Chapter 108 Yueli thinks it’s better to keep it a secret

"Empress Yufei?"

Rong Jieyu noticed that she was so lost in thought that she even dropped her hand warmer. She called her several times with concern and asked, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Yue Li pulled herself out of her memories, her expression not looking very good: "I'm fine."

Lian Qiao replaced her hand warmer with a new one. Seeing her pale face, she felt a little worried: "Have you been exposed to the wind for too long? Why don't we go back? It's still too cold outside."

"Um."

Yueli stood up and walked towards Hezheng Palace. Rong Jieyu knelt down to see her off. Only after her figure disappeared in the garden did Rong Jieyu slowly stand up and slightly curl the corners of her mouth.

It seems that the news that man brought was true.

It turns out that Concubine Yu and Su Huai really have an shameful relationship.

She was originally born in a brothel. If she had had an affair and lost her virginity before entering the palace, such an identity would have doomed her fate in the palace.

*

Yueli returned to the Hezheng Palace. Before she even stepped through the gate, she saw Xiao Dezi running towards her in a hurry: "Oh, the queen is finally back. His Majesty was looking for you."

"Your Majesty, have you finished your work?"

"I'm done. Your Majesty is not in the bedroom. Your Majesty is about to go out to look for you."

Yue Li pushed open the door of the bedroom and walked in. She went to He Yanchen and snuggled up to him. He Yanchen instinctively put his arms around her waist and touched her slightly cold cheek.

"Why did you go out? It's so cold outside, are you cold?"

Although he was asking, he had already taken Yueli's hand and led her to the fireplace to help her dispel the coldness on her body.

"Your Majesty..." Yueli suddenly called him in a muffled voice.

"Huh? What's wrong?" He Yanchen keenly noticed that Yue Li was in a bad mood. She had only been out for half an hour. Did anyone offend her?

"Who bullied you?" He Yanchen touched her head and asked gently.

Yue Li didn't know how to tell him. If she had any troubles, she wanted to tell He Yanchen. He Yanchen always had a way to make her happy.

But He Yanchen didn’t know about what happened in Chunfeng Pavilion in the past, so it would be fine if I kept it a secret. If he knew about it, would he be angry?

If she knew that He Yanchen had a woman like Bai Yueguang hidden in his heart, she would be so angry that she would want to tear the roof off.

Yueli thought it was better to keep it a secret.

"No one bullies me. I just remembered some things from the past, and I got angry when I thought about them. They all bully me. Only Your Majesty treats me the best. I like Your Majesty the most."

He Yanchen has become accustomed to her sweet words, but it is undeniable that he still enjoys listening to her act coquettishly in such a sweet voice.

"Who are they? How did they bully you? Tell me everything, and I'll help you bully them back."

He Yanchen only asked casually, but Yueli suddenly felt guilty. She arched her back in the man's arms and said, "It's all in the past. I don't want to mention them anymore, and Your Majesty doesn't allow it."

He Yanchen's eyes flickered slightly: "When did Jiaojiao become so considerate?"

"Was I not considerate before?" Yue Li feigned anger. "So this is how Your Majesty sees me. Was I always considered unreasonable and troublesome in Your Majesty's eyes?"

He Yanchen pinched her cheek gently: "It is important for a person to know himself. Jiaojiao will make a fuss when she is unreasonable. If she is reasonable, wouldn't it be..."

Before he could finish his words, Yueli pushed him down on the couch fiercely: "So annoying!"

He Yanchen smiled and put his arms around her waist, then turned over and pressed her under him.

He bent down to kiss her, pecking her lips lightly: "Whether it's reasonable or not, I like it."

"Jiaojiao, you don't need to be reasonable. No matter what you want to do, I will protect you."

Yue Li's eyes suddenly turned red. She sobbed and hugged the man on her body, and took the initiative to kiss him.

He Yanchen quickly took the initiative and bit her lips...

......

After making love, Yueli curled up in his arms and fell asleep.

The expression on He Yanchen's face gradually faded. He carried the person to the bed and then got up and went to the outer hall: "Ji Ming."

Ji Ming hurriedly bowed and came in: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"Where did Concubine Yu go today, and who did she meet?"

Ever since Yueli was poisoned last time, He Yanchen had arranged secret guards to keep watch over her at all times. Ji Ming quickly replied, "The Queen went to the garden to relax today and ran into Concubine Rong there."

"Jieyu Rong said that the Empress Dowager is hosting a plum blossom viewing banquet in the next two days and asked Concubine Yu to be the honored one. Your Majesty has agreed."

"Later, Concubine Rong said that she had invited a musician from outside the palace named Su Huai, who was from the same hometown as the Empress. Since then, the Empress has been feeling a little off."

He Yanchen's eyes were cold, Su Huai?

Who is this?

"Go check on this person." He Yanchen frowned, "Send someone to keep an eye on Concubine Rong."

"yes."

*

It was almost evening when Yueli woke up. It gets dark early in winter, and candles were already lit in the hall.

She turned over while hugging He Yanchen's pillow, and without calling anyone to come in to serve her, she lay on the bed in a daze.

In fact, her admiration for Su Huai was just that of her youth. He saved her from Mother Wang, and in the next five years, he taught her to read, write, play the piano and paint. He has always been as gentle as jade, and the girls in the pavilion like to trouble him when they have any difficulties.

Yueli once thought that Su Huai was only good to her, but later there was another girl named Xueying by his side.

Xueying was abandoned because of her poor health. She suffered from heart palpitations and was like a sick beauty, so Su Huai always cared more about her.

Yueli was very unhappy at first, she felt that someone was trying to steal her things.

However, she lost to Xueying several times in the competition for favor. Xueying only needed to cover her heart and frown, and Su Huai would feel that she was wrong.

A month before she came of age, she accidentally learned from Mother Wang that the emperor had come to Jiangning on his southern tour, and the prefect wanted to entertain General Xiao, a favorite of the emperor, and planned to buy the most beautiful girl from the cabinet to send him.

In the past five years, Yueli has become more and more beautiful. She is good at singing and dancing, and is used to acting coquettishly to manipulate those young men. Mother Wang has regarded her as the top beauties in Chunfeng Pavilion, but Yueli has not started to receive customers yet, and Mother Wang is a little reluctant to let go of this cash cow.

Mother Wang found Su Huai and discussed sending Xueying there.

Yueli was eavesdropping outside the door at the time. She heard Su Huai reject Wang Mama's proposal and said, "Send Yueli away."

Yueli's heart died instantly.

After Mother Wang left, she couldn't help but look for Su Huai, but he just looked at her indifferently:

"Xueying is not in good health, do you have to compete with her?"

Since then, Yue Li moved out of the third floor and she never saw Su Huai again.

Yueli actually holds grudges.

Just like her parents, she didn't remember how they treated her before she was five years old. In these eleven years, she only remembered that her mother abandoned her in front of Chunfeng Pavilion. Even though they might have been nice to her when she was a child, she had forgotten it all.

The same goes for Su Huai. The Su Huai of the past was like the bright light that night, illuminating her poor heart.

But the person who abandoned her is no longer worth remembering.

--【Off Topic】--

Xiaohe: Oh, it’s like a bright stream of light, illuminating my poor heart.