Early the next morning, Dongfang Yi woke up. Lying in bed, she didn't want to get up at all, for she was going to meet Helian Qi today. Just thinking about it, she wished she could be glued to the bed forever and never wake up.
She didn't know what she was afraid of. Whenever she thought of facing him, her heart would race uncontrollably, and her mind could never calm down.
Before long, the door of the imperial chamber was pushed open. Dongfang Yi half - sat up warily and saw Donghua walking in with a basin of water.
Donghua looked at the wary person in the bed in front of her, wanting to laugh. She joked, "What are you doing, Empress?"
Dongfang Yi then lay down awkwardly again, feeling a bit hot - faced. After all, she had never woken up so early. It was obvious to anyone that she was too nervous to sleep because of meeting Helian Qi today.
And indeed, she couldn't fall asleep just because of this.
"Getting up early is good for preparing to fight the bad guys," Dongfang Yi said, clearly referring to Helian Qi as a bad guy.
Hearing her words, Donghua couldn't help but burst out laughing. She thought the woman in front of her was really one - in - a - million funny. So she continued along the same line, "Then, Your Highness, please get up quickly to wash and prepare. The bad guy is waiting!"
Hearing her teasing, Dongfang Yi frowned and lay face - down on the bed helplessly. She roared out of control, "Oh no, Donghua has been corrupted by me!"
Donghua just smiled. Then she put the basin on the table in front of her and stared at the woman on the couch without blinking, clearly meaning that it was time for her to get up and wash.
Dongfang Yi lingered in bed for a while, then tossed and turned and got up. She walked to the washbasin.
While washing, she wondered what color dress she should wear when going out later.
Realizing what she was thinking, Dongfang Yi's movements suddenly stiffened. She realized that she was choosing clothes for the sake of meeting that person.
At this thought, all the mood for washing disappeared. She just casually wiped her face and walked dejectedly to the dressing table beside.
Seeing her suddenly listless look, Donghua asked worriedly, "What would you like for breakfast, Your Highness?"
Hearing her question, Dongfang Yi felt her stomach growl twice. She hadn't eaten much last night, and now she was extremely hungry.
"You can arrange it as you like," she said. She wasn't a picky eater anyway, so anything would do. After all, the food in the palace was never bad.
After hearing this, Donghua told Xiaoqian to go and prepare breakfast. Then she walked behind the person in front of the dressing table, picked up a comb and began to comb her hair.
"Let's do a cloud - shaped hair bun today and insert a pearl hairpin in it. It will make you look extremely gentle," Donghua said to the woman in front of her through the mirror.
"No need. Just do it in the usual style," Dongfang Yi said with her head down. She didn't want to seem too concerned, so she didn't want a special cloud - shaped hair bun or to dress up as a gentle woman.
She felt a bit empty - headed, so she lowered her head and fell into deep thought.
But when she came back to her senses, she found that a proper cloud - shaped hair bun had been done on her head, and the person behind her was still rummaging through the jewelry box to pick a hairpin.
Donghua saw the person in front of her glaring at her through the mirror, but she still smiled and asked, "What kind of hairpin should we choose, Your Highness?"
Seeing her beaming face, Dongfang Yi couldn't help but raise her hand to her forehead helplessly. Then she heard the person behind her continue, "Isn't it good for Your Highness to look prettier? Didn't you say that a beautiful woman has an easier time getting things done?"
After hearing this, Dongfang Yi turned around in disbelief, then raised her hand to her forehead. She thought, "Oh no, Donghua has been completely corrupted by me. She even dares to say such a thing as 'a beautiful woman has an easier time getting things done'."
She remembered that she had said this sentence two months ago. She sent Donghua to get some information from a guard. Donghua was a bit reluctant and asked why it had to be her. At that time, she said, "Because Donghua is beautiful. A beautiful woman has an easier time getting things done."
Dongfang Yi didn't expect that this sentence would be used on herself in the end. She felt a bit hot - faced but had no choice.
She could only sigh and look at Donghua behind her through the mirror. She watched as Donghua carefully selected a golden - flower hairpin from the jewelry box and inserted it into her hair.
After finishing all these actions, Donghua stared at the woman in the mirror with satisfaction and said, "You look so beautiful!"
Dongfang Yi rolled her eyes and said to her, "Okay, can we have breakfast now?"
Then she got up angrily. She didn't know who she was angry with. It was she who had dug the pit, but finally she fell into it herself.
On the table beside, Xiaoqian had already prepared breakfast: chicken congee and a vegetarian dish. It looked very appetizing.
Looking at the food, Dongfang Yi felt her stomach growling non - stop. She immediately sat down at the dining table and began to eat without any regard for her image.
Donghua looked at the woman who had just stood up from the dressing table and rushed to the dining table to gobble up. She rolled her eyes and frowned. She thought that this was not at all the way a queen should behave. It was a pity that the cloud - shaped hair bun she had just done didn't bring out her gentle temperament at all.
After breakfast, Dongfang Yi was led by Donghua to the Qianqing Palace. Since the Queen's Palace was the closest to the Qianqing Palace, they arrived there in just a quarter of an hour.
As soon as they arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, they saw Ru Yi guarding outside. When he saw them, he was startled for a moment, then quickly trotted over and said, "Greetings to the Empress."
Ru Yi hadn't seen Dongfang Yi for a long time, half a year to be exact. Meeting her in this way, he felt a bit nervous.
Dongfang Yi just nodded slightly at his greeting and said, "Ru Yi, go and inform the Emperor. I have something to discuss with him."
"Okay, please wait a moment, Empress," Ru Yi said and then trotted back into the palace.
Before long, he waved at them and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor invites you in."