Did the Prime Minister Attend Court Today? - Chapter 74

The young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, was very handsome. Even in simple palace attire, his myriad charms were irresistible.

At that moment, she couldn’t help but stare blankly. She hadn’t expected there to be such a good-looking person in the world.

“Who are you?” The Empress walked forward and whispered.

Xue Tong, who was dancing, smiled slightly in surprise, “And who are you? This is the palace. How come you’re here? Are you a guard?”

Although Xue Tong was nervous inside, he maintained a calm facade, pretending as if he didn’t recognize this woman was the Empress, speaking to her casually.

“You still haven’t told me who you are?” The Empress glanced at him, feeling her heart race for the first time in sixteen years.

“Why should I tell you? Move aside, move aside… You didn’t see me just now. Otherwise, I’ll report you for slacking off as a guard.” Xue Tong turned and ran after speaking.

They say if you want a woman to remember you, you must naturally arouse her curiosity.

“Go, find out who he is…” The Empress said, feeling pleased, as she headed towards her own bedroom.

…

That night… in Tingshu Garden…

At this moment, Gu Tingshu and Zhao Xian’s room was strewn with clothes, and the curtains around the bed had already fallen…

Within the curtains, one could vaguely see the intertwined figures of two people.

“Wi… Wife…”

“Come on, call me elder sister…”

“Elder Sister…”

“Good… boy…”

“You troublesome woman…”

“Husband, it’s not right to curse at people, but has anyone ever told you how handsome you are…”

“Stop it…” Every time this person says something like this, he definitely won’t be able to get up the next day.

The night was long… Outside the courtyard of Tingshu Garden, the moonlight was dim and hazy, perhaps shyly hiding behind the clouds, reluctant to come out.

The next day——

“Your Excellency, have you gotten up? It’s time for morning court.”

Zhao Xian was sleeping soundly, but suddenly heard the human alarm clock at the door calling her and she couldn’t help but twitch her mouth.

It was said that getting up for work anywhere requires effort.

But whether to go to work or not is still up to her.

Skipping work for a day won’t kill anyone.

“Spread the word, the Prime Minister will rest today.”

A lazy voice came from the room, and the steward at the door couldn’t help but twitch her mouth.

Say, Your Excellency! Since you married the consort, how many times have you skipped morning court?

Just as she was about to leave, she heard someone talking inside.

“You’re not going to morning court? I heard before that if you didn’t attend, it meant you wanted to chop someone’s head off. Why are you doing this now? I didn’t see you targeting anyone. Could it be that those rumors were all false?”

Hearing his words, Zhao Xian chuckled, “Haven’t you heard the saying, ‘With the warm fragrance of the lotus canopy, the Prime Minister no longer attends the morning court’? Skipping one or two days won’t kill anyone. Now, as your wife, I just want to hold you and not go anywhere…”

“What… No, that won’t do… Then won’t I become a reincarnation of a fox spirit, a vixen?”

…

Listening to the voices in the room, the guards and the steward standing at the door looked up at the sky, with only one thought in their minds.

Speaking of which, Prime Minister, is this a case of a hero succumbing to the allure of beauty?

Soon, a sentence accidentally leaked out by a servant became the most popular phrase in the entire capital.

“With the warm fragrance of the lotus canopy, the Prime Minister no longer attends the morning court!”

As the days went by, the men of the entire imperial city became more and more curious about why the Prime Minister’s doted on her husband so much. They wanted to visit and inquire, but because they had always feared the Prime Minister’s formidable reputation, they didn’t dare to visit.

“Have you heard? The Prime Minister doted on her husband. I heard from a distant niece in the Prime Minister’s household that the Prime Minister’s main consort accidentally cut her hand while chopping vegetables, and the Prime Minister immediately ordered everyone to kneel for a day.”

“Have you heard? Today, the Prime Minister didn’t attend the morning court again. It’s said that when she woke up in the morning, she couldn’t bear to get out of bed while looking at her husband’s handsome face.”