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Chapter 176 Someone is plotting behind the scenes
"No, no, if you eat me fat at that time, you should just follow the original preparation."
Shangguan smiled and waved his hand, sitting on his special rocking chair, closing his eyes and resting.
"Niangniang, I heard that there are frequent disasters in various places, and the slaves thought that it would take a long time for you and the emperor to come back."
"The emperor can't leave the palace for too long, if someone takes advantage of it, forget it, you don't understand some things."
Shangguan smiled and covered his mouth, yawned, and reached out to signal that Xiaocui could go out.
"Okay, let Ben Gong rest for a while, and go and prepare dinner first."
"Okay, the servant will go now."
After finishing speaking, Xiaocui turned around and was about to leave. After walking a few steps, she turned back and asked, "Madam, if you feel tired, do you want to take a bath and change clothes first? This servant will prepare hot water for you."
"Alright."
When talking about bathing, Shangguan smiled and felt uncomfortable all over his body.
After so many days outside, I haven't had a good bath, and I'm really uncomfortable.
"Then you go to prepare hot water first, I'll take a bath and then have dinner."
"Yes, ma'am."
After receiving Shangguan Xiaoxiao's instructions, Xiaocui nodded and left the palace.
After Xiaocui left, Shangguan Xiaoxiao fell into a drowsy sleep.
It was a very restless sleep.
In the dream, various images kept intersecting, before rebirth, after rebirth, until Xiaocui called her in her ear, Shangguan smiled and woke up.
Looking at the face beside her, she was stunned for a few seconds before letting her consciousness return to reality.
"My Lady's forgiveness, the servants looked at her as if she was having a nightmare, so she dared to wake her up."
"It's okay, I don't blame you."
Shangguan smiled and took a deep breath, stood up and asked Xiao Cui, "Is the hot water ready? Ben Gong slept with a sticky body, just in time to take a shower."
"Everything is ready, the empress can take a bath now."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao took a comfortable bath like this, put on clean clothes, and felt a lot of energy.
She came out from behind the screen and stood in front of the vanity mirror.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Shangguan smiled a little dazed.
She found that her skin was fairer and more delicate than before, and her whole body looked brighter and more attractive.
Moreover, her temperament has also become more elegant, no longer the same as when she was just reborn.
"It seems that after staying in the palace for a long time, it will really be subtly affected. Will it be time for me to not want to leave the palace?"
"No, no, no, how can you have such a terrible idea."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao hurriedly woke him up, and then began to figure out for himself whether it would be better to open a restaurant outside the palace, or a snack shop.
"Miss."
Just when she was immersed in her own thoughts, suddenly, Xiao Cui's voice came from outside the door again.
Shangguan smiled and heard the words, and quickly calmed down, and then he responded to the door, "Come in!"
Xiaocui pushed open the door and entered.
"Miss, dinner is ready for you."
Shangguan smiled and looked at the food in Xiaocui's hand, and suddenly found that his stomach was really hungry.
I haven't tasted the dishes in the palace for several days, and I miss it a little.
but.
"Today's food is too bland, isn't it?"
Shangguan smiled and couldn't help frowning.
Greens, tomatoes, squash?
Not a bit stinky at all?
"What, is the palace so poor that there is no pork left now?"
Looking at Shangguan's smiling and questioning eyes, Xiao Cui Fu said, "Madam, these are specially ordered by the emperor, saying that you are tired from the journey, and it is not suitable to eat too greasy food today, so let the imperial dining room prepare it." These light dishes."
[Dog Emperor, do you want to be so cruel?After using me, why don't you even give me a piece of meat? 】
【I will never make marshmallows for you again next time.】
Although Shangguan smiled and complained in his heart, he picked up the chopsticks and put some vegetables into his mouth.
The taste is still pretty good.
Thinking like this, she couldn't help but pick up a few more chopsticks.
"Niangniang, this servant thinks that the emperor really loves Niangniang."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
Shangguan smiled puzzled.
The first meal she returned to the palace gave her an all-vegetarian feast. How could it be seen that she truly loved herself?
"My servant just heard from Eunuch Yu that the emperor went to the imperial study room to deal with important matters as soon as he came back, but he went to the imperial dining room in person after not long to stay, and explained that Yuchen Chen wants to cook some light dishes for you tonight. What a wonderful lady."
Xiao Cui said with a look of envy.
"He treats me well because I am useful to him. After all, he is the emperor, the Ninth Five-Year Lord. If I disobey and anger him, I will not be the only one who will suffer."
"Your Majesty must be worrying too much, everyone can tell that the Emperor likes Your Majesty the most."
"Xiao Cui, you can't talk nonsense about this, be careful to cause trouble for my niece and me, you know?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao deliberately warned Xiaocui, "Otherwise, I don't know how he died."
When Xiao Cui heard the words, she quickly shut her mouth and lowered her head, feeling a little overwhelmed for a while.
At this time, Dong'er suddenly came.
"Your Majesty, I heard Eunuch Yu say, are you injured?"
"Where is the maiden injured?"
Xiaocui immediately looked at Shangguan with concern and smiled.
"Eunuch Yu? How did he know, what the emperor said?"
Shangguan asked with a smile while chewing the vegetables in the bowl.
"Your maidservant heard from Eunuch Yu, Ma'am, where did you get hurt, is it serious?"
"It's nothing, but when I came back, I met a few little bandits. With that three-legged cat kung fu, it's no match for the emperor and Liu Cheng."
Dong'er nodded quickly after hearing Shangguan's smiling words, and then continued to ask, "If this is the case, why is the empress still injured?"
"It's just a stick for the emperor. It's all right. You don't have to worry too much. Besides, you can see that I'm not doing well now."
"Then the servants can rest assured. However, madam, although the servants are stupid, they still think this matter is not easy. You said at the beginning that the route out of the palace was planned in advance, how could you encounter bandits halfway, Forgive the slaves and maids, there must be something strange about this matter."
"After being reminded by you, Ben Gong also thinks it's a bit strange. Why is it so coincidental that I just met a bandit in a sparsely populated place?"
"Niangniang, do you suspect that someone deliberately attacked?"
After Xiao Cui heard it, her first reaction was that someone did it on purpose.
"This possibility is not ruled out, but if someone really wants to deliberately plot against the emperor, then this palace will definitely find him and cut him into eight pieces."
Shangguan smiled and immediately put down his chopsticks, and asked Dong'er, "Is there anything wrong with Concubine Liu during the emperor's absence?"
"That's not true. According to the mother's instructions, the servants kept a close eye on Concubine Liu, but she has been very quiet recently, staying in her palace and never going out."
"Just because you don't go out doesn't mean there's no problem."
(End of this chapter)