"Brother Mo?"
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Li Yunyan raised her small hand and waved it in front of his eyes.
Chu Xingmo snapped out of his reverie, coughed awkwardly, and downed the slightly cool tea in one gulp.
He placed the teacup back on the table and then replied casually, "It's alright."
Not receiving any praise, Li Yunyan was not annoyed. She naturally took off the embroidered shoe on her right foot and gently massaged her ankle through her foot covering.
Chu Xingmo can now converse with her quite naturally, and he frowns slightly as he watches the movements of her fingertips.
Did you twist your ankle?
"Hmm." Li Yunyan smiled faintly and said quite frankly, "The last spinning move is particularly difficult. Every time I do it, my ankle twists a little, but it's not serious, I just rub it and it's fine!"
Chu Xingmo frowned. "If it's too difficult, just change the move. There will be so many people performing in ten days, no one will notice!"
"That won't do!"
Li Yunyan gave him a knowing look, then smiled shyly, "The last movement is the most beautiful! I must let His Majesty see my most beautiful self!"
Chu Xingmo's eyes flickered as he looked at her blushing face, and a part of his heart began to soften.
"You care that much about... His Majesty's feelings?"
“Yes,” Li Yunyan said softly. Her gaze remained fixed on her ankles, oblivious to the complex emotions in his eyes.
Do you like him that much?
Chu Xingmo sighed inwardly, then got up and went up to the fourth floor.
When he came down, he was carrying a bottle of medicinal wine.
"Rubbing it in will make it heal faster!"
"Thank you, Brother Mo!"
Li Yunyan took the medicinal wine and looked at the stairs leading to the fourth floor. "Brother Mo, what's on the fourth floor? Is it a pharmacy?"
"That's where I rest; you mustn't go up there!"
"Oh, I see!"
Li Yunyan uncorked the bottle, smelled it, then closed it again, and carefully asked, "Brother Mo, may I take this medicine back to Chuxiu Palace before using it?"
"Why?" Chu Xingmo asked, puzzled.
Li Yunyan said in a serious tone, "Because applying the medicine requires removing my foot coverings, but only His Majesty can see my feet! You cannot look at them!"
Chu Xingmo scoffed, "Who cares about you!"
"Hmph!" Li Yunyan put her hands on her hips, raised her chin, and said proudly, "This young lady is so beautiful that she could make fish sink and geese fall from the sky, and the moon hides and flowers blush. When I'm out and about, I have to be careful of lecherous men!"
Chu Xingmo glanced at her, "Even a lecher like me wouldn't bother looking at your stinky feet!"
"Oh! Brother Mo! You actually dislike me!"
Li Yunyan wouldn't have it. Suddenly feeling playful, she deliberately waved her toes in front of his eyes and even stretched out her toes to kick the hem of his clothes.
She laughed with a hint of arrogance, "Serves you right for disliking me! Serves you right for disliking me! I'll show you what my invincible stinky feet are all about!"
Chu Xingmo nimbly swayed left and right, making sure she didn't touch the hem of his clothes.
Seeing that she couldn't touch him no matter what she did, and her cheeks puffed up in frustration, a faint smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
A low, helpless laugh escaped his throat.
"Stop fooling around!"
Li Yunyan was already very close to him at this moment. Her bare foot kicked the hem of his robe, and the loose robe, which had been playing around, suddenly fell down with this light impact.
Before she could retract her foot, her small, delicate foot was grasped by a warm, large hand.
Both of them were taken aback.
Chu Xingmo didn't expect her footwear to suddenly fall off; he had only intended to control her!
But now, he felt the smooth, soft touch on his hands, and his palms were slightly warm.
"...Little Smoke"
He spoke in a hoarse voice, wanting to tell her that he was the emperor she was talking about.
Li Yunyan was caught off guard when he grabbed her foot, and her eyes quickly welled up with tears.
She quickly pulled her foot back, hurriedly put on her swaddle and embroidered shoes, and ran downstairs.
Chu Xingmo stood up after a long while. When he saw the silk ribbon on the small table, the bracelet on the desk, and the bottle of medicinal wine left on the ground, his eyes darkened slightly.
"Liu Yuan!"
Liu Yuan darted over from the tree outside the window, "Your Majesty!"
"Take this bottle of medicinal wine to Chuxiu Palace for her!"
"yes!"
The stars twinkled, and the night breeze was slightly chilly.
As the night grew deeper, Chu Xingmo tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Recalling the scene in Feihong Pavilion during the day, the image of that tender white foot and her panicked, tearful eyes kept flashing through my mind.
I felt increasingly agitated.
He rolled off the bed, dismissing all the palace servants, and the hall was now completely silent.
He was too lazy to ask someone to light a lamp, so he stepped into the bathtub in the next room by the moonlight.
*
When Li Yunyan arrived the next day, she breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the bracelet still safely placed on the table.
She happily held the bracelet in her palm, kissed the beads twice, and said with a look of lingering fear, "Thank goodness! It wasn't lost!"
She carefully put the bracelet on her wrist, shook it, and heard a crisp clinking sound. Her eyes crinkled with pleasure.
Turning my head, I saw Chu Xingmo standing by the window with his hands behind his back.
Li Yunyan looked somewhat embarrassed and called out timidly, "Brother Mo."
Chu Xingmo raised his eyes, his dark eyes staring straight at her, his alluring peach blossom eyes devoid of any smile. His gaze flickered, as if he were making a serious decision, a mixture of seriousness and confused bewilderment.
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