The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Three hundred and eighty eighth, especially clingy

Chapter 388

On the other side, the emperor spent a very tangled night, and Eunuch Wei didn't dare to urge him. It was not until the morning court approached that Eunuch Wei bravely walked into the study and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court early."

"Um."

The emperor responded with a deep voice.

Eunuch Wei didn't dare to speculate what kind of struggle he had experienced that night, but followed the emperor without looking sideways, and went to the bedroom to wait for the emperor to wash and change clothes and put on the dragon robe.

Due to a sleepless night, the emperor had two big dark circles on his face, so far away, the ministers in the front row still noticed it.

Hubu Shangshu held the wat board and glanced at Taifu Zhuang beside him, and said in a low voice, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Taifu Zhuang said in a low voice: "Perhaps the state affairs are too busy."

"Is it for the border?" asked the Secretary of the Household Department.

King Ning and Tang Yueshan went to suppress the bandits, and found out that the border of Chen State was about to move. On the surface, the king of Chen State wanted to canonize the new queen to attract the attention of other countries, but who can say that Chen State would not secretly attack Zhao State. ?

Without waiting for Mrs. Zhuang to answer, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs said, "The protégé of Chen Guo is still in Zhao State, and they are so impatient to send troops, are they too disregarding the life and death of the protégé of Chen Guo?"

Zhuang Taifu thought, when Xuan Ping Hou led the army to attack Chen Guo, wasn't An Jun Wang also a hostage in Chen Guo?

Thinking about it this way, did His Majesty and Marquis Xuan Ping care too much about the life and death of Prince An?

It's just that Hou Xuanping fought so beautifully in that battle. Not only did he send people to protect King An in advance, preventing him from falling into the hands of Chen Guo and becoming a hostage on the battlefield, but he also went straight to Huanglong and almost overthrew Chen Guo. palace.

I don't know if Chen Guo has such a wise and brave general.

There was nothing special about the morning court today, except that a censor from Zhuang Taifu's line impeached an emperor's confidant minister on the grounds that the other party was going in and out of brothels and humiliating his official position.

To be honest, the crime of visiting a brothel is very difficult to overwhelm people, that is, the censors who don't like anything will do this, and everyone thinks that the emperor will not accept it.

Unexpectedly, with a wave of the emperor's palm, the minister of Dali Temple actually ordered this person to be severely punished.

The ministers were all dumbfounded.

This, this also works?

"Your Majesty!" Minister of the Ministry of Industry stepped forward, even he, an outsider, couldn't stand it. How could anyone be impeached for going to brothels? To put it that way, how many times should Xuan Pinghou have been stripped of his black hat?

"This person once disrespected the Empress Dowager, and dared to criticize the Empress Dowager in front of me. Such a rebellious minister should be severely punished. I have made up my mind, and you don't need to discuss it again." The emperor said solemnly, and turned his head to Zhuang Zhuang behind the curtain. The queen mother took a look, her eyes were a little excited,

As if to say, praise me quickly, praise me quickly!

The Empress Dowager Zhuang ignored him.

After coming down to court, the emperor caught up with Empress Dowager Zhuang's Feng Xun.

Empress Dowager Zhuang, in the spirit of sacrifice of the five candied fruit, patiently let out the phoenix, and looked at him with a pleasant face: "Is the emperor looking for something from Ai's family?"

The emperor said: "I have something I want to talk to my mother alone."

In the past, he claimed to be either me or his son, which was more or less teasing, but the Empress Dowager Zhuang only cared about her five candied fruit, so she didn't understand the deep meaning of his claim at all.

Empress Dowager Zhuang pushed back her servants, and the emperor also pushed back Eunuch Wei and others, leaving only mother and son standing still on the long path.

The emperor struggled all night before deciding to tell the whole story to the Empress Dowager Zhuang. She was one of the victims of the incident and she had the right to know the truth.

It's just that his thoughts were still very confused, so his language was a little incoherent. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager Zhuang understood, and she also saw that this silly son was tricked by Xiao Liulang's little black sesame glutinous rice balls.

But the truth is the truth, Xiao Liulang did not distort the facts.

"...I didn't expect Concubine Jing to do that...but don't worry, Queen Mother, I have already destroyed the imperial decree..."

He didn't know if he expressed it clearly enough, the Queen Mother's expression was too calm, he suspected that she didn't understand.

He continued: "And the relationship with the queen mother these years... It was actually a misunderstanding... I have fallen in love these years..."

"So you don't have to act anymore?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang interrupted the emperor.

The emperor was slightly taken aback.

Uh...the point...is this?

No more acting means no more five candied fruit.

The emperor without the candied fruit filter instantly lost his attractiveness. The Empress Dowager Zhuang's smile collapsed, and she turned around with a look of disgust: "Aijia is gone!"

emperor:"……"

Did he explain his loneliness?

Empress Dowager Zhuang's indifferent reaction definitely dealt a heavy blow to the emperor. Naturally, the emperor would not have thought that it was because he had lost the value of exchanging candied fruit. He stubbornly believed that Empress Dowager Zhuang was angry with him for hurting her for so many years. angry.

Some things, figured out is just a thought.

However, some gullies have spanned more than 20 years.

The emperor went to Bishui Hutong again.

Xiao Liulang guessed that the emperor would go back and forth to Bishui Hutong frequently in the past few days, so he specially asked the Imperial Academy for leave and stayed at home to "take care" of Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao sat on the bed, ate and drank takeaways, and admired her husband's prosperous beauty.

Xiao Liulang sat on the stool by the bed and peeled oranges for her.

He has well-defined joints and slender fingers. He also does rough work, but he is naturally good-looking, like jade.

Gu Jiao looked at his face for a while, and his hands for a while.

Xiao Liulang was used to her staring at Chi Guoguo, so he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Is it really... so pretty?

He is a cripple, a cripple who may not recover for the rest of his life, and will always drag a broken body. When she is with him, she will always be criticized by others.

"Gu Jiao, I'm lame."

Without paying attention, he actually spoke his mind.

Gu Jiao said with an oh: "I know."

Xiao Liulang continued to peel the orange in his hand: "Do you really don't mind? I may... I won't get better. You can also see that I worked hard on my rehabilitation, and I didn't miss a day, but I just couldn't walk... Like You go like that."

She must have expectations for him in her heart, hoping that one day he can walk like a normal person.

But I'm afraid he really can't do it.

When her patience ran out, would she still look at him like this?

Feelings are very delicate things, as much as you care about them, you will have as much lack of self-confidence.

In the past, he also felt that it was okay to have a lame leg. Anyway, life is dark, no one sees it, and he himself can't see it. If he can see it, he treats it as if they can't see it.

However, one day suddenly, she lit a lamp, which illuminated the path under his feet, and also revealed his mess.

Gu Jiao gave him a weird look, didn't he care about his legs? Feng Lin was scared to death when he was operated on, but he didn't care at all.

Why do you care now?

Gu Jiao couldn't figure out his thoughts for a moment, thought for a while, pointed to the birthmark on her face and said, "Then do you mind if I look so ugly?"

She didn't know that the sand on her face was Shou Gongsha, she thought it would be with her for the rest of her life.

Xiao Liulang opened his mouth.

fool.

How could he care?

Besides, this thing will disappear.

When you become so perfect, will you still think that a crippled body like mine is worthy of you?

Gu Jiao didn't understand his sudden emotion, thought about it seriously, and asked, "Is there something bothering you? Is it because of what I said last night? You don't want me to watch you take a bath?"

"No." Not at all.

Gu Jiao's big eyes are bright: "So you want me to watch you take a bath?"

Xiao Liulang: ...how did it become unclear?

The voices of Eunuch Wei and the emperor came from outside the door.

Gu Jiao hurriedly lay down.

Xiao Liulang was going to put the peeled oranges on the table, but unexpectedly, she stretched out her little hand, took the oranges, held them in her hands and hid them under the quilt.

"Mine," she said.

...

Xiao Liulang met the emperor in the hall.

The emperor asked about Gu Jiao's condition, and Xiao Liulang said that he was better than yesterday, he was awake in the morning, and took a rest after lunch.

The emperor felt that he had come by accident, and he came to ask for medicine.

"What's wrong with Your Majesty?" Xiao Liulang asked. If it's a minor illness, you can ask the doctor in the clinic to treat your Majesty. If it's a serious illness, you have to ask Jiaojiao to "wake up" again.

The emperor hadn't slept all night, and now he was so haggard that he really looked like he was seriously ill.

The emperor said: "I want to ask if there is a cure for black medicine? I...cough." He cleared his throat and continued, "I have been at odds with my mother for many years, and the effect of this medicine is probably the cause. Now that the truth has come to light, I just wanted to ask about the antidote."

Xiao Liulang looked at him in confusion.

You have a mother and a queen, do you really need an antidote?

Gu Jiao said that there is not much medicine left in His Majesty's body, otherwise Concubine Jing would not take the risk of giving His Majesty another medicine.

Now that the truth is revealed, I am afraid that the last little effect of the medicine will disappear under the stimulation of the truth.

But Xiao Liulang is no longer the innocent boy he used to be. He has his own thoughts, his own calculations, and even a city to be an official.

He lowered his eyes and sighed: "Originally there was no antidote, but Jiaojiao once concocted a kind of pill, which was specially designed to cure obsessive drugs, and it seems to be somewhat effective."

"Is this true?" The emperor's eyes lit up instantly.

Xiao Liulang said: "I'll take it and let His Majesty try it. Jiaojiao's medicine is very safe, and if it doesn't work, it won't damage your body."

The emperor said with joy: "If it really works, I will credit you with credit."

Xiao Liulang said: "The medicine was made by Jiaojiao, and it's Jiaojiao's credit, not the humble minister's."

Having said that, the emperor recorded the credit of both of them.

He has wronged Empress Dowager Zhuang for many years, and he has forgotten some things, maybe he can remember them all after taking medicine.

Furthermore, there seemed to be something between him and the Empress Dowager Zhuang, which made him dare not move forward. He speculated that it should be the effect of the black medicine.

If Xiao Liulang knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him that it was your awkwardness as a son, Your Majesty!

Xiao Liulang quickly fetched the pills, three in total.

In fact, it is for Gu Chenglin's hair growth, and there are no side effects.

The emperor is middle-aged, and he also suffers from a little hair loss. It is good to take some hair growth pills.

Xiao Liulang handed Shengfa Pills to the emperor, and said without changing his face: "It stands to reason that one is enough, if the medicine is not effective enough, take another one."

In other words, three is more than enough.

"Will it really work?" asked the Emperor.

"Your Majesty must trust Jiaojiao's medical skills." Xiao Liulang said.

"It's true." The emperor paused, thinking of something, and asked, "What will happen if you eat too much? Will it double the effect or backfire?"

Xiao Liulang took a deep look at the emperor and said, "Double the effect, it might become..."

"How has it become?" asked the emperor anxiously.

"Extremely clingy."

"what……"

The emperor was frightened.

He doesn't want to be like that, he is the king of a country, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, how can he become that kind of virtue?

one.

One is enough!

The emperor suddenly felt a little relieved, and put the medicine bottle on the table in the main room for the time being, got up and went to the Gong room.

The old Jijiu sneaked out of the stove house. Zhuang Jinse came over today and was playing cards next door. He was making brown sugar glutinous rice cakes for Zhuang Jinse.

He asked, "Is there really an antidote?"

Xiao Liulang said: "It's fake, it's Shengfa Pill."

Old Jijiu: "..."

When the emperor came out from the Gong room, the old Jijiu had gone back to the kitchen to take the spoon. The emperor planned to bring the antidote back to the palace, but he never thought that the Empress Dowager Zhuang would come from the next door after playing cards.

The mother and son met unexpectedly at the door.

The emperor was nervous for a while: "Mother..."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang didn't even look at him, she snorted and walked past him.

"Your Majesty, are you still going back to the palace?" Eunuch Wei asked.

The emperor hesitated for a while, and said: "No, I... I will stay here for dinner, and I will return to the palace with my mother later."

The emperor wanted to stay for dinner, but everyone dared not say anything.

Today, the little men at home are not here, Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun went to learn arts, and Xiao Jingkong went to Xu Congee's house to play.

Only the Empress Dowager Zhuang, the emperor, the Yao family, Lao Jijiu, Xiao Liulang, and Gu Jiao who "woke up from a nap" were at the dinner table.

The pill that Gu Jiao gave was too big to swallow, so it had to be mixed with water.

Before eating, the emperor gave the medicine bottle to Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei poured over a bowl of dark concoction, the emperor held back the unpleasant smell, gritted his teeth and drank it in one gulp.

The emperor said with disgust: "Why is it so bitter? How many pills did you put?"

Eunuch Wei wondered, "Aren't there only three in total?"

The emperor's face changed: "You...you let them all go?"

Eunuch Wei was even more astonished: "You let all the slaves go."

The emperor is completely lost!

Eunuch Wei didn't lie, he did ask, and the emperor gave a yes, but the emperor was thinking about the Empress Dowager Zhuang at that time, so he didn't hear what Eunuch Wei said at all.

Thinking of the effect of Xiao Liulang's "extra sticky" medicine, the emperor's whole body is not well.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?" Eunuch Wei asked worriedly.

The emperor took a deep breath: "It's okay, I, I am the Nine-Five Supreme, I will not do such a shameful thing... I can bear it... I am very rational..."

Empress Dowager Zhuang had dinner and it was time to go back to the palace, so she got up and went out.

The emperor covered his heart.

Is it the drug effect? Why do you suddenly want to catch up?

"His Majesty?"

It's over, my heart is beating so fast!

"His Majesty?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang got into the carriage with the support of Eunuch Qin.

No, you can't chase after it!

The effect of the medicine is too strong, who knows what he will say in a while!

The emperor held back desperately!

Eunuch Qin lowered the curtain for Empress Dowager Zhuang, took away the pedals, and sat on the outer seat.

The wheels moved slowly.