She slowly opened her eyes and realized that she was soaking in a wooden bucket with just the right water temperature. Shen Bi and Xiucui were scrubbing her with soft handkerchiefs.
The person crying was Shen Bi.
Shen Dingzhu moved, and Xiucui immediately noticed: "My Lady, are you awake?"
Shen Bi also hurriedly wiped away her tears: "Are you hungry, your Majesty? Is it uncomfortable? I'll go and pass the food to you and let it be prepared in the small kitchen, okay?"
Shen Dingzhu raised his slender pink fingertips and rubbed the center of his brow.
"Why were you crying just now?" As soon as she opened her mouth, she realized that her voice was a little hoarse, and Shen Dingzhu was stunned for a moment.
Shen Bi lowered his head in shame, and his eye circles turned red again: "I feel sorry for you. Since you returned to the palace, when has the emperor ever been so careless about your health?"
Xiucui gently tugged on her sleeve and whispered, "Stop talking."
Shen Dingzhu lowered his eyes and saw the mottled red marks on his body. Just the shoulders exposed above the water were all traces left by Xiao Langyan.
She sighed heavily.
"The emperor is angry, but I am fine. What time is it now?"
"It's already three quarters past noon," Xiucui said.
Shen Dingzhu didn't expect that she slept for so long. When she was almost done washing, she let Xiucui and Shen Bi help her stand up.
It was not for any other reason, but because her legs were really sore and she had no strength.
Xiucui changed Shen Dingzhu's clothes, and then brought ointment with Shen Bi and applied it on Shen Dingzhu's body.
Shen Dingzhu took a look and said, "Is this from Dr. Cen?"
Xiucui nodded: "When the queen was sleeping, the emperor asked Dr. Cen to come here, and... the emperor ordered that the queen will not be allowed to drink Bizi soup in the future."
Shen Dingzhu was silent, thinking of what Xiao Langyan said before leaving, she became increasingly confused as to what he meant.
Love, is that important?
Perhaps it was important to a possessive emperor like Xiao Langyan. Even if Shen Dingzhu was just a plaything to him, he still needed her undivided attention.
However, Xiao Langyan said that the previous Bizi Soup was actually to replenish her body. Is this true?
Shen Dingzhu asked Shen Bi to go to the Taiyuan Hospital to copy her pulse record. What medicine she had taken these days was clearly recorded in the Taiyin Hospital's booklet.
After Shen Bi came back, Shen Dingzhu asked Chunxi to take the copied list and ask some good medical women to find out what the medicine was.
In the evening, the Golden Crow sets in the west, and the sky is dyed with an extremely bright orange-red. In the courtyard of Yaoguang Palace where Dingzhu is sinking, the wall shadow is slanting, casting a fiery shadow on the windows.
Compared with the bright and bright colors outside, Shen Dingzhu's turquoise palace skirt looks much more elegant.
The complicated and gorgeous patterns on the skirt made her body plump, as if it had been ripened, and it was plump and plump, astonishingly beautiful.
When Shen Bi came back from outside, she said: "There are people talking outside. The emperor asked General Zhou to leave Beijing today, and..."
"Shen Bi!" Xiucui interrupted hurriedly, glanced outside, and warned in a hurried voice, "Don't mention this matter in front of your Majesty in the future."
Shen Dingzhu put down the book, her beautiful eyes calm: "Xiucui is right, Shen Bi, don't talk nonsense in the future."
Shen Bi was scolded, silently lowered his head, and stood aside sadly.
Just then Chunxi ran back, panting, sweat dripping from his forehead steamed by the summer heat.
"Your Majesty, I asked you clearly. This is the tonic soup! Moreover, I just heard some news."
"what news?"
"Your Majesty went to bed with Du Jieyu tonight." Chunxi looked at her carefully.
Shen Bi's eyes changed, and she immediately wanted to say something, but thinking of being scolded by Shen Dingzhu, she pursed her lips in grievance and remained silent.
Shen Dingzhu's beautiful eyes sparkled with expression.
Mr. Du once helped Xiao Langyan deal with the prince. Now that the Du family has become more prosperous, he has long been a meritorious minister.
Du Jieyu is the direct granddaughter of Mr. Du, and Du Jieyu's father, Mr. Du, serves as the third-rank household minister in the court. Their family has just produced two Jinshi this year.
The future is immeasurable.
Shen Dingzhu smiled calmly: "In that case, let's pass on the food."
The next day, Shen Dingzhu had just woken up when she heard Nanny Song say, "My dearest concubine, Concubine Cui De, Du Jieyu, and three other nobles are here to pay their respects to you."
Shen Dingzhu's slender hand touched Yun's temples, and she was stunned: "Greetings to me? Why?"
Grandma Song said hurriedly: "Today is the Zhejiang Day. At this time of year, the highest-ranking concubine will hold a tea banquet to entertain the Sixth Palace."
"In previous years, if you didn't come back, it was Concubine Cui De who organized it. If you come this year, naturally they will come to Yaoguang Palace for tea."
Knowing that Shen Dingzhu was inexperienced, Sister Song reminded: "I have already prepared with Xiucui and Shen Bi."
So, Shen Dingzhu finished dressing and dressing up, and led the palace people to the front hall.
Sure enough, he saw five slim beauties already waiting. The hall was fragrant with powder, and the sun was scorching outside. Shen Dingzhu asked someone to place ice dishes and serve fruit refreshments.
"See you, the noble concubine." Their voices were beautiful.
Shen Dingzhu raised his hand and sat back in the chair: "No courtesy, please sit down."
She swept around these people.
She knew Cui Lianfu. She was wearing a simple dress today. After a few days of rest, her face looked better, but her expression was dull.
When Shen Dingzhu looked at her, she smiled.
The three nobles behaved themselves and lowered their heads when they saw Shen Dingzhu.
Only Du Jieyu, who was sitting opposite Cui Lianfu, held her thin white neck high, wearing an ice blue silk embroidered skirt, with golden butterfly tassels on her head fluttering and shining.
Du Jieyu looked at Shen Dingzhu, the hostility deep in her eyes was always difficult to conceal.
She took the initiative and said, "My queen, there is one thing I have to ask you to decide."
After saying that, the maid behind Du Jieyu held out a brocade box, opened it, and Shen Dingzhu saw that it was the fire phoenix hairpin that Xiao Langyan had won back when he brought Su Xincheng with him.
The whole body is red jade, carved with a soaring phoenix, lifelike.
Xiao Langyan gave this hairpin to Du Jieyu.
Looking at Shen Dingzhu who had no expression on her face, Du Jieyu pretended to be innocent and asked: "Yesterday, when I was serving the Emperor's pen and ink, I saw such a beautiful hairpin on the table. I liked it so much that I asked the Emperor for it."
"But the emperor said that this is for the concubine. If I want it, I have to ask the concubine if she is willing to give it to me. Concubine, can you give it to me? You have so many beautiful jewelry, and so She is so beautiful that she won’t compete with my concubine for a hairpin, right?”
Shen Dingzhu pursed her red lips and looked at the bright arrogance in Du Jieyu's eyes.
How could she not know this was a provocation?
But before she spoke, she had to consider first, what was the meaning of Xiao Langyan's actions?
What does he want her to do? Could it be that you should give in to Du Jieyu?
When Cui Lianfu saw Du Jieyu's proud smile from the side, she curled her lips with a look of disdain.
She had suffered a lot and knew that being caught between the emperor and Concubine Shen would definitely not be comfortable.
Du Jieyu thought it was a good thing, but little did she know that it was just to increase the interest between the emperor and Concubine Shen. How stupid!
Du Jieyu added again: "My dear concubine, you make the decision. If you refuse to give me this hairpin, I will have no choice but to ask the emperor for something else."
When she said this, her face turned pink, pretending to be shy.
However, in Du Fangyi's heart, not to mention how much she hated Shen Dingzhu.
Not only did she occupy the emperor, but it was finally her turn to sleep with him last night. As soon as the emperor came, a eunuch came over and said that Concubine Shen was not feeling well, so he asked the emperor to leave!
Today, no matter what, I have to put some eye drops on Shen Dingzhu to make her uncomfortable!
Everyone looked at Shen Dingzhu, wanting to hear her answer.
