Chapter 21, Spring Palace
Chapter 21, Spring Palace
Shen Qingtang was very satisfied with this lunch.
With the share of a nobleman, but eating like an emperor, what a profit!
only--
"…Did you drink this morning?!"
Looking at the medicine brought by Amber, Shen Qingtang's good mood was shattered.
Emperor Yu Ji raised his eyes. Although he had heard that his concubine Shu did not like to take medicine, now seeing her resistance, he finally knew how bad the medicine was.
Look, just for a bowl of medicine, they are running around the table with my servants.
Emperor Yu Ji reached out his big hand and pulled her petite body into his arms.
"Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. I have heard that you almost fainted in Minghua Palace today. It shows how weak your body is." Emperor Yuji raised his hand and pinched Shen Qingtang's face.
Her originally pale cheeks now looked more rosy after being around the table with Amber, making this face as bright as spring flowers even more dazzling.
"Tang'er——"
"I feed you."
Without giving Shen Qingtang a chance to make excuses, Emperor Yu Ji brought the medicine bowl to Shen Qingtang's lips.
The strong and bitter smell of medicine hit her face. Shen Qingtang wanted to vomit but didn't dare to. She could only look at Emperor Yu Ji with tearful eyes, and he held the medicine bowl to her lips with a tough attitude.
Unfortunately, Emperor Yuji, who was only concerned about her health, was not confused at all.
"Good boy! Open your mouth!"
She didn't want to drink it, but she had no choice but to drink it.
The medicine went down his throat like poison, and Shen Qingtang's face turned pale.
The churning stomach can't even be suppressed by the sour and sweet preserved fruits.
but--
"Woooooooo..."
Shen Qingtang's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at the Emperor Yu Ji who was ravaging her lips in astonishment.
why?
Why can a trivial kiss easily resolve her physiological reaction?
Although she didn't understand, she was shocked!
……
In the afternoon, Fanghua Hall was quiet and warm.
While Amber and the others were standing outside with red faces, people in Chunxi Palace, which was some distance away from Guanju Palace, were busy searching for something.
Concubine Zhang, who was pregnant, also followed the palace maids to search in Chunxi Palace.
Liu Zhaoyuan, who was in the main seat, had just finished her nap and was sitting in front of the flower window drinking tea and reading a book. However, she was disturbed by the various noises coming from outside and could not concentrate on reading the biography in her hand.
pat!
Liu Zhaoyuan put down the biography in her hand and frowned, "There are constant noises outside. Is Yuxue missing again?"
"To answer your Majesty's question, I heard that he sneaked out this morning and hasn't come back yet."
Jin'er served Liu Zhaoyuan carefully, and seeing that she looked annoyed and impatient, she quietly asked the palace servants to close the doors and windows.
Seeing her action, Liu Zhaoyuan became even more furious.
"Stop it!" Liu Zhaoyuan raised her eyebrows, "I am the head of a palace, how can I give in to her just because she doesn't know the rules!"
"If you don't understand the rules, then learn them from the beginning." Liu Zhaoyuan's intention was obvious. Understanding her meaning, Jin'er immediately retreated.
Only then did Liu Zhaoyuan pick up the book on the table again and slowly flip through it.
"It's just a beast. Why is it making so much trouble? I don't know what the rules are. I am the master of this palace, and it is my duty to discipline the concubines in the palace..."
As a fellow noble lady, she couldn't even control the favored noble lady Shu.
But a mere noble lady named Zhang, although as unpopular as herself, was much more pregnant than herself.
He was in Chunxi Palace but was subordinate to her. If he was no longer under her control, wouldn't it make her seem too incompetent?
……
Time passes by so slowly.
When Concubine Zhang left Liu Zhaoyuan and returned to her own Linfengju, the smile that had been on her face disappeared in an instant.
Even Luzhi, who had always been with her, became worried since she entered Linfengju.
Luzhi carefully supported Concubine Zhang and said anxiously, "My lady, please sit down and rest for a while. I don't know if you have hurt the little prince just now."
I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but as soon as Luzhi finished speaking, Concubine Zhang suddenly felt uncomfortable all over her body, and her hands were anxiously stroking her slightly bulging belly.
"She is just trying to torture me!" Concubine Zhang gritted her teeth, "This isn't the first day I've been looking for Yuxue in Chunxi Palace, but today she called me to lecture her. How could I not know what she is up to?!"
They all lived in Chunxi Palace. Although Concubine Zhang had nothing wrong in her heart, she was still afraid of Liu Zhaoyuan. No matter how angry and dissatisfied she was at this moment, she could only deliberately lower her voice to vent.
The evil fire in her heart could not be dissipated. Even though there were basins of ice all around the couch, it was difficult to extinguish the fire in her heart.
"I'll let you be arrogant for a few more days. When my child is born, I'll make you pay!" Concubine Zhang was breathing heavily, but her rationality, which had quickly gone out of control, was gradually soothed by the touch of her palm.
Although she is not as good as Liu Zhaoyuan now, it is still uncertain who will be the superior and who will be the inferior in the future!
Seeing that she was in a stable mood, Luzhi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly offered her a cup of cooling tea.
"Don't worry, my lady. Yuxue has always been playful. She may come back soon after she has had enough fun." Luzhi comforted Concubine Zhang, but in her heart she hoped that Yuxue would never come back.
It was just an ordinary raccoon. All it did all day was eat and sleep, and it would disappear in various ways, causing them in Linfengju to search for it almost every day.
But it happened that this troublesome beast was the apple of Lady Zhang's eye.
Luzhi disliked Yuxue in many ways, but when Concubine Zhang thought of Yuxue who had not returned yet, a look of worry appeared on her face.
"Yuxue is the most human-like. In the past, she would come back for three meals a day, but today--" Concubine Zhang looked out the window expectantly, but did not see the familiar orange figure.
Although Zhang Guiren was punished by Liu Zhaoyuan because of Yuxue, she, as a cat lover, did not vent her anger on it. On the contrary, she asked Luzhi to arrange people to look for it outside Chunxi Palace.
"You arrange some people to take Yuxue's favorite dried fish and go out to look for her. If you find her, you don't have to catch her. Just send someone to inform me."
After hearing Lady Zhang's arrangement, although Luzhi was dissatisfied, she followed her orders obediently and immediately left Linfengju to arrange for people to go out and search.
When everyone in the room had left, Concubine Zhang's expression, which was full of worry, became inexplicably complicated.
"...where will you go when the Phoenix is gone?"
……
Just as Lvzhi and the others were wandering in the rockery and jungle in the palace as arranged by Concubine Zhang, in the Guanju Palace not far away, there was an orange cat chasing butterflies in the yard, having a lot of fun.
Shen Qingtang, who was originally planning to make a cat toy to play with the cat, was caught by Emperor Yu Ji in her study where she practiced calligraphy in her spare time after the lovemaking stopped.
When she saw the crumpled sheets of rice paper on the table, she seemed to be under a spell and refused to take another step forward.
But Emperor Yu Ji wanted to poke her lungs.
"My beloved concubine, you don't know how to write? Look at your handwriting, it's like dog crawling. Come here, I will teach you how to write."
(End of this chapter)