She completely ignored the sarcasm and ridicule from the people in the palace, and she turned a deaf ear to the Queen's intentional or unintentional slander.
Many people in the palace were laughing at the queen, thinking that the queen and the emperor's so-called childhood sweethearts were nothing more than that.
Isn't it just that a new person comes and replaces him immediately?
Queen Lin Yao naturally knew about these rumors, but she didn't care.
The reason is simple: the beauty pageant is about to begin, and once the newcomer enters the palace, she will definitely take away Concubine Xiang's favor.
After all, it is still the mourning period for the late emperor. The emperor restrained himself and followed the rules of propriety. He did not touch her and naturally did not touch Concubine Xiang either.
However, the queen had not been proud for a few days when something happened that made her collapse and break down.
It was still cloudy and rainy in the evening of that day.
Concubine Xiang came to visit the emperor with some homemade cheese.
In the entire harem, only Concubine Xiang was allowed to enter the imperial study to visit the emperor.
But Pei Su was not in the imperial study at this moment.
The young eunuch who stayed behind said that the emperor was practicing sword in the backyard.
Xiangpin was puzzled. "It's raining outside, and the emperor is still practicing sword? Doesn't the emperor hate getting his hands and body wet the most?"
"Your Majesty is right, but I can't fathom the Emperor's thoughts. Perhaps he's just acting on a whim. Please wait a moment."
Concubine Xiang thought that the emperor never allowed anyone to set foot in the backyard of his study, including her.
So he didn't say anything more and agreed to sit down and wait.
Little did they know that at this time Pei Su was concentrating on tending to various crops in the land in the backyard.
Pull out weeds, catch insects, pinch off yellow leaves, one plant at a time, carefully and patiently.
Rain and sweat soaked his gold-embroidered dragon robe, and drops of water flowed down his handsome cheeks.
These crops were all pulled from Qiaoluolu's yard, not a single one was missing.
He transplanted it to his own yard and took good care of it, treating it like a treasure and not allowing anyone else to touch it.
Although one of the plants had an extremely bad smell that made people nauseous, he asked many eunuchs who knew about agriculture, but none of them knew what it was.
But he still couldn't bear to throw it away.
In a corner not far away, the chickens and ducks ate the same food as him: green glutinous rice that cost one tael of silver per dou.
In a month, it grew fat and strong, and pecked him every time it saw him.
It seems that they want to avenge their dead master.
Pei Su still doted on them even more than he doted on his own concubines.
After arranging the flowers and plants and feeding the chickens and ducks, Pei Su changed his clothes, washed his hands, and went to see Concubine Xiang.
"It's raining outside, why are you rushing over here? What if you fall?"
Pei Su frowned slightly with heartache and walked up to her.
Concubine Xiang wanted to reach out and hold the emperor's hand, but Pei Su dodged it intentionally or unintentionally and reached out to move the tassel of the gold hairpin on her head.
Concubine Xiang felt a little sad. It was like this again. The emperor didn't like people touching him.
Since she began serving the Holy Throne, she has never even touched his hand.
But she is his wife, so it is natural for her to be intimate with him, isn't it?
"I was thinking of His Majesty, and remembering that he was busy tonight and hadn't eaten, I specially made some cakes to fill His Majesty's stomach.
Your Majesty works day and night on state affairs, giving everything he has, so please don't exhaust yourself."
She raised her smiling face and looked at Pei Su's beautiful face and body close to her, regretting that she couldn't get closer to him.
Just as she was feeling lost, Pei Su suddenly took a step forward, his fingers slid down to her pearl earrings, and gently fiddled with them.
He whispered, "It's so late, and the weather is bad. My beloved, please don't leave today. Would you please stay with me?"
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