Overnight, many people quietly disappeared from the palace, but on the surface everything was normal.
Only those who know part of the inside story are trembling, as if walking on thin ice, for fear that they will be unlucky and the disaster of extinction will fall on them.
After Li Zetian finished his aftermath, it was already early morning, and he went to court after sleeping for an hour.
His face was the same as that of the palace, so calm that nothing seemed unusual.
At the end of the morning court, the imperial physician came to report that Yaoyao woke up, but...something was wrong, she forgot what happened last night.
Li Zetian sat on the imperial chariot, hearing what the imperial physician said, his heart was full of sadness and joy.
He couldn't wait, so he asked someone to bring a horse, got off the chariot, rode on the horse, and hurried over.
He didn't let anyone inform her, Yaoyao didn't know when she went in, she was lying on the soft couch, Nanny Chen was massaging her, covering her lower body. He saw doubts on her flushed face, pinching snacks to tease Xiao Diao, and muttering why she was in such pain.
Li Zetian stood at the door silently for a long time, until a maid found him, he just wanted to wave his hand, but it was too late, the maid's salute alarmed everyone in the room.
Li Zetian had no choice but to let them all go down, met Chen Nanny's worried eyes, nodded to her, and signaled her to rest assured.
Yaoyao was about to stand up and salute, but when he lightly pressed his shoulders, he smiled, "You don't need to salute when you see me in the future."
Yaoyao didn't quite understand what happened, but it was a good thing not to salute, she readily agreed.
Xiao Mink jumped on top of her, sat on her chest and looked at Li Zetian with her head held high, her fluffy tail swept the sensitive skin on her neck, Yaoyao couldn't help laughing, stretched her muscles, and couldn't help it. "Ouch" exclaimed.
Li Zetian took Xiao Diao away, put it in the snack basket next to him, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yaoyao said: "I don't know, I woke up today feeling very painful, and Nanny Chen is also very strange, I don't know what I'm sad about, and I won't tell her when I ask her."
She had a feeling of being excluded from the secret, and her rosy lips pursed in dissatisfaction.
Li Zetian was distracted, looked away from her lips, coughed slightly, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where does it hurt?"
"My whole body hurts, and this place hurts the most." Pointing at the waist and abdomen, she pouted and said aggrievedly, "The nanny was helping me massage just now."
Li Zetian smiled, seeing her cleverness.
He raised his eyebrows, smiled, and asked, "Do you still want me to press it for you?"
Yaoyao waved her hand, "Let Mammy come."
She still doesn't believe in his skill.
Not saying the second half of the sentence doesn't mean Li Zetian can't see it.
He stretched out his hand and told her to lie down, "I'll try."
After staring at him suspiciously for two seconds, Yaoyao still shook her head and said seriously, "You can't touch me."
Li Zetian raised his eyebrows even higher, "Who said that?"
Yaoyao tilted her head and smiled: "My brother said it."
He remembered her words last night, his heart throbbed, his hands tightened slightly, and he asked, "Can Bai Yu touch you?"
Yaoyao took it for granted, "He's an older brother."
His hands became tighter, he held back his anger, and asked calmly, "Is it my brother who can touch you?"
No matter how much he endured, his eyes couldn't help showing a bit of pressure.
Yaoyao felt a little flustered when he saw it, and said hesitantly, "That's what my brother said."
For the first time, Li Zetian felt that Bai Yu was so despicable. He was obviously not Yaoyao's brother, but he got all the benefits and used his brother as a cover.
He is Yaoyao's elder brother.
He pursed his lips tightly and said with difficulty: "What if I am your brother?"
Yaoyao opened her eyes wide in surprise.
He continued, looking away, looking at the void next to him, and said, "Do you have a tattoo on your shoulder?"
Yaoyao subconsciously covered her shoulders and exclaimed, "How do you know?"
Of course I saw it with my own eyes.
But Li Zetian didn't answer, only asked: "Is it?"
Yaoyao looked at him for a while, then nodded slowly.
"Do you know what was stabbed?"
She shook her head, "I can't see clearly, I vaguely think it's a word."
Li Zetian asked someone to fetch a diorama, and after the maid retreated, he held the shining mirror and said in a hoarse voice, "Take off your clothes."
Seeing that Yaoyao was not moving, he continued, "Don't you want to know what is stabbed in the back?"
The mirror turned over, and the mirror faced her, revealing every detail of her face.
Yaoyao looked at herself in the mirror, hesitated for a moment, and gently unbuttoned her clothes, revealing her fair skin and half of her bellyband embroidered with plum blossoms, Li Zetian silently closed her eyes, but it was useless, the complete picture was engraved In his mind, lingering.
He opened his eyes at will, and saw her lowering her head and brushing her black hair aside, she turned slightly sideways, trying to see the mark on her back clearly.
With a shake of the hand holding the mirror, she turned half sideways, with a slit exposed from the side of the apron, and she could vaguely see the roundness.
She didn't notice it, she kept moving around, looking for the best angle, and muttered: "It seems... it's a... 'Li' character?"
She was not sure, and didn't understand why the word "Li" appeared on her body.
Li Zetian said: "Yes, it is the word 'Li'. Your surname is Bai, why do you have a tattoo of the word 'Li' on your body, have you ever thought about it?"
She looked at him with bewildered eyes, as if she hadn't thought about the meaning of the word "Li", but her hands were tightly clenched and trembling slightly.
"It doesn't mean anything," she argued emphatically.
Li Zetian smiled, put away the mirror, since she wanted to escape, he didn't force her. After being raised by the Bai family for more than ten years, it is normal to find it hard to accept for a while.
He stood up, stretched out his hand, and under her panicked eyes, patted the top of her head lightly, rubbed it, and agreed: "It doesn't mean anything."
She immediately breathed a sigh of relief and raised the corners of her lips.
There was a knock on the door, and she quickly opened her mouth to let people in, looking eager to get dressed.
Li Zetian didn't stop him either.
Nanny Chen came in with a bowl and said, "Your Majesty, the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician for Miss has just been brewed."
Yaoyao immediately grimaced, seeing Li Zetian's expression changed, she didn't know what she thought of, she stood up before she could ask, and called the nanny out.
Once outside the door, making sure Yaoyao couldn't hear them, Li Zetian asked, "Did the imperial physician prescribe Bizi Tang?"
Nanny Chen's face changed slightly, "Miss can't drink that stuff."
Those are used by lowly people, what if you get hurt
"I didn't let Yaoyao drink it." Li Zetian frowned.
Hearing that it was not for Yaoyao, Nanny Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Zetian's face was gloomy, and he asked Eunuch Liu to pass the decree, and asked the imperial physician to take Yaoyao's pulse three times a day, and if he had any questions, he must report back in time.
Yaoyao cannot conceive, not to mention problems that cannot be concealed, but the investigation by the Ministry of Household Affairs has found that there are more or less problems in the children born to brothers and sisters, how to deal with them when the time comes
"Give me the medicine." Li Zetian took the medicine bowl from Nanny Chen, pushed open the door, and saw Yaoyao standing at the door.
With a shake of his hand, a little of the concoction spilled out.
He heard her doubtful voice and asked, "Why are you prescribing Bizitang for me?"