Xia Tong pouted, and secretly stretched out her white palm, "Where are the beads?"
Gu Qin narrowed his eyes. Every day he had the thought of throwing this woman into a snake den, but he finally held back. He casually took out a small box from his sleeve, pulled the woman's fair wrist, and put the Buddhist beads in the box on it. He didn't know when that skinny arm would grow flesh.
Xia Tong turned it around in front of her eyes twice. Although it was a little big, fortunately it would not fall off. She didn't expect a straight man like Gu Qin to deliberately measure her size.
After returning home, Xia Tong was punished as expected. Gu Qin and Fang Yu, two treacherous spies, forced her to drink a large amount of tonic soup. Maybe it was because she drank too much soup, but she had severe morning sickness at night, and her stomach felt uncomfortable when she smelled the oil. The executioners even said they would give her another soup tomorrow.
When she went to bed at night, she deliberately locked the door tightly, not wanting the man to get into her bed. But in the middle of the night, a dark shadow still lay beside her. In a daze, Xia Tong only felt that the quilt was much warmer.
When I woke up the next day, I found that the bolt of my door was broken into two pieces.
While having breakfast, she was still scolding Fangyu for being so insincere, but Qing'er ran in hurriedly, her face flushed by the wind.
"Master, today the army at the border returned to the capital. I heard they returned with a great victory!"
After drinking a mouthful of porridge, Xia Tong was not surprised to see Qing'er's excited look. The climate at the border was bad and the Rongdi people did not have many supplies. How could they defeat them who had sufficient food and grass? It was already very good that they could hold out for a few months.
"However...I also heard that the emperor was attacked in the Guanglu Temple yesterday and suffered some minor injuries." Qing'er said hesitantly.
Hearing this, Xia Tong frowned, but Fang Yu beside her said in a serious tone: "I have also heard that now the outside world is saying that this matter is related to the prince. Otherwise, why is it that you and the prince are fine in the Guanglu Temple, but the emperor is injured."
Unable to eat anymore, Xia Tong took a candied fruit from the table and stuffed it into her mouth. She stood up and went to the inner room to get a cloak and put it on. She said in a light voice, "No matter what the outside world says, go tell the housekeeper that there must be no such rumors in the mansion."
The longer Xia Tong was with Gu Qin, the more she felt sorry for him. He had no idea how many blames he had taken over the years, but the rumors were always convincing. If she didn't know his personality, she would have thought that Gu Qin had done it. These days, he would be blamed wherever there was a blame.
"Yes." Qing'er immediately stepped out.
The weather outside has warmed up a lot, but it likes to rain in early spring. It rained all day long and the ground was very wet. When Xia Tong came to the outside of the study, many raindrops were stuck on her body. She let Fang Yu wipe them for her for a while. After entering, she saw the man in front of the desk still looking at the folders. He seemed to have a lot of things to do every day.
"I have been taking pregnancy-maintaining drugs for a long time. Can I stop for a while?" She walked over, moved a chair and sat next to him, looking pleading.
Hearing this, the man did not even look up and said casually, "What do you think?"
Xia Tong: “…”
All medicines are poisonous. Why did she have to take so many pregnancy-preserving medicines when she was just fine? And she drank so much tonic soup every day, the baby must be healthy.
"I'll go to the palace in the afternoon, you just stay at home." He looked at her sternly.
Xia Tong pursed her lips, as if she had thought of something. There would definitely be a welcoming banquet tonight for the army's return. Logically, she should go, but Gu Qin would definitely not let her go. She had only gone to the Guanglu Temple yesterday during this period, and she was not allowed to leave the mansion the rest of the time.
If she doesn't want to go, then don't go. She is too lazy to deal with those people with bad intentions. There is nothing to see anyway.
She was grinding ink for him out of boredom, her eyes swept across the slightly folded piece of letter paper on the table. She stole a glance at the man and quietly took the piece of letter paper, but when she saw the content inside, her expression changed.
Xiao Ming was actually hiding in the Grand Tutor's Mansion!
No wonder even Xiao Jing couldn't find him. It is conceivable that Xiao Ming must have colluded with the old Grand Tutor. The male protagonist is not the old emperor, and he will definitely not tolerate the existence of a powerful family like the Grand Tutor's Mansion that threatens the imperial power. The old Grand Tutor obviously also knows this, so he chose to cooperate with Xiao Ming. Now Xiao Ming can only rely on the Grand Tutor's Mansion, otherwise he will be hunted down all his life. It will definitely be a trouble if these two people join forces.
"You still say you're not a spy?" Gu Qin suddenly glanced at her with a cold look.
Xia Tong gave him a strange look. This man liked to scare her as always. What kind of evil taste did he have?
Seeing that the woman didn't seem to be afraid, Gu Qin suddenly felt that he was usually too easy to talk to. He raised his hand and knocked her head, "Don't worry about things that you shouldn't worry about."
Rubbing her head that was hurt by his blow, Xia Tong curled her lips and said, "I'm not worried. I just took a look."
Maybe she had drunk too much nourishing soup recently, her little face had become a lot rounder, and her pair of clear black and white eyes were moving around there, never still for a moment.
Gu Qin stared at the woman in front of him for a while, and then his eyes moved slightly, "If I really want to rebel, what will you do?"
The study room fell silent instantly. This was the first time Gu Qin had talked about this topic with her. Xia Tong lowered her head, tugging at her wide sleeves, and secretly glanced at him, "I won't say anything polite. I will naturally support what the prince wants to do, but I don't want it to happen selfishly. If that day really comes, how can those civil and military officials allow me to be the only one in the harem? I will have to watch you marry so many concubines, and I will definitely be very unhappy."
The more she spoke, the more her face wrinkled. Her pearl hairpin swayed and her eyes were filled with melancholy, as if Gu Qin had already married many concubines.
Looking at that unhappy little face, Gu Qin couldn't help but chuckle. His eyes were full of smiles, and his stern features softened instantly. It seemed that he had never laughed so happily before. However, Xia Tong frowned with anger. This guy was so mean. Was he so happy to see that he was unhappy?
Raising his hand to cover the delicate little face, Gu Qin curled his lips and said softly: "If that day really comes, how can this king be controlled by others."
When their eyes met, Xia Tong seemed to hear the promise in the other person's words, and lowered her head with a red face. Come to think of it, there was no one he was afraid of now. If he really became the emperor, he would be even more unscrupulous and no one would be able to punish him.
"Master, Lord Ji wants to see you."
At this moment, the sound of Xifeng suddenly came from outside the house. Knowing that he was busy every day, and that Xiao Ming and the old master were colluding behind his back, he didn't know when he had an attack. Xia Tong didn't disturb him anymore, but stood up and raised her hand to touch his forehead with a sweet smile on her face.
"Then come back early today, I'll wait for you to go to bed."
Otherwise, if she went to bed alone, the bed would definitely be cold.
The man just looked at her with a burning gaze, while Xia Tong turned around and left the study. Fang Yu outside immediately held up an umbrella over her head. It was drizzling and the ground was very wet. Xia Tong did not walk too fast. In fact, if you look closely, the scenery in the palace is quite nice in this kind of climate.
When passing the corridor, there were a few servants watering the garden. When they saw her, they all knelt down to greet her. Xia Tong did not pay much attention to them. She didn't know what she saw, and her eyes inadvertently swept across one of the maids who was watering the garden. The maid lowered her head and looked unfamiliar, but her figure was somewhat familiar.
"Qing'er bought you a few more storybooks yesterday. I heard they are the latest ones." Fangyu said with a smile at the back.
Hearing this, Xia Tong's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she immediately turned around and asked, "But what about the series I watched before?"
Fangyu nodded. She knew what her master liked to watch, so how could Qing'er not find it?
Seeing this, Xia Tong was about to praise Qing'er, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she felt a sudden pain in her calf, as if she was hit by something, and her whole leg was numb. Fortunately, she was quick to hold on to the garden pillar beside her.
"Are you okay?" Fang Yu immediately supported her nervously.
Xia Tong shook her head. Fortunately, she held on to the thing, otherwise if it fell down, who knows if the child would be hurt.
"Princess, please don't scare me!"
The butler happened to be passing by with a group of people. He was so scared that he ran over quickly, looking more nervous than anyone else. If something happened to the unborn little master, what would happen to the prince? Even he didn't dare to imagine it.
"It's okay, I just sprained my foot." Xia Tong's leg was still a little numb, but her ankle didn't hurt, so how could her foot suddenly be sprained?
She suddenly turned her gaze to the servants watering the garden, and asked, "Where is the maid wearing the pink pearl flower?"
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