Chapter 296 (1/2)
With a smile, Zhao Qingyao picked up the soup bowl and handed it to the emperor. She said softly, ”emperor, why are you free to have dinner with my concubine tonight? My concubine thought the emperor was going to approve the folding in the upper study.”
”There are so many folds to be approved. I can't ignore my body rest. I'll spend all day in the study,” the emperor drank some chicken soup and smacked his mouth. ”You see, the emperor of the state of Qi always bothered about government affairs and left at a young age.”
Zhao Qingyao pursed her lips. With a smile: ”my concubine also remembers the emperor's body. The emperor is in his prime and will live a long life.”
The emperor said with a smile: ”in fact, my health has been getting worse day by day in recent years. I had some insomnia earlier in the evening. I felt dizzy when I got up. I still need to take more soup and medicine to replenish my body.”
Zhao Qingyao filled him with a bowl of black chicken soup. Medicinal materials were specially added. ”The emperor should drink more bowls. The black chicken soup made by my concubine today was specially learned from the elders of Changshou village, which is of great benefit to my body.”
The emperor accidentally raised his eyebrows. ”No wonder I taste different from my usual drink. You made it yourself.”
”Although the imperial chef in the imperial dining room is good at cooking, my concubine is selfish. I want the emperor to try my skill,” Zhao Qingyao looked at him seriously. ”How does the emperor feel about the craftsmanship of his concubine? Won't it be appetizing?”
The emperor took care to finish it at once. Repeatedly praised: ”how can it be not to my taste? I really want to drink a few bowls every day. It's hard to love the imperial concubine. People with body have to wash their hands and make soup themselves.”
”My concubine is very happy to see that the emperor likes to drink the black chicken soup made by my concubine,” Zhao Qingyao blushed on her cheeks. ”My concubine makes Soup for the emperor with a dragon fetus. It's like taking the prince to serve the emperor. This is what my concubine is most willing to do.”
The emperor licked his lower lip. ”Yes, I have a sweet concubine like you. My bones will slowly get better, and I don't have to worry about things in the future.”
Zhao Qingyao turned her eyes and said with a smile, ”I heard that Duan Wang has entered Kyoto. Why didn't you see him come to greet the emperor? Shouldn't you have received wind and dust for Duan Wang tonight? Why don't you see Duan Wang?”
”The princess to be is very ill because of the cold. Duan Wang can't leave the princess to be for a moment. He told me that he won't come first. When the princess to be is well, come with her to greet me and have a banquet at that time.”
Zhao Qingyao thought about it in her heart and said with a shallow smile, ”Duanwang really values love and righteousness. In order to be the princess, she won't even come to the banquet. It seems that the princess to be has a high position in Duanwang's heart.”
”Like me, he attaches great importance to feelings,” the emperor's eyes darkened. ”But it's nothing if he doesn't come to the banquet, but it's just that the family eat and eat, and it's not something that has to be completed. It's better to let him accompany the prospective Princess in the palace.”
Zhao Qingyao said with a smile, ”my concubine hasn't seen the prospective princess for a long time. It's hard to wait until she comes, but she's ill again, which makes my concubine feel bad.”
The emperor looked at her with interest. ”I thought that the relationship between imperial concubine Fu and the prospective princess was close. I didn't expect that you and the prospective princess were also friends.”
”It's just speculation in the past. When my concubine saw that the princess to be was very friendly and heavy, she intended to associate with her,” Zhao Qingyao said calmly. ”My concubine wishes the princess to be better soon.”
Chu Zongge lowered his head and tasted the medicine, but he couldn't help frowning, ”this medicine is really bitter. I feel uncomfortable when I taste it, but you've been drinking this medicine all the time. It's really hard for you.”
”What's the matter? If I don't drink this medicine, I'll be fine. I've been so uncomfortable,” Xue ronghua said angrily. ”Don't always hold it in your hand. Take it and let me drink it.”
Chu Zongge stirred the medicine and blew a few cold breaths, ”this medicine is still very hot. You should try it. Don't burn your tongue.”
”I'm not a child anymore. Why can't I even drink medicine well,” Xue ronghua couldn't cry or laugh. ”You'd better go out quickly. I'm really afraid of infecting you with the wind and cold. What can I do if you get sick.”
”I will never get sick,” said Chu Zongge, bending her lips and looking at her with spoiled eyes. ”Is it bitter for you to drink this soup of medicine? Shall I get some preserves?”
Xue ronghua was stunned, widened his eyes and asked, ”isn't chuaier still in the prime minister's house? Why did he come so soon?”
Chu Zongge touched her side face and said with a smile, ”when chuai'er heard that we came back from the state of Qi, he immediately left Prime Minister Xue and moved to Duanwang's house to serve you.”
Xue ronghua couldn't help but rejoice and drank a bowl of soup medicine. Chu Zongge took out his handkerchief and gently wiped the soup seeping from the corners of her mouth. He shouted outside the door, ”pendant, don't stand outside for a long time. Your miss is thinking of you.”
As soon as she heard it outside the door, she immediately ran into the house with a basin of preserves and said with a smile to the young lady on the bed, ”the young lady is still the same as before. She can't eat this bitter thing, so the maid has prepared preserves for the young lady early in the morning.”
”You are already outside the door, but you always don't come in. It can be seen that you are trying to fool me,” Xue ronghua took her hand, looked up and down carefully, and said with a smile, ”are you okay in the prime minister's house? How's your father? How's your body?”
”The master's body is still strong, but it's not seen this year, but the young lady has lost a lot of weight,” chui'er said, his eyes red and biting his lips. ”It can be seen that the diet of the state of Qi is really poor, which makes the young lady suffer. The emperor of the state of Qi really doesn't love the princess to be of the state of Qin. No wonder he left and let his son succeed.”
”I'm slimmer, isn't it good,” Xue ronghua smiled soothingly at her. ”The road between Qi and Qin is really far away. I don't eat much good food on the road, so I'll inevitably look thinner. You can cook some delicious dishes for me these days, and maybe you'll get fat back soon.”
Zhui'er nodded happily. ”I'm sure I'll take good care of miss. Miss is cold and doesn't look good on her face. The imperial doctor also said that Miss Qi and blood are lost. I have to boil some red jujube Soup for miss.”
Xue ronghua picked up some candied fruits, relieved the bitter feeling in his mouth, nodded and said, ”what you said is, I will drink all the red jujube soup you made.”