"Fuling, come and massage my shoulders and legs. My knees are about to break."
After Li Xia finished taking care of the old emperor's funeral, she collapsed on the chaise longue due to exhaustion.
After the old emperor passed away, the person with the highest status in the entire palace, apart from the Crown Prince Dongfang Xunyi, was the newly widowed Queen Li Xia.
Li Xia took advantage of his status to inform relevant officials that matters of national mourning should be kept simple.
For so many years, the old emperor has ignored the affairs of state and the lives of the people in order to satisfy his own selfish desires. He has increased taxes just to win a smile from the beauties in the harem and indulged himself in the arms of pleasure day and night.
He died.
Few people are truly sad.
Some people even clapped and cheered in the dark.
Fuling walked to Li Xia's side and half-knelt down. "Your Majesty, you can let me and the servants do some things. You don't have to do everything yourself. Your Majesty has been tired and thin these past two days. My servant and Sister Yuzhu are heartbroken when we see you."
She reached out and gently massaged Li Xia's slightly swollen calf.
Fuling, who is usually carefree, now has tears in her eyes.
If the lady were still alive and knew what happened to the young lady, I wonder how heartbroken she would be.
A child with a mother is a treasure.
The young lady has a stepfather because she has a stepmother.
The young lady that the old master and the mistress cherished so much, yet they treated her like a piece of trash.
The old emperor is so old.
The master was not worried about the young lady at all, and thought it was an honor for the family for her to become the queen.
He doesn't even think about it.
The emperor was over fifty years old and had many concubines in his harem, but none of them had given birth to an heir.
Obviously the problem lies with the old emperor.
The master knew very well what it meant for the young lady to enter the palace.
All he cared about was the family honor, and he didn't care about the young lady's future at all.
When Li Xia saw that Fuling suddenly fell silent, she sat up from the chaise longue and looked down at the little girl with her eyes drooping.
"Fuling, I'm just tired, not in pain."
She grinned and said soothingly.
Li Xia knew that Fuling was worried about her.
She also knew that as the queen, she had the right to order her subordinates to do many things.
But she couldn't do that.
She couldn't give the opportunity to find fault with something to someone who had ulterior motives.
Those in high positions.
Enjoyed extremely high status treatment.
The amount of criticism one has to endure from the world is often proportional to one's status.
"Well, I will massage your legs carefully."
Fuling lowered her head, not wanting Li Xia to see her tears.
Seeing this, Li Xia guessed what she was thinking, but she did not ask Fuling about it.
After a while.
Yuzhu came in with a small porcelain bottle, "Your Majesty, this is the swelling-reducing ointment that I got from the Imperial Hospital. The imperial physician said that if you apply it and massage it for a quarter of an hour, it will be very effective in reducing swelling. I'll give it to Your Majesty to try."
When Li Xia saw Fuling and Yuzhu were worried about her, she felt warm in her heart.
"Sister Yuzhu, I was the first one to press the Queen's legs. You can't compete with me."
Upon hearing this, Fuling hurriedly hugged Li Xia's calf, fearing that her job of massaging the empress's legs would be snatched away.
Yuzhu is one year older than the original owner, while Fuling is one year younger than the original owner.
The three of them grew up together.
Fuling is lively and sweet-mouthed. When she was a child, she often followed Yuzhu around and called her sister sweetly.
Yuzhu also took good care of her.
"Okay, I won't fight with you." Yuzhu handed the porcelain bottle in her hand to Fuling, "You massage the queen's legs, and I'll massage the queen's shoulders. We each do our own job."
"Yeah."
Fuling grinned.
"Ha~ It's so comfortable. I even feel sleepy sometimes." Li Xia yawned with her hand covering her mouth.
It feels so comfortable to be served by someone.
The original owner was frail and had poor physical fitness.
She would be exhausted if she walked a few more steps or stood for a while longer.
"My lady, if you are tired, just take a nap."
Fuling blinked and said.
Li Xia's eyelids were drooping a little. She nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a nap. You guys should take a break too. You don't need to press it anymore."
She was so busy these past two days that she was dizzy. Yuzhu and Fuling followed her around and had hardly had a chance to catch their breath.
Yuzhu said, "We servants are not in a hurry. Wait until the queen falls asleep, and then sister Fuling and I will go to rest."
"Well, then stop when you're tired."
Li Xia said in a daze.
She was very sleepy.
My eyelids closed uncontrollably.
After a while, shallow breathing could be heard from the bedroom.
Fuling lowered her voice and whispered, "Sister Yuzhu, the queen has fallen asleep."
"Hush, Fuling, be gentle. I'll go get a blanket to cover the Queen."
Yuzhu said softly.
Your Majesty is weak. If she catches a cold, she will suffer for several days.
They have to take good care of the empress.
Li Xia fell asleep.
In her dream, she saw herself lying on a cloud.
There are many ordinary clouds floating around.
"Host."
A small pink cloud floated in front of Li Xia, and a familiar electronic sound came from it.
Li Xia's eyes widened. "You...you are the system?"
If she hadn't heard the mechanical sound of the system, she really wouldn't have recognized that such pink clouds were the system.
"Host, I checked and found that many girls like pink colors. Do you not like it?"
The system blinked. Seeing that Li Xia's expression was not very surprised, it frowned and scratched its head, asking suspiciously.
"It's okay. I don't like it very much, but I don't hate it either."
When she was a child in an orphanage, she also saw some wealthy ladies bringing their little princesses to the orphanage to do charity.
Many of the little girls of their age were pretty and most of them wore pink princess dresses.
Li Xia also had times when she felt envious.
At that time, she always thought that pink was the color of princesses.
"I originally wanted to give the host a surprise." The electronic sound of the system revealed a hint of loss.
Seeing that the system was in a low mood, Li Xia said, "Yes, I was surprised, but also happy."
"System, why did you come into my dream for no reason? And you transformed into a pink cloud. Did you just want to give me a surprise?" she asked to change the subject.
The system shook its head and explained, "Not really. I found out something and wanted to tell the host. But when I came back, I saw you were asleep. I didn't want to wake you up, so I thought about trying out my new ability after the upgrade. It just so happened that I had the ability to enter dreams, so I came to find the host in his dream."
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I wrote some of the details on Weibo, but I saw some cute people asking me, or you can't see it? I posted it twice and processed it. If you can't see it, maybe you can't write it there. If it's really not possible, forget it, otherwise you won't be able to see it even if I write it.
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