Chapter 37: Yeonying Hall (1)
He strode over to the dragon chair and sat down, pursing his thin lips, his eyes revealing coldness.
My scalp was numb, and I didn't know whether to kneel down and plead guilty, or to stand and wait for him to speak, and I didn't know where to put my hands and feet.
Seeing my uneasy appearance, Jiang Shouquan hurriedly smiled and put the food box on the table, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the rock sugar white fungus lotus seed soup that Niangniang personally boiled, knowing that the emperor was tired of deliberations, he specially brought it to the emperor." Niangniang also knows that the emperor doesn't like sweetness, so he deliberately didn't put a few pieces of rock candy, the emperor might as well taste it and see how Niangniang's craftsmanship is?"
This is obviously not what I did, but he said that I made it myself, I knew that Jiang Shouquan was relieving me, but I still couldn't stop muttering in my heart: I haven't tasted that soup yet, if it doesn't meet his taste, won't I be unlucky again?
Peeking at it, seeing that his face had softened, Jiang Shouquan quickly opened the food box and took out the sweet white porcelain bowl inside, and inspected it himself before handing it to the emperor.
"You go down first," he said lightly to Jiang Shouquan.
Jiang Shouquan bowed down and sighed almost inaudibly as he walked past me.
I was even more apprehensive by his sigh.
The door of the Yanying Hall squeaked and closed again, and only me and him were left in the huge and empty hall, the light was not good, the windows and the bright tiles could not absorb more light, and the hall seemed even more dim and suffocating.
The quieter it was, the more scared I became.
In comparison, I'd rather General Ziling hate me as he did in his previous life.
No, he must still be disgusted with me, otherwise, how could he behave so disrespectfully towards me outside the Yanying Palace? He is the god of war and a great general, so he naturally has nothing to fear! He knows the emperor as well as I do, how could this high-ranking and power-centered man coop a great general for the sake of a small palace concubine?
Thinking of this, in the obviously stuffy hall, I suddenly felt a cool air hit my heart!
When people are nervous, they are extremely sensitive to the sounds around them.
I heard a slight sound of porcelain clattering, and when I looked up in surprise, I saw him eating white fungus soup with a spoon. His movements are slow and graceful.
It's obviously difficult for this man to associate him with elegance, but at this moment, he does make people think that he is a gentle man when they look at him.
I looked up at him a little confused, he didn't seem to know anything gentle, right?
He suddenly put down the spoon heavily, glanced at it sharply, I lowered my eyelids in a panic, tried to slow down my voice, and asked, "But this soup is not to the emperor's taste?
I didn't take the initiative to mention the scene that had just happened because I didn't know what he had seen, and besides, some things were getting darker and darker.
I just hope that he can vent through the soup incident, don't hide it in your heart, and wait to settle accounts with me after the autumn!
"You used to be the daughter of the boudoir, and now you are the harem concubine, this kind of washing hands and making soup is not your business. If you waste what you do for the sake of these unnecessary things, you are putting the cart before the horse. His tone was cold, and even when I lowered my head, I could feel the coldness of his eyes. "You say, as a harem concubine, what is the first important thing?"
I took a deep breath and answered the most standard answer: "The virtue of the concubine, inheriting the face of heaven and comforting the heir." ”
He quickly said, "You have not been favored for a long time, and I will not tell you about the heir." And what about me? Have you ever taken me seriously?"
I was horrified, prostrate on the ground, and wept: "The death of a concubine is not enough to resist the crime of contempt for the emperor!"
"So," he paused, and then said, "what do you have in your hand?"
There was a buzz in my brain, and the blood all over my body frothed. It's a broken flower, and I still have that half of the broken flower in my hand!
Because Fang Cai has been very nervous, he didn't have time to dispose of the peony in his hand, so he kept holding it in his hand.
My scalp was numb, my body tightened for a while, and I didn't know whether to let go or hold on to the remnant flower in my hand.
He saw it! He must have seen it, otherwise how could he care so much about this broken flower?
He got up slowly, just walking from his royal case to me, but I felt that the journey was so long. Every step he took was on my heart, and I was tormented.
He stopped in front of me, and I looked up slightly, and saw the corners of his dark cloud-headed brocade shoes and dark purple robe, the corners of his clothes were shaking, and the silver thread moire on them was also fluttering.
"Raise your head," he commanded in a low voice.
I didn't dare to disobey, even if I was scared in my heart, I looked at him with teary eyes. He bent down, touched my jaw with warm fingertips, and sighed: "You pear blossom with rain, sure enough, I feel pity! Although you are young, you have already been famous in the boudoir, and even I can hear your boudoir name in this secluded and deep palace, not to mention ......, "What's more, it is General Gao who is in the same place?"
The rest of the sentence, although he didn't say it, I can guess it.
"Your Majesty, if there is anything that the concubine dislikes you, the concubine will correct it in the future, and I hope that Your Majesty will spare the concubine for the sake of serving Your Majesty!"
The muffled thunder in the distance approached, and the sky above Mingwa became more and more gloomy. The emperor is the son of heaven, and the weather at this moment is like the heart of the emperor.
He didn't say anything, his fingertips ran down my jaw, gradually swimming up to my neck, with a great downward trend. I raised my eyes in amazement, touched the misty look in his eyes, and suddenly a thrill.
His fingers had reached my chest, and I shrank back in fear, and called out in fear: "Your Majesty......"
He suddenly smiled shallowly, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and he was extremely graceful. But I could see that there was not the slightest smile in his eyes. With my understanding of him in my previous life, having such an expression means that I am in danger now!
"Is it too early for me to promote you to Sanpin Jieyu and accompany Yanying Palace?"
If he demoted me today for my misservice, maybe I would have to thank him!
But the emperor's mind is too deep, and no one will guess what his next plan is. Even though I've been with him for six years.
I was still thinking about whether he would degrade me, but the next second, he lifted me vigorously, and I stood up with a staggering look, looking at this man in great horror.
His arm strength is amazing, and he is said to have killed a bear with a single sword, so I was not surprised that he was able to carry me like a chicken.
I'm just panicking about what the hell he wants!
There was a "boom", and the muffled thunder at very close range sounded loud and scary.
My legs were weak, and my whole body was a spirit, and if he hadn't been holding my waist, I might have fallen to the ground in fright.
He chuckled and said, "It turns out that you are afraid of thunder!"