Beigong Tengxiao raised his hand to hold her struggling wrist, lifted her chin with the other hand, looked at her stubborn posture, stared into her eyes, and said: "Enough is enough."
He leaned forward and kissed her trembling lips, slowly closing his eyes.
Chu Jiaoli struggled to turn her face away, and raised her other free hand to struggle. The sharp nails actually scratched his face, and a drop of blood came out.
Beigong Tengxiao gritted his teeth and stared at her with sharp eyes.
The tears on Chu Jiaoli's eyelashes were as innocent and pitiful as a deer. She pouted aggrievedly, pushed him away with force, and said: "I hate you! I hate you!"
Hearing this, Beigong Tengxiao sneered and said: "Everyone, get out!"
"Yes." The maids received the order and left one after another.
Outside the house, Yuzhu patted his chest, exhaled softly, and said: "Since the emperor returned to the palace, his temper has become more and more irritable. I have never seen him be so cruel to the empress before..."
Luo Bai beside him sighed softly and said: "The emperor is in his prime of life. Among the three thousand beauties in the harem, he only favors the empress. Now that the empress has such a strange disease, she has begun to rebel against the emperor. No wonder.
The emperor will be impatient. He can only endure it for a day or two. How can he endure it for a lifetime?"
Yuzhu sniffed, fearing that she would fall out of favor if she continued like this: "Our empress has a really hard life, why has this disease not healed for so long..."
While they were chatting, there was a sound of breaking porcelain from the closed house behind them. When Beigong Tengxiao opened the door, Chu Jiaoli's crying could also be heard in the distance.
His face was terrifyingly gloomy, and when he passed by the two of them, he said, "Take good care of your empress."
"Yes." Luo Bai and Yuzhu lowered their heads and saluted Beigong Tengxiao.
Then, as if Luo Bai had thought of something, he walked forward quickly and said to Beigong Tengxiao's side: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty's mind is like a child's now, ignorant and naive. If you force her, I'm afraid your Majesty will be scared out of her mind."
It’s because of the illness. Recently, the emperor still...it’s better not to irritate the empress as much..."
Beigong Tengxiao straightened his somewhat messy collar, stared at her sharply, and said, "Do you want to talk more?"
Luo Bai immediately lowered his head and said: "This slave is thinking about your health."
Beigong Tengxiao did not refute any more, threw up his sleeves and left.
Yuzhu walked quickly to Luo Bai's side, looked at Beigong Tengxiao's leaving back, and whispered: "The emperor really left his wife and left like this..."
Luo Bai shook his head and said: "The Nyonya Emperor is angry, what can we do?"
Yuzhu frowned and said, "But the emperor was very patient with the empress in the past."
"Things are different now, Yuzhu."
Hearing this, Yuzhu drooped his face in frustration.
"It was better in the past. At least the empress was still willing to get close to the emperor," Luo Bai rolled his eyes and said, "It's just... the emperor knew that he would completely forget the empress after not seeing him for a long time, so how could he choose to leave the empress at this juncture?
Where are you leaving the palace?"
Yuzhu just remained silent. When she heard Luo Bai's remarks, she felt that her mother-in-law was indeed not as favored as before.
It was almost dusk, and Weiyang Palace received an order that Beigong Tengxiao would have dinner here, and the palace maids and eunuchs were making arrangements.
Chu Jiaoli was swinging outside, blowing the windmill in her hand.
Luo Bai looked at the setting sun, and the sky gradually darkened.
She quietly retreated to the bedroom. Seeing no one around, she walked to the tea table, took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve, opened the lid of the teapot, and poured the medicinal powder in the bottle.
"What are you doing?"
A childish voice sounded behind him, and Luo Bai was suddenly startled. He hurriedly put the medicine bottle into his cuff, turned around and saw Bai Xue's small figure. She raised her face, her eyes were wary, and she frowned.
She said: "Are you poisoning the queen? Well..."
Before she finished speaking, her small mouth and nose were covered by Luo Bai. Luo Bai pressed her against the door, stared at her and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense."
Bai Xue's eyes were filled with panic, but she stared at her angrily. The empress was so kind to Luo Bai, but she actually...
Luo Bai looked at her proud and unconvinced look, and whispered: "Xue'er, I don't want to hurt you. As long as you don't tell anyone, I will spare your life. Just pretend you didn't see what happened just now."
Is that okay?"
Bai Xue slowly calmed down. She glanced at her suspiciously, then lowered her eyes and nodded.
Luo Bai exhaled softly and released the hand covering her.
Bai Xue cleverly rolled her eyes, quickly broke away from her imprisonment, and shouted out the door: "Help..."
Before the word was completely uttered, Luo Bai gave her a blow with his hand. Bai Xue's eyes darkened and she fell into Luo Bai's arms.
Half an hour later.
"The Emperor has arrived!" the eunuch shouted at the gate with a high pitched voice. When Tengxiao came from the North Palace, there were all the palace maids and eunuchs saluting and saying hello.
"Hail, Your Majesty." Luo Bai was the only one left in the dormitory.
Beigong Tengxiao glanced at her and said, "Where is the queen?"
"When I return to the emperor, the empress is taking a bath."
Hearing this, Beigong Tengxiao walked to the treasure chair on the steps and sat down. He caught a glimpse of an exquisite purse on the table, which was made of black brocade satin and embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns.
He picked up the purse and stroked it. Such fine embroidery skills were unique to Chu Jiaoli.
"This is a gift that the empress said she would give to the emperor before. After she forgot about the emperor, she remembered to finish embroidering this purse every day. However, the empress had probably forgotten to give this gift to the emperor."
Hearing this, Beigong Tengxiao frowned slightly and put his purse back on the table.
Seeing this, Luo Bai stepped forward, poured a cup of tea for Beigong Tengxiao, and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be too worried."
Beigong Tengxiao took a sip of tea, put it on the table with a bang, and said, "When did the Queen go to take a bath?"
"If you go back to the Emperor, it will be a while before the Emperor comes."
Hearing this, Beigong Tengxiao's hand on the table slowly clenched into a fist, with an ugly expression on his face: "Is she hiding from me on purpose?"
Luo Bai's eyes dodge for a moment, his voice became softer, and he said: "I said before I went to take a bath..."
"What did you say?"
"If she says she doesn't want to see the emperor, she will come out whenever the emperor leaves."
"Presumptuous!" Beigong Tengxiao swept the tea cup on the table to the ground, burning with anger.
Luo Bai was startled, but he slowly exhaled, walked to him, knelt down, and said, "Your Majesty, calm down."
Beigong Tengxiao frowned, pulled apart his collar, and breathed a little unsteadily.
Luo Bai bit her lip gently and slowly raised her head, looking at his strong forbearance. It must be that the medicine had taken effect. Seeing this, she said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the empress won't be able to let you go tonight."
The emperor is satisfied. If the emperor does not dislike Luo Bai, Luo Bai is actually willing to do it for him."
Beigong Tengxiao raised his eyebrows, raised his hand to lift her chin, looked at her beautiful and delicate facial features, and said, "You?"