Chapter 201 Qingwu Flower
Doctor Shen was so frightened that he knelt down immediately: "Your Majesty, calm down. I just heard about this phenomenon, and it's not nonsense."
"Your Majesty, please do not get angry or worried. Otherwise... I'm afraid this nausea will become even more serious."
Xiao Heng's brows were furrowed, and his noble jaw was set in a cold line: "Go down!"
Seeing Doctor Shen fleeing in panic, Xiao Heng gritted his teeth, feeling a bit ashamed amidst his anger.
A dignified emperor was actually told by a royal physician that he was suffering from morning sickness?
What a quack!
Liu Yuetang looked at Xiao Heng's expression, then glanced at the food on the table. Her eyes moved and she couldn't help but smile with her hands covering her mouth.
This smile caught Xiao Heng's eye, and his expression became even stiffer.
He said coldly: "Come here!"
Liu Yuetang walked up to him in small steps.
There was a layer of frost on his brows, but when his eyes met hers, there was an imperceptible smile in his eyes.
"What are you laughing at?" He looked straight at Liu Yuetang.
Liu Yuetang's eyelashes trembled, and she said in a delicate voice, "Your Majesty, I am not laughing."
Xiao Heng snorted, "Are you sure you didn't laugh just now?"
"No." Liu Yuetang shook her head slightly.
Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows mischievously, pulled Liu Yuetang into his arms, and gently stroked her bright red lips with his fingertips. He said in a deep voice, "You're not laughing, are you?"
After saying that, his bony hand slowly moved down from the corner of her lips, and suddenly reached into her armpit, hooking it lightly.
Liu Yuetang suddenly seemed to be tickled by the laughter, and she curled up in Xiao Heng's arms and laughed loudly.
Everyone looked at each other, then tactfully retreated.
Liu Yuetang laughed so hard that she fell backwards. She grabbed Xiao Heng's hand and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, I was wrong, Your Majesty."
"My stomach is about to hurt from laughing."
After hearing this, Xiao Heng loosened his hands, his eyes filled with smiles.
Liu Yuetang was panting, her cheeks flushed from laughing.
She glared at Xiao Heng coquettishly and said, "The Emperor always bullies me."
As she spoke, she pursed her lips and straightened her loose clothes.
Xiao Heng tidied up her messy hair and said, "If you laugh at me again next time, the punishment won't be so light."
Liu Yuetang hooked her slender fingers around his neck, her eyes raised lazily: "Next time? Could it be that the emperor is still hoping for the next time to vomit?"
"Liu Yuetang!" Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows sideways, his eyes were clearly sharp but contained a bit of doting indulgence.
Liu Yuetang blinked, gently caressed his neck with her fingertips, and said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty, please don't be so fierce..."
"I was just joking, besides..."
"What else?" Xiao Heng placed his palm on her waist.
Liu Yuetang said crisply, "I think the fish is just not to His Majesty's liking...even if His Majesty is really vomiting because of my pregnancy."
"This is enough to show that the Emperor loves me dearly and that we are deeply in love."
Her eyebrows were curved, and her dimples seemed to be filled with sweetness, which made Xiao Heng raise the corners of his lips unconsciously.
He gently slid his palm over her lower abdomen: "It's not me who feels sorry for you, it's clearly him."
He patted Liu Yuetang's abdomen lightly with his thumb.
"I'm already protecting you like this before he's even born. What will happen after he's born?"
Liu Yuetang tilted her head and raised her chin coquettishly. The agate pendant on her earlobe swayed, making her skin look even more radiant.
"Then the Emperor won't be able to bully me from now on."
Xiao Heng smiled and shook his head, his fingertips gently scratching the tip of her nose.
He thought, if the baby was a princess, how wonderful it would be to see the mother and daughter, one with a rosy face and the other as lovely as a jade, tugging at his sleeves with angry eyes and a coquettish look.
Library.
The secretary who was in charge of the books saw Su Nanqing coming and hurried forward to greet her, bowing and saying, "Greetings, Miss Rou."
Su Nanqing raised his hand slightly and said, "Master Zhang, there's no need to be so polite. I wonder if the matter I entrusted to you yesterday has been resolved?"
The Secretary Supervisor said quickly, "Please wait a moment, my lady. I will bring the book to you right away."
When Su Nanqing heard this, a light suddenly lit up in her eyes, and she looked at Taxue excitedly.
A moment later, the Secretary came out holding a book and presented it to Su Nanqing: "My lady, is this the flower you are looking for?"
Su Nanqing quickly took the book, and the flowers that came into her sight were exactly the same as the ones on her handkerchief.
She slowly looked up and saw that it was a tree called Qingwu, and the flower was the one blooming on the tree.
This tree can bear flowers and fruits.
However, the fruit is not edible. On the contrary, the flowers are very beautiful and the flowering period can last up to half a month.
The only countries where this tree is found are Sangnan and Lixi.
"Sangnan Kingdom...Lixi Kingdom..." Su Nanqing murmured softly.
This flower is very rare and no women in the Central Plains know it. Therefore, the person who murdered my concubine must be from Sangnan and Lixi.
After getting a clue, she came back to her senses and nodded to the Secretary-General in thanks: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."
The Secretary-General quickly bowed and said, "My lady, I am sorry for the trouble you have caused me. If you need anything else in the future, please tell me directly."
Su Nanqing nodded, and after turning to leave, he glanced back at the library and sneered, "This Secretary General is really two-faced. When the young lady first came, he had a cold face and was indifferent. But these past two days, he has been completely out of character, fawning and obsequious."
Su Nanqing raised her chin slightly, and the pearl hairpin swaying by her temples shone a little coldly. "In the past, I always thought that the emperor's favor was just a fleeting cloud. Now I know that without his favor, even as the master, no one would look up to you."
She raised her hand and stroked the gorgeous pearl hairpin at her temples. "Without your favor, even the bricks under my feet hurt, and I dare not take a single step forward."
But now, the people from the Imperial Household Department all stuttered as they delivered things, and the people in front of the emperor also greeted them with smiles. No one in the palace dared to look down on her anymore.
She can also walk like Ruan and Zhao Fei in the past, with a touch of confidence.
"My lady... the emperor has really doted on you these days." Seeing that the lady had finally gotten through it, Taxue was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
"Favor?" Su Nanqing sneered.
It was also because she was useless. He knew that the emperor loved Bai'er, and used Bai'er's death to make him pity her more.
So during this period, the emperor called her several times.
Next, there are even more difficult things.
That is to check the household registration of concubines or palace maids in the harem.
Ever since the last incident with Ruan Yuxiao, Xiao Heng had thoroughly reorganized the Imperial Household Department. Now the Imperial Household Department is managed by the newly appointed Chief Steward Yuan.
Manager Yuan was well-known for his uprightness, and as a new official, he would not dare to do anything beyond the rules.
Without the order of the emperor or the empress, he would never check the background and household registration of the people in the harem for himself.
Therefore, she still needs to take some strong medicine to make Xiao Heng love her more and ask for more grace.
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