Chapter 182: Is he an illegitimate child?
The queen fell into a nightmare again.
Bloody faces kept approaching her.
She wanted to escape, but couldn't. She looked down and saw her ankles were firmly grasped by several bloody hands.
She was so scared that she screamed, "Don't touch me, go away!"
Wake up suddenly.
The little palace maids were kneeling on the ground in front of the bed.
The queen stroked her forehead and said, "None of you are useful. Get out!"
There were faint sounds of talking outside, but she was so restless that she had no time to listen.
After a while, someone came quickly with a tray in his hand.
She was wearing a dark purple jacket, her waist was not thin but straight, and her hair was combed meticulously.
When the queen saw her, she was immediately surprised: "Madame Hu."
Madam Hu took a few quick steps and held her outstretched hand: "Your Majesty, I am back."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes to look at the young palace maids and said, "Go down and guard the door."
"yes."
The young palace maids all stepped back. Everyone knew that Matron Hu was the Queen's dowry and had followed her before she entered the palace. Neither the former female official Song nor the recently deceased Su Zhuo was as good as her.
The queen leaned against Nanny Hu, enjoying the head massage she gave her, and let out a sigh of relief.
"Mammy, you're back just in time. How's everything going?"
"Don't worry, madam. Everything is going well. But you, why don't you take care of yourself? I am worried about you."
The Queen said helplessly: "I have no choice. I don't have anyone capable around me."
Only then did she notice the tray that Madam Hu brought in: "What is that?"
"The Emperor sent Eunuch Wei to deliver this tonic, saying it's for your health."
The queen closed her eyes, her expression slightly cold: "Su Zhuo died in Zhenqiao Tower, and Fu Qingyin sent someone to deliver the body. It was clearly to humiliate me, but the emperor could tolerate him!"
The Queen opened her eyes, looked at Madam Hu, and lowered her voice and said, "Do you think he is really the Emperor's illegitimate child as the rumors say..."
Madam Hu's expression changed slightly: "My lady, you can't say that."
The queen laughed at herself, "I know this is not honorable. As the mother of a country, I don't even know how many children my husband has."
"There is no evidence, and those rumors are just groundless."
"It is precisely because of the empty space that the wind comes," the queen said with a deep look, "What other evidence do you need? The emperor's tolerance and trust in Fu Qingyin is the evidence!"
"Whether it's for the emperor's power or for my reputation, whether he is or not, I have to get rid of him."
After listening to Hao Mengye's report, Fu Qingyin learned that the queen had fainted, but she did not take it seriously.
"Is there any movement at the temple?"
"Commander-in-chief, not yet." Hao Mengye hesitated a little, "You originally planned to go after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now you have to postpone it because of the prince's matter. Otherwise, I will go and keep an eye on it myself?"
Fu Qingyin turned the ring on his hand lightly, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Don't use it for now, you are too conspicuous, if there is anything strange, it is hard to guarantee that it will not attract attention."
"Is Wuchang back?"
Hao Mengye looked at the time: "He said he would arrive before dark and come back to eat mooncakes."
Fu Qingyin chuckled: "He likes sweets, so prepare some for him. Let him keep an eye on the temple tomorrow."
"yes."
Hao Mengye turned around to leave, but Fu Qingyin stopped him again: "Go to Tianxiang Tower and ask for a few tables of banquets."
Hao Mengye was confused: "?? Banquet? Commander, do you want to eat their roasted lamb? It has to be roasted and eaten right away, it would be bad if you bring it back."
"Then let them come here and roast it."
Hao Mengye almost suspected that he had heard it wrong - let someone else do the roasting? Wouldn't the chef be scared to death?
Fu Qingyin frowned slightly: "What?"
"No, nothing. I will arrange it immediately."
Hao Mengye walked out with a lot of questions in his mind and met Bai Hei head-on.
I was even happier that the work of the Black and White Office was going smoothly, and I was even happier to see him looking worried.
"What's wrong, Chief?"
Hao Mengye told Fu Qingyin what he had just ordered: "I really don't understand what the commander meant."
Hei Bai's eyes lit up: "What else can this mean? We have to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. I didn't eat well in the palace today, so I have to make up for it."
"But in previous years..."
"You also said it was in previous years. This year is different."
Hao Mengye wondered: "What's the difference?"
Hei Bai looked at him for a moment: "We have guests this year."
"Where are the guests? We only have prisoners and sinners here."
Hei Bai laughed angrily: "You are a wooden man, come on, I will go with you."
Hei Bai pulled him out together.
Yu Shengsheng was tired from working on it, and remembered that she still had to draw a portrait of Black and White, so she took out a small piece of paper, changed the pen, and slowly began to draw.
Jin Baobao came over to take a look: "Hey, Miss, isn't this the guard?"
Jin Baobao was not familiar with Hei Bai either. After all, the Red Dragon Guard had strict rules, and her elder brother could not stand her pestering. When he talked to her about some matters, he only spoke briefly about what he could say.
He never mentioned that Hei Bai was Fu Qingyin's personal bodyguard.
Yu Shengsheng was in a good mood. The tip of his pen changed slightly, and the character also changed accordingly.
Jin Baobao's eyes widened. After seeing the little boots drawn by Yu Shengsheng, he tried to hold back his laughter. Later, he couldn't help it anymore and burst into laughter.
Yu Shengsheng was painted as lustful, but she couldn't stop laughing and pulled Madam Zhou to look at it with her.
Nanny Zhou also tried not to smile.
"How is it?" Yu Shengsheng picked up the painting, "Does it look like it?"
"Like, I knew it was him as soon as I saw his eyes."
I was laughing so hard when someone appeared at the door and pushed it open.
Looking at them smiling, he looked puzzled and his eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
Yu Shengsheng quickly signaled to Jin Baobao to stop laughing. Jin Baobao turned around and saw Hei Bai at the door, and tried hard to hold back his laughter.
"Well, my lady has painted a portrait for you, take a look."
Hei Bai walked in, looked at them warily, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Yu Shengsheng thought to herself, oh no, I didn’t laugh too much and make him angry, did I?
"Sorry, we're not laughing at you, it's just that my drawing is not good enough..."
When Hei Bai saw the painting in her hand, he narrowed his eyes and reached out to take the painting.
The little man in the painting is wearing a black suit with a silver edging on the edge of the collar. His eyes are wide open and surprisingly big, but his nose is small and his mouth is big. He is grinning, revealing a row of big teeth.
The little body is quite short, and it stands with its legs apart. Its feet are particularly small, as small as beans, and the toes of its boots are raised.
It was a strange, indeed funny, portrait, and he had never seen anything like it.
It's quite interesting.
"If you don't like it, I'll draw another one." Yu Shengsheng said quickly.
Really, I just couldn't resist and drew this kind of picture.
This was something she learned from a painter at the Queen's Villa. It was said to be a special style that could capture the characteristics of a character but exaggerate other aspects.
"It looks good," Hei Bai put the painting away.
He glanced and saw the mooncakes and candied fruits on the table.
Yu Shengsheng noticed the desire in his eyes and pushed the plate towards him: "Please eat, you're welcome."
It originally belonged to someone else.
Hei Bai didn't hesitate to eat. He stood beside the table and started eating slowly.
But after a moment, Jin Baobao secretly took a breath - this... is too much food?
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