Chapter 138 Not Going
Shen Fu didn't hesitate at all, she turned and walked towards the candlestick.
The lampshade was opened, and the dim candlelight in the room swayed slightly. Chen Fu casually placed the flower paper in her hand over the dancing flames.
As the flame licked, Shisu behind him widened his eyes in fear. Surprised: "My Lord, what are you doing?"
She just saw that Eunuch Lin An specifically said that the thing was given by the Emperor.
The things that His Majesty gives are so precious that others cannot even begin to appreciate them. The young lady is like this, burning it without hesitation?
Zi Su was panicking and quickly went forward to pull Shen Fu's arm.
However, Shen Fu lifted it lightly, deliberately preventing her from touching it. The arm continued to fall, and the flowery note written by His Majesty himself was burned to ashes.
Zi Su watched the thing turn into ashes, closed her eyes and looked desperate: "My... my lady, this gift from the Emperor has been burned like this, what will the Emperor do if he finds out?"
She had just caught a glimpse of it, even though it was just a quick glance, but it clearly said that His Majesty wanted to see the young lady.
His Majesty, the ruler of a country.
I wrote this note specifically because I wanted to see you.
No matter how bad your temper is, you cannot burn what the Emperor wrote himself.
"My lady, if His Majesty knew this, he would be angry."
"Angry?" Shen Fu raised her eyebrows and looked at the burnt ashes on the table.
The window was not closed, and the wind outside blew away all the dust on the table.
Chen Fu took the teacup handed over by Xiao Songzi: "Your Majesty is most afraid that I will be angry at this moment."
"I'm not angry. His Majesty is already in a good mood." She lowered her head and blew on the air, then took a sip and said, "How could he be angry at this time?"
After all, His Majesty had treated Lady Ying unfairly in this matter.
Although a palace maid was used to take the blame in the end, anyone with a brain would know who it was.
Otherwise, given His Majesty's self-centered personality, how could he have the mood to write a letter if he wanted to see her?
"Then the young lady disappeared?" All the things were burned, and Zi Su no longer thought about it.
What's more, the young lady is so smart.
She must have her reasons for doing this.
"If His Majesty wants me to see me, I must go to see him?" Shen Fu raised her eyebrows, her eyes raised, but there was a sneer in them.
"Everyone has a temper. Besides, being too submissive is not a good thing."
Because she was too favored recently, Shen Fu actually forgot that she was facing the emperor.
His Majesty has three thousand beauties in his harem. Which concubine has not been favored? But how many people can remain loyal and remain favored until the end?
Things change over time, and this incident just happened to give Shen Fu a wake-up call.
She won't be favored forever.
Today, there is the matter of Lady Ying. No matter what the reason is, Your Majesty can be lenient with her for the sake of Lady Ying.
If something else happens to her in the future, His Majesty might turn a blind eye to those who hurt her for other reasons.
Once this kind of thing starts, it will be endless pain for Shen Fu.
The concubines in the harem, no matter their identity, status, family background, or even offspring.
Chen Fu had been in the palace for the shortest time, even though she only brought brief joy to His Majesty. But as long as His Majesty doesn't fall in love with her, she will have the chance to fall into these dangers at any time and anywhere.
If that's the case... then why does she have to be so ostentatious?
The concubines will arrive tomorrow, and Chen Fu can do this in a low-key manner while protecting herself.
Besides, "Your Majesty feels guilty towards me right now. The more I don't see him, the more he will try to find a way to see me."
"ah?"
Zi Su stood behind Shen Fu and applied medicine to her.
Fortunately, the allergy was treated in time, and only a few traces were left after the pimples disappeared.
The medicine that Zi Su brought was the one that Chen Fu had been using since she was a child. She hired the best doctor in Suzhou. If she got a rash due to a little carelessness, she would be almost cured after applying the medicine for a day or two.
She squatted beside Shen Fu and carefully applied medicine to Shen Fu's arm.
After hearing this, he couldn't help but raise his head. Sometimes he said he saw her, and sometimes he said he didn't see her.
"My lady, are we going to meet or not?"
Shen Fu looked down at her, shook her head helplessly and smiled. He casually put down the teacup in his hand and turned to look to the side.
The ashes on the table had been blown away by the wind and disappeared completely.
It was as if that piece of flowery paper had never existed.
After looking at it for a while, Shen Fu lowered her head and said, "Whether to see it or not is not something I can decide alone."
With her fingertips resting on the table, Shen Fu tapped leisurely: “Let’s see if His Majesty will come tonight.”
******
After Lin An left Chen Fu's place, he went to Yuqing Palace without any hesitation.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Yuqing Palace, he was called in by His Majesty.
"Is it done?"
There were quite a few memorials these days, and His Majesty had to read them one by one by candlelight at night until midnight.
Seeing this, Lin An immediately stepped forward to grind it for His Majesty. After hearing His Majesty's voice, he nodded and said, "It's done."
"I have been following His Majesty's orders. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will be right."
Xiao Yu was looking down at the battle report from Northern Xinjiang. When he heard this, the brush in his hand paused for a moment.
"Does she still like it?"
I knew His Majesty would ask this.
Lin An's heart was as clear as a mirror. He covered his mouth and laughed secretly. Serving the Emperor was so simple. He had never seen the Emperor care about others so much.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I saw it clearly. Lady Chen Fu looked at the palace and was very satisfied."
These dozen servants worked non-stop to clean up the mess, and no mistakes were allowed.
Not to mention the two big boxes of treasures.
The court is wealthy, and the Emperor loves to collect these things. Leaving aside the treasures in the Emperor’s private treasury in the palace, all the treasures stored in Yuquan Mountain are rare items.
There were two large boxes, dozens of things, all of which were treasures, and there was nothing that was not presentable.
Just giving away these two boxes of treasures, who wouldn't jump to the sky with joy?
"I'm just worried that she'll feel sad." Xiao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
To be honest, he has never coaxed anyone.
He had just met Shen Fu, and although they hadn't even seen each other's face, he was actually relieved as well.
If he faced Shen Fu's eyes, he really didn't know how to say those words.
What’s more: “This matter has caused Shen Fu to be wronged.”
Why do you feel so wronged?
Where are those two big boxes of treasures!
When Lin An thought of those things, his eyes widened. Not to mention Miss Shen Fu, a newly favored concubine, which concubine in the harem could afford to put those things?
No matter how angry you are, it's time to let go.
However, Lin An's throat rolled over. Seeing the Emperor's worried look, he knew that he couldn't say that.
“Although Miss Shen Fu was wronged.” Lin An thought about it secretly and answered carefully: “But Your Majesty, you have also compensated her, which is enough.”
If this continues, Miss Shen Fu will be spoiled.
"Besides, didn't Your Majesty write a flowery note?" When Lin An thought of this, he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Previously, it was popular in the harem to send soup and meals to the Qianqing Palace. The concubines took advantage of this to compete for favor and left flowery notes on them.
They hoped that His Majesty would drink the soup they made personally, and that they could also leave their names behind so that His Majesty would be familiar with them.
This was a good thing that had the best of both worlds, and the entire harem was eager to follow suit. Later, more and more people came, even the Emperor was alarmed.
When the Emperor heard about this, he specially reprimanded the concubines in the harem, saying that they were pretentious and artificial and not worthy of being in a noble occasion.
Who would have thought that one day, His Majesty would learn to write flowery paper? Send it to the concubine, just because you want to see her once?
"The things were delivered to her?" Xiao Yu felt relieved after hearing this.
He was not sure about other things, but he had enough confidence in this flower paper.
After all, Chen Fu grew up among piles of gold, silver and treasures, so she was used to these things.
But this flowery note was written by him personally after all. Chen Fu was smart, even though she knew this matter was not that simple.
But considering the flowery note, he should not be willing to put him in a difficult position.
"Handed it to her personally?"
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I have truly handed it over to Miss Shen Fu.”
How could His Majesty have ever thought that this day would come? When Lin An thought about this, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
His Majesty is worried. If he dares to laugh out loud at this moment, it means he wants to die.
"I personally delivered it to Miss Chen Fu." Lin An bent over to hide the smile on his face.
"And I saw Lady Chen Fu accept it with my own eyes." His Majesty personally wrote down the words he wanted to meet. Who among the concubines in the harem could not be moved after seeing them?
"The things have been brought. I guarantee with my life that Miss Shen Fu will definitely come!"
*****
Lin An vowed and waited for Chen Fu to come over.
Before it got dark, he had already said hello in advance: "When Miss Shen Fu comes over later, just let her go."
The guard nodded and left, while Lin An dozed off with his eyes closed. The imperial physician has said that Miss Chen Fu is almost fully recovered.
His Majesty hasn't even seen Miss Shen Fu these days. When Miss Shen Fu comes over later, we will definitely be intimate with each other, no matter what else we do.
If he doesn't seize this opportunity to get some sleep, Miss Shen Fu will come later and the noise in the house will make it impossible for him to sleep.
Lin An squinted his eyes and dozed off happily. A hand stretched out from his side and tapped his arm.
"You said, Miss Chen Fu will really come?" Manager Zhou escaped death and saved his life.
Nowadays, we have to be much more cautious in what we say and do.
He squinted his eyes and looked at Lin An, crossed his arms over his chest, and raised his chin: "It's almost dark."
"Are you crazy?"
Lin An was too lazy to pay attention to him. He was stupid and hadn't made any progress in all these years.
No wonder I can only take care of flowers and plants in these deep mountains.
"How good is His Majesty to Miss Shen Fu? He sends gifts and writes letters." Lin An felt slightly touched when he thought of what His Majesty did.
"Why doesn't Miss Shen Fu come?"
Lady Ying didn't get any punishment at all, and Lady Chen Fu must be unwilling to accept this.
Manager Zhou was almost about to say what was in his throat, but when he saw Lin An's confident look, his throat rolled and he finally stopped talking.
“Forget it…” He squinted his eyes and stood aside: “I hope Miss Shen Fu will come soon.”
Lin An didn't want to waste any time talking to him.
He squinted his eyes and swore solemnly.
But he stood outside the door, watching the sky setting, dusk approaching, and the tearing sound of cicadas overlapping one after another.
The sky was about to turn dark, but Shen Fu still hadn't come.
"Send someone to lead the way." Lin An walked around for a few times. He asked the guards several times, but there was still no sign of Chen Fu.
"Did Miss Shen Fu get delayed on the way?"
However, the eunuchs who went to greet her ran three or four times and almost reached the gate of Chen Fu's Yong'an Palace.
But still no sign of Shen Fu.
"Eunuch, we haven't seen anyone." The young eunuch who went to explore the way ran back and forth three or four times, and his legs were almost thin from running.
But the door was closed tightly, and no one came out from inside.
"Didn't you see it clearly?" Lin An walked forward angrily, wanting to see it himself.
But he was stopped by the young eunuch: "I just went to the door and saw that Miss Shen Fu did not come out."
"Leave...leave..." The young eunuch said this and it was almost difficult for him to say the next words.
"What do you mean by leaving?" Lin An asked immediately, jumping anxiously.
The young eunuch then stammered, "When I left, I saw the lights in Yong'an Hall were being turned off, and they said...that Miss Chen Fu had gone to bed."
Lin An's eyes rolled back and he almost fainted.
Manager Zhou was quick to help the man steady himself: "Not that bad, not that bad."
"Ms. Shen Fu was already angry, so it's reasonable for her not to see him."
Lin An pinched his own philtrum to avoid fainting.
He was breathing heavily, but when he thought about how he had just said those words to His Majesty with such determination and confidence...
I wished I could completely faint.
"Lin An!"
What you fear will come true. The voice of "Your Majesty" came from the house. Lin An hadn't even stood firmly yet, and he stood up shakily, gritting his teeth.
"I'm here." Lin An stretched out his hand to push away the hand of Manager Zhou, then walked in tremblingly with his head lowered.
"Where is Shen Fu?"
Inside the house, Xiao Yu was drinking tea and asked.
When Lin An heard the voice of His Majesty, his knees trembled. He raised his head and looked at His Majesty again, and he felt like kneeling down on the spot.
At noon, His Majesty was still wearing his black uniform. When did he change into something else?
I've only heard of concubines changing clothes when they saw the Emperor, but I've never seen the Emperor changing clothes in advance.
Lin An felt as if his knees weighed a thousand pounds, and his lumbar spine was bent so much that it was almost trembling: "Slave...slave..."
"Send someone to welcome her." Xiao Yu said, "She has a delicate personality and loves beauty. I guess she is afraid that people will see her and she will be unhappy, so she waited until dark when there is no one around."
No... Miss Shen Fu never thought about coming.
Lin An felt as bitter as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis, and his face was distorted. He opened his mouth but didn't dare to speak, and he stammered as if someone was blocking his mouth.
"Tell the kitchen again to serve the meal when the guests arrive..." Xiao Yu said, "I saw that she really liked the Subang dishes I made a few days ago, so I'll have someone make some more..."
When His Majesty spoke with such confidence, Lin An felt as if he was carrying a huge fortune.
Before His Majesty could finish his words, his knees softened and he knelt down with a thump:
"Long live the Lord."
Lin An yelled, his head hitting the carpet hard: "The lights in Yong'an Hall have been turned off and the emperor has gone to bed. I'm afraid Miss Chen Fu won't come tonight."
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