On this morning, Liu Jing was dealing with state affairs in his study, and Chief Jiang reported to the guard: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager He summoned Liu Meiren to Xingqing Palace. ”

Didn't Empress Dowager He summon her just a few days ago?

Liu Jing said in a flat tone: "You go and ask Liu Meiren to make tea for me." ”

Chief Jiang bowed his head and answered "yes" and left the Fulin Palace.

More than half an hour later, the head of the Jiang guard took Liu Lu into the Fulin Palace and reported to Liu Jing: "Your Majesty, Liu Meiren is here. ”

Liu Lu fanned the sweat on her body a little panting, although it was the beginning of autumn, but the weather was still very hot, and she walked out with fine sweat.

Liu Jingdao in the study: "Liu Meiren, make tea." ”

Liu Lu responded: "Okay, you wait a minute." ”

Liu Lu went to the pantry to make a cup of tea and brought it into the study to Liu Jing.

Liu Jing glanced at the tea in the celadon cup, which was much lighter in color, and did not speak.

Liu Lu saw Liu Jing bowing her head to work, she turned around and walked to a table next to her, where she practiced calligraphy.

By noon, Liu Jing put down his pen and turned his sore arm.

Liu Lu saw it and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want me to pinch it for you?"

Liu Jing let out an "um" sound.

Liu Lu walked to the back of his chair and reached out to knead his head, neck and shoulders. She read some medical books, and the massage technique was okay.

Liu Jing asked, "What did the Queen Mother tell you?"

Liu Lu replied while massaging him: "She asked me about my pregnancy. ”

Liu Jing asked, "How did you answer?"

Liu Lu said: "I told her that I was not pregnant. He also told her that the doctor said that I had just been ill for a long time, and my body was still very weak and not suitable for pregnancy, and even if I was pregnant, it was easy to miscarry or give birth to an unhealthy child. ”

Liu Lu quietly thanked Imperial Physician Li in her heart, if it weren't for Imperial Physician Li telling Liu Jing these things in advance at her suggestion, she was really worried about what to do if she was pregnant.

Liu Jing asked her, "Lulu, do you want to have a baby?"

Liu Lu's hand paused, then pushed Liu Jing's shoulder, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I am from a humble background. ”

Liu Jingdao: "Although your father's official position is not high, he is also an official of the imperial court, and his background is not too low. ”

Liu Lu said: "My father has passed away, and the family is now ordinary people. ”

Liu Jing asked, "When did your father die?"

Liu Lu said: "It has been two years since he died of illness, and I later learned from a letter from home. ”

In the autumn of two years ago, Liu Lu suffered a serious head injury, and when she woke up, she was already a human being. A few months later, when she was injured and looked through the family letter, she learned that her father had died of illness before her accident, and the family letter had been received two days before the accident.

Liu Jingdao: "What do you have to tell me in the future." ”

Liu Lu replied in a low voice: "Okay." ”

But she was slandering in her heart: "What's the use of telling you? Those women in the harem are intriguing and chaotic like that, and I haven't seen you take care of it." At the end of the day, you and them are just tools for each other. ”

She tugged her eyelids and continued to massage Liu Jing.

After the massage, Liu Jing said, "You go back, you don't need it in the afternoon." ”

Liu Lu heard a little displeasure in Liu Jing's tone, she didn't ask more, and responded, "Okay." Your Majesty, then I'll go. ”

On the way back to the Beauty Palace, Liu Lu heard people talking.

Liu Lu said to her maid Cui'er, "Cui'er, you will inquire about what is going on in the palace today." ”

In the afternoon, Cui'er came back and told Liu Lu: "Master, from next month, the palace will be cut and saved, all expenses will be halved, and there will be a big layoff. Lady Xiao said that those who want to leave the palace can go to her to sign up, and the beauty palace will dismiss four people according to the regulations. ”

When Liu Lu heard this, her heart lit up and asked, "Is there a provision for who to dismiss?"

Cui'er said: "It seems that anyone can say anything, ordinary attendants and stewards can sign up, and I heard that concubines can also leave the palace voluntarily." ”

Liu Lu was overjoyed. She went to see Empress Cao and applied to Empress Cao to leave the palace voluntarily.

Empress Cao said: "Liu Meiren, when the emperor was sick last time, you took care of it with your heart, and the emperor and I miss you very much." Now that the emperor loves you very much, you don't want to apply to leave the palace, I'm worried that the emperor will be unhappy when he finds out. ”

Liu Lu said: "It shouldn't be." Empress Cao, I have officially applied to you, don't forget it. Please help me speak in front of the emperor. ”

Empress Cao said: "Although the emperor handed over the affairs of the harem to me, but when the concubine leaves the palace, I can't be the master, and I have to ask the emperor to agree." ”

Liu Lu said: "I know." Thank you, Empress Cao. If there's any news, please let me know. ”

Liu Lu came out of Yanxi Palace and returned to the Beauty Palace with a smile.

Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived.

The next day, in the Fulin Palace, Liu Jing looked at Liu Lu with a gloomy face, looked at Liu Lu majestically, and said, "Liu Meiren, you dare to apply to leave the palace behind my back, do you want to leave so much?"

Liu Lu's voice was fighting, and he said incoherently: "No...... Be...... No, I ...... I just wanted to study medicine. ”

Liu Jing pinched her chin and asked sharply, "You honestly confess, which man did you fall in love with?"

Liu Lu trembled for a long time and said, "I'...... I don't know any other man, so I can't like it. ”

Except for Liu Jing and his guards, Liu Lu had almost no contact with other men.

Liu Jingdao: "I love you so much, you don't know what to do." From today on, you will be grounded and not allowed to step out of the Beauty Palace. ”

Liu Lu was anxious and said, "Your Majesty, you promised to let me go, how can you go back on your word?"

Liu Jing swept his eyes and said majestically, "When did I promise you?"

Liu Lu was angry, and said in her heart: "This bastard who crossed the river and demolished the bridge! ”

But he didn't dare to argue with him, so he said, "You...... You're bullying me!" she said, tears rolling in her eyes.

Liu Jing's eyes flashed with coldness, ignored Liu Lu, and directly ordered to Captain Jiang: "Captain Jiang, send Liu Meiren back to the Beauty Palace, and don't allow her to step out of the Beauty Palace, otherwise she will be severely punished." ”

Liu Lu saw that Liu Jing's face was gloomy and her eyes were cold, she didn't dare to speak anymore, for fear that if she made Liu Jing even more angry, Liu Jing would lose her mind and kill her.

Liu Lu returned to the Beauty Palace disheartened.

She worked hard for so long, and Liu Jing beat her back to the starting point with a word.

Liu Lu looked at the flowers and trees outside the beauty palace and pulled the corners of her mouth self-deprecatingly.

When a person's power is so great that there is no restraint, it is only human nature that is tested. And human nature is the most unreliable. You can't know what the humanity of the person standing in front of you is, and you don't even know what your own humanity is.

Since that day, Liu Jing has not summoned Liu Lu again.

Liu Jing often summoned Ge Meiren to serve him, and he also had rain and dew on other concubines.

Ge Mei is very likable and very good at flattering people. It is said that Empress Dowager He originally liked Ge Meiren to take care of Liu Jing, who was infected with the plague, but Ge Meiren just found out that she was pregnant, so she was replaced by Liu Lu. At the end of May, when Liu Jing had just recovered from his illness, Ge Meiren had a miscarriage.

Once, when mentioning the miscarriage, Ge Meiren said to Liu Jing: "Your Majesty, during that time, I prayed to heaven every day that you would be well. Then one night, I had a dream in which a little boy told me that he was going to heaven to ask the Emperor to give his father a birthday. I had a miscarriage after more than ten days, and then I heard that you were much better. I thought that our children should have been left in the sky by the Emperor of Heaven to become immortals. ”

Time flies, a month has passed, and Liu Jing seems to have completely forgotten Liu Lu.

Liu Lu, who was grounded, restarted her reading routine.

It's just that this time, she picked out medical books to read. Over the course of the month, she wrote down two thick reading notes.