Dongling Yuanyong thought that Ximen had found a good prescription to control the "epidemic", so he hoped that she would just give the prescription to other imperial doctors to treat the people of Yizhou. There was no need for her to go to Yizhou herself.
However, Ximen Yourong had her own considerations. She did not think that the "epidemic" in Yizhou could be solved so easily.
Moreover, although it is important whether the prescriptions used to treat the people are effective, the most important thing is to control the source of the disease at its root. Otherwise, the people of Yizhou will still be in danger!
Furthermore, she also wants to know who is willing to use people's lives as bargaining chips to create disasters, and what is the purpose of those who create disasters?
It was decided that Ximen Yourong would go to Yizhou, but she didn't want to make it public in a big way, and she planned to leave for Yizhou early the next morning.
Dongling Yuanyong had no choice but to do as she wished. But when he thought of their sudden separation, all his reluctance was transformed into his intimate entanglement with her...!
Before the sky turned white, Ximen Yourong woke up early. She moved her body slightly, and a burst of soreness made her wake up a lot.
She raised her eyes and looked at Dongling Yuanyong, who was still awake. Thinking of his uncontrolled infatuation with her last night, her heart felt sweet and crisp.
She gently lifted herself up from his arms and looked carefully at his sleeping brows.
She didn't know since when, seeing him sleeping soundly made her feel a kind of complete happiness.
She lowered her head and kissed him gently on the forehead. Just as she was about to get up and lie down, he opened his eyes and looked at her.
"you're awake?"
She gave him a faint smile, which they did every day. No matter who opened his eyes first, the other would almost wake up at the same time. This had become their unique tacit understanding.
Dongling Yuanyong saw that her half-naked body was already sitting upright. He stretched his waist and tried to sit up, but he reached out and took her hand adjusting her clothes and brought her closer so that he could kiss her lips.
Ximen Yourong knew that he always liked to rub her hair with her when he got up in the morning. On weekdays, she was also willing to let him have fun.
However, she had to refuse today and said:
"Your Majesty, I want to leave early..."
If she didn't reject him, she wouldn't be able to escape. She was worried about Yizhou and wanted to rush there as soon as possible to see how serious the situation was there.
Of course Dongling Yuanyong knew what she was thinking, and he had no intention of dragging her along to kill his precious time.
Even if she didn't reject him, he quickly gave up his desire to steal the fragrance and let her go.
However, his face was a bit serious, and he turned around and got off the bed without saying a word to her.
Ximen Yourong felt something in his heart and shouted urgently: "Yuan Yong...?"
Just when she thought Dongling Yuanyong wouldn't pay attention to her, she saw him picking up the plainclothes she asked Xiang Qing to prepare in advance last night, then returning to sit next to her and pulling her close to him.
Before she could say anything, he had already taken off her underwear...
If this was the case normally, Ximen Yourong would definitely think that he was going to have an affair with her again.
However, although he was admiring her body as always, there was no lust in his eyes at this time, and she probably guessed what he was going to do.
Sure enough, he was really "serving" her to get dressed. She was a little shy but couldn't help but sweetly cooperated and asked him to help her get dressed.
Then he put on her shoes again, and then he hesitated a little because he didn't want to send her away from the palace so quickly. But in the end he bent down and picked her up and walked to the dressing table to let her sit down.
When he picked up the wooden comb and gently smoothed her long hair, Ximen Yourong looked at him silently in the mirror, and she finally couldn't help but speak:
"Yuanyong, why don't you speak?"
If he hadn't been so doting on her in every move, his silence would have made her think he was angry.
Dongling Yuanyong looked at her in the mirror, always combing her hair gently to prevent her from feeling any discomfort.
"Yuan Yong......"
Ximen Yourong wanted to turn around, but he stopped him and said:
"do not move."
At the same time, he put down the comb, picked up her hair that was scattered on both sides, and skillfully pulled up a bun for her that was similar to her usual hairstyle.
Ximen Yourong raised her hand and touched her neatly styled hair. She turned around and looked at him in surprise:
"How could you...?" He held her better than her, even better than Xiang Qing.
Dongling Yuanyong looked at her surprised eyes, he smiled and said:
"I've pulled up a woman's hair more than once, but..." He picked up the hairpin she was used to wearing and gently inserted it into her hair and looked at it: "This is the most beautiful hairpin I've ever done.
"
Because it's her, he can do the best for her!
But his answer was something Ximen Yourong didn't expect. It seemed to be saying that he had tied up the hair of many women, and she was not the only one.
A disappointed and uncomfortable emotion surged into Ximen Yourong's heart, and the smile on her face also disappeared.
Her barely concealed sadness naturally fell easily into Dongling Yuanyong's eyes. He chuckled and lifted her chin:
"I have only pulled my hair for two women in my life, and you are one of them. The last and most important one for the rest of my life."
"What about the other one? Isn't she important?"
So what if she was the most important one? After all, he still wore his hair for another woman, proving that that woman was also very important to him.
Ximen Yourong had such a sad thought in his heart, but he actually said:
"She is also very important, irreplaceable important!"
"oh……."
She felt uncomfortable, very uncomfortable, and she suspected that she would suffer uncontrollably for a long, long time.
"Rong'er..." He smiled a little proudly: "Are you jealous?"
"Your Majesty, I don't worry too much." She turned her back to him dully.
"My face is elongated, and I still say I'm not jealous."
He hugged her whole body tightly from behind, and the vibrations caused by his proud smile were clearly transmitted to her back.
Ximen Yourong frowned. Was he hoping that she would get angrier?
"Do you love her too?"
He has a life that she has not participated in, and it is normal for him to have loved other women.
However, she probably couldn't bring herself to accept that he was in love with another woman besides her.
"Love! Very much! So when I lost her, my sky seemed to have collapsed."
Dongling Yuanyong leaned on her shoulder and confessed, but the sad emotion in his tone made Ximen Yourong tense up immediately. She looked at him in the mirror, and then slowly put her hands on his hands on her abdomen.
Asked carefully:
"she is……?"
"My mother!"
When he was a child, whenever he saw his mother with her hair tied up, he always liked to touch her smooth and silky black hair. He would also often learn to tie his mother's hair in a decent manner. That was his happiest daily life.
Ximen Yourong also guessed who the other woman he "loved" was. When she heard his answer, she was not surprised, but felt heartbroken.
She turned around and embraced him face to face:
"If it is the queen mother, then I will never "compete" with the queen mother for favor. I am willing to retreat to the "second" importance in your heart."
"There is no second place in my heart, you will always be the first!"
Listening to his oath-like promise, Ximen Yourong's eyes softly curved into the shape of a crescent moon, looking very beautiful.
"Rong'er, do you know why I want to pull your hair?"
"Why?"
"When I was a child, I would help my mother pull her hair out for fun, but she didn't do it well every time. But my mother told me that if one day, I can pull out the most beautiful hair for a woman, it will prove that I respect that woman.
I feel it with my heart. In the past, I didn’t understand what the Queen said. It wasn’t until I watched you dressing up every day and I couldn’t help but want to tie your hair that I vaguely understood the meaning of the Queen’s words.”
"What's the meaning?"
"You are the person I identify with my soul!"
His affectionate eyes were so real, and his answers made her feel so happy.
If he loves her with his soul, how can she respond to him?
Although Ximen Yourong didn't have an answer yet, she knew that she was greedy for the affection he gave her, which was probably evidence that she loved him deeply.
In order for this greedy love to last indefinitely, she now has to give up her daily life with him...!
As the sky dawned, an ordinary carriage rushed forward under the protection of several plainclothes guards on horseback.
Dongling Yuanyong, who was watching the carriage go away from the city wall, couldn't help but worry. If it weren't for the faint turmoil in the imperial city, he would definitely not let her go to Yizhou to face the danger alone.
Dongling Yuanyong's suppressed and tense breath allowed Eunuch Cao to see clearly. He looked at the carriage that had long since disappeared, stepped forward and said warmly:
"Your Majesty, the empress has her own destiny. What's more, with Wuhen and General Chu protecting the empress, there is probably nothing she can do."
"I don't allow any "generalities", but must be foolproof." Dongling Yuanyong frowned: "Go back to Longtai Palace and ask Yuan Hao to see me."
"Your Majesty wants to solve Wen's case as soon as possible?"
"Is it still necessary to delay it?"
"I understand your Majesty's feelings, but the Empress's departure from the palace will definitely cause some criticism in the near future. Before that, Your Majesty should lift Concubine You's grounding punishment in advance, so that the harem will not be empty just because the Empress is gone.
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Dongling Yuanyong immediately understood what Eunuch Cao said. His harem originally only had Ximen Yourong and You Kouyi.
Now Ximen Yourong has left the palace and gone to Yizhou, and Concubine You Gui has been confined for a month. If You Kouyi is not released to regain her freedom, the harem will look too shameful.
Moreover, as the queen, Ximen Yourong should not have left the palace privately to go to such a dangerous place.
Once the court officials knew that she had gone to Yizhou, it would inevitably cause an uproar.
Therefore, Eunuch Cao's reminder is also a precautionary measure. To divert the attention of the courtiers, there must be other things in the harem that are equally worthy of attention.
Shen Yan thought for a moment, then Dongling Yuanyong instructed:
"Since the Queen is not in the palace, we naturally need Concubine You's services. So, let's exempt Concubine You from punishment two days in advance... In addition, speed up the transfer of Sejin to the imperial city and officially designate Emperor Sejin as the concubine."
The Sejin that Dongling Yuanyong mentioned was that when Concubine Yi wanted to get a concubine for him, he decided to take his concubine in the border back to the imperial city and canonize her as a concubine as an explanation!
I didn’t want to take Se Jin to the Imperial City, but now the time has become even more perfect!