Chapter 120 Leaving the Palace
Shen Fu's thoughts were tumbling back and forth in her mind, and she was silent for a long while.
Seeing no movement for a long time, Lin An quickly lowered his head.
Xiao Yu had been sitting on the bench and naturally noticed the change in Chen Fu's expression. He waved his hand to let Lin An retreat, then reached out and pulled Shen Fu into his arms.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu raised his eyes and asked deliberately, "Do you think I have forgotten about you?"
It was expected that Shen Fu had only been in the palace for a short time and was not familiar with the palace rules.
As for going to Yuquan Mountain in advance, it was his intention.
After all, Shen Fu had begged him more than once to see his family. The little girl grew up pampered and came to Kyoto from afar.
She begged him in a sweet and pitiful voice, just because she wanted to see her family.
He is not a heartless person, so how could he be willing to refuse?
However, Shen Fu looked a little too shocked.
Xiao Yu felt a little unhappy, as Chen Fu's expression seemed to make him seem too stingy.
"I have sent someone to inform your father early in the morning. When you arrive at Yuquan Mountain, you can go to the palace of Concubine Rong. She will make arrangements for you then."
Shen Fu was held by the Emperor's waist until her slender waist began to hurt, and then she quickly came back to her senses.
Gradually suppressing the thoughts in her mind, Shen Fu forced a smile at His Majesty: "Thank you, His Majesty."
Xiao Yu glanced at Chen Fu indifferently, considering that she was young and had not learned the rules when the maids taught her.
He then held her palm and carefully instructed: "Noble Concubine Rong is in charge of all matters in the harem. You can go to her palace and sit for a while if you have nothing to do."
Chen Fu has always known that His Majesty trusts Concubine Rong, and she became even more convinced after hearing His Majesty's words.
Compared to favor, the emperor's trust is even more rare. No wonder Concubine Rong has been able to stand firm in the harem. Even though she is only a concubine, she can still be in charge of the harem for many years.
"I understand."
Xiao Yu patted Chen Fu's face as if rewarding her: "You do have a good grandfather."
The Shen family is not considered a prominent family in Kyoto, and although they are a noble family, they have no real power in the palace. Compared to Shen Fu's grandfather, he lacks some background.
Although the Gu family is now engaged in business, their previous generations were once very prosperous in Kyoto.
Especially the sons of the Gu family.
Back then, the sons of the Gu family were as bright as pearls in Kyoto, and they learned good calligraphy and painting.
His character, appearance, everything is top notch.
Although I have moved out of Kyoto for many years, it is still a pity to think about it now.
When Xiao Yu thought of this, he looked at Chen Fu again when he stood up.
He left a sentence thoughtfully: "After all, the Gu family is good at teaching their sons."
Chen Fu listened to His Majesty's words and felt that there was something hidden in them.
After watching His Majesty leave, she held Zi Su's hand and returned to the Hehuan Palace in a daze.
When he got into the house, he almost collapsed in the chair.
"Young Master, what happened?" Zi Su felt that something was wrong with the young master along the way. She sent away the little palace maid in the room and then said to Chen Fu.
"I saw that your face looked strange when I saw you on the road." As she spoke, she twisted a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Shen Fu's face.
Just a touch of the palm, but saw that Shen Fu's forehead was covered with sweat. Zi Su was stunned and subconsciously reached for Shen Fu's back.
But she saw that Shen Fu's back was completely soaked, and the whole back was dripping with sweat. Zi Su was so scared that her voice changed: "Xiao Songzi!"
Zi Su shouted fiercely, and Xiao Songzi, who was standing at the door, rushed in without saying a word: "What's wrong, what's wrong?"
Little Songzi was in a panic, and his hat almost fell off when he ran over: "What happened to you, young master?"
"The young lady is not feeling well." Zi Su's face turned pale as she hurriedly said to Xiao Songzi:
"Quick! Go to the Imperial Hospital and call the imperial physician."
"No need." Chen Fu reached out and grabbed the corner of Zi Su's clothes, her palms turning white with force.
"I'm fine."
"The young lady's face has changed. She doesn't look like everything is fine." Zi Su looked at Chen Fu's expression and naturally refused.
Shen Fu took a few deep breaths and waved to let Xiao Songzi go out.
After the room was quiet, Shen Fu finally calmed down: "I just have a fever, no need to call the doctor." What did His Majesty mean by his last words?
What exactly are the Shen family and Shen Qingru planning?
Chen Fu thought back to all the times she had been restrained in her previous life, and it was the first time she felt so panicked.
And this time when we go to Yuquan Mountain, everything will come to light.
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After the list of people going to Yuquan Mountain was finalized, the departure date was quickly set.
After all, this year's plan took such a long time, so we went earlier and stayed longer.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs was busy making preparations.
The Hehuan Palace has been very busy these days. It is a great thing that the young master wants to go to Yuquan Mountain with us.
This trip out of the palace is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Zisu was the first one to be extremely happy.
Order the material today and choose the jewelry tomorrow. When I go out of the palace, I want to take all my things with me.
"Why did you pick out so many clothes?" After trying them on during the day, Chen Fu was exhausted.
Just after using it at night, I saw Zi Su taking the fabric and trying it on her body again.
Chen Fu rubbed her brows with a headache: "Can I wear so many clothes?"
"Why can't I put it on?" Zi Su didn't care whether Chen Fu would cooperate or not, and just took the material and tried to fit it.
"The young lady has lost some weight in the past few days, and the waists of the clothes I made before are too big." Zi Su put the chosen material on the tray of the little palace maid behind her, and then took out a new piece of material from behind to measure it again.
I felt so happy and sighed that my daughter was so beautiful.
She looks good in any clothes and never goes wrong with any material. Zi Su picked this piece but couldn't bear to part with that one, and she wished she could take everything in the room with her.
"Every palace is gearing up for the trip to Yuquan Mountain. The young lady will also dress up nicely to outshine all the other beauties."
Chen Fu had a headache: "There are many concubines going to Yuquan Mountain this time, and Chen Qingru is pregnant. At this time, we should keep a low profile as much as possible."
"She is pregnant." Zi Su muttered softly.
Although Shen Qingru and his daughter both have the surname Shen, their identities are very different.
Shen Qingru was just an adopted daughter, and she had lived in Kyoto for more than ten years using the identity of Shen Fu.
But she had to enter the palace before Chen Fu, and get pregnant before Chen Fu. She even took the title of the Shen family's daughter as a preconceived notion.
I'm afraid that many people in this palace think that Shen Qingru is the biological daughter, and their daughter is a concubine's daughter.
However, Shisu didn't say this out loud. He just took out a white jade hairpin from behind and pointed it at Shen Fu's head.
"But even if we don't compete, we can't fall behind others."
After Zi Su finished speaking, she rolled her eyes and said to Chen Fu, "Besides, I have asked Xiao Songzi to find out that every year when they go to Yuquan Mountain, there will be concubines who will enter the dragon tent and accompany them all the way."
This was what she had inquired about early in the morning, hoping that the young lady would be able to accompany her at that time.
Not to mention anything else, it will definitely give some people a slap in the face.
"My lady, dress nicer these few days. On the day of departure, the Lord will definitely notice you."
Shen Fu naturally didn't want to be in the spotlight.
Just looking at Zi Su's excited look, he didn't say anything to stop her.
Zi Su measured more than a dozen pieces of fabric in one breath before leaving with satisfaction.
The palace maids helped Chen Fu go to bed. Chen Fu was extremely tired after a tiring day.
I fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow, but was woken up in the middle of the night.
Shen Fu just felt that her face was itchy, as if someone was deliberately fiddling with it with something.
"Stop it!" She was so annoyed that she waved her hand to push him away, then curled up and wanted to continue sleeping.
But the thing that was harassing her was persistent, sometimes aimed at her face, sometimes at her neck.
Shen Fu was so annoyed that she couldn’t help but open her eyes: “I told you to stop making trouble, did you hear me!”
His voice was still hoarse from just waking up, and he couldn't hide his bad temper when he spoke.
Shen Fu opened her eyes with an impatient look on her face, but when she saw the person standing beside the bed, she was so scared that her voice changed.
"Long live the Lord?"
Shen Fu reached out and rubbed her eyes, only to find that she was still dreaming. But the person in front of him was still standing beside the bed and never left.
The room was dim and you could even see a crescent moon from the window.
His Majesty was standing at the edge of the bed, wearing a slim-fitting suit that made him look even taller.
It was the first time that Shen Fu saw His Majesty wearing tight clothes, and she couldn't help but take a few more glances.
She had heard before that His Majesty had spent several years in the army, so he had an air of military might that couldn't be concealed.
Even when he was wearing a long robe, he couldn't help but look tall and strong. Now wearing a tight suit, His Majesty looks even more handsome.
Even though His Majesty has a stern face now, he is still so handsome that it is hard to look away.
"Have you seen enough?" Xiao Yu held the feather that had just teased her in his hand. I couldn't help but lift my eye mask: "Could it be that you are looking at me stupidly?"
His Majesty spoke with a smile in his tone, but upon closer inspection it was clear that the smile had not yet reached his eyes.
There is always an unconcealable coldness in the corners of his narrow eyes.
The moment Shen Fu met that gaze, she felt suddenly awakened from her sleepiness.
She turned her head to look at the dark clouds outside the window, and then looked at the person standing in front of her: "Why would His Majesty appear in my palace in the middle of the night?"
This doesn't seem to be the first time. The Emperor was also so elusive in the previous times.
Shen Fu was full of confusion.
Xiao Yu obviously lost his patience, and he stretched out his hand and tapped Shen Fu's forehead: "Put on your clothes and follow me."
"Where is Your Majesty going in the middle of the night?" Chen Fu thought of something and couldn't help but widen her eyes:
"Could it be that His Majesty is thinking of going to Yuquan Mountain now?"
The trip is clearly scheduled for a few days. If we set off now, wouldn't we be one step ahead of others?
Shen Fu’s mind was full of confusion.
Xiao Yu directly pulled Shen Fu up from the bed: "Hurry up."
There was impatience and haste in His Majesty's tone. Shen Fu landed on the ground with her feet, and only after she looked at the Emperor's solemn dress did she gradually come back to her senses.
Is she really going to leave the palace? !
Leaving the palace early, Shen Fu naturally would not refuse such a good thing. Although Yuquan Mountain is not far away, it is certainly not as comfortable to walk with the concubines as to follow the Emperor.
His Majesty had obviously asked people to prepare in advance.
The palace maids didn't dare to make a sound, but they swiftly helped Shen Fu get dressed.
After everything was ready, Chen Fu looked at the moonlit dress she was wearing.
Compared to the previous plain colors, this skirt is much brighter.
The color is eye-catching, and the style further outlines the figure. The skirt fluttered around her body, with a thin strap around her waist, making her figure look even more charming.
This seductive outfit is coupled with Shen Fu's delicate face.
Her face looked more and more innocent and attractive, but her figure was so attractive that people couldn't take their eyes off her.
Just like a landscape ink painting, beautiful and innocent.
The palace maids were stunned. Even the Emperor who was reading a book put down the book in his hand and couldn't help but look up at Chen Fu: "It really suits you."
This skirt was a tribute from foreign countries, and its style is much bolder than that of Kyoto.
The moment he saw the skirt, the first thing he thought about was how it would look like when Shen Fu wore it. Now it seems that it is indeed suitable.
"I am dressed like this..." Chen Fu had just looked in the bronze mirror, but she was still satisfied when she saw the look in His Majesty's eyes.
She deliberately lowered her head, revealing a blushing neck, and timidly said to His Majesty: "I and Your Majesty have left, what about the others?"
"Don't worry about others." Xiao Yu admired Chen Fu for a while, then put down the book in his hand and walked out with Chen Fu.
"Just think of me and follow me, and I will never let you down."
It was just dawn and a group of people were quietly walking out in the mist. Then a carriage quietly left Bauhinia City in the early morning sun.
Shen Fu sat in the carriage, watching the high wall behind her disappear before her eyes.
The carriage ran for a long time until it arrived at the downtown area. The noisy sounds all around came into the carriage, and she lifted the curtain to look outside.
Only then did she believe that she had really left the palace.
Once you enter the palace, it's like being in a deep sea. Once you're in, thinking about getting out is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
In her previous life, Shen Fu was trapped by Shen Qingru in that small, dark room, and even her way out of Changqiu Palace was a delusion.
She never dared to imagine that one day she would be able to leave the palace openly.
"Are you so happy?" In the carriage, Xiao Yu held a book in his hand, lazily turned a page, and said without raising his head:
"I think your eyeballs are about to stick out."
"It will be fine once you leave the palace." Chen Fu wanted to lean on the window to see it clearly.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he felt the air around him turn colder. She quickly put down the curtain in her hand and reluctantly withdrew her gaze from the window.
Then she hurriedly said to the Emperor behind her: "This is my first time out of the palace, so naturally everything I see is strange. Your Majesty, please don't look down on me for being ignorant."
She was dressed brightly and acted coquettishly on purpose. Her Jiangnan folk song was so warm and lingering that it melted people's hearts.
Xiao Yu glanced at her lightly, but he still couldn't bear to blame her: "Open the curtain a little more."
I just glanced casually and saw that many people outside were looking at the carriage. Chen Fu's face is attractive enough in the palace, and she looks like a fairy outside.
Those people wanted to glue their eyes to the carriage.
"I understand." Chen Fu nodded obediently and raised her hand to lift the curtain.
There was a cough behind her, Shen Fu pouted in grievance, and obediently put it down a little more.
But as soon as I moved down, the person behind me still seemed dissatisfied.
Chen Fu was helpless and could only quietly descend a little further.
The carriage had just arrived at the downtown area, and there were people everywhere. The mahogany carriage may seem low-key, but the guards beside the carriage are all skilled warriors.
The sight of a horse-drawn carriage in such a busy city was already arousing curiosity. Many eyes fell on the carriage, and when they saw Shen Fu inside through the gap, many men were stunned and froze in place.
But Chen Fu still had an innocent look on her face, grabbing the curtain and looking at His Majesty coquettishly: "What can I see through such a small gap?"
"If you go any lower, I won't be able to see..."
Xiao Yu sighed helplessly, put down the book in his hand, and moved in front of Chen Fu.
He opened his eyes and looked outside, his narrow eyes meeting the person outside the window.
Then, in front of everyone, he lifted Shen Fu's chin with one hand, and without saying a word, he pressed his thin lips directly onto hers.
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