Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 13 Why kneel?

Wu Rou didn't want to answer this question. She had no choice but to give in. If she wanted to make up some kind words, she was afraid that she would be so angry that she would spit it out immediately.

So after hesitating for a while, he finally said honestly:
"They are my blood relatives, Aye's sons. The Wu family depends on them to continue the family line... This is the only way."

When the emperor heard this, he chuckled and said:

"The same thing happened to the queen back then. I had to punish her half-brother, but she stopped me because she was afraid that the world would say that she relied on favor to do evil and take revenge on her family members.

I know that she is actually afraid of losing her reputation because of me, because she is afraid that I will end up with an unfair image of a public revenge person.

I was already the king of a country at that time, and she always reminded me that what I said and did was noticed by the people and should be an example... But in the end, she was the one who could let it go. "

When the emperor talked about Empress Changsun, his eyes were remembering and his brows were filled with tenderness.

Only then did Wu Rou dare to look at him directly.

Only then did she realize that no matter how powerful this man was or how unattainable he seemed, he was just an ordinary person, made of flesh and blood, and could be sad.

"You women are just soft-hearted... If it were me, I wouldn't be so generous." The emperor chuckled, with a murderous look on his expression, confident and calm.

Wu Rou thought in her heart: I have to say that His Majesty the Emperor is really charming.

At this time, he suddenly turned back to look at Wu Rou and said:

"But being soft-hearted also has the advantage of being soft-hearted, which can be called magnanimity. If the queen hadn't always stopped me, I would not have gained the reputation of being magnanimous with my temper."

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the couch next to him. His raised phoenix eyes were closer to the thick long eyebrows.

His brows were already dark and deep, so they seemed to be shrouded in a shadow, making his eyes look as sharp as knives. He seemed to be ruthless and said unquestionably:

"You go and sleep over there. I have to rest. We have a court meeting tomorrow, so we won't talk anymore."

He said that he was about to scatter the bed curtains.

Wu Rou was so frightened that she immediately stood up from the bed and diligently took down the curtain on her end for him.

A row of thin bells hangs above the curtain, and as the gauze curtain gently spreads, a crisp sound of "ding bells" is made.

This sound was like a signal. The maid holding the lantern held an octagonal palace lantern, opened the door, walked in from the pavilion, and extinguished the two lamps on the bedside. Her movements were gentle and careful, like It is an elf dancing in the dark night, making almost no sound.

Even when she turned to leave, she lowered her head and didn't even look at Wu Rou.

She left, taking with her the light, and then stopped outside the pavilion door, leaving behind a drowsy haze.

Wu Rou was nervous and at a loss. She looked at the emperor's back and stood stiffly for a moment before obediently walking to the couch and lying down.

……

The emperor soon fell asleep, and his gentle breathing could be heard in the quiet palace.

But Wu Rou didn't sleep a wink all night.

It shouldn't be like this when you are waiting for someone to go to bed!
In the dim candlelight, she kept thinking about where she had made a mistake.

Did she fail to salute in time?Or is she acting too timid?Or did her answer offend him?
Wu Rou couldn't help but focus all her attention on their last conversation, replaying it over and over in her mind.

The emperor said that if it were him, he would never be so generous.That meant that her answer was indeed not what he wanted.Shouldn't she have spoken out her heart viciously at that time?
No, the original imperial edict did not mention a word about the punishment of the Wu brothers. When she asked her just now, she said "if".

If he really wanted to punish someone, he wouldn't ask this question.

Wu Rou thought about the emperor's expression at that time.

When he mentioned the queen, his expression was clearly nostalgic and full of warmth. How could he hate what the queen had done?

Wu Rou was in a state of confusion, making various guesses. She waited until daybreak to figure out what was going on:

The emperor himself does not like magnanimity and complains about virtue, but this does not prevent him from liking magnanimous people!
Perhaps the reason why he let her sleep on the couch was not because he disliked her, but simply... didn't want to have physical contact with her.

She is not beautiful enough...

Wu Rou suddenly had such an idea.

But what to do?Is it true that as that beastly second brother said, she will be rejected as soon as she enters the palace and fall into their hands? !

The panic of falling back into the quagmire made Wu Rou's heart beat like a drum, and she suddenly sat up from the couch.

The summer sky lights up early, and the room is already covered with a light cyan color.She looked at the emperor's back on the bed and kept saying in her heart:
The emperor doesn't like her, maybe this is the last chance to meet her!There must be something you can work hard on, and you must seize this opportunity!
"Your Majesty, do you want to get up?" A female official's voice suddenly came from outside the pavilion.

Wu Rou turned her head and saw that on the huge door leaf with carved gauze clothing, the shadows of two palace maids sitting on their knees were reflected, bowing slightly towards the inside.

They stayed outside all night, and perhaps they were startled by their figure sitting up!
Wu Rou quickly got off the couch and knelt down in the direction of the emperor.

She thought to herself: There is no one who doesn’t kneel down when begging for help. At worst, it will look better when you kneel down!
The emperor did wake up.

He stood up, lifted the bed curtains and swept them behind him, sat on the edge of the bed, lowered his head and said nothing for a long time.

He was still in the daze of just waking up. When he looked up, he saw a woman kneeling beside the couch not far away.

In the blue sky, the woman was kneeling upright, with a stubborn and unyielding arrogance. At that moment, he felt that this scene seemed familiar, and suddenly he didn't know what night it was.

He thought for a while before he remembered who this was, so he picked up the soft boots he was wearing and put them on his feet, and asked:

"Why are you kneeling?"

Wu Rou then bowed down and said:
"Your Majesty, if you don't like Rou'er, let Rou'er be a female official in the palace. I will repay your kindness and serve you with all my strength. Please do not expel Rou'er from the palace.

Although my mother-in-law and my sisters are in Chang'an now, we don't have any property in Chang'an, so we need to send food here from Taiyuan Prefecture every month.

My two brothers were so respectful to my mother because of His Majesty's sake. If they knew about it, I would be displeased by His Majesty and be kicked out of the palace.We are like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, and there will never be a day when we can turn around!

Your Majesty, you saved us... Wu Rou is extremely grateful, please Your Majesty..."

The emperor interrupted her and said with an interesting smile:

"Who said I was going to expel you from the palace?"

Wu Rou raised her head suddenly, her moist eyes shining with surprise.

(End of this chapter)