Before I went to bed, I thought about the way he looked when I saw him in the hall just now, and the way he looked at me from the corner of my eye.
I remembered the coffin of my deceased queen, how it was placed into the earth bit by bit, and how it was buried bit by bit.
Before I fell asleep, I started to comfort myself, but then I remembered that I hadn't been able to talk to Zhang Xiaomang all day. I felt that it was worse than last year in the broken temple. So I also want to say something to him, even if he can't hear it, even if he doesn't understand it, even if he does understand it, he won't think about anything-good or bad. I said it to myself.
I put a pillow on my head and put my arms behind my head.
"You can never be him, but maybe he can become you at any time.”
I said this to the air and felt much more relaxed than before, so I slowly fell asleep on a night that did not feel like a wedding night.
On the next morning, a palace maid weakly called me to get up. I rubbed my eyes and opened them. It was the little palace maid who left a good impression on me in Youzhou Province yesterday. She waved her hand in front of my eyes and looked even more silly than me.
"Emperor, it's already late in the morning.”When she saw that I had woken up, her voice became bolder and restored to that when I heard her talk in Youzhou Province.
"Song'e? Why are you here?" I remember asking her how long she had been working for Nian Gu and what her name was yesterday. She said that her name was Song Er, a little palace maid in the Youzhou palace. Because the honor guard was short of manpower, she was temporarily transferred here. Nian Gu was afraid that something would happen on the way back, so she asked her to go back to Da Yuan. She still had to ride her horse back in a few days.
"Aunt said that I fed the horses well. The horses became fat after being fed by me for a few days.”She put her hands on her hips and told me proudly.
I was speechless. Even if I used my toes to think, I knew that she was left behind to block the knife on the return trip. Why was she so silly?
"Then you don't have to go. I'll tell Aunt Nian later that I won't send you back to the Youzhou palace. In the future, can you be my personal maid? I'll give you some extra monthly silver." I really want someone who can talk to me by my side. It's best if they're even more stupid than me. That way, I won't seem that stupid.
It was as if she had received a great favor from me and quickly knelt down to me. I felt tired and got up to support her arm. However, when I saw her raise her face, her face was filled with tears.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! We have been separated since we were ten years old. It has been fifteen years now, but I have tried every means to transfer her over.”
"You still have a sister here?"
"Yes, sir!"
"If your name is Song'e, then what's her name?”
"Tong'e." Tong E. I nodded." How about this? I'll ask someone to transfer her to Changle Palace in the afternoon so that you can reunite."”
She was shocked and moved. She wanted to kneel down and kowtow to me again. I quickly hugged her and lifted her up with my hands.
When she saw me hugging her, she hugged me very, very tightly. I couldn't breathe and started to cough.
My face was about to turn purple before she let go of me. Those who didn't know better would think that she wanted to murder me. I was just doing a good deed, and now I'm a little regretful.
"Do you know Zhang Xiaomang?”I sat down and drank some water.
"Isn't Zhang Xiaomang a noble consort?"
"That's right. I mean, have you heard of him before or know anything about him?”
"No." She patted her head." But my sister entered the palace later than me. Before she entered the palace, she often went backstage to help with the chores during the Blessed Hall tour. We can ask her when she comes.”
"Really?" My eyes lit up and she nodded." Then quickly get someone to call her over this afternoon!”
She wanted to kowtow again, but I raised my hand to stop her. She smiled embarrassedly.
"Yes." I saw that she was a little puzzled and told her to say it quickly. I hate people who are indecisive the most (I'm such an indecisive person, yet I still dare to hate indecisive people). She opened her eyes wide and asked me,"Your Majesty, why don't you ask the Imperial Consort yourself what kind of person he is?"”
I was silent. She saw that I didn't speak, so she didn't speak again. She slowly turned her head back three times with each step and brought the breakfast in.
I started drinking soy milk. Breaking the silence was my forte." Have you eaten? Sit down and eat some more."
Song'e sat down and looked at me carefully, but her hands were restless and she picked up the spare chopsticks without hesitation.
I watched as she ate the so-called " imperial food " and was so happy that she looked like she was flying. I also began to laugh along. Actually, this morning's breakfast was only some leftover snacks that I bought yesterday because of the wedding. There were also some pickles and pickles, but she was really very satisfied. The crumbs of the cake stuck to her mouth. I raised my hand to help her get them off, and she looked at me and giggled.
I asked her," Have you and your sister never engaged to each other before?”
"No, I haven't." She widened her eyes but did not forget to stuff it into her mouth.
"Alright then." Looks like I'm the only one who'll get into this.
"Your Majesty, why are you frowning again? Today is the first day of your wedding. You must be happy.”As she spoke to me, she picked up another sugar cake and placed it in my bowl.
I was already full. I tapped my chopsticks against the bowl and diverted her question." Then imagine now. If you just found out that you were engaged to a strange person and you didn't like that person, and then you were carried over by eight people in a sedan chair, what would it feel like?”
She put down her chopsticks and began to think seriously. Then, she came to a conclusion." I'll be bored to death.”
Sigh, I thought so too.
I remember that there are many people in this world who like him. They liked him earlier than me. If we have to talk about seniority, these people should have married him before me.
However, he just happened to want to marry me. I felt that this was very unfair to him. The series of happiness I had yesterday was probably built on his pain.
"Go to Weiyang Palace opposite and see if Noble Consort Zhang has eaten breakfast. If not, give this to him.”I handed her a plate of untouched snacks and waved her over.
"Understood!" She put the snacks in her arms and ran out quickly like my private mercenary.
I sighed and asked the palace maids who passed by the door to come in. Help me pass a message to the Imperial Bureau and ask them to transfer a palace maid called Tong E from where she is now. I will tell Nian Gu tonight.
After a while, Song'e ran back." There's no one in the Imperial Concubine Palace! The door wasn't locked either. He seemed to be sleeping on the bed. He was so lazy.”After she finished speaking, she realized that she was a little disrespectful and slapped her mouth. But I like the way she blabbers. It's closer to life.
"You gave it to him?"
"He was asleep, so I put the snacks on his table.”
"Well done." I gave her a thumbs up.
In the evening, I fell asleep on the table. I slept too late last night and was so sleepy that I could sleep as soon as I turned the table.
I was sleeping when someone suddenly pulled the tablecloth under me. I opened my eyes in a daze. A palace maid who looked very similar to Song Er was pulling my tablecloth.
I subconsciously raised my hand to stop him. My eyes were sleepy." What does this mean? Song'e, what do you want this for? Food for the imperial consort?"
"Your Majesty, I'm not Song'e."
"And you are?" I took a closer look. It really wasn't Song'e.
"Didn't you ask me to come?"
" Oh," I nodded." You're Song'e's sister, right?"”
She nodded.
"What's your name?"
"Tong'e."
" Alright." I nodded and continued to sleep. I felt her tugging at my tablecloth again and raised my head again." What do you want this for?"”
"You're drooling. I'm going to wash my clothes. Let's wash together.”As she spoke, she used a lot of force and pulled my tablecloth away.
Without a soft tablecloth, I didn't want to sleep on the table. I wanted to move to the bed, but I closed my eyes and lay on my back. My head hit the hard bed board.
" Ouch!" I covered my head and cried out in pain. I suddenly lost all sleepiness. I wanted to get angry, but when I looked around, I realized that all the cloth in Changle Palace was gone, including my clothes and my curtains.
"Ah, has this Ratty Bove become a demon?”I wandered around with my eyes wide open. When I walked to the palace gate, I found that Tong E stuffed all these cloth things into three large wooden basins the size of my table. Then, she picked up the basin.
"Ha!" I quickly applauded her and gave her a thumbs up." Hero, you're hiding your strength!”
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This is all trained from hard work.”She glanced at me and put the exposed corner of her clothes into the basin. She could actually carry these three basins with one hand.
" Awesome!" I was stunned. Later on, I slowly realized that although Tong 'E and Song' E are sisters, one is very straightforward and silly, while the other is very capable and insightful. Their personalities are completely different. This is really what the Great Zhou scholars call 'biological diversity'.
Not only did Tong E take care of the miscellaneous chores in the Imperial Bureau, but she also took care of the laundry bureau and the greenhouse that was now responsible for growing vegetables. After all, she had been in the palace for many years and was very familiar with the entire palace. Moreover, she had only come to the Southern City's Imperial Palace from outside the palace after she became an adult. She knew all kinds of work outside the palace like the back of her hand.
I was very satisfied and felt that I was really good at recruiting talented people. Thus, Tong E was now appointed as the palace maid in charge of Changle Palace.
After knowing that she had been promoted, she still looked at me expressionlessly." Oh, thank you, Your Majesty.”Then, she took the basin to the laundry bureau.
I was extremely happy. Even if there were only these two people in Changle Palace besides me, I still secretly shook my butt at the entrance of the palace, pretending to have a big hairy tail and wagging it.
I twisted and turned around, but when I turned around to face the palace door, I found that Tong E didn't close the prison door when she walked out, and the palace door was half open.
What was even more unfortunate was that the palace gate opposite was also open. Noble Consort Zhang was standing behind the palace gate, holding the door.
When I saw him looking at me with his mouth slightly open, my movements instantly faltered. I stopped and my face immediately heated up. I turned my head a little, not daring to look at him in the eye. I subconsciously rubbed my butt with my hands, but immediately felt that it was very indecent. I brought my hands in front of me and rubbed them.
"Ahem." I coughed." Hi." I greeted him very softly. Now that I think about it, it was probably just a mosquito's sound.
He probably didn't hear me, so he closed the Weiyang Palace door and turned around to look at me again.
"Did you sleep well last night?" I mustered up my courage and spoke a little louder. Making conversation was my first skill, and I couldn't lose it, especially at this time.
When he heard my question, he started to laugh with his arms crossed. I felt that it was more of a sneer." I like to sleep until I wake up naturally. I didn't know that life in the Northern Dynasty was so good that no one came to wake me up.”
He smiled and answered me, making me even more ashamed.
I used the tip of my toes to stroke the ground." Well, I'll pick a few people for you tonight. Don't be anxious.”
He continued to laugh, closed the door, and locked it. Then, he walked along the palace road as if he was going somewhere.
"Where are you going?" I think he just came and doesn't know this place. Where can he go?
When he heard my question, he tilted his head and narrowed his eyes at me." What do you care?”
I immediately became listless. I changed my leg and continued drawing circles without saying anything.
"I went to look for food. No one brought me food.”He shook his arms as if he was exercising in the morning, but it was almost dark now.
"You didn't eat that snack?"
"It's so sweet. How can I go on stage if I eat it?”He rolled his eyes at me and continued to answer me in an impatient tone. However, he still answered me and didn't ignore me.
After saying this, he fell silent. I remembered that he was now Noble Consort Zhang of the Southern Dynasty. He was a member of the royal family. There was no need for him to perform on stage. However, he seemed to have forgotten about this when he was about to say it, because after he finished speaking, his expression froze in that instant.
The atmosphere was so awkward that I didn't dare to draw a circle like before. I silently put my other foot behind me.
He also stopped moving. I was wondering if he also felt that going back to unlock and close the door at this time would be a little ungentlemanly of a Northern Dynasty person, so he stopped moving first and thought about what to do.
Ji Shenyang! Ji Shenyang! Hurry up and break the silence! It couldn't be so awkward! This is the only thing you know!
But I really won't!
Just as my nostrils were about to widen, a familiar voice sounded from afar." Your Majesty!”
I turned around and saw Song'e carrying a basket. She ran towards me enthusiastically when she saw me.
Song E! My eyes were filled with excitement. This was too timely.
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