Chapter 76: He Dang cut the West Window Candle (2)

His body trembled, and I looked up at him: "The emperor has an early court tomorrow, it will not be easy to get tired."
He looked down at me, with a shallow and fateful smile. I know why he laughed, because as soon as the robe came off, the wound on his arm was nowhere to hide.
I took a deep breath and took off his robe outside. The thick gauze was wrapped around his left arm, and my heart tightened even though I was ready.
Trying to control his own voice, raising his head and asking him: "This is..."
He didn't look at me, there was a panic in his eyes, but in an instant he was calm again.
"Oh," he said disapprovingly, "I accidentally injured the jockey club today. Those doctors were too cautious to wrap up so thick, but it doesn't get in the way."
After he finished talking, he smiled and turned back to look at me. The tears in my eyes could no longer be controlled, and they fell to the ground.
He panicked and stretched out his hand to help me wipe it. I turned my face and wiped the back of my hand, turning back and looking at him with a smile: "My lord, be careful in the future."
The voice trembled a little, he heard it, and the smile on his lips disappeared. Although his eyes were gentle, he was angry.
Then he turned his head and shouted outside: "Hui Ju, come in."
"The emperor, call your servants." Hui Ju knelt on the ground and asked carefully.
When she walked into the side hall, she had already seen the outer robe that Shen Xiyao had dragged down, and she naturally knew why the emperor had told her at this time.
Shen Xiyao didn't look at Huiju, but asked in a majestic voice: "You know what punishment is for violating the emperor's order."
I was shocked and walked forward and said before Hui Ju didn't speak: "The emperor, the concubine forced her to say it, so you can't blame her."
After speaking, he looked at Shen Xiyao and said softly: "But the concubine is really glad that the concubine knows, the concubine..."
When I said that, I cried. It was touching. He hurriedly hugged me into his arms. I winked at Huiju, and she went down immediately.
I held his left arm gently, and he looked down at me, his eyes gentle and peaceful.
I looked up and smiled at him: "The emperor, I can't do this in the future."
He didn't speak but shook his head. I looked at him: "It must be painful."
He laughed casually: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all. It's nothing."
I lowered my head: "The concubine is not good, and the emperor is injured."
He leaned slightly into my ear and said, "No, I'm glad I can do this."
I got a sore nose when I heard this: "You are the emperor."
He laughed: "Yes, I am the emperor. But I am also a man."
His voice lowered and became more tender: "A man who wants to protect the most beautiful and favorite man in his heart."
My face is hot and I dare not look up into his eyes.
The two people lay on the bed and said a lot of intimate words and then gradually fell asleep. I slept in his arms and looked at his sleeping side face. For the first time, I felt sweetness and happiness.
The sky in autumn is clear and clear, and nearly half a month after that night, the weather has completely cooled down, and the harem is surprisingly harmonious and calm.
But I know that after that night, the number of guards in the palace nearly doubled, and the curfew became stricter.
At night I would accompany him to read the last memorial, and then the two slept on the same bed. During the day, according to the imperial doctor’s instructions, I rarely went out, so I played the piano as a female celebrity in the Xi Nuan Pavilion and looked after Linglong.
People are quiet, but my heart is worried. I think this peace is strange, and I always feel that something ominous is coming.
But I laughed at myself for unreasonable worries. Isn't a peaceful day exactly what I want? How can I worry about it for no reason.
Sitting in the Xi Nuan Pavilion for a day, with the purse in his hand, and the last dragon claw, thinking that his dark blue robes would be the most suitable.
The thread on the needle ran out. Hui Ju was ordered by me to prepare some refreshments. The other attendants were waiting outside, not wanting to call people in.
I got up and searched for the silk thread in the bucket table by the wall. Hui Ju's code was neat, but I couldn't find the golden one.
When my hands became rushed, the thread was full of fingers, and my heart was suddenly shocked. When did I have such a flustered, I tried to calm down, but I was still faintly uneasy.
The door was pushed open, and a cool breeze was blowing in. I turned around and looked around. Hui Ju hurried in, without the refreshment I wanted.
I looked at her, and she stared at me: "Manny, I heard that the empress mother is coming back."
The queen mother of the dynasty Min family, after the founding hero of Daxi, a family woman, her father was the emperor Xiandi.
The queen mother was very beautiful since she was a child. When the first emperor was still the prince, she was hired as the prince princess. The first emperor ascended the throne and the queen mother took charge of the sixth house. The harem was well organized, and the empress was loving and harmonious.
When the first emperor meets the concubine, the queen mother can still do not be jealous or resentful, and love her sister.
After the concubine gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor and let go, even if the queen mother had the third son of the infant to take care of, she still took the fourth son of the emperor to her side and raised her carefully, which lasted ten years.
The Emperor Xian was very touched by this and called the Queen Mother the first mother of the country in ancient and modern times.
Later, the first emperor died due to illness, and the queen mother assisted the young new emperor. He also balanced the situation in the court at that time and supported the new emperor with reliable officials.
It is really not easy to make up for the reckless thing the new emperor made when he was rushing for age. Fortunately, Shen Xiyao has a calm temperament. The biggest thing of so-called recklessness is nothing more than a previous dispute with his father, and the queen mother's solution is to let me enter the palace and sit where she once was.
At noon, I went to Kunning Palace with a verbal call. At that time, I was looking after Linglong in the Xi Nuan Pavilion, and Zhang Dehai came in.
"The minion greets the empress." He bowed to the end.
Without raising my eyes, I looked at Linglong and said, "Get up."
Then he turned his head and smiled and asked, "Grandpa Zhang is here, but what command does the emperor have?"
Zhang Dehai smiled and replied respectfully: "Niang Niang, give the emperor's verbal order, three days later, the empress dowager will return to the court, and the emperor hopes that she will prepare."
I nodded, and asked faintly: "At that time, all the harem ladies of the civil and military officials were there to greet them?"
Zhang Dehai thought for a while and replied: "This emperor hasn't decided yet. The empress dowager doesn't like luxury."
I smiled and said, "My palace knows, there is a father-in-law."
Zhang Dehai bowed again and retired. I watched his figure disappear outside the window of Xi Nuan Pavilion, whispering to Hui Ju, asking her to invite Zhilan.
The red sandalwood incense was burning in the west hall. When Zhilan came in, I was looking at the incense burner inlaid with golden carving lotus, watching the dark red light when the incense was burning, and there was a deep and lofty smell in the west hall.
"Niangniang, call me?" The door was gently pushed open, and Zhilan walked in gently.
I smiled and turned around: "Aunt Zhilan, you must have heard that the empress mother is coming back."
Zhilan smiled and nodded, and looked at me deeply: "The empress is calling for slaves and maidservants to ask about the Queen Mother."
I bowed my head slightly, fiddled with the jade pendant on the lower Shu brocade dress in my hand, and nodded: "The queen mother went to worship the Buddha the next day after entering the palace. I have never seen it before. Now that the queen mother comes back, I naturally feel worried. of."
I said softly, Zhilan smiled: "Don't be afraid of the empress, the empress mother is very easy."
I said "Oh", raised my head and walked to Zhilan's side. There were only two of us in the west hall at this time. I took a deep breath and said: "Auntie, this palace knows the empress dowager's peace and kindness, but... "
I paused: "It's just that my aunt knows why I entered the palace."
Before I finished speaking, Zhilan interrupted softly: "What is the mother afraid of? The emperor who rejected the mother the most has now changed, let alone the empress mother. With the character of the empress, the queen mother will definitely like it."
I nodded and smiled lightly. Zhilan also laughed and said: "Manny, isn't there a saying in the folks?"
I looked up at her, her eyes were sly: "The folks say that the ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see the in-laws. Besides, you are the one woman in a million."
I "pushed" a laugh, but thought in my heart: Yes, there is such a saying among the people, but this mother-in-law is not an ordinary mother-in-law.
Now I just want to make the harem harmonious and give him the feeling of a quiet and worry-free home.
I know he is the emperor, and I don't know what "home" is, but I just hope that he will not worry about the harem after he has dealt with the affairs of the country for a day.
In fact, I am not very worried about the Queen Mother.
After all, I am the queen who insists on entering the palace. In any case, she will definitely not oppose me, because opposing me is opposing herself. Moreover, she wouldn't embarrass me much for those old things from a long time ago. What's more, she taught two good sons, and it would not be bad in her own right.
Suddenly, Xi He's face flashed before my eyes. In fact, what he did for me was no less than Shen Xiyao, and even more than him.
It's just that, between us, there is a gap of identity that cannot be crossed.
When Shen Xiyao was eating in Kunning Palace in the evening, he also told me about the Queen Mother. He was holding a piece of deer breast and putting it down.
I looked up at him, and he looked at me and smiled.
"Emperor, what's the matter?" I looked at him strangely.
He said: "I was thinking, the queen mother will like you."
I smiled faintly and shyly, looking away.
"Don't be afraid, the queen mother is very easy." He said.
I nodded, Zhilan also used "Ping Yi" to describe the queen mother, but it was too much to understand.
"The queen mother likes Buddhism very much, and she also likes to plant some flowers and trees. There are her flowers everywhere in Ci Ning Palace. The queen has a sweet taste, but she doesn't use it much. Besides, she doesn't like extravagance."
He was talking a little while I listened quietly. He is a good son of filial piety, and I hope I can get along well with the Queen Mother.
I have been looking at him with a smile, seeing his eyes as clear as a child, only when talking about his mother.
It's because I didn't sleep well at night, and there is no reason to worry in my heart. In fact, according to my personality, I should be very compatible with the Queen Mother, but there is always something lingering in my heart.
Looking at Shen Xiyao's peaceful sleeping face, I carefully got out of bed, put on a piece of bedding and walked to the window.
The moonlight was beautiful, with patches of clouds wrapped gently and faintly, and I heard the song "Floating Water Floating Lamp" again, and my heart trembled, and my hand couldn't help pressing it to my chest. My heart there was so painful.