The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 984 Birthday (40)
The light sound of the bead curtain was the sound of the emperor entering the Xinuang Pavilion. Qingchen hurriedly sat down on the couch, as if about to get up to greet him.

Xiao Jun saw that she was wearing thin clothes, even though it was not cold in the room, she still took a few steps forward to support her and said, "Excuse me, why did you feel unwell all of a sudden, but did you let the cold wind blow you when you came back? "

As he spoke, he took off the cloak on his body and handed it to Yun Lan who was waiting beside him, and then he took her into his arms.Qingchen looked at the engraving on the corner of the wall, and knew that he had come back early, so he said softly, "It's all because of my concubine's fault. I suddenly had a fever in the afternoon, and I took some pills to reduce the fever. I was late. I was not able to attend the dinner. It was my concubine's fault. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"It's not a big deal, as long as you are in good health." The emperor said, his hand was on the pulse of her wrist, and he said, "I'm not at ease if you're not here tonight. You have always been sensible. Comfortable, if you want to come to a day like today, you won't miss the banquet. But seeing that you are well now, I am relieved."

"It's all bad for the concubine, which makes the emperor worry." Snuggling in his arms, he felt that his body was full of wine fragrance, so he asked: "The emperor has a strong wine fragrance, but did he drink a lot of wine? Do you want to let him go?" Are you ready for hangover tea?"

Xiao Jun pulled the quilt to wrap her up, hugged her and smiled gently: "I didn't drink much, I just accidentally spilled a glass of wine on my clothes. What did you have for dinner and how much?"

It was only then that Qingchen remembered that she hadn't had dinner yet, but she didn't feel hungry, so how could she be in the mood to eat now?I had to perfunctorily say: "The concubine ate some bird's nest porridge, Your Majesty, it's getting late, and the concubine is not feeling well, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go to bed..."

"Are you going to drive me away?" The emperor's voice was gentle, and he gently rubbed her cheek and asked with a smile: "It's so windy and snowy outside, and you're driving me away before I warm up the bed? "

No matter what, don't let him see the clues, otherwise troubles will happen again, Qingchen tried his best to hide his uneasiness, and said with a slight smile: "I don't dare, I'm just afraid that the emperor will get sick."

"I'm not a child, how can I get sick so easily?" Xiao Jun ordered people to prepare things for washing, and then said softly: "When you were sick when you were young, didn't you fear that no one would guard you? I feel unwell, and I cried because I couldn't see me, what were you crying for at that time?"

Qingchen is a little embarrassed. People who are sick are always in a particularly fragile mood. With someone by their side, they feel that they have something to rely on. That's all."

"So that's the case." The emperor's smile was unpredictable, and he nodded meaningfully: "I always thought you were taking advantage of me, but it turned out that you were just looking for someone to accompany you."

"The emperor is making fun of the concubine again. Since the emperor knows everything, why is he willing to be taken advantage of by the concubine?" Seeing Yun Lan serving him with water, she wanted to get up and wait for him to wash.

The emperor pushed her down and said, "It's hard to warm you up and get up again. You should lie down first and let them take care of you."

Taking advantage of the time when the emperor was washing up, Qinxue asked in a low voice, "Is your lady hungry, do you want something to eat?"

Qingchen lay on the pillow and shook his head lightly, "No need, I'm not hungry."

Yun Lan blew out two candles outside and retreated, Xiao Jun undressed and lay beside her, took her into his arms and said softly: "Chen'er, when your canonization ceremony is over the day after tomorrow, I will I will find time to take you out of the palace and accompany you out to relax."

"Why is the emperor still thinking about these things at this time? Didn't the concubine say that we will talk about these things when the world is peaceful in the future?" Qing Chen leaned into his arms, not seeing the worry hidden in the emperor's deep eyes , just hugged him tightly and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine has seen it."

Xiao Jun didn't react for a while, and asked, "What did you see?"

"Seeing the words engraved by the emperor on the concubine's eyebrows, the concubine gave the best to the concubine, and the concubine was very moved."

Xiao Jun stroked her temples with her hand and asked, "Are you happy?"

Tears suddenly filled Qingchen's eyes again, and he choked up and said, "Happy, this concubine really hopes to lean on the emperor's side like this, until the old age, the emperor will not dislike the gray-haired appearance of my concubine." Maybe in this life, she Destined to have no fate with Xiao Jue, although I can't bear it, but that is not love, it is destined to be let down.

"What's the matter, why are you crying?" Xiao Jun stood up, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "I don't dislike your snot-nosed appearance when you were young, but why would you dislike your gray-haired appearance?" ? At that time, I will also be old, so you will grow old with me, isn't it good?"

Nodding with tears in her eyes, she put her arms around his neck, and she forced a smile and said: "The emperor is not allowed to lie to his concubines, and he is never allowed to despise his concubines."

"I don't dislike you, and you are not allowed to dislike me either." Xiao Jun lowered her head and kissed her softly...

The cold wind is howling outside the window, but it is warm as spring inside.The candle light flickered, and the shadow on the bed curtain gradually merged into a person, lingering like glue...

The next morning, Qingchen got up early to send the emperor to the court. On the way to Chengkun Palace, Qingchen told Jinxiu, "Go to Yuyang Palace to see how the son is doing? If there is anything wrong, hurry up and send someone to Sun Taiyi." .”

Jinxiu agreed and sent her to the gate of Chengkun Palace, then turned around and went to Yuyang Palace to visit Xiao Jue.

She didn't come too late today. When she stepped into the Jiaofang Hall, only Qin Yuyan and Lin Yafu were there. When she saw her coming in, she hurriedly stood up and saluted. Qingchen smiled slightly and said, "You two sisters, please sit down, there is no need to be like this." Thank you very much."

Lin Wanyi was quite obedient, and asked with a concerned look: "Your Majesty was unwell last night, and you couldn't even attend the dinner. I don't know if it's going to be better this morning? The concubine sees that your Majesty's face is not very good. I wonder if it's okay?"

Qingchen smiled gently and said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a bit of wind and cold, I'm worried about my sister Lao."

Even though Qin Yuyan didn't dare to be disrespectful, she was a member of the Empress Dowager after all. She felt awkward when she saw her, and felt disgusted in her heart. She didn't want to say more, so she turned her head sullenly, pretending to admire a pot of orchids in the corner.

Qingchen knew it in her heart, and didn't bother to know her as well. After a while, a little court lady brought tea, and she flicked the tea foam in the cup, thinking about her own affairs.

After a while, all the concubines arrived, and the empress came out to take her seat with the blue-eyed Persian cat in her arms. Qingchen got up and took all the concubines to greet the empress. This time was different from the past, or it might be different in the future.After the queen bestowed peace on her body, Concubine Ning led everyone to salute her respectfully and greet her. Qingchen glanced at the empress who was not in a good mood, and then at Concubine Ning who had a calm expression, and said calmly: " Sisters, get up, don't be too polite."

(End of this chapter)