Chapter Seventy-Eighth: The Wedding Night in the Bridal Chamber
In fact, Xiang Qing really didn't understand why Dongling Yuanyong suddenly got angry at her. Seeing her stupid look, Dongling Yuanyong couldn't help but scolded her even more angrily:
"How long has it been since your young lady has been a young lady? Don't you know what her status is now?"
Upon hearing this, Xiang Qing realized that if she didn't understand anymore, then she would really be a fool. She blinked her clever eyes, and very wisely stepped forward and knelt in front of Dongling Yuanyong to plead guilty and beg for mercy:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have followed my little... Queen Empress for a long time in the mountains. After entering the palace, I was indulged by the Queen. Therefore, I did not learn to pay attention to etiquette in time. However, after your Majesty's sudden instruction, I suddenly realized that I am serving you."
My master is no longer an ordinary person, but the mother of a country who will always be united with His Majesty, the Supreme Majesty, and will depend on each other for life and death to benefit the people together..."
Xiang Qing eloquently tried to please Dongling Yuanyong. She seemed to be pleading guilty at first, but in reality she cleverly shifted the responsibility to Ximen Yourong.
She alluded that it was because Ximen Yourong allowed her to be disrespectful of etiquette, so she never changed her name to Ximen Yourong.
Dongling Yuanyong was really speechless for a moment after hearing this. The most important thing was that he listened to Xiang Qing's last words. Even if he knew that Xiang Qing was just being good, it didn't affect his mood getting better.
Xiang Qing may have had a thorough enlightenment. As soon as she noticed that Dongling Yuanyong's expression softened a little, she continued to try her best to please:
"Wow, it turns out that Your Majesty and the Queen are so perfectly matched together when they are sitting together. The scene is so beautiful that the servants would think they are seeing a couple of gods and goddesses in the sky... Qiaoer, Juaner, look at Your Majesty and the Queen.
It looks like what I said, very beautiful, right?"
Qiao'er and Juan'er also responded "Yes" in a loud and understanding voice, and then lowered their heads to hide their smiles!
Xiang Qing didn't wait for Dongling Yuanyong to lecture, she immediately took the initiative to clear the place and said:
"Your Majesty, at this moment, you and the Queen should be alone. The servants will take the young master away with you so that Your Majesty can have it all to yourself... No, it is so that Your Majesty can have a sweet relationship with the Queen ~ You
There is only me among you, and you are the only one among me~ The emotional sublimation... Come on, little master, for your own good and my own good, everyone, let's go out and play!"
"Yeah~"
Ruo Zun, who was almost one year old, didn't know whether he understood or didn't understand Xiang Qing's words. Anyway, he was very happy and allowed Xiang Qing to pick him up and leave together...!
The room was quiet, but Dongling Yuanyong's face looked full of mixed emotions. Regarding Xiang Qing's unruly words and deeds, he didn't know for a long time whether he should be angry or happy.
In fact, let alone him, even Ximen Yourong couldn't react to Xiang Qing's operations.
However, at this time, she couldn't think about how that ghost girl Xiang Qing was so ignorant. She glanced at Dongling Yuanyong, whose face was tense and relaxed for a while. She originally wanted to say something nice to make him come down.
She was angry, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she burst out laughing!
"Laughing? Do you still have the guts to laugh?"
Dongling Yuanyong glared at Ximen Yourong. He could not be angry with anyone, but the woman in front of him really made his lungs hurt.
When Ximen Yourong saw that he seemed to be breathing deeply, she knew that he might be really angry, so she stopped laughing and said softly:
"Okay, your Majesty, don't be angry, and don't argue with that girl Xiang Qing, she didn't mean to make you angry...!"
"She can't annoy me. The only person who can annoy me is you!" Someone turned away his head angrily!
Listening to his angry tone, Ximen Yourong was not afraid, but she didn't dare to offend him anymore. She got up and walked around the low couch to sit next to him. She reached out and pulled some of his sleeves and gently pulled them.
, and then coaxed in an uneasy voice:
"Your Majesty, I didn't ignore you on purpose. You just have a lot of money. Please forgive me for once, okay?"
Dongling Yuanyong listened to her coquettish gesture, which was actually very useful to him, but he looked back at her face and pretended to snort coldly:
"It's really rare. I thought you would have to look at everyone in the world before you would remember that your husband is still in front of you. I was still thinking about how transparent I, the king of a country, am, even for you to see.
Can’t see!”
Even the gods would feel aggrieved for him. As long as it was related to her, he would put her first in everything! It was better for her. Others were in front of her. As a result, cats and dogs were more attractive to her than him. She
Are you trying to piss him off to death?
Although Ximen Yourong felt that he was a bit exaggerated, she really didn't do the right thing just now. She had ignored him a bit.
In fact, she just realized what he was angry about. Now that he clearly stated his dissatisfaction, she naturally admitted:
"I was wrong, so please calm down, Your Majesty. I promise I will never do this again!"
"You better keep your word...!"
Before Dongling Yuanyong finished speaking, Qiaoer, who had returned, walked in with a bottle of something and said obediently:
"Your Majesty, this is the sour honey sauce that has just been opened. Xiang Qing said that your Majesty must be the first one to taste the stuff that your Majesty made herself. Others, even the concubine, have to wait in the back. This slave also feels that
…!”
"Put it down and go out."
Dongling Yuanyong didn't even look at Qiao'er. He coldly interrupted Qiao'er's words and gave instructions!
Qiao'er's other identity was sensitive to the unusual airflow, but she also played her role as a palace maid perfectly. She put down the sour honey sauce and bowed out!
Ximen Yourong glanced at Qiaoer's leaving figure, and then she remained silent and didn't speak. She just quietly poured a cup of sour honey sauce for Dongling Yuanyong!
Dongling Yuanyong took a sip of the sour honey sauce she poured, but he did not comment, but looked at her and asked straight to the point:
"Rong'er, when did you know?"
Ximen Yourong was not confused by his question because she knew what he was asking. She smiled calmly and said:
“I’ve known it since the sleeping pill incident!”
"Why do you still keep her after you know it?"
"Your Majesty is silent, how can I dare to take the lead?"
"Why don't you dare?" He looked at her with thick eyebrows raised in interest!
Perhaps because their hearts were already connected, Ximen Yourong said frankly and without reservation:
"His Majesty once treated me as a chess piece, so you turned a blind eye even though you knew there was Xi Zuo around me, because you also wanted to see if I had the ability to deal with this situation. If I didn't even have the ability to guard against Xi Zuo
, which proves that I am not a chess piece that His Majesty likes, and self-destruction will be my end. If I can cope with it freely and can not only protect myself but also help His Majesty, then His Majesty will naturally not take my life, and may even kill me.
She will protect me! As for pretending not to know the cleverness of her identity and continuing to keep her, it’s because I, like Your Majesty, control all movements by staying still and wait and see what happens, so that I can take the initiative!"
Dongling Yuanyong broke off a small piece of pancake, dipped it in some sauce and fed it to her mouth. He didn't forget that she was hungry!
Her confession just now proved that even though she did not share the same mind and heart with him at the beginning, it also proved that she had no intention of holding him back. She considered her words and deeds based on his plans.
Maybe she was just pretending to be stupid so as not to challenge his authority, but he still smiled happily:
"You did not disappoint me after all! You are right, I once regarded you as a pawn, but now, do you still think so?"
Ximen Yourong covered his mouth and swallowed the food in his mouth, then looked at him and chuckled and joked:
"If I am still a chess piece in His Majesty's eyes, then I am afraid that this chess piece will be so glorious that no one has ever done it before and no one will come after me!"
Her heart is alive, how could she not feel whether his affection is true or false?
"Why?" He liked her natural and pure smile!
"How can anyone who is a chess piece in the world enjoy His Majesty's favor like this?"
Ximen Yourong said, she opened her mouth slightly and ate the cake he fed her again. Her smiling eyes were very beautiful, and Dongling Yuanyong understood that her joke was on point.
He has lived for so long, and she is the only woman he always cares about inadvertently.
She is afraid of the cold, so he subconsciously likes to hold her hand tightly. When she is thirsty, he does not mind pouring water for her. When she is hungry, he is willing to consider her feelings and even feed her something himself like now.
Some tacit emotional connections don’t need to be made explicit. Dongling Yuanyong smiled and stopped answering!
However, after a moment of silence, he said mysteriously:
"When all these unclean things in the palace are taken care of, I will take you out of the palace!"
Ximen Yourong understood the first half of his sentence, but the second half made her question:
"What are you going to do outside the palace?"
"Give you a gift!" He smiled mysteriously!
Although she didn't know what he was going to give her, she actually didn't care much about the gift.
But if the "gift" can only be seen after leaving the palace, it must be special, which somewhat aroused Ximen Yourong's curiosity.
However, she did not rush to ask, she continued to eat with him quietly...!
After lighting the lamp for a long time, Ximen Yourong, who was leaning against Dongling Yuanyong while reading ancient books, suddenly felt her lower abdomen drop. She frowned, put down the book, sat upright, and faced Dongling Yuanyong and said:
"Your Majesty, I will come back as soon as I go!"
"What's wrong?" Dongling Yuanyong, who was also holding a book, also put down the book he was looking at.
"It's okay, I just went to get something!" Ximen Yourong hurriedly stood up and entered the inner room.
Dongling Yuanyong didn't notice anything strange about her, but after waiting for a long time, she still didn't come back. He put down the book again and walked to the inner room, calling out:
"Rong'er, what took you so long?"
After finishing the meal, it was just getting dark. According to Dongling Yuanyong's wish, he just wanted to take her to bed and "rest". After all, they still had a wedding night!
However, Ximen Yourong probably knew what they would find out tonight, so she was a little evasive and brought two ancient books and gave him one to delay the time.
Dongling Yuanyong knew that she was nervous, so he did not take her into the inner room in a hurry, but just held her books and read them as she wanted.
Maybe it was because she was leaning against his arms and his chest accommodated her body, so he could calm down and study ancient books.
In fact, in the silence just now, he could only hear the sound of turning books and her shallow breathing. He was more satisfied than he imagined.