Work overtime

Chapter 680

After returning to the palace, Li Beichen sent someone to send Xie Zhaoyi back to Qixia Palace, and he himself returned to Qinzheng Hall.

After reviewing some documents, it was soon time for dinner. He ordered Liang Xiaobao to take out all the jewelry he had bought today and put them all over the table.

He picked out a necklace made of Hetian jade with hollow auspicious cloud patterns and a glazed ruyi pendant, and also an exquisite white jade ruyi hairpin with hollow auspicious clouds and a pearl pendant.

He ordered Liang Xiaobao to get two carved sandalwood boxes, cover them with golden brocade, and then put the things inside.

Liang Xiaobao held it in his hands, being extremely careful.

Li Beichen felt very happy and looked forward to seeing Jiang Yuebai's happy expression when she received the gift.

The sky was still bright and the air was filled with a faint floral scent, which seemed to be the fragrance of jasmine, especially elegant and warm.

Jiang Yuebai was having dinner, eating side dishes and drinking mung bean soup.

"Your Majesty, you are here." Jiang Yuebai was surprised and put down his chopsticks and was about to stand up.

"Don't move, don't move. Just sit there. I've told you so many times." Li Beichen said anxiously.

He turned around and told Liang Xiaobao, "Put the gifts on the table. All of you leave. No one is allowed to come near unless you are summoned for something."

Jiang Yuebai then ordered, "Add a pair of bowls and chopsticks for the emperor. Make a few more dishes that the emperor likes."

After everyone left, Li Beichen pointed to the two wooden boxes on the table and said, "Open them and take a look. They were specially selected for you."

An expectant look on his face.

Jiang Yuebai lowered his eyes and gathered his emotions. After opening the box containing the Yingluo, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and exclaimed with a smile, "This is too beautiful."

As he spoke, he stroked the hollow carved patterns on the Ruyi and the pearl pendant underneath.

No matter how boastful it is, the leaders enjoy it.

Li Beichen immediately raised his voice and said, "I knew you would like it. I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. I think it suits you very well. Come, let me put it on you."

After saying that, she stood up, put the necklace on Jiang Yuebai, and then looked her up and down, "Tsk, it looks good, really pretty. It should also look good with the skirt with crickets on it that you wore before. It has a little bit of green."

"The emperor also knows how to dress." Jiang Yuebai teased.

Li Beichen laughed and said, "You are saying sarcastic words again."

He couldn't hear Jiang Yuebai's teasing at all, and he just imagined that Jiang Yuebai was jealous.

After all, I like her so much, with all my heart, how could she not like me? That's impossible. She must love me to death.

"Take a look at the other one. You'll like it, too."

Jiang Yuebai saw the white jade Ruyi hairpin in the box and really liked it. The hairpin was finely carved into a Ruyi shape, and the hollow silver pendant with auspicious cloud pattern and the pearl pendant complemented each other, fresh and elegant.

"This is so beautiful." Jiang Yuebai exclaimed in admiration, his eyes full of joy and gratitude.

She picked up the hairpin carefully and stroked it in her hand.

Li Beichen took the hairpin from Jiang Yuebai tacitly and carefully inserted it into her hair.

She turned and looked at the emperor with a smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The pendant was seen trembling, which further highlighted Jiang Yuebai's elegance and grace.

"It's so beautiful," he murmured. Needless to say, the body always follows the heart.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jiang Yuebai said tenderly.

Seeing that Jiang Yuebai liked it, Li Beichen became more satisfied and his face was full of smiles.

The dinner was exquisitely prepared, fresh and not greasy.

Li Beichen expressed his satisfaction. His appetite was opened and he ate a lot.

It wasn't that these dishes just happened to suit his taste, but Jiang Yuebai did it on purpose.

She had instructed the small kitchen in advance to prepare lunch according to her own taste and dinner according to the emperor's taste.

In this way, no matter when the emperor comes, whether he calls in advance or not, he will find that the dishes in Yonghe Palace best suit his taste and Jiang Yuebai is the most considerate.

Because he was so happy, Li Beichen even had a drink. Although the imperial physician said it was best not to drink, Jiang Yuebai did not stop him. No matter how bad things were, this drink was not a big deal.

After drinking two liang of wine, Li Beichen pushed Jiang Yuebai in a wheelchair for a walk. Walking in the Jiangnan Garden, Li Beichen had a smile on his face.

For the first time, he realized what it meant to be content with love.

When you are with someone you like, you will be happy no matter what you do. It is not just happy, but happiness. If you have ever been happy, you will experience this feeling.

It never happened with anyone else.

Li Beichen couldn't help but sigh, "I really want to go back to Jiangnan with you and live in seclusion. Get away from all these right and wrongs."

Jiang Yuebai smiled and said, "Okay. I'll go back with you after I finish my confinement."

Li Beichen smiled, "Then it's settled."

Will there be such a day?

Jiang Yuebai raised the round fan in her hand and considerately changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, are you hot? Let me fan you."

"Okay."

It was hot and windless, and Li Beichen should have been sweating profusely while pushing Jiang Yuebai. However, Li Beichen did not feel hot, and he felt that this was just right.

Jiang Yuebai fanned very seriously, and waves of special fragrance entered Li Beichen's nose.

"What's that scent on you? It smells nice." Li Beichen couldn't help but ask.

"I ordered someone to specially mix a spice that is very suitable for summer." Jiang Yuebai said with a smile, "Does the emperor like it?"

In fact, it is not very suitable for summer, but it is very suitable for Li Beichen. It has the effect of calming the mind and calming the heart. It was specially formulated by Jiang Yuebai for Li Beichen, who suffers from insomnia.

"I like it." Li Beichen couldn't hide the smile in his eyes. He leaned close to Jiang Yuebai's ear and gently bit her ear, "As long as it's yours, I like it."

Jiang Yuebai inexplicably blurted out a sentence in his mind: Do you like my dad too?

"Why don't you speak?" Li Beichen asked curiously.

"I'm thinking about what you just said."

"Which sentence?" Li Beichen asked deliberately.

"The last sentence."

Jiang Yuebai guessed that Li Beichen would insist on her repeating it. She would definitely not say it.

It's so greasy, it's hard to say it out loud.

Li Beichen didn't want to let it go, "What did I say in the last sentence?"

Jiang Yuebai smiled and said nothing, "I want to hear the emperor say it again." The two of them went back and forth for many times. Jiang Yuebai finally said under Li Beichen's coaxing, "You said you like me?"

Li Beichen said anxiously, "That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about something else."

This time it was Jiang Yuebai's turn to be naughty. He pretended to be very depressed and asked, "So you don't like it?"

"how could be."

Jiang Yuebai followed the guide and asked very foolishly and naively, "How much does the emperor like me?"

Even when the emperor told her the truth that day, she still didn't believe it.

"you guess?"

"Can't guess."

Li Beichen pinched Jiang Yuebai's face. "You. If you are stupid, you are very stupid. If you are smart, you are very smart. Have you ever been in love before?"

"No."

"So this is your first love in two lives?" Li Beichen asked excitedly. He felt like he was about to explode. He really had found a treasure.

"Ah."

Li Beichen's heart was beating wildly, and he was extremely excited. "Well, is it 'yes' or 'no'?"

"Yes." Jiang Yuebai looked at Li Beichen, "Is this important?"

"Important. Very important." Li Beichen blurted out with joy in his voice, "This means that I own you completely."

It was the first time he fell in love with someone, and he loved her so intensely and devotedly that he instinctively desired to possess her body and mind and become her only lover, her most beloved.

Jiang Yuebai said "hmm". She thought, this virgin complex is outrageous. She even controls her past life.

As if he had heard Jiang Yuebai's inner voice, Li Beichen said, "You are my first love in two lifetimes."

In his heart, other women don't count. They are just physical and have nothing to do with love.

Jiang Yuebai smiled politely and said nothing.

After the two of them walked around the yard for a few times, Li Beichen sent Jiang Yuebai back to her room, read the "Book of Songs" to the children in her belly in a proper manner, and then returned to the Qinzheng Hall alone.

Before leaving, Jiang Yuebai took off the Hetian jade sachet she was wearing and gave it to Li Beichen as a return gift.

Li Beichen smelled it and it was indeed the fragrance he smelled in Jiang Yuebai's room these days.

Everyone thought that the emperor would summon someone to sleep with him, and they all stood at the door holding their handkerchiefs, looking forward to it.

However, Li Beichen found the goal of the rest of his life. He sang revolutionary songs, recited the n-digit number of Π, and with a deep love for Jiang Yuebai in his heart, he rediscovered his inner stability, calmness and restrained self.

I reviewed memorials until late at night, and when I was tired, I lay down. I played with the sachet Jiang Yuebai gave me, thinking about Jiang Yuebai, and I could sleep very peacefully.

He woke up naturally at 9:00 pm, feeling refreshed. This made people wonder whether there was such a thing as a poisonous insect.

He wore the sachet around his waist. The familiar fragrance made him feel at ease. When he touched it, a feeling of happiness surged in his heart.

At noon, he resumed his daily routine of going to the Qixia Palace to eat and listen to Xie Zhaoyi playing the pipa and singing.

I come out happy every day.

After a few days, he restored Xie Zhili's position as concubine, but did not give her a title.

At night, he would take turns visiting the concubines who were pregnant or had miscarriage and have dinner with them.

He went to Jiangyue White House the most often, and all kinds of rewards were sent to Yonghe Palace like water.

I heard that it was because Jiang Yuebai practiced Go very hard and his Go skills improved greatly, so he played Go with the emperor every day.

Chess is like swordsmanship. If you know how to do it, you know how to do it. If you don't know how to do it, you don't know how to do it. You can't learn it in a day or two. We don't have the mentality of planting trees today and enjoying the shade ten years later. We can only envy.

The emperor suddenly stopped staying in anyone's palace, including Jiang Yuebai's. He also stopped calling people to accompany him or sleep with him. He was busy until late at night every day, and then went to bed alone.

Although everyone was jealous of being able to see the emperor's concubines, they would gather together every day to chat and say a lot of sour words when they had nothing to do, but no one dared to really find fault.

Those who looked for trouble in the past all had a bad end. Some died, some were demoted, and this had a great deterrent effect.

Moreover, Xie Zhili killed the emperor's cousin, but was restored to favor so quickly, which made the concubines see the emperor's cruelty and ruthlessness.

If you die, you will have nothing, and the emperor will not even think of you. Only the living can turn things around and live a fulfilling life.

Everyone became particularly careful about their lives.

Soon it was reported that under the treatment of the imperial physician, Xie Zhili had her first menstruation and would be able to attend the emperor's bedchamber in another month.

At the same time, the Emperor issued an imperial decree, appointing Madam Xie as the General of Zhennan, and dispatched Madam Xie to lead 10,000 troops from the capital that day to escort the King of Annan back to the country to take charge of the overall situation.

Jiang Yuebai hardly ever goes out and lives his life leisurely.

I practice flying knives, play the guqin, read books, do prenatal education, and carry out regular rehabilitation training every day.

Li Beichen seemed to have returned to his old self of the past decade or so, silent and calm.

When she came to Jiang Yuebai, she was either taught swordsmanship through demonstration, or she was given prenatal education by reading the Book of Songs, playing Go, and playing the guqin.

There is no longer any sticky and intimate physical contact, as if the person in front of you who is full of sweet words, asking for kisses and hugs all day long, and having physical reactions at every turn is another person.

Jiang Yuebai discovered that the emperor would always look at her secretly, as if he was observing something, and would look at her for a long time. When she looked over, he would look away and look somewhere else.

Li Beichen's skin began to turn dark and cold, reminding Jiang Yuebai that the poison had not disappeared.

"are you OK?"

"Fortunately."

"But you look a little different. Do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"

"Don't worry about me. That day will eventually come." Li Beichen said this very calmly, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or sad.

"If you need my help, let me know."

"Good. Give me more of that spice in the sachet. I like it very much."

"it is good."

Since Li Beichen chose to avoid the topic and bear the responsibility alone, Jiang Yuebai was confused but still resisted the urge to ask.

Many days have passed, and the system has not responded and cannot be contacted.

Jiang Yuebai even wondered whether his own system would be cracked by World Wide Web hackers or destroyed by the mysterious force of the cultivation world, and he would never be able to recover.

Until one day in the middle of the night, she was awakened from her sleep by the voice of Crayon Shin-chan.

"I am back!"

"Is there an antidote?" she asked the system anxiously.