Lu Xingjian pulled her tightly clenched lower lip from between her teeth and whispered in her ear:

"What are you afraid of?"

She glared at him resentfully and bit his strong shoulder.

"Hiss~"

The man gasped, a hint of amusement flickering in his eyes.

The kitten finally managed to extend its sharp claws, how could it not retaliate?

At this moment, he completely lost his usual elegance and composure, and instead became extremely rebellious.

The footsteps and Steward Li's urgent attempts to stop them grew closer.

Su Wanwan froze instantly, staring at the man with a look of horror on her face.

The man frowned and reached out to remove the bed curtains from the hook.

When the door was pushed open, the bed curtains had just been lowered and were swaying back and forth.

Two figures could be vaguely seen on the bed.

Steward Li knelt upright before Xia Xueyi, helplessly stopping her from moving forward:

"Your Majesty, you mustn't trespass into the imperial bedchamber!"

Xia Xueyi stood at the door, her eyes fixed on the still swaying bed curtains.

He almost bit his teeth to pieces.

Just a few more steps and you can lift the bed curtains and see clearly which vixen the Emperor is having an affair with.

Last night was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which should have been the day for the emperor and empress to consummate their marriage.

She waited for him all night.

She had prepared meticulously for last night.

Use aromatherapy in your bath to care for your skin.

She's tried all sorts of beauty and fertility remedies, even the ones that tasted the worst.

All for the sake of receiving imperial favor.

All she wanted was to conceive a royal heir and put the Empress Dowager at ease.

But he didn't even show his face.

He didn't even attend today's morning court session.

The Empress Dowager was preoccupied with the situation of her consummation of the marriage and did not sleep all night. This morning, she was so angry that she did not have breakfast.

Under the Empress Dowager's reprimand, she had no choice but to wipe away her tears and lead her men directly into the East Palace.

hehe.

The emperor, who had the perfectly good Qianqing Palace to stay in, actually rested in the East Palace!

Chief Steward Li declined, saying that the Emperor was busy with state affairs and it was not appropriate to disturb him.

She heard that Su Wanwan had not returned to Ning Shou Palace all night.

She could roughly guess that the seductive slut in bed was Su Wanwan!

Su Wanwan, who was accused by her in-laws of being unfaithful and cheating on her husband!

Who's at fault?

It had to be her!

Now that the adulterous couple has been caught in the act, she lacks the courage to step forward and tear off the last veil of secrecy.

The two people on the bed were both quiet.

Lu Xingjian calmly pulled the thin blanket over Su Wanwan and carefully wrapped her up, gently protecting her still-healing leg.

Su Wanwan's body trembled uncontrollably, and she dared not move.

They used to have an affair, and neither of them was married.

But things are different now.

Lu Xingjian already has an empress and two concubines.

He and the Empress have not yet consummated their marriage.

She slept in the same bed with him, which was a slap in the face to the Empress.

But she couldn't walk, couldn't run away, and couldn't hide, so she could only let him do whatever he wanted.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely tense.

Xia Xueyi took a deep breath and her gaze fell on the shoes in front of the bed.

There was only one pair of shoes.

There were two people in the bed.