Chapter 85 From then on, the king no longer held court early
Jiang Zhen walked into the room slowly with lotus steps, only to see Xie Fei leaning lazily on the back of a chair with a memorial in his hand, looking at her. She smiled, holding the food box in one hand and ready to kneel down to salute: "Your Majesty, may you be blessed with good health..."
"It's just you and me here, why do we have to go through so much formality?" Xie Fei waved his hand to interrupt her, and stretched out a hand to her, smiling, "Come here."
Jiang Zhen raised her eyes to look at him. There was a faint smile on his handsome face, but his eyes were filled with burning smiles. Her cheeks blushed slightly, and she walked over as he said.
Xie Fei put his arm around her soft waist and held her in his arms. He took the handkerchief from her hand and wiped the thin layer of sweat from her forehead. He raised his head slightly and smiled, "Are you hot?"
Jiang Zhen shook her head gently, turned her head slightly to look at the table, and in a flash she saw a white jade cup emitting cold air among the pile of memorials. She was stunned for a moment, then turned her eyes, found an empty seat, and put the food box in her hand on it.
Xie Fei glanced at the food box, his eyes grew colder, he stuffed the handkerchief into his sleeve, reached out and took her hand and squeezed it gently, then asked with a smile: "What did you bring in this food box?"
"It's hot, I'm afraid Your Majesty will get a heat stroke, so I specially prepared some iced sour plum juice." Jiang Zhen kept smiling, glanced at the white jade cup on the table, and said in a muffled voice, "But it seems that it's not necessary now. The one prepared by Lady Lan is much better than what I prepared."
Xie Fei was stunned for a few breaths, then shook his head with a smile: "Zhen'er, are you jealous?"
"If I were jealous, I would have been drowned in the vinegar jar long ago." Jiang Zhen spat at Xie Fei, broke free from his arms around her waist, glanced at him indifferently with her clear eyes, and said nonchalantly.
Xie Fei raised the corners of his lips and smiled. He could see that Jiang Zhen was indeed not jealous. After all, he had already discussed this with her yesterday. Now she was pretending to tease him, but it was just that woman's weird competitive spirit was at work, and she couldn't help but tease him with words.
He shook his head, lowered his eyes and smiled, then grabbed her jade-white wrist that was placed on the table, interlocked their fingers, pulled it to his mouth and kissed it twice, and said, "It's really hot, dear Zhen'er, quickly bring out the sour plum juice to quench my thirst."
"No way." Jiang Zhen puffed up her cheeks, pulled her hand out, then turned around a step, picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of shaved ice and fed it to Xie Fei. A faint smile appeared on her pink lips. She lowered her eyes and looked at him and smiled, "Your Majesty, you should eat this. You can't let this beauty down."
Xie Fei was stunned for a moment, then leaned forward slightly, stretched out his long arms, and pulled her into his arms, letting her sit on his lap. He put one hand on the back of her head from behind, and with the other hand pinched her chin and lifted it up a little, then lowered his head and kissed her lips. As their lips and tongues entangled, the ice water with the aroma of fruit and milk was passed into Jiang Zhen's mouth one by one.
Jiang Zhen moaned tenderly and slowly swallowed the ice water in her mouth. However, Xie Fei's hot tongue did not retreat but advanced, chasing and sweeping in her mouth more wantonly and tirelessly than ever before, forcing her to be unable to struggle and could only let him give in to her. There was a slight sound of water splashing in her mouth, and Jiang Zhen subconsciously swallowed with his rhythm, her hot breath lingering around her nose.
Just when her mind was about to go blank, he finally stopped, but did not move too far away. He only kissed her moist lips and rubbed them gently. After a long time, he panted slightly and said in a low voice: "Zhen'er, from now on, I will share everything with you."
Jiang Zhen put her arms around Xie Fei's neck, her cheeks flushed as if she had drunk wine. She half-closed her eyes in embarrassment, bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth, and lowered her head. Her little head arched into his neck like a spoiled little animal. After a long while, a soft and tender voice came out: "Not only do we have to share the sweetness, Zhen'er also wants to share the bitterness with the emperor."
Xie Fei smiled silently, rubbed her little head with his big hand, lowered his head and pecked the top of her head, muttering: "I can't bear to part with it."
The voice was too soft for Jiang Zhen to hear clearly. She looked up at him and asked in confusion, "What did the emperor say?"
"What did I say?" Xie Fei said with a smile, "I was asking you if you are still jealous?"
After saying that, his pair of cold eyes suddenly darkened, staring at her lips closely, as if staring at prey.
His gaze was too scorching. Jiang Zhen shyly pursed her lips and avoided it. Without thinking, she said, "No, I'm not jealous anymore."
Hearing this, Xie Fei smiled mischievously: "It turns out that Zhen'er is really jealous."
Jiang Zhen immediately realized that she had been tricked by him, and blushed as she hurriedly said, "I'm not jealous, not jealous." After saying that, she realized that it was completely unconvincing, so she lowered her head and whispered sullenly, "You scoundrel!"
"Yes, yes, I am a rogue." Xie Fei's eyes were smiling, and he was unusually handsome, but his voice was three parts ambiguous, three parts happy, and three parts serious, "But I like it."
Jiang Zhen couldn't resist his tenderness and couldn't help but smile. Xie Fei pinched her pink face and said, "Be serious and stop laughing. I have something to tell you."
The wicked are the first to complain, so you are the one who is not serious, Jiang Zhen rolled her eyes and said secretly in her heart.
Although she thought so, she finally responded obediently. Xie Fei nodded in satisfaction and said in a steady voice: "That Xi Helan is not simple. I know you are smart, but you should be careful and try not to contact her. Withdraw the people you sent to monitor her. I will deal with her. You should take good care of yourself and give me a child."
Jiang Zhen nodded solemnly while listening to the previous part. When the last sentence came out, she suddenly became flustered and her hand couldn't help but touch her belly gently. A sweet feeling spread in her heart. She lowered her head and leaned on Xie Fei's shoulder and said "hmm" softly.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Zhen's butt was suddenly patted by Xie Fei, and then his teasing laughter came from above her head: "Okay, you have taken advantage of me, why don't you go and grind for me? Look, there are still a lot of memorials waiting for my approval. If I can't finish them, you can stay up late with me."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhen immediately puffed up her face and glared at him. This man was too unreasonable. Who was taking advantage of whom?
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At the same time on the afternoon of the second day, Xi Helan changed into a beautiful palace gauze and walked towards the imperial study gracefully. Roufeng followed her carefully with a lunch box. They were almost at the imperial study when Gao Baoxi, sitting on a chair, blocked her way.
"Hey, look, who is this?" Gao Baoxi said lazily, leaning back in the chair.
Xi Helan glanced at Gao Baoxi, and seeing her arrogant expression and unfriendly tone, she immediately had a bad feeling in her heart. Although she seldom left the palace often after traveling through time for so long, she had heard many rumors about Concubine Gao. They all said that she relied on General Gao to be arrogant, domineering, and loved to compete with others. She had not had much communication with her when they first met in the pavilion, but she knew through the system that she had great malice towards her. Now it seems that she may have underestimated her competitive spirit.
She hates the kind of vicious and arrogant people who have no abilities, can only rely on the achievements of their fathers and brothers, are very jealous, and will do anything to win the favor of men. This makes her involuntarily think of the mistress who destroyed her marriage in the previous life!
Xi Helan's thoughts drifted far away. She slowly clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand. Roufeng glanced at her master and quietly reached out to pull her: "My dear, kneel down and greet me."
She was actually asked to kneel down to such a person!
Xi Helan almost bit her teeth when she heard this. After hesitating for a long time, she finally succumbed to the torture of the nanny and knelt down unwillingly: "Your Highness, I wish you good luck and happiness."
Gao Baoxi watched Xi Helan's every move and could see that she disliked him. However, there were many people in the palace who disliked him, so no matter how unwilling she was, she still had to kneel down and pay her respects to him.
"Where is Concubine Lan going in such hot weather instead of staying in the palace to cool off?" Gao Baoxi glanced at Xi Helan but did not ask her to get up. She asked slowly and leisurely.
Xi Helan frowned and said expressionlessly: "It is my freedom to go wherever I want. I don't need to report to you, the Imperial Concubine."
“Ha.” Gao Baoxi sneered and clapped his hands twice. “Well said, that’s really well said!”
After she finished speaking, her expression suddenly changed, a layer of frost appeared on her face, and her eyes like sharp arrows shot straight at Xi Helan: "You don't have to report to me, but if I want to know, you must tell me. It seems that I am still too kind. A little noble dares to challenge me!"
"What's wrong with being a noble lady? Aren't noble ladies and imperial concubines both the emperor's women? Who is more noble than the other? Why do I have to listen to you?" Xi Helan sneered disdainfully and said, "What can you do to me even if I don't say anything?"
Gao Baoxi was stunned. This was the first time she had ever met someone who dared to refute her like this. She lowered her eyes and sneered, then she reached out and stroked her hair. She looked at Xi Helan coldly and said, "You have such a clever mouth. If I don't teach you a lesson, people will think that I, Gao Baoxi, am a bully. Xiangyun, Concubine Lan is disrespectful to me and is committing treason. I will give her ten slaps to teach her a lesson."
Xiangyun immediately brought two eunuchs forward, pinned the struggling Xi Helan to the ground and beat him up. Amid the slapping sounds, Gao Baoxi smiled slowly and said, "I know even if you don't tell me, you just went to show your courtesy to the emperor. Unfortunately, you can't go today. Xiangtan, bring the food box over to me to show me what's inside."
Xiangtan responded, snatched the food box from the frightened Roufeng, and handed the porcelain cup to Gao Baoxi. Gao Baoxi opened the lid and looked at it carefully, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and smiled faintly: "Sure enough, you are quite clever."
At this time, Xiangyun came back and whispered, "Madam, the ten slaps are done."
"Yes." Gao Baoxi nodded in satisfaction as she looked at Xi Helan, whose mouth was bleeding and whose cheeks were swollen. She instructed Xiang Tan, "Noble Lady Lan is clever and kind-hearted. She understands that the people in the harem are suffering from the heat in summer, so she specially invented this... this ice drink to cool everyone down. Starting tomorrow, have her come to Changle Palace every afternoon to make 300 servings by hand. After they are ready, you can send people to deliver them to the various palaces."
"Yes, your majesty." Xiangtan replied.
Xi Helan waited for Gao Baoxi with hatred, covering her mouth and said angrily: "Why? I won't do it!"
Gao Baoxi chuckled, waved her hand and asked him to take the sedan chair back to the palace. When she passed by Xi Helan, she said lightly: "You try it."
Xi Helan knelt on the ground, her eyes wide open, watching Gao Baoxi walk away triumphantly with eyes full of ferocity. Her hands in her sleeves were clenched tightly, and her sharp nails pierced into her palms as if she didn't feel any pain.
The author has something to say: Jiang Zhen: You are taking advantage of me and still acting cute. It is obvious that you are taking advantage of me. Hum~
Xie Fei: What's the big deal about taking advantage of me? I've even let you gnaw on my dragon's mouth, what are you dissatisfied with?
Jiang Zhen: Haha, you even ate my phoenix meat!
Xie Fei: ...It seems to be true
[That night, the dragon and the phoenix fought for three hundred rounds, just to gain a little advantage over the other side (?). No matter how you look at it, it seems like the dragon has the advantage~]
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