Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 902: Mandarin Duck Dream
Before daybreak, the eunuch Cao Rong was waiting outside the palace.

The new emperor was diligent. He got up at 2:30 am every day, had his meals at 2:30 am, went to court at 2:30 am, and did not leave court until 1:00 pm - during this period, as a personal eunuch, he had to be extremely alert and busy serving him.

There was no court session today, and Cao Rong had a rare chance to breathe a sigh of relief, but he became even more tense.

His Majesty got up early and did not call him in to change clothes, nor did he ask the palace maids to serve him food. The palace was quiet, with a terrifying silence.

Cao Rong looked up at the sky and saw that the sun had risen, so he quietly ordered the eunuch to go down and prepare.

After a while, eunuchs came carrying ice jars and lined up in a row under the corridor.

Cao Rong stepped forward, opened the cover, and checked everything personally.

Cool water soaked with mint leaves, crispy mountain iced with snow sand, drink boiled with perilla...there are also four-color cold cakes made with jujube paste, mung beans, yam and yellow peach.

Cao Rong looked carefully, then turned around and greeted the head female official next to him: "Good morning, Aunt Su Yu, is the beauty awake?"

Su Yu, with two dark circles under her eyes, replied, "I woke up, what's wrong, eunuch?" She glanced at the main hall again, "Your Majesty still has no appetite?"

Cao Rong pursed his lips: "I got a little better after a little persuasion, but when that guy came yesterday, I lost my appetite again. Sigh."

The summer heat came early this year, but it is still mid-May, and the sun is getting hotter day by day, making the floor tiles look like red-hot irons.

The new emperor had hardly had a rest since he ascended the throne. He was busy and the weather was hot, so his appetite was getting worse and worse. Sometimes he only ate half a bowl of rice porridge and two cold cakes all day. Cao Rong was anxious, but he was not an old emperor in the imperial court and could not figure out the new emperor's temper. He heard that Su Yu had served in the Eastern Palace, so he asked about her carefully when they met.

Cao De sighed softly: "Aunt Su Yu, you are a sensible person, do you have any good ideas?"

Su Yu was helpless and shook her head.

"How about," Cao Rong sighed again and lowered his voice, "There is no court today, Your Majesty is free, why don't you go and tell Lady He..." After saying that, he clenched his fists and raised his thumbs secretly, "Your Majesty, with such a golden and jade body, cannot ride without someone to accompany you..."

"That's all."

Su Yu thought for a moment and was about to speak when suddenly a deep voice from inside the palace called out:

"Cao Rong."

"Hey!" Cao Rong quickly gathered his whisk and trotted away.

Li Xuanye hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

After waking up, I stretched out my arms and subconsciously tried to reach for the pillow, but they suddenly fell into the air, and I was stunned for a moment.

Soft jade and warm fragrance, it feels like a dream.

With a self-deprecating smile, he withdrew his hand, and his fingertips ran across the pillow. When they touched something, he pulled it out.

It's a secret letter.

He lay on his back on the bed, his palm suspended in the air, holding the secret letter, his brows gradually furrowed.

In his dream, the beauty threw herself into his arms, and the long-lost tenderness and sweet words made him sink and become intoxicated.

Also in the dream, he kissed the beauty and promised passionately: "What do you want? I can satisfy you in any way."

The beauty climbed up with both hands and answered tenderly: "I want to be with Your Highness forever."

"This is inevitable." He laughed softly, "We will be together forever, sharing the same bed and the same grave."

"What if someone wants to separate us?"

"Impossible." He laughed at her stupidity, "This throne is mine, the world is mine, and you are mine too. No one can separate us."

"What if someone wants to drive me away?"

"Impossible. I am the Crown Prince, and you are the Crown Princess. If I were the Emperor, you would be the Empress. No one in this world can bully you."

The corners of her eyes curved up like a little fox: "If you treat me badly, I will leave you."

"How dare you." He pinched her waist tightly, "Say it again." "I was wrong, please spare my life, Your Highness!"

In a trance, it was as if I was falling into the clouds, or in the waves. It was the season of warm spring breeze, with the beauty of mandarin ducks playing in the water. The soft and smooth skin and the sweaty body turned into a pool of spring water in the brocade bed curtains with lotus flowers in full bloom.

……

Li Xuanye held the secret music in his hand, his palm still suspended in the air without moving, but his eyes became darker and darker.

The secret guards sent out collected the last piece of information.

He knew everything from the government to the underworld, and because he had sufficient control, he was not ruthless enough to wipe out the roots.

But this time...

He Kui advised, "Now everything is ready, only the east wind is missing. If your majesty can be ruthless and use the beauty as bait, you will definitely make that person fall into the trap! From now on, there will be no more obstacles in the vast country. Your majesty, this is a great event that will be remembered for thousands of years!"

Li Xuanye didn't care whether his achievements were unparalleled or not. He just wouldn't allow someone to try to use the magic of prophecies to make things happen right under his nose, and even bring disaster to thousands of innocent people!

He took out the thin piece of letter paper and read it again word by word.

"Shen is proficient in the mystical arts. He used his father's position as the Minister of Rites to set up the Celestial Bureau in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. If the mystical arts are activated, it may cause a natural disaster, which may lead to the destruction of the world. Your Majesty, please strike back quickly!"

Quick Strike...

Li Xuanye narrowed his eyes, and in an instant, all the remaining emotions disappeared.

"Your Majesty?" Cao Rong stepped into the hall holding a whisk and called out through the pearl curtain.

"Ah."

Li Xuanye responded, slowly put away the secret music and stuffed it under the pillow.

Cao Rong then asked softly, "Your Majesty, it's already morning. Do you want to change clothes and wash up?"

Li Xuanye sat up, casually put on a moon-white robe, tied the belt, and ordered casually, "Come in."

"Yes."

Cao Rong hurriedly waved his whisk and entered with the eunuchs and palace maids.

The emperor was exempt from court today. He was wearing a dark casual suit, a white jade pendant, and a small red gold crown. Cao Rong was half-kneeling on the ground, smoothing the hem of his dragon robe while secretly looking up to observe his expression.

Palace maids and eunuchs stood on the left and right, holding trays in their hands.

After putting on her clothes, she came forward and handed over her belt, jade ornaments, and sword one by one.

At this time, another maid brought a comb and another held up a crown: "Your Majesty, please take a seat. I will comb your hair for you."

Li Xuanye glanced at him indifferently.

Cao Rong was so frightened that his heart stopped beating. Just as he was about to dismiss the unfortunate maid, the emperor was not angry at all. He just picked up the hair crown and fiddled with it for a few times, then threw it back into the tray and said, "There is no government affairs today, so you don't need the gold crown. Change it to a jade one."

The palace maids were also surprised. They were stunned for a moment and then happily replied, "Yes."

Cao Rong thought about it a little more.

It is said that this emperor was diligent in state affairs. After he ascended the throne, he was not busy with the coronation ceremony, nor was he in a hurry to confer titles to his concubines. He only promoted a beauty named He, but there is no record of summoning him to his concubines.

In this matter, he looked lazy and his tone was also casual, and if you look closely at his face, it seems to be gentle and happy.

Looking at the young palace maids again, each of them had uncontrollable admiration in their eyes and eyebrows, and the thoughts in his mind began to become active.

It's no wonder that before the canonized beauty even entered the bed, a little maid climbed into the bed first...

Cao Rong held up the osmanthus dew and presented it to the emperor to rinse his mouth. He then asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, do you want to invite anyone to have breakfast with you?"

I was stuck in a writer's block, and my illness was recurring, my menstrual period was irregular, and my period hadn't ended for half a month... It was painful just thinking about it... So I couldn't write anymore. Today I have a better idea, so I will update one chapter at a time.