diskusbooks Chapter 314 How the Empress Treats Me Is Not Important
Chapter 314 How the Empress Treats Me Is Not Important
Qinghe stared wide-eyed at the two people embracing each other.
Yinshuang reacted quickly, pushing Chaoyang away and coughing, saying, "You go back first, see you tomorrow."
Chaoyang was a little embarrassed at this moment, but as a man, he had to be thick-skinned!
It's just that we were caught being intimate, it's no big deal!
Chaoyang even smiled at the stunned Qinghe, whispered to Yinshuang, "I'm leaving now," and disappeared into the night.
Qinghe and the others only moved over in a daze after they disappeared, blinking and making Yinshuang feel a little uneasy.
"Yinshuang, isn't that Young Master Chao? When did you two meet? No, when did you get together?"
Yinshuang was a little annoyed that she hadn't noticed Qinghe's appearance. If this had happened during a mission, she might have lost her life.
Romantic relationships can indeed cause problems.
Fortunately, Yinshuang never showed any expression. She cleared her throat and said calmly, "It's been a long time. Do you have any other questions? If not, go back to sleep. We'll be leaving very early tomorrow."
After saying this, Yinshuang took a step back and reached out to close the door.
Qinghe moved with unprecedented speed, leaping forward and grabbing the door to prevent Yinshuang from closing it.
His eyes gleamed with a burning thirst for gossip.
"Hey, no, no, I'm too excited to sleep. How about I come to your room and chat for a bit?"
She was asking for Yinshuang's opinion, but before Yinshuang could react, Qinghe had already forced her way into the house.
Yinshuang let out a breath and pulled the door shut.
As soon as Qinghe entered, she poured herself a cup of tea, as if she were about to have a long talk all night.
Yinshuang raised an eyebrow, her face completely calm, showing no shyness or embarrassment what one would expect from someone who had caught them in the act.
"Say what you want to say now, and then leave. You can't sleep, but I can."
Qinghe's big eyes shone brightly in the candlelight. "Hey, how long is 'a long time'? When Consort Su returned home, wasn't she escorted by Young Master Chao? Why didn't you two act like you knew each other back then?"
Yinshuang looked at her like she was an idiot, "Why are you pretending to know her?"
"..."
Qinghe was stumped by the question. Why did she suddenly feel that what Yinshuang said made a lot of sense?
But at least one of them should have been exchanging glances, right? Or was there someone there all along, but she just didn't notice?
Qinghe knew about Chaoyang's family background, so she asked with particular curiosity, "Yinshuang, to put it bluntly, will Young Master Chao's family agree to you being with him? Are you going to become his concubine?"
In Qinghe's view, the only possibility was to become a concubine, since Yinshuang was an orphan like her, with no background, and her status was quite different from Chaoyang's.
Yinshuang didn't want to reveal that Chaoyang wanted to marry her yet, so she said dismissively, "He's still unsure whether he'll marry her or not, why are you worrying so much?"
Qinghe slammed her teacup on the table and exclaimed excitedly, "Marry him! How can I not marry him! What a wonderful man Young Master Chao is! He's handsome and comes from a good family! Even being a concubine would be worth it! Most importantly, I think Young Master Chao is a good person and he's sincere towards you!"
"..." Yinshuang raised an eyebrow, puzzled, and asked, "How do you know he's a good person?"
"Is that even a question?" Qinghe blinked her big eyes. "Good-looking men are never bad-hearted! Look at our Prince, isn't that proof enough?"
"..."
Yinshuang was speechless.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Qinghe winked at her and said, "Young Master Chao, you don't always come for secret rendezvous in the middle of the night, do you?"
Yinshuang glanced at Qinghe indifferently, "Aren't you asking too many questions? You have time to worry about others, you should worry more about yourself."
"Me? What do I have to worry about?"
Qinghe pouted.
Yinshuang saw that Qinghe was indeed unaware of the matter and had no intention of revealing it, since it was not appropriate for outsiders to interfere in such matters.
She reached out and pulled Qinghe up from the chair, pushing her towards the door. "If you really can't sleep, go back and talk to Xiaoyun. I'm going to sleep."
"Hey hey hey——"
"boom--"
Qinghe looked at the tightly closed door and pouted.
But having finally uncovered Yinshuang's secret, Qinghe happily rushed back to her room.
Xiaoyun, who was still awake in the room, was working on an embroidery piece by lamplight.
After staying for a few days, Qinghe and Xiaoyun became familiar with each other, so she went over and asked, "Why don't you stop embroidering so late at night? It's bad for your eyes."
Xiaoyun looked up with a smile on her face and said, "It's okay, I want to finish embroidering this as soon as possible."
Qinghe glanced at the size of the embroidery and exclaimed, "Quickly? This can't be done quickly. It will take ten days to half a month to finish. There's no rush."
Xiaoyun is embroidering a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water, which is usually used as a pillowcase.
"Anyway, I can't sleep right now, and I have nothing else to do if I don't embroider this."
Qinghe was excited because she had stumbled upon Yinshuang's little secret, but she calmed down after returning to her room and felt sleepy. "You should rest. There will be plenty of time to embroider for you once we get to Jiangnan."
When Xiaoyun saw her yawn, she paused, then put away the embroidery in her hand and prepared to turn off the light.
"That's true. Then I'll stop embroidering and go to sleep."
Over here at Fenghua Palace.
Su Mowan considered whether to tell Qingcheng that she was leaving the capital for a while, but then she remembered that she had never said goodbye to Qingcheng before leaving, so she gave up on the idea.
She originally wanted to take a bath before setting off, but the imperial physician's medicine brought on her period.
So at this moment, Su Mowan used a soft cloth to wet it with hot water, lifted her skirt, and wiped her thighs.
The white cotton cloth was stained with the blood that Su Mobai had spilled that day, and the blood on her thigh was immediately dyed light red.
When Murong Jing came in, Su Mowan was about to finish her work, and her skirt was still on her thighs.
Actually, she had heard the sound of Murong Jing's wheelchair a long time ago, but then she thought, we're an old married couple, there's nothing wrong with looking at a thigh.
Slowly and methodically lowering the hem of her skirt, Su Mowan looked up at Murong Jing with a faint smile on her lips, "Are you done with your work?"
Murong Jing didn't come over directly, but instead turned around and called a maid to come in and take the water out.
After the maid took the water away, Su Mowan pulled her legs back and lay down on the bed. After a long while, she didn't hear any movement from Murong Jing. Su Mowan turned her head and saw that Murong Jing was holding a small porcelain bottle in his hand.
Seeing her look over, Murong Jing frowned and asked, "What is this?"
Su Mowan confessed, "That was a good thing given by Lu Yifeng. I heard it can improve one's cultivation level in a short time."
Murong Jing said, "Every medicine has some degree of toxicity, let alone something like this."
"I know, that's why I never use it. Stop holding it, just leave it there."
Upon hearing this, Murong Jing actually put the thing on the table and then took off his outer robe.
Hearing him take off his clothes, Su Mowan immediately sat up and moved to the edge of the bed. After Murong Jing took off his clothes, she helped him onto the bed.
Murong Jing's eyes flashed, and he was about to speak when Su Mowan pulled the blanket over her head and snuggled closer to him, so Murong Jing decided to swallow his words.
Su Mowan waited until Murong Jing extinguished the candle before saying, "Um, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" Murong Jing asked.
After thinking for a moment, Su Mowan decided to speak up, "I'm going to take Shen Murui to Jiangnan, as I promised before."
Murong Jing didn't know why she needed to give special instructions, so he said, "I already knew that."
Su Mowan had expected that he already knew, but there was one thing that Murong Jing definitely didn't know.
Taking a breath, Su Mowan said, "I found out before that Shen Murui seemed to like Jiang Zhuo. I only found out today that Jiang Zhuo's family is in Jiangnan. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have wanted to take Shen Murui to Jiangnan."
Murong Jing remained calm, "So what if he went to Jiangnan? Jiang Zhuo already has someone he likes."
Does Jiang Zhuo have someone he likes?
It took Su Mowan a long time to process the news; she was surprised but also felt it was perfectly reasonable.
Jiang Zhuo is a handsome young man, so it's normal for him to have someone he likes.
Shen Murui seems to be a sensible person, so Su Mowan isn't worried. Even if they meet, nothing bad will happen.
"Then I guess I worried for nothing. Time to sleep."
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The next morning, Su Mowan woke up early and saw Granny Wei holding a bowl of medicine by her bedside. Murong Jing was nowhere to be seen; he had actually woken up even earlier than her.
Of course, Granny Wei had done it even earlier. Su Mowan got a headache as soon as she smelled the familiar medicine, but considering that Granny Wei probably got up in the middle of the night to brew it, she readily accepted it and drank it.
Originally, I thought that Granny Wei would leave after completing her task, but Granny Wei put down her bowl and approached Su Mowan. In an elder's tone, she said, "Consort Su, His Highness has already told me that he wants to take you to Jiangnan to relax. I disagreed when I heard that, but seeing how much His Highness cares about you, I have nothing to worry about. However, you must take care of yourself after the long journey."
Su Mowan was touched and replied with a smile, "Don't worry, Granny Wei, I will be careful."
Granny Wei nodded with satisfaction, then sighed and said, "I wonder if Consort Su has noticed that Her Majesty the Empress doesn't like you very much."
Su Mowan was surprised that Granny Wei would speak so bluntly. She paused for a moment before saying, "Well, the Empress is not as warm to me as the Emperor. The Emperor is a bit too nice to me. Compared to that, it seems that the Empress doesn't like me very much."
Granny Wei sighed again and said, "This has something to do with your mother. The Emperor liked your mother back then, which the Empress always minded. And you and your mother look seven or eight parts alike, so the Empress naturally felt uncomfortable when she saw you. It's not because she doesn't like you."
Su Mowan had already guessed from this that Ji Yu's ability to be buried in Yunmo's imperial mausoleum must mean that her relationship with Emperor Moyao was definitely extraordinary.
However, she did not expect that the Empress would remember this until now; Ji Yu had been dead for more than ten years.
Seeing that Granny Wei seemed to be waiting for her to express her opinion, Su Mowan said, "Granny Wei, I understand what you mean. I married Murong Jing. How the Empress treats me is not important."