imperial psychologist

Chapter 110 Kindness
That night, the two sat together, and Bo Ling brushed his hair for a long time under Bao Yuan's supervision.

"Look, if you are told to take a shower so late, your hair won't be able to dry at all."

After Bo Ling brushed for a while, Bao Yuan took a comb and combed it for a while, so that the hair would dry faster.

Bai Ling smiled and didn't speak, letting Baoyuan take the towel in her hand, and then actively stretched her head to Baoyuan's side.

Like every older sister, Baoyuan has a restless temperament and a little bit of nagging. When getting along with others, she always takes on the role of taking care of others unconsciously.

Although sometimes, this will trouble Bo Ling a little, because Baoyuan will set up a bunch of rules for herself inexplicably, but in the final analysis, this kind of aggressiveness with a little warmth is not annoying.

It's just that sometimes you have to spend more time thinking about how to refuse such kindness.

"Tomorrow we are mainly going to check out the location first, so that we can find it when the empress comes over," Bao Yuan said softly, "We don't have to sit, we will stand longer, and I will get you a pair of softer insoles later. Prepare your shoes and everything tonight, and the clothes will be delivered tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Bo Ling replied softly, "Is there any etiquette that needs special attention then?"

"It's nothing, the two of us are pillars all the time, when the empress comes, just follow behind the empress," Bao Yuan said, "Just look at me when you arrive, I will come when you need to talk, and you will come to the place where you want to salute." Just follow me and salute, other..."

Speaking of this, Bao Yuan stopped moving her hands, "Hey, are you nervous?"

"Yeah." Bo Ling nodded, "I'm quite nervous."

Bao Yuan giggled.

"It's okay, you stay by your mother's side, and it will be a matter of time before you get pulled out to meet people, just get used to it."

This night, when Bo Ling was lying on the couch, her hair was basically dry.

Bo Ling lay on his side stroking his hair, Bao Yuan made it very smooth, and finally tied it casually behind his head with a hair tie, which felt surprisingly good.

But the price is that this night, Berlin went to bed more than two hours later than usual.

Early the next morning, before dawn, when the court ladies showed up in the east side hall with the clothes that Baoyuan said last night "delivered tomorrow morning", Bai Ling was still in a drowsy sleep.

In this state, Bo Ling was a little lazy to deal with it until a voice came from the front door.

"Okay, you all go out first, I still have something to say to Bai Siyao alone."

Bo Ling turned his head and saw Zheng Shu standing straight in the door frame.

She has a serious face and is well dressed. The hair on her forehead is not messy. She doesn't know if she didn't sleep much last night or woke up early today.

Bo Ling suddenly realized that he might have miscalculated the workload of the concubines in the palace to participate in this garden party—the entire Chengqian Palace is now like a tightly knit machine, busy for travel after nightfall.

The maids called out "Grandma Shu" in unison, and then bowed to leave.

Only Zheng Shu and Bo Ling were left in the room.

Bai Ling's drowsiness was wiped away in an instant, she got up and walked to Zheng Shu's side, and said hello like those maids before.

"I'm arguing with you." Zheng Shu said softly.

"It doesn't count," Bo Ling said a little against her will. In order to make this sentence sound more real, she added, "After all, I will go to the Imperial Garden to pray for incense after a while."

"..." Zheng Shu still had some doubts in her eyes. Going to the Royal Garden for a day is a boring and boring chore no matter how you look at it. After the old lady took the initiative to withdraw this order, she took the initiative to express her willingness to do more blessings for the empress.

"Grandma Shu is here today...?" Bai Ling raised his head and asked.

"There are a few words I didn't finish yesterday, just now I have time..."

Bai Ling understood, and quickly retreated into the room. As soon as he put his hand on the handle of the teapot, Zheng Shu said, "No need, there are many things to do today, I will leave after I finish talking."

"Mother-in-law, please tell me." Bo Ling said respectfully.

"It's my idea to let you go to the garden party with your mother today." Zheng Shu said softly.

Bo Ling looked at her without changing his expression - she guessed this last night.

Zheng Shu looked at Bai Ling, and continued, "...But I also listened to what you said yesterday afternoon."

Bai Ling blinked and continued to wait for her to finish.

"You did come to treat your mother, but the current situation is different from yours in the Compassion Palace—"

"Wait," Bo Ling frowned slightly, "I've never treated the Empress Dowager, don't get me wrong."

Zheng Shu's eyes remained unchanged, and she still replied in the same tone as before, "It's not important, as long as you understand that staying in Chengqian Palace is different from staying in Compassionate Palace."

Bai Ling tilted his head slightly, "...what does mother-in-law mean?" "You have been in the Palace of Compassion for four years, and more than half of the people in the palace don't know about it. It doesn't matter if you go back and forth with the empress dowager alone.

"Chengqian Palace is different. How many pairs of eyes are staring at us. Just because you rescued your empress from the turret a few days ago, your name has been spread all over the palace." Zheng Shu paused slightly. After a pause, "...you can say anything."

"It's not easy to live in the capital, but it's even more difficult in the imperial city... You're always in the palace, but the rumors outside are rampant. You should have gone out together to let others see who you are." Zheng Shu said softly, "Do you want to continue giving The empress needs to gain a firm foothold in the palace first to treat illnesses, if she doesn’t have this ability, everything else is useless.”

Although Zheng Shu was not very polite when she spoke, Bo Ling still heard the kindness in her words. She bowed her head and thanked her, but there was still a lot of confusion in her eyes.

Seeing that Bai Ling still didn't seem to understand, Zheng Shu raised her eyebrows slightly, "Why, what else do you not understand?"

"Well, I roughly understand what Granny Shu means, but..." Bai Ling raised his eyes, "...what can they tell me?"

……

In Chuxiu Palace, a servant girl hurried into the palace. Lin Jieyu was sitting in front of the mirror, squinting her eyes for the maid to pinch her shoulders.

All the jewelry was neatly arranged on the dressing table in front of her, like a concubine waiting for her luck.

The servant girl who entered the door quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine has basically selected her clothes for tonight."

Lin Jieyu turned her head leisurely, her eyes half-opened under her long eyelashes, "So fast...what's going on?"

The servant girl handed over a note, Lin Jieyu took it, and read in a low voice, "Big red and gold twigs and leaves pattern long trousers, Ruyi cloud pattern shirt..."

She took a quick look at the colors of all her clothing options and smiled slightly.

"My sister wants to choose a festive color to wear today."

(End of this chapter)