The emperor reads the chapter at the table, he hardly reads the content of it, anyway, what can be sent to him, Pang Jun has seen it, he just no longer cares about the government, and the country can't be destroyed. It was Song Jingshu's words that made him interested, and when he looked down, she was curled up at her feet, looking from the outside, and she couldn't see that behind the wide bookcase, a woman knelt down.

"Raise your head." The emperor said, seeing Jingshu's frightened face, the emperor smiled a little, glanced over and said, "Get up, I'm tired of talking to you with my head down." You go on, what did Xiangxiang do today? ”

Jingshu struggled to get up, now wearing this heavy dress every day, it is also a burden for her, she stood behind the emperor's sight to tidy up her embarrassed self, and asked: "The emperor will go to see Xiangxiang today?" ”

"I've seen her in the morning, and I'll be annoyed when we meet again." The emperor closed the recital, got up and stretched his muscles, put his arms around Jingshu's neck, and ordered, "After that, you can bully the queen more, just don't beat her to death." You will be a wicked person, and I will be a good person. ”

"Yes."

"You also have to hold up your dignity as a concubine, don't be so affectionate with me in front of Xiangxiang, put away that face this morning." The emperor was a little annoyed, pushed Jing Shu away, and said in disgust, "You are the concubine, the elder concubine of mine, do you understand?" ”

Jing Shu couldn't help sneering in her heart, how could she not understand, but do you really understand, emperor?

"Don't let those women bother Xiangxiang, if they dare to be disrespectful to Xiangxiang, I will peel off their skins." The emperor instructed, "The same strategy can't be used twice, you say Xiangxiang is smart, and I know it, so don't underestimate her." ”

The emperor stretched his arms and strode to the front of the palace gate, his wide-sleeved robe was dusty, he looked at the sky outside the hall surrounded by the palace wall, and said with a smile: "It's okay, she ran away this time and knew that she couldn't run again, and the days to come will be long, I will impress her with sincerity, if she immediately succumbs to me and is as cheap as you, then it is not the Xiangxiang I like." ”

Jingshu looked at his back, in fact, the emperor had never been happy in her eyes, even if he poured out his best on the bed, he had never really felt comfortable, but at this moment, he was looking forward to the mood of being able to stay with Xiangxiang in the future, so brisk and cheerful, as if he had changed a person.

Jingshu's heart tugged up for a while, and she couldn't help but reveal the words in her heart, fortunately, it was very light, she gritted her teeth and said: "Xiangxiang is so good, where is she good?" ”

The emperor didn't hear it, turned around and asked her what she muttered, Jing Shu hurriedly changed her face and said, "The concubine will do her best to promote a good marriage between the emperor and Xiangxiang." ”

"Really?" The emperor glanced at it disdainfully, rolled up his sleeves behind his back, and said with an inexplicable faint joy on his face, "I'm going to rest, you also step down, you don't have to come to me to serve these days, I want to be pure-hearted, I want Xiangxiang to understand my intentions." ”

The emperor left, and Jingshu stood in the empty Mingde Hall, but she didn't know where she was going. I can't help but think of that day when the emperor was still the crown prince, he knelt there and was whipped by the first emperor with a whip, and blood flowed down his head. Jingshu thought that the crown prince was going to be killed like that, but he suddenly reversed the situation, it turned out that the first emperor was the most useless one, the prince at that time, controlled everything in the palace, and worked for his future step by step, but now that he is the emperor, where is the scheming of the former city government? The current Qi Xu is simply a faint gentleman who is greedy for beauty and does not seek progress.

"Did I follow the wrong person?" Jingshu walked down the steps, and suddenly sat down softly, the gorgeous skirt bloomed like lotus petals, and such clothes complemented her perfectly. Song Jingshu's face is overwhelming, but where is the country and where is the city, she is just lingering under a man's knees.

She thought of Qi Hui, and thought of Prince Shuo who was in the wind of the jade tree, she vaguely knew some things about the court, the emperor and Pang Jun were on guard against Qi Hui's plot against usurpation, and sure enough, that was the man who wanted to make a big difference, and Xiangxiang followed him.

Did they follow different men to embark on this different path?

In this case, if she said it to Xiangxiang, she would definitely shake her head and deny it. Ruxi Niang, living freely and chicly, although Qi Hui is her younger brother, she never expects to rely on Qi Hui for anything. Shen Yan also tried to get rid of the shadow of regret before meeting Shifeng, maybe it seems to others that a twenty-year-old girl does not marry and lives unhappily, but she has her own joy in life, and when she meets Shifeng, she is also good enough to meet a better person.

And what Qi Hui loves is also Xiangxiang who has a strong heart, as a coquettish wife, she will lose her temper, but as the heroine of the family, as herself, she can face any difficulties and hardships.

The night is getting deeper, the ups and downs of the day have finally passed, Qi Hui stood under the window and looked at the moonlight, the palace had no high walls, and the sky in his eyes was boundless. Suddenly, he heard someone coming outside the door, Qi Hui immediately lay back on the bed, he only felt the strength of his legs in the evening, but this matter should not be known to more people for the time being, at this moment it was the next person who sent him the decoction, even if these are reliable people from Jian Fu, Qi Hui also has his own plan.

In the deep palace, Xiangxiang boiled water and washed by himself, although the palace maids and eunuchs had one more thing to do, but Xiangxiang didn't want them to serve, and their only task was to watch Niangniang.

And watching Xiangxiang do these trivial things with his hands and feet, the palace maids began to talk about Xiangxiang's origin, and some people here even saw her in Furong Ju, those palace maids who hated Xiangxiang regardless of their life and death, cursed Xiangxiang for being just a lowly dancer, not as good as them as palace maids.

But they all have to admit that if it weren't for the fact that Concubine Xiang could skillfully do these rough jobs, everyone would think that she was a noble daughter, and some temperament was revealed from her bones, and Xiangxiang would have them, but those beauties who were beside the emperor couldn't pretend to be noble.

In the early spring night, it was still bitterly cold, Xiangxiang was afraid that the charcoal in the house would suffocate herself, so she didn't let the fire in the dormitory, but fortunately she made a soft mattress on the bed, and the thick quilt was enough to keep out the cold, she said to herself to take good care of her body, and then she stayed awake all night like a few nights ago, her body would collapse sooner or later.

At this moment, she was already covering the quilt with heat, and she wanted to fall asleep peacefully, when she suddenly heard someone coming outside the door, she woke up suddenly, and grabbed the hairpin next to the pillow. The waiter approached the bed with a candle and saw the mother holding a sharp hairpin, and couldn't help but be startled, but hurriedly said: "Madame, forgive me, the slave didn't mean to disturb you, yes, it was the queen mother She came suddenly, Niangniang, she was wearing bed clothes barefoot, and she was almost frozen." The slaves and maids persuaded Niangniang to return to the Middle Palace, but Niangniang said that she wanted to see you. ”

Xiangxiang frowned, the little queen entangled herself? Why, is it Jingshu's persecution, or the emperor's order, on such a cold day, the child is dead?

"Madam, you ......," the palace maid turned her heart and said, "If you let the slaves and maids go to warm the mother and persuade the mother to go back, it is not impossible, but this time, and next time, if you don't accept it or don't get close, they will try their best to come, right?" ”

Xiangxiang saw that this palace maid was an understanding person, but she was more relieved, isn't it, whether Jingshu is the emperor or not, they will definitely try their best to make themselves "emotional", as long as she begins to accept the life of this harem, it means that the emperor has hope to touch her heart, if she is not "obedient", there will be all kinds of tricks, not to mention that the abused person is pitiful, even Xiangxiang himself, will be annoyed.

"Madam, the queen is really pitiful." The palace maid held the candle and took a few steps back, but she didn't dare to persecute Xiangxiang, but said, "If I can't see you today, my mother will be abused and beaten by the concubine again, and everyone in the palace knows these things." ”

"You boil some hot water, soak the queen in a hot bath, and I'll be over in a while." Xiangxiang finally relented, and the palace maid was so happy that she turned around and ran away, obviously worried that she would be implicated. Xiangxiang sighed, she had long understood that escaping was not a way, but all this came too quickly, and they were too anxious.

The queen was soon sent to take a hot bath, Xiangxiang instructed the palace maids to put ginger in the hot water, when she came, she heard the queen's slight moaning, and some palace maids timidly asked: "Niangniang, did it hurt you?" ”

Seeing Xiangxiang coming, they immediately put down the work in their hands to retreat, Xiangxiang did not stop them, and went to the bathtub alone, the queen's petite body was hidden in the water, the faint ginger fragrance dispelled the cold, she only showed a frightened face, and the emaciation made her eyes look very big, and people trembled when she saw it.

This is the Queen? Is this the mother of a nation? What did the emperor and Jingshu do to this child?

"Are you better? When you get warmer, go back. Xiangxiang only treated her as a child for a while, and couldn't help but use the tone of treating the child, and the next moment he realized that he was rude, and hurriedly changed his words, "Niangniang, after taking a bath, I will ask the palace maid to send you back to the East Palace, if you don't dislike it, you will wrap yourself in the clothes here." ”

"Tomorrow." The queen suddenly spoke, hiding her body in the water as much as possible, her mouth floating on the water and still talking, there was no emotional fluctuation in her tone, as if she had been numb waiting for all the torture she might face, "Tomorrow the concubine will punish me for disturbing you late at night, I hope you leave me alone tonight, and leave me outside the palace gate to freeze to death." ”

Xiangxiang was shocked, she didn't know how to distinguish this child's words, whether to believe it sideways, or to ignore it cold-bloodedly?

The queen said: "Then I will not be tortured by them again, I want to die, but I don't have the guts, and they will never really beat me to death." ”

The little girl suddenly stood up from the water, half of her body was exposed in front of Xiangxiang's eyes, she took a few steps back in shock, the child's thin body was full of scars, and there was no good one.

The queen said: "Don't be controlled by them, don't fall for them." ”