Empress Fenghua

Chapter 666
In the tent, Situ Ye was standing alone in front of the map, frowning tightly, his usual eagle eyes were full of worry.When Lu Shui walked into the battalion commander, what he saw was exactly this picture. How strong was that thin figure?Lu Shui couldn't help sighing, the war probably destroyed not only the country, but also the person who affected the rise and fall of the country!

Situ Ye turned his head and couldn't help but relax his vigilance when he saw Lu Shui, "I thought someone was sighing here, why did you come in without notifying?"

Lu Shui smiled, "Did Your Majesty forget? You told your servants that you don't need to report when a concubine enters your camp."

Situ Ye was taken aback, "That's right, I once allowed you to come in and out at any time. But I forgot, I've been busy recently, so I haven't spared time to see you. You've lost a lot of weight, because it's too hard to follow the army Yet?"

Lu Shui shook his head, "The concubine has been with the king for many years, has been bumping around, and has never felt hard. The king's love for the concubine can be said to be unmatched, and everything is the best. Where can I work hard for my concubine?" Lu Shui walked into Situye, "The concubine is only worried about the king. No one knows that the king works day and night, and everyone thinks that the king is only greedy for his own pleasure, and never considers the soldiers. However, the concubine knows that the candlelight that burns every night is the best proof. A few days ago, the king halved everyone's rations, and the whole army was in an uproar, almost questioning the decision of the king, but the concubine knew that I didn't eat anything all day long!"

"The hardest part is not those who go to battle to kill the enemy, but those who plan silently behind the scenes. Because they live and die overnight, and you, my lord, are the ones who are devoting their energy and strategizing day and night!"

Situ Ye froze in place, staring at Lu Shui with burning eyes, and remained silent for a while.

Lu Shui smiled softly, "Your Majesty, my concubine made you a bowl of soup, you should drink it while it's hot!"

Situ Ye's eyes sparkled a little, sitting at the table, Lu Shui picked up soup from the tray and collided with Situ Ye's outstretched hand.With a snap, the bowl was knocked over on the table, and all the hot soup was spilled on Lu Shui's hands.

"Are you okay?" Situ Ye nervously grabbed Lu Shui's hand and blew, "Why are you so careless!"

Lu Shui hurriedly took it back and put it behind her back, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the concubine wasted the soup because of carelessness. The concubine will go and bring another bowl!"

"Don't be too busy, I'm not hungry!" Situ Ye grabbed her sleeve, his eyes were gentle.

Lu Shui lowered his head and smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, just wait, how could you not be hungry! If you don't eat, I will feel uneasy." Hong couldn't help frowning...

Outside the kitchen, the servant girl stood waiting at the door, and said impatiently, "Madam, if you refuse to let the servant girl in, what if something happens to you? You are so delicate, how can you go to the kitchen yourself!"

Lushui picked up the hot kettle in the kitchen and pointed it at the back of her hand, bit her lips and paused for a moment, then poured it down suddenly...

"Madam? Madam? Why don't you speak?"

Holding back tears and pain, Lu Shui calmed down her tone, "I'm fine, I'm just making soup for the king, I accidentally spilled some, and I'm serving it again!"

The servant girl hurried into the kitchen and saw that the green water was ready, she breathed a sigh of relief, "The servant girl is afraid of scalding the madam!"

Lu Shui couldn't help but smile palely, "Your Majesty was already scalded just now, aren't you afraid of being scalded again?"

Early the next morning, Yuqiao came to Situ Ye's tent to ask for an interview.

"Mrs. Yuqiao stop, the king hasn't got up yet, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to see you at this moment!" The guard at the door frowned, looking embarrassed.

"It's not convenient to see Ben Gong?" Yuqiao snorted coldly, "You really know how to tell jokes, who would it be convenient for you to see Ben Gong? I have important matters to see the king, if you don't communicate, it will delay When the time comes, I don’t want my palace to give you a book in front of the king.”

The guard clasped his fists and saluted, "Forgive me, madam, the king has told you that no one should bother you."

"presumptuous!"

"My lord sees you as presumptuous!" Situ Ye appeared at the door of the camp with disheveled clothes, and his sharp eyes made Yuqiao take a step back.

"The concubine is meeting the king!" Yuqiao hurriedly saluted, "The concubine wants to meet the king because she has something important to do."

Situ Ye snorted coldly, "What on earth do you have to disturb this king's situation? If what you say doesn't satisfy this king, then don't blame this king for not being merciful to you!"

Yuqiao looked at Situ Ye in surprise, feeling an inexplicable sense of sadness in his heart. At this moment, Lu Shui raised the curtain behind Situ Ye.

"My lord, what happened?"

Yuqiao frowned suddenly, seeing Lushui's disheveled appearance, sleepy eyes, Yuqiao tightly clenched his fists, burning with anger.

Situ Ye patted Lu Shui's shoulder, "It's nothing, let's go in and rest for a while!"

Yuqiao followed the two into the house with a cold face, "Your Majesty, someone broke into my concubine's room last night and stole half of the antidote and secret recipe. The concubine cut the back of her hand with a fragment of a teacup in a crisis." , presumably it is not difficult to find out this person."

Situ Ye frowned, "You said the secret recipe for the antidote was taken away!"

"That's right, the secret recipe for the antidote must have been plagiarized and taken away." Yuqiao sneered, "Just look at the backs of the hands of the entire army, and you'll know!"

Fu Linggu frowned, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Many soldiers in the army have wounds on their hands. It's hard not to get injured while carrying things on the march. If this is also a clue, then I'm afraid..."

"General Fulinggu, don't worry, I fought against that person last night, she is a woman." Yuqiao glanced at Lushui, "Just call all the cooks and maids in the army."

Fu Linggu glanced at Situ Ye cautiously. In order to take care of the two wives and the king's daily life, there were indeed some women and skilled cooks in the army.But those people have been with the king for many years, and they have never made a mistake...

Situ Ye lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "Fuling Gu, go and call them all. You must find this person, and the secret recipe of the antidote must not be revealed."

"Yes!"

After a while, the army commander's room was already full of people, one by one stretched out their hands, and saw a mark on the hand of a servant girl.

Fu Linggu frowned, "How did you do this?"

The girl quickly knelt on the ground, "This wound, servant girl, was accidentally cut by a branch while washing clothes the day before yesterday."

Situ Ye took a closer look at the wound, "It really doesn't look like being wounded by porcelain, and it's already showing signs of scabbing. It's obviously not from last night."

"Your Majesty, in that case, there are no more!" Fu Linggu glanced at Yuqiao, "Everyone has been checked, except for those who are in the wrong place, and the rest have their own testimony."

"Let them all go down!"

Yuqiao sneered, "Your Majesty forgot someone!"

Situ Ye looked back at Yuqiao with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"Chenqie and Sister Lushui are women too!" Yuqiao stretched out a pair of fair hands, "There is nothing on Chenqie's hands."

Lu Shui couldn't help frowning, "Sister Yuqiao, do you mean that I can't steal that secret recipe?"

"If you want people to know, you have to do nothing, not to mention if you don't do anything, are you afraid of stretching out your hands to check?" Yuqiao pulled out Lu Shui's hands, and there were burn marks on the white hands between them.

The back of Lu Shui's left hand was red, swollen and scalded, and he quickly took it back and covered it with his sleeve, "Sister Yuqiao, you are too rude!"

"Then why are you talking about this injury?" Yuqiao snorted coldly.

"It's obviously a burn. How could it be scratched by porcelain?"

"It's indeed a scald, but with your intelligence, you shouldn't have thought of covering it up!" Yuqiao pointed at her and said to Situ Ye, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Lushui clearly used the burn to cover up the cut on the back of her hand." fact."

The green water looked at Situ Ye, and Situ Ye looked at Yuqiao with cold eyes, "Get out of here, my lord!"

Yuqiao was taken aback, "Your Majesty, what did you say?"

"This king tells you to get out!" Situ Ye exuded coldness and anger, "This king is here to tell you how the back of Lu Shui's hand was hurt. It was when she was delivering soup to him last night and was scalded by him." Yes, is this king tying her up to cover up the wound?"

"Sister Yuqiao, haven't you noticed that the king has lost so much weight since you have been with the king for so long?" Lu Shui sighed impatiently, "The king has worked so hard for the soldiers of the army. How about putting pressure on the king?"

Yuqiao froze in place, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness and frustration, not because of anything else, but because he seemed to have fallen into a trap that was getting worse...

(End of this chapter)