Emperor's Lazy Queen

Chapter 48

"Xiaoyue..."

"Boom!" Suddenly there was a splash of water, accompanied by the sound of ping-pong-pong, which was particularly harsh in the quiet room.

"Miss, what's the matter with you? Let's come in and see how you are?" Outside the house, Hongsi's worried voice sounded.

"No need!" In the room, Du Xiaoyue stepped out of the bathtub without haste, put on her pajamas, put on a jacket, and then straightened the stool she had accidentally kicked down, and then fell the stool to the ground. He picked up all the things he had, put them away one by one, and then said loudly to the red silk and green bamboo guarding outside, "Qingzhu, red silk, go and rest!"

After waiting for the footsteps outside to go away, Du Xiaoyue suddenly slumped on the bed, grabbed the rectangular pillow and hugged her in her arms, her mind was still full of what the Empress Dowager said to herself in the Buddhist hall this afternoon:
"The queen mother is a person who may not see the sun tomorrow at any time. Over the years, every day of her life has been stolen. It's just that the queen mother is worried about the emperor. The women in the harem, except you, have something for the emperor. Please! Some are out of fear, some are for the benefit of the family, and most are for the glory of being rich and superior, but you are different. Your family does not take you seriously at all. Whether you are favored or not, to them , are irrelevant, so, although you are the daughter of the current prime minister, you are the person who has the least conflict of interest in this palace! Looking back at what you have done since you entered the palace, to put it nicely, you are elegant and generous , has all the qualities of a queen, these words can also be said to mean that you don't care about the emperor at all-no woman can really tolerate her husband's love, and there are so many women who don't care about the world. A bit of complaint! But, woman, once married, there is no room for repentance? Therefore, even if you don't care about the emperor, you can't change the fact that you are the queen! Now, the border is tense and the situation is urgent , in the harem... In short, the queen mother believes that you are the only one in the harem who can let Aijia entrust the emperor."

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!" Du Xiaoyue couldn't help sighing deeply when thinking of this, "I just don't understand where your trust comes from! Even if I, Du Xiaoyue, have nothing to ask for from Tan Wenhao, you can't... ...Ai! I am ai now! Fortunately, I took the initiative to find Tan Wenhao to sign a sub-contract, otherwise I would beg each other in tears like the queen mother..." I put the pillow in my hand behind my head and lay down on the bed Thinking of the Queen Mother talking about how she will soon be alive and worrying about her own children, I have to lament the hardships of parents in this world: They are people who don’t know how long they can live, but they have to pretend to smile at their children every day, and even If... Forget it, anyway, this matter is a foregone conclusion. When Tan Wenhaoli settles the matter in the court, he can retire. At that time, the affairs in the harem will have nothing to do with him up...

After the early birds had finished eating the worms they caught in the morning, the red silk and green bamboo put Du Xiaoyue's breakfast on the table, and then opened the door of Du Xiaoyue's room with clear water and hot tea. "

"Miss, why... why did you forget to put out the candles again?" After entering the door, Hong Si saw that the pair of largest candles in the room were still burning, but they were almost exhausted; the other small candles had already burned out and cooled down.I forgot to put out the candles last night, but the young lady just let the candles burn all night, thanks to which she was able to sleep in such a bright environment!Isn't she afraid of the wind at night and the candlelight causing trouble?

Qingzhu put the basin away, and smiled at the annoyed Hongsi: "Hongsi, it's not the first time Miss has done this, and I haven't seen any accidents! Don't worry, Miss is lucky. picture."

"It's easy for you to say it. If something really happens, and the lady sleeps so deeply, I'm afraid..." When Hongsi realized what she said early in the morning, she patted her mouth lightly and gently After muttering a few words, he continued, "Don't talk about this, Qingzhu, you go and wake up the lady!" After finishing speaking, go to put out the candles first, then open all the windows, turn the screen, but Seeing Qingzhu standing in front of Du Xiaoyue's bed in a daze, it seemed that she was studying something.

"Qingzhu, wake up Miss! Why are you still standing there? After a while, those concubines may come to pay their respects. You can't let Miss wake up after they come!" The red silk approached Qingzhu, patted Holding green bamboo shoulders.

"Oh!" Qingzhu came back to her senses, but her eyes were still dazed. She pulled the red silk to one side, and softly bit the red silk's ear, "Red silk, why is there still that Shougong sand in Miss's hand?" Ah! Yesterday morning, the Shougong sand in the young lady's hand had disappeared, but why did it come back this morning? Don't believe me, just look!"

"Ah?!" The red silk was stupefied by Qing Zhu's words, can things like Shou Gongsha go back and forth?The young lady is already having sex with the emperor, how could Shou Gongsha still exist?But looking in the direction of Qingzhu's fingers, Du Xiaoyue's hands were exposed outside the quilt, and the red spot on her snow-white hands was very conspicuous. "It's really still there! Could it be that the lady and the emperor didn't..."

"Yeah!" Qingzhu nodded, and at the same time expressed the doubts in her heart for the past few days, "That morning, after the emperor came to Zhaoyang Palace for the first time to stay overnight, when I was making my bed, I didn't see the legendary Luohong! In the next few times, I never found that one either."

"Really?" Hongsi was surprised, and stared straight at Qingzhu, "Miss and the emperor didn't..." Could it be that the lady is not attractive to the emperor at all?

"real……"

"Hey, what are you two doing! You ran into my room early in the morning and whispered your ears. If you have something to say, don't disturb your sleep!" At some point, Du Xiaoyue had turned over and sat on the bed, with a smile that was not a smile Looking at the two whispering girls.

"Oh, no, nothing!" Hongsi replied subconsciously.

"Miss, I can't sleep any more!" Qingzhu was very helpless to this sleepy lady. In the twelve hours, Du Xiaoyue had to rest with her eyes closed for at least eight hours, "Didn't you say yesterday that there are important things to do today? Do you want to do it?"

As soon as the words were said, the deacon and eunuch had already entered the room. He first blessed and greeted Du Xiaoyue on the bed, and then replied in a thin voice: "My lady, the head of the respect room, the head of the dining room and The managers of other office rooms have come to pay their respects to the empress."

"Well, I got it! You go and take them to Anyang Hall, and I will be there later." Du Xiaoyue ordered lightly.

The eunuch took the order to go, but when he left, he was still wondering when the empress would be next, she hadn't woken up yet!
In fact, at this moment, Du Xiaoyue couldn't help but forgot that those managers would come to see her today!In a blink of an eye, she looked at the girl who was still in a daze, got out of bed, walked in front of the two girls, stretched out her finger, waved it in front of the eyes of the red silk and green bamboo, and chuckled softly: "Hey, little girls, Hurry up and help me dress up! Don’t tell me I’m going to meet those stewards in such disheveled clothes!”

"Oh!" The two girls finally responded, but while they were acting, their mouths were not idle, "Miss, why didn't the concubines come to pay their respects today, but people from the respect room and the house of internal affairs?"

"Hehe, this..." Du Xiaoyue washed her face with clean water first, then took the handkerchief handed by the red silk, and wiped her face, "They will come here often in the future!"

"Why?" Qing Zhu asked.

"From today onwards, the harem will be under my management for the time being." Du Xiaoyue's face was calm, not the slightest bit happy, "So, from today onwards, you two also have to help me. I heard that when you came to my side, you once I have done some things with my aunt and have some experience."

"We only did some small things back then, and we never managed so many things!" Hongsi immediately took over the conversation, shaking her head and said, "Miss, you..."

"It's better than someone who doesn't know anything like me!" Du Xiaoyue sat down in front of the dressing table with a smile, "Give me a simpler hairstyle. Anyway, it's settled like this, both of you Very smart, with you here, I feel relieved!"

Green Bamboo and Red Silk just glanced at each other, then lightened their bodies and said: "Yes."

It was almost noon when Du Xiaoyue sent all the managers away.Thinking of today's meeting with Tan Wenbo, he hurriedly grabbed a few mouthfuls of rice, and when the red silk and green bamboo were not paying attention, he changed into a court lady's attire and ran to the Huilan Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Tan Wenbo standing with his hands behind his back, staring blankly at the apricot leaves all over the tree.Walked gently behind him, patted him on the back vigorously, jumped in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Hey, you are a big man, are you hurting the leaves at the leaves?"

"You're late!" Tan Wenbo didn't refute, and said with a smile, "I found that you are not punctual!"

"Ha!" Du Xiaoyue turned around, took a few steps forward, and said calmly again, "I didn't do it on purpose! I have some things to deal with this morning and I didn't finish until noon. You know, I have all the time for lunch today. Postponed."

"You are a queen of idlers, what can you do?" Tan Wenbo leaned against the tree and smiled lightly.

"Idle people?!" Du Xiaoyue really wanted to say that being idle was a matter of yesterday, and from today onwards, she has to call herself a busy person! "Hehe, idler! By the way, I think you are quite idle! You always go to this Elan Pavilion when you have nothing to do! What attracts you to this Elan Pavilion? Why don't you go to Taixuan Palace?" Du Xiaoyue I've always been curious about Tan Wenbo's seldom been to the Taixuan Palace. You know, the current queen mother is also his mother, and he doesn't seem to be very close to his mother!
"You want to know?" Tan Wenbo raised his eyebrows lightly and asked with a half-smile.

Seeing such an expression, Du Xiaoyue hesitated. This is a matter between mother and child, and she can't control it anyway.However, after listening to the queen mother's words, Du Xiaoyue always felt strange. The queen mother was not in good health, and she also said that she was not long to live. Tan Wenbo was still so cold-tempered towards his mother. ... "If you want to say it, you can say it, I don't mind, anyway, I used to be my friend's bucket of bitterness."

(End of this chapter)