After that, she helped Consort Xi back to her bedroom. She gently undid Consort Xi's clothes and then laid her back on the bed.
As for herself, after staying in the room for a while, she left with Fang Xi.
She walked extremely fast, always feeling as if something was scurrying around inside her body. She could only rely on her willpower to resist it. Fortunately, this strange feeling wasn't very intense. She could just endure it.
After pushing open the door and returning to the Hall of Diligence and Government, she took another bath. After checking the memorials and finding that they had all been dealt with, she went to bed.
However, that burning feeling was like a mosquito. It wasn't very noticeable, but it always came to harass you when you didn't want to pay attention to it.
Su Wan'er closed her eyes tightly and her body kept writhing, but she couldn't relieve it even a bit.
The bookshelf in the study was pushed open. Someone tiptoed to Su Wan'er's side and carefully examined her face.
Maybe he was tired of standing, so he directly sat down on the edge of Su Wan'er's bed and gently placed his hand on her face...
After hesitating for a while, he pressed his hand against his own face.
Sure enough, a woman's face felt more comfortable to touch than a man's.
"What on earth are you thinking?" Si Junlin looked at the person on the bed seriously, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
"Um..." Su Wan'er turned over and put her arm around Si Junlin's hand, and even rubbed against it.
Si Junlin's heart suddenly trembled violently. A current ran through his body, and his face instantly turned a bit red.
Su Wan'er seemed unaware and just pressed Si Junlin's hand and continued to sleep.
Si Junlin originally wanted to pull his hand out, but when he tried, he found that Su Wan'er was holding it very tightly. He couldn't even move it without waking her up.
After sighing, Si Junlin, who had just come to take a look, finally lay down beside Su Wan'er fully clothed.
"Xi..." Su Wan'er murmured softly.
Si Junlin was stunned. Suddenly, he remembered what he had heard two maids whispering before: "When a person is talking in their sleep, if you ask them a question, they will answer it no matter what."
Si Junlin looked at the woman in his arms. After hesitating for a long time, he decided to give it a try.
However, before doing such a silly thing, he took a few deep breaths and then softened his voice as much as possible: "Wan'er, Wan'er."
At this moment, he had to admit that Su Wan'er's voice was really nice. He believed that even if he didn't soften his voice, it would have the same effect.
Sure enough, Su Wan'er reacted to his call: "Um... You say... You say..."
Si Junlin naturally wasn't going to be polite to Su Wan'er: "You said today that your grandfather and father didn't agree to retire from the army. Why was that? Hmm?"
"For... Um... For..." Su Wan'er murmured softly, "Of course... It's for... For... The agreement between the great - grandfather and the founding emperor..."
It was intermittent, but Su Wan'er managed to finish her sentence.
Si Junlin's originally furrowed brows relaxed a bit. So, it was for the agreement with the founding emperor?
He carefully recalled. Indeed, when his father was on his deathbed, he had really mentioned this matter.
He said that although the people of the Su Mansion were descendants of the former dynasty's great general, because they had received the life - saving grace of the former emperor, they had promised to guard the Si family for generations.
However, after the former emperor finished telling this story, he passed away. So, back then, when he and the empress dowager heard it, they just regarded it as a special warning left by the former emperor.
Although the ancestors of the Su family had an agreement with the founding emperor, it was just a verbal agreement. No one knew if the people of the Su family still remembered it after so long. If they didn't, it would be a great disaster.
Who would have thought it meant they could completely trust the Su family?
Si Junlin didn't know if others would believe it, but Si Junlin, who had fought his way out among the many princes, would only think in the direction of caution. He himself had said that he never trusted anyone.
However, after hearing Su Wan'er's words today, Si Junlin just remembered that there was another possibility for this matter...
When Su Wan'er woke up the next day, she didn't find Si Junlin. She just accidentally smelled a familiar fragrance when she turned around.
Did Si Junlin come last night?
Su Wan'er looked at the bed beside her, but there were no traces of someone sleeping there...
This was strange. Could it be that she was having an illusion?
Rubbing her head, Su Wan'er decided to go find Si Junlin after the court session. She hoped to restore the atmosphere between them to what it used to be, and she decided to take the initiative to show weakness.
Because she had something on her mind, Su Wan'er didn't pay attention to what the officials were arguing about in the court.
Fortunately, those ministers all knew that the current "emperor" liked to review memorials. Besides arguing in the court, they argued more on the memorials.
Su Wan'er ignored them and just told Fang Xi to take them to the imperial study.
After the court session, she rushed to Si Junlin's courtyard in a hurry.
However, as soon as she reached the palace gate, she saw the maids inside rushing back and forth.
Su Wan'er stepped forward and stopped a maid: "What's wrong with the empress?"
The maid looked unhappy when she was suddenly stopped. When she was about to scold, she found that the person who stopped her was the current emperor. She quickly knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty..."
"Don't salute. Tell me, what's wrong with the empress?" Si Junlin wouldn't be so desperate as to commit suicide, would he? Did her behavior in the carriage yesterday stimulate him?
Seeing that she couldn't kneel anymore, the maid had to stand up, but still hunched her back: "Your Majesty, the empress has been suffering from severe abdominal pain since this morning. We were just discussing whether to invite the imperial physician, but the empress said this matter must not be made public. We maids can only be anxious."
After hearing what the maid said, Su Wan'er didn't care about anything else and rushed in, leaving the servants looking at each other in dismay.
Su Wan'er directly rushed into the room and found that the person on the bed was curled up into a ball, and even their body was trembling slightly. This made anxiousness flash in Su Wan'er's eyes.
"Your Majesty... Empress, are you okay?" Su Wan'er was so anxious that she almost called out Si Junlin's real identity, but at the crucial moment, she managed to stop herself.
"No, I'm fine. Don't you interfere." Si Junlin gritted his teeth and replied.
Looking at his pale face, how could he be okay?
"Fang Xi, summon the imperial physician!" Su Wan'er shouted directly.
"Um!" Si Junlin gritted his teeth for a while. After the pain subsided a bit, he turned to look at Su Wan'er.