Chapter 405: The Stunning Flower Demon in the Palace Fighting Novel (18)

Su Yu looked at her strangely, as if she didn't understand why she needed to be thanked for such a small thing?

Xue Chuyue quietly changed the subject: "The Wanshou Festival will be here soon. Lady Su, have you thought about what gift to prepare for His Majesty?"

"Longevity Festival?"

Su Yu was stunned for a moment before she realized what Wanshou Festival was.

Throughout the dynasties, the emperor’s birthday was designated as the Wanshou Festival, and the whole country celebrated it. Xiao Yan’s birthday was in... half a month?

It was just when she was planning to run away.

Su Yu coughed lightly and asked, "What gift did Concubine Xue prepare?"

When the emperor celebrates his birthday, he naturally has to entertain all his ministers, and the court and the harem will enjoy the fun together. Speaking of birthday banquets, Su Yu triggered the keywords and thought of an incident that happened in the original plot.

The previous emperor had few children, but Xiao Yan was not the only child. In the end, it was Xiao Yan who sat on the throne, a deposed crown prince who had been deposed for ten years, and many people were dissatisfied with him.

Especially those brothers who were originally expected to sit on the throne.

On the day of the Wanshou Festival, they arranged for assassins to sneak into the palace banquet and attack during the dance, with swords pointing directly at Xiao Yan. The incident happened suddenly and many people were unable to react.

It was the heroine who stepped forward and blocked the sword for Xiao Yan.

Su Yu's eyes lit up and rolled around. She had no intention of stealing the heroine's spotlight, but suddenly thought of a possibility.

The palace banquet was in chaos and Xiao Yan was unable to take care of himself, so she could have taken that opportunity to sneak out of the palace.

At that time, the sky will be high for birds to fly, the sea will be wide for fish to leap, and you can hide in the deep mountains and old forests. Why worry about not escaping?

Xue Chuyue answered truthfully: "Your Majesty is the master of the world, and I'm afraid that the things in my hand will not be appreciated by your Majesty. So I thought of embroidering a longevity picture myself to present to your Majesty as a token of my appreciation."

In fact, the Wanshou picture is more suitable, but it takes too long and there is no time.

Qiuyu was anxious. How could such an important thing as a gift be mentioned casually?

"A picture of a hundred years of longevity?" Su Yu shook her head. "I can't do that. I can't even embroider a handkerchief."

You can’t even embroider a handkerchief?

Xue Chuyue was surprised: "Didn't Su Mei learn embroidery at home?"

In the capital, any family with a little money would let their daughters learn embroidery, just like learning to read and write. Only the really poor families would...

Xue Chuyue suddenly remembered that before Su Yu was conferred the title of Beauty, she was just a second-class tea-serving maid in the Zichen Palace.

Su Yu admitted generously: "I haven't learned it."

Xue Chuyue looked at him with sympathy: "It's nothing. Your Majesty favors Lady Su, so it doesn't matter if she can't embroider."

Su Yu felt the same way.

"But I can grow flowers, so I can send flowers to Your Majesty."

Qiu Yu, who was standing behind Xue Chuyue, twitched her lips. Let's not talk about embroidering words or sending flowers for now. The two of you are discussing gifts with each other so openly without any vigilance. Aren't you afraid of problems?

We have arrived at Changle Palace.

Xue Chuyue bowed slightly and said, "Go slowly, Lady Su."

Looking at Su Yu's back, Xue Chuyue said softly: "Lady Su has a good temper, no wonder His Majesty dotes on her."

Qiu Yu finally found an opportunity to speak: "Your Majesty, you shouldn't have mentioned the gift you prepared just now. If Lady Su tries to trip you up, you'll regret it."

Xue Chuyue stopped her from saying anything else with a look: "Walls have ears."

Dongxue also pulled Qiuyu and asked her to speak more quietly.

"Let's go. It's time to go back and embroider the longevity picture." Xue Chuyue walked out of the Changle Palace.

Dong Xue observed Xue Chuyue's expression and continued what she said before: "My lady, I think Lady Su has a simple personality and doesn't seem like a bad person."

At least compared with Shu Guifei and others, he doesn't seem like a bad person.

Xue Chuyue smiled and said, "I hope so."

…

At night, Xiao Yan came as promised, and was entangled by Su Yu as soon as he entered the inner hall.

"I have been waiting for Your Majesty for a long time."

Su Yu hooked Xiao Yan's belt sadly and walked towards the bed, but was pulled back by Xiao Yan with a sullen face.

"Su Yu, can you think of something else all day long?"

Every time Xiao Yan came to Changle Palace, it wouldn't take long for Su Yu to find all kinds of excuses to take him to bed. Later on, she simply stopped finding excuses and just pulled him to take off his clothes.

In a trance, Xiao Yan had an illusion that he came to Changle Palace just to have sex with Su Yu, or he came here on his own initiative.

Ridiculous, he is the emperor, not a prostitute in a brothel.

Su Yu was pulled back unwillingly: "Your Majesty, have you had dinner yet?"

“No.”

It seems that there will be no possibility of friendly physical communication in the short term.

Su Yu lowered her eyes in disappointment: "Then I will accompany Your Majesty for dinner."

Su Yu had already had dinner, but since she was with Xiao Yan, she still ate a little.

They would be able to leave the palace in about ten days, so Su Yu asked about the progress of the mission.

The system brought up the progress bar and saw: [40 percent.]

Just a little bit more.

Su Yu was already very satisfied that she could achieve such high progress just by sleeping.

Before abandoning Xiao Yan, refresh the progress bar to 50%, then run.

There is no need to worry about the other half of the task. When Xiao Yan knows her identity in the future and knows that she approached him for the dragon energy, the task will naturally be accomplished.

There is a grove of weeping apricot trees in the backyard of Changle Palace.

It is April, and apricot flowers are in full bloom. The pink and white apricot flowers hang down from the branches and can be reached with just a stretch of the hand. The small flowers are connected together, creating a picturesque scene.

The two of them took a walk to digest their food, while Fu'an and other palace maids and eunuchs stood far away outside the woods waiting.

"This flower blooms in an interesting way. Other flowers try their best to grow taller, but this one grows shorter."

Xiao Yan praised other flowers.

Su Yu hugged Xiao Yan's arm and said, "Your Majesty, do you think this flower is beautiful? Compared with the poppy in front of my courtyard, which one is more beautiful?"

Xiao Yan twitched his arm, but it didn't move: "Su Yu, stand up straight, you can't walk without me?"

"No, I just want to lean on Your Majesty." Su Yu hugged him tighter and urged, "Your Majesty hasn't answered me yet."

Xiao Yan frowned: "You are a concubine now, not a palace maid, you should be dignified and steady."

Xiao Yan wanted to raise Su Yu's position, but he was afraid that she was not calm enough and might cause trouble.

Hearing the change in Xiao Yan's voice, Su Yu slowly stood up and bit her lip nervously: "Your Majesty, do you dislike me?"

Xiao Yan didn't say anything.

After a long while, he finally spoke: "I'll ask a nanny to teach you the rules. I don't ask you to be well-educated, but at least you can be more dignified in front of others."

The implication is that if we cannot be well-educated and well-mannered, it is acceptable as long as we appear to be good in appearance.

It’s certain that he just dislikes himself.

Su Yu let go of her hand and stared at Xiao Yan, her eyes gradually turning red and tears welling up: "Your Majesty, do you think I am not dignified and steady enough?"

Xiao Yan: "That's not what I meant..."

"You are it." Su Yu held back her tears and said aggrievedly, "There are many people in the harem who are more dignified and steady than me. If Your Majesty dislikes me, go find someone else."

Xiao Yan frowned: "Su Yu, don't be unreasonable."

"I am not being unreasonable. If Your Majesty doesn't like me and thinks I am shameful, just go find someone else. But if Your Majesty finds someone else, you must never set foot in my Changle Palace again." Su Yu pushed him away and ran into the depths of the apricot forest, wiping her tears.

Xiao Yan stood there with a sullen face, not moving.

【Task completion rate, 43 percent.】

Running deep into the apricot forest, Su Yu slowly stopped and slowly wiped away her tears. Was there any trace of sadness on her face?

Sure enough, sleeping alone would not fill up the progress bar. I still had to make some noise to make Xiao Yan realize his true feelings.