Pearl hurriedly walked out and saw Emperor Hongyuan leading people to the Jinhua Palace. She hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Wan said that her body is not fully recovered yet, and she is afraid that she will pass on her illness to you. For your sake,
For the sake of the dragon body, please...please come back next time."
Emperor Hongyuan was stunned, "Why, Concubine Wan is still not well?"
Pearl nodded timidly, "Yes, your body is still very weak and you still need to rest."
"Then let me go in and see her." Emperor Hongyuan said.
Pearl hurriedly stopped in front of him and said fearfully: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, it's late at night, my queen has just taken the medicine and has already fallen asleep..."
The implication was that Dong Shishi had politely rejected Emperor Hongyuan and hoped that Emperor Hongyuan would not force his way in.
"Concubine Wan is already asleep?" Emperor Hongyuan knew that Pearl was lying when he saw her hesitating.
He glanced inside doubtfully, with a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes, "Okay, let Concubine Wan have a good rest. I'll come see her next time."
"Your Majesty." Pearl quickly saluted and breathed a sigh of relief.
Emperor Hongyuan gave the inner hall a meaningful look before leading the people away.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Wan would actually give him a temper.
Wasn't it because he hadn't come to see her before? How dare she, a little concubine, turn away the emperor!
After Emperor Hongyuan left, Pearl quickly walked into the inner hall.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has left!"
Dong Shishi hurriedly said: "Zhenzhu, what was the emperor's expression just now? Is he angry?"
Pearl thought for a while and said: "The emperor is not angry, but is very concerned about your Majesty. He said that he wants your Majesty to have a good rest and he will come to see you next time."
Hearing this, Dong Shishi also breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor was not angry and would see her again, which showed that her method was effective.
-
The next night, Emperor Hongyuan was very agitated by the pile of memorials, and suddenly wanted to listen to Dong Shishi singing to soothe his tense nerves.
Thinking of this, he took Eunuch Xu and others to Jinhua Palace again.
This time, Dong Shishi saw Emperor Hongyuan coming, but she did not turn him away.
When she saw Emperor Hongyuan walking in, she hurriedly saluted him, but the expression on her face remained calm.
Seeing Dong Shishi's cold expression, Emperor Hongyuan knew that she was still angry with him.
He was bothered by a lot of state affairs today and was in a very depressed mood.
But thinking that Dong Shishi had had a miscarriage not long ago, she still suppressed her irritability and said somewhat remorsefully: "My dear concubine, you look bad, are you still blaming me for not coming to see you?"
Dong Shishi frowned in resentment, and her voice was a bit sinister, "I don't dare, I don't dare. The emperor is the emperor, how can I dare to blame the emperor?"
Emperor Hongyuan sighed and said: "Hey, I have been busy with state affairs recently, so I have neglected you. How is your health? Are you well?"
Dong Shishi raised her eyebrows and said coldly: "Thanks to the emperor, my concubine's body has recovered well."
Dong Shishi said this, but she snorted in her heart.
What state affairs are busy?
It's just an excuse.
You have time to find other concubines, but you don’t have time to take a look at her?
Oh, the emperor is indeed so ruthless and unjust.
Emperor Hongyuan said: "My dear concubine, I have been busy with state affairs these days. Although I did not come to see you, I asked Imperial Physician Zhang and Jiang Chenghai to take good care of you. How about it, have they been neglectful of you?"
Emperor Hongyuan was hinting that although he himself did not come, he still sent people to care about Dong Shishi.
Dong Shishi sneered, what she wanted was his care, what was the use of these people caring about her?
She said calmly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, they are all taking good care of you."
Hearing this official language that was neither salty nor bland, and seeing the expression on Dong Shishi's face, Emperor Hongyuan's brows overflowed with anger.
But thinking of Dong Shishi's singing voice, he suppressed his anger and said: "My dear concubine, I am a little worried today. Please play and sing for me."
As he said that, others had already walked to the chair and sat down, ready to listen to Dong Shishi singing.
Unexpectedly, Dong Shishi said calmly: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, my concubine's voice is not feeling well today, so I'm afraid I won't be able to sing for the Emperor."
It stands to reason that if the emperor wants to hear a song, she will of course try her best to sing it to him.
But if she were to satisfy him so easily, then he would abandon her like nothing.
The best way is for her to let him go for a few days and let him not get what he wants, and then finally she agrees to him, so that he will know how important she is and will not neglect her like before.
Seeing Dong Shishi say this, Emperor Hongyuan's face suddenly darkened.
His majestic emperor came to her, but she dared to refuse.
He wanted to be angry, but thinking that she had just had a miscarriage, he said coldly: "Okay, then you have a good rest. I will come see you another day."
After saying that, he walked out without looking back.
Seeing this, Dong Shishi looked at Pearl and said, "Zhenzhu, do you think the emperor was angry just now?"
Pearl said fearfully: "The emperor seems a little angry. Madam, the emperor finally came to see you once. Why didn't you seize the opportunity? Why did you reject him?"
Dong Shishi snorted coldly, "I used to be obedient and obedient to him, and he would give up whenever he wanted to. Now I have figured it out, women can't be obtained by men so easily. You see, I refused before.
He, he will still come to me, this is the nature of a man. So you don’t have to be afraid, just wait, if he doesn’t get me, sooner or later he will come again!”
"But Madam, the Emperor is the most powerful person and cannot be disobeyed. I am worried that if you keep rejecting him, you will anger him," Pearl said worriedly.
Dong Shishi sneered, "You don't have to be afraid. What the emperor loves most is my singing voice. No one in this palace can sing better than me. As long as the emperor likes to listen to songs, he can't live without me."
Sure enough, Dong Shishi was right.
The next afternoon, after Emperor Hongyuan had eaten, he came to see her again!
Emperor Hongyuan still wanted to hear her sing this time, but she refused again because she was in a bad mood and couldn't sing.
This time he was rejected again, but Emperor Hongyuan still didn't get angry.
He hid his anger and left the Jinhua Palace.
At noon the next day, after Emperor Hongyuan went to court, he missed Dong Shishi's songs again.
So he took people to Jinhua Palace again.
From a distance, Dong Shishi looked proud when she saw Emperor Hongyuan coming.
It turns out that what Xue Tianxiang said is true. Men are so mean. The more they can't get, the more they want to conquer.
She decided that she would hang him out one more time and she would accept him when he came again next time.
"I'm here to see you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, why are you here?" Seeing Emperor Hongyuan walk in, Dong Shishi walked over and saluted calmly.
Emperor Hongyuan walked in and rubbed his forehead with an irritated look on his face, "My beloved concubine, how are you feeling today?"