si-mexico Chapter 234: Acting like a spoiled child, acting cute, pretending to be innocent, and competing for
Chapter 234: Acting like a spoiled child, acting cute, pretending to be innocent, and competing for
Xiao Xiazi just happened to hear the emperor talking about some musical score with his master.
"Then please inform him for me, sir." A gentle curve appeared at the corner of An Lingrong's lips.
Xiao Xiazi hurriedly entered the Yangxin Palace, then walked out and invited An Lingrong in.
"Rong'er, you're here." The emperor reached out and wanted to hold An Lingrong's hand.
An Lingrong walked up obediently and shook the emperor's hand.
"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs. Am I delaying His Majesty?"
"It's okay. I'm just studying the music score and want to compose a song. I think your voice is sweet and it would be most suitable for you to sing." The emperor took a break from the densely packed memorials and was just about to relax when An Lingrong came. It was like someone bringing a pillow to someone just when he wanted to fall asleep.
Rong'er really has the same thoughts as me.
A woman who looks like Chun Yuan can't be bad.
"Then your Majesty, please choreograph it. I will take it back and ask the musician to give me some guidance. After I have learned it, I will show off in front of your Majesty." An Lingrong stood aside. The emperor could not take his eyes off just by looking at her outfit today.
"What are you doing today?" The emperor touched An Lingrong's delicate skin.
"I'm fine, but I haven't seen the emperor since the epidemic began. I missed him so much that I prepared some snacks to visit him." An Lingrong said this with a guilty look on her face.
It was as if he was blaming himself for delaying the emperor's handling of military and national affairs because of his children's love affair.
The Emperor was somewhat moved. These days, Zhen Huan was pregnant, Ling Xiang was pregnant, and Concubine Hua was pregnant again... The Queen always advised him to settle down with Concubine Li.
But Concubine Li was impetuous and always felt that it would be better to play chess with Concubine Duan where she could have some peace and quiet.
He had forgotten about An Changzai.
Looking at such a quiet woman, recalling the time when I doted on her before, Rong'er was also so soothing and gentle.
After all, I have neglected her these days.
"What snacks did you bring? I'm a little hungry."
"The imperial kitchen has just made some lotus cakes and hawthorn cakes. I think they are fresh, so I brought some here."
There was no small kitchen in the Yanx Palace. Even when Noble Lady Fucha was pregnant, she was served meals in the imperial kitchen. Therefore, the emperor did not dislike the snacks that An Lingrong brought directly from the imperial kitchen.
Baojuan stepped forward and opened the box.
An Lingrong was just about to step forward and bring out the plate.
Suddenly, her feet went weak and An Lingrong fell down weakly, with the plate of lotus cake scattered into the food box.
The emperor was quick to act and hugged An Lingrong, who was about to collapse on the ground.
"Rong'er, what happened?"
An Lingrong lay softly in the emperor's arms. From a close distance, one could see that the paleness on An Lingrong's face was barely covered by rouge and powder.
"Your Majesty, my young lady was at Jingren Palace paying respects to the Empress today. She stood for the entire afternoon. I advised her to take a good rest, but when she saw the snacks sent from the Imperial Kitchen, she said that your Majesty loved them the most and insisted on sending them to you."
Baojuan knelt on the ground and talked non-stop like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.
After Baojuan fell completely, An Lingrong tried to stand up, but was hugged tightly by Yongzheng.
"Baojuan, what nonsense are you talking about?" An Lingrong weakly stopped Baojuan.
The emperor's eyes were full of heartache.
"Rong'er, you have been serving the Queen wholeheartedly since you entered the palace. You are always cautious and measured. You don't need to say more. I know everything."
The emperor had been upset these days because he had heard some rumors that the empress dowager slapped the queen, but he could not find out the true feelings. Now that he knew Ling Rong had actually stood in Jingren Palace for an entire afternoon, he was even more dissatisfied.
"Su Peisheng, go get the imperial physician."
Rong'er is weak to begin with, and needs to be pampered just like Chunyuan. It's all because Rong'er is too obedient and doesn't know how to fight for things, so I inevitably neglect her.
"Your Majesty, I am fine, but I regretted the loss of the dessert." An Lingrong stood up with all her might. "Fortunately, the hawthorn cake was not wasted by me, but this hawthorn cake is not as good as the one made by Concubine Qi. I still like Concubine Qi's hawthorn cake the most."
"If you like it, just ask Concubine Qi to make more."
The emperor helped An Lingrong sit on the couch, held her in his arms, and rested his chin on her forehead.
"It's better not to bother Sister Qifei. Sister Qifei has been accompanying the Queen these days and is tired. When she was leaving Jingren Palace today, she fainted. Was it Cuiguo who helped Sister Qifei back home?"
"You always care about others. I heard that when Noble Lady Fucha suffered from an epidemic, you didn't hesitate to go to pay your respects and serve her." The emperor's heart softened, and Chunyuan in his memory appeared before his eyes.
Chunyuan was the same when he was alive. He always put others before himself and was extremely kind-hearted.
An Lingrong remained silent, gentle but not coquettish, and struck a balance between the coquettishness of a vixen and the softness of a young woman. An Lingrong summed up a unique way of winning favor.
This was also the case a few days ago, when Noble Concubine Fucha was pregnant, she always pestered the emperor and acted coquettishly. An Lingrong observed from the side and concluded that Noble Concubine Fucha would be three parts coquettish and seven parts clingy when vying for favor, and if she did that too many times, the emperor would become annoyed.
So we need tea without any scheming, we need entanglement but not too much, and we also cannot not be entangled either.
If the emperor is too obsessed with tea, he will easily get into a stalemate like the one between Concubine Hua and the emperor.
So, the emperor summoned her twice, and she had to take the initiative to come once.
This is the golden mean to win favor.
As far as An Lingrong's own preferences were concerned, if she hadn't been afraid of having to go to Jingren Palace to set rules tomorrow, she wouldn't have bothered to come to the Yangxin Palace.
As for acting coquettishly, being nice, pretending to be innocent, and vying for favor, she was unwilling to do any of those things.
It would be better to spend this time reading more books. When I was in Songyang, I only learned to read in the backyard and read some "Female Rules" and "Female Training". I was not blind.
But I have been unable to leave the Yanxi Palace recently, so I have found it interesting to read the books that Wei Lin sent me.
Whenever he encountered something he didn't understand in medical books, he would ask Wei Lin, and Wei Lin would always give him some insights into pharmacology to help him see the light.
Zhang Mi came to the Yangxin Palace, and the emperor asked Zhang Mi to take An Lingrong's pulse to see if An Lingrong was ill.
An Lingrong couldn't refuse, so she had to let Doctor Zhang take her pulse.
The emperor wanted to continue this show of love to the end, and I could only go with the flow.
Zhang Mi placed four fingers on An Lingrong's pulse, felt it for a long time, and said four words: overwork, lack of energy and blood.
Translated into plain language, it means: After standing for a long time, An Xiao became weak and had low blood sugar.
It’s nothing serious.
Eat good food and drink well and work less, and you will be able to get well.
After hearing this, the emperor felt relieved.
Only then did Zhang Mi retreat.
This was just a scene. An Lingrong had just come out of Jingren Palace and her legs were a little weak because she had been standing for a long time, but she felt much better after resting for a while in Yanx Palace.
But this Imperial Physician Zhang really knows how to behave. He obviously sided with Concubine Hua and protected himself at the same time.
I really have to thank Concubine Hua.
Also, the emperor just said that he went to pay his respects to Noble Lady Fucha in the Yanx Palace despite his illness and served her.
Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. I think Concubine Hua must have put in a lot of effort to get these words to the emperor's ears.