Si Yunhe continued to administer acupuncture to Qingcheng for several days, and then bid farewell to Junhu again. Junhu only allowed him to leave the palace after confirming that Qingcheng was fine and trying to persuade Siyunhe many times to no avail.
Si Yunhe left Nan'an Palace happily that day with two full boxes of gold!
Early the next morning, Qingcheng finally took a comfortable bath under the care of the palace people, and the people in the harem began to dress her up. For the first time, she put on the bright red gold silk floor-length phoenix robe that only queens can wear. Her black hair was tied into a noble five-phoenix-facing bun, with peony beaded hairpins inserted diagonally on her temples, and phoenix saliva tassels hanging from her hair. The whole person immediately looked majestic, dignified, graceful and luxurious.
"The Queen is truly a gift from heaven. When Your Majesty's morning court is over, I will be very happy to see you." Bi'er, the eldest maid in light blue palace clothes, smiled sincerely at Qingcheng.
Qingcheng looked at the beautiful woman in the mirror, but she felt that it was very strange. She couldn't help but said displeasedly: "You go down first, I will call you if I have anything to do!"
Seeing her worried expression, Bi'er didn't dare to stay any longer, so she left immediately.
As she walked, she thought, His Majesty's body was already so coercive that the Queen, who had just recovered from a serious illness, actually gave people a feeling of breathlessness. This was really, "If you are not a family, you will not enter the same house!"
After Qingcheng woke up, she had not seen Hongyu and Lvzhu nor the palace officials brought by Beilin. She did not dare to ask Junhu directly in front of everyone. After all, Hongyu and Lvzhu were really going to investigate the matter of the substitute marriage that day. Zhu and the others are definitely not able to escape the relationship, so she is even more worried about their safety.
Nan'an State Tai Chi Hall
In the solemn and majestic Tai Chi Hall, Chang Sheng said: "Retreat from the court!"
All the ministers immediately bowed down and said respectfully: "I will send you off to Your Majesty!"
Wearing a black dragon robe and a crown on his head, the mighty and domineering Jun Hu slowly stood up and walked out of the hall with even steps, and then went straight towards Feng Zao Palace.
Along the way, the concubines and palace people he met all immediately bowed to him. Jun Hu had a serious look on his face and either nodded lightly to them or turned a deaf ear to them. The closer he got to Fengzao Palace, the faster he sped up. Chang Sheng behind him trotted hurriedly and could barely keep up with him.
Chang Sheng sighed in his heart, it's true that one thing comes after another. Your Majesty is such a majestic and powerful person, but the queen actually found someone to marry her, and your Majesty could forgive her so easily. This made him a prisoner who couldn't help but feel sorry for your Majesty. Complaints! He was thinking that they had arrived outside Fengzao Palace, and the people who were cleaning the palace quickly bowed down one by one when they saw His Majesty coming in person.
Jun Hu saw that Bi'er was not taking care of Qingcheng in the palace, and he couldn't help but said with some displeasure: "Why are you here? Where is the queen?"
Bi'er immediately kept silent and said: "The empress may want to take a rest, so she asked the servants to wait outside for her orders!"
Jun Hu frowned when he heard this, flicked his wide sleeves, and immediately walked towards the inner hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, Jun Hu was stunned. Qingcheng was now wearing a bright red golden phoenix robe, which made her skin as white as jade. The five-phoenix rising sun bun on her hair made her look more dignified. The hairpins on her temples made her look more dignified. Her tassels were shining brightly, and she was sitting in front of the makeup mirror, gently combing her dark hair hanging by her ears, her expression was rare and gentle.
When she heard the sound of someone entering the palace, she immediately turned back to look at the door. They looked at each other, and Jun Hu couldn't take his eyes away for a moment!
When Qingcheng saw that it was Jun Hu coming in, she quickly stood up and stood up, then bowed and saluted him, and said respectfully: "I, my concubine, are joining you, Your Majesty!"
Jun Hu immediately stepped forward to support her and said softly: "Excuse me, why did you get up?"
"My concubine woke up today and felt much better. She wanted to get up and go for a walk outside. Unexpectedly, she spent most of the day just bathing and decorating, and she still hasn't been able to go out." Qingcheng couldn't help laughing awkwardly.
Jun Hu also smiled when he heard this and said: "It doesn't matter, I will accompany you wherever you want to go!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qingcheng said respectfully.
Jun Hu saw that she was a little unfamiliar with him, so he approached her, held her hand and said softly: "Qingcheng, you and I are husband and wife, don't be so reserved, it's not like you. Got it!"
"Your Majesty is the king, and my concubines are my ministers. Your Majesty and I are husband and wife, and we are also your king and ministers at the same time. There is a distinction between the superiority of the king and his ministers, so I don't dare to be presumptuous!" Qingcheng said sternly.
Jun Hu couldn't help but feel helpless, so he changed the subject and said, "Have you had breakfast?"
"Not yet." Qingcheng shook her head.
Jun Hu was a little confused and asked: "Why haven't you eaten yet? Is it because the palace people are not serving you well?"
Qingcheng chuckled and said: "How could it be? The palace servants are all very good, but I am still more accustomed to having my personal palace maid take care of me, and the others are really not used to it."
Jun Hu already understood what she meant when he heard this. When he learned that it was a substitute marriage that day, he was furious and ordered all the people from Beilin Palace to be taken to the House of Internal Affairs to be tortured. He remembered that there were two people who were particularly tough-mouthed. He was directly imprisoned in the jail of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now that Qingcheng mentioned his personal maid, he didn't know what to do for a moment.
Qingcheng knows very well what kind of person Jun Hu is. When he is good to you, he will be very kind to you. Once he is angered by something, it is not impossible for him to kill someone. She still clearly remembers that because of Yuan Shuang Deliberately guiding her, she was almost strangled to death by him. After this incident, she was always subconsciously afraid of him. Whenever he came near her, she would be unconsciously afraid.
Hongyu, Lvzhu and other Beilin palace people followed her thousands of miles away from home and came to Nan'an country. Not only could she not protect them, but on the contrary, she also made them frightened. What's the point? How can she be a master
She raised her head slightly, looked at Junhu with watery eyes, and tears about to fall in her eyes, and said softly: "Your Majesty, what happened that day was all because of my inexperience in the world. It was because of my willfulness. Please, Your Majesty." Spare the concubine's personal maids, they are really innocent!"
Seeing that she was so sad and recovering from a serious illness, Jun Hu thought that she should have someone close to her to take care of her. As long as he let the steward train these two palace maids and then send them back to Qingcheng, there should be no problem. .
So he helped her up, wiped away the tears from her eyes and comforted her: "Okay, don't be sad, I'm all for you, but today you have a good meal with me, and tomorrow I will have your maid I’ll send it to Fengzao Palace for you!”
Upon hearing this, Qingcheng immediately burst into tears of joy and quickly wanted to thank her again.
"I thank you for your magnanimity!"
"Okay, okay, pass on the meal, I will have dinner with the queen at Fengzao Palace today!"
Jun Hu was high-spirited and happy. As he spoke, he took Qingcheng's hand, and Qingcheng smiled tenderly at her.
Qingcheng sighed in her heart. Sure enough, Jun Hu has always been a soft-spoken character. Unfortunately, she was only devoted to him and never thought of showing weakness to him in a timely manner, so she suffered a lot of anger from him for nothing.
Now that he is the Emperor of Nan'an, as the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. If she wants to gain a foothold in the man-eating Nan'an Palace and not be plotted and bullied by others, she must rely on him first. From now on, she will still have to speak and do things to him. Pay more attention, and wait until she has truly secured her position as Queen of Nan'an, and then other things will be taken care of slowly!
Nan'an Palace Internal Affairs Office Prison
Hongyu and Lvzhu have been locked up here for more than half a month. From the beginning, they were living like a year, and now they are resigned to their fate. They had no hope at all, but today they suddenly received an order. Chang Sheng, the director of internal supervision, wanted to see them.
As soon as he entered the palace, Chang Sheng, who had been smiling just now and was drinking tea and chatting, saw these two people being brought in and immediately retreated from everyone.
He glanced at their tattered clothes and scabbed scars on their faces. Having been in the palace for most of his life, he already knew what had happened. He smiled kindly at the two of them and said, "Have you been punished?"
Luzhu nodded quickly, Hongyu thought for a moment and then said: "The father-in-law from the Ministry of Internal Affairs only interrogated a few words and did not use torture!"
Chang Sheng raised his eyes and glanced at Hong Yu and thought, this is quite clever.
Then he said quietly: "Being a palace servant in the palace, how can you not be a little aggrieved? You are quite good. I think when my father-in-law came to the palace, I had suffered all kinds of hardships and suffered all kinds of sins. Now Today has just happened, so you must understand that in this palace, you must always keep your mouth shut and keep your mind at ease."
Hearing this, Hong Yu quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Chang is absolutely right. This slave and Lu Zhu will definitely remember my father-in-law's teachings today."
Luzhu also quickly echoed her.
The more Chang Sheng looked at Hong Yu, the more he liked her. Her cleverness was as good as his own back then.
He said in a high-pitched voice: "Hongyu, Lvzhu, our queen wants to see you, and your majesty is in a very difficult position. You should also know that this person who has entered the prison of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, how can he have a chance to come out? But your majesty feels sorry for your queen." , I will make an exception and let you go back to serve the empress. This is a great blessing. You must cherish it. The empress has just escaped from the gate of hell. So what should you say and what should not be said when you see the empress tomorrow? Say, do you want to understand?"
"I understand, I understand!" Hongyu and Lvzhu suppressed the ecstasy in their hearts and replied immediately.
Chang Sheng glanced at them, and then called out the door: "Xiao Yinzi, why don't you take your two sisters to freshen up? They will be our own people from now on."
Qingcheng was waiting in Fengzao Palace early in the morning. She had sent Bi'er to wait outside the palace early in the morning. As soon as she saw Hongyu and Lvzhu coming back, she would tell her immediately.
"The Queen, you are back. You are back. Manager Chang sent it here personally." Bi'er said to Qingcheng with a smile on her face.
Qingcheng was happy, it was great that both Hongyu and Lvzhu were fine!
"Princess!"
Hongyu and Luzhu shouted at the same time as soon as they saw Qingcheng.
"Hongyu, Lvzhu, it's great that you can come back!"
Qingcheng couldn't help but burst into tears with excitement.
"Princess! Do all the slaves think they will never see you again?"
Luzhu couldn't help but said sadly when she thought about the fear and fear these days.
At this moment, Hongyu suddenly kept hinting at Lvzhu with her eyes. Lvzhu then remembered what she had said yesterday and quickly wiped away her tears without daring to speak any more.
Qingcheng could see that there was something wrong. She looked up at Bi'er and said with cold eyes: "Bi'er, you all should leave first! Without my order, none of you can come in and disturb me!"
"yes!"
Bi'er quickly bowed and exited with other palace people!