Chapter 137
Yunsong Taoist Temple was located outside the suburbs of the imperial city, less than 400 miles away from the imperial city. It was because the royal family of the previous dynasty believed in Taoism, and various Taoist temples bloomed everywhere. Yunsong Taoist Temple was not as good as those royal Taoist temples at that time, but it was also famous.
After the destruction of the previous dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Great Chapel did not advocate Taoism, but did not suppress it. These once-prosperous Taoist temples gradually declined, and the Yunsong Taoist temple was also destroyed under the general trend. It was not until thirty years ago that a young and beautiful female Taoist priest appeared in Yunsong Taoist temple, saving the life of Concubine Zhuang who was dying at that time. Emperor Gaozong was grateful and allocated 100,000 taels of silver to rebuild Yunsong Taoist temple. Yunsong Taoist temple gradually became more popular again.
However, this female Taoist priest who was so magical that was praised by the world was missing all day long. Only four cleaned boys were left in the huge Taoist temple, which was rare in the world. Over time, the Yunsong Taoist Temple, whose popularity gradually became more popular, slowly became silent again.
Gu Xizhao's master is this female Taoist priest who "only hear his name but not the other person."
Before meeting the little fool, for Gu Xizhao, the person who was most intimate in the world was not her parents, but the master who raised her. Although the master was not humane and stubborn in some aspects, the care for her and the principles of the church were enough to make her grateful for her for the rest of her life.
In short, she hadn't seen her master for six years. Since she promised Zhao Jin to enter the palace and went to Yunsong Taoist Temple to bid farewell to others in the past two years, she has asked someone to send some things to honor her in the first two years, but she always received a reply that her master traveled all over the world, and her return date is uncertain. After this several times, she no longer contacted her master again.
It was only after she left Yunsong Taoist Temple that she learned about her master's character from others. After all, when she was carrying her, her master had never left her. This careful care also made her value the kindness her master has given her.
Now that the master is back, she must meet him.
After the Changping Hou and his wife left, Gu Xizhao was immersed in the joy of Taoist Yun Song’s return.
When Zhao Sansi came to dinner, she looked at her eyes full of joy, and immediately she felt tired of studying and became better, "What are the happy events today?"
Gu Xizhao opened her mouth, and the words came to her mouth. Her eyes turned and she kept her in a silence. "I will tell the emperor later to have a meal first."
Zhao Sansi pursed her lips, sat down at the table, and looked at her resentfully, "The Grand Tutor assigned a lot of homework tonight."
"Hmm?" Gu Xizhao made her cooking moves and her expression froze, "Will the emperor come tonight?"
Zhao Sansi didn't say anything, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the jade bamboo slices from Gu Xizhao, put them in the bowl and put them into his mouth. He chewed them hard several times, swallowed them hard, and then nodded, "The queen has just recovered from illness, so she needs more rest. I will not come tonight."
"Your Majesty is what you said seriously?"
Zhao Sansi hesitated for a moment, and nodded firmly, "The Queen doesn't have to wait for me tonight, so I'll sleep earlier."
Gu Xizhao's good mood somehow cooled down, and the smile between her eyebrows and eyes gradually faded, and she helped Zhao Sansi cook in silence.
Zhao Sansi also saw that her expression was a little wrong, so he quickly picked up some dishes she liked, "Queen, eat it, too."
Gu Xizhao nodded, without saying much, picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward and cold. Li Zhongxian and Chan'er, who were serving the two of them, looked at each other with a confused look on their faces: What have we missed just now? The emperor and the empress were still fine. Why did the expressions of the two of them look wrong in the blink of an eye?
After dinner, Zhao Sansi left a little hesitantly. He secretly looked at Gu Xizhao for several times, let the palace servant avoid it, and rubbed it on his face again, "By the way, Queen, you haven't told me yet, what's the happy event today..."
"It's not an important thing. It's not too late to say it when the emperor has free time." Gu Xizhao was not angry either. She was just a little lost. She lost her happy things when she wanted to share with the person she was closest to, but suddenly found that the other party could not listen. It was not anyone else's fault, Gu Xizhao knew it, but her emotions were like a naughty child, especially in front of the person she was closest to and trusted, she was easily out of control.
Realizing that his emotions affected Zhao Sansi, Gu Xizhao smirked again, "What is the emperor watching me do like this? This matter is very trivial. When the emperor is free, I will explain it to you later. Didn't the emperor say that he has more homework tonight? Go back soon."
It’s not that you really have too much homework, but... Zhao Sansi was inexplicably ashamed, and looked at Gu Xizhao for a few more times, but he was still a little worried, "The imperial physician said that you were sick this time because you were too worried and made the evil spirits enter the body. You have also experienced the discomfort of being sick. Don’t keep everything in your heart in the future. You must tell me what you are unhappy in time..."
"Is I a three-year-old child?" Gu Xizhao was both heartbroken and helpless when she listened to her mumblings. In the past few days, the little fool treated her like a porcelain doll every day, and said to her over and over again with the imperial physician's advice, and her ears were about to sound calloused.
Zhao Sansi was serious: "I used to think that the queen was a mature girl. This time I was sick. I saw that the queen, like me, was sometimes a spoiled little girl."
Gu Xizhao: "...Master, don't delay, go back and do your homework."
After being pushed away by someone, Zhao Sansi turned around and headed towards Chengqian Palace.
Too much homework was just a pretext. Zhao Sansi read a policy and wrote two pages of big words, so he asked Hua Rong and Yun Shang to take care of her washing. As soon as she passed by the garrison, she climbed onto the bed.
Hua Rong, who came over with a warm belly, looked at her getting into bed, but she didn't sleep, just lay down straight, staring at the top of the bed, and then plucked her courage and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to come here today?"
Zhao Sansi turned his head and looked at her, shook her head, then reached out and took the hot water bag in her hand, put it on her stomach and applied it, "No need."
Huarong nodded and looked at the hot water bag on her belly, "The emperor thinks the temperature is feasible?"
Zhao Sansi moved back and forth on his lower abdomen with a hot water bag and yawned, "No hot. There is nothing wrong with it now. It doesn't matter whether you use it or not. Don't change it in the middle of the night."
Hua Rong did not respond, but advised: "Your Majesty should pay more attention. I heard from the old nannies in the palace that if you don't pay attention to maintenance when you are young, it will be difficult to raise when you are old."
Zhao Sansi was absent-minded and didn't hear clearly what she said. She nodded randomly, then hugged the hot water bag and turned over, curled up with her back to Huarong.
Huarong thought she was going to sleep, "Today it is just a night watch. The emperor ordered me to just give me orders, and I would not disturb the emperor's rest."
Zhao Sansi yawned and nodded.
Less than a quarter of an hour after Huarong left, Zhao Sansi tossed and changed over ten sleeping positions. He felt uncomfortable, so he had to sit up angrily, rubbed the sides of his little breasts that were a little painful, and pinched himself. She gasped for a breath of cold air, and had to let herself go without any chance. She lowered her head and looked at her small breasts wrapped in cloth, muttering in a low voice: "It's all your fault. I've enjoyed the queen once, and I'll be thinking about it every day from now on, so that I don't dare to sleep with the queen..."
After muttering, she lay down in a panic again, but she still couldn't sleep.
After most of this struggle, Zhao Sansi, who could not stand the loneliness of staying alone in the empty room, had to deflate and greet Hua Rong to come and serve her clothes.
Well, she is going to go to bed with the queen in her arms.
The palace ladies in Changning Palace knew that the little emperor would not come today, so the palace gate was closed early. After Li Zhongxian sent the person over, he had to shout with great fanfare.
The palace servants who had just turned off the lights and were about to rest heard that the little emperor came over again, and they all stood up to pick up the lights again.
As soon as the door opened, Zhao Sansi went straight in and said as he walked, "Go and notify the queen quickly. I won't let her pick her up anymore. I don't have to get up and clean up. I will go to the bedroom to find her."
After the eunuch who opened the door agreed, he immediately stepped back and walked inside quickly.
As soon as Gu Xizhao took off her makeup and headdress, she got the news that Zhao Sansi came over, so she had to sit in front of the bronze mirror again. When Zhu'er picked up the earrings and was about to wear them for her, the little palace maid outside brought Zhao Sansi's instructions.
Chan'er heard this and smiled from the side, "The emperor is considerate, otherwise he will have to work hard again."
Gu Xizhao sneered, "I really think carefully, and I don't think that it's time to go out, but I'll say I have more homework after dinner."
Chan'er and Zhu'er also heard that her words meant mostly coquettishly. They looked at each other and smiled, "The emperor is afraid that he can't live without the Queen, and he can't sleep as soon as he leaves. That's how it is."
Gu Xizhao pursed her lips and did not speak. When she heard something from outside, she asked the two of them to go out to greet her, "Just say that I have rested and the emperor has come over. If she doesn't let you serve you to wash up, you can go down."
"Yes." Chan'er and Zhu'er helped her to the bed. After a little tidying up, they went out together and told Zhao Sansi as Gu Xizhao's instructions.
Zhao Sansi heard that people had stopped, and their words and walking were lighter. "I don't need to serve you, you all go down, I'll just go in."
After saying that, Zhao Sansi walked to the bed gently and shouted carefully, "Queen?"
Gu Xizhao lay on her side, pretending that she didn't hear her words. Until the people behind her were taking off their clothes in a hurry, she heard it very noisy and sat up, "Didn't the emperor say that she has a lot of homework today, but she has come? Why is she coming again?"
Zhao Sansi, who was entangled with the jade buttons on his neck, was startled, "The emperor... the queen is not sleeping... Did I wake you up?"
Gu Xizhao didn't say anything, put on her shoes, got up and walked to her side, helping her take off her clothes, "The emperor hasn't answered my question yet."
Zhao Sansi said honestly: "I lied to the queen."
Gu Xizhao: "???"
Zhao Sansi glanced at her, climbed obediently to the inside of the bed, picked up the quilt and covered her lips and nose, leaving only a pair of eyes outside, looking at Gu Xizhao with a lingering silence, and after a while, he said, "Queen, I...I'm going to sleep."
Gu Xizhao: "???"
Zhao Sansi closed her eyes for a while, and there was no movement around her. She secretly opened her eyes and looked at Gu Xizhao. Seeing that the person was still standing on the spot, she quickly closed her eyes again. After a moment, she opened her eyes again and pulled down the quilt, "Okay, I miss the queen too much."
Gu Xizhao's eyes moved, then lowered her eyes, and then lay down on the outside, "See you every day and see you every time, isn't it enough?"
"Not enough." Zhao Sansi swallowed, "I...I suspect I'm sick."
Gu Xizhao turned her head and looked at her, "What disease?"
Zhao Sansi was a little embarrassed to speak, but when he thought that the queen was the closest person he had, he quickly opened his mouth with his eyes closed, "As soon as Guishui came, he wanted the queen to kiss and hug her."
Gu Xizhao: "..."
The people around him didn't say anything for a long time, and Zhao Sansi was a little panicked. As soon as he opened his mouth, he also cried in his voice, "I knew that I was a shameless girl."
Gu Xizhao: "..."
Zhao Sansi was completely anxious and opened her eyes to look at Gu Xizhao, "I have this disease, does the queen dislike me?"
Chapter completed!