Chapter 41 Convincing People with Reason
Jiang Yingli clutched Xiao Chenglan's collar and gasped dizzily.
Xiao Chenglan held her in his arms and called for help.
"Fu Wanquan."
"The servant is here."
"Take the reward, find a few people who can imitate handwriting, finish writing the remaining palace rules, and send them to Zhaohua Palace tomorrow."
Fu Wanquan quickly led the palace rules out to find someone to do the job.
When Jiang Yingli heard that the palace rules had been resolved, she said without even catching her breath, "Your Majesty is so kind~"
Her ending tone is soft and cute.
Xiao Chenglan looked at her and smiled, but sneered, "Now that you know I'm fine, you still want me to go to someone else's palace?"
After saying this, he moved as if he was going to get up.
Jiang Yingli suddenly threw him onto the seat, tightly grasping his collar, her tone so urgent that it trembled.
"No, no, no! Your Majesty, please don't leave!"
Jiang Yingli suddenly felt very aggrieved, and everything in her heart burst out.
"It was the Queen Mother who asked me to persuade Your Majesty to treat everyone equally. I didn't want to do that at all, but the Queen Mother said that if I didn't, the ministers of the previous dynasty would reprimand Your Majesty, and I would be treated as a demon concubine... I was afraid..."
"When your Majesty comes, I am the happiest. Ever since I heard that your Majesty turned over my name card, I have been looking forward to seeing your Majesty... I look forward to seeing your Majesty every day..."
"Your Majesty, please don't leave..."
The person in his arms cried as he spoke, wetting his clothes and shaking his shoulders.
Xiao Chenglan hugged her and patted her back gently.
There were mixed emotions in his eyes, but mostly joy.
He kissed the corners of her tear-soaked eyes, rubbed her tear-stained face with his knuckles, and said in a low voice:
"If you had told me the truth earlier, wouldn't everything have been fine?"
"Don't cry, I will stay with you tonight."
Jiang Yingli stood up from her arms, her nose tip was red, and the area around her eyes was also red. Her tears had barely stopped, but there were still crystal tears hanging on her eyelashes, making her look so pitiful no matter how you looked at her.
Xiao Chenglan wiped her tears with his fingertips. Feeling his pity, Jiang Yingli raised her head, put her arms around Xiao Chenglan's neck, and moved closer to ask for a kiss.
"His Majesty..."
However, before their lips touched, Jiang Yingli noticed that Xiao Chenglan smiled and turned his head away from her.
The glistening teardrops on her eyelashes suddenly condensed into tears and fell down. She was so sad that her voice sounded like a boiling kettle, sobbing.
"You're talking about accompanying me, Your Majesty, you must be angry with me! You don't even want to kiss me..."
Xiao Chenglan looked back at Jiang Yingli, whose mouth was pouting from crying, and hesitated to speak. "I...never mind, Qiuxia, bring me the bronze mirror."
Qiuxia quickly brought over a bronze mirror. The moment she saw Jiang Yingli, she couldn't help but want to laugh.
Xiao Chenglan held the bronze mirror in front of Jiang Yingli, with a hint of mischief in his tone.
"Who wants to kiss a little cat?"
Jiang Yingli was stunned when she saw the face in the bronze mirror.
What little tabby cat? It’s actually a little black cat!
I don't know when, the ink on her face was blurred by tears, and she smeared and rubbed it all over her face.
Jiang Yingli was stunned and embarrassed. She quickly covered her face with her sleeves and turned her back to Xiao Chenglan.
"I have been wearing this face just now? Why didn't Your Majesty remind me..."
Xiao Chenglan watched Jiang Yingli wipe her face with her back to him, looking very embarrassed, her hands busy moving around like a kitten licking its paws to wash its face.
He laughed, "I've been looking at you for a while now. What's the point of wiping it off now? I've seen you with mud all over your face before."
"At that time, I was not yet following Your Majesty. Now I am your Majesty's concubine. How can I not pay attention to my appearance?"
Xiao Chenglan laughed.
He grabbed Jiang Yingli's elbow, stood up and lifted her up, "Okay, I'll take you to clean your face, don't wipe it."
Her skin, except for the calluses on her hands, was incredibly tender. If she rubbed it that way, it would surely turn red.
Jiang Yingli stood up and quickly lowered her head.
Seeing how heavy her baggage was, Xiao Chenglan reminded her, "I won't be watching you. Watch your way carefully."
"Oh." Jiang Yingli held Xiao Chenglan's arm tightly, raised her head and followed him.
At night, Jiang Yingli lay on Xiao Chenglan. The night was as cold as water, which made people feel infinite grief.
Jiang Yingli felt reluctant to sleep when she thought that if she fell asleep, it would be tomorrow when she opened her eyes again, and His Majesty would disappear from her sight.
Moreover, she is going to sleep with the Empress Dowager tonight. What should we do about it?
Just as she was thinking about it, Jiang Yingli felt a hand covering the back of her head and pressing her head against the chest.
"You don't need to worry about the Queen Mother. I have my own excuses."
Jiang Yingli reached out and poked Xiao Chenglan's jaw. "Your Majesty, do you have a solution?"
Then he worriedly asked, "Is Your Majesty going to quarrel with the Empress Dowager? If so, wouldn't the Empress Dowager accuse Your Majesty of disrespect by using filial piety as an excuse?"
"Fighting? I'm not good at that. I always convince people with reason."
Jiang Yingli didn't know how to convince people with reason, but when she heard Xiao Chenglan so confident, she felt relieved.
Xiao Chenglan touched her head and said, "From now on, no matter what the Queen Mother says about the perils of exclusive favor, you don't have to take it to heart. I came to your palace on my own initiative, and it has nothing to do with you."
Jiang Yingli nodded, but her worry was still there and her tone was a little depressed.
"Concubine Liang dares to disrespect Your Majesty just because she's in the Empress Dowager's good graces. The Xue family's courtiers will only become more arrogant in the court. The Empress Dowager hopes Your Majesty will be close to women from aristocratic families. If Your Majesty always goes against the Empress Dowager's wishes, won't the Xue family's courtiers become even more unscrupulous in making things difficult for Your Majesty?"
Xiao Chenglan finally opened his eyes.
He held Jiang Yingli in his arms and sat up, looking down at her.
Jiang Yingli didn't understand why he suddenly sat up, and she felt uneasy belatedly:
"I know I was wrong...I have made irresponsible remarks about state affairs..."
Xiao Chenglan sighed softly, "If this is called political discussion, then I don't have to sit in the Emperor's Palace every day."
Xiao Chenglan pinched Jiang Yingli's chin. The light in the tent was dim and ambiguous, and he couldn't see the person's face clearly. Only a pair of black eyes were shining.
"Jiang Yingli."
Jiang Yingli knelt between his legs, and her back straightened a little when she heard Xiao Chenglan calling her full name.
Xiao Chenglan's eyes held a hint of helpless doting. "Are you constantly dwelling on the trouble I suffered at the hands of those courtiers in the previous dynasty? How do you know I wasn't tossing them around like a ball, silencing them?"
Jiang Yingli said weakly, "I am just worried about Your Majesty. I am always afraid that Your Majesty will be bullied by others..."
"Idiot." Xiao Chenglan lowered his head and gently bit and licked her lips.
"You should be thinking about me, but not worrying about me, but missing me. I am capable of handling state affairs and I also have ways to check and balance the harem. You must trust me, understand?"
Jiang Yingli: "Of course I believe Your Majesty!"
Xiao Chenglan smiled faintly, his voice low and hoarse, carrying a hint of confusion and bewitching: "Then just stay by my side with peace of mind. When you see me, be happy. When you can't see me, miss me, miss me all the time."
Jiang Yingli looked at Xiao Chenglan's dark eyes, and felt as if her heart was captured by them. Only these words echoed in her mind, and she thought more and more.
The handsome face was so close, and the voice echoing in her ears was so gentle and moving. Jiang Yingli was so confused that she only had a little bit of consciousness left, and nodded blankly.
"I miss Your Majesty all the time. I think of you when I wake up in the morning, when I eat, when I admire the flowers and play with the birds, when I practice calligraphy, and even in my dreams."
Xiao Chenglan kissed her, his dark eyes filled with a sense of possessiveness that was being satisfied. He smiled softly and praised her:
"So good."
After a good sleep, Jiang Yingli opened her eyes again when the sun was already high in the sky.
She half lifted herself up from the couch, her black hair falling from her shoulders, hiding the ambiguous kiss marks that had lingered around her fair collarbone for days.
Lian Qiao brought forward a sandalwood tray, on which was a thick stack of neatly copied palace rules.
Jiang Yingli, who had just woken up, flipped through the palace rules in a daze.
It's exactly like what she wrote!
He even imitated her handwriting, which was like the scribbles of peach charms she had drawn in a hurry, with the horizontal, vertical and diagonal strokes completely devoid of any strokes and shrunk into a ball.
No wonder His Majesty tested her yesterday, it was indeed a bit awkward.
Jiang Yingli looked at the copied palace rules and felt relieved. She lay on her back on the couch and rolled around.
His Majesty is so kind! She likes His Majesty the most!
While Jiang Yingli was rolling around happily on the couch, in the Wanshou Palace, Dowager Xue was holding a cup of tea, which she couldn't swallow.
What a good Concubine Jia, she never changes despite repeated warnings!
He actually turned a deaf ear to her teachings!
When she comes to hand in the palace rules tomorrow, she will take this opportunity to beat her so that she can no longer serve the emperor.
She wanted to make her understand clearly that she could not disobey the aristocratic family. If she angered her, this deep palace would be her burial place!
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