Emperor's Lazy Queen

Chapter 23

It turned out that three delicate flowers were drawn to set it off!But what does emperor mean?Why do you have to bring your concubine with you when you invite envoys from other countries?Is Li Country important?Or did he want to show off his concubines? "Eunuch Liu, please sit down!" Seeing the new tea brought by Qingzhu, Du Xiaoyue smiled and said, "Have some hot tea!"

"Thank you for your kindness! But the emperor is still waiting for the old slave to go back to serve, so the old slave will leave first!" Eunuch Liu bowed slightly, speaking neither humble nor overbearing.

Du Xiaoyue was not surprised either. I heard from people in the palace that this Eunuch Liu had served the late king and was highly valued by the late king. He had a very high status in the palace, but he was not arrogant because of it. The reputation is also good.Now following the current emperor, it is also extremely popular. "Okay! Then I won't keep you anymore. Qingzhu, send off Eunuch Liu for me!"

As soon as Eunuch Liu left, Du Xiaoyue sat down on a chair casually, staring at the steaming tea in a daze until Qingzhu returned to the room.

"Miss, what are you thinking? Why don't you blink?"

"Nothing!" Du Xiaoyue replied habitually, looked up at the room, and felt that someone was missing, "Where is the red silk? Where did she go?"

"She... she is not feeling well, she went back to her room to rest." Qingzhu was a little evasive.

"Uncomfortable?" Du Xiaoyue did not expose Qingzhu's words, stretched her waist, turned her head from side to side, and said, "You go to the Imperial Hospital to find a doctor to show her, I will go to sleep for a while .”

"She...she said that she doesn't need to be seen by the doctor, and she will be fine after a while!" Qingzhu said anxiously, as if trying to cover up something.

"En. Alright!" Du Xiaoyue stood up, twisted her waist and said, "Qingzhu, go to the Library Pavilion and help me find a few books that introduce the customs and customs of Li Country."

"Miss is going to change her ways?!" Qing Zhu said excitedly with her eyes shining, "Finally want to read orthodox books?!"

"Correcting from evil and returning to righteousness? When did I pass away!" Du Xiaoyue patted Qingzhu's head, "If you tell me to go find it, then go and find it. Why are you talking so much!"

"Okay! Miss is waiting in the room, Qingzhu will be back soon!" Qingzhu thinks that Du Xiaoyue's brain has finally opened up, and she wants to read some nutritious books, so she is naturally very happy to take this trip.

Du Xiaoyue watched Qingzhu leave in a hurry, and shrugged - it wasn't that Du Xiaoyue had changed her mind, but because Du Xiaoyue heard that she was going to meet the envoys of the Li Kingdom, thinking that she didn't know Li Country at all, even this country was in the Feiya Kingdom I can't tell which direction I'm going, so I just want to know, to see what kind of country would allow the king of a country from the country of Fia to welcome him with his wife and concubine.

As for pushing Qingzhu away, he just wanted to go to the red silk room to see what the two girls were hiding from him - Qingzhu is not a liar, when she speaks hesitantly and her eyes dodge, she must be hiding something from others.

"Red silk! Are you asleep?" Standing outside the door of Hongsi's room, Du Xiaoyue knocked on the door first, and then asked softly.The door was not closed tightly, it was just ajar. Seeing that there was no answer inside, Du Xiaoyue gently pushed the door open and walked in after thinking about it.

Calculated according to 24 hours, it will be almost five o'clock, but because it is spring, compared with winter, it is not yet dark, but the red silk room is dark.As soon as she entered, Du Xiaoyue quickly opened the door and window, and suddenly the room became much brighter.This also made Du Xiaoyue see the red silk lying on the bed facing the wall.

"Hongsi, what's the matter with you?" Du Xiaoyue sat on the side of the bed and asked softly, "Are you sick? Or have you encountered some trouble?" When she went out to play just now, Hongsi was still alive and kicking. I haven't seen her, what kind of illness can she have?

"Miss!" Hearing Du Xiaoyue's voice, Hongsi quickly turned over and sat down, lowered her head, and said dully, "Hongsi is fine, just tired and wants to rest for a while! Miss is worried."

"Really?" Du Xiaoyue didn't believe Hongsi's words, she heard her voice, as if she had just cried, "Hongsi, you can tell me what you want, if you don't want to tell me , you can also tell Qing Zhu, it’s very uncomfortable to be bored in my heart!”

"Thank you, miss! Hongsi is really good, nothing uncomfortable." Hongsi said softly while lowering her head even lower.

Seeing Hongsi's bowed head, Du Xiaoyue felt depressed for a while. Usually when Hongsi spoke softly, she would not lower her head so low. "Hey, Hongsi, can you raise your head and talk? Otherwise, I have to talk to you like this!" Du Xiaoyue leaned on the bed, raised her head, and looked up at Hongsi.

"Miss, don't look at Hongsi!" Seeing Du Xiaoyue bent down to look at her, Hongsi hurriedly turned her head to face the inner wall.

Unfortunately, the sharp-eyed Du Xiaoyue still noticed something wrong with the red silk, sat up abruptly, snapped off the red silk's head, frowned slightly, and said coldly: "Hongsi, what's the matter with your face? "Red silk's right cheek is completely swollen, and there are red five-finger fingerprints on it.

"No……"

"Tell the truth!" Du Xiaoyue said coldly, "Who hit you?"

Hongsi was frightened by Du Xiaoyue's cold voice, and said in a low voice: "It was Hongsi who accidentally bumped into the imperial concubine..."

Accidentally bump into someone and you will be beaten? "There are too many noble concubines in the palace, which one are you bumping into?" Du Xiaoyue let go of her hand and asked calmly, "The noble concubines in the palace are all knowledgeable people, and they will not bump into each other just because a maid accidentally bumps into them." Beating people. Hongsi, you should be honest! I don’t want to ask the same question a third time!”

"Yes...it was beaten by Concubine Li Gui's girl." Hongsi lowered her voice and said softly, "I went to the garden with Qingzhu this afternoon. I was fascinated by the flowers for a while, and separated from Qingzhu. Misunderstanding that Concubine Li Gui, Concubine Zhang and Concubine Tong were chatting and laughing in Huacong, at first they were just talking sarcasticly to each other, then they somehow got involved with you, Miss, saying that Miss, you have been in the palace for a few months, the emperor has never I haven't touched you before, and then said that it will be a matter of time before you are so unfavored and deposed... I hid and listened, feeling angry in my heart, and accidentally broke a flower branch, and they found me... Then They warned me not to say that..."

"A slap in the face is your warning, right?" Du Xiaoyue took over the words.

"Ah."

really?Don't they know that this slap will attract their attention? "You said it was Li Guifei's girl who hit you?"

"Well... because I contradicted Concubine Li Gui."

"What?"

"Concubine Li Gui said that the master of the Du family is so capable, but he has a daughter who is a persimmon, and she deserves not to be favored." Hong Si raised her head, her eyes were red, "Miss is not a persimmon! Miss just doesn't bother to talk to them." Just general knowledge!"

"Oh! Hongsi, do you really think so?!" Du Xiaoyue chuckled, and gently hugged Hongsi. This girl is usually the most intelligent, how could she contradict Li Qianrou's words in this situation?You know, the current Li Qianrou is a big red card in the harem!
"Well. Hongsi has been with Miss for a few months. Hongsi knows that Miss doesn't like to compete with others, so she doesn't care whether the emperor will come to Zhaoyang Palace. Besides, Miss also said that Miss has a sweetheart, so Hongsi I don't think Miss will fight for the emperor's favor."

"Hehe!" Du Xiaoyue didn't know what to say. Except for the sentence "I have a sweetheart" that didn't make sense, Du Xiaoyue's words were all in Du Xiaoyue's heart.Let go of your hand, and sighed softly, "Red silk, because I am not favored, and being grounded for two months, the status of Zhaoyang Palace in the palace will definitely be greatly reduced, and our life may be more difficult in the future So, Hongsi, no matter what the other palace people say about me, you and Qingzhu don’t pay attention to it. No matter what they say, we just pretend we didn’t hear it.”

"But miss, don't you think you are too wronged?" Hongsi asked puzzledly, "Even if miss has someone in her heart, miss is different from us. Qingzhu and I still have the chance to leave the palace, but miss can only live for a lifetime." I died of old age in the palace. Does Miss want to live like this for the rest of her life?"

"Hongsi, you think too much!" Du Xiaoyue sighed softly, "No one can say for sure what will happen tomorrow, maybe tomorrow I will be sent out of the palace like you!"

"How is it possible? Miss is the queen!" Hong Si couldn't understand anymore.

"What about the queen?" Du Xiaoyue sneered, "The reason why I am now the queen is because of the Du family. If one day the Du family is gone, with my unfavored status, will I still be the queen?"

"Why isn't the Du family here? The master is the pillar of the court! Even if the master resigns one day, wouldn't there still be the eldest and second young masters? So the Du family will definitely exist!" Hongsi thought for a while and said.

"Hehe! I won't be able to explain this matter for a while." Du Xiaoyue didn't want to dwell on this topic. Anyway, judging from the current situation, the Du family's power would make the royal family feel uneasy, otherwise they wouldn't Set up a queen with a name but no power to appease the Du family. "Hongsi, you should rest for a while, I will ask the maid to go to the imperial hospital to get some medicine for reducing swelling."

"Yes!"

Three days later at noon, the Imperial Garden.

The emperor set the place for the banquet in the Imperial Garden, probably to invite the princes and envoys of the Li Kingdom to enjoy the flowers. At the same time, some important ministers in the court also accompanied him. This shows that the Emperor attaches great importance to the relationship with the Li Kingdom.

Speaking of the Li country, I have to say that it is the only country that Du Xiaoyue has seen in the books here that can develop into a country comparable to the national flag of Fia, provided that the Li country ends their civil strife.The agriculture of the Li Kingdom is not as developed as that of the Fia Country, but the people of the Li Country are good at doing business.There have been civil strife in the country of Li for more than ten years. The official power has been unstable. The princes seized power, and internal officials and foreign officials resisted. It is a bit like the turmoil in the late Tang Dynasty in Chinese history.

(End of this chapter)