Chapter 11: Picking Stars from a Brothel
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"Your Majesty, have you agreed?" Luo Weiqing raised his head suddenly, but because he moved too quickly and his body was too weak, he swayed twice and fell to the ground again. He had been kneeling for a whole day and a night without a drop of water. Luo Weiqing looked really miserable now.
"He has been placed in the cold palace. I kept the child, but I don't know whether the child can be born safely into this world." After leaving these words as a warning, Qianhe Liyou entered the bedroom.
Luo Weiqing stayed where he was, his expression of surprise now showing a hint of solemnity. He tried to move his body but it wouldn't respond. The palace servants around him quickly came over to help him up and sent him to a side hall to rest.
"Your Majesty, you are back. I am your servant, paying my respects to Your Majesty." As soon as I entered the bedroom, I heard a greeting with surprise. I looked in the direction of the voice and Murong Xuanhe's delicate little face appeared in front of me.
Looking at the other person's surprised smile, Qian He Li You was a little surprised. How could the child who was so frightened yesterday become like this overnight? Wasn't he afraid of himself?
"Aren't you afraid of me?" She asked whatever she thought of. Qianhe Liyou gently lifted the boy's chin so that she could see the boy's eyes more clearly.
"Ah, I dare not, I just think, Your Majesty, you, you..."
"How am I?"
"You have become a better person. Everyone says so. I think so too. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was just talking nonsense." Murong Xuanhe explained anxiously. He had never felt that he was so tongue-tied.
Qianhe Liyou no longer answered, but sighed again in her heart, this Murong Xuanhe is really a child, not only is he straightforward and has no scheming, but also after just last night, he felt that she, the emperor who once abused him, has become a better person, and he even showed that kind of innocent smile, which made her not know what to say.
"Have you had breakfast?" She got up early today, and this was just the right time for breakfast.
"Not yet." He didn't see the emperor when he got up in the morning. He was shocked and got up in a hurry, but he didn't dare to leave without permission. He waited here until now, thinking about all sorts of things, and had no time to eat breakfast.
"Feng Ying, go and prepare breakfast. Concubine An will come with me."
"yes."
The two of them had breakfast together. Murong Xuanhe's excitement was clearly visible on his face, but his movements were still cautious, which Qianhe Liyou found a little cute.
"You stay here and serve me these few days." She didn't want to see Luo Weiqing these days, nor did she like outsiders like Feng Ying serving her. Although Murong Xuanhe was still a child, he was also her wife and seemed quite cute, so she decided to keep him to serve her.
"Yes, I obey your command." Murong Xuanhe responded in surprise. Although she was confused, she did not dare to ask more questions.
"Your Majesty, Lord Long requests to see you." Qianhe Liyou was reading a book when he heard Feng Ying coming to report.
"Xuan."
"Your Majesty, long live the emperor."
"Get up, something's up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I have made a preliminary plan for the examinations for each position. The relevant contents are all here. Please take a look." Long Xizhao carefully observed the emperor's expression. When she came here just now, she had heard from the palace servants that the emperor had released the evil concubine, and that the concubine was pregnant with the emperor's son. She didn't know what the emperor meant now, whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. Moreover, she heard that the queen had angered the emperor and was punished to kneel for a night. Now the one serving here was Concubine An, which made her feel that the harem seemed to be getting more and more chaotic, and more and more interesting.
"Well, I'll take a look. Is there anything else?"
"Your Majesty, you and I have agreed to go for a stroll outside the palace on the 17th of this month. Tomorrow is the 17th. I've come to ask Your Majesty what you think." Long Xizhao said this in a more tactful way. The so-called stroll was not a casual one.
After hearing Long Xizhao's reminder, she remembered everything. To put it simply, the courtesan in the Zhaixing Tower outside the palace was rumored to be a fairy who had descended to the earth, the most beautiful woman on earth. As the emperor, she was excited to see the prey and had to go out to take a look, so she made such an agreement.
"Of course it will go on as agreed. You just wait outside the palace tomorrow." She hadn't gone out to take a look since she came here. Since she had this appointment, she would take this opportunity to go out and take a look.
"yes"
In the evening, just after dinner, the queen came. When the queen came, Murong Xuanhe was standing beside Qianhe Liyou, preparing to grind, and that place was where the queen stood in the past few days.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Although she had rested for a day, Luo Weiqing still did not look very well.
"Yeah." Qian Heliyou's expression wasn't much better, he just responded lightly.
"Xuanhe pays his respects to Her Majesty the Queen." Murong Xuanhe, like a child who had done something wrong, clasped his hands very restrainedly and looked at the Queen Luo Weiqing worriedly.
Luo Weiqing nodded and said softly: "Since Your Majesty has Concubine An to serve you, I am relieved. I will not disturb Your Majesty. I will take my leave." He has never been irreplaceable. He understood this truth very early on.
Qianhe Liyou did not stop Luo Weiqing from leaving, but just watched coldly as the lonely figure left step by step. Luo Weiqing was in a weak body, and he should have a good rest for a few days.
On the second day, after the morning court session, Qianhe Liyou and Long Xizhao left the palace one after another. Two horses had been prepared outside the palace gate, and Long Xizhao was waiting there leading the horses. This was always the way she and the emperor did when they went out.
Two men and two horses passed through the heavily guarded outer perimeter of the imperial palace and headed towards the Zhaixing Pavilion.
"Master You, it's just in front. My people have already made arrangements." After leaving the palace, she always addressed the emperor like this.
"There seem to be fewer people passing by." Along the way, the scene on the road did not seem as prosperous as I remembered.
"The court has been in turmoil recently, and people are in panic. Fewer people go out, but this is only temporary. Once the notice for recruiting talents is posted, this imperial city will be more than twice as prosperous as it is now." Long Xizhao said confidently. She was very confident in the court's new policy. Recruiting talents would not only lead to reforms in the court, but would also bring changes to the entire country.
"Well, go in." They had already reached the door, and the handsome young men were already looking at them with shining eyes.
"Sir, I have made arrangements. Please follow me." Two attendants who looked like servants saluted to Long Xizhao and led them into a semi-enclosed private room in the Zhaixing Pavilion. From the pearl curtain here, one could see the stage outside. Today was the day when the courtesan Liu Xu would be on stage. The Zhaixing Pavilion was crowded with guests and was very lively. Only a few people noticed their group.
Qianhe Liyou sat down, took a sip of tea, and began to look around. This small brothel was filled with many celebrities, including ministers in the court, heroes in the martial arts world, wealthy businessmen and celebrities, all of whom were well-known figures. It seemed that no matter how the dynasties changed, this kind of place and this kind of business could last forever.
"Master You, the Oiran will be on stage soon."
"kindness."
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