Chapter 46 "Stay in the Palace Tonight"
The low voice heated her up, and Ji Qingwu was almost burning with heat.
She wondered if she was hallucinating because of the heat. Why did she feel like the emperor was flirting with her?
Before she could figure it out, she heard a slightly hoarse voice.
"Stay in the palace tonight."
These words shocked Ji Qingwu so much that she felt dizzy and she quickly raised her head from his arms.
Meeting the dark eyes of Emperor Wu Su, she regained her senses and pushed him hastily.
He immediately retorted: "That won't work. My family is still waiting at home."
She couldn't help but add a trace of shame and anger to her face. What did the emperor think of her? A casual gamble? Can you be bullied at will?
Ji Qingwu's eyes were misty just now, but now they are clear. She said loudly: "Besides, I already have an engagement."
When Emperor Wu Su heard the word "engagement", he loosened his hand and let her go away. The intimacy just now disappeared completely.
Ji Qingwu put on his outer robe and took a few steps back.
"What are you thinking about?" Emperor Wu Su said in a deep voice, "Early tomorrow morning, the Queen Mother will summon you to the palace again."
Yes.
Tomorrow the Queen Mother will definitely come to her to question her. Her precious princess has fallen into the water, and she doesn't know how she will be punished.
Even though she was from the empress dowager's maternal family and was from the Ji family, she pushed Princess Qingyun into the water, which was even more hateful.
"I meant well. Tomorrow morning, the palace will send someone to the Ji Mansion to take you away. Your family will definitely be disturbed."
So this was the reason why he asked her to stay in the palace, not what she thought...
If Mrs. Qiao saw her being carried away by the eunuchs, she might be frightened to death on the spot.
Ji Qingwu pulled the corner of his mouth, forced a smile and said: "Your Majesty is wise."
Emperor Wu Su stared at her face and said lightly, "Since you don't want to stay in the palace, go home early. If you go back now, you can still sleep for two or three hours. When the palace gates open tomorrow morning, the chief eunuch of the Cining Palace will go to the Ji family to arrest you."
He pondered for a moment, then added in a particularly inadequate manner: "At worst, he'll just be beaten with a stick and suffer some physical pain."
If the beating is too severe, it can be fatal.
She had seen soldiers capture fugitives, pin them to the ground and beat them with thin bamboo sticks, leaving their skin torn and flesh exposed.
It is not easy to heal in the middle of summer. It will just rot and decay. Even if it heals, it will leave terrible scars.
Ji Qingwu couldn't bear to see his butt become like that.
It would be better if she just clicked her head and it would be over in a split second. She even began to feel a dull pain in her buttocks.
Ji Qingwu opened his mouth but didn't wait for her to speak.
His Majesty the Emperor turned around and walked away.
Li Yuzong had been waiting in the distance. When he saw His Majesty leaving with a stern face, he hurriedly followed him.
Emperor Wu Su walked steadily and walked a long distance in just a few steps.
Ji Qingwu stood where he was, watching his tall figure, as straight as a pine tree, gradually walking away.
She had already realized that the emperor was trying to protect her.
Otherwise, she would have been punished in the Cining Palace tonight, and her butt would have been broken into pieces.
Ji Qingwu remembered what Qiao had said before. Everyone in the palace had their own little thoughts, but the Emperor's thoughts were the most important.
If the Queen Mother wants to punish her, who can stop her? Only the emperor can.
She trotted a few steps to catch up.
Hearing the chaotic footsteps behind him, Emperor Wu Su raised the corner of his mouth, and Li Yuzong took a few steps back with a tactful look.
Ji Qingwu followed behind him, panting slightly as she said, "Your Majesty, I was not thinking rightly just now. Please be magnanimous and do not blame me."
Emperor Wu Su did not stop, but he walked much slower. He tightened his lips and reminded, "The palace gate will be locked soon. Miss Ji is anxious to go home. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave."
Ji Qingwu looked embarrassed when he heard him interrupt her with the words he had said.
"Miss Ji is not familiar with the roads in the palace. Li Yuzong, you go and see her off." Emperor Wu Su said kindly.
Eunuch Li walked up to Ji Qingwu and gestured, "Yes, please."
She walked around and stood in front of the emperor again, saying boldly: "I will not leave tonight. I beg Your Majesty to take me in."
"Take him in?"
Emperor Wu Su stopped and said leisurely, "Do you know who are the women who can enter my Zhaoyang Palace?"
Ji Qingwu shook his head: "I don't know."
Li Yuzong bowed and said, "Zhaoyang Palace is the emperor's bedroom, and only the ladies in the harem can enter the palace."
Ji Qingwu bit her lip and said, "I won't go in. I can just stand guard at the palace gate."
Li Yuzong cried out, "Miss Ji, this is unacceptable. You are the daughter of a court minister and the niece of the empress dowager. How can we let you do the job of a night maid?"
It would have been fine if the empress dowager had not been mentioned. After she was mentioned, Ji Qingwu became more determined. After all, she was just a palace maid on night duty.
"Eunuch Li, I can do it."
Emperor Wu Su looked at her, and a meaningful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Do you know what the night maids are supposed to do?"
Ji Qingwu shook her head again. She really didn’t know.
Li Yuzong stepped forward to explain, lowering his head and saying, "The palace maids on night duty are divided into upper night duty and lower night duty. They have to wait outside the door of the bedroom and listen to the sounds and movements in the palace at all times."
Ji Qingwu nodded. This was similar to what a maid in an ordinary family had to do.
Eunuch Li introduced in detail: "Whether the emperor slept soundly, how many times he coughed, how many times he got up at night, how many times he drank water, all need to be recorded, and the next day, the eunuch in charge will be told to keep it on file."
Ji Qingwu didn't expect that there were so many rules for "night duty".
This was not the end. Li Yuzong continued, "If the empress comes to sleep with you at night, you must be especially careful. When she calls for water, you must watch the water stove and make sure it does not go out."
There was sex going on inside, and the palace maid on duty had to listen at the door. After it was over, she had to rush to the bathroom to add hot water for the emperor and his empress to bathe.
Ji Qingwu felt mixed emotions at the thought of listening to Emperor Wu Su's "corner talk" with his concubine.
She twisted her fingers and glanced secretly at Emperor Wu Su beside her. Was he going to pick up the name of some empress tonight?
But it could also be a single stay.
Ji Qingwu wanted to take a gamble, so she nodded to Eunuch Li, indicating that this was acceptable.
Li Yuzong quietly glanced at the emperor's expression and clicked his tongue.
"I forgot to mention one more thing. If His Majesty is in the mood, the palace maids on night duty can also enter the palace to sleep with him."
However, this was an absurd thing that had been done by Emperor Liang of the previous dynasty, but Emperor Wu Su had never done it.
Even if Ji Qingwu could be more open-minded, he couldn't do it at this moment.
She gave up the idea because she thought it was so difficult to be a "night maid".
Ji Qingwu lowered his head and looked at the man in front of him wearing gold-belted court boots under the bamboo green dragon-patterned brocade robe. He was still standing in front of him, with no intention of leaving.
The best way to talk to someone who holds power and has deep thoughts is to speak with your heart.
Don't tell lies, don't make excuses, just speak your true thoughts.
Ji Qingwu stopped beating around the bush with Emperor Wu Su and said directly: "Your Majesty, do you have any way to save me?"
Emperor Wu Su looked at the top of her head and asked, "When you dragged Qingyun into the water, you didn't think of a countermeasure. You impulsively caused trouble and now you want to ask me for help?"
There was no sense of joy or anger in this voice.
"I finally saved the princess and brought her to shore. Although I have committed a serious offense, I have also done myself a small service."
Ji Qingwu raised his head, tilted his delicate chin up, and observed the emperor's expression.
She said tenderly, "Your Majesty, don't you agree?"
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