Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 90
When I woke up, it was late and the room was dark.Su Xi's mouth was dry, and she only ate spicy food in the morning, so her throat was very uncomfortable at the moment.She wanted to open her mouth to ask someone to pour her a glass of water, but she couldn't make a sound, so she had to throw off the quilt and get out of bed.Unexpectedly, he just stood up, and before he could stand still, his body softened and he fell on the pedals.

Su Xi snorted lightly, and her butt hurt from the fall.She had a splitting headache, she didn't care to rub it, she wanted to help the three bent legs on the bed to stand up.

Outside the house, the rain was gradually decreasing, from pouring rain to light rain.It had been raining for a full day, and there were many puddles of various sizes in the yard.

Wei Yan came back from the outside with an umbrella in his hand. He walked up the corridor and handed the double-ring oil-paper umbrella to Li Hong who was behind him. Seeing that Su Xi's maids were standing outside, he asked, "Madam? Why don't you come in to serve her?" ?”

Ting Li bent her knees and said: "My lord, my wife is resting in the room, the servants are not to disturb my wife's quietness."

Wei Yan asked, "When did you sleep?"

Ting Li thought for a while and said, "Madam has been resting since noon."

Ting Li is on duty today, Ting Li is young after all, she is not as thoughtful as Ting Yan and Ting He when she thinks about things.She thought that Su Xi had fallen asleep, so she didn't go into the room to disturb her, even if Su Xi had been sleeping until now, she didn't think much about it, she just thought it was Su Xi who was too tired a few days ago and only slept for so long now.

Wei Wei frowned slightly. How long has it been since he slept at noon?Even if you are tired, you shouldn't sleep for so long.He was about to walk into the house when he heard the sound of something breaking suddenly, his expression froze, and he strode into the inner room.

Behind the twelve red sandalwood painted bamboo rhyme screens, I saw Su Xi slumped among a pile of broken porcelain, wearing only an apricot white thin shirt, her black hair draped over her shoulders, her face pale, and her eyes Hydra, a very helpless look.She looked up and saw Wei Feng walking in, she opened her mouth and said, "... I didn't mean to."

Like a child who admits mistakes.

Wei Yan lowered his eyes and saw that the palm of her left hand was cut by debris, and the blood red was extremely glaring.His face changed, and he hurried forward to pick her up from the ground, touching her body temperature through the thin shirt, he frowned: "Why are you so hot?"

As soon as Su Xi was in his arms, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief. She didn't care about getting her hands scratched, and burrowed into his arms, her forehead pressed against his chest, and said pitifully, "It's hard. Cousin Tingzhou , I want to drink water."

Wei Yan put her on the bed, turned around and said with a cold face: "Madam is burnt like this, what have you all been doing?"

Ting Li was already frightened and froze.She thought the girl was just sleeping, but unexpectedly something happened almost to her.She hurriedly "thumped" and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "It's all slaves who didn't take good care of me, my son forgive me..."

Wei Feng didn't look at her, and called Xueqing and Xuezhu, one went to pour water, and the other went to invite Zhou Zhongxian, the doctor of the Jin Palace.

Before the doctor came, Wei Yan took Su Xi's scratched left hand, gently wiped off the blood on it with a handkerchief, and then bandaged her with medicine.He touched her forehead, it was extremely hot, and his complexion became more and more bad. He asked the maid in the room: "Where did Madam go today?"

Ting Li said: "After Madam went to Ji'an Hall to pay her respects in the morning, she never went to other places."

Just at this time Xueqing came with tea.Wei Yan helped Su Xi up from the bed, let her lean in his arms, took the teacup from Xueqing's hand, fed it to her mouth himself, and coaxed her in a low voice, "Youyou, come, drink some water."

Su Xi's cheeks were flushed from the burn, she slowly raised her thick eyelashes, and finished drinking a glass of water in Wei Yan's hand.She rubbed against his arms uncomfortably, the breath she exhaled was hot and stuffy, and she whispered, "I still want to drink."

Wei Yan asked Xueqing to pour another glass of water.

After Su Xi drank the water, she felt better.Not long after, Dr. Zhou Zhongxian came over, took her pulse, and said: "My lord, Mrs. Shizi's body is caused by the cold air invading her body, coupled with improper diet, which leads to the cold and fever. After a while, the old man prescribed Xin Wen For the prescription to relieve the appearance, it will be fine after boiling for Madam to eat twice."

Wei Yan put Su Xi's wrist back under the quilt, looked at Zhou Zhongxian, "What's the matter with improper diet?"

Zhou Zhongxian pondered for a moment, then said: "I don't know what Madam has eaten today?"

The listening goose heard that Su Xi had fallen ill, so he hurried over from the back room.She was the one who accompanied Su Xi this morning, so she naturally knew what was going on, so she knelt down in front of her and told Wei Wei about today's ins and outs. "... Madam said she wanted to rest after she came back. It's all the servant's fault. The servant should not have let Madam get wet in the rain, let alone be careless and not take good care of Madam."

After listening to that, Doctor Zhou said: "If Madam seldom eats spicy food, if she accidentally eats it today, and it is raining, it may cause the disease." Then he ordered the medicine boy to bring a pen and paper, Go aside and write down the prescription.

After a while, Wei Yan said: "When madam comes back from the rain, what about the people in Ji'an Hall?"

Ting Yan bowed his head and said, "I didn't see anyone coming out."

Wei Yan didn't say a word, his face sank like water.Yuan Shi could indeed do such a thing, but he didn't expect that it was only the first day, and she couldn't wait to show Su Xi off.Only Su Xi, a little fool, was willing to endure this kind of grievance for him.

From the very beginning, Wei Yan had expected this kind of thing to happen, so he proposed that Su Xi not have to go to Ji'an Hall every morning and evening.But Su Xi insisted, so he let her go.He knew that she didn't want to make things difficult for others, and she also wanted to do what a daughter-in-law should do. He didn't want to win her over, but he didn't expect Yuan Shi to be so ignorant.On the first day, Please Ann let his precious lump come back in the rain.

With a heavy complexion, Wei Yan sat on the edge of the bed, raised his hand and lightly touched Su Xi's forehead, it was still as hot as before.He frowned, went to the side and wet the veil over her forehead, and asked outside in a low voice: "Is the medicine ready?"

Not long after, Xueqing came in with the medicine and said, "Master, the medicine is here."

Wei Yan took the medicine bowl, scooped up a spoonful of it, let it cool down, and put it near Su Xi's mouth.

Su Xi was afraid of suffering since she was a child, and she refused to take medicine obediently. She only took one sip and refused to drink any more.No matter how Wei Yan tried to persuade her, she kept her mouth tightly shut, shook her head and said, "Bitter..."

Wei Yan had nothing to do with her, and he couldn't really indulge her not to drink medicine.I had no choice but to take a sip by myself first, then leaned over while pinching her chin, bit her soft lips, and sent the medicine juice into her mouth little by little.

Xue Qing beside the bed was shocked, it was the first time she had seen Shizi taking care of someone so considerately.

bitter.Su Xi's small face was wrinkled like a steamed stuffed bun, and she was delirious from the fever. She only felt that there was something very annoying in her mouth, and she kept sending medicine into her mouth.She subconsciously refused, but instead of succeeding, she was fed several mouthfuls, and finally the bitterness made the tip of her tongue numb, and the soft thing swiped around her mouth before letting her go.

After a while, Wei Yan put a piece of caramel into her mouth.She smacked her lips, and slowly relaxed her frown.

After drinking the medicine, Su Xi fell asleep again.

This sleep lasted until the next morning, and finally his forehead was not hot, but his body was still a little limp.Su Xi sat up from the bed, looked at the sky outside, it was already bright.I suddenly remembered that I had to go to Ji'an Hall to pay my respects. I wonder if it will be the end of the day?

She pulled her embroidered shoes and stood up, just as Wei Yan came in from outside the house after punching, saw her hurried face, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Xi can't remember what happened yesterday, but she only remembers that she seemed to have a fever, and then Wei Yan came back and asked the doctor to give her medicine.She murmured for a while, and said a little hesitantly: "I haven't gone to Ji'antang to pay my respects..."

Wei Yan's complexion remained unchanged, he walked up to her, touched her forehead, and said, "You don't have to go, have breakfast with me first." It was still a little hot, and he asked Xueqing to bring up the medicine that had just been fried .

Don't have to go?Su Xi blinked uncertainly, did she hear wrong or Wei Yan said wrong?She wanted to ask what was going on, but Wei Feng calmly went to the clean room to take a shower and change clothes. She didn't know, so she had to go to wash first.

When Wei Feng came out, she said, "Did you ask Princess Jin for leave for me?"

Wei Yan sat behind the table and said, "No."

"Then why did you tell me not to go..." Su Xi was a little anxious, she said yesterday that she would go there early today, and it's almost past time now, so it must be too late.She pouted and complained, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Wei Yan took her hand and let her sit beside him, bowed his head and gave her a long kiss, and blocked her little mouth.

Sure enough, Su Xi stopped talking.

Wei Yan scooped up a bowl of clear porridge and put it in front of her, saying, "Have breakfast first, and drink the medicine later."

Su Xi buried her head in the porridge.After finishing the porridge, she drank another bowl of medicine. Originally, she was impatient to drink the medicine, but when she remembered the way Wei Yan fed the medicine yesterday, she saw several maidservants standing in the room, so she obediently drank the medicine with the medicine bowl It's over.

This end, Ji'antang.

Princess Yuan of Jin waited for a long time for Su Xi to pass by, her face became more and more ugly, and she said: "It's only the second day, and I have learned not to come to pay my respects. Mother Gu, go to Yunjin Zhai and ask what's going on. Does she still care about me?"

Gu Momo nodded yes, and went to Yunjinzhai.

Not long after, he went back and tucked his hands in his hands and said: "Princess Qi, I heard from the servants of Yunjinzhai that Mrs. Shizi was ill yesterday and had a severe fever. She still hasn't recovered this morning."

Princess Jin Yuan's face didn't have many surprises. The rain yesterday was sudden and the cold was severe. Su Xi was drenched in the rain, and it was inevitable to catch the wind and cold.She put down the teacup and said: "Since you are sick, why don't you come and ask me for leave?"

Gu Momo hesitated for a moment, and said: "The son of the world said that you are clear in your heart, there is no need to ask for leave."

Princess Jin's complexion changed, "Presumptuous! What does he mean by that?"

Gu Nanny hung her head and remained silent.

Wei Zhaozhao, who was wearing a light plum-colored skirt at the back, came over and made Yuan Shi feel good, and said as a matter of course: "Do you want to use it? Mom, it must be that sister-in-law doesn't want to come to greet you. I told my elder brother in private, and my elder brother agreed." That’s why I told you so after leaving her.”

After Yuan's anger passed, her complexion quickly returned to normal, she was still the high concubine of Jin, and said: "Since she is not feeling well, let her rest for two days. Gu Nai went over and said, wait until the body recovers." Let her come and say hello."

Gu Nai followed her advice and left.

Three days later, there was still no sign of Su Xi in Ji'an Hall.Concubine Yuan Shi of Jin glanced at the people in the room, only the side concubine Dong Shi and daughter-in-law Liao Shi, she said: "Is the son-in-law's illness still cured?"

Liao smiled and said: "Yesterday my daughter-in-law saw my sister-in-law taking a walk in the backyard, so she must be doing well."

Since he recovered from his illness, it would be unreasonable not to go to Ji'antang to pay his respects.Su Xi thought the same way. It's fine if she didn't go a few days ago. It can be said that the cold has not healed, but now that she has recovered, if she doesn't go to pay her respects, is it not a violation of filial piety?
She wanted to go this morning, but was stopped by Wei Yan.Wei Yan said: "In the future, you don't have to go to pay your respects."

Su Xi was surprised and puzzled: "Why?"

Wei Yan hugged her on his lap, pinched her tender little face, after these few days, she finally looked a little better. "Don't you think it's too early? Wouldn't it be just right?"

Su Xi said: "It's good...but..."

Although Su Xi has a simple mind, she still thinks about what should be thought about.For example, the current emperor's wish to establish a crown prince, even though he knew that Emperor Zhaoyuan would establish Weifeng in the future, but if her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not get along well and spread a reputation of being unfilial, it would be a disadvantage to him.She didn't want to cause Wei Yan any trouble because of herself.

Wei Feng didn't know what was going on in her little head, so he just patted her head and said, "It's nothing, as long as you live in Yunjinzhai with peace of mind."

They could hold their breath here, but Ji'antang couldn't.Jin Princess Yuan came to Yunjinzhai that day, followed by Nanny Gu and Liao. Seeing Su Xi playing with a pot of black chrysanthemums in the yard, she said sarcastically, "A good daughter taught by the Su family will not be married for seven or eight days. I know how to greet the elders. I was sick a while ago, what happened today? Could it be that there are no elders in the Su family, and no one taught you to be calm in the morning and evening?"

The maid at the door didn't have time to pass on the message, and Yuan Shi deliberately blocked it, so Su Xi didn't know until they got to the front.

Su Xi paused slightly.Yuan Shi's words are enough. Isn't this just cursing Su Xi's elders?She frowned, no matter how good a person is, he has a temper. "Is it a good upbringing for mother to speak like this?"

Yuan Shi was furious, "You..."

"I didn't let her go." It just so happened that Wei Feng didn't go out today, but walked out of the house, and said calmly.

Wei Yan walked up behind Su Xi, took the watering pot in her hand, looked at Yuan Shi and said, "Your health is not good, so it's not advisable to get up too early every day. Since the princess has someone to take care of her, she will be careful in the morning and evening." It’s okay if you don’t go when you’re young.”

Yuan Shi said: "Who said this? Unless she is not my daughter-in-law, morning and evening peace is indispensable."

Wei Yan was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "What if His Majesty meant it?"

Yuan Shi was startled, thinking that she had heard wrongly, "What?"

Even Su Xi who was on the side was also startled.How did you get involved with His Majesty?Your Majesty has so many things to do every day, why not take care of their housework?

Then Wei Yan ordered Li Hong to go to his study.Not long after, Li Hong held a red sandalwood gold-painted dragon pattern square box in his hand, and handed it to Wei Feng.Wei Feng didn't answer, glanced at Yuan Shi on the opposite side and said, "Show it to the princess."

Yuan Shi took the box from Li Hong's hand suspiciously, a large part of her heart didn't believe it, she only thought that Wei Yan was playing tricks.Will His Majesty give him an imperial decree so that Su Xi doesn't have to pay his respects in the future?There was a slight smile on her lips, a little sarcastic, but when she opened the box and saw the contents on the yellow silk inside, she couldn't smile anymore.

Inside is a decree.

Below the edict is the jade seal of Emperor Zhaoyuan.

Yuan unfolded the imperial decree and saw the contents above——

"The surname of Wei is Su's Dun Mu Wenxian, benevolent and virtuous..." Yuan Shi held the jade scroll, and after reading the last sentence, her face froze fiercely.It said: "Specially appointed as the wife of Erpin County, Shifeng Yihu."

(End of this chapter)