Chapter 107 Looking forward to it for a long time
"Mother, whether you believe it or not, you can also observe it for a few days to see how the masters in each palace react, and then we will make a decision." Cai'er approached Qiu Yingling and said so.
"Well, that's it, Caier, I believe you." Qiu Yingling looked at Cai'er with admiration in her eyes.
Nangong He's bedroom.
"Your Majesty, which lady do you want to sleep with today?" Xiao Linzi looked at Nan Gonghe, who seemed to have no intention to mention this matter, and couldn't help saying it. Today, the Empress Dowager has been admonished that the emperor must choose the Empress to serve the bed.
Nangong He took a look at Xiao Linzi. He knew that he couldn't avoid it tonight, and today he had already promised his mother. This time, how could he have the heart to let his mother worry about his affairs? So, he casually glanced at the sign handed over by Xiao Linzi, and then turned up a sign.
"Your Majesty, the slave went to prepare." Xiao Linzi watched Nangong He open the sign and said happily.
"Well," Nangong He nodded and answered faintly. Naturally, he can understand the reason why Xiao Linzi is so happy. He knew that these slaves around him hoped that he could call his concubines to sleep. Otherwise, what did these slaves do to explain to their mother? However, this time, he could finally explain to his mother, but he didn't know how to explain to himself. This is not what he wants, really not.
The other side.
"Miss, miss," another maid beside Jiang Zhiqin hurried in and shouted anxiously.
"What's the matter? What happened? Yuer, don't worry, say it slowly. Jiang Zhiqin looked at the maid who hurried in, quickly patted Yuer on the back and said to her. Yuer is another maid she brought from Jiangfu. She and Linger have served her for so many years, and she trusts both of them in every way. After all, he is a person who has lived with himself for so long, so Jiang Zhiqin usually does not treat these two people as maids, so he has developed the habit of Yuer's popularity.
"Miss, the emperor sent someone to ask you to go to bed tonight!" Yu'er took a breath and then told Jiang Zhiqin the exciting good news. She knew how important the news was to her daughter.
"Yuer, what do you say?" Jiang Zhiqin's face was shocked. She didn't mishear it just now! But how is that possible? Why did the emperor call her to go to bed? The emperor doesn't know her, does he?
"Miss, the maidservant said, the emperor sent someone to call the young lady to attend the bed!" Yuer knew that her young lady was so shocked, so she repeated it clearly. After seeing the emperor from that day, her young lady has been looking forward to this day!
"But the emperor doesn't know me, does he? How could that be...?" There was doubt in Jiang Zhiqin's eyes. This time, she really heard it clearly. What Yuer just said was that the emperor was going to call her to bed tonight. This is what she has been dreaming of for a long time! However, why does she always feel like she is dreaming? She even has a feeling of being in a dream. Maybe she suddenly got something she has been longing for, which makes her feel unrealistic! However, she should really be happy that things can go so well, shouldn't she?
"Miss, why did the emperor suddenly call you to attend the bed? I don't know, but I'm sure that this must be a good omen, isn't it? So, ah, miss, you should be happy!" Ling Er looked at Jiang Zhiqin and looked a little at a loss and said so.
"Yes, this is the result I most want to see. I really think so much!" Jiang Zhiqin nodded and agreed.
"Miss, it's time for you to take a bath and change clothes now?" Ling Er looked at her young lady still standing there motionless and said quickly.
"Oh, that's right!" Hearing Linger's words, Jiang Zhiqin realized that she was still so stupid just now. She knocked on her head violently. It seemed that she was really too happy! However, fortunately, there was a maid around me to remind me.
Yuyin Palace.
"Mother, please sit down and have a rest!" He Jingqi's close maidservant slowly looked at her master who was always walking back and forth, as if she had never stopped, and said.
"Slowly, how can I stop?" In this draft, she thought that the emperor would only choose a few as usual. How could she know that so many actresses would be selected? How can she calm down?
"Mother, if you walk around like this, you can't solve the problem?" Slowly persuaded. On this day, she looked at her master walking back and forth like this, which made her dizzy! Moreover, if the Empress paces back and forth like this, it won't solve anything! On the contrary, it will make you more annoyed!
"If this is not the case, what else can I do!" He Jingqi looked sad. I don't know which actress the emperor will call to bed today? However, soon, a smile appeared on her face, and the emperor had not called them to bed for many days! Therefore, today's Empress Xiu should not call them to go to bed! Since she doesn't have this opportunity, no one else can have it. Only when you think of this, He Jingqi will have more comfort in her heart.
"Mother, you can't solve the problem like this! In this way, you will be stunned by yourself!" Slowly persuaded.
This sentence finally made He Jingqi stop walking. Huan'er, tell me what to do this time?"
"Mother," gently shook her head helplessly. She didn't know what to do. "I don't know what to do!" However, what I know is that it is useless to be in a hurry now, so you should calm down. That's what I said.
"Okay, that's what I did. Isn't this girl Yier just asking her to go out and get some news? Why hasn't she come back yet? I'm really in a hurry." He Jingqi frowned. What's wrong with this girl?
"Madam, don't worry. Yi'er should be back in a moment. Maybe something is delayed on the way! Yi'er is so calm. She is doing things. Don't you worry about her?" Slowly comforted.
Sure enough, as Huan'er said, Yi'er came back soon.
"Mother, I heard that today the emperor called the show girl Jiang Zhiqin to go to bed." Yi'er told her master with an anxious expression about the news she heard.
"Do you think the emperor really summoned today's actress to go to bed?" He Jingqi had a surprised expression. She just thought that according to the emperor, she had not summoned the concubines for so many days. Maybe she would not summon them tonight, but she did not expect that the emperor would summon today's beautiful girl to bed today!
Only thinking that the emperor summoned the actress to bed tonight, He Jingqi only felt that her heart was stuffy there, which made her feel uncomfortable all over her body. How could the emperor summon the new maid to bed today? She couldn't help guessing in her heart. No, the showwoman is the woman that the emperor likes, so the emperor will make an exception to summon the show maid to bed today. Is that right? Otherwise, no matter how much they use their brains for these days, the emperor is still indifferent to them. Is it possible that the show girl who was summoned by the emperor to bed tonight is really the woman in the emperor's heart?
He Jingqi remembered that he had deliberately made a chance encounter with the emperor in these days, but he didn't even bother to look at her, who had been carefully dressed up. She did it so deliberately, but she still couldn't get into the emperor's eyes, so there should be a woman in his heart! But is this woman really the woman tonight? She doesn't know. However, "I'd rather believe it than nothing." He Jingqi felt that she should still explore the truth tomorrow. What does that woman look like? At least she will feel more or less confident after looking at it.
"Mother, yes, I heard that the maid turned over the sign of the show girl tonight. It is the show girl who serves the emperor tonight!"
"Huh, Yi'er, San'er, tomorrow you two go with me to have a look at this beautiful girl. I really want to see what this beautiful girl looks like as soon as she enters the palace." He Jingqi said angrily.
In fact, He Jingqi's speculation is not all wrong, but Nangong He doesn't want to call the concubine to sleep today. However, since he has agreed to the Empress Dowager's request, he will naturally fulfill it. Therefore, he will call the newly selected actress to go to bed tonight. And the reason why he chose Jiang Zhiqin is also unintentional. It can only be said that this is just a coincidence. He just went to look through the sign, and that sign happened to be her name, that's all. However, He Jingqi didn't know about this, and Jiang Zhiqin didn't know it. Maybe only Nangong He knew it in his heart! The reason why he chose this show girl today is just a coincidence. Since these actresses are not what he wants, it doesn't matter to him who will wait on the bed tonight.
"Miss, you're ready." Looking at her young lady dressed up like this, Ling Er knew that she was ready.
"Ye-huh," Jiang Zhiqin looked at her current appearance and couldn't help blushing.
"Miss," Yu'er smiled and said, "Miss, why are your cheeks so red?" She couldn't help saying.
"You girl," Jiang Zhiqin was about to reach out to beat Yuer, but it was just a move, and she didn't take action. Speaking of which, although this moment was the moment she had been looking forward to for a long time, the thought of what was going to happen next, she was really completely unprepared. When she saw Nangong He later, she didn't know how to deal with it. She was very nervous. Jiang Zhiqin couldn't help thinking, would she mess things up because of nervousness?
"Miss, take it easy. Don't be so nervous. Isn't that what you've been looking forward to for a long time?" Linger looked at her master's helpless and nervous look and comforted him.
"Yes, miss, you have to relax!" Yu'er also persuaded.
Listening to the words of her maid, Jiang Zhiqin nodded. Yes, she has been looking forward to this moment for so long. How can she destroy her image in Nangong He's heart because of her nervousness? Besides, this is the first time she has met him like this. In any case, she has to make a good impression on himself in his heart! This is only the first step, so it must go smoothly. Jiang Zhiqin told himself in his heart. She closed her eyes and exhaled deeply, trying to calm the tension in her heart.
This side.
"Your Majesty, are you going to bed?" Xiao Linzi took a look at Nan Gonghe in front of him and asked. Just now, Xiao Quanzi has picked up the lady who has just floped the emperor to go to bed.
"Wait a minute. It's not too late. I'll go to the imperial study to read for a while." Nangong He got up, took a look at Xiao Linzi, and walked out.
"Your Majesty," Xiao Linzi looked at Nangong He walking away like this and said in his heart that it was not good. Isn't it because the emperor regretted it, so he didn't want the show maid to sleep? What should I do? If this is really the case, how should the Empress Dowager explain it?
"Kobayashi, you stay." Nangong He walked along the side road. He wanted to be quiet for a while, so he stopped Xiao Linzi's footsteps.
In this way, Xiao Linzi looked at the back of Nangong He leaving, and finally could only sigh helplessly. It's obvious that the emperor doesn't want his concubines to sleep in! However, Xiao Linzi still can't figure it out. Why is the emperor so unwilling?
In the imperial study.
Nan Gonghe held his hand and looked at the back of the chair, closing his eyes, as if he was thinking about something. He doesn't know how to spend tonight, but there is one thing that he will never escape. The mother should send someone to stare at it. Thinking of this, he rubbed his forehead with some trouble. Immediately, Nangong He took out a piece of paper and spread it on the table, and then she picked up the brush on the table and painted it on the paper one by one.
He thought about the one in his mind, with a calm look, as if he was always silent. However, maybe it was that kind of her that attracted her so deeply! Nangong He drew Shen Qingning's appearance on the paper one by one, as if she was in front of him, so realistic. After the painting was finished, he put down his brush and looked at the picture carefully. No, it should be the person in the picture, the person who has been engraved in his heart. Ninger, he silently shouted at this person from the bottom of his heart.
On this side, Jiang Zhiqin has been sleeping **. She moved her head in with some shyness. Fortunately, the emperor is not here now. If the emperor is here, she doesn't know how nervous she will be at this moment! She looked at everything around her, a place that made her a little strange, but also made her feel warm. However, this warmth was not the simple but noble everything around her, but also the person in her heart!
"Your Majesty," Xiao Linzi's voice from outside the door also interrupted Nangong He's thoughts at the same time. He put away the picture on the table, then got up and walked out. It should come, it will come, won't it?
"Your Majesty..." Xiao Linzi looked at the royal study and seemed to have no movement, so he shouted again, but unexpectedly, as soon as the voice fell, Nangong He had opened the door.
"I just knocked to see the emperor," seeing Nangong He's figure, Xiao Linzi immediately knelt down and saluted Nan Gong He.
"Get up," Nangong He only said this and walked to his bedroom. Behind him, Xiao Linzi followed Nan Gonghe's pace closely.
Hearing the sound of the door being opened and then closed, Jiang Zhiqin, who was lying in **, reflexively turned his head to the direction of the door. Naturally, she saw Nangong He in a white robe walking towards her step by step. Although she had seen Nangong He, her heart couldn't help jumping up so close to Nan Gonghe. At this moment, it seemed that even her cheeks had become hot. This man, this man she has liked for so long!
"Your Majesty," Jiang Zhiqin whispered a soft and glutinous voice, which is always pitiful, but the man she met was Nangong He.
"Well," Nangong He bowed his head and looked at the girl who ordered casually. The woman in front of her is not beautiful in appearance, but she also has a fresh beauty. However, no matter what her appearance is, his heart can no longer tolerate it.
Nangong He approached Jiang Zhiqin and noticed that there was a little strange breath approaching. Jiang Zhiqin suddenly closed his eyes. He told himself in his heart that he should satisfy his mother's wishes, and he should not let his mother worry about herself so much. However, no matter how he told himself, he could not beat his heart.
This night, Nangong He did nothing but lay quietly **; at this moment, Jiang Zhiqin held his breath, as if he was waiting for something, but he didn't expect that Nangong He didn't do anything. In the end, Jiang Zhiqin couldn't stop the attack of sleepiness and fell asleep.
The Empress Dowager's bedroom.
"Ms, how's it going?" Liu looked at the M Mother who came back from asking for the news and asked anxiously.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the emperor has called the newly elected actress to sleep in today, so your wish should come true soon!" The ancillary beside Liu said to her master with a happy face.
"Really? Mouran, you didn't lie to your family, did you? Liu looked at the M Mother beside her with some suspicion.
"Mother, what are you talking about? How can I have the courage to lie to you?" The M. M. M. looked sworn, which made Liu feel reased.
"Well, Mourning, I don't doubt you, I just want to confirm it again. This is really good news." Liu smiled happily and said that He'er really didn't disappoint her!