She's acting all mysterious, and they even called him a petty emperor. Besides, does she even know who she's talking to?

Do you share your little secrets with others without knowing who they are?

"Okay! Go ahead and tell me. I won't tell that petty emperor, don't worry."

Kangxi spoke through gritted teeth, uttering each word slowly and deliberately when he said "petty-minded."

"Actually, I really like that jerk, but I don't dare to say it."

Harigana felt uncomfortable and shifted his body: "He has so many choices. What if I tell him I like him a lot, and he gets tired of me and doesn't want me anymore?"

Kangxi never expected that the person in his arms he thought didn't like him was just pretending. In that instant, he thought of everything that had happened over the past year. Had he been wrong?

Yeah, if you didn't like her, why would you go and die for her?

Why would you risk having his child?

Why would someone rather stay in this square palace and live a life without freedom?

All of this is because of him, because I like him!

Ironically, not long ago he even thought that Harigana didn't like him, which was simply despicable.

"Jiaojiao, Xuan Ye likes you very much and will never get tired of you. He wants to stay with you for the rest of his life."

Don't you trust him?

Kangxi's voice trembled slightly. He hadn't expected that after drinking a cup of wine and saying the wrong thing, he would hear the secret buried deep in Harigana's heart.

"I don't believe it! I can't believe it! I mustn't believe it!"

Harigana spoke decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

Why?

Why don't you believe him? Is it because he didn't do a good enough job?

This time, Harigana paused for a moment before answering: "Besides being good-looking, I have nothing. He's an emperor. If someone better comes along, it would be easy for him to find an excuse to get rid of me."

He always said he was the emperor and deserved the best in the world.

I know my limitations; I'm not the best, and who can predict the future?

Her voice grew softer and softer until she finally collapsed into his arms.

"Xuan...Xuan Ye!"

Kangxi picked the person up and placed him on the bed, when he unexpectedly heard someone calling his name.

A mix of heartache and guilt overwhelmed him, especially when she said she wasn't the best; his heart ached even more.

So all along, her happiness and joy were suppressed from her heart; what he saw was not the image of someone whose heart and eyes were truly filled with him.

"Jiaojiao, what do I need to do to make you believe me?"

After sitting beside her for a while and understanding her cleanliness, I asked Dulan to fetch a basin of warm water and wiped her down briefly. I then gently helped her change into her nightgown before going out to bathe and change.

The next day, Harigana woke up in a daze, feeling like his head was about to explode.

She had drunk alcohol on the grassland before and knew she couldn't hold her liquor, so she only had a small glass yesterday. She never expected to black out.

"Your Majesty, you're awake?"

Upon hearing the sound, Dulan lifted the curtain and peeked out. She immediately went over and helped Dulan sit up.

"Dulan, what time is it?"

Pressing her temples, she felt like something must have happened yesterday, but damn it, she had no memory of it.

"Your Majesty, it's almost lunchtime. His Majesty came back from court and saw that you were still unconscious, so he went to the Imperial Study. He should be back to have lunch with you by now."

Dulan massaged her shoulders and neck with just the right amount of pressure, which relieved the pain considerably.

"Dulan, nothing happened yesterday, right?"

After thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure it out, so he turned to ask Dulan, who also shook her head: "No, after the Empress Dowager left, you talked with the Emperor for a while and then rested."

Oh, by the way, His Majesty changed your clothes. Before changing them, he even had me fetch water so he could wipe you down.

It's really not Dulan's fault. Last night, Kangxi didn't speak loudly, and Harigana was also weak from drinking. Even Wei Qi only heard a few words.

But as she spoke earnestly, the hangover man's cheeks flushed.

"Okay! I understand!" she murmured softly, not asking the question again.

In fact, Emperor Kangxi woke up very early in the morning; Li Dequan hadn't even called him yet, he had already woken up on his own.

He had a dream in which Harigana looked haggard and had lifeless eyes. Harigana said something in his direction that he couldn't hear. In the end, Harigana closed his eyes and never woke up again.

He woke up with a start and felt the warmth of the person holding him, who was also murmuring his name. Only then did he realize that it had just been a dream.

Holding the person in his arms tightly, smelling the fragrance in her hair, Kangxi lost his sleepiness and closed his eyes to start planning what he needed to do recently.

When the time was almost up, he got up to go to court.

"Jiaojiao, are you awake?"

Kangxi walked in and saw Dulan massaging her head.

"Hmm! Xuan Ye, wasn't that fruit wine yesterday? Why did it have such a strong aftereffect?"

Harigana opened his eyes, told Dulan to step back, and after he sat down, he lay on his lap, looking listless.

I thought she would remember something vaguely, but to my surprise, she didn't remember anything at all.

But it's a good thing she didn't remember, so she won't be upset.

"Jiaojiao, it's not that the alcohol is strong, it's that you can't hold your liquor. You shouldn't drink anymore."

Kangxi teased her in a mocking tone, as if nothing had really happened.

Harigana pursed his lips, knowing that his poor alcohol tolerance was one thing, but being talked about was another.

"Hmph, it's all because I had your child. Otherwise, I used to be able to drink three cups of wine."

Looking at the three outstretched fingers, Kangxi didn't know whether to praise or laugh.

What difference does it make if you drink one cup or three cups from a cup the size of a cow's eyeball?

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, alright?"