Chapter 72: The Missing Queen
Let her pass?
Miao Li pointed to herself and asked again, "Did my father-in-law make a mistake?" The emperor let the slave and maid pass? ”
The father-in-law was also confused by her, and asked, "Are you Miaoli, the maid of His Royal Highness King Qin?" ”
Miao Li nodded.
"Then that's not wrong, the emperor did let you go. Hurry up, don't let the emperor wait. ”
Miaoli subconsciously glanced at Zhou Shuxuan, and Zhou Shuxuan also nodded in response, asking her to go over first.
After Miaoli received the instructions, she suddenly found that she and Zhou Shuxuan seemed to have a tacit understanding.
It's only been a few days, damn habit.
Miao Li lowered her head and followed behind her father-in-law, and the eldest princess glanced at Zhou Shuxuan in the back, and both of them were guessing the emperor's thoughts in their hearts.
The only thing that can be determined is that Miaoli will not be in danger, she is Meng Qianfan's daughter after all.
Zhou Shuxuan recalled that when he was in the palace, the emperor liked to play chess with her, and it was estimated that he was too far away, so he asked her to play chess in the past.
Yes, that's what the emperor meant, and he definitely didn't have any other ideas, Zhou Shuxuan thought like he was deceiving himself.
The internal contradictions still have to be placed internally, and now that the emperor is a third party, all the sullenness in Zhou Shuxuan's heart has turned into worry.
There should be no problem, she is so smart, she has a sense of proportion.
The eldest princess also returned to her horse, and Zhou Shuxuan sat in the center of the carriage and felt uneasy.
In the middle of Luan's driving, Miao Li knelt in the car.
"Slaves and maids give the emperor a greeting, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
An old voice came overhead, "Get up." ”
In the carriage, even if she got up, she could only lift her head, and she couldn't even lift her head too high.
Miao Li raised her head slightly and secretly glanced at the emperor. I haven't seen him for a long time, and the emperor seems to be much older again, and he really has a feeling of half of his body buried in the ground.
Seeing the emperor like this, Miaoli's first thought was Zhou Shuxuan. The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and he will face the problem of establishing a prince again. According to Zhou Shuxuan's current physical condition, I am afraid that there is no chance.
Those who have the slightest defect in their body cannot be elected as the prince, not to mention that Zhou Shuxuan is now a crippled person.
The emperor wanted to see that she had not moved for a long time, looked up, and said, "Sit, feel free, don't be restrained." ”
Miao Li thinks that she is not a relative of the emperor, nor is she a person who has made great contributions to the country, and there is no seat for her by the emperor's side. So he knelt down and lowered his hand under the emperor, and kowtowed upwards to thank him: "Slave and maid thank the emperor for giving him a seat." ”
The emperor is now holding a book in his hand, and he glanced at her distractedly during his leisure time to read the book, and said in a flat tone: "You can sit at will, how you can come as you please." ”
Then, as if she didn't exist, she went back to reading her book.
From the emperor's tone just now, Miao Li couldn't read any emotions, let alone guess what the emperor asked her to do. On the way here, she also thought that the emperor was going to play chess with her, but now she didn't see a single chess piece.
Miao Li sat on her knees in the car for most of the day, and the carriage moved forward slowly. I have to say that Luan's driving is smooth, and she hardly feels any bumps along the way, but she still has a lot of ups and downs in her heart.
After another while, the emperor still did not speak. Miaoli felt that she couldn't kneel anymore, and quietly stretched her legs.
At this time, the emperor's voice came from overhead, "Tired? Let you sit well, you don't listen. ”
Miaoli retracted her leg and replied respectfully, "The slave doesn't dare." ”
The emperor put down the book and said very casually: "If there is anything you don't dare, let you sit well, you can sit well." What's going on lately? ”
Is this a family chat with her? Miao Li was confused, and she didn't know what the emperor was asking.
Miao Li simply replied according to her own thoughts, "With the protection of His Majesty Long Ze, everything is fine." Spring has begun, and the prince's body is much better. Lang Zhong said that the prince's leg is getting better and better, and it is estimated that it will not take long to recover. ”
After speaking, Miao Li quietly glanced at the emperor. The emperor didn't react much, he was as cold as just now, but he didn't feel angry.
The emperor was silent for a while, then picked up the book again and began to flip through it.
can't get any information, Miaoli has a seven-trick exquisite heart, and she can't analyze what the emperor is going to do now, so she can only stand still.
Yanshan is not far from the capital, and it will be there in half a day. During the whole process, after the emperor asked that sentence, he never spoke again.
When she arrived at the place, Miaoli got out of the carriage first, and then helped the emperor to get down. The emperor didn't say to let her go back now, she could only serve here.
Compared with the infigurable emperor, she still prefers Zhou Shuxuan, at least she is familiar with Zhou Shuxuan.
The tent had been set up in the paddock, and Miao Li followed the emperor's people to the emperor's tent. Only when he went in, he glanced at Zhou Shuxuan from a distance.
There was someone around the emperor to take care of, and Miaoli's role was to stand aside and watch, just handing over something from time to time. Seeing that the emperor has settled down, there is nothing else to help with.
Miao Li found the opportunity and said: "The slave and maid asked the emperor for guilt, and the prince brought a few people out this time, and the slave and maid were afraid that the prince would not be busy, and now it was time for the prince to drink medicine." Your Majesty, the slave wants to ......"
The emperor listened to her words, looked at her thoughtfully for a while, and then raised his hand and pointed to the two palace maids behind her and said, "You go to the tent of King Qin to obey orders." ”
This is the end, not only can't I go back now, but it's also difficult to go back in the future, I don't know what the emperor is thinking.
When the two palace maids arrived at the Zhou Shu Xuan Tent, the eldest princess happened to be drinking tea inside. When he saw the two palace maids coming in, he knew what the emperor meant, and turned back to Zhou Shuxuan, "Let you make trouble with others, now it's okay, you can't come back." ”
Zhou Shuxuan naturally understood what the emperor meant, he couldn't let him go back when the person had come, but he looked really upset, waved his hand and said to the two palace maids: "You go out first, and then come in when you are waiting." ”
After sending the people out, Zhou Shuxuan sighed and looked at the eldest princess with a sad face, "Auntie, what do you say the emperor wants to do?" ”
"I guess there's no one to accompany you. The one who loved the most died, and the rest, the two older ones were annoying, and the younger one was too small. Several princesses married again, so they found someone to accompany him. ”
"Why her?"
At this time, there were also concubines and princesses, and they couldn't turn her turn.
The eldest princess stood up and patted the armor on her body, and said, "I'll go and ask the emperor why he chose her." ”
Zhou Shuxuan didn't have the heart to joke with her now, and lowered his head to figure out the reason for himself.
In the emperor's tent, Miao Li experienced what it means to be a deathly silence. The ears were full of birds and insects chirping, and there was no sound in the tent.
The emperor didn't even read the book now, so he sat in a chair in a daze, motionless like an old monk. Miaoli could only stand aside obediently, looking at the emperor in a daze. Now she doesn't even have to do anything to serve tea and water, just make an ornament.
I will stand until dark at one stop, and I will start the official hunting tomorrow, and there will be nothing to do when I settle down today.
As soon as it got dark, the emperor let the meal be passed on. The palace maids and eunuchs went in and out, and soon a large table of dishes was placed. Miaoli stayed in the tent for an afternoon, not knowing the situation outside, looking like the emperor seemed to be a treat.
Sure enough, not long after, King Qi, Zhou Shuxuan, and a few princes, even those who were still in their arms, came.
The big and small princes shouted in unison: "The sons and daughters respectfully invite Saint Ann." ”
The emperor didn't give any reaction, just stood up and walked to the table, and then said, "Calm down, come over to eat." ”
Zhou Shuxuan looked at Miaoli, Miaoli was also confused at this time, she didn't know what the emperor was going to do, and shook her head slightly.
Whether there is any information or not is not very important to Zhou Shuxuan now, the important thing is that she is intact.
The father-in-law next to the emperor handed a pair of chopsticks to Miaoli and asked her to make dishes. Miaoli couldn't start, she also announced the dish to Zhou Shu, but she understood Zhou Shuxuan's preferences, and it was easy to announce the dish to Zhou Shu. But it's different for the emperor, she doesn't know anything, and she is careful with the dishes.
Zhou Shuxuan saw that she was difficult to handle, and began to signal her to hold something. The two of them cooperated so well that they almost forgot the unpleasantness inside.
Although the emperor called the prince to eat, he didn't look at a few princes during the whole process, nor did he speak, and ate his own.
What the emperor did was really weird, and the people below acted according to the emperor's face, so the meal was extremely painful. Fortunately, after suffering for a long time, it is finally over.
Miao Li took away the tea that the emperor rinsed, which means that the meal has come to an end.
The emperor finally spoke again, just simply, "You all go back." After that, there was no follow-up.
"The retainers obey."
Before going out, Zhou Shuxuan threw Miaoli a look of self-begging. Then Miaoli watched Zhou Shuxuan leave, the emperor has not given any instructions to her to stay now, she can only stay here.
After everyone was gone, the emperor asked the palace maids and eunuchs in the tent to go out, and only the two of them were left before the emperor asked, "Do you want to go back?" ”
At this moment, Miao Li couldn't lie no matter what, so she nodded.
The emperor asked expressionlessly, "Am I not good here?" ”
When asked by this question, Miaoli could only take Zhou Shuxuan out to block the arrow, "Back to the emperor, the slave is just worried about the prince." ”
The emperor didn't care and said, "He's such a big man, there's nothing to worry about, and I sent two people." ”
Miao Li couldn't think of a reason, so she could only bow her head and not speak. Wait, the emperor will have to let her go back when it's time to sleep.
The emperor walked up to her and asked in a calm and powerful tone, "Do you know what I asked you to do?" ”
"The slave doesn't know."
She guessed for most of the day, but she didn't come up with a single reason.
The emperor reached out with a fan to pick up her chin, looked into her eyes, and said, "I lack a queen." ”