The boy blinked blankly, and tears started to flow down.
Changle was startled and quickly knelt down to pull his sleeves: "Your Majesty, you can't cry now... Think about it, the Queen's cough is due to physical weakness, it's not as serious as you think, this is a happy thing."
Doctor Huang quietly stopped him and said, "He has too many things in his heart. It would be better if he cries. Don't worry, I'll take care of him."
The young eunuch had no choice but to stand aside silently and watch with heartache.
In Changle's memory, His Majesty cried and made a scene only when he was the crown prince...
At that time, the late emperor was still alive, and Your Majesty had only one son, so he doted on him. He brought him with him when he met with ministers and when he read books. Your Majesty was still young at that time, the size of a little kid, and the late emperor would hug and touch him whenever he could.
The late emperor invited his most favored teacher for Your Majesty. Your Majesty has been very well behaved and reads until late at night every day. However, the young teacher believes that strict teachers produce excellent students, so he is extremely strict with Your Majesty and often punishes You with one excuse or another.
Of course, when the son of the royal family made a mistake, the young master did not dare to punish him directly, so Changle was the one who got beaten.
Unfortunately, His Majesty has been kind and compassionate since childhood. Every time he was beaten, he would feel guilty for a long time and would pull him to apply medicine on him.
Once, the young master beat him really hard, and it happened to be winter. Changle's hands were already chapped from constant work, and they were swollen after being hit by the young master's ruler.
His Majesty felt sorry for him and hurriedly pulled him to kneel before the late emperor to wipe his tears.
At that time, the little boy was kneeling on the stone steps of the Mingsheng Temple. He was not much taller than the threshold, and he knelt there in the freezing cold.
The man was sobbing, but his back was straight.
"If Qingxi really didn't work hard and couldn't complete the teacher's task, and was unworthy of the teacher's teachings, Qingxi would admit it. But Xier studied hard day and night, and carefully remembered and reviewed everything the teacher taught him. But the teacher still punished him for those tricky questions. Xier didn't understand. Changle is Xier's servant, but my father also said that servants are also human beings. It's Xier's own problem that he couldn't protect him. But Xier believes that there is nothing wrong with what he did, said, and said. How can the young master hit Changle at will?"
The late emperor ordered someone to find out what happened and then held the little person in his arms to comfort him.
That night, His Majesty caught a cold and had a high fever. He was still thinking about Changle in his dreams and asked, "Has the wound on Changle's hand been cured?"
Later, the late emperor passed away, and Your Majesty was forced to ascend the throne even though he was still a child.
From then on, he seemed to have hardly ever seen His Majesty cry again.
Now, looking at the boy with tears dripping down his chin...
Changle suddenly felt as if he had returned to that extremely cold winter. Although his majesty felt wronged, he still had someone who cared for him.
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Duan Changchuan cried for a long time. The more he cried, the sadder he felt. He felt that he was too willful.
But when he thought about how much he cried and Bai Su didn't stand in front of him, hug him and wipe his tears, he felt wronged.
It was not until the handkerchief was soaked that the pain finally stopped.
She raised her red eyes and looked at Doctor Huang, asking, "Can I go over and take a look? She left me..."
So, under the leadership of Doctor Huang, they went to a cellar under the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Although it was early summer in June, the cellar was as cold as a freezer. The deeper we went, even the breath we exhaled turned into white mist.
Changle put warm clothes on him and said, "Your Majesty, be careful not to catch a cold."
He nodded and continued walking down.
It turned out that this was an ice cellar, with large blocks of ice inside, which stored many things, including some rare medicinal materials, which were placed in ice drawers according to categories.
Bai Su had taken the blood from the earth and placed it in a relatively outer position, in two large ice drawers. When she opened them, she found ten white jade bottles neatly arranged inside.
"She took three bowls of blood, and I put them in ten bottles. The bottles were made by Bai Yatou and Feng Yan. A small bottle can be used three times. Now there is half a bottle left. I don't want to use it, so I thought I would give it to you when you have a serious pregnancy reaction."
Duan Changchuan's fingers brushed over the white jade bottles one by one, and the bright yellow hem of his clothes was covered with cool moisture.
Ten bottles...
It was filled with Bai Su's blood, and it had been fed to him every day over the past month, just to ensure that he could get the comfort of Alpha pheromones every day.
"Can I... take all these used bottles back with me?"
He asked in a trembling voice.
"You... I advise you not to take it back. Why would you take it back? You will be more and more upset the more you think about it. You are pregnant now, and you can't have too many emotional ups and downs. If you take this bottle back, you will definitely cry while holding it at night. It's not good for the baby in your belly."
"I won't cry, I just want to take it back and look at it..."
"No, I promised Bai Yatou that I would take good care of you, and I mean no. Not only no, I have to stay in your palace tonight to prevent anything from happening to you."
The boy sniffed sadly...
He lowered his head again.
"Alright, alright, it's no big deal! She left you something for such a long time, she must have come back on time. Maybe in three or five days, she will be in the palace. It's just that Eleven came out a little early. If he had been a little more patient, he might have seen the girl packing her luggage and rushed over to tell you the good news. What an idiot who can't do anything."
The old man spoke in a serious manner, as if he had seen Bai Su packing her luggage with his own eyes.
But Duan Changchuan was not a silly little Bai who could be coaxed by any words. He sighed helplessly, turned around and told Changle: "Let Eleven go back to see Bai Su again. It will take him four or five days to go back and forth. If Bai Su still has only a slight cough, I... won't worry."
The young eunuch quickly responded: "Well, I'll go back and tell them right away!"
"Wait... Never mind. Come back with me to the Mingsheng Temple. I wrote a letter to Bai Su earlier, and I'll let Eleven take it to Huainan."
"Okay, let's go out first, Your Majesty."
"Um."
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Duan Changchuan returned to the palace, took out the letter he had written earlier, and handed it to Eleven: "Let Xiaoba go with you. The Queen is smart. If the person delivering the letter is suddenly changed, she will definitely be suspicious. Please... run faster."
Xiao Ba quickly took the letter, knelt on one knee and swore: "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will reach the Queen's Huainan Palace within two days."
Eleven also knelt down and replied with full energy: "Don't worry, Your Majesty!"
Then he hurriedly left.
The letter in the paper tube was carried along by the two men at full speed, and was finally delivered to Bai Su in the early morning of the third day.
Huainan has entered the plum rain season recently. It has been raining for several days in a row, and the air is filled with fog in the morning.
Even the walls inside the house were covered with water droplets.
The locals say: This is called the return of the south wind.
Bai Su first looked at the drizzling rain outside the window for a while, then turned around and lit the Atractylodes lancea in the incense burner with familiarity.
As soon as the smoke began to rise from the stove, I heard a familiar knock on the door.
"Your Majesty, I am Xiao Ba, and the letter from His Majesty has arrived."
He hurried over to open the door for them: "Thank you for your hard work, ahem... Is your majesty okay?"
The secret guard nodded quickly: "Your Majesty is fine. The Mingsheng Temple encountered assassins a few days ago, but your Majesty is fine."
After saying that, he looked at her face again inquiringly: "Why do you have a cough, Madam?"
"It's okay, ahem... It started to rain in Huainan a few days ago when the plum blossom season came. The temperature suddenly dropped. I was in a hurry to discuss matters with Elder Sun and the others, so I didn't wear more clothes. I caught a cold, ahem... I drank the Guizhi Decoction Elder Sun gave me, and I'm almost well now. I'll read it and write back to him later. Don't tell him about this. It's not a big deal. If he hears about it, it will only make him worry and have wild thoughts."
Xiao Ba nodded quickly, but... before he could even utter "yes", Eleven suddenly appeared next to him.
His voice was loud, but because of Bai Su's identity, he couldn't reveal it, so he shouted in a whisper: "Madam, it turns out you just caught a cold! His Majesty thought you had an epidemic and cried for a long time! Your eyes are swollen from crying!"
Xiao Ba: …
I subconsciously covered his mouth.
But this person was still confused: "Why don't you let me speak? Your Majesty didn't say not to let the queen know."
Xiao Ba pinched his ears and taught him a lesson: "Didn't His Majesty tell you to observe secretly? Don't you know what secretly means?"
Bai Su: …
Shaking the paper tube helplessly, "So this is why you two came here to deliver the letter?"
Xiao Ba nodded weakly, "Yes... His Majesty told Eleven to return to Shengjing to inform him if you have any symptoms. You had symptoms such as coughing a few days ago, and Eleven went to Shengjing immediately. His Majesty was very worried about your situation after hearing about it, so he asked me and Eleven to come over to take a look. Your Majesty, please read the letter quickly, His Majesty is still waiting for you in Shengjing."
After hearing what the little guy far away in the capital had done, Bai Su didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.
If you say he is smart, he found someone with a slow mind; if you say he is stupid, only someone with a slow mind would not deceive him about such a matter.
In a nutshell: Too clever by half.
Oh, it’s really…
I don’t know what to say.
"You guys go and have a rest first. You must have had a hard time coming here. Let Xiaoliu get you some food. I'm going to write a letter now, and I'll have to trouble you to send it back in the evening," she said.
Then he took the letter back to his room.
In the room, Atractylodes lancea and mugwort were already burning.
Smoke was rising from the incense burner and the air was filled with the smell of herbs.
Bai Su sat down at the table and opened the paper tube. The faint scent of gardenia floated out first. The message conveyed contained youthful shyness and longing for her.
Just by smelling the pheromones, one can sense the boy's fluctuating emotions when he writes the letter.
The woman couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.
The letter is a note written by a handsome young man, but it also has a lingering feeling.
Perhaps even Duan Changchuan himself did not realize that there was a slight difference between the writing style he used when reviewing memorials and when writing letters. The notes he used when reviewing memorials were sharp and full of a strong imperial aura, but the letters he wrote to her were obviously much more delicate, and there was a little more tenderness in the strokes... like a spoiled child.
[To my dear Alpha,
I am writing to you.]
The words between the lines are all about missing her.
Bai Su couldn't help but smile as she read the letter. When she saw the last sentence, "I really liked your last letter. Can you write another one, sister?", she couldn't help but smile softly with her hands covering her lips.
It was as if that person was standing right in front of her, pulling her sleeve with his fingertips, shaking it gently, and calling her with red ears: "Sister... ok?"
He immediately took a piece of paper from the table and wrote a line of small words:
[I heard that a certain Omega sent someone to monitor me. This time, nothing happened. Just reflect on yourself.]
Then fold it in half and put it directly into a new paper tube.
Only then did he spread out another piece of paper and start writing seriously.
[To my baby,
I hope you are safe and sound.
I was secretly being observed by someone. Should I get the vaccine? Don't worry, the epidemic in Huainan has been well controlled. I just caught a cold and coughed a few days ago, and I will be well soon. I still dare to write and send you letters, which is very telling, right? If I really had the epidemic, how could I dare to send something close to me to you? I will be careful at all times. If something happens to me, what will happen to my Omega? Every time I think of you, I will be doubly careful.
Huainan has indeed had its plum blossom season recently. I heard from the locals that it won't be too hot and stuffy just after the plum blossom season, so I feel fine. Jiangnan is very beautiful. Yesterday I picked a lotus from the lotus pond and put it on the table. It's a pity that I don't have a camera in this era, otherwise I would definitely take a picture to show you. Regarding the water conservancy in Huainan, I reminded Lin Qing a few days ago to be careful. I have also told him the specific methods. He and the runner-up are both smart and will not neglect it.
Speaking of this, is anyone secretly jealous again
Don't worry, I don't have any contact with Lin Qing. He is with Elder Sun in Huainan City to deal with the plague. I only have simple correspondence with him. Be good, I can show you all the letters when I get back. ]
Afterwards, I wrote some more instructions like being careful and saying I missed him.
The final signature is still: [Your Alpha Baisu]
In addition, the letters that the children wanted were also written and placed in the paper tube.
It was not until the evening, when Xiao Ba and Shi Yi had rested and had dinner, that Bai Su handed the perfunctory letter to Shi Yi.
Then he hooked his finger at Xiao Ba and handed him the real letter, deliberately avoiding Shiyi and whispered to him, "Wait for Shiyi to finish reading the letter to His Majesty, and then give this one to him after a while."
Xiao Ba, who was as shrewd as a human, immediately guessed that there was something fishy going on and immediately fell in dismay: "My queen, did you deliberately write a random letter to His Majesty? No, our Majesty cried so hard the past two days, please don't tease him... His Majesty is also worried about you."
Bai Su: "Then you watch him, and when he's about to cry, take out the letter to comfort him. Don't let him really cry."
"…Ah? Oh, okay, okay, I'll keep it in mind!"
"Well, go ahead, don't keep him waiting."
"Yes! I will go back first. Your Majesty, please take care of yourself and return to Beijing as soon as possible!"
"knew."
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