After placing the memorials neatly, Lu Wenyu looked in the direction of the empress.
The empress, who had been reviewing the memorials before, fell asleep on the desk in a sleepy state.
The empress's hands were resting on her pink cheeks, and her lips were slightly pursed due to the support of her hands. Her crow-feather-like eyelashes were drooped, making them appear even more slender and curled.
Without the imperial demeanor, the aura around Yu Shu became soft and peaceful, like a fairy who had just entered the world, without any trace of worldliness, making people unable to help but indulge.
Lu Wenyu looked at the empress like this for who knows how long. It wasn't until Yu Shu's eyelashes trembled and she opened her eyes that were like stars that Lu Wenyu looked back and said to the empress.
"Your Majesty, these memorials have been dealt with. It's getting late now and it's time for me to leave the palace."
At this time, the palace gate is about to close. Lu Wenyu was a minister, and staying overnight in the palace would cause criticism, so Yu Shu could only promise to let Lu Wenyu stay for dinner another day, and summoned Xuanping to send him out of the palace.
After recruiting Lu Wenyu into the palace and handling memorials several times every day, the two gradually became familiar with each other. The people in Xuanding Ping Palace also got used to the special feature of Lu Wenyu coming to the palace, and they no longer have to serve the empress closely.
With Lu Wenyu's help, the empress Yu Shu had time to hang out in the Imperial Garden.
She sat in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, leisurely eating the special cakes made by the imperial kitchen, and from time to time she threw some fish food to tease the fish in the lake.
After eating a plate of pastries, her stomach was slightly full and she felt sleepy. Yu Shu asked Lu Wenyu to sit over. She leaned on his lap and closed her eyes with satisfaction.
When she is not in court, Yu Shu is also an ordinary and pretty girl. She is wearing a light green dress today, which looks harmonious with the green bamboo on Lu Wenyu's robe.
Being used as a pillow by the empress, Lu Wenyu felt the empress' warm breath hitting his legs. He sat stiffly, with a shy face. In some places, he could not feel his discomfort, but he was very energetic.
Lu Wenyu had noticed the empress' lethargy in the past few days and knew that the empress had no other thoughts and just used him as a pillow.
But the soft and fragrant warm jade just rested on his pillow quietly, with her little face close to his. Even through the clothes, the sweet fragrance rushed into the nasal cavity and could be touched as long as the empress moved, which was enough to make people's hearts surge. .
Lu Wenyu stretched out his hand and touched the empress' face like a dragonfly.
The touch of his fingertips was softer than he imagined, and he couldn't help but trace the empress's eyebrows with his hands, greedily wanting to leave a mark on her body.
In this way, when the empress dotes on other courtiers, he can still have some thoughts about her.
After Lu Wenyu finished describing Yu Shu's eyebrows and kept this face in mind, he looked at her slightly parted lips, his eyes darkening.
When Yu Shu woke up, she was already in the palace, and Lu Wenyu had long disappeared.
"There was something going on in Prime Minister Lu's house and he left the palace in a hurry." Xuan Ping explained while helping her wash up.
Yu Shu nodded. After washing her face, she felt her lips, which were slightly swollen and painful from the brocade handkerchief, and felt puzzled.
Are there mosquitoes in the Royal Garden at this time? It was Lu Wenyu who was ordered by her to be a long-term laborer who approved memorials for several days. He hated her so much that he deliberately caught mosquitoes and bit her.
Yu Shu was depressed, but there was no evidence and she could not punish Lu Wenyu, so she had to admit defeat in frustration.
"Ask the imperial doctor to prepare some sachets to prevent mosquitoes. The mosquitoes have arrived a bit early this year."
"It's Your Majesty." Xuan Ping responded respectfully.
But I don't understand that there are no mosquitoes in the palace these days.
Because her lips felt uncomfortable, Yu Shu did not dare to eat food that was too spicy, so she ate much lighter food, so light that she lost her appetite.
Xuan Ping said worriedly when he saw how little she ate.
"Is your Majesty feeling unwell?"
Yu Shu put down her jade chopsticks and said, "No, take away the dishes and go to the imperial kitchen to have someone make a bowl of lotus seed soup."
(End of chapter)
