Qin Zhao only thought that Xiao Ce was saying good things, and the corners of her lips slightly curved: "Your Majesty, I am so complimentary, I will leave this concubine."
She yawned and Shi Shiran walked away.
Xiao Ce looked at the back of Qin Zhao twisting his waist and swaying his hips, and felt that this woman deliberately seduced him before leaving. Does he seem to be a person with poor self-control?
After Qin Zhao left, Xiao Ce knew that he should go to bed according to his past living habits.
It's just that the woman Qin Zhao is gone, and her smell is still on the pillow on the bed, which makes him uneasy.
Finally he fell asleep, but in his dream Qin Zhao was still pestering him, making a fuss with him, asking him not to favor other concubines.
This noise kept him up all night, and he didn't fall asleep until very late.
When he woke up, he was an hour late.
"Zhang Jixiang!!" Xiao Ce was furious and yelled.
Zhang Jixiang crawled in and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I shouted, but Your Majesty is sleeping too deeply and I can't wake you up."
He didn't dare to push the emperor, and the emperor didn't sleep well all night, and he only slept for an hour later. He was afraid that the emperor would be hard, so he didn't ask the emperor to get up again.
"According to your statement, it's my fault?!" Xiao Ce's eyes were cold.
Zhang Jixiang lowered his head and said feebly: "This slave knows his crime."
Qin Zhao was sleeping soundly in that room, but Xiao Ce's roar woke her up from her dream. She hurried over and saw Zhang Jixiang was about to be dragged down.
She didn't care much at the moment and said loudly: "Wait a minute!"
When Xiao Ce saw Qin Zhao's face, he remembered how he had been pestered by Qin Zhao all night last night. His face became even more ugly: "Drag me down, I will take heavy responsibility..."
"Dare I ask what mistake Zhang Jixiang made?!" Qin Zhao interrupted Xiao Ce.
At this time, Xiao Ce should have gone to court early on weekdays, but he was still in Yangxin Hall. He clearly missed the morning court. Is this how Zhang Jixiang was punished?
Xiao Ce was speechless for a moment.
He failed to get up in time because he had fallen asleep. Zhang Jixiang said that he had called him because he was too deep in sleep and did not wake up.
"My concubine, please come and change your clothes and wash up for the emperor. It's getting late. I'll go to court later and have breakfast when I get back. I'll wait for the emperor in the Yangxin Hall to have breakfast together after he goes to court." Qin Zhao knew.
Xiao Ce was pressed for time, so he took advantage of the situation and let Xiao Ce step down.
Xiao Ce secretly wondered who wanted to have breakfast with her, but when he saw Qin Zhao coming to change clothes for him and looking sluggish, he didn't push her away.
With previous experience, Qin Zhao changed clothes quickly, served Xiao Ce to wash up quickly, and then put the crown on Xiao Ce.
After Qin Zhao had served him, he said to Zhang Jixiang, who was staring blankly at the side: "The emperor is going to the morning court, what are you doing?!"
Only then did Zhang Jixiang react and hurriedly stood behind Xiao Ce.
This time, Xiao Ce did not chase Zhang Jixiang, but hurried out of the Yangxin Hall to go to the morning court.
Although it was a little later than usual, when Xiao Ce went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, all the officials were there, so the time was just right.
Recalling Qin Zhao's calm and quick reaction in the Yangxin Palace, Xiao Ce had to admit that at the critical moment, that woman not only did not hold him back, but also saved him from being troubled by rumors.
After all, he turned over Qin Zhao's brand last night. If he happened to be late for the morning meeting today, he might be mistaken for a foolish king who was deceived by beauty.
Zhang Jixiang also breathed a sigh of relief.
In important matters, the imperial concubine was still very courageous, and she even saved him in time, otherwise he would have been beaten.
After the court was over, An Shangshu deliberately walked with Zhao Yu and mentioned the fact that Xiao Ce was late today: "On weekdays, the emperor attends the morning court on time, but today it was a little later. It probably has something to do with the fact that the imperial concubine went to bed last night.
Speaking of which, among the concubines in the entire harem, the imperial concubine is the most powerful."
Zhao Yu stopped and looked at An Shangshu coldly: "This is the emperor's harem matter. Mr. An has overstepped his arrogance. I still have something to do, so I should take the first step."
An Shangshu looked at Zhao Yu's back and thought that Zhao Yu's reaction was so bland. Could it be that he had misunderstood it?
But Zhao Yu's eyes clearly looked wrong when he saw Qin Zhao...
When Xiao Ce returned to the Yangxin Hall that night, he thought he would see Qin Zhao. After all, the woman had said that she would have breakfast with him when he came down from court.
Unexpectedly, when he returned to the Yangxin Palace, Qin Zhao was nowhere to be seen, but Zhiqiu conveyed Qin Zhao's original words, saying that staying in the Yangxin Palace for too long was against the rules, so she returned to Jinyang Palace first.
Xiao Ce felt that Qin Zhao was the most sensible woman he had ever seen. She did not pester people and knew the importance of things. However, he still felt that this woman was hypocritical.
Perhaps he thought that she should have liked to pester him and be jealous like the woman in the dream, instead of knowing how to advance and retreat like she does now.
Of course, he cannot deny that Qin Zhao is very calm when it comes to handling things. In today's situation, Qin Zhao reacted faster and avoided a rumor.
After Qin Zhao returned to Jinyang Palace that day, he had some sleep and his mind became much clearer.
Like this emergency incident, although she stopped Xiao Ce from punishing Zhang Jixiang in time, and Xiao Ce did not punish her for interfering in other people's business, the king's heart is unpredictable, and she still has to be careful in the future.
Just when Qin Zhao was thinking about something, Cui Jieyu suddenly came to visit her and came to say hello to her.
After Cui Jieyu said hello to Qin Zhao, she faced Qin Zhao's radiant face. Because he rested his feet, Qin Zhao's face was rosy, looking like a nourished flower, delicate and moving.
At this moment, she understood one thing. Qin Zhao's sleeping attendant was a real sleeping attendant, unlike her who was just pretending to be sleeping. Did she come here thinking that Qin Zhao was also a fake sleeping attendant?
"What's wrong with Sister Cui?" Qin Zhao asked in confusion when he saw Cui Jieyu looking dazed.
Cui Jieyu blinked and came to her senses. She shook her head after a while: "I just suddenly felt homesick."
When Qin Zhao heard the warm word "home", his eyebrows became gentler: "Now that you have entered the palace, let's treat the palace as home from now on. It is not easy for a woman who has entered the palace to go home in the future.
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Cui Jieyu nodded silently: "That's what my sister said."
She sat for a moment, then got up and left the main hall.
Looking at Cui Jieyu's slightly heavy back, Qin Zhao didn't take it to heart. She was not familiar with Cui Jieyu, and she didn't know what Cui Jieyu was worried about.
This isn't something she should be concerned about.
If she can't take care of herself, how can she have the energy to take care of other people?
Two days later, Cui Jieyu was turned over.
In the past, Cui Jieyu had some expectations, but this time Cui Jieyu only had one idea, she had to find a way to stay in bed. Otherwise, if things go on like this, her chess piece would sooner or later be discovered by the Queen Mother Guo, and no one would be able to help her by then.
Already.
She met Xiao Ce as usual, and Xiao Ce was as busy as before.
This chapter has been completed!