"What's wrong? Are you angry?" Xie Qinglan rolled over, bracing himself on the canopy bed with both hands above her, his cool breath enveloping her.

"Smelling of perfume."

"How could that be?" Xie Qinglan quickly lowered her head to smell her own scent. "She didn't touch me today. If anything, the sole of her shoe touched me. I even took a bath before entering the palace. Smell me again?"

He lowered his body to let Ye Chaoxi smell it.

Ye Chaoxi bit down on his chest muscle, her little face full of displeasure. "Even when you can't see, people are eager to be your concubines. Once your eyes are better, I'm afraid there will be even more people rushing to you. You really know how to attract attention!"

Xie Qinglan was quite pleased. Hearing the sour tone in her voice, she could already imagine her jealous and coquettish little expression, which would surely be very endearing.

He lowered his head and pecked her cheek, his voice laced with laughter and his tone lazy, "Don't worry, my lady, I only attract you, this bee, this butterfly. As for the others, I'll drive them all away."

Ye Chaoxi was amused by him and didn't dwell on the matter. She got back to the main topic, "Did His Majesty summon you today to give you something to do?"

Ye Chaoxi inwardly complained about the emperor, whose own nephew had gone blind and whose leg had just recovered, yet the emperor kept sending people to do things for him.

Unexpectedly, Xie Qinglan said, "His Majesty has always been worried about my legs. Today, I'm going to the palace to let him see them and put his mind at ease."

Well, Ye Chaoxi silently apologized to the Emperor in her heart, saying she had misunderstood him.

Xie Qinglan added, "I'll be cleaning house tomorrow; it'll be quite a spectacle. Do you want to go see it?"

"You're planning to deal with the Zhang family?"

Xie Qinglan nodded. "Today I received a letter from my subordinates. We have obtained evidence of Zhang's actions, and it's time to deal with her."

"I have waited for this day for far too long."