"Don't! Don't tear it up!" Ji Feiyu immediately grabbed his hand and pleaded bitterly. She said without any backbone, "Your servant is wrong. I'm really wrong. I won't dare to do it again. Your Majesty, don't tear it up. Please don't! Your Majesty, you can ask your servant to do anything, but please don't let me copy it all the time..."
Seeing him pause, Ji Feiyu hugged him tightly around the waist. "Your Majesty, your servant has already realized my mistake. Otherwise, I wouldn't have wiped your face out of regret. Your Majesty, please be magnanimous and forgive me this time!"
"Forgive? How do you want me to forgive you?"
Hearing his tone soften, Ji Feiyu couldn't help but sit on the ground hugging his thigh. "Your servant... Your servant is willing to offer myself!"
Ji Feiyu said the last sentence extremely firmly, but Yong Yaxuan gave her a cold look. "You're really spineless."
After saying that, he threw the stack of "Rules for the Empress" back onto the desk, then shook her off and walked back to the bed.
As soon as Ji Feiyu saw this, she quickly stood up and followed him. She sat down beside him and negotiated, "How about we settle this quickly now and then go for a big meal!"
After Ji Feiyu finished speaking, she pushed towards Yong Yaxuan, but Yong Yaxuan grabbed her hand and sneered. "Better wipe my face clean first."
"Okay, okay, okay. Your servant will wipe it now." Hearing this, Ji Feiyu felt as if she had received an amnesty. She immediately fetched a silk handkerchief and wet it. Yong Yaxuan gave her a disgusted look and finally muttered, "Change the water."
Looking at the basin of black water, Ji Feiyu could only force a laugh. She immediately carried the basin out. Probably the palace maid in charge of fetching water today must be wondering what on earth these basins of black water were for.
By the time she fetched a basin of clean water, dawn was about to break.
Ji Feiyu carefully wiped his face bit by bit. Seeing this, Yong Yaxuan simply closed his eyes and waited for her to finish.
Ji Feiyu gently stroked every inch of his skin on his face. Her hand gently glided across his eyebrows, tenderly and carefully.
This was the king who stood above ten thousand people. This was the man she both loved and hated. She found that every time she saw his quiet face, all her grudges could be thrown to the ends of the earth. This was probably the magic power on him...
While wiping, Ji Feiyu was admiring. Finally, she managed to clean those marks with the water mixed with Chinese honey locust. Seeing her slow down, Yong Yaxuan suddenly tightened his hand and pulled her to sit down. Then he slowly opened his eyes and said, "Does it take so long? I'm sleepy."
Ji Feiyu just gave him an apologetic smile and lowered her eyes.
But he pulled her even closer to him. With his eyes closed, he rubbed his nose against her face. Suddenly, he planted a kiss on her lips and asked in a low voice, "When will you stop making me worry?"
Encouraged by the kiss, Ji Feiyu immediately replied with full confidence, "Your servant can make Your Majesty stop worrying right now."
He smiled and let her go with a tired look on his face. "Then go on copying your 'Rules for the Empress'."
Ji Feiyu couldn't help but feel a thump in her heart. Oh no, still have to copy! Although she was reluctant in her heart, she didn't dare to hesitate. She got up and walked towards the desk. At this time, Yong Yaxuan added, "I'll copy with you."
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu was immediately overjoyed. This was the husband and wife sharing weal and woe! This was the real teaching by example!
Ji Feiyu happily nodded at him. Then they sat on either side and started to copy the "Rules for the Empress".
She still remembered this scene for a long time. At that time, the sandalwood was faintly burning and the blue smoke was curling. It seemed that they had never been so serious about doing one thing together. Although this thing seemed so absurd, she understood Yong Yaxuan's good intentions.
Well, from now on, she wouldn't cause him any more trouble. She would be a proper and dignified empress obediently. Ji Feiyu said this to herself in her heart.
However, Ji Feiyu couldn't look dignified today. Because when it was almost evening, after she and Yong Yaxuan painstakingly copied the "Rules for the Empress" a hundred times, the imperial physician also examined the ingredients and effects of the drug.
"Cough, cough. Your Majesty, is it really the Empress who administered this poison?" The imperial physician stood in the main hall of Qiwu Palace, looking pale and asked.
"Do you think I would lie to you?" Yong Yaxuan took a sip of tea lightly and couldn't help frowning. Ji Feiyu knew that Yong Yaxuan was also tired from copying today, so his temper was inevitably a bit bad. So she kept silent...
"Then why does the drug contain aphrodisiac?" The imperial physician's words were like a bombshell!
"What!"
This time it was Yong Yaxuan's turn to look pale as he stared at Ji Feiyu. Ji Feiyu stammered for a long time but couldn't say a word...
Looking at her with a look of hating iron for not becoming steel, Yong Yaxuan finally suppressed his embarrassment and said to the imperial physician, "It must be a mistake in the Empress's formula... Also, don't mention this to others casually, or..."
"Your servant understands..." As soon as the imperial physician heard this, he immediately knelt down guiltily.
"Then... You may leave." Yong Yaxuan waved his hand stiffly.
Before leaving, the imperial physician added another sentence, "Well... Your Majesty, please take care of your body and don't overwork."
Uh... As soon as these words came out... Both Ji Feiyu and Yong Yaxuan understood the implied meaning.
The imperial physician then continued, "Some people said that Your Majesty didn't go to court today and the Empress didn't allow the concubines to pay their respects. So for the sake of Your Majesty's and the Empress's health, your servant came here specially to advise..."
Cough, cough, cough. Both Ji Feiyu and Yong Yaxuan couldn't help coughing. Imperial physician, can you not be so conscientious?
"I understand... Thank you for your concern, my dear official." It took Yong Yaxuan a long time to squeeze out this sentence.
The imperial physician bowed sincerely again, shook his head and went back.
As soon as the imperial physician left, Ji Feiyu summoned a little maid and asked sternly, "What rumors are there in the palace today?"
The little maid took a look at the Empress and immediately knelt down with a thud.
Yong Yaxuan couldn't help giving her a disdainful look and said beside them, "Speak. Both I and the Empress will pardon you."
Only then did the little maid timidly speak up, "Today, because Your Majesty didn't go to the morning court, the people in the palace all said... said..."
"Said what?" Ji Feiyu couldn't help rubbing her temples.
The little maid looked up at the Empress and then immediately lowered her head and said, "They said that the Empress is so fierce that she has worn out the Emperor and made him unable to get out of bed..."
Ji Feiyu and Yong Yaxuan were once again struck by a thunderbolt. Then neither of them said a word. The rumors in the palace could spread like this... They really underestimated the power of rumors.
Ji Feiyu waved her hand to let the little maid leave, while Yong Yaxuan helplessly covered his forehead.
"Zitong, do you want to explain to me how the drug turned into an aphrodisiac?"
Ji Feiyu couldn't help sighing that the dignified image she had painstakingly created had been completely destroyed. She said sadly to Yong Yaxuan, "My hand trembled, and I added an extra ingredient. When I saw Eunuch Li coming, my hand trembled again, and I knocked it over. Coincidentally, the flying powder was inhaled by Eunuch Li... But the others were only drugged with ordinary anesthetic. As long as the imperial physician and Eunuch Li keep it a secret, no one else will know!"
"Then why did you let me hand Eunuch Li over to the imperial physician?" Yong Yaxuan just couldn't understand. She seemed to not care at all.
Ji Feiyu had no choice but to pat her head and say, "Alas, at that time, my mind was full of the 'Rules for the Empress' and food. Who would remember what extra ingredient I had accidentally added before?"
"Okay, I already know what kind of person you are."
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu couldn't help crying. "Your Majesty, you've really misunderstood your servant! Your servant is virtuous, kind, proper and generous. I definitely didn't do this on purpose!"
Yong Yaxuan was almost laughed out of anger. She was really thick - skinned and had the nerve to defend herself like this. It took him a long time to calm down his anger. "Okay, I originally planned to take you out of the palace for a stroll and relax after we finished copying the 'Rules for the Empress', but now it seems unnecessary..."
"Ah?" Ji Feiyu immediately grabbed him tightly and said, "Your Majesty, we've worked so hard. Our hands are almost broken from copying. To reward ourselves, let's still go out for a stroll. Just one stroll. We'll definitely be back before the palace gate is closed."
Yong Yaxuan put on an air and took a look at her but didn't say a word.
Ji Feiyu pulled on his sleeve and begged him again. "Your Majesty, my dear Your Majesty, please forgive me this time, okay?"
"Can you promise not to embarrass me anymore?" Yong Yaxuan finally softened his heart seeing her pitiful look.
Ji Feiyu said firmly, "Yes, your servant definitely can!"
Only then did Yong Yaxuan give in. "Okay, then I'll reluctantly agree to you."
Ji Feiyu immediately happily ran over and kissed Yong Yaxuan.
The copying was over, and she got the reward of going out. Counting it this way, she wasn't at a loss. In the future, she would definitely be careful in everything and never let others catch her handle again. Thinking like this, Ji Feiyu happily went to change her clothes. As for what they did when they went out? That's another story.