Chapter 204 Thank you, Your Majesty!
"Your Majesty, take good care of yourself. I will come again tomorrow."
Song Yunchu left Jun Liluo's bedroom and felt quite emotional on his way to the martial arts training ground.
She never thought that her relationship with the Dog Emperor would develop to this point.
Originally, she thought it was great to be able to secure the position of Prime Minister of Song. She also briefly imagined how happy she would be if she could be crowned king, but she also knew that this was too difficult to achieve.
Now it seems that it may not be impossible.
The Dog Emperor's internal skills have not yet been fully developed, so he needs to protect his chastity. She doesn't have to worry about her identity as a woman being exposed for the time being. He has kissed her and hugged her, and there are several layers of clothes between them, so he can't detect anything.
If she realized her wish of becoming a king, it would be enough to prove the dog emperor's sincerity. Even if she told him then, he would not take back his decision.
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"Little Li, make me a brew of the medicine I usually drink."
Inside the palace, Chief Steward Li listened to Jun Li Luo's instructions, and a worried look immediately appeared on his face. "Your Majesty, are you ill? I see that you look a little pale. Why don't we call the imperial physician to take a look?"
"I asked you to boil the medicine, why are you talking so much? Remember, don't make this public, and call the imperial physician over after nightfall."
Steward Li responded with a "yes" and when he noticed a cold wind blowing in from outside the hall, he lit the charcoal basin for Jun Li Luo.
Inadvertently, he saw Jun Li Luo looking at the quilt with a smile on his lips.
He was puzzled: His Majesty is in poor health, so why does he look like he is in a good mood?
I don’t know what happy thing happened.
After nightfall, Jun Liluo summoned the imperial physician.
The pulse diagnosis result was the same as he thought, that is, the old illness recurred due to excessive use of force. The imperial physician advised him to take the usual medicine and rest for two days.
So he ordered Chief Steward Li to skip court for two days and bring the memorials from the imperial study to the bedroom for review.
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"Thirty thousand."
"Seven."
"bump!"
That morning, the four concubines gathered in Concubine De's bedroom. When Concubine De shouted "Hu", the other three pushed over the mahjong tiles in front of them in frustration.
"Why are you talking nonsense again?" Zhen Fei grumbled, and then said, "Is your seat good for feng shui? Let's change seats."
"You still believe this? Fine, let's change it."
The two switched positions and started a new round of card game.
"I heard that His Majesty summoned the imperial physician last night, saying that his heart disease had recurred. Should we go visit His Majesty? Santong."
Zhen Fei disagreed with Li Fei's suggestion, "What's the point of going? He won't see us anyway. If he happens to be in a bad mood, he might scold us. Let's play cards... 40,000."
"But if we don't go to visit him, it seems that we are impolite. Whether he sees us or not is one thing, but we have to show the attitude of a concubine."
"It's been so long, don't you still understand His Majesty's character?"
Zhen Fei said indifferently, "In the past, when we asked to see him, he always asked Li Zongguan to send us away, saying that he was busy with government affairs. But he didn't come to see us when he was not busy. If you go to visit him, he may not appreciate it. If you don't go, he won't blame you. He doesn't even remember you coming. Why bother?"
"Having said that, I think we still have to follow the palace etiquette...Yi Tong."
"There are only a few of us in the palace. Who should we pretend to be for? If anyone is hypocritical, it has to be you, Concubine Li... Getting rich, getting rich again! I always ask for money, but I never really get rich. What kind of luck do I have today!"
"Yes, yes, I am hypocritical, but you are the one who is true to your nature. Have you noticed? You always lose every time you argue with me. This is probably God's punishment for your outspokenness. If it weren't for the daily cap of twenty taels, you would have lost everything long ago."
Seeing that the two people on the left and right started bickering again, Concubine De quickly advised: "Alright, alright, stop arguing. In my opinion, what Concubine Li said makes sense. Whether His Majesty wants to see us or not, we have to go. If we are rejected, we will come back and continue to fight. Anyway, we have fulfilled our duties and it is good enough not to cause gossip."
"Okay, we'll go after we finish this game." Zhenfei responded, and suddenly she felt something furry rubbing against her feet. She looked down and saw that it was the black cat raised by Defei.
"Oh, Qiuqiu has become more and more plump because of you. By the way, why haven't I seen Tuanzi recently? Tuanzi is the most beautiful of your cats."
When Concubine Zhen mentioned Tuanzi, Concubine De looked a little unnatural.
She didn't dare tell anyone else that she had exchanged Tuanzi for three thousand taels of silver.
"It wanders around all day long, and I don't know where it goes."
Defei answered casually, drew a new card and came back with a happy look on her face.
"Win! I'm really lucky today."
Zhenfei, who had just exchanged positions with her, was speechless.
"I told you, it's not a matter of location. Luck can't be stopped. Okay, let's go visit His Majesty."
The four of them left Concubine De's bedroom together. They hadn't walked far when Concubine Li paused, "By the way, are we going empty-handed?"
"Why, you still want to make a nourishing soup?" Concubine Zhen sneered, "The imperial kitchen is here, you don't need to worry about it. We might be sent back again after we go there. How much time will it take to wait for you to make soup? Where are you going to find a replacement when we are short of one person later?"
If the emperor hadn't ordered that only the four of them were allowed to play cards and no more people were allowed to participate, she really wanted to kick Concubine Li off the card table and replace her with a less talkative card partner.
Concubine Li ignored Concubine Zhen's sarcasm.
What annoyed her most was Zhen Fei's impatient temper. Not only was she impatient, but she also spoke harshly. However, as soon as she thought about the fact that she had lost a lot of money recently, she felt happy again.
What's the point of being good at talking? If you have the ability, win more money.
Soon, the four of them arrived outside the Changle Palace.
"My ladies, please wait for a moment. I will go in and make the announcement."
The eunuch Xiao Shunzi outside the palace responded, turned around and went into the bedroom, and came out after a while.
"His Majesty is reading memorials in the bedroom. His Majesty said that he is in good health now, and the ladies don't have to worry about him. His Majesty is busy with government affairs and has no time to talk to the ladies, but he understands your intentions, so he will reward each of you with 300 taels of silver. Please go back."
Zhen Fei was originally listless, but upon hearing these words, she immediately perked up.
I can get money for this trip?
Silver is good, that's what we want! If you give me jewelry, it's really useless if I can't sell it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your gift! Xiao Shunzi, please tell Your Majesty to take care of himself. We will pray for him. Since Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, we will not disturb him."
Zhen Fei suppressed her joy, pretended to be calm, turned around and left, and the others quickly followed.
Defei was worried about Tuanzi, so while the other three were talking, she turned around and slipped back to the little eunuch.
"Xiao Shunzi, I want to ask you, how is Tuanzi doing now? Is he fatter or thinner?"
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