Kite falling into red dust

At nightfall, Murong Mingyu, who had been approving the memorial for a long time in the imperial study, got up and stretched his sore arms and legs, and suddenly heard a soft voice outside the door: "Your Majesty, can my concubine go in?"

He could tell it was the queen's voice, so he answered, "Come in."

The guard at the door opened the door, and Shangguan Xuerui walked in with a wooden tray, with a flower-like smile on her face, and said: "Your Majesty has worked hard on reviewing the memorials, and this concubine made a bowl of white fungus and bird's nest porridge, and brought it to Your Majesty." Make up your body." Murong Mingyu replied lightly: "Oh, thank you, put it there." After speaking, he sat back at the table and read the memorial.

Just as she was about to put it on the table, she suddenly heard him say again: "This kind of food that women love to eat, don't cook it for widows in the future." She lowered her head and said softly: "My concubine remembers it."

Hearing her disappointed voice, he looked up at her with some guilt, only to see that she was wearing a peach red dress, without a lot of gold and jade jewelry, and only had a bright red tulip flower on the side of her hair. , different from the usual image of a dignified and graceful queen, it actually showed the bright and delicate look that a girl of her age should have.

"Your Majesty seems to be staring at my concubine for such a long time for the first time today." Shangguan Xuerui suddenly smiled shyly.

"Really?" He turned his face away in embarrassment, "The widow is usually busy with government affairs, so I don't have much time to spend with the queen, and I have to work hard for the queen to cook and deliver the food. I have wronged you."

"This is the responsibility of the courtiers and concubines, and the courtiers will not be wronged."

Seeing that she was still standing there, she seemed to have no intention of leaving, even though he didn't want to keep her in his heart, he could only say: "Sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." As she spoke, she sat beside him, picked up the porridge, and said, "It was my concubine's negligence to cook something that Your Majesty doesn't like, but Your Majesty should eat something before continuing." Review the memorial."

"En." He answered, but his eyes did not move away from the memorial.

"Your Majesty, my concubine."

"Huh?" He turned his head and saw that she really took a spoonful of porridge and wanted to bring it to his mouth. "No need, the widow can eat by himself." He said, took the porridge bowl, and drank the porridge in three or five mouthfuls.

Shangguan Xuerui suddenly lowered her head again, and said, "Does your majesty think it's frivolous for a concubine to dress up like this?"

Although he didn't have any feelings for her, Murong Mingyu didn't want to hurt a girl's heart, so he quickly said: "No, I don't mean that. The queen looks good in red."

She smiled shyly, glanced at him secretly, and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want to rest in the concubine's palace tonight?"

"Oh, no, the widow has traveled for a long time and approved the memorial for another day. I am very tired and want to rest early."

Shangguan Xuerui looked down at her nails that had been meticulously dyed water-red with henna, and said, "What did this concubine do wrong to make His Majesty unhappy?" There was a clear cry in her voice.

"No, why did the queen say that?"

She raised her face with tears in her eyes, "Because since the wedding, Your Majesty has never touched a single finger of a concubine, and even rarely looked at a concubine. The concubine is His Majesty's queen, no matter the concubine Where did you make a mistake, please tell your majesty to my concubine, can I make it right?"

"You're not wrong, you don't need to correct anything." He was too guilty to look into her eyes again.

"Then why does Your Majesty treat the concubine like this? The concubine has already dressed up in the way His Majesty likes, why does His Majesty still push the concubine away? What should the concubine do to make His Majesty like you?" It seems that he has been patient for too long, She spoke out to him in an aggrieved tone what she had been holding back in her heart for a long time.