Meng Xinzhu walked downstairs and saw Eunuch Chen kneeling outside the house, "Little Chen, why are you kneeling here?"
Eunuch Chen lowered his head, "I didn't take good care of my empress, so I'm waiting here to be punished."
"Oh?" Meng Xinzhu touched her chin. She turned her head to look at Hongde Longqiu, who was following him, and suddenly knelt down on her knees.
Hongde Longqiu was stunned. Ever since he discovered the true identity of the Bamboo Concubine, she had never knelt before him, and he had also issued an order to exempt her from kneeling. Why did she kneel down again now?
He hurriedly stepped forward to support her, "Zhu Fei, what are you doing?"
Meng Xinzhu broke away from his hand, lowered her head and said, "I didn't take good care of your empress, so I'm here to wait for the emperor's punishment."
"What are you talking about?"
"The Bamboo Concubine likes to go out in the rain. Xiao Chenzi has advised her, but if she doesn't listen, she will be punished. Then I am the one who leads her to go out in the rain and tells her not to listen to her advice.
, wouldn’t it be an even greater crime? It is said that everyone is equal before the law, but if the accomplices are punished, how can they let me, the mastermind, go? Please ask the emperor to judge!”
Hongde Longqiu smiled after hearing this. This concubine was once again leading his army.
"I would like to know what Concubine Zhu thinks of this matter?"
"This is my concubine's own business. How can anyone else do anything wrong? I don't want to punish anyone, but now the emperor wants to punish me."
"Hahaha! Okay, since my concubine doesn't want to be punished, how can I refute my concubine's wishes? Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Eunuch Chen kowtowed and stood up.
Meng Xinzhu also stood up slowly, turned around and looked at Eunuch Chen and others, "Go and do your work."
She herself walked to the pavilion. After the rain last night, the hammock was temporarily unusable. Meng Xinzhu sat down with her legs crossed, leaned against the pavilion pillar, and opened a book.
"I won't cut the watermelon today."
"Eating too much watermelon makes me sick to my stomach, so I changed the taste."
Hong Delongqiu smiled and sat next to her, a faint medicinal smell emanating from her wrist. "Does it still hurt?"
"It's already painful. Godmother's medicine is very good."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
"It doesn't matter. It's not the first time I've been injured. I'm used to it. Besides, I'm my concubine. What's wrong with me, Your Majesty?"
Her indifferent attitude made Hongde Longqiu very uncomfortable, and her previous respectfulness made him even more uncomfortable, "Xinzhu,..."
"My concubine is fine. Your Majesty, please come back!"
Hongde Longqiu stood up and asked, "Do you really want me to leave?"
"Don't you want the emperor to be a holy king?" Meng Xinzhu closed the book, "If my concubine causes the emperor to delay the handling of national affairs, wouldn't it be a crime worthy of death? If the emperor really feels sorry for my concubine, he should not let his concubine bear the infamy.
Come on! I will send you to the Emperor respectfully!"
Hongde Longqiu frowned and looked at Meng Xinzhu in a daze. She felt strange to him today, and a faint uneasiness gradually spread throughout his body.
In the imperial study room, Hongde Longqiu carefully asked Aunt Jiuhuang about Meng Xinzhu's injury. He was relieved to know that she had no broken bones, but some damage to her tendons. She would be fine with some medicine and more rest.
"The emperor's nephew," Uncle Nine Emperors was filtering tea, "who injured the hand of the princess's daughter? No matter how we asked her, she didn't tell. This person is too courageous. He actually dared to hurt the princess. He must be
Take good care of it!"
Hongde Longqiu couldn't help but sweat. Of course, this man was very courageous, because he was the emperor. Who else in the world was more courageous than him? It's just that he didn't mean to hurt Zhu Fei, but how could he say this?
What? Because he is the emperor, who else in the world dares to cure him? No, isn’t Concubine Zhu curing him now?
Seeing that Hongde Longqiu was silent, the Nine Emperor Concubines just thought he was heartbroken for the Bamboo Concubine. "Emperor's nephew, don't say I'm boasting, but this goddaughter of mine is very grand. I know you are busy with state affairs and your hands are injured like that.
I can't bear to bother you anymore. You should pay more attention to her."
Hongde Longqiu was speechless, didn't he care about her? But what about her? But in the name of state affairs, he was "expelled" from him. Alas, these old couple are still here and they are in trouble.
Who can I complain to?
For several days in a row, Meng Xinzhu treated Hongde Longqiu with great respect. When the two were alone together, she would always read quietly and hardly speak. She did not answer Hongde Longqiu's questions at all.
of.
They were used to seeing the Bamboo Concubine who was no older than the emperor. When they saw the Bamboo Concubine who was so submissive now, Eunuch Ming and Xiao Zhao were both surprised. Even the Nine Emperors Uncle and his wife noticed that the concubine's daughter had been quiet recently.
It was surprising.
Hongde Longqiu sat on the dragon chair and rubbed his temples. He had not been to Zhuyuan all day today. Meng Xinzhu's abnormal attitude made him very angry. Thinking of Meng Xinzhu's attitude, the uneasiness enveloped him even more intensely.
He didn't understand why things would develop to this point. He really hoped that Meng Xinzhu could get angry and vent her anger on him. At least he could know what she was thinking.
But her current silence was hard to see through. Hongde Longqiu shook his head. It must be that he had never seen through this woman. To him, she was a mystery, with a mysterious life experience, a mysterious talent, and a mysterious personality.
lure.
He couldn't help but think of what she said when he stayed at Zhuyuan on the first day. Is she destroying herself who is already in love?
"Your Majesty, where are you going to light the lanterns in the palace today?" Eunuch Ming asked softly from the side.
Hongde Longqiu looked at Eunuch Ming with a deep look, "Let's go to Yuekun Palace."
Didn’t Concubine Zhu confine him for three months? With less than two months left, he decided to enjoy Concubine Yue’s service in Yue Kun Palace. He wanted to see what Zhu Concubine had done after being frozen by him for two months.
What kind of reaction will the concubine have?
Eunuch Chen stood in the yard, looking at Concubine Zhu curled up in the hammock reading a book, and then at the gate of the Bamboo Garden.
Although the emperor stopped staying at Bamboo Garden more than a month ago, he would come to Bamboo Garden every day. But it has been more than ten days now, and the emperor has not stepped into Bamboo Garden for more than ten days.
The empress was as usual, with no particular reaction to the emperor's arrival or absence.
"Your Majesty, you have been reading a book these past few days and are bored enough. Why don't you ask me to accompany you to the Royal Garden for a walk?"
Eunuch Chen was about to say something, but he saw Ru'er returning to Zhuyuan angrily and asked what happened.
It turned out that she went to the dressing room to get some clothes, but she was annoyed by the palace maids and eunuchs there. "Your Majesty, my servant is really worthless for you. In the past few days, there were so many people in this palace who wanted to curry favor with Your Majesty, and they tried their best to please me.
You, now they are making things difficult for you in every possible way. The Emperor just hasn’t come to Bamboo Garden for a few days, and it’s not like he won’t come back in the future. How can they be so snobbish?"