From the beginning to the end, Lin Chujiu didn't know that there was one more person in her bathroom, and she didn't even know that the person left.
After soaking a stick of incense longer than usual, Lin Chujiu came out of the tub reluctantly until the water was slightly cold. As she walked, water droplets splashed all over the ground, but unfortunately someone left early and couldn't see anything.
After wrapping her hair and drying the water droplets on her body, Lin Chujiu put on her clothes one by one. The fine silk clothes were like nothing on her body, and they would not cause any pain on her legs.
However, after thinking about it, Lin Chujiu gave herself some medicine first, and then rubbed the bruises away again.
It hurts a bit, but much better than before in the carriage.
Putting on clothes, Lin Chujiu walked into the inner room in a refreshing suit. Coral and agate came forward, and rubbed Lin Chujiu's long hair diligently. Jade served the freshly prepared nectar water, and Pearl went to prepare for Lin Chujiu. eat.
"Princess, Young Master Su Cha is waiting for you in the study, saying that you are free, please come over." Jade said softly, Lin Chujiu nodded, "If it's not urgent, let Young Master Su Cha wait for a while. Wait." She had been hungry for a day, so she had to eat something before leaving.
"Yes." Jade bowed and stepped back.
After a quarter of an hour, Pearl brought the meal prepared in the kitchen, "Princess, they are all foods that are easy to digest. Although the taste is a little lighter, it is better to support people."
"I'm ready." Although Lin Chujiu's hair was still dry, there was no more water dripping. Lin Chujiu motioned for the coral and the agate to stop, "I'm hungry, let's eat first."
At the dinner table, Lin Chujiu did not receive the education of not speaking, but she did as the locals do. She seldom speaks during meal time, but today she asked while eating, "What wrong have you suffered in the palace?"
Although the four girls said that they did not suffer, but not suffering did not mean that they would not be angry. She, Princess Xiao, was going to be angry, not to mention her girl.
The four girls glanced at each other, and finally Pearl said, "The Empress ordered someone to strip our clothes off and lock us in the secret room." As soon as the words came out, the four girls' eyes turned red.
They didn't say anything about it, and it was just embarrassing to say it.
Lin Chujiu grabbed the food and said sarcastically: "Empress, you are really cruel." Stripping the four unmarried girls, only the perverts in the palace could imagine.
Lin Chujiu took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart: "Don't worry, I have written down this account for you, and it will be recovered one day."
"Princess, we're all right." The four girls wiped away their tears and forced a smile, "The palace maids of Qinghe Palace came to see us that night, and we brought food and blankets, so we were able to pass the time without incident. Guan." If it wasn't for the help of the people from the Qinghe Palace, they wouldn't even know how they would have spent that night.
Although it is early summer, the temperature outside is very high, but the secret rooms of the palace are all underground, and people can freeze to death at night. There is only a weak light in the secret room, and they can't keep warm at all, and they don't dare to move around, even if they are outside. Neither does anyone.
"Qinghe Palace, Prince An?" Lin Chujiu didn't say anything to comfort the four Jadeite, some hurts can't be put down by words.
"It's King An." The four of them said to Xiao Tianyao silently in their hearts: "My lord, I'm sorry, we didn't mean to say good things about King An in front of the princess, it was really...
Lord, you understand.
"I've written down the feelings of King An." Lin Chujiu nodded lightly and continued to eat, but her appetite was not as good as before.
After learning about Lin Chujiu's accident, what Xiao Zian wanted to do most was to rescue Lin Chujiu, but unfortunately at that moment, no one dared to touch the emperor's bad head, Xiao Zian couldn't save Lin Chujiu, he could only try his best. take care of her maid.
When Xiao Zian did this, he thought about the consequences, so Xiao Zian was not surprised when the eunuch called him to see the emperor.
"My son sees the royal father." Xiao Zian came in and immediately gave a big gift.
The emperor looked at Xiao Zian who was kneeling in the hall, and instead of calling out as usual, he looked at him coldly with disappointment in his eyes.
Xiao Zian was indifferent to the humiliation, and knelt there quietly, not moving until the emperor called him.
After a while, the emperor said, "Zi'an, the prince said that you rushed to find him yesterday and asked him to help you save Princess Xiao?"
"Yes." Xiao Zian said without hesitation.
When the emperor heard his affirmative answer, it would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed, "Zian, do you know why Princess Xiao was imprisoned?"
Xiao Zian heard the dissatisfaction in the emperor's mouth, but he still said in his own way: "I know, but I don't believe that Concubine Xiao will harm the seventh brother."
"Don't believe it? Can you tell that she didn't do it if you don't believe it?" The emperor snorted contemptuously.
If it wasn't for Fushou's accident, it was not Lin Chujiu or Lin Chujiu who poisoned Xiaoqi. Even if Lin Chujiu had the ability to reach the sky, it would not change.
"Imperial Father, Aunt Huang really wants to poison the seventh brother. It is absolutely impossible for him to do it in the Queen's palace, and he will not save the seventh brother afterward." If Lin Chujiu really wanted to harm their princes, he would not have saved him in the first place. .
Xiao Zian didn't say this, but kept it in his heart.
He believed that neither Xiao Tianyao nor Lin Chujiu thought about killing their brothers.
The emperor said angrily: "Don't you know that there is a word to create a mystery? She may have done this on purpose, so as to clear her suspicions. You see, even if you haven't checked it out, you can I believe she is innocent."
The emperor's words made sense, but Xiao Zian still insisted: "Father, Princess Xiao is not that kind of person."
Xiao Zian's maintenance of Lin Chujiu made the emperor very displeased, "Zian, you speak for Princess Xiao everywhere, can I understand that you are entrusted by Tianyao to help him take care of Princess Xiao?"
"Father, Uncle Xiao did not entrust his son to take care of his aunt. Everything is voluntary," Xiao Zian said with a frank face, and did not shy away from mentioning Lin Chujiu's life-saving grace, "Father, son, My life was saved by the imperial aunt. If there is no imperial aunt, even if I can still live, I can only sit on the wheel pine for the rest of my life. If something happens to the imperial aunt, I can’t just sit back and ignore it.”
"You are busy for Princess Xiao, just to repay her for saving her life?" The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Zian with a scrutiny.
Xiao Zian looked at the emperor fearlessly, nodded and said, "I must repay the grace of saving my life."
If it's just a thank you, that's fine...
The emperor retracted his eyes and said gently: "It's a good thing to repay your kindness, but you can't let anyone ask for anything. Your mother-in-law has already paid the life-saving grace of Princess Xiao to you, you don't owe her anything, and things like this will happen in the future. Don't do it again."
The emperor didn't want his favored son to turn to Xiao Tianyao and Lin Chujiu because of his kindness.
"Father, concubine, concubine, concubine, concubine, concubine. Concubine Mu thanked the aunt for saving the minister, and the minister also thanked the aunt for saving his life." Xiao Zian refused to give in, what the emperor said, They stand firm on their principles.
"So, in order to repay Princess Xiao's life-saving grace, you didn't even listen to what I said?" The emperor lowered his voice and looked dissatisfied.
"Imperial father, my son doesn't dare. It's just that the gentleman does what he wants and what he doesn't do, and the son has his own perseverance." Xiao Zian didn't answer directly, but the meaning was similar.
The emperor leaned back angrily, "Okay, okay... One thing to do, one thing to persevere. You give me a good thought, and if you don't think clearly, don't get up."
The emperor left with a flick of his sleeves, leaving behind Xiao Zian who was kneeling in the hall...
[Author's digression]: There are two more updates, which are being worked on...