"Can you allow me to change my clothes?" Shui Ling asked gently.
Zhao Xu smiled respectfully and said, "Don't worry, Master Ling. The Emperor likes whatever you wear."
Hearing this, Shui Ling's ears turned red and hot.
She was a little embarrassed, but also very persistent: "Women dress up to please themselves. If I don't dress up properly, how can I dare to meet the emperor?"
Zhao Xu was relieved: "Then Master Ling, hurry up, the emperor really wants to see you."
"Yes, yes, I'm very quick. Thank you, father-in-law."
After Shui Ling finished speaking, she ran back into the house with a smile.
Zhao Xu snorted coldly.
No matter how you dress up, the emperor only likes the imperial concubine.
Even if a fairy stood in front of the emperor, he would only feel that the fairy was blocking his view of the imperial concubine, and would kick the fairy away.
After a while, Shui Ling finally finished her struggle.
It's more than just changing clothes, it's changing everything from head to toe.
Moreover, the earrings and hairpins were actually the styles that the imperial concubine used to wear.
It seems that Lingcainv has really put a lot of thought into attracting the emperor's attention.
"Eunuch Zhao, do I look good in this outfit?"
Shui Ling ran in front of Zhao Xu and turned around deliberately to show herself.
Zhao Xu politely replied, "Master Ling has a delicate face and natural beauty. Wearing this dress is the icing on the cake."
"That's good."
Shui Ling was very satisfied and got into the sedan chair by herself.
She cleared her throat and urged, "Why are you still standing there? Let's go. Otherwise, the emperor will blame you."
//
In the imperial study, candlelight flickered.
The emperor held a few booklets in his hands and flipped through them slowly.
"Your Majesty, Lingcainv is here." Zhao Xu's voice came from outside the door.
The emperor said in a deep voice: "Let her come in and serve."
"yes."
Zhao Xu responded and gestured to Shui Ling to come in.
The door was pushed open and the bells jingled.
The emperor was shocked.
When he looked up, he couldn't help but feel dazed.
Shui Ling was wearing a simple and elegant green dress, and the pair of lily of the valley earrings on her earlobes added to her aura. She wore a lily of the valley hairpin in her hair, which rang with each step, making her look fresh and elegant.
The emperor frowned and said unhappily, "Don't wear jewelry with lily of the valley patterns in the future."
"Your Majesty, don't you like it?" Shui Ling asked tentatively, "Lily of the valley is very beautiful, why wouldn't Your Majesty like it?"
"If you don't like it, you don't like it. Why do you need so many excuses? Take off your earrings and hairpins immediately."
The emperor's tone was filled with unbearable irritation.
The lily of the valley hairpin was a token of love he gave to Mingyue. Only Mingyue looked beautiful when she wore the lily of the valley.
Dare to imitate Mingyue? How stupid and ridiculous.
If Shui Ling wasn't still useful, he would have killed her with just one sword!
"I obey your command."
Shui Ling felt a little disappointed, but she did as she was told. She immediately took off her earrings and hairpins and hid them in her sleeves.
Fearing he might have gone too far, the emperor sighed and said, "The Imperial Concubine likes to wear things with lily of the valley pattern, which I hate the most. I'll have someone send you a few sets of jewelry later. Please don't cause me any trouble like the Imperial Concubine did."
"Your Highness the Imperial Concubine?"
Shui Ling's eyes turned, and she pretended to be confused: "It is said that the Imperial Concubine and the Emperor have been childhood sweethearts, so it is normal for them to quarrel occasionally. A couple quarrels at the head of the bed and makes up at the foot of the bed..."
The emperor said coldly: "You are wrong. The imperial concubine and I are not husband and wife. She is the concubine and I am the emperor."
Shui Ling was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and smiled softly: "Your Majesty, why are you still so childish? Everyone knows that you only love the Imperial Concubine, and she will become your wife sooner or later."
"You are so smart, why do you believe rumors?"
"...So, you can't believe it?"
The emperor smiled faintly and shook his head: "Come here and grind ink for me."
After saying that, he picked up the pen, picked up the booklet next to him, and slowly annotated it.
Shui Ling obediently walked to the emperor's side and helped him grind ink.
He just glanced at the booklet from time to time.
"Can you read?" the emperor asked, as if realizing it belatedly.
Shui Ling shook her head: "My father is a hunter, and I have never been to school."
The emperor smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I'm not a cannibal. You can be yourself in front of me."
Shui Ling was skeptical: "Really? Why is the Emperor so tolerant of me?"
"Guess why I let you into the palace."
"I don't know."
"You don't know, so I'll tell you."
The emperor turned his head and looked at Shui Ling, smiling very gently: "From the first time I saw you, I felt that you were a unique person. Gentle, free, and tenacious. You are different from all the women I have ever met."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
Shui Ling's heart was beating like thunder, and she immediately drooped her eyelids, and her ears turned red again.
The hand that had just been maintained was tightly gripping the ink block, the fingertips were white, and the hand was shaking constantly.
The emperor took Shui Ling's hand and said, "Ling'er, I stand so high, but there are few close friends around me."
"The Concubine should understand you very well."
The emperor sneered as if he had heard something funny. "Oh, the imperial concubine told me she had other intentions, and I had no choice but to favor her. I always thought I would never meet a good partner in my life, until I met you."
"Your Majesty..."
Shui Ling didn't know what to do for a moment.
The emperor gently pushed her away: "Forget it, I'm not in a hurry. From now on, you will always be by my side, right?"
At the same time, he was thinking: Holding someone else's hand is so awkward. Planning a plan is more troublesome than fighting! If Prince Gong's followers aren't wiped out this time, he'll die of anger!
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