"Besides, why should I stay with the Emperor in the Royal Garden when the Emperor comes? I don't want to hurt my legs." Qin Zhao said softly.
Qiu Shui laughed: "It's my short-sightedness that makes your Majesty laugh."
"You came to Jinyang Palace just to ask me this boring question, right?" Qin Zhao joked.
Qiu Shui's expression was a bit awkward. Facing Qin Zhao, she didn't want to lie: "It's Jixiang who insisted on asking me to come over and ask. To be honest with you, Jixiang and your slaves knew that your Majesty went to the imperial garden today, so they specially lured the emperor to come here."
I went there, thinking that this would be an opportunity for the empress and the emperor to reconcile, but unexpectedly the plan went awry, and Ji Xiang was in trouble. I kept saying it was a pity."
Qin Zhao's eyebrows were half-curved, but he didn't expect this to happen.
This is the good intention of Zhang Jixiang and Qiu Shui. It is her own problem and has nothing to do with them.
"I appreciate your kindness. Please don't do such stupid things in the future. Otherwise, if the Emperor knows about it, you won't be blamed. As for the problem between me and the Emperor, we will handle it ourselves. You can go back to the Emperor to serve you first.
Let's do it." Qin Zhao said and asked Qiu Shui to take away some snacks.
Qiu Shui took the snacks and brought them back to Yangxin Hall, intending to feed them to Zhang Jixiang. Unexpectedly, just as she returned to Yangxin Hall, Zhang Jixiang came out and winked at her.
She immediately understood that the emperor was waiting for her.
She didn't dare to be careless, so she stuffed the snacks into Zhang Jixiang's hand and went to serve him in front of the emperor.
"Where are you going?" Xiao Ce asked quietly without raising his head.
Qiu Shui complained endlessly. Can she say that she just went to Jinyang Palace?
At this time, Xiao Ce looked over. Under Xiao Ce's gaze, Qiu Shui had no choice but to tell the truth: "I went to Jinyang Palace."
Just when Zhang Jixiang came in, she hurriedly stepped forward and placed the snacks in front of Xiao Ce: "These are the snacks that the imperial concubine ordered the slave to bring back. They are delicious. Would you like to try them, Your Majesty?"
She didn't dare to lie, otherwise she could have said that this was a snack ordered by the imperial concubine to bring to the emperor, in order to please the emperor.
Xiao Ce glanced at the snacks and said nothing.
Qiu Shui didn't know how Xiao Ce was feeling, so he didn't dare to answer the question casually.
"Stand back." Xiao Ce waved his hand.
Qiu Shui followed her words and exited the room. Before leaving, Zhang Jixiang gave her a look, but she didn't understand what the look meant. She could only say that there was no tacit understanding between her and Zhang Jixiang.
An hour later, Zhang Jixiang found Qiu Shui and asked her if she had gained anything from going to Jinyang Palace.
Qiu Shui explained the whole process: "Later, the imperial concubine didn't mention the emperor, so I couldn't keep asking. It seemed that the imperial concubine was in a good mood, and she treated me very well."
"Your trip is in vain. It's better for me to go there myself." Zhang Jixiang felt that Qiu Shui was in trouble.
Qiu Shui immediately responded: "Then go and see me. Maybe you can ask me something."
She doesn't have such ability anyway.
"Go ahead! Just keep an eye on the Emperor." Zhang Jixiang was eager to give it a try.
Seeing this, Qiu Shui raised his voice and said, "I'll wait for you to bring back good news."
She didn't believe that Zhang Jixiang could dig out any useful information from the imperial concubine's mouth.
Qin Zhao did not expect that the people from Yangxin Hall would run so frequently, sending Qiushui away and welcoming Zhang Jixiang.
"Have you had your meal?" Qin Zhao asked with concern when he saw Zhang Jixiang.
"My servant has eaten." Zhang Jixiang's palms were sweating under Qin Zhao's attention.
He came here because he had something to ask the imperial concubine, not just gossip.
Finally, he mustered up the courage to say: "The Emperor and the Imperial Concubine have not spoken to each other for some time. When will the Imperial Concubine reconcile with the Emperor?"
"Have there been any bad moments between me and the emperor?" Qin Zhao asked back.
"This..." Qin Zhao's rhetorical question left Zhang Jixiang speechless.
"Zhang Jixiang, what you have to do is to serve the emperor well. As for the affairs between me and the emperor, outsiders should have less interference. People say that everyone performs his duties. What kind of things do you do in what position?
As the emperor's personal attendant, serving the emperor well is your first priority." Qin Zhao said seriously.
Zhang Jixiang responded repeatedly: "That's what the empress said. Then when will the empress go to the emperor to talk to the emperor?"
Qin Zhao opened his lips calmly: "The emperor is busy with government affairs and is focused on political affairs. If I disturb the emperor from doing business, it is my fault. You encourage me to disturb the emperor from doing business. It is even more wrong with you as a close servant.
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Zhang Jixiang:……
"If there is nothing else, you can go back to Yangxin Palace to serve me. The Emperor cannot live without you." Qin Zhao then issued an order to expel the guest.
This time Zhang Jixiang had seen Qin Zhao's Tai Chi skills, leaving him no room to talk back.
He returned to the Yangxin Hall angrily, and saw Qiu Shui coming up to him and asking, "What did the noble concubine say?"
He told the general story, and Qiu Shui couldn't help laughing: "Now do you know how good the concubine's talk is, right?"
"According to my observation, the imperial concubine does not seem to want to reconcile with the emperor. You and I both went to Jinyang Palace to persuade peace, but the imperial concubine was indifferent. This has never happened before." Zhang Jixiang felt that something must have gone wrong.
question.
"You mean that the empress is venting her anger on the emperor?" Qiu Shui was a little surprised: "But I have clearly explained to the empress the true situation of the emperor's stay in Zhongcui Palace. The empress is a sensible woman, and she will not argue with the emperor for this reason.
Your Majesty is angry."
"I think the imperial concubine is venting her anger on the emperor. This is not what I think about. If the empress wants to reconcile with the emperor, how can she resist it? Before, I thought the emperor was venting anger on the emperor, but now it looks like the situation
Just turned around." Zhang Jixiang sighed softly: "We are not the only ones who figured out the situation, the emperor still doesn't understand this."
If neither of them takes the initiative, in the long run, their relationship will become separate, right?
The emperor is not usually proactive. In the past, the imperial concubine would be more proactive. Now even the imperial concubine is taking the initiative. If the two masters want to reconcile, it will probably have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
"Then what should we do?" Qiu Shui frowned.
"Let's think of a solution. No matter what, there is still His Highness as the middleman. How can the Emperor not see His Highness for the rest of his life?" Zhang Jixiang did not dare to delay any longer: "I will go back to the Emperor to serve you first, and you can also help me think of a solution."
Qiu Shui watched Zhang Jixiang go away, thinking that she wanted to help, but as soon as she saw the imperial concubine, she was so frightened that she could not speak.
If there is a conflict between the two masters, she feels that the breakthrough point lies with the imperial concubine. Otherwise, depending on the emperor's temperament, I am afraid that he will never be able to reconcile with the imperial concubine in this life.
She sighed to herself, and finally returned to Xiao Ce to serve him.
Although Xiao Ce's attention was focused on government affairs, he still found that Zhang Jixiang and Qiu Shui were both a little absent-minded.