Love on the Pillow: Pampering the Unscrupulous Queen

Chapter 99
In the early morning, the chirping of birds outside the window penetrates the curtain that blocks the sun into the bedroom.

Su Qing was awakened by the disturbing bird song and opened her eyes, feeling a little dizzy in her head.

The other side of the bed was already empty, she reached out to touch the bedding, it was already cold, it seemed that Feng Jun got up early and left.

Sitting up lazily with her head supported, Su Qing stretched out her hand and pulled the silk sash beside the bed. When the waiter on duty in the room heard the bell, she immediately pushed the door open and entered, standing outside a layer of tulle curtain and asked: "Is the empress going to wake up?"

Su Qing covered her lips and yawned, lazily took a cushion and leaned against her limp waist.Although she was a little drunk last night, she still remembered clearly what happened when she returned to the dormitory.Although she was a little annoyed at Feng Jun's excessive demands, she was also a little proud of Feng Jun's indulging feelings only for herself.

"Where did the prince go?" Su Qing asked lightly, brushing her long hair that was a little messy on her chest.

Hearing the words, the servant replied with a smile: "As your mother said, His Highness the Crown Prince practiced swords in the garden behind when he got up in the morning, but someone came to the door to plead guilty just now, and His Highness the Crown Prince should be receiving guests in the front hall at this moment."

"Apology?" Su Qing raised her eyebrows slightly, "Is it Han Bin?"

The servant chuckled lightly: "Your Majesty is smart, it is that Han Bin. Last night His Royal Highness ordered someone to send those two back overnight. The man came early in the morning to make amends and brought two carts of treasures."

Hearing this, Su Qing shook her head and said, "Han Bin is quite a man in the city. He gave people or jewels to make amends, but he was just testing His Royal Highness. Forget it, let me get up first. These court affairs are not important at all. I'm a woman to worry about."

The servant nodded slightly, and clapped his palms towards the door. Immediately, a row of well-trained maids came in with copper basins, towels and other things, lined up in the room.

The servant first changed Su Qing's pajamas behind the screen, then ordered someone to remove the screen, and began to groom Su Qing.

Seeing a maid come forward with a box of five or six sets of exquisite and gorgeous hair, Su Qing cast a glance and said: "It's simpler to dress up, just use that white jade hairpin."

The servant nodded, and ordered the maid to fetch a white jade hairpin in the shape of a lily from the dressing box, and combed Su Qing's long black hair like a waterfall into a pagoda cloud bun, and then fastened the hairpin for decoration.

Su Qing chose another set of elegant and simple moon white embroidered cloud pattern long skirt to change into, and then walked out of the bedroom unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside. Winter in Zhangzhou comes earlier than in Beijing. His Royal Highness told you to wear a cloak if you go out." The servant chased out from behind and put on a light but warm fiery red fox fur cloak. Said on Su Qing's shoulder.

Standing at the door of the sleeping hall, Su Qing felt that the wind and sand outside was indeed a bit heavy, so she nodded and let the servant put on the cloak and tie it for herself.

"Has His Royal Highness eaten breakfast?" Su Qing asked.

The servant nodded: "Just now His Highness the Crown Prince used some meaty snacks after practicing swords, but His Highness ordered that if the empress gets up to eat, you need to inform Your Highness that he will come to accompany the empress to have breakfast together."

The corners of Su Qing's lips slightly raised: "Then let's talk about it now, Ben Gong is waiting for him in the flower hall."

The waiter nodded and left.

"Han Bin, you can't stay." Seeing the figure of Shi Shu leaving, Su Qing frowned slightly and said softly.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Dong Xue and Xia Meng have been with the Queen Mother since they were young, and they are quite insightful about court disputes, which is much better than Zi Xiao's girls.

Su Qing looked thoughtfully at the majestic palace in the distance, and then ordered after a while: "Hong Ling, Zi Xiao, you two, go and find out where the two women who were sent back last night are now, and find out where they are now." Then report back and forth to the palace. There is no need to let His Royal Highness know about this matter."

Hong Ling and Zi Xiao looked at each other, said calmly: "Here." Turning around, they went out from the backyard of the prince's palace.Because these two are the confidantes of His Royal Highness, Qian Yingwei, who guards the gate, saw them and let them go out without interrogating them.

Both Hongling and Zixiao were brought by Su Qing's side when she got married. Although the prince is the largest in the prince's mansion, to them, it is obvious that Su Qing's orders are the most important.

Seeing this, Dong Xue and Xia Meng didn't say much.Since they were given to Su Qing by the queen mother, it is natural that Su Qing should be the main priority in everything. What's more, they also believe that Su Qing will never do anything to endanger the prince.

Su Qing glanced at the two silent maidservants, and after a while slightly raised the corners of her lips, she said, "I had an idea last night. If it comes to fruition, it will definitely become a great help to His Royal Highness in the future. It's just that this matter still needs a few of you." For the time being, I don’t intend to tell the prince about this, but he will naturally know about it in the future.”

Dong Xue and Xia Meng immediately lowered their heads: "If there is something useful for the Crown Princess, the slaves will definitely do their best."

Su Qing nodded slightly, turned around and passed through the flower corridor, and walked into the flower hall.

There were already servants waiting in the flower hall, and these people were all honest and innocent servants that Xiao Zhu had found, and Feng Jun also asked people to check the origins of these people overnight, and after screening, only a dozen of them were left.

"I don't need to be served by so many people to eat in this palace, you go down first." Su Qing ordered softly after sitting down.

The group of servants nodded nervously upon hearing this.

"Wait." Shi Qin stopped the group of servants who were about to leave, and took out a bag from the armband, "The reward of the crown princess, I hope you will know who is your master in the future. His Royal Highness and Although the Crown Princess is not a vicious person, she will definitely not soften her heart to those who eat inside and out."

As she spoke, she distributed the delicately crafted gold lockets in the bag to the dozen or so people.Each of these golden pegs weighed about two taels, which was almost worth half a year's monthly money for these servants.

The servants knew that the servants in the prince's mansion also had a good income, but they didn't expect to get a huge reward in addition to the generous monthly money. They were overjoyed for a while, and immediately knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to thank them.

After dismissing the servants, Su Qing looked at the dishes on the table. Apart from her usual golden bird's nest and white fungus soup, there were also a few plates of green side dishes, which looked quite unique.

"Hui Niangniang, this is a side dish in Zhangzhou. The strange thing is that it remains the same color after being marinated, but the taste is crisp and sweet, and it is very popular." Shi Qin saw that Su Qing looked at it for two more times. Looking at the dishes, he explained with a smile.

"It's interesting." Su Qing smiled.

Whenever it is cold winter in the capital, green vegetables are rarely seen.Even the dishes in the prince's mansion are mostly meat-based, and it is not uncommon for vegetables to be expensive and meat to be cheap in winter in the capital.

"I just heard that the Crown Princess rewarded each of the servants in the house with money. I didn't expect that the Crown Princess of the Palace turned out to be a hidden rich merchant. It seems that the Palace will need to please the Crown Princess a lot in the future. Yes." A deep voice suddenly came into the flower hall, and then, a slender and tall figure appeared within the sight range of everyone.

Seeing that person walk in, Su Qing felt a little secret joy in her heart.Hearing Feng Jun's jokes, he was not annoyed, he only raised the corners of his eyes slightly, and gave him a critical look on purpose: "Does His Royal Highness know about it? I am curious about how you will please me?"

Feng Jun sat on the seat next to Su Qing with a sword and a golden horse. Hearing this, a playful smile hung on her handsome face: "Of course... I have worked harder to serve Her Highness the Crown Princess as I did last night."

As soon as these words came out, Su Qing's fair and jade-like cheeks suddenly flushed, and the servants and other maids beside her also looked at Feng Jun in shock and embarrassment.

They are all girls who have not been out of the court. Although they have some understanding of the relationship between men and women, they are thin-skinned. How could they hear Feng Jun's boudoir talk? One and two stood beside them with red cheeks, and looked at each other in embarrassment. I don't know where to put it.

(End of this chapter)