At the time of Shenshi, an imperial doctor came to Shicui Palace.
Heng Shu, the eunuch in charge of Shicui Palace, led the people in. Xie Hengwu was sitting in front of the window, twisting a silver needle and embroidering a plum blossom in a thin white porcelain vase in front of him.
"My young master, this is Dr. Jiang from the Royal Hospital. From now on, he will be responsible for the daily pulse check at Shicui Palace." Heng Shu said with a bowed waist.
Xie Hengwu didn't stop the injection and said softly: "I didn't tell you to call the imperial doctor."
Imperial Physician Jiang stepped forward and bowed his hands: "My master, I don't know something, so I asked for a pulse on the second day of my stay. This is the old practice in Beijiang."
This old rule was naturally made up by Dr. Jiang. He was sure that Xie Hengwu didn't understand it, so she wouldn't ask again using this excuse.
Sure enough, Xie Hengwu put down his needle and thread and nodded slightly: "Then I'll trouble Mr. Jiang."
Doctor Jiang checked his pulse and asked Xie Hengwu some questions about his daily habits, then withdrew.
Everything looks very ordinary.
Xie Hengwufu picked up the needle and thread again, but he was absent-minded.
She didn't go to bed last night. She knew it, and Xiao Yanzhou also knew it. For those imperial doctors, they might notice this when they take a pulse.
If that old rule really existed, Xiao Yanzhou should not let anyone come.
Although it's not a big deal, with his temperament, he definitely hopes that as few people as possible will know about it.
Therefore, Doctor Jiang lied to her.
So what exactly is he here for?
Xie Hengwu was preoccupied with two tasks and did not pay attention to the stitching. He made a mistake in the embroidery and formed a ball of thread at the stamen.
She had no intention of continuing to embroider and threw the things aside.
On the other side, after Imperial Doctor Jiang left the Shicui Palace, he went straight to the Royal Hospital.
The envoy from the hospital had been waiting for a long time. After listening to Dr. Jiang reporting the results of the pulse examination one by one, his brows gradually furrowed and then relaxed.
"You mean, she has a strange fragrance?"
Dr. Jiang whispered: "Exactly, it's just that my medical skills are still shallow and I can't completely distinguish it. Maybe my master will have to intervene."
Zhou Yuanshi smiled and said as expected: "I probably understand."
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The next morning, Xie Hengwu woke up slowly in the soft quilt.
Empress Dowager Cui went to the National Monastery for meditation a few years ago, and there were no other concubines in the palace, so Xie Hengwu had no pressure to calm down at dawn and dusk.
After Li Luo and others helped her dress up, Xie Hengwu walked out of the dormitory.
A little palace maid with a double bun ran in and ran straight into her arms.
Xie Hengwu hissed when he was hit, and the little palace maid was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
"What's going on? You're so reckless!" Li Luo immediately scolded her with a solemn face. Xie Hengwu was knocked out of his good mood, but seeing that the little palace maid was not old, he had no intention of punishing her.
"...Forget it, it's so early in the morning, don't cause bad luck." She glanced at the little palace maid, "You can go down."
The little palace maid thanked her repeatedly and ran out of the palace.
Li Luo mumbled angrily to the side, and suddenly let out a sigh.
"My lord, this servant seems to recognize her." Li Luo tried her best to remember her, "It seems... she seems to be Grandma Song's little niece."
Aunt Song was the person sent by Mrs. Hou to control Xie Hengwu when she was still in the Hou Mansion.
As for her little niece, Xie Hengwu really didn't have much impression.
This time, except for Li Luo, the servants brought with him were all arranged by Nanliang Palace.
Xie Hengwu frowned and said suspiciously: "Seriously?"
Li Luo whispered: "Perhaps I made a mistake. I have only seen my little niece once when I was with the Marquis."
Xie Hengwu pursed his lips and couldn't help but keep this in mind.
If there are people from the Hou family mixed in among these servants, it means that this marriage is not just as simple as asking for peace.
What is the Nanliang Emperor planning with the Hou Mansion?
She subconsciously touched the jade bracelet on her wrist, but she touched the sharp edge of the paper in her sleeve.
Xie Hengwu moved for a moment, then retracted his hand as if nothing had happened.
She was now sure that the Nanliang royal family did have other plans.
I didn't expect that the old emperor, who was obsessed with sex all day long, still had such ambitions.
It was obviously of little weight, but Xie Hengwu felt particularly uncomfortable.
She held the piece of paper in her arms, thinking of disposing of it later.
What a coincidence was that as soon as she sat down and took a few bites of breakfast, Xiao Yanzhou's chariot arrived outside Shicui Palace.
Xie Hengwu had to pick up the driver with the paper.
Xiao Yanzhou was so angry with those ministers that he almost had a headache early in the morning.
First, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites mentioned the beauty of the princess, intentionally or unintentionally, and then the Minister of the Ministry of Official Affairs said that the royal family was blooming and that more than one person could do it. Then Cui Zuocheng knelt down to admonish him for the draft.
In the past, Xiao Yanzhou would have killed a minister to shut them up.
However, the situation has been a bit complicated recently, and Xiao Yanzhou was too lazy to deal with the matters after his minister's death, so he did not do so after all.
In the end, the matter ended with Xiao Yanzhou inserting his sword on the floor tile in front of Cui Zuocheng's head.
If possible, he would of course want to stick it directly on his head.
Xiao Yanzhou didn't believe that Empress Dowager Cui was not secretly pushing the matter.
After the morning court, he subconsciously ordered people to come to Shicui Palace. When he realized it, the sedan chair had already stopped outside Shicui Palace.
He simply went in.
Since he had no plans to go out today, Xie Hengwu dressed up very casually. She wore a plain dress, and her hair was covered with black hair, only held up by a jade hairpin, which made her hair hang down.
A few locks of hair are floating on the temples, and the beauty's face is white and delicate. When she lowers her eyes, she looks like spring flowers shining in the water.
"Hail, Your Majesty."
Xie Hengwu bowed softly, lowered his eyes and looked at Xiao Yanzhou quietly from the corner of his eye.
Hmm... I feel colder today than before, and I seem to be unhappy.
"Get up."
Xiao Yanzhou said calmly and sat down at the main seat.
Xie Hengwu took a look at the tableware and tea sets he had just used, and then called Li Luo to give Xiao Yanzhou new ones.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yanzhou naturally took the tea cup she drank from on the table, brought it to her mouth and took a sip. After drinking it, she said with disgust,
"This tea is getting cold."
There was still Xie Hengwu's lipstick on the edge of the tea cup, and the thin red trace happened to be held between Xiao Yanzhou's lips.
She stared blankly, forgetting to say anything.
After Xiao Yanzhou finished asking, he heard that the people on the side didn't reply for a long time, so he glanced over impatiently.
Xie Hengwu opened his beautiful eyes, opened his mouth slightly, and his whole face showed a daze.
Her gorgeous appearance coupled with her blank expression makes her look lively and cute.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, that was what I used..." Xie Hengwu spoke softer and softer, until his cheeks gradually turned red and even the tips of his ears were dyed pink.
Her expression undoubtedly pleased Xiao Yanzhou. He raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll use it if I use it. I don't care."
Xie Hengwu said calmly, but his face looked familiar.
"Li Luo, hurry up and serve your Majesty some new tea." She coughed and continued what Xiao Yanzhou had said before.
Xiao Yanzhou glanced at Li Luo, who was changing tea at the side, and said half-jokingly: "If I have breakfast with you, nothing will happen again, right?"
Xie Hengwu was so frightened by his words that his hands shook, and the pastry he was twisting between his fingers almost fell off.
Although Li Luo didn't understand what Xiao Yanzhou was talking about, she could hear the danger hidden in his words, so after making tea, she quickly stood far away from the table.
"...Your Majesty is really good at joking. Of course nothing will happen to me here." Xie Hengwu laughed, but his heartbeat quickened.
Could it be that Xiao Yanzhou has discovered something...?
Xiao Yanzhou smiled half-heartedly: "It's best this way."
He looked at the snack in Xie Hengwu's hand and reached out to take the same piece.
As soon as he put it in his mouth and took a bite, Xiao Yanzhou's expression was strangely vacant for a moment, and then his brows suddenly furrowed.
"Why is it so sweet?"
Xie Hengwu blinked: "In response to Your Majesty, I like sweet food, so I asked the kitchen to make something sweeter..."
When she was in the Hou Mansion, in order to maintain her figure and appearance, the manor had very strict control over her diet. As for sweets, that's a complete luxury.
It wasn't until she grew older that she finally had more say in the house, and she could barely eat more.
As if to make up for his past shortcomings, Xie Hengwu always likes to eat a bit more sweetness than ordinary people.
"It's me, isn't it? I didn't know that Your Majesty would come here."
Xiao Yanzhou glanced at her sideways, with some suspicion in his eyes.
Why do I always feel that she is cursing him in a roundabout way?
However, Xie Hengwu had already lowered his head and felt Xiao Yanzhou's eyes moving over her inch by inch, probing her thoughts as if he could penetrate her.
He finally withdrew his gaze and reluctantly picked something edible from the table of sweets. In the end, Xie Hengwu felt sorry for himself and asked the kitchen to make another fish fillet porridge.
Finally, the palace attendants came forward to remove the meal. Xiao Yanzhou sat in front of the table happily, while Xie Hengwu folded his hands on his knees and felt a little embarrassed.
Zhao Quan was waiting outside. Seeing that the time was wrong, he couldn't help but enter the palace and whisper quietly: "Your Majesty, it's time to go back and approve the papers."
Xiao Yanzhou had just relaxed a little in Xie Hengwu's fragrance, but when he thought of those discounts, he couldn't help but get a headache again.
Although Zhao Quan's voice was not loud, Xie Hengwu heard a few words and almost guessed them.
Although her face was calm, her heart was hoping that Xiao Yanzhou would leave quickly.
After all, she still had a piece of paper in her sleeve that was like a hot potato.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Xiao Yanzhou seemed to have seen through her thoughts and said quietly: "You, go to Zichen Palace with me."
Xie Hengwu stiffened and argued softly: "But Your Majesty, I still have something to do..."
Faced with Xiao Yanzhou's increasingly fierce jealousy, Xie Hengwu chose to compromise.
"...I suddenly remembered that everything is fine."
Xiao Yanzhou nodded with satisfaction: "Then let's go."
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In the side hall of Zichen Palace, Xie Hengwu stood behind a rosewood carved writing desk, sharpening ink with one hand while looking at the memorials stacked as high as a mountain on the desk.
Although Xiao Yanzhou was a tyrant, he did everything a wise king should do.
When Xie Hengwu was still in Nanliang, he would sometimes attend palace banquets and hear a thing or two about him.
Either they are conquering a small bordering country, or they are building water conservancy and opening trade routes.
To a certain extent, he is already better off as emperor than many others.
She withdrew her gaze and concentrated on sharpening the ink.
Although I don't know why Xiao Yanzhou asked her to come and accompany him.
The two countries of Beijiang and Nanliang were originally one body, so they are very similar in every aspect, even their writing.
If Xie Hengwu was interested, he would naturally understand the content of their memorials.
Could it be that he wanted to...test whether he had any different intentions?
In fact, Xiao Yanzhou had no other ideas, he just wanted to place a human figure beside him to incense.
He was not worried about Xie Hengwu snooping into political affairs. If she dared to think so, he would just kill her.
Xiao Yanzhou opened the folder, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt his forehead twitching.
The long discussion was all useless gobbledygook, and in the end it was either a matter of crying with him about poverty, or asking him to be drafted.
It seems that he has been too gentle recently, and these people can't even write excerpts.
Xiao Yanzhou closed his eyes and slapped the memorial aside. The sudden sound startled Xie Hengwu, and the ink stick in his hand shook.
But he seemed to be angry for a moment, and then opened the next book as if nothing had happened. Xie Hengwu quietly squinted his eyes, saw that there was nothing unusual, and continued to sharpen the ink.
As the cuffs shook, a faint fragrance burst out, and a corner of white gradually slipped out.
Xie Hengwu was frightened and quickly stuffed the paper back, but Xiao Yanzhou still caught a glimpse of his movements.
He put down his pen and waved to her: "Come here."
