Young man, please stay

Chapter 58 Royal Sister-in-law

On the same day the Tianhe Sect's carriage team arrived at Jingzhou Prefecture.

Capital, Ouchi Imperial Palace.

Taihua Hall, inside the Imperial Study Room.

……

Just after the morning meeting, a gorgeous and mature woman was dressed in a gold and red cloud-patterned robe. She was sitting on a wide chair with carved chicken wing wood. She took a deep breath, hunched her shoulders and stretched her body.

"Hmm——~"

After a burst of feeling in her heart, the woman sighed in a low voice. She first stared at the piles of memorials in front of the case for a while, and then looked at the small red hair on her hand.

"..."

huh~
  Snapped…

With a flick of his jade hand, the brush drew an arc and fell into the pen holder.

"Well...it's too late to take a break and approve again..."

With a series of murmurs, the empress kicked off two big red embroidered shoes with majestic golden dragon patterns. The graceful Wen Xianglong body leaned softly and lay on its side on the wide chair with three layers of soft couches. Come down.

Gee, lying down is more comfortable than sitting...

In this way, after closing her eyes and taking a nap for only a few breaths, the empress suddenly slowly opened her eyes again, then bit her lower lip a few times, and looked at a plate of delicate red fruits next to the memorial on the table.

"..."

Although I have eaten two meals for breakfast, one with bird's nest, white fungus, and one with hawthorn soup, if there is nothing in my mouth, I still feel itchy...

Especially when approving a book, or if you are lazy during the process.

It's not that I'm not full, it's not that I'm hungry, but my mouth is hungry. To put it bluntly, I'm greedy.

Of course, it’s the one above.

But at this time, the empress looked at the plate of cherry tomatoes that Tuoshan Kingdom had paid tribute to, but she was a little hesitant.

After all, the palace's spending on various snacks, fruits and snacks this year seems to have exceeded the money spent on rouge and gouache.

Tsk...

If this continues, if rumors spread that I am a glutton, then wouldn’t my majesty in front of the civil and military officials...

……

The most important reason why dragon power is so powerful is that it is unpredictable.

……

Therefore, as the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, it is actually very necessary to hide or conceal one's preferences as much as possible.

Especially the feeling of "liking to eat" is not a very elegant preference.

But there is one thing to say. At the moment, firstly, all the maids in the royal study have been cleared out, and secondly, the tea has just run out. If I just eat some fruit because I am thirsty, it is reasonable and has nothing to do with preference, right?
  Yes, reasonable.

After having this thought, the empress relaxed immediately, reached out decisively, and grabbed a cherry tomato from the plate.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty——"

"?!"

However, at this moment, the hurried footsteps of a maid came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Xing'er wants to see you."

"..."

The empress frowned, her nose wrinkled slightly, she put down the cherry tomatoes in her hand, quickly sat up, picked up her kicked off shoes and put them on again, and grabbed the brush from the pen holder.

"Come in…"

"Yes."

squeak-

What came in through the door was the Empress's most trusted personal maid. She entered the palace at the age of six and was given the name Xing'er by the Empress. In addition to taking care of the Empress's daily life, such as food, clothing, and makeup, she was also responsible for some of the Empress's news and communications outside the Golden Palace. .

"What's the matter? You're in a panic."

The empress frowned and looked at the memorial on the case. She didn't even raise her head when her usual confidants came to see it.

The maid Xing'er couldn't help but feel a thump in her heart. She looked up secretly and saw the saint's face was stern, as if she was not in a good mood.

"Um…?"

"!"

After being stunned for a moment, the empress just raised her eyes, but her clear eyes were as heavy as a thousand stones.

The powerful aura of a person with both strength and status does not need to be artificially exaggerated. It is just naturally emitted at will. When it falls on Xing'er, it is enough to make the sixteen-year-old little maid suddenly break into a thin sweat on her forehead and unconsciously. He hurriedly bowed and said:
  "Your Majesty, there are three things. One is about the movements of Princess Qingli. I heard from Yuxuan's latest flying pigeon message that the princess has arrived at the capital of Yangzhou and will arrive in Beijing soon."

"Well... there's more."

The power of the dragon is unpredictable. Although the Holy Master has always been gentle to her, at this time, Xing'er was still extremely respectful and did not dare to raise her head:
  "The second thing is about the disappearance of Zhou Ning, the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture. It is said that it has been confirmed by Li Pei, one of Zhou Ning's confidants. It is initially estimated that he slipped and drowned after drinking. The official department is handling the follow-up."

Qingzhou magistrate…

If I remember correctly, I went to Beijing to tell my old age the year before last...

Originally he was an old man who was retiring at the end of his term. It was a pity that he could not enjoy his old age, but there were many candidates to take over...

The empress didn't pay much attention to this, she just did whatever she had to do.

But the third thing Xing'er reported made her think for a while.

"The third thing is from Jingzhou. It is said that the saint of Tianhe Sect seems to be inspecting various industries. In fact, it is mainly the Ningxiang Pavilion in various places. She should have arrived in Jingzhou now."

"The Holy Lady of Tianhe Sect?"

When the empress heard this title, she first subconsciously glanced at the cherry tomatoes on the table, and then a trace of suspicion and curiosity flashed in her eyes.

…     Could it be that the saints of Tianhe Sect were dispatched at this time because of the commotion not long ago?
  By the way, that woman from Tianshan Mountain...

You probably still don’t know who the leader of the Tianhe Sect is...

Ugh.

I don’t know what’s best. It’s impossible to expect them to abandon their old grudges. I just hope they don’t have any contact, even indirect contact, otherwise there will be trouble in their lives...

……

"I know everything, is there anything else?"

"Go back to the Holy Spirit, it's gone."

As soon as Xing'er opened her mouth, the next moment she changed her words with a pale face and waved her little hand:

"No! Xing'er means that there is nothing else to repay. No...it doesn't mean that the Holy One is gone...please give the Holy One a clear warning!"

"..."

The little maid was about to kneel down as she spoke. The empress looked calm on the outside, but was a little speechless on the inside.

I didn't think about that at all. This girl was probably scared by me...

That's all, ask her to take a bath with her next time and repair the gap again.

……

In the end, even after Xing'er left, she still didn't know why Sheng Shang was in a bad mood.

In fact, the empress' mood quickly began to improve after Xing'er left.

huh~
  Snapped…

Skillfully putting away the pen, and then skillfully kicking off the shoes, the warm and soft dragon body lay down on its side on the wide chair again.

The cold and majestic king of a country, whose palms were sweating from the little maid in that town just now, seemed to have suddenly disappeared, and there was only a lazy and enchanting beautiful woman in the royal study.

"Ahem... I have told you that I will concentrate on reviewing the memorials today. No one will be seen before sunset unless there is something very important."

After clearing her throat, the empress opened her red lips. She was obviously speaking at a normal volume, but her echoing voice was like a bell, resounding throughout the Taihua Palace.

"According to the order!"

The Yulin guards and servants inside and outside the Taihua Hall responded in unison, with a rather awe-inspiring momentum.

After saying these words, the empress in the royal study stretched out her white arms and grabbed another cherry tomato from the plate on the table.

After a pause, he grabbed another one.

Two…

Three…

Finally, I simply grabbed a big handful, kept it in the palm of my hand, and ate it slowly one by one.

In addition, as a pastime, the empress did not forget that there was a crumpled booklet on the other side of the desk, with the words "The Record of the Goddess of the Wei Dynasty" written on it. It was an essay novel passed down from the previous dynasty.

The content of the book is very simple. It tells a pure love story about a wanderer who accidentally broke into the palace, met the queen, and gradually developed feelings for her. After being discovered, they both died in love. Because of the identity of the protagonist and the overly delicate description of the love between the two people in the book, it was banned in the previous dynasty. This book on the table can be said to be the only one.

The empress herself does not prefer these orphan copies.

She likes to read some essays, as long as they are good.

However, the Great Zhou Dynasty was originally a martial artist, and during the reign of the first emperor, he went on a series of conquests, so his level of literature and art was not as good as that of the previous dynasty.

Not to mention novels, even poems and songs, there were not many that could be called excellent at that time. What scholars and scholars are currently studying are all old things from past dynasties.

If we want to thrive in this area again, we need a more lasting peace and stability, which is a long and arduous task.

Before that, the empress lying on the chair could only chew juicy and sweet cherry tomatoes while reading this kind of forbidden book with relish.

The Empress is currently reading Chapter 10.

"Jianghu'er...meeting the Queen again, the love is difficult to resolve...beating Jin Luan...?"

Faced with this title, the empress didn't think much about it at first. She just felt a little strange and wondered why the plot also involved the torture of being burned.

But as she watched, the empress's expression froze, and the cherry tomato between her lips was unstable, and juice splashed out.

original…

That’s what it meant...

But...but that's the Jinluan Palace! It's on the dragon throne! She is a queen, it doesn’t matter if she falls in love with a young hero from Jianghu, or has an affair with a young hero from Jianghu, how can she be on the Dragon Throne in the Golden Palace...

Alas!
  The empress temporarily closed the "Records of the Goddess of the Wei Dynasty" and was very angry.

She was so angry that her pretty face was all red.

No wonder it’s a banned book, it’s simply a bully! Disobeying ethics!
  If nothing else, why does the queen sit on the throne?

But the position of the emperor! If you want to steal a man to play on the dragon throne, then only the emperor should be qualified, right?
  Of course, this does not mean that the empress herself would think of sneaking a man into the Golden Palace and having sex on the dragon throne. That would be too outrageous and unseemly.

She had only been on the throne for thirteen years. As the king of a country, men and feelings were such narrow things that she would only consider them in the year of the monkey.

But now that I’ve thought about it…

I don’t know what the male guard that my sister Su Yinping likes looks like...

……

No one knows her sister's situation better than her sister. The empress is inevitably a little curious about the only man her sister has liked since childhood.

If the so-called young hero really comes to Beijing one day and his identity is indeed clean, then he might as well go and see for himself.

After all, she is my sister's first man. As the "royal sister-in-law", I also have the right to look after my sister...

　Just one today, take a moment and prepare to put it on the shelf next month.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)