After a while, the carriage stopped shaking, and someone gently lifted the curtain: "Your Majesty, we have arrived at Chengqing Palace."
The person beside him paused for a moment and said, "Send her back to Chenshuang Pavilion first."
Immediately, the curtain was lowered again, swaying for a moment before stopping again: "Your Majesty, Consort Mu, we have arrived at Chenshuang Pavilion."
I didn't understand what was going on and remained seated. He turned around and stretched out his hand as if to hug me, but then retracted it. "Call Xiao Cui and Xiao Tao in to help their master down."
A familiar female voice came from outside the door: "Young Master, Young Master." I subconsciously moved towards the car door, and before they got close, I jumped down.
His head felt heavy, his feet light, and he fell directly to the ground, rolling around. A loud shout rang out behind him: "Chen Shuang!"
The carriage wasn't very high, so I climbed up and sat down on the ground, rubbing my head. It didn't hurt much. The maids beside me were about to cry, so I smiled at them foolishly, "When you cry, you sound like my little Cui and little Tao..."
Someone quickly squatted in front of me in the darkness, his voice anxious: "Why are you in such a hurry? Did you bump into anything?"
Immediately, he attached his hand to my head and asked, "Did you bump into it?"
"Doctor, doctor, call the doctor!" He turned around and ordered, then picked me up and said, "Let's go back to the room first."
I was originally supported by him, but after I stumbled and became unsteady, he directly picked me up horizontally, pushed the door open, led me into the room, and placed me on the bed.
"Go make some sobering soup so that she won't have a headache when she wakes up tomorrow." He stood by the bed. The maid beside him quickly agreed, turned on the light and left.
I tugged at the quilt on my body, feeling so soft that I wanted to turn over and go to sleep, but I heard him murmur softly: "The quilt has also been put away..."
I smacked my lips: "Thank you for taking me back... You should go back early too, and be careful on the road."
After saying that, I closed my eyes, rubbed my head on the pillow and was about to fall asleep. At this time, someone came in and said something like "The imperial physician is here."
Then someone parted my hair and checked the place where I felt pain, then took my pulse. After a while, I heard "nothing serious" and then there was no more sound.
But before the sound of the front foot leaving faded, an anxious and worried female voice came in: "Your Majesty, sobering soup."
It doesn't let people sleep!
The maid tried to help me up, but I impatiently shrank back into bed: "I want to sleep..."
Before I could finish my words, I was half-lifted up, one arm around my shoulders and leaning against the edge of the bed. He sat beside me and handed me a spoon with his other hand: "Open your mouth."
I opened my mouth reluctantly, and it tasted sour and sweet, absolutely delicious. But he had already taken the spoon away, so I quickly hugged his arm: "More!"
He stiffened for a moment, but finally pulled his arm away and said to the maid, "She's not conscious right now. Come and feed her the hangover soup before letting her sleep."
After that, I was taken over by another slender arm, and I could only hear the steady footsteps gradually fading away.
After drinking some soup, washing up and changing clothes, I was finally able to have a good night's sleep.
In my drowsiness, I seemed to see Song Heng. He was wearing a dragon robe, solemn and majestic, but he smiled gently when our eyes met.
He stretched out his hand to beckon me over, and I ran towards him happily, but suddenly a lot of concubines appeared in front of us, dressed in red and green, blocking our way.
I couldn't see Song Heng anymore, and I felt very depressed. I took a deep breath and rushed forward - they instantly turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared.
Song Heng was still waving at me with a smile, his eyes were like black jade, bright and pleasant.
I ran forward, and suddenly thousands of houses and countless people appeared in front of me - I couldn't see him at all.
I climbed over mountains and crossed rivers, helping people to save their lives. More and more people showed me happy and grateful smiles. After passing through a jungle, I finally saw the golden corner of his clothes.
I ran towards him breathlessly and excitedly, but stopped a few meters away.
Next to him was a beautiful girl with twin buns, looking up at him and smiling. He was also looking at her smile. It turned out that the arm he extended to me was to touch the girl's hair.
When his hand was about to approach the girl, I suddenly opened my eyes in shock - I saw the sunlight pouring into the house, a golden light, and there were bursts of birds chirping outside the window.
It turns out I was dreaming.
It's winter already, but I'm sweating profusely.
"My lady, you're awake!" I just realized that Xiao Cui was standing beside my bed.
"Hmm..." I sat up, only remembering that I went to the Hunfan yesterday and vomited violently. After that, my memory was fragmented and blurry. "Did I return to the palace last night?"
"Yes," Xiao Cui agreed, "It was His Majesty who sent you back..."
"Your Majesty?" I frowned. "Didn't I just come back from the Mu Mansion?"
"Yes, His Majesty went to give the master a birthday gift. You were drunk at the time, so His Majesty sent you back."
I nodded, and then thought about why he, the supreme ruler, would go to the Mu Mansion in person to deliver a birthday gift, and also thought about what he once said to me, "Come back early."
...How come he is still so nice to me?
If it's just a casual act, it would be too much trouble...
I know not.
But honestly, how should I respond...
The dream is particularly clear in my mind:
He and I are separated by the three palaces and six courtyards, by the people of the world, by the beautiful mountains and rivers, and also by some other things - a destiny that he does not understand but I have long understood.
I'm not afraid of the three palaces and six courtyards, so what if I fight for them? I have the Mu family by my side, so it doesn't matter if I stay by his side. But fate... is set in stone...
So, in the end, this was just a romantic affair that ended before it even began?
"My lady, my lady..." The voice calling me became more and more anxious. I quickly came back to my senses: "Ah, what's the matter?"
"My lady, why are you crying..." Xiao Cui stood there in a daze, looking at me in surprise.
I subconsciously touched my face, ah, why am I crying...
"I had a nightmare, but I'm fine now." I tried to smile. "Please help me prepare some clothes. I need to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau to find the Imperial Physician Xiajiang."
I'm still worried about my father's headache. Doctor Jiang is very skilled in medicine, so it would be better to ask him for advice.
I knew that Xiaotao and Xiaocui had stayed up all night to take care of me, so I let them go to rest and went to find Doctor Jiang myself. Anyway, I was already familiar with the pulse diagnosis route and didn't need them to lead the way.
I went to the Imperial Medical Bureau and found the room where Doctor Jiang was staying. The door was closed. I thought Doctor Jiang hadn't entered the palace yet, but suddenly a heavy, elderly sigh came from inside.
"Do you understand? There are real swords and knives everywhere. A single blow could result in bloodshed and death. It's no joke!" The old doctor was a little excited. "You have superb medical skills. You will have a bright future in the palace. You might even be remembered in history. So why—? Alas, alas!"
"I understand," came the gentle voice of Doctor Jiang. "There are flashes of swords and shadows of sabers ahead. There may be millions of corpses and rivers of blood."
"You know—" Before the old doctor finished saying "OK," Doctor Jiang continued, his voice firm and resonant:
"Then I will ensure that there is hot soup, the aroma of medicine, scabs forming on wounds, and resurrection from the dead in the rear."
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