Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief – Chapter 61

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第61章 太鲜活了些

弄云苑。

黑乎乎的汤药散发着热气,楚流徵屏住呼吸,就着夏巧茹的手将苦药一饮而尽。

苦中带酸,似乎顺着喉咙一直苦到了心里去。

楚流徵的脸顿时皱成一团,扯动脸上的纱布,显得有些滑稽和可怜。

“含着。”夏巧茹从袖中摸了颗糖出来,塞到楚流徵嘴里。

楚流徵皱着的眉眼这才松开两分,可想到接下来还得喝两个月的苦药,顿时觉得嘴里的糖也不甜了。

小夏子坐在旁边的杌子上,关切地问:“姑娘不是个莽撞人,今日怎么会闹出那般大的动静,还伤得这样严重?我和巧茹姑娘听到消息的时候,差点没吓死过去。”

“我也不想,这不是形势所迫嘛。”楚流徵朝他举了下自己的包子手,语气轻松,“就是看起来严重,其实都是小伤,太医断会夸张,倒叫你们跟着担心。”

“你就会说这些好听话来叫我们宽心。”夏巧茹将药碗洗干净回来,毫不留情拆穿,“我都打听过了,你这双手差点保不住。”

见瞒不过去,楚流徵只得讪讪地笑了一下。

“究竟是怎么回事?”夏巧茹在床边坐下,不问清楚她这提着的心就放不下来。

楚流徵含糊地说了句:“宫里的事情你也知道,就是那么回事呗。”

旁边床上的彩月忽然站起来道:“晚上吃得多了些,有些积食,我出去散散闷儿。”

也不等三人说话,她抱着汤婆子拉开门走了出去。

等她一走,夏巧茹和小夏子的神情明显轻松几分,连坐姿都没那么拘束了。

楚流徵瞧了眼掩上的门,感叹道:“今日我能得救,真多亏了彩月跑去报信。”

她将今日在华清宫发生的种种事缓缓道来。

不比在长春宫那会儿单挑着紧要的说,如今在这小屋里,烛光晃动下,她说得事无巨细,甚至边说边骂,全然不似她往常的淡然。

这般反常惊得小夏子嘴巴微张,仿佛不认识床上之人一般。

这样的流徵姑娘,未免太……

太……鲜活了些。

似乎脱掉了层层束缚,熟悉的眉眼间带着陌生的灵动恣意。

夏巧茹却有些触动,这样的流徵,隐约有了点刚进宫时的模样。

鲜活,有人气儿。

与这冰冷森然的皇宫格格不入。

可……这份鲜活是什么时候不见的呢?
是被掌事嬷嬷故意为难的时候?
还是被帮过的人排挤陷害的时候?
亦或者,是发现这份鲜活不该存在于皇宫,所以它便消失了呢?
夏巧茹的思绪有些飘远,直到楚流徵的声音将她拉了回来,“我一个人打了他们一群,你们是没看到他们抱头鼠窜的样子,忒解气!”

“好了,你可悠着点吧,说话这么大声不怕把仇人招来?”夏巧茹起身倒了杯茶,递到楚流徵唇边,“说了这么多话,赶紧润润喉。”

楚流徵也知道自己有些放纵了,但她心里实在憋了太多话,积压了太多情绪,再不说出来发泄出来,她说不定哪天就变态了。

经过夏巧茹这么一提醒,她便明白差不多了。

敛了敛情绪,楚流徵低头喝了口茶,再抬头时,便又成了小夏子最熟悉的那副模样。

清丽眉眼舒展,唇角总是带着浅淡笑意,看起来温柔又和气,对谁都客客气气的,叫人挑不出一丝错儿来。

小夏子没来由的有些失落和难过。

为楚流徵,为自己,也为这座皇宫里的所有人。

三人接着说了会儿话,见楚流徵开始打哈欠,夏巧茹便带着小夏子起身告辞:“时候不早了,我们也该回去了,你早些休息,明日我再来看你。”

“好。”楚流徵目送二人出去,突然想起来什么,喊住小夏子,“等等!”

……

养心殿。

殿门打开,谢辉面无表情地走了出来。

一旁的周元德欠身道:“谢大人慢走。”

谢辉朝他点点头,阔步行入黑夜中。

随着行走,飞鱼服摆被夜风吹得簌簌作响,像是一团炽热的火,红得刺目。

让这黑夜一衬,竟莫名增添了几分肃杀之气。

周元德眼皮子跳了一下,忽然觉得有些不踏实。

他道:“小安子,提灯送送谢大人。”

小安子答应一声,提着死气风灯追了上去。

“果真是入冬了,这夜里真冷啊。”周元德搓着手感叹一句。

一旁的小太监正想说两句话凑趣,吴院使到了。

周元德不敢耽搁,将人领进去。

一番行礼问安,吴院使将药枕拿出来,“陛下觉得何处不适?”

“眼睛干,喉咙也不太舒服。”萧靖凡将手腕搭在药枕上,语调懒懒的。

闻言,吴院使不敢怠慢,仔细把了脉之后,又看了眼睛,还让萧靖凡张嘴看了看喉咙和舌头。

“陛下这是肝火太旺,以致目干喉涩,喝两剂清热泻火的汤药便是。”

吴院使一边开方子一边开始老生常谈,“为了陛下的龙体着想,还请陛下放宽心神,多想些令您感到愉悦之事,如此病灶才去得快。”

萧靖凡冷嗤:“朕也想心情愉悦,偏生有些人专叫朕不痛快,你说朕这火气如何消得下去?”

吴院使立刻跪下:“臣惶恐。”

“不是说你,起来吧。”萧靖凡抬手按了按太阳穴,“朕夜间睡得不好,你再给朕扎两针。”

“唯。”

吴院使取出银针来,小心翼翼地给萧靖凡施针。

萧靖凡闭着眼问:“那宫女的手可会留疤?”

吴院使手一抖,差点扎错穴位。

正施针呢,您就不能闭嘴吗?

但既然萧靖凡问了,他又不能不回。

“回陛下的话,烫伤本就极易留疤,何况那宫女烫伤的部位实在太大,恐怕……”

萧靖凡倏地睁眼,面无表情地盯着他:“恐怕什么?”

吴院使吓得话语一转:“恐怕整个太医院要全力施为才行。”

萧靖凡又把眼睛闭上了。

吴院使:“……”

说话就说话,睁什么眼啊?
吓死个人!

殿中静默片刻,吴院使都以为萧靖凡睡着了,突然听他说了句,“朕不管太医院用什么办法,朕不想在那双手上看到任何疤痕,否则提头来见。”

吴院使顿时苦了脸。

太医真不是人干的活,好想退休!
为了脑袋不分家,吴院使小心请示:“那用药……”

“该用什么药就用什么药,不拘名贵与否,太医院没有的就去内库取。”

吴院使明白了,“唯。”

一旁的周元德冷眼瞧着,暗暗咋舌。

陛下这是真把人放在心上了?

那新的奉茶宫女还选不选呢?

(本章完)

Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief

Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief

吃瓜上位,我成了暴君的唯一信仰
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Zhu Liuzheng, having crossed over into a fictional ancient dynasty, was forced by circumstances to enter the opulent royal palace of the Sheng nation. Unexpectedly, she bound herself to the "Gossip System" and was assigned to serve as a tea maid in front of the tyrant. Every day, she would sneak some time to indulge in gossip, while nothing in the past or the harem could escape the system's watchful eye. "Wow! The pure and lovely Zhao Yi has just obtained a manual for secret encounters, locking herself in the palace for three days to practice quietly, planning to give the emperor a surprise." Delicate and soft Zhao Yi: "I'm so embarrassed!" "Behind the greedy officials are a string of people, including Lu Jiarui, the Zhejiang governor, and Shi Zhongzhichen, the commander..." Greedy officials: "Please let us go!" "The princess's husband is using a concubine to replace the princess's own child and even wants to make the princess have a double demise!" The sincerely betrayed princess: "Damn scumbag!" "Xing Pin was diagnosed as pregnant, but the child is by her lover!" With a green hat on his head, Xiao Jingfan: "I will turn that lover into a human pig!"… One day, the surroundings of Xiao Jingfan suddenly became quiet. "Leave the palace? Who allowed her to leave? Bring her back to me!" "Forget it, I’ll go personally!" "I’m not going back!" Zhu Liuzheng, with a bundle on her back, extended her hand towards the palace gate, "I want to go home!" "Home?" Xiao Jingfan rushed forward to embrace her, "The palace is your home." Zhu Liuzheng: "…" Unable to resist the emperor’s decree and suffer calamity upon her family, she could only slack off and continue to survive. She still gossiped in the harem. Big news after big news erupted, the previous dynasty gradually being cleaned up, and the harem becoming increasingly peaceful, with the entire Sheng nation thriving. However… Zhu Liuzheng’s expression of disdain: "Why is the tyrant here again today?" Xiao Jingfan secretly perked up her ears: "What gossip is there today?"

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