After the candles in the hall were half-burned, Fu Qingjiao lay in Emperor Honghui's arms with a delicate body and a tired look.
Emperor Honghui felt that this was the first time in so many years that he could not control himself.
He could feel the enthusiasm in his heart as he hugged the delicate beauty huddled in his arms.
He still feels that the beauty has him in her heart, which surprises him.
"My dear concubine, would you like to have tomorrow..."
Before he finished speaking, he was replaced by a violent cough, and within a moment, Emperor Honghui's face turned red.
Fu Qingjiao hurriedly helped Emperor Honghui calm down his anger. Zhou Quan, who was guarding outside the palace, quickly walked in and gave Emperor Honghui medicine.
Fu Qingjiao was wearing a middle coat. When she saw Zhou Quan come in, although he was a eunuch, she still felt awkward.
After Emperor Honghui calmed down his breathing, Zhou Quan breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Quan asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to send Fu Cairen back?"
Emperor Honghui did not want to part with his beauty, but according to the rules, his concubines were not allowed to spend the night beside him.
No matter how reluctant she is to let go, she can only let people send Fu Qingjiao back.
There have been many children in the harem over the years, but not many have survived, only three princesses and two princes.
It stands to reason that since there is already a prince, Emperor Honghui should not worry anymore, but the prince born to the queen is only three years old this year, and it is unpredictable what the future will be like.
He needs more heirs to ensure the inheritance of the Chu Kingdom in the future.
But at just thirty years old, he could clearly feel that he lacked mental strength. The closeness with Fu Qingjiao just now had even more drained his energy.
Another reason for sending Fu Qingjiao back was that he didn't want her to see how tired he was.
After Fu Qingjiao returned to the palace where she was staying, she immediately drank the decoction prepared by the palace maid.
This was a decoction that she specially searched for to help her get pregnant before entering the palace. She knew the situation in the palace beforehand. The princes were all still young. If she gave birth to a prince, she might still be able to compete.
She wasn't so anxious at first, thinking that Emperor Honghui was only thirty years old after all, but tonight she could clearly see that Emperor Honghui's health was not as good as it looked.
Therefore, she must seize every opportunity and strive to give birth to a prince as soon as possible, so as to gain more say for herself.
The bitter medicine filled the space between her teeth, Fu Qingjiao looked indifferent, no matter how bitter the medicine was, it was not even a ten thousandth of the pain she felt.
At sunset the next day, Fu Qingjiao looked out the window frequently, waiting for the chamberlain to come and send a message to take her into Funing Palace.
But after waiting and waiting, what was waiting was the news that Meiren Dong had been summoned.
The hands hidden under her sleeves were tightly clasped, Fu Qingjiao completely ignored the pain of her nails digging into her flesh.
She never had any expectations for Emperor Honghui from the beginning, but last night Emperor Honghui's love for her far exceeded her expectations.
So she thought that Emperor Honghui would let her go to bed tonight as he said yesterday.
But she didn't expect that even if her body was average, Emperor Honghui would not treat her wholeheartedly.
Thinking of this, Fu Qingjiao couldn't help but laugh at herself.
She was deceived by a man's embrace. How could she expect a king of a country to only have her in his heart?
Fu Qingjiao put away her sadness and quickly regained her smile.
What she didn't know was that Emperor Honghui called Dong Meiren over but did not stay with her. He just didn't want people to know that he was not in good health, so he called someone over to support the scene.
Emperor Honghui also missed Fu Qingjiao very much, but he was worried that if he could no longer control himself, his health would be even worse.
On the third day, Emperor Honghui still couldn't help but miss him and summoned Fu Qingjiao again.
Fu Qingjiao served her with utmost tenderness, which made Emperor Honghui fall in love with her even more.
And this is what Fu Qingjiao wants.
She did not hesitate to make herself the kind of person she looked down on the most before, and tried her best just to please a man, and this man was the most noble man in Da Chu.
A month passed, and Fu Qingjiao became the concubine who slept with the most and was also the most favored.
Even the queen can't compare with her.
Fu Qingjiao was not arrogant like a doting concubine, but treated the queen with respect. The queen also had a good impression of her, thinking that she was a kind and sensible little girl.
Little did they know that Fu Qingjiao had secretly arranged her own people in the palace based on Emperor Honghui's favor.
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Xiao Xixi has been busy opening the teahouse for more than a month.
Of course she is not satisfied with opening one teahouse, but wants to open several more before she gets married.
A few days before the wedding, the fifth teahouse opened.
Teahouses are located in different locations in the capital, and the storytellers inside all tell the same story, and there is a teahouse near each teahouse that belongs to the butler.
In just a short period of time after its opening, Qingmingju became famous in the capital.
Not only because of its wonderful story, but also because of its various pastries with unique flavors and styles.
I have to say that although some of the pastries made by He Xiu are quite scary, they are also very innovative and attract a lot of customers.
Because the teahouse nearby has some influence.
Among them, the Guanjia Teahouse is the most popular.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are things in the Guanjia Teahouse that are found in Qingmingju, as if they are deliberately contrary to each other.
But the average guest doesn't care about this. Qingmingju has good tea and snacks, and the stories are interesting, so of course everyone is willing to go.
When Guan Ruxue learned that her teahouse business had been affected, she realized why Xiao Xixi had asked where her teahouses were that day. She had such thoughts!
She was about to teach Xiao Xixi a lesson, but Master Guan stopped her and sent her out of the capital to inspect the shop.
Xiao Xixi didn't know about this, so she was certainly relieved to learn that Qingmingju's business was going well.
Although she used the original owner's private money and did not accept Gu's help, she still hoped that the money she spent would yield something, so that she could open more teahouses and realize her dream of opening teahouses all over Chu.
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Before Xiao Xixi got married, the Xiao family sat together for a meal.
Unusually, the atmosphere seemed dull.
Even Xiao Jinbao, who was always lively and cheerful, did not dare to speak. He just opened his big eyes and looked at the adults around him.
Xiao Xixi didn't want to finish a meal like this. She was afraid of indigestion, so she planned to liven up the atmosphere and raised her wine glass: "This should be the last time I eat with my whole family before I get married. I know everyone can't bear to leave me, but still
Be happy, so that when you think about this meal in the future, you will be happy."
Mrs. Gu felt that what her daughter said made sense, so she put away her sadness, raised her glass and said, "Xi Xi is right, we can't let her worry about us after she gets married."
Others also raised their glasses, and the whole family drank a glass of wine together.
Xiao Zhongye put down his wine glass, with a heavy expression mixed with some self-blame: "As an incompetent father, I haven't been able to find out who poisoned the tea in the other courtyard for so long."
Xiao Xixi held the chopsticks and was about to pick up the food. It was not surprising that she couldn't find out. After all, after she learned that the matter was related to Caiyun, she took the initiative to help her erase the traces.
Caiyun is also a poor person, and her past life experience is indeed that the original owner could not tolerate her, so Xiao Xixi does not want to argue with her, and is afraid that the rest of the Xiao family will severely punish Caiyun if they find out the truth.
