Chapter 345: Who is the tablet for?
Chapter 345: Who is the tablet for?
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being so nosy. I'm afraid Su Jin can no longer stay in the palace..."
Eunuch Zheng couldn't help but say something more.
This matter has caused a lot of uproar now. No matter what, it has indeed affected Zhao Huaiguang's reputation. As the person who serves Zhao Huaiguang, Eunuch Zheng naturally feels that this matter is inappropriate.
How should I put it? It has to be resolved quickly.
Even his personal servant said so, how could Zhao Huaiguang not understand.
But I didn’t expect that Su Jin was so patient, and her three children were also so patient.
Thinking of this, Zhao Huaiguang couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and praised: "You are worthy of being the child of the Sixth Miss."
Even his temperament is like his mother's. He is so calm and steady.
After praising the three children, Zhao Huaiguang stood up and walked towards the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
Eunuch Zheng was delighted when he saw this, and thought, maybe this matter can be resolved today?
Just as I was thinking about it, someone had already entered the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
Su Jin made afternoon tea for the Empress Dowager, which was hawthorn wine that was good for digestion and digestion. It can only be said that after coming here, she had not even served herself, but now she put all her energy into serving the Empress Dowager's stomach.
When Zhao Huaiguang arrived, he happened to see the Empress Dowager looking at Su Jin with a smile. Although the Empress Dowager quickly calmed down after seeing him, Zhao Huaiguang still felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
He already understood that the Empress Dowager might have been bribed by Su Jin.
"The Emperor is here?"
The Empress Dowager frowned. Su Jin didn't understand what was going on at first, but now he understood everything after hearing these words.
"I am leaving now!"
Su Jin turned around and left, pretending that she was not familiar with the Empress Dowager.
But, I have seen everything I should see.
Zhao Huaiguang looked at Su Jin's departing back, but his eyes were fixed on the bowl of hawthorn wine.
Hawthorn is also called red fruit. At this time, the red fruit is cooked in bright color, dotted like pearls in the pink and white soup, accompanied by pieces of white cheese, and a sweet smell of fermented rice wine when you smell it carefully.
I didn't expect Su Jin's craftsmanship to be so good.
"Madam Yun, serve a bowl to the emperor as well."
Since we've been caught, let's try it together. The Empress Dowager can't eat alone, right?
Nanny Yun quickly brought the bowl, and the Empress Dowager personally filled a bowl and handed it to Zhao Huaiguang.
The weather has been getting hotter recently, and the Empress Dowager has not had a good appetite. This bowl of hawthorn wine was chilled, so it was cold, sweet and sour, and appetizing. The old lady enjoyed it very much.
Now that the emperor has come, it is natural to offer him a bowl.
Zhao Huaiguang held the bowl and immediately smelled the aroma of fermented rice wine, a mixture of sweet and sour flavors. Just smelling it had the effect of whetting the appetite.
Zhao Huaiguang stirred gently with a spoon and took a spoonful. He could taste the sweetness of the fermented rice mixed with the flavor of milk, as well as the rich sweet and sour taste of hawthorn spreading in his mouth. It was icy and cool, and surprisingly delicious.
"Your Majesty, how is it?"
Zhao Huiguang wiped his mouth and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good."
There was a tacit understanding between the two of them. The Empress Dowager had the advantage of being old. Those who could live to such an age were all very insightful and shrewd. Some things did not need to be said, as everyone knew them.
So she said directly: "The emperor should have no shortage of cooks."
"The Empress Dowager is right."
Zhao Huaiguang nodded calmly. He indeed had no shortage of cooks.
"I think what you lack is a confidant, but it's hard to find a confidant. Everyone has their own aspirations, and you can't force them."
After he finished speaking, Zhao Huaiguang stopped talking and continued to eat the wine made from hawthorn. There was still a red fruit left at the bottom of the bowl. Zhao Huaiguang looked at it carefully for a long time and slowly said, "This red fruit has been playing hide-and-seek with me from the beginning. Now, only if I eat up everything in the bowl, it will have nowhere to hide and will eventually end up in my stomach."
After hearing this, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but sigh and stopped talking.
I can only say that I really have no control over this matter.
Never mind. Whatever.
The Empress Dowager pushed the bowl away and said, "I am tired. Your Majesty, please do as you please. Nanny Yun, help me go back and rest."
"yes."
Nanny Yun supported the Empress Dowager and left. Zhao Huaiguang was the only one left in the hall. He slowly swallowed the last red fruit, then put down the bowl, stood up and walked towards the yard.
"Where's Su Jin?"
He grabbed a little palace maid, who pointed in a direction and Zhao Huaiguang followed.
The garden at the back was the courtyard where the Empress Dowager took care of the flowers and plants. There were not only precious species planted in pots, but also all kinds of exotic flowers and plants planted in the courtyard. Su Jin was squatting on the ground with his hands on his knees admiring the exotic flowers and plants planted by the Empress Dowager, and his fingers were slowly beating a rhythm, but Zhao Huaiguang had never seen such a rhythm before.
"Do you like the flowers here?"
Su Jin knew that it was Zhao Huaiguang who came, and nodded: "I like it. The flowers planted by the Grand Empress Dowager are very precious. I was thinking about whether I could ask the Grand Empress Dowager for one to take home before I leave. I guess it's impossible."
Zhao Huaiguang looked at Su Jin's profile. She was very beautiful, and she had not changed since the first time he met her. This woman seemed to never age.
He reached out and gently touched the blossoming flowers, leaving behind their fragrance: "If you like it, I'll go tell the Grand Empress Dowager."
"If you go and ask, the Empress Dowager will agree on the surface even if she doesn't want it in her heart. But if that's the case, I won't want this flower. I don't need to say one thing and mean another. I will only accept it if someone gives it to me sincerely."
What a double entendre there is in what he said. Is he giving Zhao Huaiguang a lesson?
As a shrewd human being, Zhao Huaiguang immediately understood the meaning of the words. Su Jin was asking him not to force her.
Although he was trying to persuade her with good intentions, a vicious idea slowly emerged in Zhao Huaiguang's mind: what would happen if he really forced Su Jin?
All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are the king's subjects. If you force it, there seems to be nothing wrong with it except leaving a bad reputation.
Even Gu Zixuan's title of Duke of the Protectorate could be taken back. As long as he fabricated a false charge, the Duke of the Protectorate could be imprisoned...
The power of imperial authority is enough to shake heaven and earth.
And now, such great power is in the hands of Zhao Huaiguang.
He said indifferently: "That is you, Miss Su Liu, and you cannot represent others."
If you can't represent others, then you can't represent Zhao Huaiguang either. So Su Jin's unwillingness is only your own unwillingness. What does it have to do with him?
What the two of them said was like they were practicing Tai Chi. Their status were not equal, so no matter how they fought, the end result would be Su Jin's defeat.
Just as she was racking her brains to figure out a solution to all this, Zhao Huaiguang's voice rang out again.
"Su Liu, who is the tablet covered with red cloth in the ancestral hall of your house dedicated to?"
"!!!"
Su Jin was startled, but Zhao Huaiguang's voice continued: "Do your children know?"