The boy's gaze was fixed, and it was not difficult to notice.
Bai Su lowered her head following his gaze, and immediately pulled her sleeves back up, smiling and joking: "Are you scared? It's okay, you can't see it if you cover it up. I also thought it was ugly when I first saw it."
He looked calm while speaking and didn't seem to care.
Speaking of which, this was the nth time Duan Changchuan had wondered since he knew some of the truth. It hadn't been long since she was "forced into the palace to be the empress". Did Bai Su...really no longer care, or had she hidden all her emotions
I really want to say a few words of comfort.
But I also feel it is inappropriate.
It is not appropriate to be the "root cause" of all this. It is also not appropriate to comfort the other person on the surface while maintaining a calm distance from the other person on the inside.
Therefore, he thought about it for a long time and could only say: "... I don't think it's ugly."
The other party replied: "Okay, actually I think it's ugly."
Like coaxing a child.
Duan Changchuan hadn't felt this way for a long time. His chest felt stuffy and uncomfortable.
[Did I behave too much like a child in front of her, so I was treated like a child? ]
[In fact, she never took me seriously, right...]
[What kind of person is Lin Qing? Is he more stable than me? Is he older than me... so he is more suitable for me? ]
As if possessed by a ghost, he took out the letter that Yun Xie had given him from the small mechanical drawer under the table.
If it were in the past, even if he tried every means, he would not reveal any of his strength in front of an "unknown enemy".
Only this person...
This was the only letter he wanted to read, so he read it regardless of the consequences.
Because he couldn't see through her.
The more I can't see clearly, the more I think about it...
I had already taken out the letter and was about to unfold it when Changle's voice came from outside the door, asking, "Your Majesty, I have returned from outside."
Duan Changchuan calmly put the letter back into the book and said, "Come in."
The young eunuch dressed in a python costume immediately bowed and came in, then closed the door with a creaky sound. As soon as he came forward, he began to wipe his tears in front of Duan Changchuan.
"Your Majesty..."
Duan Changchuan raised his eyelids: "What's wrong? Were you bullied by Zhang Dehai again?"
"No, I don't. Zhang Zongguan was left to Your Majesty by the late Emperor. How can a little boy like me be so angry..."
"The slave was not bullied..."
He said he was not bullied, but every word he said was an accusation.
As he spoke, he glanced at him.
Duan Changchuan: …
"I understand. Let's punish him to clean the Queen's Qinglu Palace. The Queen will move in in a month. Let him be careful. If he doesn't do a good job, he won't be allowed to return to Mingsheng Palace."
According to the rules, the emperor had to sleep on the same bed with his new queen for a whole month. This was to consolidate the queen's position, cultivate their relationship, and give birth to a prince as soon as possible to stabilize the country.
A month later, Bai Su returned to live in her Qinglu Palace.
I thought Bai Su would have some reaction to this, but the young eunuch had already received the order and left, and the person sitting next to him was still fiddling with the Nine Rings seriously.
The sound of metal, tinkling, neither fast nor slow.
Just like her: calm and relaxed.
Perhaps noticing his gaze, the woman suddenly turned her head and asked, "What's wrong? Are you still scared?"
Then, she gently pinched his face and said, "It will go away after a while, don't worry."
Her fingers were not delicate, probably because no one had taken care of them since she was a child, so they were a little rough. She only touched it once, but the feeling seemed to remain on her skin, lingering for a long time.
The young man was startled and quickly lowered his head.
Whispered back: "Who's worried about you..."
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Duan Changchuan didn't open the letter containing intelligence about the Bai family until the evening.
Seeing that Bai Su had gone to take a hot spring bath and would not be back for a while, he took it out of the drawer of the mechanism.
Unfolding it, it was filled with densely written words:
[Bai Su, the eldest daughter of the Bai family. Her mother, Xue, was the head of the four merchants in Jiangnan. She died three years after her marriage, leaving behind a two-year-old daughter and an old maid. The next year, the old maid passed away, and the prime minister's legitimate daughter was born, named Jinzhi.]
Duan Changchuan's eyes fell on the line "two-year-old girl" and he blinked gently.
His father passed away when he was six years old, and even though he held the highest position in the imperial city, he still felt that he could not move forward... Bai Su lost her mother when she was two years old, and the following year she lost her only maidservant...
That year, Bai Su was only three years old.
How can a three-year-old illegitimate girl survive in a cannibalistic prime minister's mansion
The rest of the page gave him the answer:
[The eldest daughter lived in the southeast courtyard of the prime minister's residence. She was treated harshly by the servants and was often sick. At the age of ten, she was seriously ill and almost died. Fortunately, she was rescued by an elderly servant and survived.]
[At the age of fourteen, she caught a severe cold and ran away from home to look for medicine. She met Qing, the son of the Lin family, and was saved. They met secretly for the next seven years and she promised to ask the emperor to marry her when she passed the imperial examination.]
[A month ago, I entered the palace for my sister, cut my wrists and tried to commit suicide, but was treated. I tried to commit suicide several times, but to no avail.]
[Three days ago, the Prime Minister's residence gave him a drug and he entered the palace.]
A hundred words, a page of paper, twenty years of life and death.
This was the half of Bai Su's life before she met him.
The young man sitting in front of the desk sat there in a daze for a long time before he slowly placed the letter on the candle flame and burned it.
Those lines of words seemed to be engraved in my mind, popping out one by one.
"Her Majesty the Queen, Jin An."
Changle's announcement was heard outside the door.
Duan Changchuan quickly put his things away, calmed himself down, and sat back in his seat.
There was still a smell of burnt charcoal in the air.
I found that the other party did not enter the study, but went back to the bedroom to sleep.
Maybe it was because he smelled too much incense on Bai Su that gave him the illusion... Ever since the other party entered the room, there has been a faint and refreshing fragrance floating in the air.
Duan Changchuan quickly shook his head and took out his "On State Governance" to read to divert his attention.
However, some things are harder to ignore the more you try to ignore them.
This pleasant scent of flowers and plants comes and goes. Every time I just get into it, it hooks me out of the book, and when I smell it carefully again, I can't smell anything anymore.
It's like a spirit.
The boy threw the book on the table with a "bang" and let out a long breath.
"His Majesty?"
Changle heard the voice and came forward holding up her clothes.
The boy pursed his lips and hooked his finger mysteriously.
The young eunuch immediately put his ear over.
Duan Changchuan: "Do you know what kind of incense the Queen uses every day?"
Changle stayed where he was: "... Xiang?"
Duan Changchuan: "It's the incense we usually use. It seems to smell like peony. Since she came, the palace has been filled with this scent."
Changle was even more confused: "Your Majesty, I have only smelled the scent of soapberry on Your Majesty... There has never been the scent of peony in this palace. It's not even February yet, and the peony will not bloom for several months."
he:
He waved his long sleeves and said, "Go and call Yi Man as well."
#I don't believe it, there must be something wrong with you! #
After a while, Yiman also came over.
The child was still young and worked very carefully. He was stunned at first when he heard the question, then he sniffed carefully for a long time, then knelt down tremblingly: "Your Majesty, there may be something wrong with my nose. I can't smell anything..."
The young emperor, who usually remained calm even when faced with a catastrophe, now had a look of fear as if he was struck by lightning.
Even after Changle and Yiman were driven away, their conversation outside could still be heard.
"Master, I really don't smell anything... Is there something wrong with my nose..."
"Hiss... How many times have I told you to be careful with your words, be careful with your words!"
"oh oh."
Duan Changchuan: …
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Duan Changchuan slept restlessly the whole night.
Perhaps because he was too obsessed with peonies, he dreamed that he went to a large peony field and peonies were blooming all over the mountains.
He was lying on the lawn to rest when suddenly a gust of wind blew and the peonies on both sides turned into people, saying, "Our goddess wants to see you."
Even in his sleep, he was very bold, acting like an emperor, and said, "Oh, then let her come over."
Then, an extremely large peony grew out of the ground, supporting him up, rising higher and higher.
"Is your goddess in heaven?" he asked.
Suddenly, a low laugh came from beneath me.
The next moment, the peony flower supporting him suddenly turned into a person. He recognized this person, wasn't it Bai Su
He had his arms around the woman's neck and was being carried like a princess.
He was confused at first: …
Then the whole person was horrified: !!!
Duan Changchuan was awakened by shock...
Why was he being hugged? Why was he being hugged like a princess? Why were his arms hanging around her so naturally
It's outrageous!
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