Chapter 151: Masterful
Baochuan looked at Yao Baolin, who waved his hand: "Lady Jing asked you to go, why don't you go and enjoy yourself?"
Baochuan bowed hurriedly: "Thank you very much, Lady Jing."
"You send everyone away and I will serve you." Yao Baolin said with a smile.
"It's also good to do it yourself." Shen Chuliu said.
"I met Su Yunv in the Imperial Garden today." Shen Chuliu smiled and repeated a few words that Su Yunv had said.
"Is she afraid that you will misunderstand that she is in a relationship with Concubine Yi?"
"That's probably what it means. Being cautious is suitable for her personality." Shen Chuliu said while cracking a walnut.
"Don't believe it all. Su Yu'nu is just a Yu'nu now, so she should be humble when speaking and doing things. But I don't think she is a weak person, judging from her character." Yao Baolin said.
"Of course. She said it, and I'll just listen. How much can I believe?" Shen Chuliu shook her head: "However, even Zi Rui has heard that Concubine Yi wants Su Yu to have a child. Who in the harem doesn't know?"
"It's no secret that Concubine Yi sent tonic medicine to Su Yu Nu. She was desperate and tried any possible means. She was so favored before, but now she is facing setbacks everywhere. She can't stand this, so she naturally has to think of a way."
"In my opinion, this is all in vain. The more this happens, the more uncomfortable it will be for the Emperor. Why bother?" Yao Baolin shook his head.
"We are not her, so naturally we don't know her." Shen Chuliu said.
"Speaking of which, Concubine Ying is pregnant. This child... and Lu Baolin's child, neither of them are qualified to raise them, right?" Yao Baolin suddenly said.
There is no need to talk about Concubine Li. Now she is a concubine. When the child is born, she will be one of the nine concubines. Even if she is not, there will be other explanations.
It is unlikely that the child will be raised by someone else.
"I don't think any of them will get the chance to be Concubine Yi. Let's see if Concubine Song can get one." Shen Chuliu thought for a while and said, "It's difficult."
"Tsk, that's really difficult."
The two of them ate a bunch of walnut shells in a short while.
This thing is troublesome to eat, delicious, but there is not much meat.
The two men were tired of eating, so they stopped and asked someone to come in and help them wash their hands.
"Then I'll go back first, you go to Taiji Palace." Yao Baolin said.
Shen Chuliu nodded, watched Baochuan put the cloak on her, and went back together.
"Baolin, I have brought you some walnuts as well." Baochuan said, "I just didn't have time to tell you."
"You girl, it's the same with eating Jing Meiren. Don't be stingy. Besides, without her, where can you get this thing?"
Without Jingmeiren's Cuiyunxuan, you can't have anything.
It’s not like she hadn’t tried it in the first few years after entering the palace.
"I'm not that ungrateful. I just said that you like to eat..." Baochuan blushed: "Zi Rui and the others are also very nice to me."
"It's good to know. No matter what, we should remember that they took care of us. It's my fault that I'm incompetent. I'm sorry for making you suffer."
"No, let's go." Baochuan supported her.
Shen Chuliu changed into a beige skirt and a snow-blue cotton jacket with a front opening, the neck trimmed with fox fur.
There were patterns of white plum blossoms embroidered on her body and she was wearing a moon-white cloak.
The hair was made by Zizhu, neither too high nor too low, fixed with a red gold hairpin and decorated with rose quartz.
Shen Chuliu also drew tall crescent eyebrows by herself. She never liked the thin eyebrows drawn by women nowadays. She made them slightly thicker according to her own eyebrow shape and made them taller.
She then used a small brush to apply some bright red rouge and drew the red eyeliner.
The lips were painted with pink rouge.
Shen Chuliu supported Jimei's hand and said, "If you are all fine, just take a rest. I'll be back in the evening."
After she left, Zi Rui said, "I guess he'll be back tomorrow morning."
Zizhu laughed and thought so too.
In the Taiji Palace, Shen Chuliu was pulled inside after paying his respects to the emperor.
"My beloved, why are you here so late?" Qi Yixiu asked.
"Your Majesty said we were going to have lunch. I met Su Yu-nu this morning while enjoying the snow after paying my respects. We talked for a while. When I got back, my maid said there were pecans, so I asked Yao Baolin to eat with us for a while. Now you're here." Shen Chuliu scolded, "Your Majesty is still blaming me. It's not even time for lunch yet."
"My beloved concubine is very busy. What did you say to Su Yu Nu and what did you say to Yao Baolin? Tell me too." Qi Yixiu pulled her to sit down.
"You can't say that, that would make you a gossip." Shen Chuliu grinned.
Qi Yixiu said with a straight face: "Have you become braver?"
"Your Majesty doesn't really want to hear it, so I won't say it. Your Majesty is just trying to scare people." Shen Chuliu snorted.
Qi Yixiu looked at her delicate features and smiled again: "You, you."
"You look great in this outfit today. Was it your idea to design this collar?" Qi Yixiu had never seen anyone do it this way, so it had to be her idea.
"It looks good, right? After the emperor's praise, they will definitely learn from him." Shen Chuliu pouted.
Qi Yixiu laughed: "Stingy."
"Your Majesty, is there meat for lunch? I'm craving for meat." Shen Chuliu pulled his hand.
"Eat if you're hungry. Didn't I allow you to eat meat? You're looking so pitiful."
"The emperor is stingy!" Shen Chuliu stood up and stomped his feet.
A beauty's coquettishness with anger and resentment is always powerful.
The emperor was no exception: "You are so powerful, prepare some meat for her on the fourth day of the first lunar month, otherwise I am afraid she will tear down my Taiji Palace."
"Hmph, what the emperor said is really not true. How much strength do I have? The most I can do is to take off the emperor's clothes. But this is the dragon robe, I dare not take it off." Shen Chuliu muttered.
Qi Yixiu shook his head: "Is there anything you dare not do?"
Shen Chuliu hummed again, and the emperor was very patient and teased and coaxed her.
To outsiders, it looks like the emperor and his favorite concubine.
It was as if Shen Chuliu was the woman Qi Yixiu truly cherished.
And Shen Chuliu seemed to have truly entrusted her heart to the person in front of her.
Everyone in the palace, even the young princes and princesses, knows how to act.
If the concubines can do it, the emperor will naturally do it too.
If she can show her true feelings, the emperor can show his true intentions.
Or maybe, the emperor doesn't need to act, he just thinks Jing Mei is a good person, so he really dotes on her.
But the emperor's heart never stays.
When he cares about you, he cares about everything about you.
But when he doesn't care about you, he doesn't care about anything about you.
In fact, men and women in the world are mostly the same. When they love you, they really love you, and when they don’t love you anymore, they really don’t love you anymore.
They are just mortal men and women, bound by responsibilities.
But the emperor doesn't need to be responsible for you. When he holds you up high, he doesn't think about how you will get down in the future. He doesn't care about the wind, snow or cold weather at this high place.
If you have the ability, stand firm on the high ground. Or you can come down smoothly.
Otherwise, the consequences will be your own.
Shen Chuliu was fully aware of all this from beginning to end.
Therefore, the more you know, the better you can act. After all, true feelings will always change, but acting will only get better and better.
Emperor: My concubine loves me.
Chu Liu: Your Majesty, I love you.
(End of this chapter)
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