Chapter 339: Pointing and Cursing
Chapter 339: Pointing and Cursing
The Empress Dowager's bedroom.
Su Jin sighed.
Sigh, I talked too much. What do you mean by sitting and waiting? Although sitting is not too tiring, it will be very uncomfortable if you sit for a long time.
The chairs in ancient times were all made of wood and were very hard. Sitting on them for a long time would hurt your butt and make your waist uncomfortable.
It was already late spring and the weather had warmed up, but the room was still very cool. The little palace maid kept eating and drinking according to Grandma Yun's instructions. When Su Jin finished her tea, she would refill it with new tea. When the snacks and fruits on the table were finished, new ones would be brought to her, so that Su Jin could feed herself without having to eat.
It’s nice to have no worries about food and drink, but it’s really boring to just sit there and do nothing.
Oh, why don't you say go wait in the yard or something, that would be more interesting than just sitting here.
Thinking about this, she looked around and thought that refusing the emperor was already a serious crime, so it didn't matter if she walked around the harem privately.
So she simply got up, stretched, walked out and sat on the porch to enjoy the scenery in the yard.
The Empress Dowager’s bedroom was very large, and the courtyard was filled with flowers and plants that the old lady personally tended to.
The peach, apricot and plum trees are all loaded with fruits, and there is a grape tree outside the corridor that has just bloomed.
The wisteria is in full bloom this season. From a distance it looks like purple clouds and smoke. The air is also filled with the faint fragrance of wisteria. Su Jin put the fruit plate beside her and ate while watching.
The Empress Dowager was too lazy to pay attention to her, so Su Jin felt even more at ease. She leaned lazily against the pillar, looking at the sky, the earth and the scenery.
This was the Su Jin that Zhao Huaiguang saw when he came.
Although the palace is so strict that all rules are enforced in every inch of land, Su Jin is the only person here who is not bound by the rules.
She leaned lazily against the pillar, looking at the scenery, pinching snacks with her tender fingertips, and the crumbs fell down, but she didn't seem to notice it at all, like a rabbit or a squirrel, eating all the time with her mouth.
"Your Majesty, I will go and call ..."
Zhao Huaiguang stopped the eunuch Zheng who was serving him personally, and ordered someone to bring his favorite pine nut and lily pastry, and walked over quietly.
Su Jin was just bored when she suddenly saw a dessert in front of her. It was a pine nut and lily pastry. Because it contained meat, the taste was salty and sweet. It was different from the desserts she had been eating until now. The Empress Dowager was old, so the desserts here were mostly light, while this pine nut and lily pastry was heavy and oily.
Su Jin raised an eyebrow, and then saw the bright yellow sleeves. What was there to be unclear about?
The person who came was Xie Huaiguang, no, now it’s Zhao Huaiguang.
According to etiquette, she should stand up and bow to the emperor with great fear and trepidation, but she did not move. Instead, she picked up a piece of pine nut and lily pastry and stuffed it into her mouth, as if nothing had happened.
Well, it tastes good and is perfect when eaten with tea.
She took a bite of the pine nut and lily pastry, took a sip of hot tea, and then squinted her eyes to feel the aroma of the pastry blending into the tea.
Zhao Huaiguang watched quietly from the side. After a while, seeing that Su Jin didn't move, he sat down with her.
"It has been almost two years since I last saw Miss Su Liu."
A man's voice came to my ears. It was different from before. Now his voice was more mature and steady. There was no trace of the boy's cheerful and crisp voice anymore.
Su Jin smiled and said, "I think you must not like me, that's why we haven't seen each other for so long."
Zhao Huaiguang looked over again.
The man's facial features became more profound. His bright yellow robe was embroidered with a golden dragon with bared fangs and claws. The dragon's eyes were round and majestic.
Su Jin had a blank expression on his face, while Zhao Huaiguang was even more calm and composed. Both of them were smart people. Su Jin was determined to go all out, while Zhao Huaiguang was as calm as ever.
"So you know what I'm thinking."
"No, I just found out."
Su Jin continued to drink tea, his eyes fixed on the gradually darkening sky.
It was the first time for me to watch the sunset in the palace, and also the first time for me to admire the moon in the palace. At this time, the bright moon was rising in the east, but the sun had not yet completely set, and the whole world fell into a hazy darkness.
"I just don't know whether your love for me is the emperor's love or Xie Er's love."
Su Jin's voice was neither fast nor slow, but it was enough to make Zhao Huaiguang's breathing slightly slow.
The young emperor had a face that could make all women scream. This face earned him a lot of fruits, melons and silk handkerchiefs from girls when he rode around the capital. But now, with such a face, he couldn't get any advantage from Su Jin.
He held the teacup and lowered his head in thought.
The emperor likes it, or Xie Er likes it.
This question is difficult to answer.
"Whatever the emperor likes, whatever Xie Er likes."
As the two were talking, the palace maids around them began to light the lights in an orderly manner. The dim palace gradually became brighter. Someone had already reported to the Empress Dowager that the Emperor had arrived, but still no one came out.
As if they had discussed it beforehand, everyone ignored the two people sitting in the corridor eating and drinking.
"I can't bear the emperor's favor."
Su Jin said calmly: "I can't even bear the love of Prince Rui, let alone the emperor? If I don't live well in Yong'an Marquis's Mansion, I can still rely on my natal family for divorce. If I don't live well in the palace, I can only die."
"Su Jin!"
She felt her wrist being grasped tightly. The man was very strong, with the strength that only an adult man could have. This made Su Jin even more certain that Zhao Huaiguang was no longer the young boy he used to be. He had unknowingly transformed into a man capable of dominating the world.
Su Jin didn't even struggle. In front of the biggest BOSS in ancient times, all struggles were in vain.
When she was with Gu Changqing, she could still plan and struggle, but now, it's really useless.
Since it's useless, why waste your energy? You might as well lie down.
So she continued to sit quietly and asked, "Will the Emperor agree to a divorce?"
This is a joke.
From ancient times to the present, I have only heard of women in the harem being banished to the cold palace, but I have never heard of women in the harem being divorced.
In the outside world, the mistress is the mistress, the concubine is the concubine, and the concubine is just a slave, while the women in the palace are the queen, the imperial concubine, the concubine, and the imperial concubine...
Each one of them is the master, and it will be bad if you don't serve any of them well.
That's the difference.
"So what if Xie Er likes it?"
Zhao Huaiguang subconsciously clenched his fists tighter.
Su Jin felt very painful, but still did not struggle.
"If Xie Er likes me, then that's easy. I can point at Xie Er's nose and scold him, saying, 'You're sick in the head, what are you thinking? I can be your mother, and you like me? Are you sick?"
Eunuch Zheng, who had been hiding nearby waiting for orders, was almost going crazy.
This Su Jin is really bold, making indirect accusations?
Oh, it’s not a veiled criticism, it’s a veiled criticism!
Eunuch Zheng looked at Zhao Huaiguang and saw a hint of anger on Zhao Huaiguang's face.