emperor cold concubine

Chapter 90

After resting in his own palace for an hour, making up for the interrupted lunch break before, when she appeared in the royal study in a full dress, the empress's face looked glamorous and noble as usual.

The emperor is in poor health all year round, and it is not uncommon in the palace. According to the usual practice, the emperor will have two fixed lunch breaks every day after lunch. There was an unexpected situation, and it was time to wake up after the lunch break to review the memorial.

The dragon's body is weak, and it seems that it is relatively less courageous. Since Zi Yu, the commander of the imperial guards, entered the palace on duty, the emperor required that the commander Zi Yu must guard the outside of the imperial study room during the lunch break every day, so that he could sleep peacefully. Naturally, this deep Get the Queen's mind.

Because both she and Murong Ting knew that Zi Yu, the supreme commander of the imperial guards, was directly subordinate to Feng Wang Cang Fengqi.

Not surprisingly, I saw Commander Zi, who was dressed in black all the year round, standing straight outside the door of the imperial study, his tall and straight figure seemed to be as unshakable as a mountain forever.

Seeing the queen and the tall maid holding a silver tray behind her, he cupped his fists slightly expressionlessly, and bowed in salute: "See empress."

It is said that this person was born in a poor family, and was favored by the Phoenix King because of his rare martial arts, and then he was reused.However, every time she saw him, the noble empress inevitably wanted to frown. Except for the emperor, no one in the palace knelt respectfully and kowtowed and saluted tremblingly when she saw her. Only this man, He never knew what it meant to bend his knees, bowed his body slightly, and lightly clasped his fists in an attempt to perfunctory. He thought this palace was a world?
For a person from a poor family, this temperament is a bit too arrogant.

Suppressing the displeasure in her heart, the queen nodded lightly, for the sake of King Feng, she didn't want to argue with him for the time being, besides, there were more important things than his rudeness that deserved her attention.

When King Feng returns to the court, he must teach his subordinates what court etiquette is, and what is meant by superiority and inferiority.

Pushing open the door of the imperial study room, what came into view was rows of huge bookshelves. The queen turned her eyes slightly, and all the furnishings in the spacious study room were clear at a glance. The emperor's study room for dealing with political affairs was naturally much larger than the study rooms of ordinary officials, because There are no partitions such as screens, so the only way to distinguish the indoor and outdoor rooms is to look at the positions of the bookshelves and the imperial case.

I have been here countless times, and the queen can know where the emperor's imperial case is with her eyes closed. She also knows that His Majesty the emperor is sitting behind the imperial case, dutifully reviewing the memorials that have already been determined. Although in fact, It doesn't matter whether he approves or not, it's just self-deception to maintain the final dignity of the emperor.

Leading the maid to the case, motioning her to put the medicinal food on the case, the queen stared at the familiar pale and weak face behind the case, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty has worked hard, my concubine brought the emperor a body-replenishing medicine." Medicinal food, Your Majesty, please rest for a while."

The middle-aged man who buried his head in piles of memorials raised his head, his eyes were dim and lifeless, his face was pale and haggard, he had obviously been ill for more than a day or two, he glanced at her indifferently, then lowered his eyes and continued to browse meaninglessly A notebook.

"Why is the queen coming over here when you have time?" The voice of indifferent inquiry sounded not only weak, but also emotionless.

Their husband and wife for more than 20 years have long been inseparable. As early as when the power was emptied, they were no longer a real husband and wife. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that they were enemies.

They both knew each other well, so there was no need for them to make any more detours. They slightly raised their hands and signaled the maid behind them to step back. After the sound of the door opening and closing disappeared, the queen said lightly: "The emperor takes care of everything every day, so you should cherish it." Long Ti, this bowl of black-bone chicken soup is carefully brewed with several kinds of precious medicinal materials, which is very beneficial to the emperor's health, why don't you try it first?"

"How many kinds of precious medicinal herbs?" The emperor asked indifferently without raising his head, "Which kinds? But there is one called Xuejianshou, Fushoucao?"

Blood sees sorrow, Elderberry is not highly poisonous, people who eat it lightly will die, only dizzy, and the body is exhausted day by day.

The queen's complexion changed, and she said coldly: "What does the emperor mean?"

"It's nothing." After saying this lightly, the emperor's face seemed to turn pale again, and he coughed twice, but felt that the itching in his throat became more and more unbearable. mouth, but couldn't control the uncontrollable violent coughing, which sounded a bit heart-piercing and frightening.

The queen looked on coldly, and didn't mean to extend her hand to help, but just asked without emotion: "Your Majesty, do you want your concubine to announce the imperial physician?"

"Cough cough, no...no need, cough cough! Cough—cough cough cough..."

The heart-piercing cough lasted for almost a cup of tea, the queen looked on indifferently, but the two outside the door frowned and the corners of their mouths twitched.

The pale face that had been coughing all the time was stained with an abnormal blush, and the severe coughing gradually eased. The emperor took off the handkerchief, squeezed it tightly in his hand, and put it back into the sleeve calmly. The queen caught a glimpse of it, The corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch. On the bright yellow handkerchief, there was a bright and dazzling red, like plum blossoms blooming in February.

The corner of the indifferent mouth slowly raised an arc with deep meaning.

The emperor didn't seem to notice the queen's strangeness, took the silver bowl containing the medicinal food, and ate it slowly and gracefully with the silver spoon.

Are you deliberately using silver bowls and silver spoons to prove that the medicinal food is non-toxic? The emperor thought to himself, there are still many medicines in this world that cannot be detected by silver utensils but can cause great harm to the body. Therefore, such proofs are meaningless.

Standing in front of the royal case, the empress always upheld the respect and respect of a concubine, and said in a calm tone: "The emperor's physical condition seems to have become more and more serious recently."

The emperor nodded indifferently, so what?
"It's time to register as a crown prince."

The emperor still lowered his head slightly, finished all the edible food in the silver bowl, pushed the bowl aside, wiped the corners of his mouth, and then said slowly: "Didn't the prince stand up a long time ago?"

The queen was startled, and then slowly narrowed her eyes: "When did the emperor establish the crown prince? Who did he establish? Why doesn't the concubine know?"

Regarding her vague questioning tone, the emperor pretended not to know, coughed a few times in a low voice, and then said in a slightly hoarse voice: "The phoenix is ​​the phoenix, the phoenix lives, the queen is the mother of the country, and the Cangyue royal family has only Only the crown prince can be named Phoenix King, these years, I thought the queen must know about it."

She must know? May I ask, has anyone ever told her?"

Feng Qi, Feng Wang, she had boldly guessed the meaning of it, but in the end, she felt that there was no real imperial decree to make people feel at ease.

"Then," she said slowly, her sharp eyes staring at the extremely weak man opposite her, her husband who has been justified for more than 20 years, and the master of the world, "Why hasn't the emperor issued an edict to establish a crown prince? ?”

"The imperial edict has already been drawn up, but, cough cough!" The emperor seemed to be a little out of spirits, coughed intermittently, and said with a wry smile: "As early as many years ago, the imperial jade seal was lost from the palace."

(End of this chapter)