Ling Xicheng looked in the direction Xue Wu pointed. There stood a round table, but it was made of the common wood found on the mountain, used for heating, not the precious agarwood. Furthermore, the table was in great disrepair, with one of its legs broken off, causing the entire surface to tilt.
Xue Wu said a lot of crazy words again.
Ling Xicheng finally understood from those confusing sentences that the "Princess Princess" Xue Wu mentioned was not her elder sister Ling Xihe, but her mother, the Empress Dowager who was once the Princess of the Eastern Palace.
Ling Xicheng looked at her own father. Xue Wu was about the same age as her eldest sister's father, yet Empress Lu, who ruled the six harems, was so dignified and composed. Meanwhile, her biological father, barely twenty-five, already had white hair and a face so utterly unsightly that it was unbearable to look at. Looking at such a man, she couldn't imagine what Xue Wu's story of his former favor had really been like. Ling Xicheng even felt that Xue Wu was lying.
In Ling Xicheng's opinion, a man worthy of standing beside the Queen Mother should be as elegant and noble as Empress Lu, or have a prominent family background like Empress Fu. Unless the Queen Mother was blind, it was impossible for her to fall in love with a crazy man like her father. That was really unbelievable.
Suddenly, Ling Xicheng's stomach growled, and she covered her abdomen in embarrassment. She had arrived in the imperial capital this morning and had only eaten two baby-sized pastries before entering the palace. She had been so nervous after following Xue Wu to meet the Empress and the two concubines that she realized she was ravenous. Now that she had relaxed, she realized she was ravenous.
Ling Xicheng wanted to ask his father for some food, but found Xue Wu holding an empty wine jar in his arms, sitting on the ground in a very ungraceful manner. He was already drunk and unconscious, but he kept mumbling nonsense like "Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess loved me the most..."
Ling Xicheng stared at Xue Wu for a while without saying a word, and suddenly felt a little nauseous. She was not very hungry now, she just felt very disgusted. Ling Xicheng didn't understand why her biological father was such a disgusting guy?
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at the same time.
Changxin Palace was filled with laughter and joy.
After Ling Shumo put down her chopsticks, Ling Xihe attentively took the blue and white porcelain basin with lotus flowers filled with clear water from the waiter and brought it to Ling Shumo. After Ling Shumo washed her hands, Shangguan Xu, who was sitting next to her, brought a clean towel to wipe the water off her hands.
Lu Jinshu watched all this with a smile on his face, but pretended to be unhappy and said angrily, "You two are only concerned with surrounding His Majesty, and you don't even bother to serve me. I'm really jealous."
Ling Xihe quickly placed the basin of water on the table in front of Lu Jinshu and said flatteringly, "Please wash your hands, father."
Seeing Lu Jinshu's hand about to put it in the basin, Shangguan Xu covered his mouth and laughed, "This basin of water is dirty water used by His Majesty. Xihe, you are such a fool! Don't you know how to get another basin of clean water for your father? It's not like Changxin Palace is so poor that it can't afford water. What's going on now?"
Lu Jinshu nonchalantly dipped his hands into the clean water, giving Shangguan Xu a cold look. "Ah Xu, do you know how to speak? How can the water used by His Majesty be called dirty water? This water is clearly holy water. I am so happy to be able to wash my hands with Your Majesty in the same basin of water. I won't be disgusted at all."
Ling Shumo's gaze fell on Lu Jinshu's slender, fair fingers. She smiled, as if suddenly remembering something, and said, "Come to think of it, in the court of the previous dynasty, the emperor would indeed give the water he had used to the concubines in the harem. There's an interesting anecdote recorded in history books: two men in the harem of the second emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Rensheng, once fought over the half cup of water she had left. One of them was blinded in an eye, and the other had all his teeth knocked out. This fight happened because it was widely rumored in the harem that if a man and his wife, the emperor, drank from the same cup, their bond would become as strong as glue."
Shangguan Xu heard such a statement and immediately stood up and ran to Lu Jinshu's side. He also dipped his hands in the water, unwilling to be left behind. "Such a good thing can't just be for you, Lu Jinan. I also want to have a close relationship with His Majesty."
Seeing Shangguan Xu's impatience, Ling Shumo couldn't help but laugh out loud. "You're still so impatient, you won't even listen to me finish. When the Emperor Shengren learned that her two men had disfigured each other over a glass of leftover water, she severely reprimanded them. She said that the claim of their infatuation was pure fabrication. From now on, no one is allowed to mention the story of a husband and wife sharing a glass of water again, or they will be punished according to palace rules. If it weren't for such a happy incident in the Emperor Shengren's harem, this custom of infatuation would have probably continued into the Chisha Empire's harem."
Shangguan Xu didn't remove his hand from the basin. He stuck out his tongue playfully and said, "It's better to believe it than not to believe it. I just want to stick with Your Majesty and never be separated."
Ever since Shangguan Xu stood up from his seat, Ling Xihe hadn't taken her eyes off him. At this moment, she finally couldn't help but say, "Shangguan, you're so naive. You actually believe all these nonsense."
Shangguan Xu noticed that Ling Xi and a little kid were looking at him with such contempt. He pulled his hand out of the basin in anger and flicked the water droplets at Ling Xi and her face. "Well, you kid, you're becoming more and more disrespectful. You even dare to laugh at your elders. Let me show you how I'm going to deal with you."
Ling Xihe was splashed with water all over her face. She hid behind Ling Shumo in a panic, "Queen Mother, save me! Shangguan Cifu is so scary! He wants to turn into a water monster and eat me."
Ling Shumo smiled and shielded her daughter behind her. As a result, the person Shangguan Xu splashed with water naturally became her. How could Ling Shumo be so easily bullied? She also dipped her hands in the water, then flicked the water droplets on her hands towards Shangguan Xu's face.
Shangguan Xu dodged Ling Shumo's attack very flexibly. He turned his face to the side with a smile, and a smug look was about to appear in his eyes, but he ignored Ling Xihe who sneaked around him. In the end, he was splashed with water droplets in the face, and his makeup was all ruined.
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