The water in the bathtub overflowed.
Yu Jinshu's three thousand strands of black hair were soaked in water, and water droplets condensed on her snow-white skin. Two strands of wet hair hung down from her temples and fell on her jade-like collarbone.
Below the collarbone, the beautiful curve is half submerged in water, appearing and disappearing.
Pu Kun looked at her with a dazed look in his eyes and his breathing became rapid. He held her slender arms tightly with his big hands and pulled her into his arms. His palms were on the back of her neck, and his lips and teeth were knocking against each other, and his mind gradually became confused.
At this moment, they are like playful fish and mandarin ducks in the water.
After more than half an hour, Pu Kun pulled Yu Jinshu out of the water, wrapped her in a bath towel, put on only a robe, and carried her to the dragon bed in the bedroom.
He said he wanted to go to bed early so that he could leave early tomorrow.
But Pu Kun was a little too passionate.
The emotions that had trapped him for twenty-eight years were finally released at this moment, and it was impossible to dissipate them in a short time.
After a night of tossing and turning, Yu Jinshu felt like she was being fried and stir-fried by him repeatedly. Finally, she felt satisfied and fell into a deep sleep.
Minister of Works Chen waited outside the Zhenghe Hall for the entire morning before finally receiving the news that the Emperor and Grand Secretary Yu had gotten up and washed.
In the small hall outside the bedroom, Pu Kun watched Yu Jinshu holding the bowl of porridge and drinking it continuously, as if he was very hungry.
This beautiful little face with a flushed face buried in the porridge bowl is cute and interesting. Pu Kun never gets tired of looking at it, but he also feels a little sorry for her.
"You must have been exhausted last night!"
Yu Jinshu raised his face from the porridge bowl and looked at Pu Kun, whose face was also flushed and full of smiles. He asked in return, "Your Majesty, were you exhausted last night?"
"No, I am strong."
Yu Jinshu swallowed the porridge in his mouth and looked at Pu Kun: "Your Majesty, I am just a little hungry."
Pu Kun pushed the bowl of soup in front of him towards her: "Eat this too."
Yu Jinshu put down the bowl of porridge and shook his head: "No need, I'm full."
Pu Kun looked at her like this. She lacked some of the elegance of a lady from a noble family, but her straightforward look pleased him more and made him feel real and warm.
The women in the harem had already known about what happened in the Zhenghe Palace bedroom last night.
They also learned that Yu Jinshu was not made a concubine, but became a female Grand Secretary who could enter the court to listen to government affairs.
This made them feel more threatened.
It was unprecedented that women could enter the court to attend government affairs.
Empress Xu Huan summoned all the ladies from various palaces to Kunning Palace early this morning.
"Last night, the Empress Dowager said that the Emperor had not favored Yu Jinshu, but I didn't expect that late at night, he actually favored her."
"Yu Jinshu is playing hard to get, using tactics!"
"Her tactics are too clever. There are so many concubines in the harem, but the emperor doesn't like her, a palace maid."
"Jing Fei, you can't say that anymore. Yu Jinshu is no longer a palace maid. She is a female university scholar who can enter and leave the court."
When Concubine Ning Yu Meilin listened to the concubines cursing her half-sister Yu Jinshu, the anger in her heart subsided a little.
Empress Xu Huan listened to the concubines' complaints for a while, then slammed her teacup down on the table and said, "That's enough."
The hall fell silent.
Xu Huan said, "I heard that the Emperor will take Yu Jinshu away from the palace today. If you have any good ideas, please tell us now. Otherwise, when the Emperor brings Yu Jinshu back to the palace, I'm afraid she'll be pregnant with the Emperor's bastard."
In her eyes, if a woman does not become the emperor's concubine, the child she gives birth to is a bastard.
Concubine Duan said, "Empress, the Emperor wants to take Yu Jinshu out of the palace, and we women in the harem can't stop him!"
Concubine Jing said, "Queen, I believe you have some plans!"
Xu Huan laughed, "You are right, Concubine Jing. I do have a plan, but it requires your concerted efforts."
The concubines' eyes widened as they asked, "Queen, what are your plans? We will definitely work together."
Xu Huan said, "We will return to the palace immediately to change into ordinary clothes, then go to the Zhenghe Hall to find the emperor and ask to leave the palace with him."
Concubine Duan frowned, "Empress, this is inappropriate! What if the Emperor gets angry and punishes us?"
Xu Huan was full of confidence: "I have been married to the Emperor for fourteen years. Although I have never been favored by him, I know that he is kind-hearted. Even if he wants to punish us, he will not hurt us."
She glanced at everyone, "Don't you want to seize the opportunity? We have been in the harem for so many years, and the emperor has never even looked at us. What does this mean? It means that the emperor excludes us from the harem. I heard that the emperor has fallen in love with Yu Jinshu outside. If the emperor allows us to leave the palace with him, who knows who he will favor along the way."
The key point is that if Yu Jinshu had a headache or something like that along the way, he might have died.
As soon as these words were spoken, the concubines were delighted.
Concubine Jing was the first to stand up: "I will obey the Queen's orders and go to Zhenghe Palace with you."
With someone taking the lead, all the concubines stood up and agreed to go to Zhenghe Hall with the queen.
The Queen stood up and said, "Then you will follow me."
Concubine Duan asked, "Don't we need to take anything with us on the way back?" She felt that after this trip to Zhenghe Palace, the Emperor would definitely agree to let them leave the palace together.
Concubine Kang said, "I also want to bring back some nice clothes and jewelry."
Xu Huan said, "That's unnecessary. The Emperor might be leaving the palace soon. If we delay any further, we won't have time. Besides, the Emperor will surely make thorough preparations before his trip. How could the prefectures, counties, and districts really be without our food and clothing?"
After saying that, she walked down the steps and headed out of the hall.
The concubines followed closely behind, left the Kunning Palace, and headed towards the Zhenghe Hall.
From a distance, it looks quite imposing.
What they didn't know was that Concubine Ning Yu Meilin turned a corner and hid halfway.
In the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager was having breakfast when a young eunuch hurried over.
"Queen Mother, this is not good, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother looked at the flustered eunuch and frowned: "What happened? Look how panicked you are."
The young eunuch said, "Empress Dowager, the Queen has taken the concubines to the Zhenghe Hall."
The Queen Mother looked surprised: "What did you say?"
"The Empress led the concubines to the Zhenghe Palace, saying that she wanted to ask the Emperor to take them out for an outing."
"Ridiculous." The Queen Dowager slammed the table and stood up. "The Queen is usually so considerate and considerate of the overall situation. What happened today?"
The young eunuch said, "I heard that the Emperor favored Yu Daxueshi last night. The Empress said that the Emperor never even glanced at them in the harem. It must be that the Emperor found the outside world more interesting, so she asked the concubines to accompany her to ask the Emperor to take them out of the palace."
The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy. "Have you understood, Queen? The Emperor took Scholar Yu out of the palace to build a reservoir to solve the drought and flood disasters suffered by the people. It was not for a leisurely trip."
The eunuch said, "Perhaps the Empress thought that the Emperor wanted to take Academician Yu out of the palace for a trip."
The Queen Mother walked out: "Let's go to Zhenghe Hall."
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