Chapter 6: No Return for the Night
I thought that the emperor would summon Yao Chuxi to accompany him tonight, but he waited until late at night and didn't wait for Qiu Shanggong to come.
The rain and snow are not discouraged, but they are not in a good mood. They didn't know the emperor's intentions for the master, and they didn't know why the emperor didn't summon the master.
More than half a month has passed, and everyone thinks that the emperor has forgotten the people in the Yunyan Pavilion. The dining room didn't take extra care of Yunyan Pavilion anymore, although it wasn't as unwelcoming as before, but it wasn't very attentive.
I heard that in the past half month, the emperor went to see the queen and He Jieyu a lot, and he also summoned Luo Meiren from Baihua Pavilion to accompany him in Taihe Palace, and summoned Xia Cairen from Qiuyun Pavilion.
Luoyu told Yao Chuxi all the news that he had inquired about, and the meaning was the most obvious, it was nothing more than to let his master work hard.
But is this something she can do with her hard work? If the emperor doesn't summon her, what can she do?
More than half a month has passed, and the idea of wanting to sleep in Yao Chuxi's heart is about to be worn away.
It had just rained the night before, and the road in front of the Yunyan Pavilion was not easy to walk, and the potholes were full of mud. It's just that Yunyan Pavilion is located in a remote area, so the palace has forgotten about this in the past two years when it repairs the palace road.
In a blink of an eye, it was almost dark, and Luoxue stood in the courtyard and saw Jiang Liu running into Yunyan Pavilion in a panic with a food box, and couldn't help but say to him, "The road is not good, why did you run back?" ”
Jiang Liu pulled Luoxue aside and said, "I'm looking at Qiu Shanggong." ”
"Where?" As soon as Qiu Shanggong was mentioned, Luoxue instantly became interested.
"Go to us, I just don't know if you're coming to Yunyan Pavilion."
Hearing this, Luoxue lost hope again.
Qiuyun Pavilion is not too far from Yunyan Pavilion, probably to summon Xia Cairen to accompany him.
When the snow was falling and her head was depressed, the voice of Qiu Shanggong came from the gate, and she was excited when she heard it, so she quickly turned her head to look and entered the east hall with Qiu Shanggong.
"It's a really difficult road." Qiu Shanggong said.
"Not really." Xue diligently served a cup of tea, and even the tea leaves were put in the master before the rain Longjing, "It just rained last night, and the sun did not come out today, the road is not good, and I am tired of Qiu Shanggong to come to this trip." ”
Now that this time has come, they can't hide and stingy tea, after all, they have been looking forward to this trip from Qiu Shanggong for more than half a month, and they can't be blind anymore no matter what.
Yao Chuxi walked out with the support of the falling rain, and was overjoyed to see Qiu Shanggong.
"Yao Cairen." Qiu Shanggong stood up and saluted slightly, his expression was much soothed compared to the first time he came.
After more than half a month, there are not many people in the back garden that the emperor can still remember.
"Qiu Shanggong is polite." Yao Chuxi was also polite to her, the rain on the side couldn't think about it this time, and hurriedly stuffed a heavy purse into Qiu Shanggong's hand, "This is a little bit of our little master's heart, and please don't dislike Shanggong." ”
The steps of bathing and changing clothes are still the same as last time, but Yao Chuxi's mood is different from last time.
Last time, Qiu Shanggong didn't have any smiling faces, and he spoke and did things coldly, which made Yao Chuxi nervous.
The clothes I picked this time were the apricot red embroidered camellia skirts that the emperor had rewarded last time, and the upper body was matched with a white palace dress, and the makeup was the same as last time, and even the hair and sideburns were the same.
After getting on the Chunluan sedan chair, Yao Chuxi took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to open the curtain of the small window, and watched the scenery outside the sedan car fall backwards little by little, but he felt that he was not as nervous as last time.
Carefully touched the material of the curtain, it was a joke embroidered with gold thread, just like that, two pieces that were not big, but much more expensive than the bed tent of Yunyan Pavilion.
After getting off the sedan chair, the two palace maids supported her, stepped on the stone ladder little by little, and paused when she walked to the door, she raised her head and looked at the plaque on the high place, and deeply remembered the three words of the Taihe Hall in her heart.
The emperor was wearing a dark gray robe embroidered with auspicious clouds this time, and Yao Chuxi didn't dare to take a closer look at the clothes inside, but he knelt on the ground and bowed his head at a glance, "The concubine asks the emperor for peace." ”
"Let's be flat." is still lukewarm, like a symbol of the emperor's identity.
Yao Chuxi's heart was pounding, he stood up, and he didn't know whether to look up at the emperor or not, so he simply faced the emperor directly, and quietly lowered his eyes to look at the square table in front of the emperor.
"I thought you'd choose that sky blue dress."
"Back to the emperor, Qiu Shanggong said that this apricot-red piece meets the emperor's heart."
"She's used to picking on what I like." The emperor said helplessly: "Next time, I will accompany you to wear that sky blue." ”
What does that mean? He rewarded two apricot-red dresses but let her wear sky-blue dresses? Yao Chuxi only felt a headache.
Like last time, the emperor still didn't have dinner, Yao Chuxi couldn't help but be a little worried, every time the emperor had dinner, he was so late, and he was afraid that he would hurt his body for a long time.
"What do you want to use?"
"Huh?" Yao Chuxi didn't hear the emperor's words clearly, so he reflexively hummed, and then gently covered his mouth.
"That's it, tell the kitchen to make a fish." The emperor said lightly.
What does this mean? Does the emperor know that she likes to eat fish? If you think about it, the last time we had dinner together, we also had a dish of braised crucian carp.
Thinking of this, Yao Chuxi felt uneasy.
After a while, the square table was full of eight dishes and one soup, but there were two more dishes than last time. The only dish of steamed sea bass was lined up in front of her again, followed by the drunken lotus meat, that is, all the lotus seeds in the lotus pod were pulled out and stuffed with lean meat. Further away is a dish of fried shredded bamboo shoots with meat, which is particularly refreshing.
"It's a good fish." The emperor said.
He said that last time.
Could it be that the emperor was afraid that she would not dare to stretch out her chopsticks to eat the fish and meat, and deliberately pointed at her?
Yao Chuxi, who used this dinner, was terrified.
When it was time to turn off the lights and go to bed, Yao Chuxi really felt nervous, and took off his coat for the emperor tremblingly.
The first time he was so close to the emperor, Yao Chuxi only felt that he didn't dare to breathe, for fear of making a wrong step.
"What are you doing?" The emperor asked.
"Concubine..."Yao Chuxi was so nervous for a moment that he forgot what to do after taking off his coat.
The emperor shook his head helplessly, stretched out his hand to pull her up, sat on the edge of the bed, Pan Zhenan and the others also pulled up the tent with interest, closed the door and went out.
After finishing the incident, Yao Chuxi only felt pain and tiredness, as if his body was no longer his own, he sat up with difficulty and put on his small clothes. Qiu Shanggong told her that the concubines who served for the first time were going to leave the dragon bed in the second half of the night, and Yao Chuxi didn't dare not do it.
"Come back." The emperor half-squinted his eyes, put his arms around her slender body, and hugged her back into his arms with a slight force.
"Your Majesty, the time has come." Pan Zhenan reminded outside the door.
"Your Majesty.." Yao Chuxi knew that this was wrong, and he also wanted to remind the emperor.
"Don't make a sound." The emperor's voice was soft, but still cold.
The emperor didn't let her speak, what could she do? Lying in the emperor's arms, pillowed the emperor's solid arms, he only felt tired and sleepy, and it didn't take long to fall asleep.
The next day, Yao Chuxi was woken up by two palace maids, and when she turned around, she was the only one left on the bed.
Under the service of these two palace maids, she took a bath, soaked in the water for a long time, and after breakfast, she sat in the Chunluan sedan chair that came yesterday and was sent back to Yunyan Pavilion by Duan Kui.
Seeing that the master didn't come back overnight, he naturally didn't dare to close his eyes, so you stood up for a while, I stood for a while, you slept for a while, and I slept for a while until morning.
"The little master didn't come back all night?" Jiang Liu asked.
"No, I've been waiting all night with Falling Rain." Xue Xue said with a sigh.
As a result, they didn't know whether to be excited or panicked, after all, none of the concubines who went to the Taihe Hall for the first time could not return overnight, this is the rule set by the ancestors, whether it is a concubine or the emperor, they must abide by it unconditionally.
"Don't think about it, the little master should be back in a while, Jiang Liu, you go and pass the breakfast first, and wait for the little master to come back and eat something hot."
Jiang Liu hadn't gone out of the door of the Yunyan Pavilion yet, and the Chunluan sedan chair over there stopped outside the door of the Yunyan Pavilion.
Whether it is Xiao Meiren, or Cao Meiren of Lanyue Pavilion, or Xia Cairen of Qiuyun Pavilion, many people know that Yao Chuxi was sent back by Chunluan sedan chair after spending the night in Taihe Palace.
What a privilege is that? Where have they been?
"Slaves and maids say hello to the little master!" As soon as he entered the courtyard, he immediately knelt down after the rain and snow, Jiang Liu slowed down and quickly knelt on the ground.
"Hurry up." Yao Chuxi stretched out his hand to help a few people up, and Luo Yu stepped forward and handed Duan Kui a purse, "Xie Xiaoduan's father-in-law is dedicated to my little master, this is a little bit of my little master's heart." ”
"It is the duty of a slave to serve Yao Cairen, not to be dedicated." Duan Kui smiled, took the purse and tossed it lightly, and walked away with a smile on his face.
Fortunately, when I first listened to the master's words and sent Yao Cairen back, I didn't say a word to bury her, otherwise now I am afraid that I will not be able to look down on people even if I come over with my face on my face!
Duan Kui had to take a deep breath, folded his hands and muttered to the gods from all walks of life, fortunately they blessed him and didn't let him cause trouble.
Falling rain and snow helped Yao Chuxi into the east hall, and knelt on the ground again to say hello, but Yao Chuxi didn't have the strength to help them get up anymore, so he simply collapsed on the bed.
"Do you want to sleep again?"
"The sleepiness has long passed, but I am tired."
"The slave and maid thrashed for the little master." Luoyu didn't mention why she didn't return all night, she knew that her master must be tired now, and she didn't have the leisure to think about other things. Besides, if she wants to stay in the Taihe Hall for one night, the emperor can't let her, so the emperor must have left her master there, and she was relieved to think of the rain.