Chapter 152 Make Him Feel Guilty
Yaohua Palace.
Concubine Zhao leaned weakly on the soft pillow. Her skin, as delicate as jade, had no trace of redness, but was only pale and sickly.
Hearing Xia Ying's voice, she perked up a little and looked up.
But Xiao Heng still hadn't appeared behind Xia Ying. Her heart sank, and she moved her bloodless lips: "Where's the emperor?"
Xia Ying lowered her head and stammered, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty has gone to bed."
Concubine Zhao froze in place, with surprise and sadness surging in her pupils.
After a long moment, she sneered foolishly, "Why doesn't he come to see me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Zhao couldn't help coughing, and her cheeks flushed strangely.
"Your Majesty..." Madam Kong hurried forward and patted Concubine Zhao on the back.
"My lady, why are you hurting yourself?"
Concubine Zhao gasped, a dense pain surging in her heart: "Mammy, in the past, as long as I said a word, he would put aside everyone and everything and come to accompany me without hesitation, no matter when or where."
But today she discovered that Concubine Xi was the exception.
She became the exception that the emperor could not abandon.
Nanny Kong held her in her arms and comforted Concubine Zhao gently as if she were a child.
"Your Majesty, all the favors in this harem are earned by your own efforts. If you continue to not fight for them, I'm afraid there will be a second or third Xipin in the harem."
Concubine Zhao leaned against Madam Kong's clothes, and the rich fragrance made her gradually feel at ease. It was a smell that was very much like her mother's.
"Madam, do you mean that I should be like those concubines, fawning over the Emperor and fighting to the death with them?"
Madam Kong gently stroked her shoulder and said, "Your Majesty, you are too soft-hearted. If you were half as cruel as Ruan, you wouldn't have allowed Concubine Xi to be so arrogant."
Concubine Zhao took a deep breath, her vision dissipating into smoke. "Yes! She is just my shadow! How can I be suppressed by her?"
She gradually withdrew her gaze, and her cold gaze fell on the medicine bowl on the table: "Mammy, you don't need to take the medicine tonight."
"How can this be possible? Your Majesty, you are already weak. If you don't take the medicine, I'm afraid your cough will get worse tomorrow."
"I just want to make it worse!" Concubine Zhao's lips were instantly sharp and resolute.
"I want him to regret his decision tonight!"
The next day, Xiao Heng heard the news that Concubine Zhao had been coughing all night without sleeping.
He hurried to Yaohua Palace without even having time to change into his court robes.
Inside the palace, Concubine Zhao leaned quietly against the bed, resting her mind. Her long eyelashes cast a slightly haggard shadow on her cheeks.
The plain clothes made her fair and delicate complexion look even more frail and made people feel pity for her.
"Your servant greets His Majesty."
Hearing Xiao Heng's voice, Concubine Zhao slowly raised her eyes.
"How come you're so sick after not seeing you for a few days?"
Xiao Heng frowned and strode forward to sit in front of Concubine Zhao.
Seeing her pale face without a trace of blood, Xiao Heng became even more worried. He tucked the quilt in for her and said softly, "When Xia Ying came to invite me last night, I had already gone to bed and didn't come to see you."
Concubine Zhao frowned in displeasure and said in a cold voice, "Your Majesty, are you going to bed so early now?"
As soon as Concubine Zhao finished speaking, Madam Kong's expression tightened.
This lady is good in every way except that she tends to get herself into a dead end.
Last night she said that she would be more hypocritical and flattering in front of the emperor in the future. Why is the queen so cold when the emperor comes?
She quickly cleared her throat and said, "My Lady, it's time for you to take your medicine."
Hearing Madam Kong cough, Concubine Zhao suddenly reacted.
She now wants to win back the emperor's heart and favor, and can no longer treat him the same way as before.
Fortunately, Xiao Heng did not argue with Concubine Zhao. He reached out and picked up the medicine bowl and said, "I'll feed you."
As he spoke, he scooped up a spoonful of brown medicine and handed it to Concubine Zhao's lips.
Concubine Zhao frowned and drank the medicine. Looking at Xiao Heng's handsome face, she couldn't help but think of the past.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember when I first entered the palace?"
Xiao Heng's eyes were a little dazed, and he raised his lips and said, "Of course I remember that time, you always refused to take the medicine, saying that it was hard to swallow. You would only drink it if I fed it myself."
"So every time it's time to take medicine, the emperor will come to my palace and give me the medicine himself." The tenderness in her eyes slowly spread to the corners of her eyes, gentle and affectionate.
Xiao Heng picked up the candied fruit beside him and said, "So every time you take medicine, you always ask to eat a lot of candied fruit."
After saying that, he fed the candied fruit into Concubine Zhao's mouth.
The delicate sweetness gradually spreads in the mouth.
The candied fruit is still the same candied fruit as before, and the person who feeds me the medicine is still the same person.
She believed that would never change.
The next day, it was sunny after rain.
A heavy rain dissipated the heat in the air.
The lotus garden is filled with clear water, and lotus buds are about to bloom, swaying gently among the lotus leaves.
Liu Yuetang strolled through the lotus garden, fanning herself with a round fan: "Another summer has arrived."
Because the Ruan family and the King of Shu had been dealt with not long ago, and two concubines in the palace were about to give birth, the Queen suggested to Xiao Heng that they cancel this trip to the palace to escape the summer heat.
So this year's summer was spent in the palace.
"I brought out some chilled watermelons. Your Majesty, if you are tired from shopping, please sit down and rest for a while." Wanqiu picked up a round fan and gently waved it behind Liu Yuetang.
Liu Yuetang was really thirsty, so she said, "Then let's go to the pavilion."
As soon as he turned around, he saw Concubine Mei walking towards him.
She was wearing a rose-red, gold-woven long skirt, the pleats of which cascaded down to the ground like rose petals, adding a unique touch of charm to her appearance.
Seeing Liu Yuetang, she smiled faintly: "Oh~ Isn't this Xipin's sister? Don't you have to accompany the emperor? You actually have the leisure time to stroll around the lotus garden."
There was a hint of sourness in her words.
Ever since she gave birth to the third prince, her favor has become much less.
The green card was only turned over once or twice.
Although any rewards would be sent to Mingsexuan first, and Xiao Heng would go there to have meals from time to time, it was all because of the Third Prince.
Liu Yuetang bowed slightly and said with a faint smile, "The Emperor is very busy with affairs of state. It is impossible for me to have him accompany me every day. But don't you have to take care of the Third Prince?"
Speaking of the Third Prince, Meipin's eyes were full of pride: "Ye'er is very well behaved, he rarely even cries, there is no need for me to worry about him at all."
She walked slowly to Liu Yuetang's side, looked at the gilded crabapple hairpin that flickered in the candlelight and said, "It's different after being promoted to the position of concubine. When my sister wears this hairpin, her whole body exudes luxury and beauty. It's really hard to take your eyes off it."
After saying this, she smiled leisurely and walked forward, fanning herself with a round fan.
Liu Yuetang stared at Meipin's back and felt something was strange.
"Meipin has become less competitive recently, and her words to you, Your Majesty, are not as sharp as before." Wanqiu said from the side.
"You discovered it too?" Liu Yuetang turned and looked at Wanqiu.
Wan Qiu nodded. "If it were Meipin's previous personality, she would have become even more arrogant after giving birth to the Third Prince. But she has calmed down a lot. I don't know if she was frightened by her near-death experience, or if she's become more cautious and prudent after becoming a mother."
Liu Yuetang played with the cherry-red tassels hanging from the fan handle and said in a daze, "When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on."
"I'm afraid she's plotting a bigger conspiracy."
Now that Concubine Mei has a prince, it seems that the biggest threat to her is not herself, but the concubines who are pregnant or who have given birth to royal heirs.
But I have to be careful, after all, I have always been at odds with her.
So, Liu Yuetang ordered Wanqiu and Liuzheng: "Return to the palace and tell everyone in Jinxiu Pavilion to be more vigilant."
The two of them quickly agreed.
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