Step on a branch

Chapter 226 Once Bitten by a Snake
It was windy outside the window.

Getting up suddenly, passing through the half-open window, Concubine Shu didn't have time to press it down, the books on the table were blown and rattled.

Looking back, the emperor was disturbed by the movement and opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu got up and closed the window, and said softly, "I'm bothering you."

The emperor calmed down, sat up slowly, and wanted to say something, but his throat was a little tight.

Just as he was about to take a look, a pair of white hands appeared in front of his eyes, holding a cup of tea.

Looking along, the owner of the hand smiled gently.

Concubine Shu said: "Warm honey tea, please moisten it."

The emperor took it and took a few sips.

The honey tea is properly adjusted, not too sweet, but has a bit of fragrance, which made his temper that was disturbed to sleep dissipate in an instant.

After glancing at Concubine Shu, the emperor sighed in his heart.

The queen mother said that Concubine Shu is sensible, and she is really right.

It is just right to have winks, understand the severity, and know the measure when doing things.

"Before, I asked you to open the window to breathe," the emperor said, "What time is it?"

Concubine Shu said: "It's just passed."

"Have I been asleep for so long?" The emperor was surprised.

He originally only planned to rest for a moment or two, but now, he actually slept for more than half an hour?
In recent days, he has been sleeping very normally, sleeping restlessly at night, and not being able to make up for it during the rest of the day, so that this afternoon nap made him feel very comfortable.

The emperor looked left and right, and his eyes fell on the flower stand in the corner of the hall.

There was no flower pot on it, but a small incense burner, with incense burning inside and white steam wafting out.

Concubine Shu followed the emperor's line of sight, and said with a smile: "It was lit in the morning. A few days ago, the imperial doctor came to ask for a safe pulse, and said that the concubine was a little depressed. Calm and calm, very effective."

The emperor nodded.

The empress dowager likes to use incense, he knows it.

This fragrance calms the mind, but does not help sleep.

As Concubine Shu said, I ordered it before lunch, and the emperor didn't feel tired during the meal, and it was a habit to take a nap afterwards, and Concubine Shu, who didn't rest, didn't look sleepy at the moment.

His rare good sleep has nothing to do with other things.

This made him feel more comfortable.

"The queen mother is very worrying," said the emperor, "she remembers all the big and small things."

Concubine Shu lowered her eyes and said, "Your Majesty is very worried about the Emperor.

The concubine knows that you are the king of a country, and your thoughts and insights are far from those of the women in the harem. Even the empress dowager, who accompanied the first emperor to conquer the world, has many opinions, but now she has lived in the palace for a long time, and it is inevitable that she will have differences with you.

But she is always thinking of you, if you don't like it, just let it go, if you argue with the empress, she will be very sad. "

The emperor glanced at Concubine Shu: "You really miss your mother very much."

"The Empress Dowager likes and takes care of her concubines. The concubines naturally hope that she will be happy and smile often." Concubine Shu raised her head, looked into the eyes of the emperor, and said, "At the same time, the concubines are also the emperor's concubines." The concubine, of course, also hopes that the emperor and the queen mother will have fewer disputes.

Originally, these things should not be talked about and pointed fingers, but the concubine thought about it and said it for the last time. "

The emperor's eyebrows stretched a little.

With Concubine Shu's temperament, it is better to know more than to know less, and it is better not to speak than to speak.

If she just obediently obeys and guards the border, she can have both sides in front of him and the Palace of Compassion and Peace.

But she said it, and said it without offending him.

After all, it makes sense.

No matter how upset he was with the empress dowager pointing at political affairs, his mother was still his mother.

What are you fighting with your mother?

As long as he doesn't speak too harshly, he won't argue with the empress dowager next time.

"I can tell good from bad, and you have good intentions. Why would I think you are pointing fingers?" The emperor got up and stretched his muscles, and then stood and asked Concubine Shu to tidy up for him, and said by the way, "You have to spend more time with your mother , she likes you very much."

"The empress dowager doesn't dislike the concubine, of course the concubine is willing to always be by her side." Concubine Shu said with a smile.

While speaking, a thought crossed his mind, and the emperor asked: "I remember, you recalled the eldest granddaughter of Marquis Yongning before?"

"Yes," Concubine Shu was squatting down to tidy up the emperor's clothes. Hearing this, her eyes were full of indifference, and her words were still soft and gentle. "The empress dowager is very curious about that Miss Qin, and the concubines are also curious, so they called her over and asked She has some religious matters."

"Oh?"

Concubine Shu said again: "After asking, there is nothing strange about it. A little girl, at a naughty and active age, how can she devote herself to practicing like an adult? No matter how capable the master is, he can't learn much at such a young age." , when she grows up, she can feel a little more at ease, and her master has gone wandering."

The emperor nodded slightly after hearing this.

This is very similar to the Qin Luan he knows.

The laughing talisman is just a child's fun; the prescription that makes people not disturbed by the talisman paper comes from the master; the life-saving elixir is also given by the master.

Qin Luan himself is not very good.

"The rewards I gave to the various houses were late, and the queen mother was angry with me," the emperor said, "In this way, you will call her later, and the palace will see what is suitable. If you reward her, it will be treated as a loan from you." Yes, I will supply it to you later. If you talk about it with the queen mother, I will give her an account."

Concubine Shu replied "Yes".

The emperor drove away.

Eunuch Xu followed beside him, and he was relieved to see that the emperor's complexion improved a lot.

"Let Qi'er come to see me in the afternoon!" the emperor said.

Eunuch Xu was taken aback.

Obviously, the emperor is not as angry as he was before noon, so why did the Second Highness's work of "venting anger" change from tomorrow to today?

Concubine Shu sent the emperor away, and called a nanny to invite Qin Luan into the palace.

It is conceivable that the emperor's move was definitely not for any reward, why he gave the empress dowager an explanation, he must be planning something else.

It's still hard for her to guess, so she just happened to communicate with Miss Qin.

Concubine Shu turned back to the inner hall.

Leaning against the window, she looked at the censer with a mocking smile in her eyes.

The emperor was bitten by a snake once, but he was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Having been "deceived" by Concubine Shun's pills before, I was afraid of having another illusion.

But Concubine Shu said that although those pills have the effect of beautifying, they have no ability to seduce people's hearts. The emperor's love for Concubine Shun for more than ten years comes from the emperor's heart.

It's just that the emperor's self-esteem couldn't bear the slightest "flaw" in his sincerity, so she hit him with one blow and made the emperor give up Concubine Shun.

Today, the emperor rested with her for a good night's sleep, but he was afraid that it was "external force".

Only because she stood upright and energetic, and the Empress Dowager indeed rewarded her with spices, the suspicion was dispelled.

But the truth?

The truth is that she went to clean the room before the emperor's afternoon rest, and added some sleep aids to the burning spices.

Not much, just enough to burn for half an hour.

And she herself, for most of the time, has been by the window, trying to smell as little as possible.

If it wasn't for that gust of wind, she should have made some movement to wake the emperor up.

If it takes longer, it will be a holiday.

(End of this chapter)