Chapter 61: Sleeping in the same bed with the emperor
Xia Zimo finally breathed a sigh of relief after dealing with the government affairs in his hand, and the first thing he did was to look up at Qiu Luoxue, but found that her figure was buried in the music. Xia Zimo wondered: There are so many pieces left after so long?
With questions, Xia Zimo walked in front of Qiu Luoxue, only to find that she had already fallen asleep on the table by using the cover of the cantata. Seeing this scene, Xia Zimo could only shake his head helplessly.
"Knock knock knock......" Qiu Luoxue was asleep, and when she heard the sound of someone knocking on the table, she immediately woke up, looking at Xia Zimo with a confused look.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...... She finally reacted that she was caught by Xia Zimo again, and quickly got up from the stool and explained: "The emperor ...... Your Majesty, I'm ......"
"I don't think you can do anything but eat and sleep." Xia Zimo said.
"So does the emperor want to agree to my request for the resignation and retreat of the prime minister, who can't do anything but eat and sleep?" Qiu Luoxue asked with the mentality of giving it a try.
Xia Zimo smiled slightly and said, "No."
Hearing his answer, Qiu Luoxue instantly put on a disappointed look, it seemed that Xia Zimo still didn't plan to let her go, but if she continued to work hard every day, she felt that she would die young.
"Report ......" A terrible voice came from the palace, and the soldiers who made this sound quickly ran into the palace of the eldest princess.
"Cai Cheng rebelled and led the defenders in the city to approach the palace." The soldier knelt in front of the eldest princess and prayed.
"King Yan lives in Nanliang, but are you still used to it?" The new emperor of Nanliang asked.
"Thanks to Your Majesty's hospitality, it's quite a habit." Xia Ziyan replied, his demeanor was generous, his conversation was elegant, and he did not lose Daqin's face at all.
"King Yan and Mu Yi have a marriage contract, and they are my Nanliang's concubines, if you have any needs, I will definitely meet them." Nan Liang Huang said.
The reason why he was so polite to Xia Ziyan was because of his identity. Daqin and Nanliang share a border, and the key is to handle the relationship between the two countries well, especially when the domestic regime has not yet sat firmly. Although judging from the previous events, Daqin's tendency was to support Su Mufei.
"Ziyan really has something to ask for, I hope Your Majesty will approve it." Xia Ziyan said.
"What?" Nanliang Huang asked.
"When the emperor died violently, Princess Mu couldn't serve by her side, and she didn't see the emperor for the last time, because she had always felt guilty about it. Yesterday, he mentioned that he wanted to go to the Taimiao where the emperor's dragon body was parked to say his final goodbye, but His Majesty had decreed that no one should go to the Taimiao, so Ziyan wanted to ask His Majesty for permission to let Princess Mu go to the Taimiao Temple to say a final goodbye to the emperor. Xia Ziyan said that it was reasonable to ask Su Muyi to go to Taimiao to see the body of the former emperor.
After Xia Ziyan's request was spoken, Emperor Nanliang was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Mu Yi has this filial piety, and I should be satisfied." Then King Yan will accompany Mu Yi to the Taimiao. ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xia Ziyan said.
"How? Did the Five Emperor Brothers agree? Su Muyi and Xia Ziyan met in the palace and asked.
"Agreed, you prepare, tomorrow we will leave for Taimiao." Xia Ziyan whispered, carefully observing the surrounding situation.
"Okay, I'll send someone to inform the Sixth Emperor Brother." Su Muyi also whispered that the two of them were like spies secretly connecting.
At night, Qiu Luoxue was already a little sleepy, but she still didn't see Xia Zimo arrange for her to rest elsewhere, and she was very depressed. After holding it for a long time, she finally couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, where should the minister go to bed?"
"Right here, with me." Xia Zimo said, and it was natural to say this.
“emmmmm…… Over here? With Your Majesty? Qiu Luoxue asked in surprise.
"Any questions?" Xia Zimo asked.
"This ......" Qiu Luoxue's heart was extremely melancholy, and said, "But there is only one bed here." Am I going to sleep underground? ”
No, the palace is so big, you can arrange a place for her. This...... How could she still be allowed to live in the Qilong Palace? This arrangement was really unexpected. Is...... If you don't arrange a place for someone to live in, don't keep them. Autumn is so cold, wouldn't sleeping on the floor freeze to death?
But Xia Zimo's subsequent answer was even more unexpected than Qiu Luoxue, he said: "My bed is very large and can sleep two people."
Nani?! Is that what it means to sleep with her? How does this work? She's a woman, and even if she shares a room with a man, she still has to sleep in a bed. It's also too ...... Although she is a 21st century person, she is still not so open.
"Your Majesty, you can just arrange a place for me to sleep, I don't pick the environment, as long as there is a bed, I won't disturb Your Majesty here." I can't do it, I can go home now. Frightened, Qiu Luoxue hurriedly said.
Xia Zimo walked up to Qiu Luoxue, looked at her and asked, "What?" Don't want to be with me? ”
"Haha, haha......" Qiu Luoxue smiled and said, "It is an honor for the minister to sleep with His Majesty." It's just a ......."
"Since it's an honor, don't shirk it, you're not sleepy, go to bed." Xia Zimo said and pulled Qiu Luoxue and walked to the inner room.
Qiu Luoxue really wanted to slap herself twice at the moment, what kind of honor, how can she get out now? This feeling seems to be turned over by the emperor and wants to pamper her, it's too weird.
After entering the inner room, Xia Zimo said to the palace maids and eunuchs who served him, "You all go down."
After the palace maid and the eunuch received the order, they said in unison: "The slave maid/slave retires." After that, they all went out.
When only Qiu Luoxue and Xia Zimo were left in the inner room, she was even more panicked. Why? To be honest, she had been in the same room with Nie Yuan before, and more than once, but she didn't have this feeling of her heart beating faster.
"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to sleep here." Qiu Luoxue's eyes closed and her heart was horizontal, and she blurted out her debut.
"Why?" Xia Zimo asked.
"Who knows how many women you've slept in this bed, so I don't want to sleep with it." Qiu Luoxue was originally thinking about these words in her heart, but she didn't know what was going on, she actually said it, and even she was blindsided, and looked at Xia Zimo with a surprised face.
On the contrary, it was Xia Zimo, hearing her reason, not only was she not angry, but she was a little happy, is she jealous now because she has contact with other women? Haha, that's a reason to be happy.
Thinking like this, Xia Zimo hooked his lips and laughed, and said, "Don't worry, only I have slept in this bed."
"Does Your Majesty really want King Yan and Princess Mu to go to Taimiao? If they find out the secret, I'm afraid it won't end well. The guard beside Emperor Nanliang said.
"Xia Ziyan's rhetoric is reasonable, if I don't agree, it will make him notice that something is wrong." Emperor Nanliang said, with a look of ruthlessness and calculation in his eyes, and said: "You send people to keep an eye on them, if they find something, do it immediately, and never reveal the secrets of the Taimiao."
"King Yan and Mu Yi will set off for Taimiao tomorrow, the five emperor brothers are suspicious by nature, it is impossible not to be suspicious of them, and the defenders will focus on the two of them at that time, which is the time for us to act." Su Mufei said.
"Stealing the coffin where the dragon body of the former emperor was parked is a great treacherous crime, does Your Highness really want to do this?" Lan Yan said with some concern, although this could find out the secret of the emperor's violent death, it also indirectly blocked Su Mufei's path to the throne. The minister would not support a great rebel to ascend to the throne, and this practice can be said to be more than worth the loss.
A sly light flashed in Su Mufei's eyes, and he said, "So we have to find a suitable person to be a shield."
"Who is this person Your Highness is talking about?" Blue Smoke asked.
"Queen Mother." Su Mufei's lips opened slightly and said.
Xia Zimo had already laid down on the bed, but Qiu Luoxue had not looked like she was lying down to sleep, awkward like a shy woman.
"Still not sleeping?" Xia Zimo is not in a hurry, anyway, he is not sleepy, but he is in a good mood because of the way he gets along with Qiu Luoxue.
"Your Majesty, I have always been rumored to be a good man, if you sleep in the same bed with me like this, aren't you afraid that I will do anything bad to you?" Qiu Luoxue's various excuses were rejected by Xia Zimo, so she could only come up with a killer idea.
But this trick is still useless to Xia Zimo, maybe he is still looking forward to Qiu Luoxue doing something indescribable to him. A faint smile had always appeared on his face, and when he heard Qiu Luoxue say this, the smile deepened, and he asked, "Did you do anything wrong to me again?"
"No, I'm not really a good man." Qiu Luoxue said.
"That's it. Stop grinding and go to sleep. Xia Zimo said.
"Oh, Your Majesty, I ......" Qiu Luoxue was rejected many times, and she couldn't find a reason to shirk anymore, so she simply began to cry.
This trick didn't work for Xia Zimo either, seeing that Qiu Luoxue had no intention of sleeping, he simply reached out and grabbed Qiu Luoxue's hand and dragged him to the bed.
Before Qiu Luoxue could react, she felt her body off the ground, and the next second she fell into someone's arms. Then there was Xia Zimo's magnetic voice: "If you continue to be entangled like this, we won't want to sleep all night."
Being held in Xia Zimo's arms, Qiu Luoxue felt extremely warm, Xia Zimo's snort exuded a warm breath in her ears, making her heart itch, and her face seemed to be hot.
Then, Xia Zimo lifted the quilt and covered Qiu Luoxue, and the two fell asleep in the same room, the same bed, and the same quilt.
"I'm not used to sleeping with other people, and I probably won't be able to sleep." Qiu Luoxue made the last excuse for herself.
"I probably won't be able to sleep either." Xia Zimo's voice came from his ears. How can the beloved sleep peacefully when he sleeps beside him? Holding her soft body, Xia Zimo once again felt as if she was in a dream. If it was really a dream, he was willing to get drunk in the dream and never wake up again.
The curtains in the palace fell layer by layer, swaying slightly in the dark night, and through the layers of candle shadows, you could vaguely see the scene of Xia Zimo falling asleep with Qiu Luoxue in his arms. Tonight, you blushed because of whose sleeplessness and the moonlight outside the window.