Chapter 12: Face the Saint
"Niangniang, this is too precious, and the folk girl can't accept it." An Shuyao was a little panicked.
"Take it, you fit the eyes of this palace very well." The queen looked at An Shuyao lovingly.
An Shuyao knew that she couldn't shirk any longer, so she accepted the jade bracelet, the queen looked at An Shuyao with satisfaction, pulled An Shuyao and inserted flowers for a while, and An Shuyao and Qin Rushuang had not left the palace at lunchtime.
"The emperor has arrived." A sharp voice rang out outside the temple.
An Shuyao and Qin Rushuang, who were sitting at the table, immediately got up, and the queen also stood up slowly, and when Emperor Xuande walked into the hall, everyone saluted.
"Get up." Emperor Xuande's voice was not very loud, he was afraid of scaring An Shuyao.
An Shuyao's nervous palms were sweating, and when she entered the palace today, she only saw the queen, why did the emperor go to the harem.
"Your Majesty, how come you have time to come to the harem today?" The Empress smiled and took the cloak that the Emperor had taken off.
"I'm here to meet this little girl today." Emperor Xuande made his voice sound less intimidating.
"Shu Yao has seen Your Majesty." An Shuyao pinched her palms and saluted again calmly.
"You are a filial girl, and a poem for the Lantern Festival is also well written." Emperor Xuande praised this An Shuyao without hesitation.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." An Shuyao is a lot calmer now.
It's late at night, An Shuyao still can't sleep, she is so lucky, she always feels that there are some places that she can't figure out, the more she thinks about it, the more she can't sleep, An Shuyao always feels that everything has become unreal.
In the palace, Emperor Xuande did not approve the fold in the palace today, but sat in the palace for a long time, and the emperor and the queen have not seen each other for some days.
"This kid has a good heart." Emperor Xuande's black chess piece fell to a piece.
"Mu Han, but I beg you?" The queen doesn't think that Emperor Xuande will be curious about what kind of person is a young lady.
"No, it's because I didn't ask for it that I wanted to come and see it." Emperor Xuande has been in a good mood recently.
"Mu Han, I treat this child as my own child, Shu Yao's heart is indeed good." The queen's white son clearly had the upper hand.
"Let it be, you and I are old, so let's just follow fate for some things." Emperor Xuande's fallen son moved back to the situation.
Of course, An Shuyao didn't know what the queen and the emperor said, she only had a face like her grandfather left in her mind, easy-going, but dignified, and it could be seen from her face that she was also a handsome son when she was young.
"Well, so be it." An Shuyao simply covered her head with a quilt and told herself not to think about anything.
The next day, An Shuyao came out of the quilt with two dark circles under her eyes, and looked at Cuiliu with sleepy eyes.
"Miss, did you go to burn charcoal last night?" Cuiliu curled the corners of her mouth and said.
"What's wrong?" An Shuyao asked with squinted eyes.
"The eye sockets are all blue." Cuiliu tied the bed curtain and picked up the coat on the hanger.
An Shuyao's eyes became clear, "Ha, I couldn't sleep last night, and I only slept in the second half of the night." ”
"Miss, why don't you sleep for a while, there's nothing to do today, and the masters will enter the house after lunch." Cuiliu persuaded him.
"Okay, ha, remember to call me." An Shuyao yawned and fell asleep again.
Cuiliu carefully lowered the bed curtain and quietly retreated, so that the rough mother-in-law and the inferior maid could clean quietly.
"Cuiliu, where's Miss?" Mama Zhang walked over with a dinner plate and asked suspiciously.
"Miss is still asleep, she only fell asleep in the middle of the night last night." Cuiliu whispered.
"Then I'll put breakfast in the kitchen and keep it hot, and you go to the embroidery room to get Miss's new clothes." Mama Zhang said with a smile.
"Okay, Mama, you can leave me a piece of pastry." Cuiliu didn't forget her words before leaving.
"Got it, gluttony." Mama Zhang said with a smile.
After An Shuyao woke up, it was already past lunch, An Shuyao sat on the bed in a daze, this was the first time An Shuyao dreamed after being reborn, the fire in the dream burned her very painfully, and she screamed in pain.
"Miss, are you alright?" Cuiliu looked at An Shuyao, who had a bad face, and asked worriedly.
"It's okay, it's just a nightmare." An Shuyao rubbed her forehead lightly and said, "What about Mama Zhang?" ”
"Mama went to ask for a doctor." Cuiliu brought a handkerchief to An Shuyao to wipe the sweat from her forehead.
"Why are you still called a house doctor?" An Shuyao said with a frown.
"Mama was a little worried when she saw the young lady's appearance, so she went to ask the house doctor." Cuiliu's gaze never left An Shuyao.
An Shuyao was silent, not long after Mama Zhang came back with the house doctor, Dr. Zhang has passed the age of sixties, has no children and no daughters, and now he is retired in Anfu.
"The fourth lady is depressed, it's okay, just drink a soothing decoction." Doctor Zhang stroked his beard and said.
"There's Grandpa Lao Zhang." An Shuyao said with a smile.
"Fourth Miss is torturing the old man when she says this." Dr. Zhang squinted his eyes and said kind words.
An Shuyao asked Mama Zhang to send Dr. Zhang out, and asked the girl to go and say a word to the old lady and Qin Rushuang.
An Shuyao was half-leaning on the bed, her mind was still the scene in the dream, and the ugly faces of the two people in the dream made An Shuyao have a headache and her heart hurt even more.
The love that was once wrongly paid pushed her and the entire Anfu into the fire pit, she will definitely not repeat the same mistakes in this life, and would rather live a life of green lights and ancient Buddhas than gamble on the fate of her family.
"Miss, miss." Cuiliu's voice pulled An Shuyao's thoughts back.
"Huh?" An Shuyao raised her head and looked at Cuiliu.
"The old lady said that you don't have to go over for dinner." Cuiliu's eyes were full of worry.
"Hmm." An Shuyao nodded.
Guozijian, Li Muhan listened to the content of Mr. Teacher's teaching boredly, he couldn't listen to a word, and he still recalled the snacks that An Shuyu brought him in the morning, which was really delicious.
"Shizi, don't get distracted, the master will order you again later." An Shuyu called Li Muhan speechlessly.
"Well, it's not like I won't." Li Muhan squinted at An Shuyu.
An Shuyu had a stalk in his throat, he really wanted to break off his friendship, of course this guy would, the gentlemen in his house were all personally selected by the emperor.
Li Muhan came to Guozijian because he wanted to get close to An Shuyao's elder brothers, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered so much.
In the palace, the crown prince was looking at the excerpts in the political hall, and Gonggong Liu brought up the pastries that had just been sent from the imperial dining room.
"It tastes pretty good." Emperor Xuande stopped eating more after tasting a few pieces, and motioned to the prince to also eat a few pieces to cushion his stomach.
"Father, there are quite a lot of styles of this pastry, and the children like it too." The prince did not forget the aftertaste after eating.
"Well, pastries are suitable for the tastes of the elderly and children." Emperor Xuande said casually.
"Father, you're still young." The crown prince looked at Emperor Xuande in panic.
Emperor Xuande no longer talked about this topic, and looked at the excerpt lightly, the crown prince Li Muyang has been the prince since he was one year old, and the second prince and the third prince have also behaved mediocre over the years, but the emperor has two princesses who married early.