Chapter 65: Breathe for her
Su Li woke up early the next morning, and when she woke up, her body was stuck in the soft and warm quilt, lazily not wanting to move, and her lower abdomen was still slightly swollen, but it didn't hurt anymore.
I had another night of bizarre dreams, and when I looked in the mirror, I found that my eyes were swollen, Su Li couldn't help laughing, sure enough, the sick people are the most vulnerable, and she hasn't cried and swollen her eyes for many years.
After getting dressed and opening the door, the palace people quickly sent medicine and breakfast to warm the palace.
After eating, as soon as he finished drinking the medicine, Yue Yan came over with the help of the palace people.
"The injury is not healed, what are you running around?"
Su Li scolded in a low voice, took two steps forward, and took Yue Yan from the palace people.
The injury on her shoulder was very serious, her face was still pale, but there was a shallow smile on the corner of her lips, and she glared at her with disgust: "You are not the same, you tossed Uncle Shi miserably last night, and you are jumping alive so quickly today?" β
"Doctor Gao really rejuvenated, and I really don't feel bad at all today." Su Li's praise made Yue Yan laugh softly.
It rained overnight, the sky was sunny today, the air was full of the freshness of early spring, Yue Yan looked left and right, the palace people retreated to the door and waited, Yue Yan took Su Li's hand: "Ah Li, I'm sorry, this time I dragged you back again, if I wasn't useless, you wouldn't ......"
She said, her expression uneasy and guilty, for fear that Su Li would be angry with her.
Su Li was sullen when she heard this, and raised her hand to poke her wound lightly, and Yue Yan gasped in pain.
"Now it's you who is hurting, and I didn't protect you, what do you apologize to me? If something happens to you, what face do I have to go back? Su Li asked rhetorically, Yue Yan opened his mouth to argue, but was blocked back by Su Li's words: "Besides, I didn't think it through, and I was careless enough to let you purchase grain and grass in Beijing." β
"That's not the case, Ah Li, you've done a good job!"
Yue Yan said eagerly, her chest rose and fell too much, affecting the wound, and the gauze was oozing blood, knowing that she was this kind of character, Su Li sighed helplessly: "Okay, Doctor Yue, now that we are all lucky to have survived, don't take any more blame for ourselves, okay?" β
"Oh."
Yue Yan nodded, still holding Su Li's hand and not letting go, her expression was a little tangled, and she was silent for a while before she spoke: "Ah Li, Your Majesty told me yesterday that he would send someone to move my grandfather's bones to Beijing, posthumously crown my grandfather as a medical saint, and let me stay in Beijing, and make an exception for me to enter the Tai Hospital." β
This arrangement is very appropriate, after all, she is a powerless woman, and staying in the army will always be inconvenient and too dangerous.
"That's good, if the general were here now, he would agree."
Su Li is telling the truth, the Yue family was wiped out back then, this matter is a hurdle that cannot be overcome in Lu Guogong's heart, Yue Yan is the only orphan of the Yue family, and it is reasonable for Lu Ji to let her have the slightest mistake.
Yue Yan bit his lip and said sullenly: "But my grandfather's ambition in life is to travel all over the world and help the world, I ...... I don't know if I was right to stay. β
She was very confused, the benefits that Chu Lingzhao promised her originally belonged to her grandfather, she got these things for nothing, and stayed in Kyoto safely, which was contrary to her grandfather's last wishes.
It's like she was blessed by her ancestors, but she did something unfilial and unkind.
"Your grandfather's ambition is your grandfather's business, you have your own life, and there are many merchants and visitors in Beijing, and people from all over the world have it, you can still help the world if you practice medicine here, right?"
"But ......"
Yue Yan hesitated, still feeling guilty, Su Li raised her hand and poked at her wound again: "But what?" If you want to practice medicine, what should you do if you encounter mountain bandits on the road? Do you need to hire a few people to escort you all the way? Do you know why the general asked you to return to Beijing with the caravan? β
"Why?"
Yue Yan was stunned by Su Li, and asked stupidly, Su Li raised her eyebrows and blinked her eyes playfully: "Because he already expected what would happen, he deliberately wanted you to stay in Kyoto!" β
"General, this ...... Is it so powerful? β
Yue Yan was stunned, subconsciously he actually had a blind worship of Lu Ji, and basically believed Su Li's words.
Su Li nodded incomprehensibly, the doubt in Yue Yan's heart swayed from side to side, and finally fell under Lu Yan's majesty.
"That'...... Ah Li, do you want to stay in Jingzhong with me? Yue Yan tentatively proposed, Su Li lowered her eyes and didn't rush to agree, she hurriedly added: "Ah Zhan is still so small, and it is not very suitable for those fights and kills, it is better to ......."
"Ah Zhan can stay, but I want to go back!"
Su Li said firmly, Yue Yan was startled by her tone, and lost her voice in a daze. Su Li pulled out her hand from Yue Yan's hand and sighed softly: "Here...... It's not a place for me that memorable. β
When she said this, she was covered in grievances and sadness, Yue Yan obviously didn't know anything about her past, but she clearly felt her resistance in an instant.
"Okay, okay, it's me who said the wrong thing stupidly, Ah Li, don't be sad." Yue Yan eagerly admitted his mistake.
Su Li's emotions came and went quickly, and she returned to her usual calm and self-control in the blink of an eye, lifted her eyes and looked at Yue Yan steadily, and slightly provoked Yue Yan's chin: "I heard that you went to find the Hou Ye on the day you left Beijing, what did you say to him, and you still didn't explain it to the truth?" β
"Huh? How do you know? β
Yue Yan was surprised, his eyes dodged and he didn't dare to look at Su Li, this was obviously very empty-hearted, Su Li became more and more anxious, and continued to ask, Chu Huai'an shook in from outside the door: "Ah Li wants to know something, why don't you ask me directly?" β
As he spoke, he slapped Su Li's hand away, took Yue Yan to the side, and sat down next to Su Li.
Today he wore a dark brocade robe, the clothes were rare and pure, there was no fancy embroidery, and he looked like a white-faced scholar, but the two huge blue and black circles under his eyes were also particularly abrupt, I don't know if it was Su Li's illusion, she always felt that Chu Huai'an looked a lot haggard today.
"Is you particularly handsome today? Can't afford to take your eyes off? β
Chu Huai'an teased, there was still that narcissistic meaning between his eyebrows and eyes, and after speaking, he covered his lips and coughed twice, and the bloodshot at the bottom of his eyes became more and more obvious.
"Master Hou is infected with a cold?"
Su Li asked, Chu Huai'an couldn't stop coughing, and grabbed the teapot on the table and poured it violently.
Su Li only lived in the palace for a few days, and it was naturally impossible for the house to always have hot tea like those concubines, so Chu Huai'an poured cold tea into his mouth.
He moved too fast, and Su Li didn't rush to stop it at all.
I thought that he would lose his temper when he found out that it was cold tea, but he didn't expect him to drink a small half pot in one go, put down the teapot arrogantly, and raised his eyebrows coquettishly: "Can someone be so radiant like Ye when he is infected with the wind cold?" β
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Master, do you know that you don't look like you're in good spirits today, but like you're having a convulsion?
Su Li was slandered, and Yue Yan was also shocked by Chu Huai'an's drinking momentum, but she quickly came back to her senses, afraid that Su Li would continue to ask about the topic just now, so she made an excuse to leave.
Knowing that Yue Yan was so weak that he ran away, Su Li didn't force him to stay.
Chu Huai'an put down the teapot and sat down again, breathing heavier than usual, obviously because of the wind and cold, his nose was blocked.
"Master Hou, are you really sick......
Su Li reminded again, and before she finished speaking, Chu Huai'an's hand reached the position of her lower abdomen, and she naturally asked, "Does it still hurt?" β
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Su Li's face was expressionless, and Chu Huai'an grabbed her hand again and tested the temperature: "Why are your hands so cold?" The palace people didn't prepare a stove for you? β
Chu Huai'an said that he turned his head to call the palace people in, but was pulled by Su Li: "Master Hou, it's not that my hands are too cold, it's that you have a fever, it rained last night, but you didn't cover the quilt?" β
Su Li asked casually, Chu Huai'an was slightly stunned, and laughed inexplicably after a while.
He didn't remember one five years ago, and five years later he didn't remember that he hugged her last night to warm her up.
"Maybe, it's too hot."
Chu Huai'an replied, Su Li sighed without controlling her expression, and only wrote a few lines of big words on her face: Can you be a little more naΓ―ve? He even kicked the quilt like a child.
"The matter of wind and cold cannot be delayed, Hou Ye should send the imperial doctor to take a look earlier, so as not to drag out any serious illness."
Su Li kindly reminded Chu Huai'an that Chu Huaian didn't move, and looked at her stupidly.
Since Su Li entered the palace, he always seemed to like to look at her like this.
"Jingzhong is your sad place, you have been gone for five years, why bother to come back?" He asked, obviously hearing the conversation between Su Li and Yue Yan.
"Why did I come back, doesn't Master Hou know?"
Why did she come back, Chu Huai'an knew very well, she had said a long time ago that Lu Ji had committed a serious crime by killing the grain transport envoy, if it wasn't for helping Lu Ji clear up her grievances, she would probably never have set foot in Beijing again in this life.
If she didn't come back, he wouldn't know about the old rotten and stinking old things for the rest of his life, and he would be able to live the rest of his life in a mess.
It's a pity that she is back, and he can't pretend to be stupid anymore.
"Ben Hou knows ......"
Chu Huai'an nodded, let out a long sigh of relief, he lowered his head and groped in his sleeve pocket, touched for a long time, and found a wooden hairpin.
The wooden hairpin is not made of any precious wood, but taken from the poplar wood of the border pass, the hairpin is dark yellow, carrying the wind and sun of the border pass, it looks quite familiar, it is the one that Su Li wore on his head when he first returned to Beijing.
Originally, the hairpin was just carved in a random shape, and it was not polished, but now it was taken out by Chu Huai'an, but it was much brighter, and the hairpin head was carved with two blooming pear blossoms.
Su Li's expression was surprised, Chu Huai'an picked up the wooden hairpin to insert it for Su Li, and suddenly saw an agate hairpin on her head that she had never seen before.
"Where did this come from?"
Chu Huai'an unceremoniously pulled out the hairpin, and Su Li replied casually: "Pick it up." β
This hairpin looks like something in the palace, where can I pick it up casually?
Knowing that Su Li didn't want to perfunctory him, Chu Huai'an didn't ask, put the hairpin into his sleeve pocket, and handed the hairpin back to her: "The relics left by your 'deceased husband' will be returned to you now." β
He deliberately accentuated the word 'deceased husband', the corners of Su Li's lips pursed slightly, and he took the hairpin and put it on his head.
After returning to Beijing, she has always dressed casually, and changing into women's clothes is just a simple bun, wearing those delicate beads will also amaze everyone, but wearing this wooden hairpin is the most natural and calm.
It seems that only this hairpin is born to match her.
Chu Huai'an stared at the hairpin for a long time, quite satisfied, and couldn't help but show off: "It's also a gift thing, so he can't make it more exquisite?" Is it hard to carve two flowers? β
He has never learned no skills, he has a headache when he reads a book, but he learns some handicrafts on the street very quickly, and he also made a set of tea sets for Su Li back then, and he also knows a little about wood carving, so he doesn't have to guess to know that the two flowers on the hairpin are from his hands.
"Master Hou is ingenious, and he can't be compared to others."
"It's not ingenious, but it's a little better than a knife and a gun!" Chu Huai'an accepted the praise calmly, and stepped on Lu Ji with words in his words, and Su Li laughed with him, noncommittal.
On this kind of issue, there was no need for her to argue with Chu Huai'an about who was higher or lower between him and Lu Ji.
The holy decree to let Yue Yan make an exception and enter the Tai Hospital was issued at three o'clock in the afternoon, and Yue Zhao was posthumously crowned as a medical saint.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the Empress Dowager's decrees followed, recognizing Yue Yan as her goddaughter, that is, Chu Lingzhao's godsister, titled Renxian County Lord, giving the county lord's mansion, and congratulating all officials.
Two wills, before the county lord's mansion is built, Yue Yan will not be able to leave the palace for the time being, and he can also recuperate in the palace.
After getting such a result, Su Li was very relieved, and went to the palace after lunch with Yue Yan, asking to leave the palace.
When she went, Chu Lingzhao was in the imperial study to review the folds, and after she finished saying her request to leave the palace, Chu Lingzhao didn't even raise her head, nor did she get up.
After leaving her for a quarter of an hour, she slowly looked up.
"On that day in the court, Ah Li suspected that the teahouse under the name of the eldest young master of the An family, An Wufu, was related to this case and might collude with the Hu people, do you still think so now?"
Chu Lingzhao asked casually, and when he spoke, he took a red pen and circled the annotations on the fold.
"Back to Your Majesty, the people still insist on their own opinions!"
"After knowing that all the profits from that teahouse were handed over to the state treasury, you still insisted?"
Chu Lingzhao finally stopped writing and looked at Su Li, as if she had said something whimsical, Su Li straightened her back and looked solemn and serious: "Back to Your Majesty, the people's daughter doesn't think that the matter of filling the treasury is enough to affect the people's daughter's judgment on this matter!" β
"Do you know what the consequences of saying this in front of me are?"
Chu Lingzhao narrowed his eyes slightly as he spoke, and the emperor's momentum and coercion were all pressed on Su Li's shoulders, as if he wanted to crush her, making her change her mouth and never speak wildly.
"The people's daughter has been removed from the Su family, and she has no long things, so she can only bear the consequences with her head!"
The implication is that if this sentence is wrong, she will just lose her head, and she will clearly put life and death out of the way.
Chu Lingzhao knew that she was not afraid of death, and people who were afraid of death would not put themselves in an extremely dangerous situation several times, whether it was being sent to be a live target at the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, or defending Yue Yan at the risk of being detained for traitor in the council hall that day.
"How hard is the neck? Can you afford the consequences? Chu Lingzhao asked faintly, put down the pen, and closed the fold that had just been reviewed: "If I want to destroy the Su family because of your words, do you still insist on your suspicions?" β
From the moment Su Li entered the door, he asked several times on this question, and each time he asked, he had to add some chips, at first Su Li thought he was trying to force himself to change his mind, but now it seems to be more like a test.
"Back to Your Majesty, even if you bet on the entire Su family, the people still suspect that there is something wrong with the teahouse!"
After answering this time, the imperial study was silent for a full quarter of an hour.
It wasn't until Su Li knelt so hard that her knees hurt that Chu Lingzhao spoke again: "Get up." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Su Li stood up, Chu Lingzhao looked at her, his eyes fell on the wooden hairpin on her head, and asked a digression: "I would like to give it to you?" β
He hadn't been to the border pass, and he didn't recognize this hairpin as poplar wood at a glance, but he recognized Chu Huai'an's craftsmanship.
"Yes!"
The expected answer, Chu Lingzhao shook his head half helplessly and half dotingly: "He is used to being like this, he always likes to make these strange gadgets, and now he can't change this habit even if he is a wrongdoer." β
"Master Hou should have his own sense of proportion in his heart."
Su Li defended Chu Huai'an, but Chu Lingzhao didn't care, brushed the pile of folds aside, took a new rice paper and spread it out, and wrote a word on the paper with a pen: Turbidity!
His calligraphy should be excellent, with a strong and powerful pen, a sharp pen, and an unstoppable force.
"What does Ah Li think of my words?"
"Self-contained, strong and powerful!"
"What do you mean by that?" He asked about this word, but he clearly wanted to hear more from Su Li's mouth.
"Those who are turbid, that is, unclear, unclear, unclear, harming one side of the people, unclear court, ruining thousands of miles of rivers and mountains!"
If these words were heard by the pedantic ministers in the court, they would definitely point at the tip of Su Li's nose and jump to scold a big rebellion, and they would dare to say such alarmist words in front of His Majesty.
But Chu Lingzhao was not angry, he looked at Su Li with interest, as if he had found some novel treasure.
"In your opinion, how should you deal with it?"
When Chu Lingzhao asked this sentence, Su Li knew that she had made the right bet.
This young emperor, that day, had already seen that Chu Huai'an and Gu Yuanfeng were deliberately helping himself in the council hall, but he still suspended An Jue's post, and even as early as the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, when he wrote that national theory, he guessed that he was from the border pass and knew Lu Ji.
He is far wiser and more far-sighted than everyone thinks, and he is also more wise and strategic.
"If you want to control pollution, you must first find its source and cut the grass and eradicate the roots!"
Su Li replied categorically, and the arrogance of a man was soaked in her bones, which was completely different from her petite and weak appearance, and her personality was very different from Su Bangyue.
Chu Lingzhao was suddenly a little curious, how did Su Liangxing teach him to raise three daughters with different personalities?
This question only turned around in Chu Lingzhao's mind and did not really ask it.
The ink on the paper dried quickly, and Chu Lingzhao rolled up the piece of paper, tied it with a ribbon and handed it to Su Li in a leisurely manner.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the Mobao!"
Su Li knelt down to thank him and took it with both hands.
Chu Lingzhao didn't let go immediately, his index finger lightly pressed the roll of paper, and Su Li couldn't get up.
"I don't believe in Ali's empty suspicions, I only believe in evidence, if Ali can find evidence to convince the public, I will spare you for the crime of deceit!"
There are too many places where Su Li bullied the king, and I don't know which one he is referring to, but what is certain is that Chu Lingzhao also suspects that there is something wrong with the teahouse and even the An family, so he will let Su Li go and find evidence.
"The people's daughter understands and will do her best to relieve His Majesty's worries!"
Su Li assured that Chu Lingzhao withdrew his hand to let her get up, and half-jokingly said: "Be cautious, I have lived in a daze for so many years, and my eyes are much more vicious than mine!" β
In and out of his words, he made no secret of his appreciation for Su Li.
Su Li stood obediently with the roll of paper, not narcissistic or humble.
The two were talking in the imperial study, Chu Huai'an was not idle, Su Li went to the imperial study with his front foot, and he went to the internal affairs mansion with his back foot.
Before he could step into the courtyard, he heard the woman's terrible cry in the distance, and he walked a few steps quickly, and the woman's cry gradually lowered.
Crossing the courtyard gate, the bloody picture of a heavy sentence had just been inflicted.
A palace maid was lying on a bench, her back and buttocks were beaten to the flesh, and the blood was glued to her clothes, and she had fainted to death.
The thick blood rushed to his face, causing Chu Huai'an to frown, and the sharp-eyed eunuch saw him, and immediately asked people to drag the palace maid away, and squeezed out a smile and rushed over: "Yo, Master Hou, why are you here today?" β
"It's just over the New Year, what are you doing?"
Chu Huai'an Nunu mouth, after the palace maid was dragged away, someone immediately brought water to wash the ground, and when the water on the ground dried up, no one would know that on the square inch of floor tiles just now, someone was beaten to death.
Chu Huai'an just happened to meet and asked, and the eunuch opened his mouth with a bitter face: "It's all the slaves who are not doing things well, so that the Hou Ye bumped into the moldy head, the slave should die, the slave should die!" β
The Internal Affairs Office deals with the masters in the palace all day long, and if there is a slight mistake, there is only a dead end, so it is the most likely to admit mistakes and be a person.
Chu Huai'an's face became more and more ugly because of the loud slap, and he couldn't help but stop: "Ye just asked what's the matter, who are you going to show yourself to in a hurry?" β
"Master Xie is magnanimous!" The eunuch thanked him, and then replied: "Just now that is the palace maid in Su Guifei's palace, she committed something yesterday, which made the concubine unhappy, I am afraid that she will be seen by the concubine Niangniang again and make the concubine angry and disturb the dragon heir in the abdomen, so I gave her a lesson, but I didn't think that she was weak, she didn't carry it, and she collided with the Hou Ye again!" β
The eunuch said vaguely, and did not specifically say what the palace maid had committed, and it was to the point of being killed with a rod.
The blood stains on the ground have been washed away while speaking, this kind of thing is not a new thing in the palace, Chu Huai'an didn't look at it twice, and then walked into the internal affairs mansion under the guidance of the eunuch.
"A few days ago, I just paid tribute to a batch of Western Regions wine, and the manager said yesterday that he would send it to Hou Ye's house, Hou Ye happened to come today, Hou Ye would like to taste the taste of this Western Regions wine first?"
This eunuch can also be regarded as the second-in-command of the Internal Affairs Office, knowing that Chu Huai'an usually comes to the Internal Affairs Mansion to find some new things to play with, and when he is the same today, he may as well turn his head and see Chu Huai'an take out an agate hairpin from his sleeve.
As the second-in-command of the Internal Affairs Office, he didn't remember all the things that went in and out of the entire Internal Affairs Office, but also remembered seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, and eight, at this time, a piece of agate hairpin, his heart was bursting, his legs knelt down softly, he didn't care about humility, and pressed Chu Huai'an's hand to stuff the agate hairpin back into his sleeve.
"My lord, where did you get this thing? How dare you just take it out so casually? β
"What's so special about this hairpin? Scared you like this? β
Chu Huai'an asked indifferently, broke away from the second-in-command, and took out the hairpin again.
The second-in-command was so frightened that he wanted to poke himself in the eye, and quickly got up and closed the door.
"My lord, this is the first day of the new year, the queen mother rewarded you with a gift, how did it fall into your hands? Aren't you afraid of being seen as a bad thing? β
The second-in-command lowered his voice, and his voice split.
The hairpin is a personal thing of the harem concubines, and it is very bad to appear in the hands of a foreign minister of Chu Huai'an, besides, not long ago, this person entered the Dali Temple once because of such a thing, if he comes again, I am afraid that he will go to heaven.
"The Queen Mother's reward? So every concubine has it? β
Chu Huai'an still looked like he didn't care about himself, and the second-in-command was so anxious that his eyebrows were about to burn, but Chu Huai'an asked, and he couldn't help but answer, so he could only hold back his anxiety and say: "According to the custom, every concubine will have a reward, but the things given according to the grade are different, the reward promised this year is a coral Tian, the nobleman's reward is an agate hairpin, and the reward of the concubine Niangniang is a double phoenix step, and the back position is still hanging in the air, so there is no reward yet." β
"In other words, this hairpin is only available to nobles."
"Yes!" The second-in-command nodded, and seeing Chu Huai'an asking in such detail, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in the panic, and it turned out to be Fu Zhi Lingxi's cleverness: "Where did Master Hou get this hairpin?" Could it be that there is something inside? β
Chu Huai'an didn't answer him, and took out a gold ingot and threw it to him: "In the harem, how many concubines are there?" β
won the big prize, and the elm head of the second-in-command came in handy, so he came to Chu Huai'an with a smile: "Master Hou wants to find out which noble person this hairpin is?" Slaves have a way! β
Chu Huai'an gave him a cool look: You still don't say it if there is a way? What is the sale?
"Master Hou wait a moment, the slave will get something!"
The second leader rummaged through the cabinet and found a silver needle to come out, took the agate hairpin from Chu Huai'an's hand, poked it at one-third of the hairpin head for a while, and poked the hairpin head open, and pulled out the bare hairpin body, and carved a small 'Liu' character on the ground covered by the hairpin head.
"Master Hou, look, this hairpin belongs to Liu Guiren!"
"I'm not blind!"
Chu Huaian slapped the back of the man's head angrily, snatched the hairpin to restore its original state, took back his sleeve and left.
Not long after he left, the eunuch who had dragged away the palace maid turned back and came back.
"Is the body disposed of?"
"Okay, bundle up the stones and throw them into the well of the cold palace, no one will find out."
The second-in-command nodded with satisfaction, and threw the gold ingots that Chu Huai'an had just given him to the man: "This is Su Guifei's reward for you, today's matter is rotten in your stomach, and you are not even allowed to say it in your dreams, understand?" β
"The slave understands, thank you for the reward!"
Chu Huai'an was in a hurry, and he didn't know about the conversation that happened behind the Internal Affairs Mansion, he was going to go straight to the Queen Mother's dormitory, but he changed his mind halfway through, and was about to turn from the Imperial Garden to the Imperial Study, and carry Su Li with him.
Chu Huai'an paused, dodged and hid behind a tree.
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The tall palace maid asked impatiently, and the short one bumped her arm, and said, "This is it!" I can see it clearly, and then take a closer look, it was given by the lady when the master entered the palace, if you can't get it, you and my head will be carefully when I go back! β
"Such an important thing, how can the master say to throw it away?"
The tall palace maid complained, and the short one looked around vigilantly, but didn't see anyone, so he mysteriously leaned into the tall palace maid and whispered: "The master is to please the concubine Niangniang, I heard that Miss Su, the younger brother of the concubine Niangniang lost his official position, and lost his face, and the master asked her to go into the water to pick up the earrings, and the concubine Niangniang was watching it next to her!" β
In fact, the voices of these two palace maids were already very low, but Chu Huai'an was a person who practiced martial arts, and his ear power was much better than that of ordinary people, so he listened to the conversation between the two word for word.
Picking up earrings in the water?
No wonder she will die of pain this time, because she came here to suffer the cold.
Chu Huai'an's eyes rolled up with murderous intent, and he held the agate hairpin in his hand, eager to break it directly.
Liu Guiren, An Guifei, they are really full and have nothing to do, so they have to hit his muzzle!
Chu Huai'an gritted his teeth and smiled, waited for a moment and walked out, the short palace maid was extremely vigilant, immediately saw her, bumped the tall palace maid with her elbow, and the two knelt down to salute: "Hou Ye Gui'an, slave maid please Hou Ye!" β
The two of them spoke in unison, and the panic on their faces was the same, for fear that Chu Huai'an would hear the conversation they had just had.
"What are you shivering about? This king doesn't eat people! β
Chu Huai'an teased with a smile, and casually rewarded one person with a silver nude.
After winning the reward, the two let down their guard, and when they saw that Chu Huai'an looked good, they both blushed and thanked him.
Chu Huai'an bypassed them and left, the smile on his face retracted, turning into a terrifying gloom.
Su Li came out of the imperial study, and met Chu Huai'an halfway, covered with dark air pressure, in a very bad mood, as if he would catch someone at any time to vent his anger.
Su Li never wanted to go up to him at this time to be a punching bag, so she subconsciously turned around and pretended not to see it and wanted to escape, but this person quickly caught up and caught her from behind.
"What are you running away from?"
"I didn't run." Su Li smiled dryly, fighting with the arm lying around her waist, wanting him to let go a little, but she was held tighter: "Master Hou, it's not good to be seen!" β
Su Li reminded Chu Huai'an that she was indifferent, and when she saw that she was holding a roll of paper in her hand, she raised her hand and grabbed it.
"Master Hou, that's a calligraphy gift from His Majesty!"
Holding the fingertips of the ribbon and pausing, Chu Huaian returned the paper to Su Li, pressed it against her neck and asked, "Are you allowed to leave the palace?" β
"Hmm."
Su Li nodded, the person had been brought into the house by Chu Huai'an, and what was rare was that this person also raised his foot and kicked the door by the way.
"Stay one more day, and leave the palace tomorrow."
"Why?"
Su Li was puzzled, and Chu Huai'an glanced at her deeply: "No, Ye is willing!" β
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She went to the imperial study, and what was this person angry at her?
Su Li only felt inexplicable, and Chu Huai'an didn't mean to explain, so he beckoned the palace people to send a stove and hot water, and couldn't help but say that it was forced to be given to her, and she insisted that she soak her feet in the stove.
Knowing that Su Li was going to stay in the palace for the night, Yue Yan was the happiest, not only eating dinner with Su Li, but also squeezing a bed with Su Li when he slept at night.
When Yue Yan proposed to sleep with Su Li, Chu Huai'an's face was extremely dark.
That night, Yue Yan and Su Li chattered a lot, including the scenery of the Yue family when it was at its peak, and the tragic death of the whole house, Su Li listened patiently, she could hear that Yue Yan still had confusion and doubts in his tone, but more of longing and hope.
Yue Zhao has been buried in his hometown for many years, and he was finally able to rest in Kyoto, and Yue Yan is actually very happy.
Until the second half of the night, Yue Yan was finally tired, she yawned several times in succession, and said the last sentence to Su Li before going to sleep: "Ah Li, I know that for so many years, I have been dragging the general down." β
After saying this, Yue Yan's breathing quickly became steady, and she fell asleep.
Su Li turned over to face her face to face, looked at her soft silhouette through the moonlight, and whispered, "No, you have never dragged anyone down." β
After a good night's sleep, when they woke up the next day, Su Li and Yue Yan's spirits were much better.
Rao is like this, Su Li was still forcibly poured by Chu Huai'an with a bowl of medicine that warms the palace and invigorates the blood.
The county lord canonized Zi as a big matter, Yue Yan was called away by the palace people before he finished breakfast, Su Li had breakfast and went with Chu Huai'an to greet the queen mother.
They didn't come early, and the concubines in the house were already full, and they were taking turns telling jokes to make the Queen Mother happy.
I don't know who said what before they came, and the Queen Mother smiled heartily.
Chu Lingzhao took Su Li forward to salute, because of An Jue's matter, as soon as she saw Su Li, the Queen Mother's face collapsed, but for Chu Huai'an's face, she couldn't bear it.
"Sincerely, you have been in the palace to accompany the palace for more time than to accompany your mother?"
"My son can't help it, my cousin detains the person I care about in the palace, and I come more diligently." Chu Huai'an said frankly that between his words, he was all exclusive to Su Li, and he blocked the Queen Mother's words that he wanted to belittle Su Li in his throat.
The Queen Mother glanced at Su Li fiercely, raised her hand and rubbed her temples, An Ruolan immediately spoke for the Queen Mother: "Master Hou, my aunt is also concerned about you, Lord Hou wants a woman to have, but there is only one mother, isn't it?" β
"There is only one person Ben Hou wants!"
Chu Huai'an blurted out, and when the words fell, Su Wanyue happened to walk to the door with the help of the palace people.
She was pregnant, and the Queen Mother specially exempted her from morning and dusk, but she still had to come, but she arrived later than others, which not only showed her deference to the Queen Mother, but also showed her different favor from others.
Not one step earlier, not one step later, she happened to hear what he said.
Firm and crisp.
The eyes of the two intertwined in the air for a moment, and then moved away silently, and no one could perceive what kind of turbulent emotions were contained in that moment of gaze meeting.
"The concubine is a step late, why is it so lively today?"
Su Bangyue said and let go of the palace people, and went straight to the position on the left side of the Queen Mother and sat down, that position was vacant, if she didn't come, she would always keep it for her, and no one else would dare to sit on it.
"Hou Ye treasured his sister's third sister, and just complained to his mother that Ah Li had been in the palace for too long, so that Hou Ye couldn't even take care of his family!" An Ruolan explained in a joking tone, and several people who usually obeyed her immediately covered their lips and smiled.
Chu Lingzhao glanced at An Ruolan faintly, his eyes swept back directly and boldly, and he easily locked on to Liu Guiren's position.
The women in the harem are all Chu Lingzhao's, Chu Huai'an doesn't take a second look at them on weekdays, but at this moment, he stared at the Liu Guiren without fear, like seeing a beauty for the first time, and his eyes won't roll.
Liu Guiren's posture is middle-upper, because of her noble status, she sits relatively far forward, and when she noticed Chu Huai'an's eager gaze, she was stunned at first, and then lowered her head in shame.
This Xiaoyao Hou is so rude, how can he stare at her?
She lowered her head, staring at her with a fiery gaze that did not disappear, but intensified.
Somehow, her cheeks began to heat and her heart pounded uncontrollably.
Since Su Bangyue's crown favored the harem, His Majesty has not been to her for more than half a year, she is very lonely, but she is still young and beautiful, she is wearing a peach-colored skirt today, with a peony on her head, this step is very eye-catching, it is her favorite jewelry.
Obviously today is not an important day, but she wore this step shake in a daze.
Was it this step that attracted the attention of the Marquis? Or is her beautiful face extraordinary?
Liu Guiren couldn't help but think, her face became redder and redder, her throat began to tighten and dry, uncontrollably, she quickly raised her head and glanced back at Chu Huai'an.
Just a glimpse, the man's handsome and unparalleled face was engraved on her heart.
What's even more terrifying is that the bottom of the man's dark eyes is more affectionate than fire, Liu Guiren lowered his head, but he couldn't hear or feel anything, and all that was left in the world was her heartbeat and those breathtaking eyes.
Everyone else was listening to An Ruolan and Su Wanyue talking, and they didn't notice that there had been such a 'eyebrow flirtation' between Xiaoyao Hou and Liu Guiren.
Xu didn't want to see Su Li, so the Queen Mother quickly found an excuse to let Chu Huai'an leave.
Coming out of the Queen Mother's bedroom, Chu Huai'an was not in a hurry to take Su Li out, but took her to the Imperial Garden.
"What are you doing here?"
Su Li was puzzled, Chu Huai'an wrapped his arms around her waist, and jumped up and led her to the tree.
"Wait here, don't say anything no matter what happens!"
After speaking, Chu Huai'an jumped down, tidied up his clothes at will, walked to the edge of Huaqing Pool, and pretended to look at a pool of stagnant water.
Su Li didn't know what he was doing, so he waited patiently, and a quarter of an hour later, Liu Guiren appeared in the Imperial Garden with a nervous expression.
Su Li: "......"
Liu Guiren was not very bold, looking left and right, but he couldn't bear it, so he pretended to be reserved and spoke to Chu Huai'an: "Master Hou, didn't you go out of the palace?" Why are you still here? β
"Ben Hou saw that the scenery here is excellent, and he was attracted to stop, why is the noble man here?"
Chu Huai'an asked very seriously, with a just right smile on the corner of his lips, and brought this pair of skins to the extreme, hooking Liu Guiren's three souls and seven spirits.
"Minister...... The concubine's earrings accidentally fell into the lake the day before yesterday, and the earrings were left by the concubine's mother to the concubine, which is very important to the concubine, the concubine ...... The concubine came to find the earrings! β
In a simple paragraph, Liu Guiren stammered for a long time before he finished speaking, his face was already congested, and even his neck was red.
"Really? Such a valuable thing?? β
Chu Huaian said and looked sideways at the pool, Liu Guiren walked to the railing as he did yesterday, looked down at the water, his white fingers pinched the silk handkerchief nervously, he was so flustered that he didn't know what to say, and his back was suddenly hit by gravity.
Poof!
The peach-colored skirt drew a graceful arc in the air, accompanied by the screams of the beauties, splashing several people high.
Chu Huai'an looked at Liu Guiren who was fluttering in the water with cold eyes, and threw down the agate hairpin in his sleeve pocket.
"Since it is a very valuable thing, you must look for it!"