Chapter 36 Due Diligence
It was already midnight when Si Ningchi woke up.

This time, she fell asleep limply, her whole body seemed to be unable to exert all her energy, her mouth still had a faint taste of bitter medicine, and her throat was a little dry. .

There was the sound of flipping through papers, and Si Ningchi turned his head and saw the back of Zhao Zongheng sitting under the dim candle. Stacked, nodding his head drowsily.

Not knowing what he saw, he closed the booklet heavily, and Wang Chengxiang was so frightened that he opened his eyes in a jerk.

Zhao Zongheng held the booklet for a while, and finally put it back on the table gently.

Si Ningchi laughed out loud at the way he was obviously holding back his breath but didn't let it out.

"Are you awake?" Zhao Zongheng turned around when he heard the words, raised his eyebrows and looked at Si Ningchi, who was lying on the bedside and smiling, for some reason, his heart that had been bored all day suddenly softened.

"You're so sick, can you still laugh?" Zhao Zongheng got up and walked over, looking at the woman who was smiling with her head up, her skin was fair and supple without makeup, her sleeves were rolled up a little, and she still had a smile on her face. She looked a little lazy and charming just waking up.

Zhao Zongheng sat down by the bed, reached out and touched her forehead: "Well, the fever has subsided."

Si Ning Chi closed his eyes, looked at him up and down and asked, "How long has the Emperor been here?"

Zhao Zongheng stared at her without saying a word, and the smile in Si Ningchi's eyes became even wider: "The emperor is here to take care of his concubine all day, right?"

"..." Zhao Zongheng turned his face away.

"Isn't it!" Wang Chengxiang said happily: "In order to take care of the empress, the emperor brought all the papers to Fengwu Palace for review!"

Si Ningchi looked at the scattered memorials on the table, smiled, moved his body and leaned towards Zhao Zongheng actively, looked at Zhao Zongheng with a soft smile and said: "The concubine is actually I don't know, the emperor loves his concubines so much?"

Zhao Zongheng's expression was slightly stiff, the tip of his nose seemed to have a somewhat sweet scent wafting by, the woman looking up at him had a beautiful face, her phoenix eyes were light and captivating with a somewhat seductive smile, the close distance made him a little of not adapting.

"You are the queen, I should care about you." Zhao Zongheng said very calmly with a sullen face.

"Oh..." Si Ningchi blinked and said: "So, the emperor's care for his concubines is only because of the identity of the empress, not personal affection?"

"That's fine, the concubine will definitely be a good queen." Si Ningchi breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled as if he had relaxed a bit: "Since I have accepted the emperor's love today, if the emperor meets you in the future For those who truly love each other, the concubines are willing to give up the position of queen."

"..."

Zhao Zongheng was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Si Ningchi.

Si Ningchi said very briskly and casually: "I only hope that the emperor will let his concubines free in the future."

"Before that, the ministers and concubines will definitely do their duty and solve the emperor's problems." Si Ningchi thought that he was already very magnanimous and considerate. You must know that there are so many concubines in the harem, but none of them are kind!

She is risking her life to be a queen, it's not easy!
Zhao Zongheng moved his fingers, "I don't have a woman I like, and I won't have one."

Si Ningchi waved his hand: "It's not about now."

"Maybe there will be in the future!" Si Ningchi stretched his waist, looked at Zhao Zongheng with a smile and said: "The emperor is so handsome and outstanding, he will definitely find a lover."

"Oh."

"It's up to you." Zhao Zongheng stood up, straightened his cuffs and said, "Since the queen is fine, she should take good care of her illness."

Zhao Zongheng raised his hand to beckon Wang Chengxiang to accept the note and left.

Wang Chengxiang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his legs were so frightened that his legs went limp, his mind was filled with shock, is the empress sick and confused?

How dare you say such outrageous words to the emperor!
The strange thing is that the emperor didn't seem to respond, as if he was persuaded?

Wang Chengxiang hurriedly followed Zhao Zongheng out with a bunch of booklets in his arms.

Zhao Zongheng sat on the dragon chariot, looking straight at the dark palace road in the distance, his face was as calm as ever, his deep eyes were ancient well without waves, even if you are blind, you can't see it. Show the slightest emotion of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the virtuous concubine has sent you the roster of selected girls. Would you like to see it?" Wang Chengxiang was worried, but he didn't dare to ask for fear of offending the Emperor, so he talked about other things instead.

"Send it to the queen." Zhao Zongheng said casually.

"Yes..." Wang Chengxiang just responded.

"Wait." Zhao Zongheng suddenly frowned and stopped her, pursed his lips and said, "The empress has not recovered from her illness, so there is no need to send her away."

"Then?" Wang Chengxiang was confused while holding the brochure.

"You don't need to read it, let's leave it at that." Zhao Zongheng didn't seem to have any interest in looking through it, so he waved his hand and made the final decision.

After the palace selection, it was quiet for a long time, Si Ningchi was still ill and had never received anyone, and the emperor had never set foot in the harem, let alone summoned the new ladies who entered the palace.

Even the arrangements for the position of the draft girls were made with the assistance of Concubine Xian and Concubine Rong. When it was reported to the emperor and queen, neither of them made a decision directly. More than a dozen people, not too many and not too few.

As early summer gradually entered, and the weather became hotter, Si Ningchi's illness was almost healed.

Su Yongde was beaten and couldn't get out of bed for several days.

How can the queen be incompetent to serve her?
Shen Ting happened to be sent to Fengwu Palace at this time, after being disciplined by the eunuchs, he was naturally sent to the queen.

"Slave pays respects to the empress." Shen Ting knelt in front of Si Ningchi, his figure seemed to be a little stronger, and he was wearing a eunuch's costume and knelt very standard.

"It seems that the Supervisor of Rites is a place to raise people." Si Ningchi looked down at Shen Ting and said, "Raise your head."

Shen Ting tensed his body and slowly raised his head. The scars on his face were deeper, ruining his handsome face. His brows were high and sharp, but his eyes were a bit dark. Si Ningchi looked at him, but the hand he was holding was covered in sweat.

Si Ningchi withdrew his eyes, waved his hands casually and said, "Well, stay here."

Shen Ting's heart relaxed, and he leaned over and kowtowed: "My servant, I thank the empress for her kindness."

Perhaps it was due to his birth defect, his voice was not shrill, but had a male-specific magnetism on it. If he wasn't wearing this eunuch clothes, no one would be able to tell that he was an eunuch.

"You will live here from now on." Suyun took Shen Ting to the residence, pointed to the side with a smile, and said, "Su Yongde lives next door to you, if you have anything you don't understand, ask him, he suffered an accident a few days ago." The board is still lying on the bed, you don't need to bother it these two days."

(End of this chapter)

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