Sleepless nights.

When I got up the next morning to serve Xu Cairen, she saw the corners of my red eyes and haggard look, and immediately asked, "Qingying, what's wrong with you?" Why are you so emaciated? ”

"Me? I'm fine. ”

I said perfunctorily, and served her to dress and freshen up, Xu Cairen held my hand and said, "Don't worry, you said that you asked me to help you, and I will definitely fulfill my promise." ”

I looked up at her serious face and smiled at me.

I don't know why, I seem to suddenly understand why there are three thousand beauties in the harem, Pei Yuanhao will have a trace of warmth for her, and she is also so lucky, the first woman to be pregnant with a dragon seed.

She is like a faint little flower under the purple and red in the imperial garden, which looks so delicate that people want to hold it in the palm of her hand to care, and she is so simple and clean, even I want to protect her well and protect the child in her womb.

Forget it, don't think about it anymore.

If the famous brand is really taken away by someone with a heart, then, it is a blessing or a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, and I am waiting for the arrangement of fate.

Now, it is still time to protect the innocent woman in front of you and the child in her womb.

So, I smiled and said, "I still have to look at the child in the womb of the talented person." I looked down, looked at her slightly bulging lower abdomen, and said with a smile: "I really hope that talented people can get a man in one fell swoop, so that the emperor will favor you more." ”

"Boy? I don't want boys. ”

Don't want boys? I looked at her with some surprise, the harem competed for favor, how could there be a concubine who didn't want to give birth to a prince? I heard her smile faintly and said: "You also know that my family background is not as good as other sisters in the palace, and if I really give birth to a prince, it will delay his future." Look at it, before the child was born, someone wanted to assassinate him, if he was really a prince, how difficult the road would be in the future. ”

"Talented people ......"

I didn't expect that she would still have such a heart, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of closeness, gently holding her hand, she smiled again, and said, "Forget it, it's too early to think about this, let's see God's arrangement." ”

Looking at her quiet smile, I made a decision in my heart.

No matter what happens now or in the future, I want to protect the child in her womb, I have killed a human life, so use this little life to redeem me.

Xu Cairen was more than three months pregnant, and she was so strict that she couldn't eat anything, and the weather was hot, and she vomited a lot, so I went to the small kitchen in the afternoon, and burned a small pot of orange cheese for her, and brought it to her before dinner.

Xu Cairen smelled the sweet and sour taste, took a bite, and immediately smiled: "Hmm, it tastes so good." ”

"It's good if people like it."

"Qingying, you are so capable, you can still make such delicious things."

I smiled and didn't speak, she ate a small half bowl, and saw Yuwen next to her also staring at the bowl with a greedy face, so she smiled and greeted: "You girl is also hungry." Come, you come and eat a bowl too. ”

Yuwen has been with her since she was a child, and she doesn't have so many scruples, so she immediately smiled and said, "Xie Cairen." ”

Xu Cairen smiled again: "Qingying, you can eat some yourself." ”

She treats people so sincerely, and I don't want to be too angry with her, so I also walked over and scooped a small bowl, and before I could put the spoon in my mouth, I heard a laughing voice at the door—

"Well, it smells so good."

As soon as I heard this sound, my spoon fell back into the bowl, Yuwen took a big mouthful of orange cheese, swallowed it hard, and hurriedly got up and knelt down and said, "The emperor - the emperor ......"

Xu Cairen also hurriedly stood up, and when he walked over, he was about to kneel: "The concubine greets the emperor." ”

"Get up."

Pei Yuanhao walked in slowly from outside the door, with a little smile on his face, and said, "I was busy today, so I just came to see you, but I didn't expect to bump into you eating private dishes." ”

"The emperor made fun of his concubines." Xu Cairen said while accompanying him to the table and sat down, Pei Yuanhao glanced at me, who was kneeling next to me and bowed my head without saying a word, and didn't say anything, and turned to Xu Cairen: "What happened that day, didn't hurt you, right?" ”

Referring to the events of that day, Xu Cairen's face also changed slightly, and he smiled reluctantly: "No." ”

"I was negligent."

"Your Majesty, don't say that."

Xu Cairen lowered his head timidly. If it were another concubine, she would definitely be coquettish at this time, but I saw that she was just sitting there shyly, her cheeks were slightly red, Pei Yuanhao looked at her, but her accustomed cold face seemed to have tenderness.

I slowly stood up and stepped aside.

Pei Yuanhao glanced at her bowl and said, "What is it to eat?" What does it taste so special? ”

Xu Caidao: "Oh, it's Qingying who sees that the concubine has a bad appetite, so he specially burned such a pot of orange cheese for the concubine, the taste is very good, does the emperor want to taste it?" ”

As she spoke, she was about to get up and go to serve it, but she found that there was nothing left in the pot, and said, "Oh, I've finished eating." ”

"It's okay, I'll just take a bite."

Pei Yuanhao said, suddenly stretched out his hand and took the bowl in my hand.

I was taken aback, looked up at him, but saw that his face was the same as usual, scooped up a little with a spoon and ate it, and immediately smiled: "Well, it tastes really good." ”

I looked at him with wide eyes, everyone was stupid, Xu Cairen and Yuwen also looked at this scene, the two of them couldn't speak for a while, Pei Yuanhao said that he tasted it, but he ate all the things in the bowl in three or two bites, and said unsatisfied: "Yes, the imperial dining room can't burn such things." ”

Xu Cairen looked at him, looked at me again, walked up to him, and said softly: "If the emperor likes it, the concubine will let the young baby burn some more, and send it to the emperor's imperial study at night." ”

"It's good, it's good to try these."

Before I could say a word, I was finished by the two of them, Pei Yuanhao sat for a while, told her a few words, and then turned around and left.

As soon as Pei Yuanhao left, I looked down at the empty bowl on the table, and Xu Cairen walked up to me: "Qingying." ”

I looked up at her.

"It's rare that the emperor has a good impression of you, you have to take advantage of it."

"......" I suddenly understood what she meant, and I couldn't believe my ears: "Cairen, you-"

She still smiled, patted the back of my hand gently, and said, "You are so young and so beautiful, just being a palace maid is not a mistake in the future." If you can be favored by the emperor and canonized, then we are sisters, so that in the palace, we can support each other, don't you say? ”

"Cairen, I-" I didn't expect that she would have such an idea, did she think that I wanted to ask her before, was this?

Lucky to be in his favor? I've had enough of his "favor", it's a nightmare that I haven't woken up to until now!

However, before I could explain, she said to Yuwen: "My back is sore, help me in and lie down." ”

"Yes."

Yuwen hurriedly walked up to help her to the inner room, and when she passed by me, she glanced at me with a little displeasure in her eyes.

I stood alone at the table, looking at the empty bowl used by the person on the table, and suddenly felt empty in my heart.

Even though I didn't want to, but Xu Cairen had already told him, I couldn't refuse, so I could only guard the small kitchen and cook a pot of orange cheese out, and when it was ready, it was already past the hour, and it was dark.

I just hope he doesn't stay in the study tonight.

However, when I walked outside the imperial study with the food box, I saw that the lights were bright inside, and Yu Gongcheng was guarding outside with two little eunuchs, and when he saw me, he immediately greeted me: "Come in." ”

"Father-in-law, please help me bring it in."

"Where is all this nonsense!" Father-in-law Yu frowned and hit me with the dust on his hand.

"But ......"

Just when I was still hesitating, Father-in-law Yu pushed me and said in a low voice: "Don't be verbose, the emperor is in a good mood tonight, no-what." ”

As I spoke, I was pushed through the door by him.

Inside the room, the candle flame flickered, illuminating the silence of the room. There was still a mountain of twists and turns, and he sat there with his head bowed and writing hard, his eyelashes hanging low, and the light of the candle cast a long shadow like the wings of a bird.

I bit my lower lip and walked over: "Your Majesty." ”

He didn't speak.

"The slave maid is here to bring supper to the emperor. The slave and maid are here. ”

I carefully placed it on the table next to me, but before my hand left, I heard him say without raising his head, "Bring me a bowl." ”

……

When I heard this, my fingertips trembled a little.

I could only scoop a bowl for him, walked to his side, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please use it." ”

But he didn't immediately reach out to take it, but finished the fold in his hand, picked it up and looked at it twice, then closed it and put it aside, and then turned his head to look at me.

I was still holding the bowl and bowing my head silently.

He stretched out his hand, but instead of coming to pick up the bowl, he reached straight over and stroked my hand, and as soon as my hand was released, the bowl suddenly fell out of his hand, fell to the ground with a clatter, and suddenly fell to pieces.

At this time, the door was closed from the outside by Father-in-law Yu.

My heart sank suddenly, and at this time, his hand reached out again, and this time there was no longer any hesitation, and he grabbed my wrist and pulled it hard, and my whole body was pulled by him and fell into his arms.

He was still sitting there, looking down at me, and although there was no expression on his face, at this moment, I already knew what he was going to do.

After all, there is still no escape.

Seeing him slowly lean down, my lips about to be touched, I closed my eyes, did not struggle, did not refuse, only frowned, and endured his impending violation.

However, although the warm breath kept blowing on my face, his lips did not fall.

After a while, his deep voice sounded in his ears—

"You, is that painful?"

I was shocked, and when I opened my eyes, I saw him leaning over to look at me, the tip of his nose almost touching the tip of my nose, and his lips almost touching mine, but he never really fell, just looking at me closely.

Breathing, a little disordered.

"You, what did you say?"

"Are you really, that miserable?" He looked at me and said word by word: "Even if I don't beat you and torture you, you don't want to?" ”