Today, for some reason, he got drunk a little faster, and even he slept more than an hour longer than usual after being drunk. All the signs made him suspicious. He was afraid that someone secretly moved his hands and feet, which made him so abnormal.
But after he woke up, the feeling on his body was the same as when he was drunk in the past. Even because he slept for a long time, even his mind was more sober than when he woke up drunk in the past.
The only difference is that his wife is not by his side.
The maid said that the concubine remembered that it was New Year's Eve, and there were many foreign envoys, so it was not easy for the East Palace to be rude, so she returned to the banquet.
But it was almost past time. As usual, most of the people at Getai's night banquet should have left, but she didn't come back, so he had to be suspicious.
Chu Ning's back became stiffer and stiffer, but the expression on his face was trying his best to relax, and he replied softly: "Just now when I was about to come back, it suddenly snowed outside, and I happened to be a little tired, so I searched on Getai first. I slept in a room for a while, and then I came back later, please forgive me."
Xiao Yu didn't rush to continue to ask, but just looked at her expression carefully by candlelight, as if to see something from it.
"Later, what happened at the banquet?"
Chu Ning's heart tensed, knowing that he didn't believe her words, so he asked her what happened later to see if she really stayed at the banquet.
She bit her lip, her cheeks flushed slightly, and bowed her head wonderingly: "Something really happened..."
Xiao Yu then eased his expression, pulled her up from his feet and sat on the edge of the bed, holding her in his arms with one hand and pinching her chin with the other, forcing her to look up at him.
"What's the matter?"
Her eyes flickered and she said softly, "I heard that Erniang Zhao broke into the side hall where the saint rested. The movement was a bit loud, and many people saw it..."
"Zhao Yu'e?" Xiao Yu paused, immediately remembering what he had heard before, and said contemptuously, "She's so brave, she doesn't even want her face, it's really embarrassing for her Zhao family. What about the saint? How is he? Woman, will he not?"
Chu Ning became more and more uncomfortable, looked at him strangely, and murmured: "The saint was not in the temple at that time..."
"Where?" Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and asked.
"The saint is in the Chongming Pavilion..." She bit her lip and suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, "There was also a maid by her side, and her appearance was blocked. The servants have been cleared, and no one else is allowed to leave..."
She didn't dare to speak in detail, she could only try to tell the matter from the perspective of others, and from time to time, the various discussions heard in the Chongming Pavilion echoed in her ears, and her cheeks were almost flushed.
However, at the same time as she was shy, facing Xiao Yu's mean and cold face, she still had a secret and nervous pleasure in her heart.
If he knew the truth, would he be as angry and painful as she was...
Xiao Yu didn't know what she was thinking, a sneer full of ridicule appeared on his indifferent face, and sneered: "My uncle can bear it. In the past, when I was in Ganzhou, I heard that he was like an ascetic, and now he is the emperor. , it's becoming more and more undisguised. The last time I was on the racecourse, this time I played with women openly at the New Year's Eve banquet, but I really didn't take the Qi family seriously. I don't know if the Qi family can bear him like this. How long have you been acting presumptuously?"
Chu Ning glanced at him and didn't answer, but she didn't agree with him.
She knew that Xiao Yu hated both the Queen Mother Qi and Xiao Kezhi thoroughly, so she naturally hoped that the two of them would fight in secret so that he, the precarious prince, could reap the benefits.
But she never understood why he felt that the Qi family had the strength to compete with the emperor. In her opinion, the emperor has military power in his hands, and the army in his hands can be called the heaviest weapon in Great Liang.
In contrast, the Queen Mother Qi is also a sensible person. For so many years, the Qi family has never really coveted the imperial power. They remembered their position as a foreign relative, and they only sought the unshakable status of the Qi family.
Thinking about it, it was these years of fighting that made Xiao Yu put too much attention on the Qi family, which invisibly magnified the Qi family's fears and fears, and could no longer look up to see the overall situation.
His vision is too narrow, and because of this, people like him are probably not destined to be a real wise man.
"What are you thinking?" Xiao Yu patted her cheek and seemed to be in a better mood. There was no more suspicion and displeasure in his eyes. "You are not allowed to stay outside for so long in the future."
"Understood, I was wrong today." Chu Ning returned to his senses and admitted his mistake very consciously, which made him feel more at ease.
"It's getting late, I'll serve His Highness to wash up." She said, putting one hand on his chest and trying to get up, but he gently pinched it and kissed it on her lips.
"If you know you're wrong, you should be punished."
His eyes were a little dark, and he was depressed a few days ago. In addition to the eventful New Year's Day, except the day he came back, he never touched her again. Today, he is more interested.
"His Royal Highness will meet the courtiers tomorrow and participate in the ceremony, so you shouldn't be tired..." Chu Ning felt a bit of burnout, trying to find an excuse to refuse.
He squeezed her soft and delicate hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "I really shouldn't be tired, so let's change Aning, okay?"
Chu Ning lowered his head, biting his lips and saying nothing.
He let go of her a little bit, his eyes fell on her dress, raised his chin, and said, "Be good, take off your clothes yourself."
She took a deep breath, turned sideways, and took off the shawls and long-sleeved shirts that were covering her outside, but she didn't dare to move when she left the chest-length skirt inside.
I don't know if there are any traces left.
She paused, slowly pulled his hand over her body, and put her hand into his shirt.
He couldn't help closing his eyes and gasping for breath, but as if he felt it was not enough, he pulled her and kissed her for a while, then rubbed her lips with his thumb, his deep eyes full of hints.
She understood, her body trembled, and she slowly knelt down in front of him, bowing her head.
He tightened his body, then slowly relaxed, leaning back, rubbing the back of her head, his eyes were red and full of pleasure.
…
After a while, her eyes were flushed and her face was full of redness. She endured the discomfort in her eyelids, chin, and neck. After finishing everything for him, she turned around and walked back to her room.
"Madam!" Cui He hurriedly closed the door, poured a large cup of tea for her, and waited for her to drink it before she sat down on the bed.
Chu Ning sat in a trance for a moment, then suddenly pulled Cui He to sit down, patted her hand and smiled, "Don't be sad, I'm fine."
Cui He pinched her fingertips and did not speak, but her heart was still tugging.
"It's just now in the Feishhuang Palace, and I didn't drink any medicine." Chu Ning has always been alert and almost never forgot about this, but he was really shocked by what happened today, so he forgot about it.
Now that I think about it, I was going to let Cui He quietly cook a bowl, but I saw that she took out a small bottle from her cuff: "Miss, this is what Liu Dajian asked the slave to give to the maid, take one pill a day, it can be contraceptive, yes His Majesty personally asked Feng Yu to prepare the pills, which are less harmful to the body than the recipe that the lady used in the past. Chief Supervisor Liu also said that His Majesty misses the lady and asked the lady to take this for the time being, and now people have to find a better way. "
Chu Ning was stunned for a while, opened the vial in his hand, poured out a small black pill, looked at it for a long time in the palm of his hand, and then silently took it with water.
She remembered what he said.
"If I don't let you die, you won't die."
"Not for anyone else, just for yourself."
It was her own decision to take Bizi soup. For two years, she herself hadn't cared about the harm that the decoction would do to her body, but he was very careful, and even really thought of a way for her.
She had indescribable complex emotions in her heart. She was surprised, moved, and even a little bit ashamed, nervous, and afraid.
This feeling of being taken into consideration by others is very unfamiliar to her now.
"Before, Zhao Sizhi asked people to come and ask the lady if she wants to go down the mountain in the second year of junior high school."
Cui He's words interrupted her thoughts and pulled her back.
On the second day of the first lunar month, during the celebrations in the palace, the folk slack season is also her mother's birthday.
This day was the most important day for her father before his death, and he remembered more than his own birthday.
In the past two years, every day on this day, she would leave the palace and pay homage to her parents' graves, and this year should be no exception.
"Go." She nodded and said, "When it's dawn, let someone tell him, as before, I'll go with him."
Cui He replied in a low voice, and served her to wash up again. When she saw her lying down, she turned off the light and exited the inner room.
After falling asleep, Chu Ning had a whole night of bizarre dreams. For a while, his father held her little girl for a walk in the bright spring in the suburbs. For a while, Xiao Yu asked her why she betrayed her, and threatened her to kill Zhao Yanzhou...
All the fragmented pictures turned into a person in the end - Xiao Kezhi.
He stared at her condescendingly, and slowly extended a hand to her.
He said, "Come on, come over yourself."
She wanted to say "Okay" and walked over, but her throat seemed to be sealed, and she couldn't make a sound, and her legs couldn't lift like lead, so she could only stare at him blankly.
…
"Miss, madam!" Cui He's voice came from her ear, awakening her from her dream.
She was covered in sweat, slowly sat up from the bed, looked at the bright sky, and asked, "What time is it?"
Cui He wiped the sweat for her with the handkerchief in her hand, with a little worry in her eyes, and said, "It's the time of the hour, and the lady has just been a nightmare?"
Chu Ning nodded: "I had some strange dreams, probably because of the tossing too late last night, just wake up. What about Your Highness?"
"His Royal Highness went out a long time ago. I heard that the lady was asleep, so she didn't let her wake up. If the lady is still tired, you might as well rest for a while."
Hearing that Xiao Yu had left, Chu Ning immediately felt half relaxed. Although there was still a feeling of being run over all over his body, his spirit was much better. He shook his head and stood up. After washing up, he had breakfast. .
Today is the first day of the first lunar month, a good day.
She called all the maids and servants who came to Prince Tang to the main hall, smiled and distributed the prepared rewards one by one. In the past few days, Xiao Yu has punished a few, and she also sent some extra money.
The always tense Prince Tang finally showed joy and joy.
Everyone smiled and thanked them, and said a few auspicious words boldly, and then they went down and rested.
Chu Ning looked at a few maids in the courtyard who were shoveling snow, but gradually started to play, and she was very happy.
Without him, it really looks like the New Year.