Chapter 39 The Emperor's Suspicion
These scars fell into Xiao Jingheng's eyes and burned holes in his heart.
He put the shirt on Song Zhao's shoulders and looked at her with pity, "Why are you so stupid?"
Song Zhao's clear eyes fell on Xiao Jingheng's face and he smiled lightly:
"Because the emperor is my husband. I can't bear to see him get hurt."
"You love me, and I love you, too. Since you regard me as your husband, I should protect you."
This incident had a great impact on Xiao Jingheng.
He always felt that Song Zhaojiao was very weak, afraid of thunder, prone to illness, and did not understand the complicated intrigues in the palace, so she needed protection very much.
But he didn't expect that such a woman would stand up and protect him in times of crisis?
Later, the imperial physician prescribed the best blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing ointment for Song Zhao according to Xiao Jingheng's description of the injury.
Xiao Jingheng wanted to apply medicine to Song Zhao himself, but Song Zhao said:
"Your Majesty has an appointment with the Grand Tutor and the Minister of Personnel to discuss matters. State affairs are important. If you delay them for this little matter of mine, it will be my fault."
She naturally took the ointment from Xiao Jingheng and handed it to Yunshan, "It's just a minor injury. Just let Yunshan help me apply the ointment. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry."
Seeing that his woman was injured in order to protect him, Xiao Jingheng secretly wanted to stay with Song Zhao.
But today he has important matters to discuss with the Minister of Personnel and cannot delay.
So he shook Song Zhao's hand vigorously, patted the back of her hand and said:
"Take good care of yourself. I will come to see you when I am done with my work."
As he said this, he leaned over and gave her a hot kiss on the forehead.
Later, when Xiao Jingheng returned to Chaoyang Palace to meet with the Grand Tutor and the Minister of Personnel, he was somewhat absent-minded.
The scene of Song Zhao risking his life to protect him kept replaying in his mind.
Thinking of her expression of pain and the scars on her back, I became even more upset.
This woman is really pitiful.
But after the touching moment wore off, Xiao Jingheng felt that this matter was very strange.
Normally, when a normal person encounters sudden danger, they will instinctively and subconsciously dodge.
Even for a man who had fought bloody battles on the battlefield and had martial arts skills, he was unable to react in time when he encountered the danger just now.
Then why did Song Zhao, a woman who had lived in seclusion for a long time, react so quickly?
unless......
She knew in advance that there would be rocks falling from the rockery, and even thought that all this was a good show she acted and directed herself.
The more Xiao Jingheng thought about it, the deeper he thought about it. His right hand, which was placed on the dragon table, kept rubbing the ring on his thumb, and his expression became more and more solemn.
After the university minister and the minister of personnel finished their business with Xiao Jingheng, they left one after another.
Jiang Deshun bowed and went inside to report to Xiao Jingheng:
"Your Majesty, the palace servants in charge of repairing the rockery in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have all been beaten to death. Lin Tianhai, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is waiting outside to apologize. Does Your Majesty want to call him?"
"Let him in."
Jiang Deshun waved a whisk towards the palace gate, and the palace servant guarding the gate invited Lin Tianhai, who was waiting outside, in.
Lin Tianhai looked terrified and staggered. He knelt on the ground as soon as he entered the main hall, and almost crawled all the way to the bottom of the hall. He kowtowed to Xiao Jingheng several times until his forehead bled. Then he said tremblingly:
"I deserve death! Today's incident almost hurt the emperor. Please forgive me!"
Jamel Xiao narrowed his eyes and stared at him, "How do the people under you do things?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The viewing stone on the rockery showed signs of loosening a few days ago, and I have already ordered people to clean it up quickly. Unfortunately, those hooves under my command were lazy and delayed for two days, which almost led to today's dangerous incident..."
Hearing this, Xiao Jingheng paused while stroking his finger ring, "Something was wrong two days ago?"
Lin Tianhai said in panic: "Yes, yes..."
Xiao Jingheng tapped the dragon table with his knuckles, making a "tap-tap" sound.
He didn't want to believe that what happened today was Song Zhao's plan for him, but he had to think about it.
Because everything happened was just too coincidental.
Since the beginning of summer this year, he has been busy with state affairs and has hardly even set foot in the Imperial Garden.
It was because he was a little full after lunch today that he said he wanted to take a walk in the Imperial Garden with Song Zhao.
But if Song Zhao hadn't brought him the soup that suited his taste, how could he, who had always been restrained, have been so greedy?
Besides, if other concubines were injured in order to save him, it would be considered a great achievement.
Even if she doesn't ask for a reward, she will at least act like a spoiled child and beg him to stay with her.
But Song Zhao was so good. When he heard that he was going to apply medicine to her, he hurriedly chased him away?
Xiao Jingheng recalled the time when Song Zhao drew rashes on his face to make himself look ugly. His eyebrows raised slightly and he thought to himself:
Could it be that the scars on her back were also drawn by herself?
Thinking of this, Xiao Jingheng could no longer sit still.
He hurried to Yaohua Palace and did not allow the palace servants to enter to report, but went to the west wing hall alone.
When I was standing outside the door, I happened to hear the sound of conversation coming from inside, so I listened for a while without saying anything.
"My dear, you are really risking your life! Fortunately, those stones only hit your back. What if they hit your head? Have you forgotten Wang Gui from our mansion? Didn't he accidentally fall down when he was climbing a tree to catch cicadas in the summer, and his head hit the ground, and he died on the spot? Aren't you afraid?"
"Of course I was scared. But I really couldn't care less at the time. My mind was blank. I just watched the rubble falling towards the emperor. I didn't care about anything else. I just wanted to make sure the emperor didn't get hurt... Okay, don't pout and be unhappy. I'm fine, right?"
Xiao Jingheng was listening outside the door and felt that what Yunshan said made sense.
Even if this was Song Zhao's plan, the falling rocks were totally beyond human control, and the slightest deviation could result in loss of life.
The doubts in his heart dissipated a little, and he pushed the door open and walked in.
At that time, Song Zhao was with her upper body uncovered, her back facing the door, letting Yunshan apply medicine on her back.
Seeing that it was Xiao Jingheng who came, she hurriedly took a shirt and put it on, wanting to stand up and greet Xiao Jingheng.
Jamel Xiao walked quickly to the warm seat and patted her on the shoulder gently, "You are injured, don't move."
After saying that, he took the ointment from Yunshan's hand very naturally and said, "I will help you apply the ointment."
Song Zhao subconsciously pulled the shirt on his body tighter, and said with a somewhat unnatural look:
"Your Majesty... How can I let you do these rough jobs yourself? I, your concubine..."
"It's okay." Xiao Jingheng hooked a corner of the shirt with his fingertips and pulled it off Song Zhao's shoulders little by little.
"You were injured for me, how could I despise this?"
As he spoke, he dipped his fingertips into some ointment and gently pressed it on the wound on Song Zhao's back, moving it in circles to dissolve the ointment...
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