female catcher

Chapter 217 Ander Shuangquan Law

Xia Chu's butt was spattered with blood, and his waist and legs were streaked with bruises. Although it looked scary and the area was large, it didn't hurt the muscles and bones. In fact, it wasn't very serious.It's thanks to the fact that the aunt who walks the staff is not a catcher who specializes in beating people, and the dropping of the stick is not accurate enough to only aim at one place to hit, otherwise it would definitely not be the result.

The doctor gave Xia Chu some painkillers before giving her trauma medicine.Xiachu has benefited from the good medicine in the palace. Just like good medicine tastes bitter, good wound medicine kills bacteria, reduces inflammation and stops bleeding, but it also hurts, and anesthetics are useless.Xia Chu desperately tried to hold back but couldn't hold back, pounding the bed in pain, burying his face in the pillow and crying.

When Su Zhen heard it, he shrank into a ball in distress, couldn't help but pushed the door open and came in.The medical girl had already administered the medicine, Yuan Fang was dipping a cloth towel to help Xia Chu wipe her face, when she saw Su Zhen, she hurriedly stopped what she was doing to pay respects.

When Xia Chu saw him coming in, he was startled, and while yelling "wait a while, wait a while", he grabbed his clothes and covered himself.This injury is really embarrassing.

Su Zhen sent the medical girl and Yuan Fang out, opened the curtain and sat down beside the bed, looking at Xia Chu in a daze.Early Xia's short hair was messy, the blood and ashes on his face hadn't been wiped off, his lips were bitten and swollen, his eyes were red, and he looked embarrassed and pitiful.

She smiled awkwardly at Su Zhen, which made Su Zhen's heart ache, not knowing what to do and what to do.It took a while before he dared to stretch out his hand to hold her face, touched the wound on her lip with his fingers, and said softly, "I'm sorry, Xia Chu. I'm sorry..."

He blamed himself and blamed himself, more than those female officials who did something to Xia Chu.He took her into the palace, clearly saying that he would protect her well, he has the supreme power in this world, so he put her under his nose, how could he protect her like this?
"It's not that the emperor wanted to beat me up, so I'm sorry." Xia Chu forced a smile, his buttocks stinged again when he wrestled, and couldn't help taking a breath.Su Zhen came back to his senses, and moved his hand away as if he was shocked by electricity, as if he hurt her by touching her.

"Just now the doctor said, it's just a skin injury, it's not a problem." Xia Chu carefully tugged at the clothes on Gai Zi's body, "It's just that I have to sleep on my stomach these days."

Su Zhen swallowed the soreness in his throat, stepped sideways over her, pulled the thin quilt beside her, and covered her carefully, with his eyes downcast, unable to see clearly, he just said indifferently: "I won't hurt any of you. I will forgive you."

Xia Chu was silent for a while after listening, "I know."

"I was careless. You will rest here for a while, and move to my bedroom when you can move. At the beginning of summer, no one in the whole palace will dare to touch you, and this will not happen again."

"Your Majesty..." Xia Chu stood up and looked back at him for a moment, then turned his head to stare at the pillow in front of him, looked at the fine and delicate patterns on it, and said softly: "The imperial attendant personally sealed by the imperial pen is already very powerful, but he still suffers. So what if I go to the emperor's bedroom? The emperor can't watch me for twelve hours a day, and can't watch me for more than 300 days a year."

Su Zhen's heart sank suddenly, his hands slowly clenched into fists by his side, and after a while he said silently: "Xia Chu, be my woman. Although I can't give you the position of empress, I can promise you a lifetime For the rest of my life, I may love you forever. Are you still willing to believe me?"

He said these few words with difficulty and determination.He didn't want to say it so early, he wanted to wait until the situation in the court was stabilized, he wanted to wait for Xia Chu's eyes to no longer be blank and hesitant, and wait for her to look at him like before.

But now he dare not wait any longer.

He has seen everything clearly these days.Xia Chu always looked at him with pity and sadness in his eyes, and his words were always cautious and cautious, like a dying patient or a soldier destined to never return.

He is a smart and sensitive person, he understands what it means, but he dare not think about it or ask.He lied to himself again and again, but he couldn't.

She wants to leave him, even if she has affection, reluctance and intolerance, she still wants to leave him.

Hearing Su Zhen's words, Xia Chu smiled shyly, and the pattern on the pillow was soaked in the blink of an eye, "I have never distrusted the emperor, every word and every word." She paused, "But it doesn't matter Believe it or not. I don't have a prominent background, and I don't have the ability to help the country, so the only person I can rely on in this palace is the emperor, but... I don't want to rely on the emperor. Your lord, that is not the love I want .”

"At the beginning of Xia, you don't need those, you don't need any background, you don't need any ability. You are still yourself in the palace, I just want to be you."

Xia Chu shook his head, "I can't be myself. Your Majesty, I don't know anything, but I can be jealous and resent those women who occupy the arms of my lover. I can only gain a foothold in admiration for you, and become weak in inferiority complex." If you feel sorry for yourself, you will lose your patience in the day-by-day powerlessness. At that time, even if the emperor still loves me, I will not love myself, so how can I be myself? What the emperor wants is not like that me."

"At the beginning of Xia..., it won't be like that. How can we judge the result before anything starts?"

"Your majesty, you have mountains and rivers that you can't let go of, and burdens that you can't let go of, but all I want to be is a self-satisfied and ordinary self. Love, it can't carry so much, and it can't solve everything."

The words pierced into my heart slowly like a needle.Su Zhen closed his eyes and took a deep breath, but he didn't know how to exhale it. He suppressed and suffocated in his chest, holding down the overwhelming sadness and powerlessness, not wanting them to turn into tears, not daring to let them They crush themselves.

Su Zhen tugged at the corner of her quilt, stood up, "It's so good, I..., I'll come and see you again." After speaking, he walked away without looking back.

Xia Chu loosened his arms, fell headlong on the pillow and sighed heavily.

Finally said it.In addition to the sadness, there is also a trace of relaxation, like the heavy rain that has been holding back for a long time, finally torrentially falling, which cools the heart and wets the emotion.The monstrous exhaustion swept over her, making her not want to move, she wanted to cry for a while, but it seemed that she didn't even have the strength.

After a while, Xia Chu suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but feel tense, so he poked his head and called Yuan Fang loudly.Yuan Fang approached, very worried: "Is Xia Dian's injury hurting again?"

"No." Xia Chu grabbed Yuan Fang's hand and said anxiously: "Go after the emperor, and send a message to the emperor for me, please, please!"

Su Zhen went back to the imperial study on his shoulders, and left Qian Mingchang there when he ran out just now.Right now he is not in the mood to discuss matters, he just wants to find a place to stay quietly, calm down his mood, and think about his love.

But he had to go back.That's the country he can't let go, the burden he can't let go... It seems that he really can't tolerate much love for his children.Maybe the former self was right, he didn't even have the possibility of losing his family, so he didn't want to live like this and never meet his beloved.

But when we met, we met.Is there really no way to have both?
When he was about to reach the imperial study room, An Liang heard hurried footsteps chasing after him, panting and calling for Eunuch An in a low voice.An Liang stopped and turned around, seeing that Yuan Fang was running and trembling, he thought it was Xia Chu who had something to do, so he hurriedly greeted him, "What's the matter?"

"Xia...Xia Dianshi..." Yuan Fang stroked her chest and tried to catch her breath.When Su Zhen heard this, he let people off his shoulders, got up and walked over, "What's wrong in Chu Xia?"

Yuan Fang swallowed, steadied her mind, and said: "Servant Xia Dian asked the servant to give the emperor a word. She said that today's matter has nothing to do with the empress, and the empress is not that kind of person. Attendant Xia Dian also said that since entering the palace The empress has been taking care of her a lot since then, and she is worried that the emperor will be careless if he cares, and will blame the empress by mistake."

Su Zhen was slightly surprised, "Xia Chu is familiar with the Empress?"

"The slave does not know."

After a while, Su Zhen nodded, "Go back and take care of Xia Chu. If you have something to do, come to An Liang, don't delay."

Yuan Fangfu answered yes, turned around and walked away quickly.Su Zhen lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then sat on the shoulder chair again and went to the imperial study.

Yong Wei stood under the steps outside the imperial study room, and heard the whip cracking to clear the way from a distance, she suddenly became nervous, and grabbed Qianqian's hand, feeling that her fingertips were cold and her hand was wet with sweat.When Su Zhen's shoulders fell, she let go of Qianqian's hand, and slowly stepped forward to salute, "The concubine has seen the emperor."

Su Zhen looked at her and hummed in a low voice.An Liang had reported to him before that it was Yong Wei's intention that Xia Chu didn't go to the imperial study room this morning, and then Jiang Shangyi blamed Xia Chu with his stick, the connection is self-evident.

He didn't deliberately hide Yongwei Xia Chu's affairs, but he didn't take the initiative to tell her. He originally wanted to wait for Xia Chu to settle down and become a concubine, but he didn't want the queen's arms to reach out to Xia Chu's side early. .He originally thought that the queen was a polite and sensible girl, but he didn't want to be a woman who made such insidious tricks. He was really disappointed.

It's just that the Jiang family has just made a contribution to suppress the chaos and has not yet returned to the court. If it is reported that he punished the queen because of a female official, not only the Jiang family will be chilled, but also those new officials who support the Jiang family and Su Zhen will be suspicious. Now At this time, what he wants is their unwavering support, and he must not waver at all.

Su Zhenyuan had no intention of questioning Yong Wei, but because of what Yuan Fang said just now, his eyes became more scrutinized at the moment, and he asked in silence: "The queen is for Xia Chu What happened?"

"Yes, the concubine has neglected her duty, so she came here to plead guilty."

After hearing this, Su Zhen's face turned slightly cold, "Is it your intention to blame the staff?"

"No." Yong Wei stood up straight and raised her head, looking back at Su Zhen calmly.Her face was reddened due to nervousness, but her expression was stubborn, she raised her head slightly and said, "But it's my concubine's intention to transfer servant Xia Dian to leave the imperial study room temporarily."

"Why?"

"The concubine originally wanted to wait for the emperor to come to tell the concubine why, or arrange to enter the sixth palace, or dismiss other officials, all in the emperor's mind. It's just that the imperial office is always important. The emperor may have a good heart, but he can't tolerate it. Thinking of coveting. This is the duty of a concubine."

Yong Wei pursed her lips, and blinked her eyes lightly a few times, "I don't want to speculate on the holy will, I won't use others to favor the emperor to win favor for myself, and I won't suppress others to establish my prestige, my concubine Although she is a woman, she also has self-respect and pride. The concubine disdains to do such indecent things. However, although the concubine is not instigated by the concubine, but the concubine handles the affairs of the inner court of the harem, no matter what Opening up relationships. Annoying the emperor is dereliction of duty, therefore, this concubine hereby pleads guilty to the emperor."

After Su Zhen listened, he looked at Yong Wei in surprise, feeling that she was usually silent and cautious, but she didn't want to speak so transparently.A few sentences, neither humble nor overbearing, not only clarified the cause and effect, but also made my mind and attitude clear.There was no twinkle in his expression, nor did he make a hypocritical gesture to defend himself.So his previous disappointment with Yong Wei disappeared.

(End of this chapter)