Chapter 18 The first sign of henpecked: Qi Buchen is at your mercy...
Qi Buchen was 'driven' out of the room, wondering if his reaction just now was wrong. To no avail.
Until she accidentally glanced at Baozhu, whose face was blushing abnormally: "Are you hot?"
Baozhu seemed a little absent-minded, startled by the sudden question. Then, as if she had thought of something, her face turned pale and she knelt down with a plop: "I deserve to die. Please forgive me, Madam. I will never dare to do it again."
Qi Buchen was startled by her sudden action and leaned back. What are you doing? I just asked a question!
"What are you doing? Get up quickly." Qi Buchen frowned.
Baozhu was still kneeling: "Please forgive me, Madam. I swear to heaven that I have no improper thoughts."
"What's inappropriate..." Qi Buchen had just said this when he suddenly had an idea and changed his mind.
Could it be that the girl blushed just now because she saw Yinzhen naked? Then she thought he saw through her thoughts, that she was coveting Yinzhen and wanted to punish her, so she was scared?
Realizing this possibility, Qi Buchen was stunned.
No way, girl, if I remember correctly, you are already eighteen years old. You are taller than Yinzhen. How can you blush when you see a bean sprout-like figure?
Qi Buchen was speechless and could only say with a stiff face: "Get up, I don't blame you."
As for coveting or even the question of whether or not she will climb into bed with him in the future, Qi Buchen currently does not have this sense of crisis.
She's only thirteen! She's just entering middle school! No normal person would have such thoughts!
Baozhu felt as if she had been pardoned. She kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Madam, for your forgiveness! Thank you, Madam, for your forgiveness!"
She was about to get up when she heard movement in the inner room. Two footsteps were getting closer. Then she saw the curtain being lifted, revealing a pair of thick-soled green boots. Baozhu didn't dare move, and she sank even deeper into the bed.
Qi Buchen also saw someone coming out. She stood up and met Yinzhen's eyes.
Yinzhen suddenly turned away, his eyes evasive as he said, "Ahem... next time you enter the bedroom, remember to let someone know first." Just as he finished speaking, he was afraid that Fu Jin would think he was scolding her, so he hurriedly added, "It's etiquette."
But after saying this, Yinzhen felt more like he was reprimanding his wife for being impolite. He felt a little annoyed and didn't know how to make amends. He finally stopped avoiding his gaze and looked at Qi Buchen earnestly.
"Yes." Qi Buchen didn't think there was anything wrong and just agreed, "I just forgot in a hurry."
Seeing that she was not angry, Yinzhen breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Baozhu who was still kneeling: "If your servant does not serve you well, send it back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ask them to send better ones."
Baozhu turned pale when she heard this, but she didn't even dare to beg for mercy.
"Ah? Okay." Qi Buchen didn't understand why he suddenly brought this up, but he agreed without hesitation and then asked, "You're not well yet, so the meals should be here, right? Don't go outside."
"Okay, Madam Fu will arrange it." Yinzhen didn't care about these things and agreed easily.
Qi Buchen saw Baozhu still kneeling on the ground and couldn't help but frown: "Why are you still kneeling? Go and see why the food hasn't been brought in yet."
Baozhu was delighted to hear these words. This was great! Fu Jin really had no intention of punishing her. She quickly stood up and said, "I'll go right away." Then she went out, head bowed.
Qi Buchen looked at her back and muttered, "Why is she so weird?"
Yinzhen said, "Fujin is still too soft-hearted."
"Ah? Why are you suddenly talking about this?" Qi Buchen was bewildered. "Did I have it? I don't think so."
Seeing her unawareness, Yinzhen wanted to sigh. If he were just being soft-hearted, he could have taught her some tips on how to rule and let her imitate him. But she hadn't even realized it. What could he do? She would be bullied by these cunning palace servants in the future.
"Forget it." Yinzhen had no choice but to take more care of it in the future.
Qi Buchen frowned, thinking that each and every one of them was weird. He didn't know what they were thinking about all day long, and they only spoke half of the words.
She didn't bother to guess and simply changed the subject: "Are you feeling better now? Are you still feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
"Much better." Yinzhen answered simply. As for where he felt uncomfortable, he subconsciously didn't want to say more. "I heard from Su Peisheng that you were copying books?"
"Yes, I'm copying the Four Books for Women." Qi Buchen replied, "When we went to Yonghe Palace yesterday, mother heard that I was learning calligraphy from you, so she assigned me homework." She embellished it a little.
Yinzhen, however, could not fail to sense the hidden agenda. He had heard that Fu Jin was practicing calligraphy with him? Oh, his mother probably didn't even remember how old her son was, so how could she care about what he did? However, he also knew that Fu Jin was being considerate of him, so he didn't expose her and remained silent.
"By the way, when you were asleep in the morning, Niuhulu's mother, Hui's mother, Rong's mother and others sent people to deliver some things, and Eunuch Liang also came to see it in person." Qi Buchen introduced the situation during the day.
Yinzhen nodded to show that he understood.
The meal was served quickly. Because Qi Buchen didn't know when Yinzhen would wake up, he asked them to prepare things that could be kept warm in their own tea room. They were just a few kinds of stomach-nourishing porridge and some steamed buns.
Qi Buchen felt that the food was a bit too bland and explained, "The imperial physician said that it would be better for you to eat some liquid food that is easy to digest first."
Yinzhen didn't think it was a big deal, as he was used to eating these things. "No problem."
After the meal, Qi Buchen sent him back to bed. When Yinzhen wanted to read a few pages of a book, she glared at him and rejected his request. She also sternly warned Su Peisheng not to secretly take books for her master.
Su Peisheng felt extremely miserable. When his master really wanted him to take it, would he dare not take it? Fu Jin was simply making things difficult for him!
Qi Buchen warned Su Peisheng, then turned to Yinzhen and said, "I'm going to the small study to continue copying books. You should rest well and put those strenuous things on hold until you are well again." After saying this, he frowned and pretended to be worried and frightened, "I'm really afraid that something bad will happen to you again."
Seeing her terrified expression, Yinzhen felt a pang of pain in his heart. He feared she was the only one so frightened by a minor illness. Yes, she was now alone in the palace. If anything happened to her, the Emperor would still have a dozen sons, and her mother would have fourteen. What about her? Without even a child, she would be left alone to be bullied.
Thinking of those women who were tortured silently in the deep palace, Yinzhen seemed to see Qi Buchen without him, and his eyes and voice softened like a puddle of water.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
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