Chapter 3625 When will it end?
Having said that, Concubine Guo knew it was difficult for her to force her way in any further, so she could only smile awkwardly and say, "Eunuch, you are really—devoting yourself to your duties by guarding here."
Xiao Shunzi also smiled and said, "For the sake of the emperor's peace and tranquility, I will naturally devote myself to it. Farewell, Concubine Kang."
“…”
Concubine Kang really couldn't say anything. She could only sigh, take another look at the closed door of the imperial study, and turn around and leave reluctantly.
However, just as they walked out of the gate, they saw Aunt Tongyun from Yiku Palace leading a little palace maid holding a small soup bowl in her hand and slowly walking towards the imperial study on another small road.
She stopped immediately and looked at them.
As soon as Aunt Tongyun walked into the gate, Xiao Shunzi immediately greeted her with a smile on his face and asked politely, "Aunt, why are you here?"
Aunt Tongyun smiled and said, "I've just made some tonic. Send it to the emperor while it's still hot."
Xiao Shunzi glanced at the young palace maid's hand. Although the soup bowl was still covered, he could already smell the strong smell of medicine in the air. He couldn't help but frown, but then he smiled and said, "Oh, this taste! No wonder the emperor always complains bitterly every time he drinks it."
Aunt Tongyun smiled and said, "Good medicine tastes bitter. Besides, these are not medicine, but tonics. If they were really medicine, they would be even more bitter."
Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "That's true."
Seeing that the two of them were chatting happily, and were obviously not affected by the emperor's neglect of the imperial concubine, Concubine Guo frowned. Rulan, who was following behind her, leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Your Majesty, wasn't the imperial concubine neglected by the emperor? How come people around her are still walking into the imperial study?"
Concubine Guo didn't say anything, but just stared at them with an ugly expression.
Xiao Shunzi said, "Auntie, wait a moment, I'll go in and report."
Aunt Tongyun immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, Eunuch Shun. I'll leave the things here with you. You can keep an eye on the time and send them in when the emperor is free. Just don't let them get cold."
Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "Auntie saved our family's life."
Concubine Guo watched from afar as Aunt Tongyun handed the things to Xiao Shunzi. After thanking her, she turned and left. She sneered and said, "Look, she can't even enter the Imperial Study. Eunuch Shun just gave her face by leaving the things behind."
Rulan also said immediately: "Yes, the imperial concubine's face is only so much."
The master and servant were about to turn around and leave, feeling satisfied, when they suddenly heard the emperor's deep voice coming from the imperial study:
"Who is it?"
Concubine Guo stopped immediately.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Shunzi hurried to the door carrying the soup bowl and said softly, "Your Majesty, this is something sent from the Yikun Palace."
The room was quiet for a while, and then a deep sigh was heard.
It seems like there is a huge reason why I have to do this.
Then, the emperor was heard to say helplessly, "Bring it in."
Xiao Shunzi smiled and immediately pushed the door open and walked in.
As soon as she saw him walk in with the soup bowl, Concubine Guo came back to her senses immediately. Her face turned pale and her expression was distorted into something particularly ugly. She gritted her teeth, suddenly turned around and slapped Rulan in the face, saying viciously: "Damn you servant, why are you talking so much!"
After saying that, he left angrily.
Rulan's eyes turned red after being hit, but she didn't dare to argue. She just followed her master away with a wronged look on her face.
Meanwhile, Xiao Shunzi walked into the imperial study, carrying a soup bowl and placing it steadily on the desk. Zhu Feng, who had been working at his desk all morning, looked a little sallow. He looked up, and the scent of traditional Chinese medicine in the air hit him like a heavy punch. He couldn't help but frown, "Why are these here again?"
Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease."
Zhu Feng asked coldly: "Am I sick?"
Xiao Shunzi immediately came to his senses, realizing that he had violated his taboo again. He quickly raised his hand and slapped his mouth twice, saying, "This slave deserves death, this slave deserves death!"
"snort,"
Zhu Feng snorted coldly and ignored him. He reached out to lift the lid of the cup, took a look, and frowned even more.
He murmured, "This isn't something for people to drink!"
This statement is not only willful, but also childish.
Xiao Shunzi smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Then, did this servant secretly take it away and pour it out?"
“…”
"Anyway, everyone in Yikun Palace has left, so I don't know."
Zhu Feng glared at him.
He struggled for a long time, and finally, as if admitting defeat, he picked up the soup bowl and drank it in one gulp while pinching his nose. Xiao Shunzi, who was watching from the side, felt both amused and distressed. He hurriedly took out the candied fruit that had been prepared long ago from a small drawer and handed it to Zhu Feng. After Zhu Feng finished drinking it, he felt as if he had been skinned. He grabbed two candied fruits and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them for a long time before he could catch his breath.
Then he said, "Return the things later."
Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "As you wish."
After saying this, he picked up the empty soup bowl and took it away.
Just as he was about to leave, Zhu Feng stopped him again, thought for a moment, and asked, "Is this something Tongyun sent?"
Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "Yes, the queen trusts her the most."
Zhu Feng asked, "Well, did she say anything?"
Xiao Shunzi said, "I've heard that good medicine tastes bitter, but these aren't really medicine. They're just tonics for the Emperor..."
Zhu Feng said with a straight face, "Did I ask this?"
Xiao Shunzi thought about it for a while, and immediately came to his senses. He slapped his mouth with his hand again, and then said, "Yes, yes, I was confused. It's just that Tongyun only talked about the supplements when she came here, and didn't say anything about the queen."
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhu Feng carefully and said, "If the emperor wants to know, why not go to Yikun Palace?"
Zhu Feng gritted his teeth, his expression even uglier than the bitter tonic he had just drunk. He said in a deep voice, "I'm going to see her? So I'm going to coax her?"
“…”
"I heard that not only has she refused to repent recently, she has also openly displayed the tonics she bought in Yikun Palace and has even started packing her luggage."
“…”
"Did she take my words seriously?!"
Xiao Shunzi stood at the door, listening to the emperor's angry but actually useless complaints, and could only smile bitterly.
Everyone in the palace thought that the emperor and the imperial concubine had fallen out. In fact, they did have a falling out, but it was not for any other reason but because the imperial concubine insisted on following the emperor to send troops to attack the Kingdom of Neng.
The emperor naturally refused, but the imperial concubine was not so easy to obey.
The two people fell out again.
However, unlike those trivial matters in the past where two people were just flirting with each other and it was not worth mentioning, this time it was a big deal.
Therefore, the emperor refused to give in from beginning to end, and the imperial concubine also refused to give in.
The two of them kept praising him in this way, neither soft nor hard. The emperor refused to go to the Yiku Palace, and the imperial concubine never came to pay a visit. However, bowl after bowl of supplements were delivered, and no matter how much his Majesty disliked it, he had to hold his nose and drink it.
Xiao Shunzi just complained in his heart: When will this kind of days end?
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