The emperor's dragon palanquin hurriedly went to Cuixiu Garden. When Sun Houjun heard that His Majesty had gone to Cuixiu Garden again, he narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly, "Shen Meiyue, I will watch you carefully and see how long you can be favored!"
In this harem, the most honorable person should be him, Sun Yulin. What is a lowly Shen Meiyue! The
reason why Sun Houjun didn't put Shen Meiyue to death was that Shen Meiyue had been in the palace for many years and had no place to go. If his belly also gave birth to a prince, Sun Houjun would definitely not tolerate Shen Meiyue until now.
"Your Majesty, drive here!" "Long live the emperor..."
As soon as His Majesty's dragon palanquin arrived, Cuixiu Garden was full of servants kneeling on the ground from outside to inside.
"My Lord, His Majesty is here."
"Well, go out." As if he had known that His Majesty would come to him for the morning court, Shen Guijun dressed up early and waited for His Majesty's arrival.
Shen Guijun was wearing a red light-colored gauze dress, with layers of light gauze stacked on top of each other. His delicate face was painted with a little rouge pink. His hair was tied up and inserted into a jade swing, which swayed as he walked. When he smiled, there was an indescribable charm in the corners of his eyes.
There was no noble man or beauty in this palace who was not beautiful. Each beauty had their own unique beauty. But people have different fates. Not all beauties can receive His Majesty's favor. Some beauties enter the palace and never have the chance to see His Majesty, let alone receive His Majesty's favor.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live Your Majesty." Shen Guijun walked to His Majesty with lotus steps and saluted.
"My beloved concubine, there is no need to be so polite. Get up. Let me massage you." The gloom on his face eased a little when he came to Cuixiu Garden. The headache made Emperor Yongkang frown all the time.
As soon as he saw the look on His Majesty's face, Shen Guijun knew that His Majesty's old illness had come back. He hurriedly helped the man lie down on the upper half of the couch and ordered the servant to go to the incense burner to light the calming incense. He half-knelt beside His Majesty, took the handkerchief handed to him by the servant, wiped his hands, and then put it on His Majesty's temples and gently massaged them, asking, "Your Majesty, is this better?"
In doing these things, Shen Guijun was more meticulous than the servants in the palace.
"Hmm." His Majesty, with his eyes closed, hummed softly, as a response, and his tightly wrinkled brows did not relax.
The room was burning with refreshing incense, and smelling this fragrance could gradually calm people's minds.
"Your Majesty, you have a headache. I'll ask my servant to ask Dr. Feng to come and see you, okay?" When Shen Guijun saw that His Majesty's frown had not relaxed, he knew that His Majesty was not feeling well.
Even if he didn't go to the court, he knew what the ministers were discussing in the court. This morning, the court was noisy, no wonder His Majesty had such a headache at this moment. Because the harem was not allowed to interfere in government affairs, he had never mentioned anything about the court in front of His Majesty, so he just pretended not to know.
His Majesty issued an imperial decree to confer the title of Lord on his mother, but he didn't know about it until His Majesty had drafted the decree. It was already beyond his control. This was a favor bestowed by His Majesty on him, Shen Meiyue, and the Shen family. Apart from asking for favors, Shen Meiyue was not allowed to do anything else. He could only watch the imperial decree being sent to Nanyang.
As the saying goes, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. He served the most supreme person in the world. It was his honor to receive the favor of His Majesty. After entering the palace, he truly understood the meaning of "serving the emperor is like serving a tiger". He was not afraid of going to hell alone. What he was most afraid of was that he would implicate his relatives far away in Nanyang. He just didn't know whether his relatives far away were all well. He only hoped that Gu Hong could deliver his letter to his mother as soon as possible.
After serving His Majesty for so many years, Shen Meiyue didn't know what His Majesty was thinking in his heart.
"No need." Emperor Yongkang raised his hand to stop the noble lord from inviting old doctor Feng to come over for him. If that old thing Feng Dong could cure his headache, he would not have to endure the pain now.
It was all the good ministers in the court who had caused him to be in such a mess. His head was aching so much that he said, "Go, go and invite Taoist Li over."
"Your Majesty..." Shen Guijun paused, and still said "um" softly, and ordered the servants waiting beside him to invite Taoist Li over. The
servants beside him received the order and went out.
There was a small kitchen set up in the garden. The kitchen had already asked someone to prepare rock sugar bird's nest porridge and sent it over. The little servant holding the bird's nest porridge was waiting there, and he didn't say a word. Shen Guijun took a look at the bird's nest porridge and asked, "Your Majesty, I asked someone to prepare rock sugar bird's nest porridge for you. Do you want to eat some?"
"Leave it for now." Emperor Yongkang said with his eyes closed without even opening his eyes.
Knowing that His Majesty was not feeling well, Shen Meiyue did not dare to force it. She sent a look and asked the waiter to take the bird's nest porridge and heat it up first. The waiter understood the master's intention and went downstairs with the bird's nest porridge.
The waiters waiting in the room did not make any sound and were quiet.
"Master Li is here," the palace servants shouted from outside.
"Please let Master Li in." Shen Meiyue saw His Majesty raise his hand and knew that His Majesty had allowed Master Li to come in, so he spoke.
Master Chunyin, dressed in a black Taoist robe, walked in. He had a face as white as jade, white hair and beard, and an immortal look. It was hard to tell how old he was. His feet were like the wind, and he moved from the outside to the inside of the house in a few steps. When he saw His Majesty, he did not kneel down, but bowed and saluted, and called out, "Your Majesty."
In his palm was a box.
Emperor Yongkang opened his eyes, and with the help of Shen Guijun, he sat up from his half-lying body. When he saw the box in Taoist Li's palm, a light appeared in his eyes, like a person who had been drought for a long time and finally got a good rain. Shen
Guijun glanced over, and the little servant beside him immediately stepped forward, took the box from Taoist Li's hands with both hands, and held it in front of His Majesty and his master.
Shen Guijun reached out and took it, and placed the box in front of His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, the elixir has been delivered to you. I will leave first." Taoist Master Chunyin bent her waist slightly, then stood up straight. Even in front of the most noble emperor of the Feng Dynasty, she did not show any flattery. Emperor
Yongkang opened the box in his hand, and inside was a golden elixir. He waved his hand and said, "Go down. If Taoist Master Li needs anything, please ask the servants below to deliver it to you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Taoist Master Chunyin left without even pausing.
"Yue'er, do you think there is really immortality in the world?" Emperor Yongkang looked at the golden elixir in his hand, and the expression on his face changed from calm to greedy. Who doesn't want immortality? Everyone wants to live forever, including Emperor Yongkang.
Emperor Yongkang is already old. His children have grown up. He is old, his skin has become loose, his face has wrinkles, his physical strength is not as good as before, and his body is not as good as when he was young. There are countless beauties in the harem, but even his beauties are lying in front of him, and he feels powerless. This is what most undermines his dignity as an emperor.
In the court, his princes have grown up and stared at his chair covetously. His ministers are all on the side of his princes, wanting to get his position, and looking forward to his early death so that they can divide the Feng Dynasty.
You people, don't even think about it. I want to live for thousands of years. This world belongs to me, and none of you can think about it!
Closing his eyes, Emperor Yongkang put the elixir in his hand into his mouth and swallowed it with unspeakable hatred.
"Your Majesty, you are long-lived, of course you are long-lived, as long as the heaven." Shen Guijun took the water from the little servant and fed it to His Majesty. Seeing His Majesty's throat rolling, he knew that His Majesty had swallowed the elixir.
Seeing that His Majesty was about to lie down after taking the elixir, Shen Guijun reached out to support His Majesty. Seeing that he was half lying down, he knew that His Majesty wanted him to continue massaging him, so he massaged His Majesty with his hands skillfully.
After a while, perhaps because the headache had stopped, Emperor Yongkang's eyebrows finally relaxed, and his expression became much more relaxed. Seeing that His Majesty's complexion had improved a lot, knowing that His Majesty's headache was gone after taking the elixir, Shen Guijun's nerves also relaxed, and she asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, you must be hungry. I asked the kitchen to prepare some food for you. Would you like to have some?"
"Yue'er, you just love to be busy. I have never seen you stop since I came here." Emperor Yongkang opened his eyes and saw Yue'er smiling at him tenderly. He also smiled, raised his hand, touched his Yue'er, and said, "You are the only one who still misses me."
"If Yue'er doesn't miss you, Your Majesty, then who does Yue'er miss? Yue'er naturally misses you, Your Majesty. Yue'er hopes that you are in good health. All the bad things will be borne by Yue'er. Your Majesty, you live a long life. This is what Yue'er hopes most." Shen Guijun bent his waist and leaned into His Majesty's arms, allowing His Majesty to hold him and caress his back again and again. With
his closed eyes, the tenderness and care in his eyes were also put away.
"Only Yue'er do you like me the most." Emperor Yongkang's hand went along the belt on his beloved concubine's waist and untied it.
Layers of gauze were uncovered and thrown under the bed.
The palace servants in the room lowered the curtains around them and left silently. After a while, ambiguous sounds and low moans were heard in the room, which seemed to be so touching that they could stir the heartstrings. The palace servants who
came over with the food saw the master waving his hand and took the food back along the same route.
The palace servants outside the door stood there without any expression on their faces until the sounds in the room stopped. Then the palace servants outside the room gently opened the door and walked in quietly.
Behind the curtain, Shen Guijun, who had endured the rain and dew, lay in the arms of His Majesty. Her exposed shoulders were white and smooth. The hand of Emperor Yongkang, who closed his eyes, stroked them back and forth. His hand slid down from the shoulders and fell on his belly. Emperor Yongkang opened his eyes and suddenly said, "Yue'er, do you have my child inside?"
"Your Majesty, if you say so, Yue'er will have one in your belly." Shen Guijun smiled with her lips curled, her beautiful face was like a peach blossom in March.
The room was cleaned up, the meal was placed on the table, and Shen Guijun served His Majesty.
After the meal, His Majesty's dragon chariot also left Cuixiu Garden. Shen Guijun, who saw the dragon chariot off, stood outside the house and watched it go away. He turned back to the house only after it was out of sight. The servant
who served him personally understood where his master was going and followed him. The group went into the back garden of Cuixiu Garden.
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