Chapter 387 A Little Longer
At night, Xuanyuan Ling hugged Shen Qing and didn't want to sleep for a while. He was in a good mood: "After all, he called me first."
Shen Qing was already sleepy, she silently complained: "The emperor is so childish."
Xuanyuan Ling slapped her butt in annoyance.
"Okay, okay, Your Majesty is not childish, but I want to sleep."
Xuanyuan Ling was so happy, but when he saw Chen Qing yawning, he really stopped talking. He patted her and Chen Qing fell asleep. Xuanyuan Ling didn't fall asleep for a while. Looking at Chen Qing sleeping, he could still think about the way Xiaoliu smiled just now. The child has grown a few teeth now, and he is really cute when he smiles. He couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth when he thought of it now.
Chen Qing didn't know that Xuanyuan Ling had been watching her for a long time at night. After all, when she got up, Xuanyuan Ling had already gone to the court. Chunhua and Fangyun came in to serve her and dressed her as usual. After breakfast, Fangyun came up to her, bowed, apologized, and told her about herself and Fang Huai.
Chen Qing said: "I originally wanted to find a good marriage for you and Chunhua, but you found one yourself, so I will naturally prepare a dowry for you so that you can marry in style."
Fang Yun kowtowed heavily to Shen Qing: "It is a great honor for me to serve you, Madam."
Chen Qing said: "If you are willing, you can wait until you have a baby and settle your family before entering the palace to become a female official. Then you can take the token and go to the key of the harem gate and leave the palace."
Fangyun and Chunhua have indeed been used to it and are loyal. When palace maids reach a certain age, they should be sent out to get married, but they can also come back. After they have children and settle down at home, they can be called back to continue serving their masters. By then, they will naturally become nannies or female officials in the palace.
Fang Yun was so moved that her eyes were red: "Of course I am willing. I really don't want to leave you, my lady."
Chen Qing said: "It is human nature to marry and have children. You are a good girl, and I cannot delay you." Then she looked at Chunhua and said: "If Chunhua has a crush on someone, she must not hide it."
Chunhua and Fangyun have different personalities. Although she felt embarrassed when being told this, she could still say, "I really don't have anyone I like." Besides, Fangyun has found a partner, so she doesn't want to be separated from Chen Qing all of a sudden.
It's not that there are no servants in Zhaohua Palace. After all, these years have passed. Except for the two of them, the other servants are all loyal. If they were not loyal, it would be obvious when Shen Qing was pregnant. After all, they are all carefully selected from a clean family background. The empress is a good person after entering Zhaohua Palace. There is no better place than Zhaohua Palace. There are also a few who were helped up, but compared with these first few people, they are always different.
After all, they all went through the most difficult time when Shen Qing first entered the palace, and they were grateful to have accompanied her all the way.
Chen Qing looked at Fang Yun and Chun Hua, and suddenly felt a little emotional. It has been many years. She went from being a good man to a virtuous concubine, and now she has a child: "Isn't this palace getting old too?"
Chunhua smiled and said, "Your Highness, why are you talking nonsense for no reason? Your Highness is only in her early twenties, how can you be considered old? You are still extremely beautiful and charming."
Chen Qing also smiled. That's right. She was not very old. It was Xuanyuan Ling who was older. She was in a higher position. Everyone who saw her saluted her, which made her feel old. "It was just a moment of emotion."
Then the three of them talked about some interesting and memorable things over the years, and they talked for a long time. As Fangyun talked, her eyes became red again. She was really reluctant to leave, and even discussed with Chunhua that she would serve Chen Qing more in the next few days. If this matter was settled, it would only take a few months to arrange it, and she wanted to serve Chen Qing more at this time.
Chunhua also sighed. Seeing Fangyun like this, she didn't want to get married anymore.
At night, she couldn't sleep. Thinking carefully, she could remember how Shen Qing risked his life to protect her when they were in the palace. Her family background was not good, so after entering the palace she could only serve the lowest-ranking men. But now Shen Qing had a higher status, and as the head maid of Zhaohua Palace, she was also superior to others.
Chunhua couldn't fall asleep for a long time. After thinking for a long time, she finally came to the conclusion that she still didn't want to leave the palace, get married, or have children. However, she had reached the age where she didn't want to leave the palace and had to ask the empress for advice.
It is not necessarily that no one would say that the master wanted to keep someone, and some people would think that the master was so mean that he would waste her whole life just to keep a loyal servant.
Oh, this is also a problem.
Chunhua couldn't think of anything at the moment, but she was determined not to leave the palace.
Chen Qing didn't know what Chunhua was thinking. She didn't know if she slept too much during the day, but she couldn't sleep late at night. It was really strange. She used to take a nap like this, but she wouldn't have trouble sleeping at night. The weather wasn't hot enough to be annoying, but she felt energetic.
Xuanyuan Ling slept very well. Chen Qing had no intention of disturbing him at first. At first, she was not sleepy after waking up, so she closed her eyes and thought she would fall asleep soon. Then she found that she really couldn't sleep, so she started tossing and turning and finally sat up. She couldn't sleep, but Xuanyuan Ling slept very well. So, she felt a little unbalanced in her heart.
The candlelight in the room was dim, but after getting used to it, she could still see Xuanyuan Ling's face. She couldn't help but poke his face. Of course, she didn't use much force, she just poked it casually. Her mind was empty at the moment, and she didn't know what she was thinking, but she just couldn't fall asleep.
Hey, how could this happen?
Shen Qing felt bored and puzzled. She didn't eat anything that would keep her awake at night, nor did she drink strong tea. There was no coffee or anything like that at the moment. Why could she suddenly not sleep?
He stayed awake for a long time. It was very quiet around him and only Xuanyuan Ling's breathing could be heard. Chen Qing didn't feel sleepy while sitting later, so he got up to drink water as he was thirsty. The servant on night watch discovered that he had prepared warm water for Chen Qing. Chen Qing and Xuanyuan Ling had a good night's sleep. The servant on night watch didn't expect Chen Qing to wake up at this moment, but he had to be alert when serving the Emperor and the Empress. They were just preventing the Empress and the Emperor from getting up at night.
Shen Qing drank some water and felt hungry again, and actually wanted to have a midnight snack.
Xuanyuan Ling was sleeping well, but he was used to sleeping with Shen Qing. There was no one beside him. When he was a little sleepy, he wanted to hug her but failed. He woke up half asleep and found that Shen Qing was not there. He was surprised: "Someone come."
The shout was so loud that Xiao Xiazi was on guard tonight, and he was also frightened, so he hurried in and asked, "What does the emperor want?"
"Where is the virtuous concubine?"
"The queen is having a midnight snack now."
Xuanyuan Ling was stunned, and then said "hmm".
Xiao Xiazi suddenly realized why the emperor's tone sounded a bit panicked. He thought that he might have heard it wrong. He saw Xuanyuan Ling also got out of bed. He hurriedly called for someone to help him get dressed. Xuanyuan Ling walked out. Shen Qing was eating noodles. When he saw Xuanyuan Ling coming over, he didn't expect: "I woke up the emperor."
Xuanyuan Ling walked over to her and sat down: "Why did you think of eating noodles? Didn't you finish your dinner?"
Chen Qing told him that he had suddenly woken up and couldn't fall asleep no matter what he did: "I don't know why, but I can't fall asleep. I might as well eat something. The emperor has to attend the court early tomorrow, so I'd better go and rest."
"Just leave you here alone?" Xuanyuan Ling looked at her unhappily, and Zuoyou also woke up: "Forget it, I will eat some too, you can't eat too much, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable in your stomach tomorrow."
The two of them actually ate a little together. Xuanyuan Ling was still sleepy. After they finished eating, Shen Qing didn't make any noise. She really thought that he had to attend the court in the morning and didn't have much time to sleep. So after eating, she snuggled in his arms obediently. But she still didn't feel sleepy. Xuanyuan Ling saw that she didn't move, which meant that she wanted him to sleep peacefully, so he patted her and coaxed her: "Why can't you sleep? I'll coax you to sleep."
Shen Qing said softly: "The emperor treats me like a child and coaxes me."
Xuanyuan Ling said: "The child is not as difficult to coax as you."
Shen Qing was not convinced again. How could she be difficult to coax? But she felt that he patted her from time to time, and she finally stopped talking. She didn't know if she couldn't sleep because she was hungry. After eating a little and being patted by him like this, she closed her eyes and gradually felt sleepy.
When Shen Qing's breathing became even and he was obviously asleep, Xuanyuan Ling found it a little funny. He must be hungry, what a delicate girl. He couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and needed to be coaxed. Isn't that harder to coax than a child?
But he was happy to be coaxed and didn't feel impatient. Xuanyuan Ling thought that days like this could last longer.
A little longer...
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