Chapter 98: Interception
The gauze skirt as thin as a cicada's wing rose up from the bathtub little by little, and Shen Fu's beautiful figure was faintly visible in the bathtub.
She crossed her arms over her chest, hugging her whole body. The pink bellyband is above the water, revealing her fair and delicate figure.
"Your Majesty, are you going to apply medicine to me in the bathtub?" Chen Fu sank into the bathtub, her teeth chattering slightly.
Not only is the bathtub filled with cold water, but it also contains ice cubes!
The body temperatures of women and men are different. Your Majesty has a strong physique and his temper is even greater than that of an ordinary man. People like Chen Fu have been pampered since childhood.
How could the delicate flower that was truly raised in the palm of your hand have ever suffered such hardships?
Her teeth were chattering, and the powder on her wet face was washed away cleanly.
Even on such a hot day, most people cannot stand suddenly falling into such cold water.
Shen Fu cursed His Majesty in her heart for not being gentle with women. She looked up at His Majesty with an innocent and pitiful face, "This ointment has been soaked in water... I'm afraid it will melt."
Her whole body was sunk into the bathtub, and even though she was trying to remain calm, one could still hear her faint gasps.
Xiao Yu raised his hand and held the plaster while standing opposite her. He lowered his eyes and saw everything on Shen Fu's body.
There are many women in the harem, and there are countless beautiful ones.
Things like slim waist, perky butt, long legs, etc., all the concubines pursued these in order to win his favor.
But someone like Shen Fu, whose whole body looked as if someone had carefully carved it bit by bit with a paintbrush, was the first one he had ever seen.
Every time he saw it, Xiao Yu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
His ink-black eyes admired Shen Fu's body back and forth. He was sharp-eyed and saw the marks on Shen Fu's body at a glance.
Although it was not as exaggerated as Chen Fu said, with marks all over the body. But there are indeed many marks on Shen Fu's body.
There were spots of blue and red marks scattered on Shen Fu's body, legs, and even down from her shoulders.
There was even another one on the lower abdomen.
As an emperor, Xiao Yu had never cared about these things before. After all, all the women in the harem wanted to face him with their best side.
Not to mention revealing these traces voluntarily, people even want to cover them up everywhere.
Shen Fu was the first one to be so exposed under his eyes without any cover.
"Your Majesty, please stop looking." Shen Fu knew what His Majesty was looking at, so she lowered her head and pretended to be frightened and stretched out her hand.
Many women feel that having marks on their bodies makes them ugly and dare not let the Emperor see them.
However, Shen Fu didn't think so.
What's ugly about the traces left behind during a passionate love affair? Besides, in front of His Majesty, we should show weakness when necessary.
Why should I be so strong when I should be acting pitiful?
Chen Fu was used to using her strengths. She shouted to His Majesty not to look, and after His Majesty had seen her body clearly, she pretended to be panicked and stretched out her hand to cover herself.
"Okay, stop covering it." His Majesty raised his eyes and glanced at her.
Before Shen Fu put her hand down, she saw His Majesty bend down and suddenly pick her up horizontally.
"Your Majesty..." There was a sound of water, and before Shen Fu could react, she was already in His Majesty's arms.
She pretended to be surprised and burrowed into the arms of His Majesty with her trembling body.
"Where is your Majesty going to take me?" Chen Fu blinked and put her wet arms around your Majesty's neck.
She hugged him tightly, and His Majesty's hand fell on her lower back, holding her even tighter.
The thin lips then said lightly: "Go to the bed."
His Majesty has a slender waist and long legs, and holding Shen Fu horizontally makes him feel light and airy without any pressure at all.
Chen Fu hooked her arms around His Majesty's neck, feeling extremely panicked. She watched as His Majesty strode forward and casually placed her on the beauty bed.
Begonia's gilded pillow was soon soaked. Chen Fu sat on the quilt, and the moment she fell down, a blanket was thrown on her head.
"So cold?" Xiao Yu stood in front of Shen Fu, holding a blanket and wiping Shen Fu's body casually.
How can a lord like Your Majesty serve anyone? The action wasn't rough, but it wasn't gentle either.
Chen Fu held up her head, which was swayed back and forth by the movements of His Majesty. He frowned and lifted a corner of the blanket to get some fresh air.
But she was sitting on the beauty couch, and the Emperor was standing in front of the beauty couch.
Just out of the bathtub, His Majesty was only wearing an outer robe with the collar open. He stood in front of her to help her wipe the water, and when he bent over, he pinched her flat belly to reveal it.
His Majesty practiced martial arts and served in the military camp for some time. His figure does not resemble the lazy, scholarly style that is popular in Kyoto now. Instead, he has some of the toughness of a military general.
He was now standing opposite her, with veins bulging on his arms and his abdomen showing strong and powerful strength beneath his exposed clothes.
Shen Fu looked at it and blushed for some reason.
She coughed dryly, and the Emperor above her head helped her wipe it almost clean. Then he took the blanket off her body and said, "This is a blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine. Apply it on the wound for two or three days and it will fade almost completely."
Xiao Yu had never thought before that there would be concubines who didn't want to sleep with him because they couldn't stand the marks he left on their bodies.
This is the first time I've felt this, and it's quite strange.
Besides, he admitted that he was sometimes reckless, but that was only towards Shen Fu.
"Stretch out your legs." His Majesty raised his hand and scooped out a large amount of ointment from the medicine bottle, and said to Chen Fu.
Shen Fu didn't expect that the Emperor really just wanted to apply medicine to her. She bit her lip and then stretched out her legs obediently.
The fingertips with thin calluses fell on the thigh. It didn't hurt, but it was slightly numb.
Shen Fu sneered deliberately.
Above her head, His Majesty's gaze fell on her gently, and when it fell again, His Majesty's palm instantly became much lighter.
The fingertips gently circulated the marks.
Only when you look closely can you see how many wounds there are. From between the legs upwards, there are even more on the white and delicate inner thighs.
His Majesty's fingertips moved up little by little, and stayed for a long time on the red knees.
Most of the bottle of ointment was used up, and then it was gradually applied to the lower abdomen and waist. Finally, his fingertips followed the flat white belly, lifted the bright red bellyband with his fingertips and was about to crawl in.
Shen Fu bit her lower lip tightly, feeling the palm of His Majesty getting hotter and hotter. Just when I thought His Majesty's palm would go in, I saw His Majesty's fingers pulled out.
"Long live?" Shen Fu's face was full of doubts, and her misty eyes were full of confusion.
The ointment has been applied all over the body, and the marks are the most under the bellyband. I didn't expect the Emperor to let it go.
"Chen Fu." Xiao Yu held the bottle of plaster that he had used more than half of, and looked at Chen Fu with a complicated look: "Do you know what you are doing by doing this?"
Chen Fu looked up with a confused look on her face, only to see His Majesty smiling at her and saying, "You don't want me to touch you, but you keep flirting with me."
"Come again, I don't care whether your waist or legs hurt." His Majesty lowered his head, and his voice became hoarse:
"When the time comes, I will press you down on this beauty bed and prevent you from getting off it."
The hoarse voice was filled with undisguised desire. Shen Fu was startled by the sound and shrank back.
There was undisguised surprise on that pretty face, her eyes widened and she raised her head like a frightened rabbit.
A chuckle came from above his head, and there was a look of doting in Xiao Yu's dark eyes. He casually stuffed the plaster in his hand back into Shen Fu's hand, chuckled and instructed:
"Take good care of your injuries. I will come to see you in a few days."
After saying this, His Majesty walked out while casually tying his outer robe, and looked up to call for someone.
But Lin An came in in a panic: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened."
Lin An took two or three steps forward, leaned over to His Majesty's ear and said, "There's news from Changqiu Palace that the Third Prince is feeling unwell and has called the imperial physician again."
His Majesty's brows immediately knitted together: "How is the Third Prince?"
Chen Fu sat on the beauty bed, with the blanket covering her body tightly. She looked up at the expression on His Majesty's face.
The third prince was born to Concubine Dunhe and is only five years old this year. Because he lost his biological mother when he was born, he was usually raised by Concubine Xiang Guipin.
His Majesty has few children, and he dotes on the third prince. It’s just that His Majesty just punished Concubine Xiang a few days ago, and now the Third Prince is in trouble again.
And it just so happened... on the day when His Majesty picked her card. Shen Fu lowered her head, and the smile on her face turned cold.
"I don't know for now, but the servant beside Concubine Xiang came over and said that the Third Prince vomited twice around noon." As Lin An replied, he picked up his outer robe and helped His Majesty put it on.
"The doctors from the Imperial Hospital came over, but the Third Prince still vomited non-stop. Concubine Xiang couldn't stand it anymore, so she sent someone to ask His Majesty to come."
"What do the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau eat?" Xiao Yu put his hand on his forehead and couldn't help but shout angrily.
The third prince was scalded last month, and it hasn’t been long since, and now he has invited the imperial physician again.
It's a minor illness and I just can't see any cure for it!
When Xiao Yu thought of this, his brows were so tight that they could kill a fly: "A bunch of rubbish!"
Lin An was so scared that he immediately knelt down.
Shen Fu saw this and quickly advised: "Your Majesty, please go to Changqiu Palace and take a look."
She didn't really want to serve the emperor in the first place today, and the incident with the Third Prince just gave her a way out.
What's more, the Emperor looked like he wanted to leave just now, and this was exactly what she wanted.
Her heart was beating fast, but she didn't show any expression on her face: "The imperial doctors are here, the Third Prince must be fine. Your Highness, go and see him, and you will feel at ease."
Lin An was quick and agile. He knelt on the ground and helped the Emperor put on his boots.
"I'll go and take a look." Xiao Yu frowned, obviously still worried. After putting on his boots, he walked towards the door without looking back.
He left a sentence to Shen Fu behind him: "You go to sleep first."
Shen Fu sat obediently on the beauty couch and nodded obediently to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, be careful."
His Majesty’s dragon sedan disappeared very quickly. After everyone left, the Hehuan Hall, which had been bustling just a moment ago, suddenly became quiet.
Zi Su had just brought back ginger soup from the imperial kitchen. Seeing the empty yard, she looked depressed and said, "My lady, what happened?"
His Majesty was playing the young lady's tune tonight, so why did she leave?
"Nothing." Shen Fu looked at the ginger soup in Zi Su's hand, took it and started drinking it.
Your Majesty doesn't need any of that with his physique. Instead, she took a bath in cold water and drank something to warm her body.
After drinking a bowl of ginger soup, Shen Fu felt much better. He lowered his eyes to look at Zi Su's depressed look, and said with a smile: "The third prince is not feeling well, and Xiang Guipin sent someone to call him away."
"Another Concubine Xiang?"
Zi Su put down the tray in her hand, looking dissatisfied: "Why does Xiang Guipin always go against the young lady?"
The Third Prince didn't fall ill earlier or later, but had to wait until today to fall ill. Anyone would know that there was something fishy.
Besides, today when His Majesty came to visit the young lady, Concubine Xiang took advantage of the Third Prince. If this happens a few more times, won't the young lady no longer have to sleep with me in the future?
"I'm afraid it's not just Concubine Xiang." Chen Fu sneered in her throat when she thought of Shen Qingru, who was living well in Changqiu Palace.
Ever since she became Ronghua, Shen Qingru started to get sick.
He hasn't even shown up since he fell ill.
But the grudge between the two has not been resolved. Today's illness is probably not just the fault of Concubine Xiang.
Shen Qingru was probably one of them, just to see her being snatched away.
Chen Fu tapped her fingertips back and forth on the table. Thinking of this, she laughed in her heart: "Help me undress."
"My lady, are you going over too?" Zi Su turned her head suddenly, but when she saw Chen Fu like that, she swallowed the words in her throat.
"Yes, I will help you get dressed."
His Majesty went there in a dragon chariot. Chen Fu's position was not high, so it took her a whole incense stick of time to walk from the Hehuan Palace to the place.
When we arrived at Changqiu Palace, we saw bright lights from afar.
The lights in Changqiu Palace were all lit, the guards stood on one side, and there was complete silence all around.
Chen Fu glanced at His Majesty's dragon chariot, then lowered her head and walked in.
The courtyard was quiet, but when we got to the door it was noisy. Servants and palace maids came and went, and before they entered, they could hear voices talking inside.
This was Chen Fu's first time to come to Xiang Guipin's house, and she had to say that she was worthy of being the mistress of the palace.
The scenes in the courtyard are painted every step and a scene every ten steps. The small items placed everywhere along the gate are all famous.
Shen Fu suppressed the surprise in her throat. When I got inside, I saw that the house was already full of people.
The harem was filled with concubines, all of them dressed up beautifully and standing delicately at the door.
Shen Fu couldn't help but admire at this moment.
His Majesty has just arrived and the concubines have already dressed up.
Everyone was dressed up carefully and crowded into this room, looking as exquisite as if they had not slept all night.
Everyone was trying desperately to squeeze forward, there was no place to sit, and they just stood there, just to get a glimpse of the His Majesty.
Chen Fu raised her head and saw His Majesty and Concubine Rong sitting at the top. From time to time, Xiang Guipin's cry could be heard in the room: "Rui'er, my Rui'er."
The imperial doctors gathered together with worried looks on their faces, not knowing what had happened to the Third Prince.
Shen Fu lowered her head and was about to find an inconspicuous place to stand.
Just as he took two steps, the gaze of the Emperor in front of him fell on him.
His sharp eyes fell on Shen Fu: "Why are you here?"
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