A hand with distinct knuckles pressed against the emperor's heart.

Even through that thin layer of clothing, one could clearly feel Xiang Linyuan's accelerated heartbeat.

That's because of love.

That's because of him.

No matter how many lifetimes he is reincarnated, Xiao Tianjun will still love him from the bottom of his soul.

Give him the utmost favoritism and all the security he needs.

Warm up his heart, which had long since grown cold in the Heavenly Prison.

Thinking of this, Si Jin was suddenly moved.

He hooked his arms around Xiang Linyuan's neck and kissed him.

"once."

"I'll let you have it one more time."

Xiang Linyuan's eyes gleamed, and he lowered his head to kiss her deeply once more.

… …

A ruler's word is his bond.

Xiang Linyuan keeps his word.

Just once.

One time, it lasted nearly two hours.

With a lollipop in its mouth, Xiao Yao used the method taught to it by Luocha to break through the restrictions of the dark room, its eyes wide with curiosity as it waited for the scene to appear.

Before the scene even appeared, Si Jin's suppressed and out-of-control voice sent chills down its spine.

Xiao Yao's worldview was shattered: [Wow, so adults are just like me... ehh?]

It didn't see anything!

Why has another layer of restrictions, like a dark room, been added?!

(╥ω╥`)

… …

The next day.

Si Jin scared the little tiger for a bit, then sat up using her pain shield and went to court as usual.

At today's grand court assembly, the late empress's unborn child became the focus of discussion.

Si Jin defied public opinion and saved the child. Xiang Linyuan also chimed in, saying that he would not take any more concubines and that the child of the late empress could be adopted.

As a result, the focus of the discussion shifted from the Empress to Si Jin.

He was labeled with all sorts of accusations, from "male beauty causing trouble" to "bringing disaster to the country and the people."

Although the ministers wouldn't be foolish enough to say these things to Si Jin's face, such rumors circulated continuously and even intensified.

Such rumors reached the ears of Consort Li, who had been exiled after her home was raided.

I was so happy.

This month, Si Jin actually colluded with humans to raid the Wangyue clan.

He even has the audacity to try and seize the position of head of the Yue family!

This is utterly absurd!!

Does he really think that the cat demons of Wangyue Mountain are only of the Yue family?

The reason why cat demons are revered by the world is because they can control the fortune of heaven and earth!

If the fate of the Great Zhou changes, the surrounding small countries will surely attack at the same time!

At that time, both Yue Sijin and Xiang Linyuan will be finished!!

Consort Li Yue Sizhu listened to the rumors all the way back to Wangyue Mountain, dragging her broken body, which only had a tail left.

She traveled up the mountain and arrived before the chief of the Wangyue clan. As soon as she knelt down, tears streamed down her face.

"Chieftain, you must do us justice!!!"

"That Yue Sijin, he..."

… …

After hearing Yue Sizhu's tearful account, the clan chief was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table and stood up:

"This is outrageous! Yue Zhengfeng is my junior brother!!"

"Yue Sijin has some nerve! How dare she transfer her cursed fate to him?!"

"Not only that, he also stole the position of family head and drove all the cat demons of our direct lineage out of the family. Waaah."

Yue Sizhu cried harder and harder, revealing her dirty cat tail:

"I only have one tail left, it's all Yue Si Jin's fault..."

"The new emperor, Xiang Linyuan, is still biased towards him. Clan chief, this Great Zhou Dynasty really doesn't give our cat demon clan any way to survive!"

Yue Sizhu, feeling the clan leader's anger wasn't intense enough, continued to embellish her story.

She expanded her personal feud with Si Jin into a racial feud between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the cat demon clan.

So what if the two tribes are at odds?

So what if people die in war?

She's unaffected, she won't die, all she wants is Yue Sijin's life!