Chapter 253 Of course it's because I'm lucky

Jiang Zhiyu took it, bowed and thanked, then stood aside obediently.

The emperor: "..."

He looked at the quiet Jiang Zhiyu with a slightly puzzled look, and always felt that something was wrong.

Xiao Lingyu also looked at her a few times.

So quiet? She

didn't even complain in her heart?

It's weird. The queen mother

didn't feel their thoughts at all. The more she looked at Jiang Zhiyu, the deeper the smile in her eyes became. In the past few decades, she had never misjudged anyone. The girl in front of her was well-behaved, harmless, and very easy to control.

No wonder she had such superb medical skills, but she didn't reveal them to the public until now. The queen mother

retracted her gaze and fell on Song Shiwei who was standing aside.

Song Shiwei was also smart. Before the Queen Mother could speak, she said, "Your servant Song Shiwei has met the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "I heard from Yu'er that you are very knowledgeable about making incense. I have always found it difficult to fall asleep at night these few days. Please make some calming incense for me."

Song Shiwei replied with a "yes", and then said softly, "Your servant, I still have many things I don't know about making incense, and I am not as good as Sister Zhiyu." As soon as

these words came out, the Emperor and Xiao Lingyu couldn't help but frown.

The Queen Mother naturally understood what Song Shiwei meant, and smiled and said, "Oh? Zhiyu also knows how to make incense?"

Song Shiwei's eyes flashed with pride.

What does Jiang Zhiyu know about making incense?

But since I said so, she would not admit that she did not understand, otherwise, it would be like she was trying to make

excuses to the Queen Mother. If she agreed, I would take the opportunity to suggest that they make incense together. Jiang Zhiyu could not do it, so she could only stand there. Then it would be clear who understood and who did not. Jiang Zhiyu lied openly in front of the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Crown Prince. Even if the Emperor valued her and did not punish her, the Queen Mother's affinity for Jiang Zhiyu would disappear and she would dislike her. Correspondingly, the Queen Mother would praise and reward me for making incense.

Song Shiwei fantasized, with a slight curl at the corner of his mouth.

Perhaps too many things had not gone as he wished in the past few days, and he finally had something he was sure of success. Song Shiwei could not hide his expression for a moment, and his smile was particularly obvious.

The Queen Mother looked at her, and her originally good impression of her immediately dropped a few points.

To survive in this palace for a long time, in addition to being able to act, you also have to seize the opportunity. Although Song Shiwei seized the opportunity cleverly, it was a pity that he could not act.

This smile, are you afraid that others don’t know that you are going to start calculating?

If Jiang Zhiyu was smarter, she could use this sentence to turn the tables.

Several people had different thoughts, all waiting for Jiang Zhiyu's answer. Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, the emperor coughed lightly.

You have been calculated, why are you still distracted?

Jiang Zhiyu, who was awakened to his senses by the cough, saw Song Shiwei who was laughing foolishly at a glance.

[What are you laughing foolishly? 】

She blinked: "I wonder what you guys just said? The wind is too strong, I didn't hear it."

Her expression was calm, mixed with a bit of shyness, as if it was real.

Sitting in the room, the Queen Mother, who couldn't even feel the breeze: "..."

The Queen Mother was speechless for only a moment, and her tone was flat: "I heard that young fish can also make incense? Why don't you make some calming incense for me here?" Although

it was a question, the Queen Mother's tone was very affirmative.

"Replying to the Queen Mother, I don't know how to make incense. If the Queen Mother has trouble falling asleep, why don't you let me take your pulse?" [

What do you mean by hard to fall asleep? Don't you know how sweet you sleep with your big pectoral muscles as a pillow! ]

[What kind of calming incense do you want? You clearly want aphrodisiac incense. ]

The emperor just took a sip of tea and suddenly "poofed" it out.

The empress dowager was originally upset because of Jiang Zhiyu's refusal without thinking. Seeing the emperor suddenly lose his composure, she was surprised for a moment and pretended to scold: "How are you serving! Is the emperor okay? Do you want to summon the imperial physician?"

Although she said so, her expression and actions did not show any intention of calling the imperial physician.

The palace maid Canghuang knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

The emperor coughed and said, "It's okay, it's just a choking." He waved his hand and signaled the palace maid to stand up.

His eyes were full of coldness.

He naturally knew that the empress dowager had several male favorites. Once this matter was exposed, the people would definitely denounce the debauchery in the palace. He originally planned to find someone to secretly deal with those people, in order to preserve his reputation and to shock the empress dowager.

But he never thought that the Queen Mother could be so licentious that she actually lied about being sick and used the name of calming incense to commit adultery!

Xiao Lingyu's eyes were deep and dark. Thinking of the voice he heard in the Queen Mother's palace that day, his face became ugly.

Could it be that at that time she...

The Queen Mother had no idea what the two were thinking. After listening to the emperor's response, she casually withdrew her gaze and her tone to Jiang Zhiyu was not as warm as before: "There is no need to take the pulse. It's not a serious illness."

Jiang Zhiyu stood back.

Seeing that things did not develop as she expected, the smile on Song Shiwei's face disappeared. The next moment, the Queen Mother called her affectionately: "Shiwei, make some calming incense now and let me see it."

Song Shiwei was flattered.

Although things did not develop as he had expected, the Queen Mother now obviously disliked Jiang Zhiyu and favored him a little, which could be regarded as achieving his goal.

She bowed and said yes, then told the palace maid the materials she needed: "20 grams of cypress bell, 20 grams of sour jujube kernel, 10 grams of benzoin, 10 grams of cold water stone, 10 grams of fine cinnamon, 20 grams of smilax china, and 10 grams of angelica dahurica." The palace maid wrote them

down one by one.

[Just let her make the incense, why keep me here? I want to go back.]

Jiang Zhiyu stepped forward and was about to ask, but the Queen Mother said first: "Zhiyu is grown up now, do you have a prince you like?"

Jiang Zhiyu: "...No."

[Isn't this a lie with your eyes open? Twelve years old is old? What about thirty? Will I die of old age?]

The Emperor: "..."

Xiao Lingyu's lips curled slightly.

"That won't do." The Queen Mother looked down at her, "Isn't your mother anxious? At your age, ordinary families would have several children. You should reflect on yourself."

Jiang Zhiyu narrowed her eyes slightly, "What are you reflecting on? Why am I still single? Of course, it's because I'm lucky." The Queen Mother 's

eyes widened, and her pupils were slightly trembling.

The Emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip. He

looked at the Queen Mother with a schadenfreude in his eyes.

Tell me, why did you mess with her?

Since she took the position of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother had never heard anyone refute her so bluntly. Her face immediately sank, but although Jiang Zhiyu's tone was disrespectful, it could be regarded as an answer to her question, and she did not speak rudely.

If you want to punish someone, you must have a crime, not to mention that the emperor is still here...