After Su Huailing was dragged away, Emperor Jingren ordered his servants to leave, leaving only him and the empress in the room.
The Queen walked up to him and asked, "Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with Su Huailing?"
Emperor Jingren shook his head in disbelief: "This woman's idea is really interesting. All the mistakes are hers alone, and she bears all the responsibility. If this is really possible, I would also like to say that the world belongs to me, and I will bear all the responsibility."
"The world originally belongs to your Majesty." Looking at the little emperor who seemed a little tired sitting in the chair, the queen couldn't help but stretch out her hand and put it on his shoulder, massaging him with just the right strength.
A wave of numbness and comfort came from his shoulders. Emperor Jingren groaned comfortably, then quietly closed his eyes and continued, "Well... Although the world belongs to me, I don't have the final say. I hope that the weather will be good all year round, the people will live and work in peace, the foreigners will abide by the law, and the court officials will be honest and incorruptible, but I can't do all of this. Similarly, if a court official makes a mistake, I can't take the responsibility alone. Even if she did it alone, is it not wrong for the other guards to be so lazy? Her idea is really ridiculous."
"Your Majesty is a wise ruler. Even if things in the world cannot go as one wishes, Your Majesty is still working hard for the people and the world. Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of affairs. Please don't waste your time on a ridiculous person." The queen's hand moved from her shoulders down, gently kneading her waist.
"It's okay for her to have such thoughts, everyone is naive. But Su Huailing is a person with great luck. If such a person doesn't know the rules and acts recklessly, others will suffer. From what she said, in fact, neither the cold palace nor the hunting ground guards left their posts without permission, but they were punished just because she was lucky. There are not many people implicated by sneaking into the hunting ground, what if one day she overestimates her own abilities and sneaks into the battlefield? What if one day she is used by others to steal confidential military information?" Emperor Jingren frowned, "Such a person, whose luck is too strong but cannot be killed, may be able to escape even if she is locked up. How should we deal with her?"
"We can think about how to deal with you another day. Your Majesty is tired today, go and have a rest." The Queen looked at Emperor Jingren's pale face and couldn't help but said, "If Your Majesty doesn't go and have a rest, I will carry you back."
Her lips were pressed against Emperor Jingren's ear, and her low, hoarse voice went straight through his ears to his heart.
Emperor Jingren glared at the queen unhappily and said, "Jinyi, don't act recklessly by relying on your strength. I didn't say I won't go back to rest."
It was just a slight rebuke, but no anger.
The queen smiled and followed Emperor Jingren back to her bedroom.
The palace was built on a hot spring, and the backyard of the bedroom was the hot spring. When Emperor Jingren came to the palace, he was so tired today, so he naturally wanted to take a hot spring bath. When he was about to take a bath after bathing, Emperor Jingren looked at the queen with some expectation with his wet hair.
This is an invitation to bathe together, but... The Queen thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, this is an extraordinary period, and the palace may not be safe. In order to avoid any unexpected situations, it is better for me to stay outside the hot spring and watch over Your Majesty."
Emperor Jingren nodded somewhat disappointedly, took off his clothes, and soaked in the hot spring. The Queen, wearing a tight outfit, sat by the hot spring and poured a glass of wine for Emperor Jingren: "It's cold in the autumn night, your Majesty should have a glass of water and wine to warm yourself up."
Emperor Jingren took a sip of the wine glass, but did not finish it. He looked at the remaining half glass of wine, thought for a moment, and then handed the glass to the queen and said, "Jinyi, warm yourself up too."
The Queen's expression remained unchanged. She took the wine glass and drank the rest of the wine directly from the place where Emperor Jingren had just placed his lips. The night breeze blew, and her long hair, which was tied up high, swayed gently in the wind. Her every move was indescribably free and happy, which made Emperor Jingren stunned for a moment.
The queen poured another glass of wine, took a sip herself, and then very disrespectfully handed the remaining wine to Emperor Jingren: "Your Majesty, drink some more."
Emperor Jingren allowed others to drink his remaining wine, which was a great gift; but if others let the emperor drink their remaining wine, it would be a great disrespect, even if the other person was the queen. But Emperor Jingren not only did not blame the queen, but took the wine glass and imitated the queen's behavior just now, drinking the wine.
"Your Majesty has a good alcohol tolerance," the queen continued, pouring another cup, "How about I drink with Your Majesty today, each drinking half a cup, and see who gets drunk first? Of course, I will protect Your Majesty and will not let the wine interfere with anything."
The implication is that the Queen was very confident in her drinking capacity, and that it would be Emperor Jingren who would be the one to get drunk in the end.
Emperor Jingren was a little annoyed, so he snatched the wine glass and said, "Instead of drinking half a glass, why don't you drink one glass each and I drink one glass at a time?"
After saying this, he was about to toast, but after taking a sip, the Queen snatched the glass away and drank the remaining half.
"No, drinking too fast is harmful to your health." The Queen said slowly, "Besides, this time I want to drink a glass of wine with Your Majesty and be the beauty who makes the king drunk."
As soon as these words came out, they not only successfully eliminated Emperor Jingren's anger, but also made him feel particularly good: "The Queen is not a treacherous concubine who brought harm to the country. Moreover, the only one who can bring harm to the country is the emperor himself. What does it have to do with a woman who survives by relying on the emperor's favor? If the emperor does not give her power, how can she bring harm to the country?"
With just one sentence, Emperor Jingren cleared the name of the beauty who had been the cause of disaster throughout history. His eyes were clear and he looked at the empress openly without any avoidance.
"Your Majesty is wise," the Queen said sincerely.
The two of them flirted for a while over a drink, and talked about state affairs, family affairs, and world affairs. The more and more intoxicated Emperor Jingren was, the more he felt that the empress was knowledgeable and it was a waste of her talent to be confined in the harem. Thinking of the empress's outstanding skills during the day, the already drunk Emperor Jingren held the empress's hand with one hand and said, "Jinyi is a great talent, what a pity, what a pity."
The empress had gone from sitting by the bathtub to lying on her side next to the emperor. There was no trace of drunkenness in her eyes. Instead, she looked at Emperor Jingren intently and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think it's hard for women to achieve great things?"
Emperor Jingren shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with whether she is a woman or not. In ancient times, there were emperors whose young empresses ruled the country from behind the curtain. The decisions they made were no less than those of men. I have never looked down on women. I just feel sorry that Jinyi's martial arts should be displayed on the battlefield, not in this palace."
"It is my greatest honor to be the queen mother," the queen said softly.
Emperor Jingren said nothing. He let go of the Queen's wrist, reached out to touch the Queen's face, and drank the wine in the glass.
"It is my honor to have Jinyi accompany me." Emperor Jingren said.
He handed the wine glass to the queen, who stared at the glass for a while, shook her head and said, "I don't think it's fun to drink like this."
"Oh? Then how would Jinyi like to drink?" Emperor Jingren placed his naked arms on the edge of the bathtub, leaned his head on his arms, and looked up at the Queen.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment." The queen put down the wine jug, stood up and walked out.
After waiting for a while, Emperor Jingren felt a little dizzy. He knew that he couldn't soak in the hot spring for too long, so he quietly came out of the bath. Because he wanted to be alone with the queen, there were no maids or eunuchs around him. Emperor Jingren wiped his body casually, picked up the single clothes on the rack and put them on.
When the Queen came with two large wine jars, she saw Emperor Jingren sitting on a recliner, wearing a single white garment, with wet hair hanging by his side, and his eyes closed, half asleep and half awake.
The queen took the robe from the rack, covered Emperor Jingren with it and said, "Your Majesty, be careful not to catch a cold."
Emperor Jingren opened his eyes and saw the wine jar in the empress's hand, which was half a meter high and could be used as a wine jar. He suddenly woke up. He pointed at the wine jar (jar?) and asked, "Jinyi, do you want one jar for each of us?"
"Of course not." The queen smiled and tapped the jar lightly, causing the seal to pop off automatically.
The queen lifted the jar of wine with one hand and drank from it with great enthusiasm.
Emperor Jingren: “…”
He couldn't drink in such a heroic way.
Unexpectedly, the Queen had never thought of letting Emperor Jingren drink from the jar. She put down the jar, looked at Emperor Jingren with a smile, supported herself on the recliner with one hand, leaned down, and kissed Emperor Jingren's lips hard.
After drinking the wine which was several times stronger than before, Emperor Jingren opened his eyes wide and grabbed the empress's shoulders tightly.
It was unknown how long they drank like this, until both jars of wine were finished, and the Queen did not seem to be drunk at all. On the contrary, Emperor Jingren became drunk after just a few sips, and he was not sure whether there was still wine in the Queen's kiss.
Emperor Jingren vaguely remembered that he was probably carried horizontally in front of someone and brought back to the bedroom. He vaguely felt that he was leaning on a broad and strong chest, and was gently placed on the bed and kissed again and again with great care.