Although Ximen Yourong knew that she would not have an easy time tonight, before that, she could only face Dongling Yuanyong as usual. Anyway, he probably wouldn't care if she had any unspeakable secrets!
Dongling Yuanyong was actually secretly depressed about what he should do next in the Lengyue Palace. He couldn't sleep after eating well, right?
The problem is, he couldn't avoid stepping into the Cold Moon Palace on the first day of his wedding last night, but even if he came tonight, wouldn't he come too early?
Also, he actually had a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge in Lengyue Palace. This was probably the worst meal he had eaten since returning to the imperial city, but... it was the most appetizing meal!
"Your Majesty, it's still early, do you want some wine?"
Ximen Yourong's soft question brought Dongling Yuanyong back from his wandering thoughts, and he responded casually:
"casual."
When Ximen Yourong saw his lack of interest, she didn't know how to react yet, but Ximen Yourong quickly said:
"Slave, go and prepare now...!"
As soon as Xiang Qing finished speaking, he hurriedly went to get a wine pot and a jar of wine. When he came back and was about to open the sealing lid of the wine jar, Dongling Yuanyong stared at the wine jar and asked:
"Where did this wine come from?"
This wine jar was clearly the wine that Dongling Yuanhao mentioned to him in the morning and finally took away in anger.
Ximen Yourong looked at the wine jar and she answered truthfully:
"Prince Hao came here this morning, and I invited him to have lunch. He left this jar of wine as food money."
"He came in the morning, but you left him to have lunch. It seems that you had a great time chatting."
Dongling Yuanyong frowned. He didn't expect that Dongling Yuanhao didn't leave the city to go to the military camp after leaving him. He actually came to Lengyue Palace. He stayed there for a long time. It seemed that he indulged Dongling Yuanhao too much.
, causing him to be unruly and carefree.
Ximen Yourong heard something wrong in Dongling Yuanyong's words, but she explained frankly:
"When Prince Hao came, I was not awake yet. When I woke up, it was already lunch time, so Prince Hao stayed to have dinner with me."
"So Yuan Hao has been waiting for you for a long time?"
After he left Lengyue Palace this morning, she must have fallen asleep again due to the effects of the sleeping pills in her body.
But the realization that Dongling Yuanhao had been waiting for her to wake up made Dongling Yuanyong frown and feel unhappy.
It wasn't because he suspected that Ximen Yourong and Dongling Yuanhao had something shady going on, but because he didn't know what charm Ximen Yourong had that made Dongling Yuanhao willing to waste time here waiting to see her.
The gradually uncomfortable cold in his body made Ximen Yourong move closer to the charcoal stove and then said:
"Prince Hao was afraid that he was too curious. Xiang Qing told him that I couldn't sleep because of sleeping pills. He thought it was unreasonable for me to take sleeping pills on my wedding day. He said that I must have been drugged, so he
Curious what I think about this."
When Ximen Yourong mentioned sleeping pills, Dongling Yuanyong smiled faintly. He looked at her and said:
"Then have you satisfied Yuan Hao's curiosity?"
"I told Prince Hao truthfully, but I don't know whether it satisfied his curiosity."
Ximen Yourong said in an understatement, and she could tell that Dongling Yuanyong actually wanted to know what she thought about the sleeping pills.
But she also deliberately kept silent because she knew Dongling Yuanyong would continue to ask.
Sure enough, after Dongling Yuanyong took a sip of the warm wine handed to Xiang Qing, he looked at Ximen Yourong and asked "casually":
"Then the queen was drugged?"
"Whether it is or not depends entirely on His Majesty's judgment!"
She knew whether she had been drugged, and so did he! The only difference is that she knew someone was coming to harm her but pretended not to follow the harmer's wishes, while he knew she was being harmed, and he deliberately refused to pursue it!
"Thanks to the sleeping pills, the queen had a good night's sleep. I don't think it's a bad thing. You look rosy..."
No, her face was as pale as a ghost. It wasn't so obvious just now, but now at first glance, she suddenly looked a little weak.
"Your Majesty is right, I did sleep well thanks to the sleeping pills."
Ximen Yourong knew that he had no intention of pursuing the investigation publicly, but no matter what his purpose was, she didn't have the energy to think about it at this time.
She didn't care at all now who gave her the sleeping pills, let alone whether he would help her make the decision.
Because she began to feel that her hands and feet were numb from the cold, and her skin began to ache as if it was about to split on its own.
Although she could bear it for the time being, Dongling Yuanyong still noticed something strange about her. Her originally pink lips had almost lost all their color. She seemed to be very cold!
How afraid of the cold is she? It's indeed cold outside, but indoors, with a charcoal fire burning, it won't get any colder no matter how cold it is, right?
He suddenly remembered the scene where he cuddled her up to keep her warm last night. The uncomfortable depression made him say with a bad intention:
"Today is the time of great cold. It will probably snow tonight. I want to go outside for a walk. How about the queen accompanying me?"
"no……."
The one who shouted was not Ximen Yourong, but Xiang Qing who was waiting at the side. She didn't mean to be arrogant, but she was subconsciously worried about Ximen Yourong.
Not to mention that today is the Great Cold, usually in winter, even after dark on weekdays, Ximen Yourong tries to hide indoors and does not go out. If he goes out on the day of Great Cold, Ximen Yourong will definitely be hit hard by the cold poison.
Ximen Yourong didn't wait for Dongling Yuanyong to speak, she scolded him first:
"You are so presumptuous, who told you to talk too much?"
"I... this slave acknowledges my sin and asks your Majesty to forgive me."
Xiang Qing recognized her mistake, but she looked at Ximen Yourong with worried eyes. This also made Dongling Yuanyong suspicious. He ignored Xiang Qing's wantonness and got up and walked outside.
Ximen Yourong also stood up despite his discomfort and followed him.
But as soon as she went out, the cold wind that hit her aggravated the pain in her body, making it difficult for her to walk.
Dongling Yuanyong seemed to have deliberately walked to the wind outlet and stopped, and Ximen Yourong had to stand silently behind him, waiting for his instructions.
Dongling Yuanyong, who looked back at him, didn't say anything for a long time. He just wanted to see how long she would endure before asking for help when she was almost stiff from the cold.
However, Ximen Yourong didn't know whether it was because she was numb from the cold pain or because she could really endure it, so she just didn't say a word.
"Queen, are you afraid of the cold?"
"That's why I'm standing here now!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Your Majesty is punishing me!"
He was a hateful man, she could see that he deliberately let her come out to suffer in this cold night.
"Does the Queen think it is punishment to accompany the widow to enjoy a peaceful night?"
Dongling Yuanyong did not admit his bad intentions, but instead beat him up!
"Your Majesty said to enjoy it is to enjoy it, I try to enjoy it."
If he was pretending to be stupid, could she still shout "enjoy your size" at him?
Her cold poison is the most difficult to bear at midnight on the Great Cold day. Now it seems that this self-centered emperor is going to let her cold poison take effect earlier.
Dongling Yuanyong came closer to her, and he stretched out his hand to lift her chin, but the coldness on her skin made his warm hand seem to be touching not her skin, but a piece of ice.
Ximen Yourong's persistence was shattered by the warmth of his hands, and her knees weakened and she almost fell to the ground.
Dongling Yuanyong quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms:
"you……?"
Dongling Yuanyong was shocked, the hand he held was so cold that it was bone-chilling!
"Your Majesty... if you don't want my life..." Ximen Yourong closed her eyes. She was so cold that her breathing was trembling: "Can you... make things difficult for me again tomorrow?"
It didn't work anymore. She couldn't hold on and didn't cry out about the pain. She was cold and in pain. She was in unprecedented pain!
"Who said I am a widower..."
Dongling Yuanhao was lowly angry, but before he could finish his words, Ximen Yourong closed his eyes and fainted in his arms...!
Ximen Yourong was quickly carried back to the dormitory by Dongling Yuanyong. When Xiang Qing saw that Ximen Yourong had fainted, she wanted to rush over to see how Ximen Yourong was doing, but Dongling Yuanyong was there and she couldn't get close, so she had to
He cried and said:
"Ugh...what should I do? My young lady is going to die..."
"Shut up!"
Dongling Yuanyong glared at Xiang Qing angrily. Xiang Qing looked at his fiery eyes and immediately pursed her lips and did not dare to cry again, but the tears in her eyes did not stop.
"What happened to the Queen?"
He originally thought she was just afraid of the cold, but it seemed that she was not just afraid of the cold.
"Miss...Miss, she..."
"If you hesitate again, do you believe I will kill you immediately?"
He was really becoming more and more dissatisfied with this maid, who was constantly causing trouble for him. If he had known better, he should not have let Ximen Yourong take her into the palace.
"Miss, you need to take a bath to ward off the cold. I will prepare it right away."
Xiang Qing was afraid of death and was frightened by Dongling Yuanyong. She spoke eloquently and worked smoothly. In a short time, she led people to prepare the bath water Ximen Yourong wanted to take.
Although Dongling Yuanyong still couldn't figure out what was wrong with Ximen Yourong's body, he was worried that something would really happen to Ximen Yourong, so he could only carry her into the bathtub and soak her first.
Originally, he thought that as long as she soaked in the hot water and had Xiang Qing to take care of her, it would be fine, but Ximen Yourong still kept shivering in the hot water, and Xiang Qing was also twitching as if Ximen Yourong was really going to die. He could hear it.
He yelled at Xiang Qing impatiently:
"It doesn't mean just soaking in hot water, why are you crying?"
"It was possible, but Your Majesty, you insisted on letting my young lady go out to catch the cold. She has fainted now, which has never happened before. The cold must be too strong today, and I don't know if the young lady can survive it..."
"
Ximen Yourong suddenly opened her eyes while soaking in hot water, but she was breathing hard in pain. Xiang Qing cried again because of this, she knew that Ximen Yourong's cold poison was at its worst.
If we don’t do something, Ximen Yourong will definitely be in trouble!
Although Xiang Qing was crying, she knew how to help Ximen Yourong alleviate the pain as much as possible. She kept heating the water in the tub.
Dongling Yuanyong noticed something strange again. He stretched out his hand to test the water in the bathtub. The water was almost no longer hot.
He grabbed Ximen Yourong's hand, and her hand was indeed still cold. In other words, the cold air in her body almost sucked away the heat of the hot water in the tub!