Li Qishen had never been prepared for Xie Wangzhi, and was hit by the soft pillow. He didn't get angry, and casually pushed the pillow away. He reached out with his other hand and grabbed Xie Wangzhi's waist and started to tickle her. Xie Wangzhi's waist was sore, and that part was ticklish, so she couldn't let him do that, so she quickly used the pillow and her arm to block it.
The two of them quarreled for a while, and their breathing became a little rapid, and their faces were slightly red, but they got over the awkwardness of the first meeting between the newlyweds. Xie Wangzhi hugged the soft pillow and calmed his breathing for a while: "I remember that Hanyue is about the age to leave the palace. Since she is going to be released early, I want to go and see her."
"Okay." Li Qishen remembered who this person was and thought for a moment, "But I can't accompany you this time. I have memorials to read and Fan Zhi is pressing me."
Xie Wangzhi knew how busy he was, not to mention that she was meeting someone she had known since childhood. The gap in status between her and Lou Hanyue could be ignored, and both of them could just ignore each other. But if she forced to bring Li Qishen with her, she really didn't know how to introduce him to Lou Hanyue.
She smiled, her eyes curved, with some of the innocence of her childhood: "Okay, it's in the palace anyway, there's no need for you to take it with you."
"No need." Li Qishen also smiled, "But I'm afraid she'll just say a few words and lure you out of the palace as well."
“… Go.” Xie Wangzhi was too lazy to continue joking with him, so he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, motioning him to move aside. “Then I’ll go now. I’m not wearing shoes or socks, so you have to make some room for me.”
As she spoke, she reached out to take the new white socks, but before her fingertips touched them, another hand took them before her.
Xie Wang was stunned, and the next moment she saw Li Qishen get off the couch, half kneel down, and reach out to hold her ankle. She was startled and could not react for a moment, only the hand that was held wanted to retract instinctively.
Li Qishen was calm, his eyes did not move, as if it was natural for him to half-kneel and put socks on her. He held Xie Wangzhi's ankle, put the slender foot on his knee, smoothed the wrinkles of the white socks, and then started from the toes, pushing the white socks up little by little, so that the socks finally covered the delicate ankle. Then he picked up the embroidered shoes beside the couch, and with the same gentle strength, put the shoes on Xie Wangzhi's feet.
The feet are usually hidden in shoes and socks, and have never been exposed to the wind and sun. The skin on the instep is particularly delicate, and the toes are particularly sensitive to touch. When stepping on Li Qishen's knees, he can clearly feel the muscle lines under the clothes that are tense due to knee bending, as well as the hard patella. Xie Wangzhi is stepping on him, stepping on the king who is entrenched at the top of the empire. As long as he uses a little force, Li Qishen's knees will have to sink down to keep his balance, and he might even be stepped on to touch the ground.
However, Li Qishen did not react at all, and lowered his eyes, as if he did not feel it at all. He followed the same method and put on shoes and socks for Xie Wangzhi's other foot. He looked up and down, and a little confusion appeared between his eyebrows: "…Is it not worn backwards? I don't know how girls wear shoes."
"… No. Girls' shoes are also shoes, and they are worn like this." Xie Wangzhi was convinced, and felt that he was really a genius, and that he could make the previous thrilling feeling disappear with just one sentence. She held it in for a while, and squeezed out a sentence, "Thank you… Actually, you don't need to help, I can put it on by myself."
"Forget it. You can't even hold a bowl, and you want to bend down to put on your shoes?"
What he said made sense, but Xie Wangzhi just felt awkward, and he couldn't explain where this inexplicable feeling came from. After thinking it over, he chose a statement that he didn't like: "There's really no need to do this, at least you don't need to help me dress like this. You are the emperor..."
"Who am I?" Li Qishen suddenly asked.
Xie Wang was stunned, not knowing what he was going to ask: "... Immortality?"
"You're wrong. It's your husband." Li Qishen glanced at her and stood up. "You're not feeling well now, so I'm just helping you put on your shoes and socks. It's not a life-threatening thing. There will always be times in the future when I'm not well, and I'll still have to rely on you to help me, right?"
He really didn't think it was a big deal. He raised his hand to knock on Xie Wangzhi's head, but then thought about how his hand had just touched the embroidered shoes, so he gave up. "Okay, I'll go to the Purple Palace. If the matter is handled quickly, maybe we can have lunch together."
"Okay." Xie Wangzhi knew in his heart that it was impossible, but he did not refute his words and stood up, "Then I will go to the Shangshi Bureau to find Hanyue."
Li Qishen nodded with a smile: "Okay."
Neither of them is clingy, and they both have important things to do, so it's best for them to do their own things. When they walked out of Penglai Palace together, Xie Wangzhi slowed down and wanted to say goodbye to Li Qishen, but he grabbed her waist first. She was stunned, and then she saw the handsome man approaching her.
My lips felt slightly cool, and something equally soft rubbed against them, breaking away as soon as it touched.
Xie Wangzhi was stunned: "You..."
Li Qishen was satisfied with the kiss and took advantage of the situation to kiss her on the face again. Before the girl could come to her senses, he turned around and ran away.
Xie Wangzhi was stunned for a while, and when he blinked, he was completely confused. By the time he realized that he was being flirted with again, Li Qishen had already run away and disappeared. Fortunately, there were not many palace servants around, and it was empty, otherwise it would have been a real commotion at the gate.
Xie Wangzhi raised her hand to touch her lips, then her cheeks, always feeling the subtle touch of those two places. She couldn't help but smile, but her face turned red again, and she whispered: "Fortunately, I didn't put on makeup... Otherwise, I would poison you to death."
**
Xie Wangzhi had been away from the Imperial Food Bureau for a short time, but the palace maids in the Imperial Food Bureau had changed twice. The quarrel between her and Xue Geshu had made the top female officials frown for several days, but the new maid not only didn't recognize her, she hadn't even heard of the incident.
The young palace maid stared at her for a long time. Seeing that she was dressed like a noble in the palace, she finally pointed her in the direction: "Lou Dianshan is in the small kitchen."
Xie Wangzhi nodded in thanks, walked into the yard with ease, and found the small kitchen according to her memory in a few seconds. It was hot at this time, and there was a lot of smoke in the kitchen. The door was wide open. She raised her hand and knocked on the door twice, then stepped in.
It was time to prepare lunch. Lou Hanyue was the only one in the small kitchen. When she heard someone knocking on the door, she turned around abruptly, her face full of fear, exactly the same as when she was young, except that her face had grown bigger and now looked like a woman.
But when she saw Xie Wangzhi, Lou Hanyue's expression began to change again. She frowned in distress, as if she didn't know how to face her childhood friend.
Xie Wangzhi stood in the small kitchen, but did not move forward, and was not too far away from Lou Hanyue. She did not know what to say, and could only look at her silently. The steam from the steamer was spitting out in handfuls, and the two looked at each other in the mist, just like looking at each other across the river.
After a stalemate, Lou Hanyue took the first step. After thinking it over, she chose the one that would be least likely to go wrong. She knelt down and saluted Xie Wangzhi, greeting him politely: "Your servant greets the Queen."
Xie Wangyi choked, remained silent for a moment, and whispered: "... You have changed a lot."
"How can a person remain unchanged?" Lou Hanyue didn't mind this comment. After all, she had been a chef in the Shangshi Bureau for two years. If she still did whatever she thought of like she did when she was young, her body would probably have rotted in the well until only bones were left. But when she heard this, she understood what Xie Wangzhi meant. She also had mixed feelings and smiled at Xie Wangzhi, "It's not time for lunch yet. There are only steamed buns mixed with wheat husks in the small kitchen. You'd better not try them."
Xie Wangzhi knew how unpalatable that thing was. She had eaten it before when she was in the most difficult time. She followed Lou Hanyue's words and shook her head: "I won't eat it. I came here because I want to tell you something."
"Go ahead." Lou Hanyue felt that she didn't need to be so cautious, and said sincerely, "You are the queen now, how many people in the world dare not listen to what you say?"
"Don't make fun of me." Xie Wangzhi didn't pick up the conversation. "In a few days, the palace will let a group of palace maids go out. Anyone who wants to go can go, regardless of age. They should also be given some money to go home, but it probably won't be much. Do you want to go this time?"
"Of course I'm leaving." Lou Hanyue didn't even think about it. She really didn't like the palace. She entered the palace as a maid just to make a living. Now she has saved some money. It would be stupid not to leave. She thought about it and felt that it was too heartless to say so. "When I was still in the Shangshi Bureau, I heard several female officials chatting behind my back, saying that you might have the most promising future. Come to think of it, when we were all little maids, we were always made difficult, but you never got angry, and you were the most serious in cutting and washing vegetables. Speaking of which, I still remember that in the first two months after arriving at the Shangshi Bureau, all I learned was how to cut tofu. I couldn't cut it well, so I was so angry. The faster I cut, the worse it was. You took your time every time, but you cut the most beautifully."
Lou Hanyue originally wanted to chat casually, but once he opened his mouth, his memories really brought back some uncomfortable feelings. He touched his chest and said, "Oh, forget it, let's not talk about this. The last time we met was during the autumn hunt, and this time it's like this. I'm leaving in two days, so please don't come to see me off."
"Okay." It's easy to part, but it's hard to meet again. Xie Wangzhi didn't plan to see her off. It would be inappropriate to be clingy and crying. She continued with Lou Hanyue's words, "Actually, I'm not annoyed. At that time, I was embarrassed by the piangong and was shivering in the house. I wanted to go find my brother, but then I thought it was meaningless. She wouldn't let me go, and I wouldn't let her go. It was endless. Since there's no way to solve the problem from the root, it's better to just ignore her."
"Yes, I have a quick temper. I didn't understand at that time. I had to make everything clear. Now I feel that it is not necessary. It is better to live my own life. Evil will be punished by evil. Why rush to be this evil person?" Lou Hanyue thought of what he had seen and heard in the Shangshi Bureau over the years and sighed, "The pawnshop that withheld coal offended someone two years ago and was exiled to Taiji Palace. I don't know how he is now."
The author has something to say: This is the nth time that I have forgotten to update... It's the final stage, and I will try my best to arrange an ending for every non-supporting character that has appeared. However, I started writing this article in August, and the battle line is quite long. I can't even remember how many characters there are... In case I missed it, just, just pretend you don't know hahahaha (awkward smile.jpg) Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2019-12-02 12:03:28~2019-12-02 18:45:01~
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Natsume and Chichi 10 bottles; Ganlu 5 bottles;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!