Chapter 72
Chapter 74: Is It You Who Invite Me Affectionately Or I Am Affectionate Guest (2)
In the blink of an eye, Chao Ci has been in the palace for three or four months.
From the beginning of summer, it is now autumn.
Apart from the fact that Lou Yue had to accompany him for the first three days of the big wedding, he didn’t come for half a month after that. Later, it gradually came a few times, and finally stabilized at three or four days to come to him this time.
Chao Ci could feel it, Lou Yue seemed to be colder to him than in the previous life. However, in their last life, they did not understand each other so quickly. After all, the court was used to being restrained, and after entering the palace, he was always cautious in his words and deeds, and Lou Yue was very cautious, so they were married for two years in their last life. After that, they exchanged their minds.
In contrast, although Lou has become colder to him in this life, the difference is not too big. Maybe it is because he has lived a new life, and after all, it is a little different.
Chao Ci was not suspicious.
But he thought, maybe he was too introverted, which made people feel unapproachable. It is not difficult for him and Lou Yue to be husband and wife.
…
“Your Majesty, the Empress has brought something.” The chief **** beside Lou Yue took two boxes from outside the door and presented them with their heads lowered.
Lou Yue frowned and seemed impatient: “Put it up.”
At the Queen’s place, he delivered things to him every three days. Be a good mother of the country, but think about these every day.
He opened the first box, a sachet.
“This is a sachet made by the goddess herself. It is said that it was a recipe found from an expert in the folk. It can help you fall asleep.” Manager Chen said.
Lou Yue put the sachet on the tip of his nose and smelled it.
It seems to have the taste of Yuanzhi and Poria.
I went to his place a few days ago and saw him taking care of the flowers and plants. The baby is very sweet. I didn’t expect it to be used as medicine for him.
He didn’t know that this was what Chaoci would do for him every year in his last life. Lou Yue had some root causes in his early years, which caused him frequent headaches and insomnia. Chao Ci is naturally distressed. Although some prescriptions prescribed by the Taiyuan Hospital can alleviate it, the efficacy of the drugs is not ideal. In the past court speech, he asked his parents outside the palace to pay more attention to him. After searching for more than half a year, he really met an expert in the folk and gave him this recipe.
Lou Yue put the sachet on the table and opened another box.
It’s a calligraphy.
Different from the sachets sent for the first time, calligraphy and painting are frequent customers sent by Chao Ci to Lou Yue.
Lou Yue opened it and saw a poem expressing his heart, not surprisingly.
He looked at it for a moment, and then closed it: “I don’t see what he has the ability to write some sour poems.”
Manager Chen next to him blinked.
The empress’s talent and name spread throughout the entire Great Chu Imperial City. If the poems he wrote were sour poems, then no one in the whole of Chu would be able to write good poems.
However, despite the slander in his heart, Director Chen couldn’t open his mouth to say what was wrong with His Majesty. He just followed Lou Yue’s words and said, “Since Your Majesty doesn’t like it, the servant will take it down.”
He said, as if to take the brocade box away.
Being held down by Lou Yue.
He said in a deep voice, “You dare to disturb what the Queen sent?”
Manager Chen smiled secretly in his heart, but he begged for mercy on his face, and slapped himself: “It’s a servant who deserves to die. The servant was thinking that since His Majesty is not happy with these poems, it would be better if the servant submits it…”
This Director Chen is actually not a real eunuch, but a confidant whom Lou Yue cultivated during the war in the northwest, called Lin Cheng. Now that he has just ascended the throne, the court seems to be calm, but in reality, dark waves are surging, and there are countless people who want Lou Yue’s life. Although he is almost invincible on the battlefield, but here, he must guard against secret hands. Lin Cheng is proficient in disguise, and he is also a master of poison, so it is perfect for him to be by his side.
But this obviously has downsides too. Not long after Lou Yue ascended the throne, if he was really a chief eunuch, he would definitely not be so familiar with Lou Yue, and would not dare to tease him like that.
Lou Yue glanced at him and said, “Put it down.”
“Yes.” Lin Cheng nodded, put down the brocade box, and then retreated.
…
During dinner, Lou Yue went to the Linhua Palace of Chao Ci.
In the distance, he seemed to hear some chatter.
Lou Yue took a step.
Standing in the distance, he saw several figures in front of the courtyard.
In addition to his queen and several palace servants, there are also his concubines.
Lou Yue’s eyesight is very strong, and he can hear the conversation between the two clearly from a distance.
“My concubine has admired Niangniang’s great name for a long time. The “Yi Shui” that Niangniang left at the Yishan Banquet in the middle of last year was engraved on the stone tablet of the banquet by the host, and the concubine also copied it several times. When I saw the empress, I couldn’t help but ask the empress to be straight.”
The Yishan Banquet is a banquet for a group of literati and elegant guests held every year in the imperial city. Last year, the emperor wrote a poem “Yishui” at the banquet. Because both poems and characters are unique, it was engraved by the host on the rubbing. On the monument, it attracted many literati to copy it.
Liang Concubine is the eldest daughter of a cabinet bachelor. She has been fond of calligraphy since childhood. It is natural for a scholar and an elegant guest to do this. The eldest son of the dynasty is well-known, and those poetry collections and paintings have also spread throughout the imperial city. I don’t know how many fans are fans of younger brothers and sisters, and Liang Concubine is obviously one of them.
As she spoke, she spread out her calligraphy and painting on the stone table.
Chao Ci looked at it carefully for a long time, and said with a smile: “This word is very good. You must have done a lot of hard work to have such a skill among women.”
After receiving a compliment from the male god, Liang Concubine’s eyes lit up obviously. But her habitual humility also made her say immediately: “My lady is too famous, but it’s just that my father has strict control, and the concubines have been tying sandbags with their hands to learn calligraphy since childhood.”
Chao Ci raised his eyes slightly and smiled in surprise: “My father also taught me this way, which is a coincidence.”
After that, he added: “But this method is a little careless, and it is easy to hurt the wrist…”
“Thank you for your concern. Yuluo is a woman after all, and my father has never been so strict. That sandbag is more than half lighter than what ordinary people use to practice.” Liang Concubine said hurriedly.
Her surname is Li and her full name is Li Yuluo.
The two of them talked for a long time, and Lin Cheng, who was standing next to Lou Yue, looked at Lou Yue and felt a little hairy in his heart.
Seeing that Chao Ci was about to leave the concubine to come down for dinner, Lou Yue lifted his foot and walked there.
When the palace staff saw that the building was coming, they hurriedly knelt down to salute and shouted “Your Majesty.”
Chao Ci had actually noticed Lou Yue for a long time, but now he also pretended to have just seen it, and saluted Lou Yue together with Liang Concubine.
“What are you talking about, so happy?” Lou Yue walked over and asked.
“It’s nothing. The good concubine came to the concubine’s words and showed it to the concubine to read.” Chao Ci said with a smile, and quickly went up to meet Louyue.
“If there is nothing else, just go down.” Lou Yue glanced at the good concubine and said.
Although Liang Concubine felt that the emperor rushed people as soon as he came, it was a bit confusing. But he didn’t dare to say anything, so he withdrew.
“Why didn’t you let someone inform you earlier? I want someone to prepare more dishes.” Chao Ci took Lou Yue’s hand, and the two walked into the hall.
“If you don’t come, will you keep that good concubine for dinner?” Lou Yue asked inexplicably.
“It’s getting late, so it’s only appropriate for the concubine to keep her for dinner.” Chao Ci said.
The two had already walked into the hall at this time, Lou Yue tilted his head to look at the man’s brows with a smile, and said in a deep voice, “Although you are the queen, but as a man, you are also a lonely wife, you should know how to avoid suspicion.”
This is the question.
Chao Ci let go of Lou Yue’s hand, bowed his head and said, “My concubine knows I’m wrong.”
His eyes didn’t turn, and he looked at him with a plain acknowledgment.
Lou Yue suddenly felt meaningless again.
“That’s it.”
He says.
After the two had eaten, Chao Ci suddenly said to Lou Yue: “Your Majesty, I saw you a few days ago and seemed to have a headache from time to time. The concubine learned some relief methods from others in the early years, why not let the concubine relieve you a little?”
“Can you be more patient than an imperial physician?”
Although Lou Yue said so, he did not object.
Lou Yue was sitting at this moment, Chao Ci walked to the front of Lou Yue and massaged for him. Rub his temples for a while, massage his tiger’s mouth for a while, or rub other acupoints on his hands.
In this regard, he is really more useful than the imperial physician. After all, it is a technique that I have massaged my lover all my life in my previous life.
Lou Yue was originally just tossing with the court speech, but he didn’t expect the court speech to actually have two strokes. Not long after getting started, I felt soothed and clear-headed.
He does get headaches from time to time. Especially in the past few years, he was busy at first, guarding against open guns and dark arrows. Now that he has just ascended the throne, there are a lot of trivial matters waiting for him. When it is difficult to rest, the symptoms become more serious.
He remembered the sachet that Chaoci gave him at noon.
There is also the Yuanzhi and Poria of the willpower.
How can you waste your energy learning these things? I’m afraid that it was only after entering the palace that I was looking for someone to learn.
Thinking like this, the anger that was blocked for some reason after seeing the good concubine, dissipated a little.
Chao Ci massaged Lou Yue, but couldn’t help but exhort: “Your Majesty, the crux of your problem is caused by too much work in the evening clothes and food. How can the official work be done overnight, if the body is damaged? The gains outweigh the losses. The concubine heard from Director Chen that you are always busy in the Qinzheng Hall all day long, and you don’t even care about meals, this is not acceptable…”
The man started chattering again.
Lou Yue thought.
It’s been a long time until now, Chao Ci is really long-winded in some respects. He was only in his early twenties, but he was like a middle-aged man who was in his 50s. Every day, he put these body conditioning matters on his lips, thinking about whether he would eat and sleep.
Chao Ci also knew that Lou Yue thought he was nagging. But thinking of the root cause of the falling down in the previous life, I couldn’t help but nagging myself.
Now Lou Yue’s headache symptoms can be cured, and after a few years, it will be the same as in the previous life, and it will become a chronic disease that is difficult to cure.
As he spoke, he suddenly felt his wrist being grasped by a strong palm.
Chao Ci was taken aback and looked at his hand.
The next moment, I saw that the person who had closed his eyes suddenly opened his eyes, a pair of phoenix eyes stared at Chao Ci for a while, and suddenly got up in a daze and kissed him.
Chao Ci was still stunned, did not react, and let him rage in his own mouth.
Then, he was completely torn down by Lou Yue and fell into Lou Yue’s arms.
Long-winded, annoying.