bullied in the cold palace before, although she was later named an official woman and left that place, but she was only one position higher than the palace maid, and her promotion meant that there would be fewer and fewer people who could bully her, isn't this worth being happy about?
"I never wanted this kind of reward, I didn't even want His Majesty to notice me, I was tired of just thinking about living well for the rest of my life."
Jiang Wan shook his head helplessly, why does this world always backfire, he wants to go away and live quietly, but he always has to be pulled back to this battlefield without gunpowder.
Jiang Wan and Xia Yahan walked and walked, but they met Lin Yao and Lu Zhixing around the corner, who were having dinner in the pavilion. Jiang Wan saw them and pulled Xia Yahan to turn around and leave, but was noticed by Lin Yao.
"Isn't this Ju Chang and Xin Chang here, what a coincidence."
When Lu Zhixing heard this, he turned his head to look at Jiang Wan, who was extremely reluctant.
Jiang Wan and Xia Yahan had no choice but to step forward and salute Lin Yao and Lu Zhixing, "The slave maid has seen Your Majesty and the noble concubine. β
"The slave didn't know that the concubine and His Majesty were here to enjoy the meal and disturb Yaxing, so they retired."
Jiang Wan knew that Lu Zhixing was looking at him, so he was very uncomfortable, and just wanted to leave quickly. Lin Yao didn't follow her wishes, but said generously, "This palace knows that Xin Chang is injured in order to protect His Majesty, and he is also worried in his heart, so when this palace and His Majesty finish dinner, they will send someone to send some supplements and scar removal ointments, and the woman can't leave a scar." β
When Lin Yao said this, she deliberately leaned towards Lu Zhixing, showing that the two of them were extremely close. Jiang Wan knew that Lin Yao was doing it for herself, and wanted to stimulate herself, but unfortunately her wishful thinking failed, she had no children's affection for Lu Zhixing, the scumbag emperor.
"The slave and maid are here to thank the concubine for her compassion."
Jiang Wan thought about when she would let them go, she hadn't eaten dinner yet, and she was a little hungry now. But Lin Yao didn't want to let her go, she saw that Lu Zhixing didn't move, so she became presumptuous.
"Xin Chang is here, since you see that Your Majesty is also here, please come forward and wait for a while."
Jiang Wan was stunned when she heard this, Lin Yao wanted to make fun of her, but helplessly, she has a low status now, how can she not obey.
"Yes."
Jiang Wan stepped forward to pour wine and cloth dishes for Lin Yao and Lu Zhixing, and Xia Yahan watched from the side, looking nervous and pity. Just when Jiang Wan was about to pour wine for Lu Zhixing, the hand holding the wine jug was grabbed by Lu Zhixing.
"Drop it, you don't need it here, you go back and rest."
As soon as Jiang Wan heard Lu Zhixing say this, she felt that Lu Zhixing was still a little conscientious, so she naturally would not refuse, so she put the wine jug and saluted Lu Zhixing.
"The slave and maid are gone."
Jiang Wan pulled Xia Yahan out of the pavilion quickly, Lu Zhixing's move angered Lin Yao, but she couldn't come out.
Lu Zhixing didn't want to continue eating, so he got up, "I'll go to deal with official business first, you can go back after dinner, it's late and your thin clothes are easy to catch a cold." β
Lin Yao's hand holding the chopsticks couldn't help but exert force, as if she was about to break the chopsticks, but she still had a smile on her face.
Lin Yao put down the chopsticks that were already a little bent, got up and saluted, "Concubine Congratulations to Your Majesty." β
Lu Zhixing left with the group, and the pavilion immediately emptied, Yuan Zhu stepped forward and called the palace maid, "Take down all these meals." β
Lin Yao was unwilling, and after she returned to the Guifei Palace, she hit Lu Zhixing with her idea.
"In this form, as long as the palace does not get rid of Jiang Wan, Your Majesty will always care about her, but this harem mother is expensive by her son, and this palace needs to conceive the imperial heir before His Majesty calls her to sleep."
Yuan Zhu stepped forward and asked, "What is the way of the concubine?" β
Lin Yao looked at the incense burner in the dormitory that was exuding cigarettes, and a malicious smile appeared on her face, this was a last resort, if it weren't for Lu Zhixing's constant snub of herself, she wouldn't have used this unseemly means.
"Yuanzhu, you go and look for Hehuan incense, tomorrow at the night of the Japanese Palace, the palace will invite His Majesty to come here, and you can mix the incense and light it in the incense burner."
"Obey the order, the concubine."
Lu Zhixing would definitely not have thought that Lin Yao, who he had always thought was as pure and kind as a white lotus, would treat him with such dirty means in order to be on top.
On the other hand, Jiang Wan, after she pulled Xia Yahan and hurriedly left there, she only felt relieved.
"Jiang Wan, the concubine Niangniang knew that you were injured before and deliberately made things difficult for you, she is really not a good person."
Xia Yahan just looked at Jiang Wan's humble appearance and poured wine for Lu Zhixing and Lin Yao, and she was indignant for Jiang Wan in her heart. But fortunately, Lu Zhixing came forward and let Jiang Wan go.
"It's okay, this little difficulty is nothing to me, Yahan, you go back to your courtyard first."
Jiang Wan and Xia Yahan said goodbye at the fork in the road, and she walked alone on the path that fell back to Yunxuan. Now that he has really become Lin Yao's target again, Lu Zhixing will really make trouble for himself.
There is no doubt that it was Lin Yao who arranged for the killer to assassinate her in the royal nunnery, but she had no evidence, otherwise how could she let Lin Yao go like this.
She didn't understand why Lin Yao pursued the position of queen so much, and the original owner had already ended up miserable because of her, and she hadn't shown that she wanted to take revenge on her since she came out of the cold palace.
"People in the same place, why can't they get along well, they have to fight to the death, and a woman who is carried away by power is really stupid."
The sky was completely dark, and the originally dim lights became brighter and brighter. Jiang Wan listened to the crisp cries of insects in the grass, and rarely felt irritable, but felt a trace of comfort on a summer night.
There were stars in the night, and there were obvious stars shining, Jiang Wan couldn't help but sigh, "Except for these occlusions, this place is indeed stronger than that era." β
Jiang Wan was too hungry to slow down, feeling the breeze through the treetops, blowing across the water, and picking up her hair.
Lu Zhixing was standing outside the imperial study at this time, looking up at this beautiful night, his eyes were rare and confused, there were too many things that made him difficult to solve, but he was an emperor, and no one could give him an answer.
When Jiang Wan returned to the courtyard of Luoyunxuan, he found that Ping'er was lighting a lantern and was about to come out of the courtyard.
"Master, why did you come back so late, and you have to pay attention to the time when you are chatting with Juchang."
Ping'er didn't follow Jiang Wan's words before, and Jiang Wan often didn't let her follow her when she went out, so she didn't say anything. Just now, she saw that it was completely dark and she hadn't seen Jiang Wan come back, so she was going out to look for her.
Ever since Jiang Wan was assassinated in the royal nunnery, she has always been worried about Jiang Wan's safety, because she naturally knows that the person who covets Jiang Wan's life is in this palace at the moment.
"I'll pay attention next time, I'm hungry, can you help me prepare some food?"
Jiang Wan's stomach rang accordingly.
"His Majesty just sent someone to bring a food box, saying that it was for the master, the master should go and take a look, and the hired son will take it and heat it up."
Jiang Wan raised his eyebrows, how could Lu Zhixing know that he didn't eat dinner, but he was considerate.
Jiang Wan was not such a polite person, and when he walked into the house, he found a food box on the table, which was not a meal, but a very delicate pastry.
Also, if it was a meal that was delivered, she would definitely be cold when she opened it at this time.
"Master, do you need to go to the back kitchen to cook some food?"
"No, I'll just eat some pastries to pad my stomach, there's no need to be too full at night."
Jiang Wan sat down and handed Ping'er a piece of pastry, Ping'er looked at it for a while, and then took it.
Jiang Wan looked at Ping'er's actions, only to realize that what he handed to Ping'er just now was a horseshoe cake, and the original owner's best was also Lu Zhixing's favorite food.
However, Jiang Wan didn't care, she wouldn't be naΓ―ve enough to think that this was Lu Zhixing's expression to herself, and because the horseshoe cake that Lu Zhixing liked was just an ordinary pastry, and it wasn't a rare thing, and it was normal for people in the imperial dining room to make it.
As a generation of emperors, Lu Zhixing's favorite food is only the humble horseshoe cake, maybe he just likes the horseshoe cake made by the original owner.
"This person, it's really hard to guess, what does he think?"