"Your Highness Consort Chen is different; you are the only one who has successfully persuaded His Majesty to drink the medicine."
Gu Jiangli herself didn't even know she was so amazing.
She also told Xiao Anzi that this was because she had made a deal with the emperor.
The emperor happened to be a man who kept his promises.
She didn't feel any different, because the emperor hadn't summoned her since that day.
The way he neglected her was exactly the same as the way he neglected the other concubines.
She was about to decline Xiao Anzi's offer when, as soon as she stepped out of the gate of Jinghe Palace, she ran into the emperor who had just returned.
"Want to leave?" The emperor blocked her way, his gaze as calm as a clear spring.
Gu Jiangli smiled, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I was planning to come when you were not here."
The emperor ignored her and walked into the room, saying, "Since you're already here, finish your meal before you leave."
His words weren't commands, yet they made it impossible for anyone to refuse.
Gu Jiangli had no choice but to follow in small steps.
She sat to the emperor's right, watching the palace maids bring dish after dish to the table.
To be honest, she was indeed a little hungry, but looking at the emperor's dishes, she really couldn't muster any appetite.
The table was full of dishes, with everything imaginable, but none of them were oily or greasy.
If she eats this dish every day, she can lose another ten pounds in less than a month.
Watching the emperor eat these bland and tasteless foods with such familiarity, Gu Jiangli couldn't help but feel a pang of pity for him.
The sick are the most pitiful.
Not only was he physically unwell, but his appetite was also unsatisfied. He had no reason to live, and it's a wonder the emperor persisted for so long...
Gu Jiangli looked sad and held his chopsticks for a long time without picking up any food.
The emperor glanced at her, as if he could read her mind, and said, "There's still one more dish: yellow croaker with pickled mustard greens. We'll have to wait a bit."
Gu Jiangli was surprised. "Your Majesty prepared a separate dish for me?"
The emperor remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Gu Jiangli felt a strange sensation. Xiao Anzi said that the emperor treated her differently. Perhaps it was true!
Soon, the yellow croaker dish that the emperor had mentioned was served.
Gu Jiangli dared not eat too happily in front of the emperor, lest he upset him, and ate elegantly and dignifiedly the whole time.
The emperor didn't look at her, focusing only on eating the food in his own bowl and plate. After putting down his chopsticks, he asked:
"What brings you here specifically to see me?"
Gu Jiangli also put down her chopsticks, "Your Majesty, I have come to present a gift."
"What gift should we give?" The emperor hadn't expected this answer.
Gu Jiangli smiled slyly: "A gift that will please His Majesty."
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