Chapter 167 She Doesn't Love Him

When Su Jingyao woke up the next day, she opened her eyes drowsily and woke up from the dragon bed alone.

He slowly raised his eyes and looked at the Qianqing Palace, his eyes still somewhat confused and his expression dazed.

Oh, and she's grounded.

Thinking of this, Su Jingyao sighed softly.

Jun Zechen slept in the side hall last night.

Su Jingyao washed and dressed with the help of Miaoxia. Her eyes were a little dull, as if she was not fully awake yet. "What time is it now?" Su Jingyao asked lazily.

"It's almost 9:00 p.m., Master, would you like to have breakfast?"

Miaoxia answered while skillfully combing Su Jingyao's hair.

"Is His Majesty in Yu's study? Has he had breakfast?" Su Jingyao asked casually.

"Eunuch Anshun said that His Majesty drank until very late last night and did not sleep for long. It was Eunuch Anshun who woke His Majesty up this morning. His Majesty was in a very bad mood. After leaving the court, he went to the Yu Study to review memorials and refused to let anyone serve him."

Miaoxia had a worried look on her face. A few days ago, she had seen His Majesty and the master being so affectionate and sweet, so why did they suddenly become noisy again?

Then he added: "I guess he didn't have breakfast."

Miaoxia didn’t know what happened between His Majesty and the Master, but it seemed as if His Majesty was more injured?

She was terrified when she heard the sound of His Majesty smashing wine jugs in the East Hall last night, but her master fell asleep heartlessly.

Miaoxia glanced at Su Jingyao secretly, her heart full of doubts.

There was a hint of helplessness on Su Jingyao's lips.

"Please prepare breakfast. I will have breakfast with Your Majesty."

Having said that, Su Jingyao stood up and prepared to go out.

However, the palace maids outside the palace saw her trying to go out, and they lowered their heads, tremblingly blocking her way.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty has ordered that you cannot leave the palace. You can tell me any instructions you have."

The palace maids were terrified. They, the palace maids in the Qianqing Palace, all knew how much His Majesty doted on the Empress. If the Empress insisted on going out, who could stop her?

Besides, there is no such thing as confining people to the Qianqing Palace.

Su Jingyao had a blank expression on her face. Was this bastard really confining her?

Okay, then I’ll put you under house arrest.

"Miaoyun, please bring me my breakfast. I will not be leaving. Then bring me all the affairs of the six palaces that I need to deal with today."

"Since Your Majesty is under house arrest, I will obey Your Majesty's arrangements."

After saying that, Su Jingyao snorted coldly and turned around abruptly and went back.

Originally, the weather had been hot recently, and Su Jingyao didn't like to go out. Jun Zechen's bedroom was spacious and comfortable. Moreover, she had lived here for almost the same amount of time as she had lived in Kunning Palace, so she had everything she needed.

She frowned and thought to herself, she wanted to know how long he would keep her under house arrest.

On this day, the two of them, one in the study and the other in the bedroom, each doing their own things, and everything was peaceful.

Only An Shun was walking on thin ice, he couldn't stay in the study room for a moment.

His Majesty was easily angered. When An Shun went to persuade him to have dinner, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was slapped with a fierce "get out".

The sound was like thunder, and An Shun trembled all over.

The palace maid brought him tea. He took a glance at it and then complained that the water was boiled. His brows were furrowed and his eyes were full of anger.

After a while, he complained that there were not enough ice basins in the study and that it was too hot, and his face looked terribly gloomy.

After a while, he felt that the smell of ambergris in the study was too strong and waved his hands irritably, as if everything around him made him feel extremely disgusted.

Jun Zechen couldn't vent the anger in his heart, so he could only focus all his attention on the memorial.

His eyes were focused and sharp, and he wrote every word with great effort, as if he wanted to pour all the anger in his heart into the memorial.

The speed of processing memorials today was much faster, and all memorials were processed at 4 p.m.

"What is the Queen doing today?"

Jun Zechen asked, his voice cold but his eyes revealing complex emotions.

"Your Majesty, the Queen has been staying in your bedroom today and has not come out."

Afterwards, An Shun thought about it and decided to tell what happened this morning. Every time the emperor and the queen quarreled, it was always the emperor who coaxed the queen, and An Shun felt that this time should be no exception.

"Your Majesty, when the Queen woke up this morning, the first thing she did was to care about you. Knowing that you had not had breakfast, she also asked Miaoxia to prepare breakfast and wanted to come to Yu's study to have breakfast with you."

An Shun spoke cautiously while observing Jun Zechen's expression.

"It's just that you have confined the queen to her house, and you have stopped doing this because the queen can't come out."

An Shun only hoped that His Majesty would stop torturing himself. He punished the Empress by confining her to the bedroom of the Qianqing Palace, which had no intimidating power at all. Instead, he himself was forced to live in a side hall.

Your Majesty, you are punishing yourself.

"Her Majesty is very worried about you, Your Majesty." An Shun advised earnestly.

Jun Zechen just couldn't accept that she didn't love him.

He just wanted to test whether she would feel sorry for him.

Jun Zechen has been looking for various reasons to convince herself. Maybe she was full of calculations at the beginning, but they have been together for so many years, she may love him, they have so many sweet moments, and they also have three children.

Could she really pretend to be affectionate to him for several years?

Jun Zechen stood up and walked towards the bedroom.

When the palace maids outside the bedroom saw His Majesty, they were about to salute, but Jun Zechen waved his hand to stop them and walked in quietly.

Su Jingyao was seen half lying on the couch, leaning lazily, holding a book in her hand and flipping through it casually, looking extremely comfortable.

Miaoxia stood aside, occasionally asking her master about the contents of the book, learning from it, and occasionally picking up a piece of fruit from the table beside her to feed her master.

When Jun Zechen saw this scene, his eyes darkened.

Is this what you call worrying about him?

She must have enjoyed herself very much in his chamber.

His eyes were a little red, and his heartache surged like a tide. She didn't love him.

Because he loves her, he never wants to see her get hurt or sad. In fact, when she gets hurt, Jun Zechen's heart aches even more. Even though he knows that she has lied to him a lot, Jun Zechen is afraid to punish her because he is afraid of pushing her away further.

But what about her?

She looked relaxed and comfortable, as if she didn't care about him at all.

Only at this moment did Jun Zechen understand what it meant to be fearless because of being favored.

He is always the loser when facing her.

Jun Zechen turned around and left the bedroom, looking lonely.

An Shun followed behind His Majesty, stamping his feet in annoyance, his face full of regret.

If he had known that His Majesty was going to visit the Empress so suddenly, he should have reminded Miaoxia. Now, he had just told His Majesty that the Empress was worried about him, and when he turned around, he saw the Empress leisurely reading a book and eating fruit in the bedroom.

Why.

An Shun shook his head helplessly and let out a long sigh.

Jun Zechen sat on the couch in the east side hall in a daze, as if he had lost all his strength. His voice was hoarse and low: "Anshun, bring me some wine."

When he was not dealing with state affairs, his mind would always involuntarily reflect on everything that had happened between him and her over the past few years.

Those once sweet moments were now like sharp bayonets, piercing Jun Zechen's chest.

No one had ever told him that falling in love with someone would be so painful and powerless.

Jun Zechen murmured to himself: "I never thought it would be like this..."

He always felt that there was nothing in this world that he could not get, and even less that there was nothing that he could not desire.

But now, facing her feelings, he felt so powerless and frustrated.

An Shun had no way of refusing His Majesty, so he could only go and get the wine for His Majesty with a worried look on his face.

Last night, Your Majesty drank alone in the East Wing Hall for more than an hour. Your Majesty drank himself to death last night. If it weren't for the drunkenness, I'm afraid Your Majesty would not have been able to sleep all night.

I got up so early in the day and haven’t eaten much today. Now I’m drinking again. How can my body bear it?

An Shun took the wine and sighed secretly, with the worry on his face becoming more and more intense.

He looked at His Majesty worriedly. In addition to serving wine to His Majesty, he also put His Majesty's dinner on the table.

Jun Zechen has a good alcohol tolerance and will not get drunk unless he drinks a lot. So in order to get himself drunk, he picked up the wine glass and drank quickly, violently and a lot.

The wine flowed down the corners of his mouth and wet his collar, but he didn't care.

An Shun looked at the several empty wine bottles on the ground and became extremely anxious.

No, no, if this goes on, if His Majesty gets sick and calls the imperial physician, it will be a big deal.

The Queen Mother is still in the palace.

If the Queen Mother knew that the Empress and His Majesty were in conflict, and even caused His Majesty to suffer physical harm, then it would be like a fight between three gods, and he would be doomed.

The more An Shun thought about it, the more scared he became.

An Shun looked at His Majesty, whose eyes were red and filled with sadness, and he had no idea what he was thinking about. He gritted his teeth, turned around and hurried towards the bedroom.

Miaoxia, who was guarding the door of the bedroom, saw Anshun and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Eunuch Anshun, why are you here?"

Miaoxia lowered her voice for fear of disturbing her master who was resting inside.

"Is the queen asleep?" An Shun's voice was anxious.

"It's already midnight, the master is naturally asleep."

Miaoxia frowned slightly, looking a little puzzled.

This is the time for the master to maintain her beauty and appearance. Unless there are any unexpected circumstances, the master will go to bed at this time.

An Shun frowned and asked in a troubled tone, "Your Majesty is drinking in the side hall. He has been drinking for almost two hours. If he continues drinking like this, his body will not be able to bear it."

As he spoke, he paced back and forth.

"Eunuch Anshun wants the master to persuade His Majesty?" Miaoxia asked tentatively, with a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

"Yeah." An Shun nodded heavily, his eyes full of anticipation.

"But the master has been confined to the bedroom by His Majesty." Miaoxia looked embarrassed.

"Silly Miaoyun, if the Queen and His Majesty have reconciled, what's the point of this house arrest?" An Shun said anxiously.

Miaoyun thought about it and agreed.

Then should she go in and see if her master is asleep?