After the summer came, the weather became hotter and hotter, and the palace servants became lazy. Whenever they got the chance, they would hide away in groups of three or five to slack off.
Things were better in other palaces because they had masters to keep them in check, but in the Yan Gui Palace, things were much more unruly.
Di Zixiao had been in a coma for some time, and the palace servants had become lazy from their initial respectfulness. Except when Su Man came, they were very negligent at other times.
The thin screen window cannot block the chirping of cicadas, and they can be heard clearly in the inner hall.
Xiaolu inside was feeding Di Zixiao ginseng soup, but Di Zixiao had great difficulty swallowing it and could only swallow one mouthful out of three.
Xiaolu quickly lost his patience. He pushed the ginseng soup to the little palace servant beside him and said, "You feed it."
He himself sat on a chair nearby, legs crossed, and said, "He's clearly going to die, yet he's still using such a nice thing. In my opinion, he's going to die sooner or later, so he might as well be strangled to death to save us the trouble of serving him."
The young palace attendant, not wanting to offend the chief steward, echoed, "Brother Xiaolu is right. There are so many young and handsome male favorites in the harem. Why does His Majesty insist on hanging himself on this crooked tree?"
"Exactly. Let's not talk about others. Even among the palace servants here, who is not stronger than this living dead?"
The two of them went further and further in their words, even beginning to mock Di Zixiao, saying that he was a son of a foreign country and was unfit to serve their queen.
Xiaolu was from a farming family and spoke in a rather rough manner. He boasted, "If I were serving Her Majesty, I would definitely serve her so well that she wouldn't even want to get out of bed."
“…”
They took advantage of the fact that Di Zixiao couldn't hear them and talked nonsense, but they didn't know that Di Zixiao heard every word they said.
These days, everyone has revealed their darkest side because of his "coma". The only one who has not changed is Suman.
Even though he couldn't hear, she still patiently told him about the things she encountered in the harem and the court. While he was moved, he also gradually understood that the job of Queen Su Man was also very difficult.
Often the more you know a person, the more likely you are to care about her every move.
Di Zixiao is obviously at this stage now, so at this time, hearing them offend Su Man like this, he couldn't bear it.
Listening to those foul words, he felt like a fire was raging in his chest, and he wished he could beat these two ignorant people to death with one punch each.
...
Fortunately, a voice was announced outside not long after, "His Majesty has arrived."
When they heard this voice, Xiaolu and the others fell silent. Some were feeding him ginseng soup, while others were massaging his legs.
Di Zixiao didn't care about these things. He held his breath, with an expectation in his heart that he didn't even realize, waiting for that familiar voice to sound.
He was not disappointed. Soon, Su Man said, "You all go down."
"yes."
The bed sank and Suman sat next to him.
He felt his hand being held by a pair of slightly cool hands, "Zixiao, are you feeling better today?"
“…”
"Look at me, you forgot again. You fell asleep and couldn't answer me. But I see that you look better today than in the past few days. I think you should be getting better soon."
“…”
Di Zixiao smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard this. If he hadn't heard the palace maids gossiping about the imperial physician saying that he wouldn't survive the summer, he would have really believed Su Man's words.
Perhaps it is because a dying person speaks good words. He no longer remembers his previous hatred for Su Man, but instead often thinks of the kindness she showed him.
All those things that he once disdained and disagreed with have become a past that he will never be able to reach.
...
"The apricot blossoms in the Imperial Garden are blooming today. I'm sure we'll have apricots to eat soon. I remember you loved that the most."
Su Man's tone was tinged with laughter. "I still remember that year when I picked a plate of apricots and sent them to you. I wanted to please you, but you took a bite and spat it out. You even said angrily that these apricots were so sour and not edible for human consumption."
Di Zixiao's memory was triggered. At that time, he had not yet entered the harem. In order to get him to agree, Di Man wanted to be around him every day.
She'd heard from somewhere that he loved apricots, so she sent him a plate. But he remembered that Diman hadn't said she'd picked them...
As if specifically answering his doubts, Su Man said with a smile, "When I saw that things were going badly, I lied and said that they were presented by outsiders. I was afraid you wouldn't believe me, so I got angry and said that I must punish them severely. It was really funny."
Di Zixiao couldn't help wanting to laugh, but he couldn't laugh out loud, so he could only laugh silently.
Su Man rambled on and on as usual. Finally, she covered Di Zixiao with the quilt and said, "Don't worry, I will find out who poisoned you and I will cure you."
“…”
Di Zixiao thought about this question for a long time. Although there were many people in the harem who wanted to harm him, that person was probably the only one who had the courage to poison him.
I didn't expect them to be so ruthless.
If he could survive this time, he would make sure they were in trouble.
...
Seeing that most of the mines had been buried, Su Man gave Wu Xia a wink.
Wu Xia understood, "Your Majesty, the ministers are still waiting for you, you can't delay any longer."
"knew."
Only after Wu Xia's repeated urging did Su Man reluctantly leave.
Hearing Su Man's footsteps getting farther and farther away, Di Zixiao felt empty inside.
During this period of isolation from the world, Suman was his only hope and sunshine.
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