Chapter 145: Honey Tea Soup Is Not Sweet
What the! Misremember?!
Sima Cheng's unashamed "I misremembered", such a calm without any excuse, instantly made Xue speechless.
In this way, it is the snow that makes it difficult to feel embarrassed.
Xue Ke didn't plan to become the first monarch in the history of Dayu to kill his courtiers because of "lamb", she also believed that Sima Cheng's personality would not do a meaningless thing, but it was so difficult for him to confess on his own?
Xue frowned slightly, tapping her fingers on her temples, should she complain about this damn rules, this damn etiquette, or should she complain about Sima Cheng's eccentric character.
In the end, looking at the piles of various affairs on the bookcase, Xue decided not to pursue it anymore, since she believed in Sima Cheng's character, then it was good to believe in the end, she sighed, got up from her seat, walked in front of Sima Cheng, and personally helped him up, which was regarded as taking the initiative to show goodwill.
Then, Xue walked to the table next to her, poured a cup of tea, and took a sip.
Considering Xue's preference, Aunt Ning has already added nectar to Donggong's tea today, which can not only nourish the lungs, but also dissolve the bitterness in the tea, so if Xue is annoyed, she will drink a sip of honey tea soup, the sweetness of honey spreads in her mouth, and the depression in her heart has also been resolved a lot.
Sima Cheng got up, although he lowered his head, he was still watching Xue's actions with his spare eyes, and saw that she was drinking tea with interest, and suddenly remembered that in the school field of Guozi School, Lu Jin had pointed out that Xue didn't like to drink tea.
"My subordinates have the courage to ask Your Majesty for a word."
Sima Cheng asked respectfully, his voice deep and slow, with a hint of imperceptible resentment, like a big fish hidden in the undercurrent of the water, as if it was about to be swallowed by it if he was not careful.
Xue was moistened by the honey tea soup, and she was in a happy mood, and she didn't notice the strangeness in Sima Cheng's words.
"You say." Xue replied briskly.
"On that day, is it true that Prince Lu Jinzi said that His Majesty doesn't like to drink tea?"
"Oh?" Xue stopped the movements of his hand, and felt a burst of surprise, that kind of trivial matter, Sima Cheng actually remembered, Xue didn't think much about it, took another sip of honey tea soup, and then said:
"I really don't like it very much, it's just that I'm used to drinking white water, but seeing that you all take drinking tea as a gentleman's move, I, as an emperor, can't lag behind others, no." Xue smiled indifferently.
The understatement at this moment may be that he has become accustomed to moving forward with a heavy load, however, who knows that in order to become a good emperor in everyone's eyes, Xue has really sacrificed much more than this cup of tea.
Sima Cheng didn't seem to buy her account, and seeing that Sima Cheng was still looking at the teacup in his hand, Xue picked up another cup, took the initiative to pour a cup for Sima Cheng, handed it to him, and said:
"This is a unique tea soup in the East Palace, with nectar added, so I like it very much."
Seeing that Sima Cheng didn't reach out to take the tea soup, Xue didn't want to explain more, so she grabbed Sima Cheng's wrist and stuffed the tea soup directly into his hand.
Sima Cheng still didn't drink it for a long time, Xue kept looking at him like this, the two were in a stalemate, and finally, maybe Sima Cheng felt uncomfortable, he hesitated for a while, and then drank the tea soup in front of him in one go.
Xue nodded with satisfaction, and when he turned around, Sima Cheng frowned slightly, and the next moment he was back to the same as before, he didn't believe in Xue, he just didn't like sweet things.
"If Your Majesty doesn't like it, you can not do it." After a long time, Sima Cheng said in a low voice.
As soon as these words came out, Xue was completely stunned, but after a while, Xue began to laugh unabashedly.
Xue didn't know that at this moment, her eyes were brighter than the candle flame, and her smile was sweeter than honey tea soup.
Sima Cheng's eyes seemed to be dyed with a layer of ink, and his eyes became deeper and deeper, he silently looked at the snow that was laughing non-stop, and at the same time, the tea taste in the honey tea soup he drank just now finally showed mountain dew.
The sweetness of the honey tea soup is no match for the bitterness of the tea soup itself, as if the laughter of the person in front of her at this time can hardly hide the sadness in her heart.
Sima Cheng's heart twitched slightly.
"Cheng Gongzi...... You're not kidding, are you? It's not funny at all...... "Xue finally stopped laughing.
On that day, Lu Jin also said similar things to Xue, but in Xue's eyes, Lu Jin was the second son of a carefree big clan, and at that time, she only took this as a joke and laughed at it.
However, even Sima Cheng said this, and Xue couldn't help but wonder, is his forbearance so worthless in front of these princes? Or are these sons and gentlemen all pampered and delicate flowers, and they all like to speak wildly?
Thinking of this, Xue's expression couldn't help but become serious, and after a while, she straightened her back and said solemnly to Sima Cheng:
"I'm not as good as you Cheng Gongzi who is both civil and military, not as good as Cui Gongzi who is rich in five cars, and even worse than Lu Gongzi Bogu and today, I'm not even as good as Li Xuan, the family is prominent, and the status in the court is high......"
To a certain extent, there is the Li family behind Li Xuan, and Sima Lie, who can turn the clouds and rain in the court, but Xue only has himself and this heavy clothes.
Sima Cheng was silent, Xue suddenly felt a little sad, and countless memories flashed in her mind, the palace of her childhood, the bookstore in Qifeng Town, and the current East Palace...... Along the way, wandering and moving, Gu Ying felt self-pity.
If she doesn't do it, who will?!
mentioned this, not because she wanted to win anyone's sympathy, these were Xue's own choices, didn't she make up her mind and prepare a long time ago? Why bother to talk about things again, mediocrity disturbs themselves.
"Whew" Xue sighed, her expression had become a lot more relaxed.
"So, I have to work very hard to be worthy of this dress."
Xue got up, stretched out his arms, and looked at his own brocade robe with wide sleeves, the border town piece of gold wire, embroidered with a thousand years old dark green dragon pattern, the dragon pattern traveled around the body, and the stars, mountains, auspicious clouds pattern supplemented, the lower part of the brocade robe embroidered with eight treasures of the water pattern, meaning "eternal peace".
The snow spun around, and the wide brocade robe swayed with it, and the dragon pattern became more and more vivid and lifelike. When she raised her head again, a shallow smile appeared on her face, giving people a sense of calm and calm.
Seeing this situation, Sima Cheng couldn't take his eyes off for a while.
"So...... I don't have anything I don't like, so I don't need to worry about Cheng Gongzi. Xue put away her smile, and her tone changed back to the coldness of a "king", accompanied by a feeling of rejection from thousands of miles away.
Sima Cheng understood what Xue meant, so he didn't ask more, but he was still a little unhappy in his heart.
Although Xue's behavior is reasonable, it's just that the prince once said to Sima Cheng that he should "take care" of Xue, and Xue hid this matter from him and him, which seemed like a dereliction of duty for Sima Cheng.
After drinking the honey tea soup, Xue shook off her wide sleeves, put her hands behind her back, and strode back to the seat of the bookcase and sat down, with a solemn expression and a monarch's appearance.
"If Cheng Gongzi really has a heart, it is better to tell me bluntly, I believe that you are for a reason in today's imperial study, but should you explain it to me?"
Xue said it so bluntly, Sima Cheng also said bluntly, telling what he saw, the tiredness on the faces of the three adults, as well as the speculation of lack of physical strength and looking forward to returning home, as well as the subsequent adverse effects.
However, the part about snow is also reckless, and it can be regarded as learning from previous experience.
Xue suddenly realized after hearing this, and couldn't help nodding, she remembered that during dinner, she had inadvertently asked Gonggong Jiang if he had seen or heard anything outside the imperial study, and Gonggong Jiang said that the three adults all came out with a smile.
At that time, Xue was still smug, thinking that he had done something good, and it turned out that the credit would go to Sima Cheng.
Sima Cheng's move also made Xue learn a lot, and she secretly kept these strategies in her heart.