C98 (1/2)
”His Majesty suspects me in his heart. No matter what, I made a mistake. His Majesty came to see me and wanted to personally see me eat all the dishes when my stomach was full. I ate it. His Majesty said that I was indeed pretending to be full so I wouldn't eat the dishes.” I've taken medicine but didn't see anything since His Majesty left. From that day until now, I've had to take medicine every day. ”I sent the dishes to His Majesty because His Majesty thought that I was trying to please him and because His Majesty thought that I was wrong, but I sent a dish to show that I know that I'm wrong. So what if I'm trying to please His Majesty?”
”But His Majesty won't accept it. His Majesty doesn't want to see me anymore. I said that I could only rely on His Majesty in the palace, but His Majesty ignored me. I have maintained my calm on the surface, but His Majesty says that I do not care? ”
”Yes, it is I who despise the grace of the gods. I eat early every day just to satiate my hunger and can't eat the dish bestowed upon me. Why?” Didn't I know that it was a great favor? Because the dish was cold, it was cold. I just think of myself as an insensible woman who doesn't like to eat, so I don't eat. Because when I eat it, I don't feel that His Majesty really cares about it, or that he has really put his heart into it. ”
”The distance from Kunning Palace to Qianqing Palace is the same as the distance from Qianqing Palace to Kunning Palace. I will remind you repeatedly that the dishes must be hot once they are delivered to the imperial palace. His Majesty probably just waved his hand and bestowed this dish to the empress.”
”How did His Majesty say he meant it, and why did he say I didn't mean it?”
I would rather not let myself be so stupid as to let myself fall ill. The suffering that I am going through right now is something that only I can bear. Your Majesty, perhaps you know, perhaps you do not know, perhaps you do not care about it.
Wang Rong was too excited, she grabbed Zhu Yijun's sleeves and said what she would never say when she was awake, and in the end she even rolled her eyes and fainted.
Zhu Yijun hugged her tightly and asked anxiously, ”Where's the imperial physician? Why aren't you here yet? ”
Xu Duzhong slept on the bed and was dragged here to treat empress, ”I was worrying too much, the cold has entered my body and I have to first prescribe some medicine, if I lose heat tomorrow morning, it will be alright.”
”Then the empress is still not awake?” Zhu Yijun asked anxiously.
”Your Majesty, it's a good thing that the Empress hasn't woken up yet. She fell asleep and rested until tomorrow.” Xu Duzhong said, ”If I wake up now, if I'm unable to fall asleep, it would also be Kang Yu that will affect my empress's Phoenix Body.”
”Don't go back today. Just stay at the Kunning Palace and watch the empress's situation.” Zhu Yijun said.
”Yes.” Xu Duzhong said.
”Your Majesty, if Your Majesty is worried that the Empress will come back tomorrow morning, then it will be fine. But if Your Majesty stays in the Kunning Palace today, there aren't many people who will be able to take care of Your Majesty anyway, so there are fewer who can take care of empress. Furthermore, the empress is in danger, it would be against the rules for His Majesty to continue to stay in the Kunning Palace. ”
”I'm worried about her.” Zhu Yijun said, ”The empress is sick, why didn't you ask for a royal doctor? If I don't come to Kunning Palace tonight, you all are going to let the empress be so sick, right?”
The kneeled on the ground as Zhu Yijun slammed the table and said, ”Now that the empress has not recovered, we will leave you with your miserable lives. When the empress is done, we will come and investigate your crimes.”
Zhu Yijun still returned to the Qianqing Palace. At least Bao Zhang's words, if he didn't leave today at the Kunning Palace, then Wang Rong would be training at the two palaces tomorrow. If he harmed Wang Rong and her, who knows how she would hate him.
Zhu Yijun returned to his Qianqing Palace, but was not in the mood to sleep. He looked at the embroidered box on the table and asked, ”What is this?”
”This was delivered by Li Gong from the Qianqing Palace in the afternoon. He said that it was a New Year's gift prepared by the empress for her majesty.” Zhang Cheng said.
Zhu Yijun opened the embroidered box and took out the pendant from inside, placing it in his hands and stroking it, the jade was good jade, the carving technique was good, the meaning was good, it had been good for a long time. Although others had gifted him with Dragon Pendant, Zitong only wished for him to be able to obtain good fortune year after year. From the looks of it, it was obvious that he had made it up. Was it because the embroidery work was not good that he had to play with it? Zhu Yijun laughed, then suddenly asked: ”Zhang Cheng, tell me, do you think I am good to the Queen?”
”His Majesty is naturally good to the empress.” Zhang Cheng said.
”Oh, tell me where?” Zhu Yijun said.
Zhang Cheng said, ”Your majesty has great respect for the empress, and completely trusts the empress with regards to the harem matters. His Majesty has even frequently sent food to the Empress, as well as meticulous gifts to the Empress. ”
”The dishes given by me are cold. How laughable that I actually think that she is belittling my intentions. What kind of intention is this, to deliver cold dishes in the middle of winter?” Zitong didn't think that we already completely trusted her to the point where we wanted her dead body to live. ” Zhu Yijun said.
”Your Majesty, those eunuchs who brought the dishes were dealt with by the empress dowager.” Zhang Cheng said. Tell me if they are diligent or not. ”
”Done? When? Why hasn't anyone come to me to tell me? ” Zhu Yijun said in an absurd manner, ”No wonder after we quarreled for so long, the Queen did not say anything at the beginning. ”I thought Imperial Mother didn't know the reason. So it turns out that she only knew that it was because she wanted to take advantage of the situation to deal with the people in my palace. Even if she knew, she wouldn't know.”
”Your Majesty.” Zhang Cheng kneeled down and said, ”This small matter is my responsibility. The things that His Majesty sent to empress are all given to me by me, so this dish should also be given to me.
”I'll send you off!” Zhu Yijun said, ”Zitong is giving it to us, but we give it to her. Although it is due to our identities, it is also a difference in our level of care. She still remembers to prepare a gift for me despite feeling wronged. If she had completely given me a queen's gift at this moment, I wouldn't have said anything, but she still meticulously prepared a gift. ”
”I still want her sincere gift.”
”But what did I do? I was holding myself back and doing things that made her sad while waiting for her to come over and apologize. If she doesn't apologize, I'll treat her coldly.”
”Once her heart has turned cold, she would probably no longer treat me this way, nor would she hold on to my sleeve and cry, saying that she can only rely on me in the palace.” Zhu Yijun said, ”I think that at that time, we might have already lost the most precious thing in the world.”
”Then Your Majesty, don't let the empress feel cold.” Zhang Cheng said.
The next day, Zhu Yijun got the palace maid to match Wang Rong's gift to her waist, ”Before the assembly begins, I will go take a look at the Kunning Palace.”