Su Wan'er was actually quite curious about Si Junlin's emotions. After all, it was his own younger brother, yet he looked so cold.
"Do you really not like your imperial brother?" Su Wan'er asked curiously.
"No." Si Junlin glanced at the door and replied calmly.
Su Wan'er couldn't quite understand. "Then why are you so cold?"
"Am I really that cold?" Si Junlin was slightly taken aback.
Su Wan'er nodded. "Extremely cold." As she said this, she told Qingcao to go back to the palace and fetch a bronze mirror. Then she held it in front of Si Junlin. "Take a look for yourself."
Si Junlin glanced at himself in the mirror. He was indeed as cold as Su Wan'er had said, but he didn't think so himself. "Maybe it's just a habit..."
"Hmm?" Su Wan'er saw his suddenly dejected expression and inexplicably felt a sense of guilt.
How could she not have thought of it? Si Junlin had gone through a lot to ascend to the throne. If he had shown all his emotions openly, he would have died long ago.
Sighing helplessly, Su Wan'er handed the bronze mirror in her hand to Qingcao and told her to take it back. Then she comforted Si Junlin. "Forget it. Let's talk about something interesting instead."
Si Junlin didn't miss the look of pity in Su Wan'er's eyes. This made him have to admit that although that so - called divine fortune - teller always dug holes for him, he was quite useful in matters of love.
Yes, Si Junlin could have explained today's matter in another way. But just as he was about to speak, he remembered what the national master had said when answering his question that day.
"Your Majesty, the queen is a person you can confide in. If you really want to win the queen's heart, you need to pay attention."
"How should I pay attention?" Usually, it was the concubines who came to court his favor. Asking him to pursue a woman, especially his own queen, was really difficult for him.
"First of all, of course, you need to make the queen pity you. You are already husband and wife now, but if you want your relationship to go further, you must make her pity you. Only when she pities you will she regard you as someone she needs to protect." The national master said unhurriedly.
"I don't need a woman's protection." Si Junlin sneered disdainfully.
He was the emperor. It should be him protecting his queen, not the other way around.
After hearing his words, the national master showed a mocking look on his face. "Your Majesty, are you sure you can protect the queen? She is the daughter of a general, while you are just a weak - looking emperor."
"Don't forget that I have thousands of troops under my command. How can I not protect my own queen?"
"Fine. I won't discuss this issue with you. If you really want to win the queen's heart, don't be so over - bearing. If you don't, just pretend I didn't say anything."
...
After thinking it over for a long time, he suddenly had the idea to try it out just now. It seemed... it was quite effective.
"Your Majesty? Are you listening?" Su Wan'er originally wanted to change the topic, but she waited for a long time without getting a response from Si Junlin. When she looked up, she saw a smile on Si Junlin's lips.
This smile made her feel quite puzzled. She even suspected if the person in front of her had suddenly gone crazy.
Si Junlin then came back to his senses. He said to Su Wan'er apologetically, "Sorry. I was just thinking about some past events."
Su Wan'er just said "oh". In order not to let Si Junlin fall into the memories of the past again, she told Si Junlin some things that had happened to her related to the Red Ai clan when she was young.
It was the first time for Si Junlin to hear about Su Wan'er's childhood. He couldn't help laughing.
That smile was pure and innocent. Just one look at it would make people feel warm all over.
After about an afternoon, the door finally opened. Su Wan'er and Si Junlin both put away their smiles and walked to the door.
This time, it had taken Long Xiaojiu a lot of effort. When she walked out, she was staggering.
"Are you okay?" Su Wan'er asked worriedly as she supported her.
Long Xiaojiu shook her head. "I'm okay. I'm just a bit tired."
Suddenly, Su Wan'er caught a glimpse of the wounds on her hand. She quickly rolled up her sleeve and saw that her once smooth and jade - like hand was now covered with small cuts made by a knife. Some of the wounds had already coagulated.
"You're in this state and you still say you're okay?" Su Wan'er turned around and shouted at Qingcao, "Qingcao, summon the imperial physician."
After Dr. Zhang had treated her wounds, Su Wan'er told her to rest directly.
Before falling asleep, Long Xiaojiu gave Su Wan'er a medicine bottle. She told Su Wan'er to put this medicine bottle around her bed, saying that in this way, it wouldn't be found by others.
Su Wan'er didn't know what Long Xiaojiu was thinking, but seeing her tired appearance, she put away her doubts for the time being and did as she said.
In the post - house, the Southern Border Princess suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
"What? Ghost Lady, so you also have times when you're defeated?" If Su Wan'er had been there, she would surely have recognized that the person speaking was the one with the right to speak in the envoy group.
"Chang Ke, don't forget where we are now. You should call me Princess." The Southern Border Princess wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said to him mockingly.
"Yes, Princess. But if you fail, you won't be our princess anymore. Instead, you'll be the 'sinner of the Southern Border Kingdom'." Chang Ke sneered and then turned to walk towards the door.
"Hey, are you sure your king can really make our family the imperial family of the Southern Border Kingdom?" The Southern Border Princess asked anxiously.
"That depends on whether you can provoke a war between the Southern Border Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom. If you fail, we won't dare to go and help you." After Chang Ke said this, he closed the door.
The Southern Border Princess, or rather Ghost Lady now, clenched her fist after Chang Ke left. She took out a bottle of pills from the cabinet beside her. After taking the medicine, she lit the incense burner in front of her again and continued to accelerate the growth of the poisonous insects.
Although the poisonous insects in the body of the Prince of Luo had been removed, it wouldn't affect her overall situation.
She now had to hurry up and accelerate the growth of those poisonous insects to prevent them from being removed again.
They didn't know that on Su Wan'er's side, there was actually only Long Xiaojiu. Moreover, since her body had not fully developed, it had been quite a stretch for her to remove one batch of poisonous insects.
Long Xiaojiu slept for a full three days. It was obvious how difficult it had been for her to remove the poisonous insects from the body of the Prince of Luo.