Chapter 492 Extra 11 Bright Memories, Bright Ningchuan
Xiu Ningchuan opened the bed curtains, sat down beside the bed, looked at her and said, "What do you want to hear?"
Empress Chen Zhao turned over and replied, "It's the tune of Li Nu."
She clutched the quilt tightly, waiting expectantly for him to speak, but he was slow to sing.
In the past, Xiu Ningchuan would not have refused her request, but at this moment he felt strange, and he asked, "Why do you want to hear me sing this?"
Empress Chen Zhao usually has the final say in the court, but she is most vulnerable and least guarded when she falls asleep or before going to sleep.
Now, on a night like this, she really wanted to hear him sing the song again.
Noticing her abnormality, Xiu Ningchuan reached out and held her face, and continued to ask: "Why are you willing to let me into your heart just because I sang a song to lull you to sleep?"
Empress Chen Zhao said, "If you don't want to sing, forget it."
Xiu Ningchuan chuckled: "I am willing to sing, but I really want to know why it is so important. Can you tell me?"
Empress Chen Zhao turned her head and turned over with her back to him.
It seems that she doesn't know enough about this emperor. In addition to being stubborn, his bad habits also include being a man of many questions.
Xiu Ningchuan quietly took off his outer robe and went to bed.
“Chirp.”
The nickname was like a forbidden area in the queen's heart. She immediately turned over and glared at him.
Xiu Ningchuan put his arm around her back and explained with a smile: "I called you Jiujiu just because I wanted to kiss you. When you look at me like this, it always makes me..."
He took the initiative to move over, and after their bodies touched, the Queen's eyes widened even wider.
"Don't you want to?"
Xiu Ningchuan said slowly: "It's been half a month. I've never been absent for so long."
The Queen's sleepiness was completely gone because Xiu Ningchuan untied her undershirt.
He said, "Your Majesty appointed me as the Emperor's husband. Isn't it because of my beauty?"
Hearing his words, she tried to push him away with her hand, but was pulled back and pressed against his smooth jade-like skin.
Xiu Ningchuan is not a child, so how could she believe that a nursery rhyme could open her heart?
Empress Chen Zhao swallowed her saliva and said, "How could I be such a lustful person?"
"Isn't it?" Xiu Ningchuan laughed, and said, "Then why did your Majesty's hand go under my waist?"
Empress Chen Zhao was not shy and said directly: "It's because you deliberately seduced me."
Xiu Ningchuan is a qualified imperial husband. He does everything well as long as he wants to do it. So the Queen entrusted the affairs of the inner court to him with great confidence.
Whatever he is willing to do, he can always do it outstandingly.
Just like now.
His palm rolled over her waist and slowly moved down.
Just like when a craftsman polishes a secret color porcelain, he uses a glaze brush to sweep across the thinnest part of the pottery body, carefully and carefully to ensure that the color can be applied.
The night wind that leaked in through the window brought with it the lingering fragrance, and the dew-soaked hibiscus flowers were withering their petals.
His undershirt had been placed under her body at some point, and the gauze at the collar completely revealed the seal characters underneath.
Empress Chen Zhao suddenly reached down and grabbed his shoulders, panting slightly and said, "...That's enough."
Xiu Ningchuan raised his head and gently refused: "It's not enough."
The Queen's eyes became wet, and her lower abdomen felt sore and numb. She said a little aggrievedly: "I still want to hear you sing nursery rhymes more."
Xiu Ningchuan was stunned. Could it be that he was wrong?
He frowned and confirmed: "You really just want to hear me sing a song, nothing else?"
Empress Chen Zhao was confused and said, "What else do you think it is..."
As she spoke, she thought of what he had just done, and curled her lips, saying, "What's in the Emperor's mind?"
Xiu Ningchuan knelt between her legs and said disappointedly: "I thought you would like it."
The Queen said frankly: "I like it, but what I mean is..."
She felt a little embarrassed when she thought of this.
The Li Nu tune was sung by Xiu Ningchuan when he was trying to coax Zhen Zhen to sleep.
One night, when she arrived at the gate of Xingshu Hall, she heard him singing softly: Hululu, Hululu, the fur ball turns into a warm dream coat...
The tone was soft and gentle, and Empress Chen Zhao just stood at the door and listened. Zhenzhen stopped crying, and all the fatigue in her body disappeared, and she began to feel sleepy.
That night, she slept soundly without holding the old cloth.
Afterwards, she specifically inquired about the name of the song and even invited musicians to play it in the Ziji Palace, but it did not have the same effect as when the emperor sang it. Instead, she became more and more annoyed the more she listened to it.
Xiu Ningchuan realized when she had heard this nursery rhyme before. He laughed quietly at first, and then laughed louder and louder.
The queen kicked him angrily, but he grabbed her ankle and pressed it against his waist.
Xiu Ningchuan said: "I just didn't expect it to be such a simple request."
This posture was not suitable for talking about serious matters, so Empress Chen Zhao withdrew her feet and buried herself in the quilt.
She frowned and said, "Simple? It's not simple at all. Other people's singing is terrible." Xiu Ningchuan lay beside her, hugged her and the quilt in his arms, and asked, "Why me?"
Empress Chen Zhao said proudly: "It seems that my husband still doesn't know why I chose you to enter the palace."
Xiu Ningchuan pondered for a moment and gave a serious answer: "Because the Xiu family has a shallow foundation in the imperial city, they are the easiest to control among the several families."
Empress Chen Zhao raised the corner of her lips and said leisurely, "Of course not. Do you think I would sacrifice myself for the sake of balancing power?"
Xiu Ningchuan's eyes showed surprise. He thought so at first, but now he slowly understood her temper and knew that she would not lie.
Is he wrong again?
Xiu Ningchuan digested the information for a while and asked, "Why did you choose me?"
The Queen yawned and said drowsily, "I am tired and want to sleep. We will talk tomorrow."
There were still two hours before court session. Xiu Ningchuan felt sorry for her tiredness and was reluctant to delay her rest time, so he could only suppress all his questions and stay awake until dawn.
Although Empress Chen Zhao did not hear the nursery rhyme she wanted to hear, she heard it in her dream, and the corners of her mouth curved into a sweet sleep curve.
The first time she saw Xiu Ningchuan was not in a portrait, nor at a palace banquet, but on the streets of Lin'an.
At that time, Emperor Wu Su had not yet abdicated, but he had already begun to think about passing on the throne. He summoned her and Yuan Heng to the Qinzheng Hall and asked them about their thoughts.
The minds of twins are connected at certain times.
She had sensed early on that her brother actually hated the palace. Maybe it had something to do with his childhood experiences. His life was not easy and he never felt relaxed for a moment.
Perhaps, what he really longs for is a life like a free and easy wanderer.
She actually didn't have much ambition for the throne, but since she was her father's eldest daughter, she should shoulder the heavy responsibility.
If she had to choose one of them to be the emperor, she felt that she was more suitable than her brother.
No matter how you live, it's still a day, and no matter how you live, it's wonderful. She spoke before her brother and took over the position of crown prince generously and openly.
However, when she walked out of the Qinzheng Hall, invisible pressure instantly piled up in her heart.
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