Chapter 46
Bathroom Lord heard me, then gently nodded: "Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will take out all my strength to assist His Majesty . And I also hope you will give birth to a son as soon as possible, which will help reinforce the foundation of the country . "
He was already enlightened, so I suddenly felt relaxed and smiled, "You do understand . That’s good . It's getting late . If you want to send greetings to the Empress Dowager, better go there as soon as possible, or else you will interrupt her daily worships to Buddha .
He said nothing more, only paid respectful salute to me and receded from the Wangyun Pavilion .
I called out to him again and rose from the bench . I asked Lv Li to pass the cloak over to him, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness . It’s cold outside and you’d better take it on yourself . ”
Lv Li took the cloak and handed it to him at a trot .
He lightly smiled, shook out the cloak to put it on and tied it . After that, he bowed to me, turned around and strode away .
Lv Li came back to me and whispered, "Your Majesty, now that we've finished, we’d better return to our Palace . "
In the distance, the maid with a leather mattress in her arms ran to the pavilion in small steps . Behind her, there was a eunuch holding a basin of charcoal fire .
I shook my head . Since they had come, I'd better stay here a bit longer . I sat down again on the bench, and said, "Talking too much made me tired . Take them somewhere away to have some fun . I need a moment of peace here . "
She didn’t understand: "Your Majesty?"
I waved and gestured her to leave .
She slightly pressed her lips and took a few maids to retreat .
Wangyun Pavilion was located in a rather high place . When you looked ahead, you can see a few groups of palaces in the distance, which seemingly made a harmonious and peaceful scene . If not living in them, who could see the hidden waves of crisis under the calm surface?
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I sat in silence for a long time before I got up and went out of the pavilion . I walked to Lv Li, who stood outside, and said to her, "Let’s go . Back to the Palace . "
Lv Li heaved a great sigh of relief and followed me back with obedience .
I couldn’t be bothered to talk . Lv Li kept silent, and those maids following behind didn’t even dare to make a sound . When we reached a rockery mountain, we could hear clearly the soft sobs coming from inside .
A bad feeling came to me that this might lead to a trouble again . I should have had my presence here announced loudly!
But as an Empress, and since I heard the sobbing, acting like a deaf was not reasonable .
I sighed and said to Lv Li, "Go and see who's in there . "
Without any hesitation, Lv Li walked a few steps to the front of the cave in the rockery mountain and asked in a high voice, "The Empress is here, who is in it? Get out right now . "
Good . What a clever girl . No matter the title of “the Empress” wa intimidating enough, try it out .
There was a moment's silence within the rockery, and then the faintest sound of footsteps was heard . A little maid, of slight build, came out timidly and glanced at me quickly . Then she plopped down on her knees, begging for my mercy with repeated kowtows, "Please spare me, Your Majesty . "
She banged her head . It was only in the blink of an eye that blood was shed on the ground .
I was stunned by this . I sighed in my heart that she was simply honest to kowtow like this . However, I hadn’t said anything yet, why was she scared like this? I asked Lv Li to hold her up, and said, "I’m not a devil . There’s no need to do this . "
She didn’t expect this, timidly looking over to me .
I was stunned too, feeling her a little familiar, and suddenly remembered her after thinking for a while . Wasn’t she the little girl I saw in Youlan Palace last time? At that time, she was scolded by Qi Sheng because she didn’t know how to address me properly .
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Lv Li saw my strange look, came up to me, and said in a low voice, "What is the matter?"
I did not reply . Instead, I walked to the little maid, bent down and looked at her face carefully . For such a young age at 14 or 15 years old, her facial feature was still childlike, and there were tears on her face . Her bruised forehead was swollen and couldn’t stop bleeding, which made her more discomfited . I couldn’t bear to see this and tried to give her a handkerchief to wipe it clean, but I fumbled in my pockets and found nothing, so I turned to Lv Li for one, " A handkerchief here . "
She handed one over quickly . I gave it to the maid, and asked her softly, "Why did you hide inside crying? Did someone bully you?"
The maid couldn’t believe that I was so nice to her, with her tongue tied for a long while, and then vigorously shook her head, replying in a shivering voice, "No, no one bullied me . "
Well, that’s good . Since she said no, I would take it as nothing happened . Anyway, as long as she had nothing to report, I would not trouble her .
I straightened up, clapped my hands and smiled . "That’s good . Better go back to your own palace right away, and don’t let yourself heard next time when you feel the urge to laugh or cry . It’s forbidden in the harem . "
She couldn't believe her ears and looked at me in a stupor .
I turned to Lv Li, "Let’s go . It's cold outside . Better go back early . "
She gave the maid a look of fury, and then came forward and held my arm . I felt awkward to be supported by Lv Li while I was walking, so I hurriedly shook off her hand, "It doesn’t matter, and I could walk by myself . "
I had just walked no more than two steps, when I suddenly heard the maid behind us loudly yelling, "Your Majesty . " When I turned around again, she was already throwing herself on the edge of my feet, crying, "Please do justice to me . I was wronged . I have never thought to seduce the Emperor . I only made a cup of tea for His Majesty, but never seduced His Majesty . "
In her endless annoying weep and wail, I was confused and could not understand what she meant . I said helplessly, “If you want to cry, you should cry out loud . If you want to talk, you should talk clearly . I cannot hear a word if you keep doing this . ”
The maid stopped wailing and sobbed as she looked at me .
I guessed that she had not cried enough, so I said, "You might as well have a good cry first . "
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She kept sobbing but still refused to speak . I really didn’t know how to deal with her, so I advised, "How about going back to that rockery mountain and crying for a while?"
Lv Li, standing besides, got furious . She rushed forward immediately to give her a slap in the face, roaring, "Answer Her Majesty at once . Stop the annoying sobbing . "
I was surprised but could do nothing . What Lv Li disdained most was the women trying to gain favor from the Emperor, what’s worse, the girl even used the word "seduce", which was beyond Lv Li’s tolerance .
The maid was hit down on the ground, and her petite and exquisite stature showed more delicacy . Lv Li got even more angry, rolling her sleeves, ready to beat her again .
I was shocked and stretched out my hand to stop her: "My goodness, stop and calm down . "
While we were tangling with each other, I suddenly heard a maid greeting respectfully in the distance, "Your Majesty . "
I looked in the direction where the sound came from and saw Qi Sheng, dressed in a blue uniform and followed only by a small eunuch, was coming this way .
I was stunned and then let go of Lv Li .
The little maid sobbing on the ground sobbing suddenly seemed to have gained more energy . She rushed to my feet and cried even much louder, "Spare me, Your Majesty . I really did not seduce the Emperor . "
I could barely breath after hearing her words . Why did she still use the word "seduce"?
When I finally caught my breath, I could not help but get so angry that I poked the forehead of Lv Li beside me and said in a regretful tone, "Lv Li, I have told you many times . You're already 17 or 18 years old, but you're still so irritable . Who would marry you in the future?"
Before I finished, I saw Qi Sheng was tripped over by the bluestone crevice when he was coming this way .
Lv Li, who came to her sense, was immediately furious and said in a low voice, “Who on earth does she serve? How dare she set me up!"
“The one in Youlan Palace . ” I replied casually .
Lv Li immediately whispered, "Damn . "
I stooped down and whispered to the maid at my feet, "Well, the Emperor is coming . Remember, you can cry as you want, but don’t forget the words you are supposed to say . "
The maid opened her mouth slightly and looked at me stupidly, forgetting to cry for the moment .
I could not help laughing, pointing to Lv Li and said to her, "Watch what she will do first . She is really good at it and you really should learn from her . ”
After I said it, Lv Li already took the initiative to greet Qi Sheng . She suddenly knelt before him, cried and said, "Your Majesty, it’s all my fault to let the little maid disturb Her Majesty . Just now, Her Majesty was on her way back from sending greetings to the Empress Dowager and met lord Chu wang in the road . They had a small talk . Then when Her Majesty was about to go back, she heard someone crying behind the rockery mountain . Her Majesty was so kind that she thought the one who was crying there might have being bullied . I failed to stop her, and asked the little maid crying here to come out and meet Her Majesty . The little maid said she was from the Youlan Palace and was slandered by others in that palace to seduce Your Majesty for just serving a cup of tea . She wanted to beg Her Majesty to do the justice and prove her innocence . Otherwise she would commit suicide by knocking down the rocks in front of Her Majesty . "
Though Lv Li was tearful, her words were simple and clear, not to say that the maid had been dumbfounded by what Lv Li’s actions, even I was amazed .
Clever girl, she always surprised me .
Qi Sheng raised his eyebrows, and asked while looking at me, "What happened exactly?"
I couldn’t help but frown . Was he deaf or something? Lv Li had just told him everything clearly . The time, place, characters and events, even the background information was provided . How could he not get it?
What the hell, was he an idiot?
I threw up my hands helplessly and told Lv Li, "Cry again, oh no, say it again .