Chapter 130: Self-Injury
Concubine Chen and Xiao Lu's mother and daughter cried sincerely hand in hand in the hall, and the two female flag guards guarding the palace gate turned their heads to look at each other, only exchanged glances with each other, and neither of them spoke.
Concubine Chen accompanied Xiao Lu to talk for a while, watching the sunset outside the window.
"That's all for today, right?" Xiao Lu took the initiative to say.
"Hey, look at me, time flies so fast today." Concubine Chen suddenly reacted and looked out the window along Xiao Lu. "Then the mother will go back, and after a while you remember to ask Brother Parrot to bring you the bowl of medicinal food to eat. It has a great effect, and it cannot be broken for a day. ”
Xiao Lu got up and sent Concubine Chen to the palace gate.
"Mother, I wrote it down."
"Well, you still have to embroider to pass the time, and the mother concubine won't say anything." Concubine Chen turned around and wanted to leave, but she returned to ask her. "It's just that you don't forget the time as soon as you sit in front of the embroidery frame, your body is still weak, don't burn your body and eyes."
"Okay." Xiao Lu looked obedient, and responded to Concubine Chen's instructions. "I have written down everything that the concubine said."
Sent Concubine Chen away, and before Xiao Lu could take a look outside, the two female flag guards who were in charge of guarding the door had already raised their hands to close the door of the palace. Seeing the door of the hall slowly closing, Xiao Lu still stood in place and did not move a step until Brother Parrot came over and called.
"Brother Parrot, I'm a little hungry right now." Xiao Lu turned back with a smile and said to Brother Parrot. "Go and bring the medicinal food that the concubine just brought."
Today's Xiao Lu makes Brother Parrot subconsciously afraid. After listening to Xiao Lu's instructions, she immediately answered and went out.
The female flag guard outside Xiao Lu's hall is not only responsible for taking care of Xiao Lu, but also taking turns to go to Emperor Chu every five days to report on Xiao Lu's recent changes.
From the loss of soul when he was imprisoned at the beginning, to the extremely well-behaved now, Xiao Lu seems to have been reborn.
Emperor Chu listened to today's report from the female flag guard, but he didn't say anything.
Wu Chuan saw that Emperor Chu had not spoken for a long time, so he motioned for the female flag guard to retreat first.
But the female flag guard who came to talk back on duty today looked a little hesitant, and did not retreat immediately.
"Is there anything else you haven't said about the Celestial Princess?" Wu Chuan is a person-like character, looking at the hesitant appearance of the female flag guard, naturally there is still something to say.
Emperor Chu, who was lowering his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, heard what Wu Chuan said, and immediately raised his head and looked at the female flag guard as well.
"Back to Your Majesty, when Her Royal Highness the eldest princess sent Concubine Chen out of the palace today, the minister happened to be standing in front of the palace gate." The female flag guard paused before speaking. After hearing that the eldest princess had a diluted bloody gas, the minister was ordered to stay by the eldest princess's side for these days, knowing that these days should not be the days when the eldest princess came to Kwai Shui, and the bloody gas lingered on the eldest princess's body, thinking that the eldest princess should have some external injuries. However, the minister observed the eldest princess's complexion, and the injury should not be serious. ”
After Emperor Chu heard this, he did not react immediately.
"Go back, since the injury is not serious, don't worry about her. As usual, you go back and forth every five days, and go down. ”
After listening to Emperor Chu's orders, the female flag guard went down.
Emperor Chu's face was uncertain, Wu Chuan handed over a cup of Qingxin tea and sent it to Emperor Chu's case.
"Your Majesty, let's have a sip of tea first." Wu Chuan said softly.
"Tell me, what the hell is she trying to do?!" Emperor Chu suppressed his anger and took a sip of tea, and asked Wu Chuan. She hurt her sister and didn't have a sense of remorse, and the queen and the imperial concubine repeatedly advised me not to punish her too much. On the one hand, Mo really ruined her life, and on the other hand, he didn't let the two sisters really form a feud. ”
"Your Majesty's compassion for her children, the eldest princess should know." Wu Chuan persuaded. "Princess Xu just accidentally injured her hand or something, and besides, isn't Eldest Princess's performance much better recently?"
"Hmph, she wasn't the same last time. At first, he was either making a fuss or saying nothing, but later he became well-behaved and clever. ”
In fact, yesterday the queen came to Lingyun Hall to ask to see Emperor Chu. After the queen and Emperor Chu talked for a while, they tentatively mentioned whether to let Xiao Lu out in advance.
After all, it is not long before Xiao Lu's wedding, although the palace has always explained that Xiao Lu has not shown up on any occasion after the marriage on the grounds that Xiao Lu is recuperating. This excuse is no problem if it is used for a month or two, but if it can be used for a long time, it will be easy for people to see that something is wrong.
Emperor Chu was a little hesitant, although listening to the reply of the female flag guard who was in charge of Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu has been much more honest these days, not only did Concubine Chen, who went to visit several times, admit her mistakes, but in the past half a month, she asked people to find embroidery frames, brocades, embroidery needles and colored threads, embroidered to pass the time.
But Emperor Chu is still worried that Xiao Lu will still relapse after she comes out, and he is even more worried that Xiao Lu will make trouble before the marriage.
The wound on Xiao Xuan's face healed well, and after the scab on the wound fell off, her face was still smooth and delicate, leaving no scar.
The prejudice and obsession against Xiao Xuan in Xiao Lu's heart, in the eyes of Emperor Chu, is afraid that it is not so easy to dissipate.
Xiao Lu's pretending to be clever when she was imprisoned was only endured by Concubine Chen.
So when facing the queen, Emperor Chu only ambiguously echoed the queen and said a few words, and did not give the queen an accurate answer.
The queen knew Emperor Chu's concerns, so she didn't continue to ask, and she wasn't going to annoy Emperor Chu for Xiao Lu. She accepted it when she saw it, and smiled and cooperated with Emperor Chu to change the topic.
And when Emperor Chu learned today that Xiao Lu might hurt himself, he couldn't help but get angry.
"Your Majesty, the minion remembered." Wu Chuan is a eunuch, no children and no daughters, although he has served Emperor Chu for decades, but when it comes to Xiao Lu's question, he can't think of anything suitable to say.
But suddenly he remembered someone.
"Shocked." Emperor Chu glanced at Wu Chuan. "Anyway, what do you remember?"
"The slave remembered, when Princess Zhaoyue came to talk to His Majesty a few days ago, she agreed with Your Majesty that she would personally make snacks in the Imperial Garden to entertain Your Majesty," Wu Chuan looked at the hour. "Now it's almost the time agreed between Princess Zhaoyue and Your Majesty, does Your Majesty still want to go?"
Hearing Wu Chuan mention the youngest daughter he loved the most in his heart, the gloom between Emperor Chu's eyebrows finally faded a little.
"Let's go to the Imperial Garden." Emperor Chu didn't bother to think about Xiao Lu's affairs anymore, so he simply got up directly.
"Yes, the minion will arrange it." Wu Chuan saw Emperor Chu get up and walked out quickly, and hurriedly followed.
When he arrived at the Imperial Garden, Xiao Xuan had already waited for a long time with the people around him.
As soon as Emperor Chu got off the imperial chariot and didn't stand firm, Xiao Xuan smiled and threw himself into Emperor Chu's arms. Emperor Chu was rushed by Xiao Xuan like this, and took Xiao Xuan's body and took a few steps back before he stood still.
"Look at your crazy look." Emperor Chu raised his hand and gently tapped on Xiao Xuan's head and said. "You're a big girl, you should be quiet."
"Father." Xiao Xuan turned sideways, grabbed Emperor Chu's arm, and said coquettishly. "Aren't I happy to see my father."
The little girl who was just in her youth, wearing an emerald green dress, leaned beside her obediently, and said with a pout.
Emperor Chu could hold his face in front of Xiao Xuan, but after a few words, Xiao Xuan was entangled with a smile on his face.
"Father, come in with me." Xiao Xuan took Emperor Chu's arm and led him into the pavilion.
Dan Tang and Lu Lin and others, who had just taken out a plate of dim sum from the food box and placed it on the stone table, immediately stopped what they were doing when they saw this and saluted Emperor Chu one after another.
Emperor Chu waved his hand and motioned for them to get up. Dan Tang and the others looked at Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Xuan bowed at them without a trace. They neatly arranged the tea and snacks they had prepared in advance, and then exited the pavilion one after another.
"Father, I cooked today's dim sum myself." Xiao Xuan asked Emperor Chu to sit down first. "I didn't have time to let my mother taste it, so I brought it over to my father."
"Let's leave it there for now." Emperor Chu looked at Xiao Xuan, who was in front of him right now, and thought of Xiao Lu, who was still restless in Yuxiu Palace, and couldn't help but sigh.
Xiao Xuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Did my father think of the eldest sister?" ”
"Xuan'er, your eldest sister hurt you, do you hate her?"
"Hate?" Xiao Xuan listened to Emperor Chu's words, thought for a while, and replied with a smile. "I was a witness to the situation that day, and the big sister hurt me unintentionally. But I also hurt my face because of my big sister, and I almost broke my appearance, and there will always be dissatisfaction in my heart, but there is really no hatred. ”
Xiao Xuan said this, not to sell herself well in front of Emperor Chu, but the true thoughts in her heart.
"She's always targeting you, aren't you angry?"
"Whoever said that, I'm angry." Xiao Xuan said. "But every time I think of me and my big sister arguing, my father will turn more towards me, and I won't be angry. In my heart, my father is the most important thing. ”
Wu Chuan stood outside the pavilion and saw the most noble father and daughter in the world talking. I saw that Emperor Chu, who had not yet spoken a few words, was still frowning, but now he was coaxed by Princess Zhaoyue to smile.
To say that there are now two princesses under Emperor Chu's knees, both princesses are concubines with the same biological mother as concubines, and they also have half of the blood of the heavenly family flowing in their bodies.
But even Wu Chuan couldn't help but sigh, why is this eldest princess so far away from Princess Zhaoyue?
Princess Zhaoyue was born to laugh, born with a delicate and lovely smile, no matter who she saw, she smiled with three points, Wu Chuan thought that in the entire palace, except for the one in Zhaoyang Palace and the eldest princess, there was really no one who didn't like her.