At this time, Mu Qingchao was sleeping in his room.
It's not that she wants to sleep, the main reason is that she is locked up here and there is really nothing else to do except sleep every day.
She didn't like the palace servants Shen Mu rushed over, and she didn't even bother to talk to them on weekdays.
In the past, she could at least read a storybook to relieve her boredom, but now she doesn't even have a storybook anymore.
I lie in bed all day long, and when I am not sleepy, I look at the winter sun outside the window, thinking about what Jiang is like in the dark clouds, and whether I think of her.
If you're sleepy, just squint for a while. Anyway, I'm half asleep and half awake, so I won't sleep well.
It happened that when she was in a daze, she heard shouting "The Emperor has arrived" outside.
She was startled, and she was in a daze, not knowing whether she was awake or dreaming. She turned over, but she had no strength and rolled under the bed.
Just at this moment, Shen Muchi came in from outside. Seeing this, he quickly went to catch her.
But after not seeing her for a few days, she has really lost a lot of weight.
One tentacle is just a handful of bones, light and weightless.
But as soon as Mu Qingchao got close to him, he quickly stepped back. When he thought that he was only wearing a middle coat, he quickly pulled the clothes and wrapped himself tightly.
Shen Muchi gave her a cold look.
"Don't cover it up. I told you I'm not interested in your body."
Mu Qingchao:......
Why are you keeping her here if you are not interested?
She tilted her head and asked angrily: "What are you doing here, Your Majesty?"
"I heard that you haven't eaten well in the past few days?" Shen Muchi asked.
"I ate it!" Mu Qing said.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm not that little girl looking for death and survival. No matter what, I can't do such a thing as a hunger strike."
She told the truth.
She didn't want to starve herself to death, she still wanted to save her energy to see Jiang Bo.
"Eating so much is called eating?" Shen Muchi asked impatiently.
"What if?"
"I can only eat so much."
She could only eat so much, and being locked up in such a place, with no one around her to talk to, she couldn't even live day or night.
It’s good if you can eat it, but how much more can you eat?
"What about those supplements I gave you?"
“Those supplements taste terrible, and I can’t even eat after taking them.”
"you……"
Shen Muchi was so angry with her that she couldn't speak. She didn't know what to say for a moment.
He really has no choice. If she doesn't want to do other things, he can always force her. But if she doesn't eat, he can't. He can force someone to force her into it, right?
But he heard Mu Qing say: "Your Majesty is really strange."
"You locked me up here and I obeyed. You told me to be honest every day and not act like a monster, so I did. Now you have to take care of how many meals I eat a day."
Are you being too lenient?"
She is not afraid that Shen Muchi will kill her now. Shen Muchi still has to rely on Jiang Bo to help him kill the enemy on the front line, right?
This is the situation anyway, so she doesn't care what she says and can say whatever she wants.
It only blocked the fire in Shen Muchi's heart.
He really wanted to break this stubborn and rebellious person over.
But when the words came to his lips, he softened again: "I just asked you to stay in Chaoyun Palace, but I didn't ask you to stay in the house all day. Isn't it okay for you to go for a walk in the yard from time to time?
How about I accompany you to play on the swing?"
He remembered that she liked swinging very much.
"There are so many strangers outside. I feel upset and won't go."
"you……"
"What?" Mu Qingchao turned around and looked at him with his eyes.
"Are your Majesty planning to drag me to the swing again? If that's the case, your Majesty, please don't bother me. I can go by myself."
Anyway, I dare to disobey your imperial edict?
How many hours do you want to hang out? Tell me."
She weighs ninety pounds, and probably eighty-nine of them are rebellious.
After that, he really rushed outside.
Shen Muchi grabbed her hand.
"I didn't say you must go!" he said urgently, and then his tone softened: "It's very cold outside, don't go."
Shen Muchi came in a hurry and went back angrily.
He was so angry that he walked back and forth in Fulin Palace.
"What else do you think she wants? Ah? Everything in the imperial dining room is made according to her taste. What did she want, including clothes and jewelry, not a single thing was given to her?
What else is she dissatisfied with?"
Eunuch Lu stood beside him and lowered his head: "Your Majesty, I have a saying that I don't know whether to say or not."
Shen Muchi said "tsk": "If you fart, just let it go!"
"The imperial doctors all said that the Queen Mother suffered from a loss of appetite due to depression. She didn't have anyone she knew well around her, and it was common for her to be in a bad mood.
After all, the people serving the Queen Mother are all His Majesty's people, and Your Majesty also knows that the Queen Mother is now... resistant to you."
"Then according to your opinion, I am just imprisoning a few servants, is it wrong?"
Shen Muchi was furious now, and when he heard this, he became even more angry.
Eunuch Lu was so frightened that he quickly knelt down.
"I don't dare. I just feel that the former servants of Chaoyun Palace have always been with the Queen Mother. I look at her coldly and treat the Queen Mother sincerely.
With such a person serving the Queen Mother, Your Majesty can feel more at ease.
After all...if the Queen Mother refuses to eat, at least there will be a few people who can speak to her to persuade her."
What Lu Xi said does make sense.
but……
"Is it possible that you took back what you asked me to say?"
After all, he is still the king of a country, so this would be too demeaning.
**
"Queen Mother..."
At night, when Mu Qingchao was sitting alone in front of the window and counting the stars, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from outside.
Is it... Chunya?
Mu Qingchao didn't believe his ears, and stood up with a "pop" sound like a conditioned reflex.
I walked outside and took a look, who were those two people coming out of the snow if they weren't Chunya and Qiangwei?
However, after not seeing each other for more than half a month, they seem to be much more haggard than before, their faces are not as clear as before, and the clothes they wear are half-old and so thin.
The two maids rushed into the hall and knelt down towards Mu Qingchao with a "pop" sound.
"Queen Mother..." they shouted.
"I thought I would never see you again."
As Chun Ya spoke, she slapped herself in the face: "It's all my fault. It's my fault that I didn't protect the Queen Mother..."
Qiangwei looked at Mu Qingchao's emaciated face with a distressed look on her face: "We haven't seen you for half a month, how come the Queen Mother has lost so much weight? How is the Queen Mother doing without the servants to wait on her?"
Mu Qingchao couldn't help but shed tears as he looked at them.
She had experienced too many things during this period, but in just a few days, it felt like a lifetime ago.
She hurried forward to help the two girls: "What are you talking about? It's not that you failed to protect the Ai family, it's the Ai family that has hurt you..."
In both lives, she was the one who caused them trouble.
But no matter it was the previous life or this life, the two maids never complained. Instead, they blamed themselves for not doing a good enough job.
It's not that no one outside said that Chaoyun Palace is arrogant and pampers its servants, raising each of them like a second master.
But how could she not be arrogant to such a servant?
No matter what happens to them, they are all people who can follow her through life and death.