The emperor took the teacup from Su Tiyue and took the opportunity to pinch her delicate wrist with ill intent. "With such a beauty, what more could a husband ask for!"

Beautiful, gentle and charming, and considerate—such a rare beauty is truly exceptional.

The emperor looked at her as if she were a precious treasure, both surprised and delighted, yet he had to suppress his desire, which was truly agonizing.

Fortunately, it will be soon, very soon I will be able to hold this petite and exquisite beauty in my arms.

Su Tiyue gently withdrew her wrist, stood up, and said softly, "Your Majesty, I don't understand the game, so I won't disturb you and Master Xiao any longer."

"My beloved consort, stay with me a little longer. It's alright if you don't understand, I can teach you..."

The emperor looked on expectantly, wanting to keep her a little longer.

Su Tiyue swayed gently as she walked behind the emperor, her slender hand lightly resting on his shoulder. She deliberately lowered her body and whispered seductively in his ear:

"Your Majesty, I wish to go to Jingren Palace to see Consort Ji... After all, there are still many things I don't understand about serving Your Majesty, and I would like to ask her for advice."

I was somewhat unhappy when I heard Su Tiyue say she was leaving, but when I heard that she was going to see Consort Ji to ask her about those things...

The emperor's face crinkled with even more wrinkles from his smile. He raised his hand and gently patted Su Tiyue's hand on his shoulder, cheerfully saying, "Good, good, good."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Xiao Heye stood up, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, please take care."

Su Tiyue glanced back at him indifferently, without saying a word, and swayed her soft figure as she walked out.

After she left, the emperor looked at Xiao Heye with excitement and said, "It's all thanks to your excellent training, my dear minister. I am very satisfied with both Consort Ji and Consort Shu. From now on, I will find women like Consort Shu and train them carefully. Is that alright?"

Xiao Heye chuckled lightly: "Your Majesty, you already have so many women, and now you have Consort Shu, isn't that enough?"

"Women, of course, the more the merrier... Besides, this Consort Shu looks so delicate and charming. I'm afraid that if I get too carried away, I might kill her... What should I do then? You know, the women I like all have short lives."

The emperor took a sip of tea and continued, "Of course, I will be careful with such a delicate and fragile beauty and will not torture her to death so easily."

"..."

The emperor was still talking non-stop, his face beaming with excitement as he eagerly awaited tomorrow night.

Playing to death?

What's the point?

besides……

Tortured to death?

Xiao Heye listened silently as the emperor uttered one vulgar and offensive phrase after another, his gloomy face completely crumbling.

The black chess piece that landed in his palm, he gripped it tighter and tighter...

In the end, the chess piece silently shattered into powder in his hand.

*

Night fell.

When Xiao Heye returned to Yelan Pavilion, it was already very late.

As soon as I stepped into the inner courtyard, I was surprised to see the light on in my room.

Pushing open the door, one sees Su Tiyue sitting casually on a long marble table, her legs dangling in the air, her feet swinging back and forth, the little bell on her right foot jingling.

She placed her hands on the table and smiled at Xiao Heye as he entered.

A stove was burning inside, so the temperature wasn't low.

Su Tiyue was dressed in a thin, gold-embroidered satin dress with a lightly tied gauze belt, which accentuated her slender waist. Her long hair was half-tied up, loosely held in place by a jade hairpin, giving her a look that was both languid and alluring.

"Master, you're back?" Su Tiyue picked up a small bottle of wine beside her, shook it, and smiled as she said to him:

"Would you like to try the mulberry wine that Consort Ji gave me?"

Xiao Heye stood still, casually twirling the jade thumb ring on his thumb, staring at her with great interest for a while before striding closer.

"Your Majesty, why are you drinking so late at night instead of sleeping?"

He casually pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Su Tiyue. He took the bottle of mulberry wine from her hand, examined it carefully, and found nothing unusual before leisurely placing the wine on the table.

Su Tiyue dismissed it, saying, "It's nothing, I just wanted to boost my courage..."

To bolster courage?

The way she said those two words seemed a little inappropriate.

Su Tiyue is quite bold now. She is not afraid of the old emperor, and it seems that she is not afraid of Xiao Heye either.

As they were talking, Su Tiyue poured herself a glass of wine. She took a small sip and then handed the glass to Xiao Heye.

"What does Your Majesty mean by this? Drinking tea with the Emperor in the morning and drinking with this servant in the evening... What exactly is Your Majesty trying to do?"

Xiao Heye calmly took the wine she had left, staring at her with his dark eyes, and then drank the wine in one gulp.

Recalling how Su Tiyue had treated him that morning, a strange emotion flickered in Xiao Heye's eyes.

Su Tiyue snatched the wine glass from his hand and asked him softly, "Is it good?"

"generally."

Xiao Heye answered quickly, almost without the slightest hesitation.

Saying one thing and meaning another, it's the same answer I gave this morning.

Su Tiyue glared at him fiercely, then lowered her head and poured herself another full glass of wine. She took a big gulp, and before Xiao Heye could react, she slid off the long table, took two steps toward him, grabbed his collar, and poured all the wine from her mouth into his mouth.

She also gave his lower lip a hard bite.

Su Tiyue asked again, "Is it good?"

Xiao Heye expressionlessly wiped the wine from his lips with the back of his finger, his gaze sweeping lightly over the fair and tender face, and replied, "It doesn't taste good."

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