After Rong Si finished speaking, she didn't care at all about the expression of Mu Yuanxiu who she left behind, and walked out.
There was no other reason. The smell in the room was too bad and the air was too turbid. No wonder Mu Yuanxiu was so irritable after only staying there for two days.
But when she came out and heard the five women still holding hands and looking at each other with tears in their eyes as if their husbands had died, Rong Si felt a headache again. She quickly told the eunuchs and palace maids who had followed them to pack up and let them stay in different palaces. Otherwise, if they just sat together like this, who knew how long they would stop crying.
When everything was almost cleaned up and the concubines had calmed down, Rong Si called them all to the main hall. Looking at the five pairs of peach-pit eyes in front of her, Rong Si sighed softly in her heart and asked the five of them to sit down together.
"When I first arrived, I went to visit the Emperor..."
As soon as Rong Si started to speak, the five people below shuddered at the same time, causing Rong Si to pause as well.
"I have examined it carefully. The emperor has indeed only contracted chickenpox, not smallpox. He is in good spirits now and has been taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. I heard that the emperor will be safe and sound in just half a month." Rong Si's attitude was rarely gentle.
After hearing what she said, the stiff bodies of the other five concubines softened a little, but they still did not dare to believe Rong Si's words.
"Because the Empress Dowager has said that the Emperor must be taken care of by us personally, so from now on, the six of us will take turns to take care of the Emperor..."
Before Rong Si finished her words, Du Da Ying, who had just entered the palace not long ago, immediately knelt down with weak legs, "Mother... Mother... Mother..."
After a long pause, she couldn't come up with the next words. After all, Rong Si said she went to see the emperor. Who knows if what she said is true or not? Maybe she wants to trick them into exploring the way for her first...
There is no such thing as affection in the harem. Besides, as a noble concubine who is high above everyone else, she might look down on the concubines and maids in her heart. She might even think it is a blessing that they can pave the way for her.
But Du really didn't want to do it. She had just entered the palace and had never even seen the emperor. She was still a virgin and had no feelings for the emperor. She still remembered the old man she had met before. He was old, deaf, blind, and had pockmarks on his face because of smallpox. She didn't want to die in pain. She really didn't want to.
Seeing that Du Da Ying was about to start crying again, Rong Si immediately frowned and stopped her tears.
"Alright, alright, sit down first. Du promised that she was not feeling well, and I am afraid that she would offend the emperor, so I allow her to rest in the palace now. If anyone else is not feeling well, please tell them, and they can all rest in the palace now and get well first."
"Your Majesty..." Kneeling in front of her was the slightly mature Concubine An. Rong Si nodded and looked at the other three women who were either thinking secretly or keeping their heads down in silence. She then asked the three of them to go with her to take care of Mu Yuanxiu. She even arranged a schedule, starting with Rong Si, followed by Concubine Lu, Noble Lady Qi, and Concubine Hui.
After giving the instructions, Rong Si left these women behind and went to Mu Yuanxiu first.
The eunuch who had been waiting at the door saw Rong Si coming and immediately brought over the medicine and porridge that had been warmed up earlier, "Madam."
"Call a few people over here. I need strong people."
"… Yes."
Seeing the young eunuch happily leaving after receiving the order, Rong Si smiled, pushed open the door of the palace and walked out. This time Mu Yuanxiu did not go crazy again. Instead, he was leaning on the bed, reading a book in the light of the night pearl. When he knew it was her who came in, he did not even raise his eyelids and looked as if he was ignoring her.
Rong Si didn't care. She put the bamboo box containing the medicine aside and sat down, also without saying anything.
Seeing her like this, Mu Yuanxiu frowned immediately and threw the book aside, "Where's the medicine? I want to take the medicine. You are not so cruel and ruthless as to not let me take the medicine so that I will never get better, right?"
Seeing him like this, Rong Si pursed her lips and smiled.
"How dare you laugh at me?"
"I dare not. Okay, come, drink the medicine, drink the medicine." Rong Si walked over, opened the bamboo box, scooped a spoonful, blew on it, and handed it to Mu Yuanxiu's mouth, "Drink it."
"You..." Mu Yuanxiu frowned and looked at the smiling Rong Si. He always felt that she seemed to have some bad intentions.
Before he could even open his mouth, Rong Si's method of forced medication came into play again, and she seized the opportunity to pour the medicine into him.
"Oh, take the medicine, come on, take the medicine, be good, take the medicine..."
"Rong... cough cough... you want to die... cough cough... Imperial Concubine Rong!"
Before Mu Yuanxiu could finish his words of condemnation, someone knocked on the palace door at the other end. Rong Si said "Come in", and a group of young eunuchs squeezed in. They looked quite tall.
"Reporting to the Imperial Concubine, I have brought the person here."
"Okay, wait a minute." While Mu Yuanxiu was still not reacting, Rong Si immediately stood up and walked forward, pinched his nose and poured all the remaining medicine into it, then pushed him onto the bed.
"Rong Si, I want your life!"
"Why don't you come quickly?"
Rong Si looked at the young eunuchs behind her who were already a little stunned.
"Yes Yes."
"Rong Si! What on earth do you want to do?"
Mu Yuanxiu roared.
Who knew that the next second Rong Si suddenly approached him and gently pressed his shoulders with both hands, "Shh, don't talk..."
Mu Yuanxiu was stunned.
"You stink so badly now, and the room stinks too. I'll ask them to take you out to clean you up first, and then ask someone to clean the room. Having chickenpox doesn't mean you need to stay in confinement, so you can take a bath and wash your hair. Ask them to be gentle."
"real?"
"Of course, I asked the doctor."
"But I can't see the wind..."
God knows Mu Yuanxiu had wanted to clean it up a long time ago, and the most important thing was that the smell in the room was so bad that if he stayed there for a while longer, his anger would become uncontrollable and burst out.
"I know, that's why I asked them to help..."
"What can I do for you?"
Mu Yuanxiu was a little puzzled, his eyes were innocent and childish, a little cute.
Not long after, Rong Si heard through her ears that Mu Yuanxiu was going to kill all nine of her clans. She had no choice but to ask the eunuchs to wrap him in quilts until he became a cylinder shape, just like the concubines in some Qing palace dramas she had seen who were wrapped up when serving the emperor. Fortunately, there was no such custom in the Wei harem, otherwise Mu Yuanxiu might really have killed all nine of her clans.
But even so, Rong Si saw that Mu Yuanxiu was completely suffocated in the quilt, and was still cursing at her from inside. His voice was a little unclear, but he was very energetic.
"Rong Si, I want to kill you. You just wait for me. When I am well again, I will definitely abolish your position as imperial concubine and send you to the cold palace. Ah, Rong Si, you just wait for me, Rong Si..."
Rong Si couldn't hear the rest of the conversation because the other party had been carried away by the trembling eunuchs. She was left standing by the door alone, watching with a smile, and then glanced at the other young palace maids and eunuchs who were already in a state of dementia, "Why don't you go in and clean up quickly? Change the quilts and gauze curtains for me, and the emperor's clothes. Replace all the used items with new ones. Open all the doors and windows to change the smell. The emperor won't take too long to wash, so you guys hurry up, okay?"
Hearing the Imperial Concubine's words, the eunuchs and maids woke up as if from a dream and said yes, and moved quickly. For a moment, they were not sure whether the Imperial Concubine was favored or not. The Emperor said he wanted to kill her, so why was she still smiling and not afraid at all? Forget it, forget it, they didn't understand the affairs of the people above, so they just cleaned up first!
After the cleaning and ventilation were completed here, Mu Yuanxiu over there was finally cleaned up, but... he was carried back again
Rong Si was sitting on the railing at the entrance of the hall, and the half-eaten apple in her hand almost fell into the pond.
She thought that since Mu Yuanxiu was clamoring so loudly, she would think of other ways to deal with him after he came back, such as using a sedan chair or something. But who knew that he would be carried back with a new quilt.
Could this be an addiction
When Mu Yuanxiu sat cleanly on the fragrant bed and the smell in the room dissipated a lot, he finally felt much better. But when he thought about how he was carried around in a quilt by the eunuchs without any imperial dignity, he couldn't help but blame Rong Si for all this.
After all the young eunuchs had left, Rong Si walked in with a smile on her face.
"How is it? It does feel a lot better, right?"
Rong Si walked straight to Mu Yuanxiu's bed and helped him tie up the gauze curtain on one side. But who knew that in the next second, Mu Yuanxiu suddenly pulled her wrist hard, and the two of them immediately became in a position with the man on top and the woman on the bottom, and her wrists were pressed tightly to the bed by Mu Yuanxiu.
"Rong Si! Are you really so bold? Do you really think I dare not kill you?"
Rong Si definitely felt a flash of murderous intent in the other person's eyes, but it was a pity that he still had those shiny chickenpox on his face, which really hindered his dignity. There were also some scattered pox on his chest. Should Rong Si sigh that it was fortunate that she didn't have any claustrophobia
Looking at Mu Yuanxiu's angry eyes, Rong Si sighed softly, "No, Your Majesty, of course you dare to kill me, but I am also considering Your Majesty. Why is the smell in this room so strong? Your Majesty, you can smell it, right? That's why you are so easily irritable, which is not conducive to recuperation. That's why I thought of such a way to send you to wash, and I also specifically ordered the eunuchs not to use soap and soap beads on you. I really don't have any bad intentions, and I really don't mean to laugh at you. Look, you just finished taking a bath and I brought you the ointment prescribed by the Imperial Hospital to apply. As you said, Your Majesty, you are my husband and my heaven. Why would I have to go against you? Isn't it?"
Rong Si had a serious look on her face, and the jade medicine box in her hand happened to be right in front of Mu Yuanxiu's eyes.
The other party narrowed his eyes and gently let go of Rong Si's wrist.
Rong Si immediately sat up, glanced at Mu Yuanxiu, opened the lid of the jade box, and used the light of the night pearl to apply to Mu Yuanxiu starting from his side.
The light green plaster felt cool, but Rong Si's fingers felt soft and warm. Applying it on her chickenpox, it seemed to be able to instantly stop the ubiquitous itching.
The most important thing is that Rong Si's expression is really serious. If he moves a little, he will whisper "Don't move..."
The voice was low and soft, and the whole face looked particularly soft and hazy under the light of the night pearl.
Mu Yuanxiu watched her applying the lotion carefully on her body, from her chest to her back, from her neck to her cheeks. She was extremely focused. A faint fragrance emanated from her body, which was not the smell of powder, but rather a scent of white magnolia flowers that she often used for bathing.
Looking at and smelling it, Mu Yuanxiu couldn't help but feel that his thoughts were somewhat out of his control. He even felt that the woman in front of him, who had always been willful and capricious, and would never give in to others even when she was right, had become beautiful and attractive.
Looking at her juicy lower lip and slender white neck, he felt a little dry in his mouth and licked his lips subconsciously.
"Where else?"
"Um... what?"
"I asked you where else did you get the chickenpox? On your thighs?"
Rong Si asked as if it was natural.
Mu Yuanxiu suddenly remembered the unbearable itch on his butt when he was sleeping. His cheeks turned slightly red and he brushed Rong Si away, "It's gone, it's gone, just a few spots."
"No, no, why are you pushing me?"
"You are my concubine, I can do anything I want to you." As he said this, Mu Yuanxiu's heart suddenly surged with excitement.
"Of course, but you can't do many things now." Rong Si added casually.
Mu Yuanxiu thought the other party was laughing at him. When Rong Si came over with the porridge and asked him if he wanted to drink it, he was so annoyed that he reached out and overturned the porridge to the ground.
"No..."
"Ah, hiss..." Rong Si's back of her hand was accidentally stained with some hot porridge. She felt a sharp pain instantly. She quickly reached out to take out a handkerchief to wipe it, but the back of her hand quickly turned red.
Rong Si glanced at the porridge that had spilled on the ground, and then looked at Mu Yuanxiu who had a look of astonishment on his face.
"If you don't want to drink, you can tell me nicely..."
Rong Si forced herself to suppress her anger. Crazy, crazy, is this person crazy? Is there something wrong with his brain? He said he didn't want to drink. Is that so difficult
"I'll go out and ask someone to come and clean up this place and apply the medicine."
"Allow… "
As she spoke, Rong Si had already walked to the door. Her eyes moved slightly, and then she slowly turned around and looked at Mu Yuanxiu, who was sitting on the bed with a little worry in his eyes. She chuckled in her heart, "It seems that Your Majesty doesn't like my care. Don't worry, it won't be me tomorrow, and no one should make you angry. I'll go out first, you have a good rest."
Having said that, Rong Si pushed the door open and walked out quickly without waiting for Mu Yuanxiu to speak.
He first asked someone to clean Mu Yuanxiu's room, and then he was going to ask the imperial physician to give him some ointment for the burns. However, after searching for a long time, he couldn't find a free eunuch, so he had no choice but to return to his own courtyard.
Who knew that as soon as I stepped into the yard, I heard a clear male voice whispering, "Did your hand get burned?"
Rong Si was surprised and looked in the direction of the voice. She saw Mu Yichen still wearing the Lantern Festival mask, sitting on the tree in her yard, looking at her.
"It's you!"
Rong Si was surprised and asked, "Why are you here? This is the imperial palace! This is the Yangxin Palace! How did you get in?"
"I heard that the emperor had contracted smallpox, and you were sent by the queen mother to take care of the emperor. I have some medicine here, and I sent it to you."
As he spoke, the man in white jumped down from the tree.
Just at this moment, the voices of several young palace maids outside the courtyard gate came from far away.
Rong Si thought quickly and pointed to the roof, "Go there, there's no one there!"
Hearing this, Mu Yichen immediately took Rong Si to the roof. The two of them hid behind the Suanni on the eaves and watched the two little palace maids walk in quietly from below.
"Hey, the queen hasn't come back yet?"
"Yeah, that's right..."
The two of them walked into the house while talking. Rong Si couldn't hear what they were talking about. Instead, she turned to look at the man next to her and asked, "Are you a martial arts master? How come you can come and go in the palace at will? And how come you have medicine to treat smallpox?"
Mu Yichen didn't know that the emperor didn't have smallpox? Then why did he come this time...
Hearing Rong Si's question, Mu Yichen also fell silent. In fact, he himself didn't know why he came here for no reason. It might be because he saw Rong Si's little white cat playing with his cat too happily and made him impulsive, or it might be that he was still thinking about the other party saving his life without knowing anything about him, or it might be because he wanted revenge and made the other party have no one to rely on. So he was sent by the empress dowager to take care of the emperor. After all, Rong Si used to be very favored by the empress dowager. Not to mention asking her to take care of people, even if she beat anyone in the palace at will, the empress dowager would stand by her unswervingly, unlike now, when she was sent here when rumors of smallpox were spreading.
To outsiders, this was the beginning of Concubine Rong's downfall.
He knew that the Queen Mother still wanted to bring Rong Si and the Emperor together, but he was still afraid that she would start to have unrealistic thoughts.
Then he took out a box of medicine from his pocket and whispered, "This medicine can prevent acne. When you take it, drink it with mung bean soup..."
Upon hearing this, Rong Si immediately opened the medicine box and found that it was exactly the same as the one Xue Yuqiu gave her. She heard that it was the medicine given to her by Xue Yuqiu's grandmother in Longyou. Where did Mu Yichen get it from
Rong Si looked at him in surprise, then smiled, "Thank you, but you haven't told me who you are yet? Is your name really Song Lian?"
Rong Si frowned.
The masked man chuckled softly and looked up at the bright moon in the sky. Maybe because it was almost the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the moon looked like a silver plate, big, round and bright.
"I don't want to deceive you. It's indeed inconvenient for me to tell you my identity. You can call me Song Lian, or even Zhang Lian or Wang Lian. You can call me whatever you like."
He said so.
After hearing what he said, Rong Si no longer wanted to ask more questions. She leaned back against the eaves and said, "Okay, I think we'll know sooner or later..."
No, I know that now.
Rong Si's mouth curled up.
Hearing Rong Si say that she would know sooner or later, Mu Yichen's hand moved slightly. He turned around and saw Rong Si looking straight at the bright moon in the sky. Her hair and clothes rustled slightly in the night breeze, and she looked like she would go away with the wind at any time.
Because they had avoided the palace maids before, the distance between the two was very close. They could even feel the temperature and touch of each other's body through their clothes. This made Mu Yichen's Adam's apple move slightly. He wanted to avoid it, but he was also a little greedy for such temperature. After a while, he turned his head.
"It's getting late today, I should go..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Rong Si leaning against the eaves, sleeping quietly in the early summer night breeze, with the red mark on the back of her hand extremely conspicuous.
After thinking about it, he took out a half-used box of white ointment from his sleeve. It was the ointment he used when he pretended to be stupid and was teased, beaten and scolded by the eunuchs. It was very effective for bruises and burns.
He scooped a little and rubbed it on the back of Rong Si's hand, but she showed no sign of waking up. Only after the ointment was evenly spread on her did Mu Yichen gently hug her and jump off the roof. He sent her into the hall and covered her with a quilt. Just as he was about to leave, his sleeve was grabbed by someone.
When he lowered his head, he saw Rong Si's misty eyes. "Are you leaving? Will you come to see me tomorrow? Can you bring me some red bean cake from Baiweizhai?"
Seeing that Rong Si was not very awake but looked very familiar, Mu Yichen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."
"Okay, I'll give you the money then."
"Need not."
"Yes, yes." Rong Si waved her hand politely, turned around and fell into a deep sleep.
In modern times, there is a delivery fee for ordering takeout. How can she not pay money when asking His Royal Highness Prince Rui to send her snacks
After hearing what Rong Si said, Mu Yichen had no choice but to obey her. After he returned to his bedroom, he sat for a while and actually asked his subordinates to go to Baiweizhai outside the palace to buy him a box of red bean cakes. He tasted it himself and found it a bit sweet and not to his taste. However, the two cats seemed to be particularly happy with it, especially the tabby cat, which jumped up and took away all the other red bean cakes to feed its wife.
Mu Yichen couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the two sticky things.
Rong Si, huh
If the two of them had not met under these circumstances...
No, there are no ifs.
On the second day, Mu Yuanxiu's face instantly darkened when he saw Lu Changzai kneeling respectfully in front of him.
"why you?"
Rong Si!
If you say you won’t come, you really won’t come!
Good, you are fine!
Do you really think I can't do without you
Rong Si, who had just woken up, sneezed loudly as she sat up. She rubbed her nose, looking confused.
Did you catch a cold last night