Chapter 356
"Your Majesty, I will help you wash up. You can rest first." Yu Yanran said.
"Yeah." Zhao Xing nodded and let go of Yu Yanran.
Yu Yanran gave some instructions to the palace maids who were serving her and asked them to help Zhao Xing undress.
After the palace maid brought hot water, Yu Yanran first helped Zhao Xing wash up, and finally helped him wash his feet.
Zhao Xing was sober by now. He was in a bad mood and had drunk a few more glasses at the dinner.
It is said that the more you look at a beauty under the light, the more charming she becomes.
Yu Yanran is very beautiful and has a gentle temperament.
When washing Zhao Xing's feet, he looked extremely serious.
"Your Majesty, soak for a while longer, and you will feel more comfortable when you sleep."
After Yu Yanran finished speaking, she saw Zhao Xing didn't respond. She looked up and saw Zhao Xing staring at her. Her face was slightly red and she asked, "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this?"
Zhao Xing came back to his senses and smiled, "Because you are beautiful."
Yu Yanran's face turned even redder when she heard this, and she lowered her head in embarrassment.
But her face was rosy, which looked even more beautiful under the candlelight.
In theory, Yu Yanran was his first woman, and the two of them could be considered an old married couple.
But Yu Yanran was shy by nature, and even though Zhao Xing didn't say anything explicit, she was still very embarrassed.
This kind of woman is something he doesn't have among all the women he has.
Shulan is just a gentle person. After all, she is old and has been married before, so she can't be said to be shy.
Men are sometimes very strange. Yu Yanran is so shy that Zhao Xing wants to tease him even more.
Just as Zhao Xing was about to speak, a palace maid came in carrying a tray.
Yu Yanran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty, I asked someone to cook a bowl of hangover soup."
As he said this, he walked forward, picked up the hangover soup from the tray and brought it to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing took a few sips and drank it. Yu Yanran took the bowl, handed it to the maid, and said, "Your Majesty, the water is cold. Let me wipe your feet for you."
"Yeah!" Zhao Xing nodded.
Yu Yanran sat down, put a thick towel on her legs, asked Zhao Xing to put his feet on her legs, and wiped them clean carefully.
"Your Majesty, that's it."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing withdrew his feet and lay down on the bed.
Yu Yanran got up, covered Zhao Xing with a blanket, washed her hands, and then went to bed.
The maid took the basin away, turned off the light and left.
It was already late at night and Zhao Xing was a little tired. Because of his mood, he didn't feel like doing anything else. He hugged Yu Yanran and prepared to go to sleep.
"Your Majesty?" Yu Yanran said softly.
"Hmm?" Zhao Xing asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"I have some thoughts."
In the darkness, Zhao Xing couldn't see Yu Yanran's expression, but from her trembling tone and the almost inaudible words that followed, he could imagine that her face was probably flushed.
Zhao Xing was startled when he heard this, and said, "I'm fine."
With Yu Yanran's personality, she would not do such a thing as actively seeking sex.
She probably did this because she saw that he was in a bad mood and wanted to please him.
"I just thought that Minglan is pregnant, but I have been in the palace for so long and still haven't gotten pregnant."
As Yu Yanran spoke, she suppressed her shyness and took the initiative to take off Zhao Xing's clothes.
"Haha, then I won't move. You come by yourself." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
Yu Yanran's body softened when she heard this. She was shy by nature, and having come this far had already exhausted her courage. However, darkness can scare people, but sometimes it can also make people do things they wouldn't normally do.
When Yu Yanran sat on him, Zhao Xing took a breath and reached out to hold Yu Yanran's waist.
"His Majesty!"
Yu Yanran's body softened and she fell on Zhao Xing.
"Why aren't you moving?" Zhao Xing patted Yu Yanran's butt and whispered in her ear.
"I have no strength left." Yu Yanran's tone was filled with tears.
Zhao Xing stopped teasing her after hearing that. Yu Yanran was too shy. She had just taken off her clothes and it took her a long time, which made him angry.
Holding Yu Yanran's face, Zhao Xing kissed her accurately in the dark.
After years of martial arts training and the fact that Zhao Xing is still young, he is full of energy.
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The next day, Zhao Xing arrived at Renming Palace refreshed, and went to Xingming Palace with Zhang Guifen to pay respects to his father, the emperor, and his mother, the queen.
After having breakfast with Zhang Guifen, Zhao Xing left to talk to Empress Dowager Cao. He then took his leave and came to the courtyard where his mother, Concubine Zhu, lived.
"Your son greets your mother!" Zhao Xing walked into the main hall and bowed.
Zhu sat at the head of the table, glanced at Zhao Xing, and said calmly: "You are an official now, how can I accept your courtesy? I should pay my respects to you."
"What are you saying, mother? You are my biological mother. Even if I become an official, you will not accept it." Zhao Xing said.
"You still know that I am your biological mother?"
Zhu said with an unpleasant expression, "It's been so long since your uncle's case was filed, and he's still in jail. You just want to show it to others. After being locked up for so long, shouldn't you let him go?"
"Mother, my uncle has violated the national law. There are laws on how to deal with him. As an official, I cannot bend the law for personal gain." Zhao Xing said.
"What do you mean?" Zhu looked at Zhao Xing in disbelief. "You want to exile your uncle? He is your own uncle!"
At this time, Zhu did not know the seriousness of Zhu Shiquan's crime and thought he was just being exiled.
"Mother, this matter involves many people, so it has not been fully investigated yet. However, I have asked the Minister of Justice to hurry up and there should be a result soon."
What Zhao Xing said was a subtle change of concept.
He couldn't tell Zhu that his uncle's crime was not just a matter of exile, but a death penalty.
"sit down."
Zhu's expression softened and she said, "Mother knows your difficulties, but I only have this one brother. My sister-in-law has written to me several times to complain."
"I understand. It's good that mother can understand my difficulties." Zhao Xing said.
"Did your uncle suffer in prison?" asked Zhu.
"No, I have already told you that I will not let you suffer," said Zhao Xing.
He did explain, but he asked Yan Kuan not to give him any special treatment and to treat Zhu Shiquan the same way as other prisoners.
"You, don't have to explain it specifically. You should let your uncle suffer a little, so that he will remember it!"
Zhu complained, "You scolded him so much before, but he still dared to do this."
She was also a little angry with her brother. After receiving the letter from her sister-in-law Sun, she did not write to Zhao Xing immediately.
But after all, he was his own brother, and he couldn't ignore him no matter how angry he was. After waiting for a while and suffering a little, he couldn't help but write a letter to Zhao Xing.
"I've been idle recently, so I made a few sets of clothes for Sister Jing. I don't know if they fit. You can ask that Sheng to bring Sister Jing to talk to me, and then let Sister Jing try them on. If they don't fit, I can make some modifications." Zhu said with a smile.
"Mother, there are embroiderers in the palace who can make clothes. There is no need for you to do it."
"I have nothing to do, right? But two of your concubines are pregnant now. I won't be able to handle so many children in the future."
Zhao Xing chatted with his mother for a while, then took his leave.
It seems that my mother likes her grandchildren very much. After Zhu Shiquan is executed, Shulan can bring the children to talk to Zhu more often.
(End of this chapter)