Chapter 85 Chapter 85 It’s not a punishment, it’s flirting…
The man's voice was low and hoarse, lingering in her ear. He bit her small earlobe unexpectedly, and his rough palm moved slowly but continuously.
Zhao Qingyi's face flushed red, and a strange numbness spread throughout her limbs. She instinctively wanted to hide, but was trapped in this small carriage. The breath spraying on her earlobe made her tremble uncontrollably.
Under normal circumstances, she could still barely cope with it, but this was not an uninhabited place. When she thought of the hundreds of people accompanying her outside the carriage, her heart rose to her throat. She bit her lips almost to the point of bleeding, but she still couldn't completely stop sobbing.
She finally lowered her head and cried and begged him to stop.
He begged with his mouth, but cursed the man in his heart.
Chu Yuanhe keenly caught the flash of anger in her eyes and knew that her sense of shame had returned. He couldn't understand, is it so difficult to face his own desires?
Why does she always care about those unimportant things, identity, face, shame.
These things were more important than him, so she didn't hesitate to deceive herself and pretend that she didn't care about him.
Thinking of this, that handsome face became more and more gloomy.
Zhao Qingyi was extremely frightened. She didn't dare to look at the ups and downs under her thin shirt. She looked at him with tears in her eyes.
In the past, as long as she was a little angry or humbled herself to beg, he would give in to her.
But this time Zhao Qingyi miscalculated again.
The attack from the fingertips was unstoppable...
In the evening, the carriage finally stopped slowly in front of the post station. Zhao Qingyi was slumped in the corner like water. When she noticed that the carriage had stopped, she hurriedly tidied her clothes and prepared to get off.
She didn't want to stay with Chu Yuanhe anymore. She wanted to go find her father, or her cousin.
As soon as he lifted the curtain, he found that it was quiet all around. Apart from a few secret guards feeding the horses, there was no one else in sight.
Chu Yuanhe hugged her gently from behind and asked knowingly, "Who are you looking for?"
Zhao Qingyi shook him off, "Where's my father? And where's my cousin?"
"With so many people, of course we split up. Aren't you shy? Now that there are fewer people, are you unhappy?"
"you……"
Zhao Qingyi was angry and often felt frustrated by his poor speaking ability.
Chu Yuanhe is so shameless!
"What on earth did you do to my father?"
Her father had always loved her the most. After all she had said before, he must have understood her concerns. Why did he abandon her? Leaving her with Chu Yuanhe was like walking into a tiger's mouth.
unless……
"Did you threaten him?"
When Chu Yuanhe heard this, his heart ached slightly for a moment, but when he met Zhao Qingyi's angry eyes, his emotions quickly subsided.
He curled the corners of his mouth, his smile not reaching his eyes, "Am I such a despicable person in your eyes?"
“…”
Zhao Qingyi didn't want to talk, didn't he know what was going on?
She pursed her lips and said in a resolute tone, "If you were honest, you wouldn't have lied to me in the first place."
It was still too dangerous to stay with him, and she had to harden her heart.
Zhao Qingyi entered the post station and asked for a map, guessing the route his father might take back to Beijing.
Chu Yuanhe sat aside and watched coldly, his heart filled with anxiety. Finally, he was so angry that he snatched the map and threw it to the secret guard, "Don't look at it. When you return to the capital, you will naturally see them there."
Since in her heart, he is a person who will do anything to achieve his goals and is willing to use her family to threaten her, then what else is there to explain.
Afterwards, Chu Yuanhe simply trapped her by his side and did not allow her to leave his sight. Zhao Qingyi resisted at first, but later found that he did not do anything inappropriate to her again, so she endured it.
Half a month later, the group finally arrived in Beijing. Led by Prime Minister Zhang, all the civil and military officials were already waiting for the emperor at the Meridian Gate. Since the Zhejiang incident was over, His Majesty no longer had to hide around him. All the officials were excited and looked forward to the moment of meeting the emperor.
After Chu Yuanhe entered the capital, he changed into the imperial sedan chair, and Zhao Qingyi was unfortunately dragged into it.
Although there were curtains hanging around the imperial carriage, the people along the way could still see two figures through the hazy curtains.
A man and a woman. The man was naturally the Emperor, who was rumored to be rarely seen. As for the woman's identity, the people had different opinions. Some said she was a princess from a foreign country, some said she was a wealthy lady from Qiantang, and some speculated that she might be the Emperor's concubine who had been kept outside the palace for many years...
In short, there were all kinds of guesses, which aroused everyone's curiosity for a while.
Zhao Qingyi felt uneasy in the imperial carriage. It was not difficult to guess that when she arrived at the Meridian Gate next, she would probably be greeted by the attention of all civil and military officials.
Her embarrassment is secondary. She doesn't want to involve the Zhao family, so it's better not to show her face.
"Your Majesty, may I discuss something with you?" This was the best tone Zhao Qingyi had spoken in half a month.
Chu Yuanhe guessed what she was going to say, which was nothing more than trying to escape at the last minute. "Who are you to bargain with me?"
“…”
Zhao Qingyi took a deep breath, "Your Majesty..."
Chu Yuanhe smiled, looking at her with a meaningful look. "Banban, you have to know the price to pay for anything you do. I've been playing your mistress for so long, giving you everything I could. And now you want to turn your back on me?"
Zhao Qingyi was speechless. What was going on? Why did she act as if she was the culprit of the mistake?
"It was something we both agreed to, and I didn't ask anything from you..."
She had given him everything she could, what else did he want?
"If you didn't ask for anything, that's your business." Chu Yuanhe took her hand, placed it on his leg and rubbed it gently, his eyes fixed on the Meridian Gate in front of him. "But I do have a request. Are you humiliating me with a mere concubine's identity?"
He is not a selfless person, he has his own motives for everything he does.
Zhao Qingyi: "..."
The more he listened to this, the more strange it seemed. It was clearly he who had provoked her first and wanted to be her mistress, and now he was biting her back.
"Then you can just treat me as the mistress, okay?"
Seeing the civil and military officials approaching, Zhao Qingyi was almost crying. She desperately tried to break free from his hands. "I was blind and didn't recognize the great man before. I hope you will show mercy and let me go."
Chu Yuanhe still held her slender white wrist and cruelly spat out two words, "No, no."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a woman sobbing.
Crying again.
Chu Yuanhe suppressed his irritation. He really didn't like hearing her cry recently. When she cried, it was as if he had done something heinous and he would feel guilty and uncomfortable.
Zhao Qingyi cried while glancing at him. This was her last resort. It was Chu Yuanhe's fault for being so soft-hearted.
Fortunately, her method was crude but effective.
Chu Yuanhe loosened his hand and softened his tone, "I'll let you go for now. Just stay here. If you take the opportunity to run away..."
Zhao Qingyi quickly promised that she would not run away. Where could she run to in public?
In the imperial carriage, the struggle and pulling of the two people were seen by all the officials. Prime Minister Zhang and others looked at each other, and were also guessing the identity of the woman.
Only Zhao Huaiyi lowered his head at this moment and wiped his sweat quietly, hoping that his daughter would not be angry with him when she knew the truth.
He is also considering his daughter's lifelong affairs.
Zhao Huaiyi felt extremely guilty and just smiled and responded perfunctorily to his colleagues' private comments.
As Chu Yuanhe emerged from the imperial chariot, all the officials finally saw the emperor's true appearance with their own eyes. They all knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor". For a moment, no one paid attention to the woman in the chariot anymore.
Zhao Qingyi tried to reduce his presence as much as possible, hiding in the imperial carriage, not daring to breathe.
Chu Yuanhe still had to deal with all the officials, so he waved his hand to signal the palace servants to carry the imperial sedan chair into the palace.
Zhao Qingyi was shocked, but if she escaped now, there would be no chance of returning. She could only let the palace servants lift the imperial sedan chair and take her straight to the Zichen Palace.
...She still entered the palace in a daze.
Fugui had received instructions long ago and came to greet her personally. He called out to the Empress, "His Majesty has ordered that Her Majesty rest for a while in the Purple Palace. His Majesty will be here shortly."
The other palace maids all knelt down and called her "Empress".
Zhao Qingyi wanted to refute this title, but when she thought that Fugui must have said this at the behest of Chu Yuanhe, she gave up the idea. It would be a waste of time to explain, as the problem still lay with Chu Yuanhe.
Zhao Qingyi's mind was racing, still thinking about how to outwit and outmaneuver the other party so as to escape unscathed. Suddenly, several nimble palace maids lifted the curtain and helped her out of the imperial carriage.
Zhao Qingyi had no idea what was going on and was dragged into the clean room in the palace. The palace maids began to undress her without saying a word.
"Why--"
Halfway through shouting, she was taken to the pool.
The leading maid smiled and said, "Your Majesty has been busy these days. His Majesty has specifically instructed us to help you bathe and change clothes."
Zhao Qingyi always felt something was wrong and tried to get out of the water. The palace maids looked weak, but their hands were quite strong and they pushed her back in.
Zhao Qingyi regretted it so much that her intestines turned green. She blamed herself for having said such harsh words before. Chu Yuanhe was now desperate.
What good could come of asking her to bathe and change clothes now, especially in his bedroom?
Zhao Qingyi's intuition was correct. After some fussing, the palace maid changed her into a comfortable and thin gauze dress, and even forced her to put on makeup in front of the mirror.
Is this... a sleeping arrangement?
Realizing this, Zhao Qingyi started to run.
The palace maids knelt down one after another and said that they would be beaten to death if she left the palace.
Zhao Qingyi had to stop.
The main reason was that it was useless for her to run away. This huge palace was like a cage, and no one could escape without his order.
At this moment, the voices of Fugui and other palace servants were heard outside the palace gate, "Your Majesty."
Chu Yuanhe nodded and stepped in. The palace maids who had been kneeling on the ground stood up tacitly, retreated in small steps, and finally closed the palace door, blocking out all sight from the outside world.
Chu Yuanhe's deep eyes were fixed on her without blinking.
The palace maids dressed up carefully. At this moment, Zhao Qingyi stood in the hall. Her plain gauze skirt outlined her exquisite figure just right. Her palm-sized face was slightly stained with rouge, making her look bright and charming.
The two of them were in a stalemate along the way, and he hadn't taken a good look at her. Now it seemed that she had lost a lot of weight.
"Are you hungry? I'll ask the palace maid to bring you food."
The familiar tone made Zhao Qingyi a little dazed, and she mistakenly thought she had returned to the past. But when she saw the black dragon robe on him, the sense of familiarity disappeared.
"No need, I want to go back."
Chu Yuanhe responded quickly, "Okay."
Zhao Qingyi almost thought she had heard it wrong. He wasn't going to force her to stay?
Chu Yuanhe stepped forward and took her hand, "Accompany me to read the memorials for a while. I will take you back at midnight."
At this point, Zhao Qingyi was still a little dazed. He actually gave in and agreed to send her back.
This was the result she wanted, but...
Looking at the other person's calm and indifferent expression, she felt vaguely uncomfortable.
While she was lost in thought, she was led to the imperial desk. Chu Yuanhe sat down first, then patted his thigh and said, "Come here and sit here."
"No." Zhao Qingyi became alert. He had too many tricks and it was hard to guard against him.
Chu Yuanhe had just returned to the capital, and he had accumulated a lot of court affairs. When he came over, he was obviously tired, but now he was relaxed. He raised an eyebrow at her and said, "My words are as good as gold. You stay with me for a while, and I will send you back."
He patted his thigh again, "If you miss this opportunity, don't cry later."
Zhao Qingyi weighed the pros and cons and finally endured it. It was less than half an hour before the agreed time. If he endured it, everything would remain calm.
She slowly moved over and stood beside the imperial desk. She took the initiative to pick up the ink stick and said, keeping a distance from him, "Your Majesty, you are busy. I am here."
Chu Yuanhe didn't give her a chance to cheat and repeated patiently, "Come here."
Seeing that she didn't move, he stretched out his long arms and carried her over. Although the dragon throne in the bedroom was large, it was not large enough for two people to sit together.
Her back touched his hot chest, and Zhao Qingyi was about to stand up, but the man held her waist and pressed her down, and she fell back down again.
At the same time, Chu Yuanhe let out a suppressed groan.
Zhao Qingyi noticed the presence of her lower back and blushed with shame. She almost broke her slender fingers holding onto the imperial table. "...Don't go back on your word!"
I knew this person was dishonest. Calling her over must be bad news.
"You have a really bad temper." Chu Yuanhe was both annoyed and helpless. He buried his head in the back of her neck and took a long breath. The faint fragrance barely calmed his restlessness. "Since you know who I am, you should cooperate with me, so as not to make me angry, which will make you feel bad..."
"I'm already feeling bad." Zhao Qingyi said unhappily, "If you want to see the memorial, let go quickly."
How can I watch it like this? Are you teasing her?
Chu Yuanhe tutted, and asked with interest, "Are you concerned about me?"
Zhao Qingyi's tone was very aggressive, "Who cares about you?"
Chu Yuanhe deliberately hugged her tighter and answered fluently, "Then let me care about you. What's wrong with you?"
“…”
Zhao Qingyi was defeated again.
The man put his arms around her and adjusted himself to a comfortable position. "Actually, Banban, you don't really want to escape, right?"
She had been angry, annoyed, and ashamed towards him, but she had never felt the slightest bit of disgust. When you dislike someone, you can't hide it in your eyes, like when she looked at Li Che.
He also heard that Zhao Qingyi would scratch others with a hairpin when she rejected them, but she didn't do that to him.
He repeatedly invaded her, and she would only cry, make a fuss, or act angry, and would only say harsh words, but those harsh words were just enough, and not even as heartbreaking as what he said at the Black Wind Village.
This is simply playing hard to get.
Chu Yuanhe's heart softened a lot. He bit her earlobe affectionately, plucked the phoenix hairpin from her bun and put it in her hand. "I'll give you a chance. As long as you do it, I will believe what you say..."
Zhao Qingyi's pupils trembled, and her hands holding the phoenix hairpin were shaking. Her earlobes were a sensitive spot, and as long as he got close, she would feel tingling and itchy. Now she was being forced by him, and her eyelashes were fluttering.
The man's kiss fell from behind, "I'm not someone who can't let go..."
If she really wanted to leave and break up with him, he would not force her to stay.
The opportunity has been given to her, it just depends on how she chooses.
Zhao Qingyi lowered her eyes and looked at the phoenix hairpin in her hand. It was the token of love that Chu Yuanhe had given her. Now, he wanted her to hold the hairpin and stab him to prove her determination to leave.
She clenched her hands slowly, raising them and lowering them several times.
...Chu Yuanhe is simply forcing others to do something against their will!
This man, however, had no sense of urgency about the danger to his life and was still kissing and teasing her neck.
She closed her eyes and tried hard to ignore his presence, but his kiss... really made her feel very comfortable and close.
She is so useless.
Why can't I get angry? Is it really because of lust that I'm losing my mind?
Because Chu Yuanhe was born with a good appearance and was a high and mighty emperor, but he only favored her, so she fell for him without any principles?
This was completely out of her plan, and she was not going to forgive this liar. Thinking of this, she raised the phoenix hairpin again, wanting to make this man pay for deceiving her.
Just seeing his face, watching him kiss her like the most devout believer, his handsome face full of love and cherishment for her...
Zhao Qingyi is going crazy.
She abandoned herself and dropped the phoenix hairpin in her hand, but she didn't want him to see her reluctance, so she forced herself to look away and said stubbornly, "Are you trying to harm me? This is in the palace. If I stab you, how can the imperial guards let me go?"
Chu Yuanhe stopped kissing and glanced at the phoenix hairpin on the ground. His dark eyes locked on her face again, and he had already seen through her true feelings.
He raised the corner of his mouth silently, "Then I promise you, no matter what happens, I won't let them hurt you. How about that? Still want to fight?"
The deep voice said in a gentle and persuasive voice, "This is your only chance, or... do you think the hairpin isn't sharp enough?"
Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, Chu Yuanhe took out a dagger from the imperial table and handed it to her, and raised his neck to her, "Use this...do it."
He looked confident of winning, and Zhao Qingyi knew that he had lost again.
She threw the dagger away again, her face full of regret and exasperation. She stopped calling him Your Majesty and addressed him by his first name without a trace of respect. "Chu Yuanhe, are you sick?"
"Yes, I am sick, and I am dying."
Chu Yuanhe suddenly stood up at this moment, and pushed her into the dragon throne with his backhand, "That's why I need you, only you can cure it..."
He was panting heavily, and his intentions were obvious.
Zhao Qingyi slapped him again, "Are you awake?"
As a dignified emperor, he acted so pitiful to deceive her.
A faint red mark appeared on Chu Yuanhe's handsome face, which was almost demonic. He was not angry at all, but instead had a smile of joy on his face. "Did you enjoy the fight?"
Zhao Qingyi was stunned. What was that?!
"I gave you a chance to kill me to vent your anger, but in the end all you got was a slap?" The man sighed with regret.
To him, this wasn't a punishment at all, it was more like flirting. He also said that if Zhao Qingyi liked, he could hit her a few more times.
Zhao Qingyi felt that he was even sicker.
Did you feel good about slapping him? Where's his dignity?
Before she knew what the man was thinking, Chu Yuanhe had already taken the opportunity to press one knee against her skirt and slowly untied his belt.
"What are you doing?"
Under Zhao Qingyi's astonished gaze, he slowly tied her hands with his belt. "Opportunities are fleeting. If you miss them, you can't blame others. Now... it's my turn."
Zhao Qingyi's head was buzzing, and his knees were already hanging on the armrest of the dragon throne.
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