Chapter 64: Do I have to sleep here with you?
Chu Chengye looked around and slowly answered Cheng Jin.
"You occupied my bed late at night, leaving me with no place to sleep. When I woke up, you turned the tables and blamed me."
Cheng Jin finally came to her senses.
She is indeed in Jingyang Palace now. She
is sleeping in Chu Chengye's bed.
But Cheng Jin thought again, although this is not her fault. If she
has to blame someone, she can only blame Chu Chengye for insisting on staying in Jingyang Palace. Otherwise, she would be so happy reading the storybook in Chunhe Palace now.
Cheng Jin climbed out of bed and was about to get off.
[What do you mean by occupying? I don't care if you don't come for the rest of my life. 】
Chu Chengye's face darkened when he heard this, and he quickly lifted up Cheng Jin's shoes that were placed on the bed and kicked them away.
Cheng Jin looked at Chu Chengye in shock.
[What are you doing? ]
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean to occupy your bed. It's late at night now. Your Majesty should rest early. Your health is the most important thing."
Chu Chengye sat on the bed again.
"You also know it's late at night. Where do you want to go?"
[Where to go? ]
[Aren't you talking nonsense? ]
[I'm sure I'll go back to where I came from. If you nod, I can leave the palace and go back to the Cheng family right now. ]
[Could I sleep here with you? ]
Cheng Jin explained: "Of course it's Huichunhe Palace."
Chu Chengye keenly caught Cheng Jin's thoughts and raised his eyebrows slightly. What he meant was self-evident.
It seemed particularly interesting to see Cheng Jin panicking.
Chu Chengye couldn't help but want to tease her.
Noticing Cheng Jin's strange look, Cheng Jin finally realized something and looked at Chu Chengye in horror, covering her clothes and moving several times.
[Oh my god, do you really want me to sleep here? ]
Cheng Jin couldn't laugh at all.
[Come on, you're kidding. ]
[This is not funny at all. ]
Chu Chengye looked at Cheng Jin for a long time, sighed softly, and patted the quilt next to Cheng Jin.
"If you leave my palace like this at three o'clock in the morning, there will be many people in the palace who will talk about you."
"I'll let Wei An take you back tomorrow morning, you can sleep a little longer."
Cheng Jin realized that Chu Chengye had just teased her on purpose and breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Chengye stood up from the bed and went to the table to read the memorials that he had not finished reading. Cheng
Jin suddenly called Chu Chengye.
"Your Majesty."
Chu Chengye stopped and turned back to look at Cheng Jin.
"What's the matter?"
Cheng Jin embarrassedly pulled the quilt covering herself.
"It is I who occupied Your Majesty's bed and made Your Majesty unable to sleep. I feel guilty."
Chu Chengye crossed his arms and tilted his head to look at Cheng Jin, chuckling.
"Then what does Concubine Rong think? Together with me..."
Cheng Jin hurriedly interrupted Chu Chengye's words, "So Your Majesty, can you put out the candles here? It's too bright and I can't sleep."
Cheng Jin swore that she would definitely get into the quilt and lie down at the speed of a rocket this time, and put on a polite smile to Chu Chengye.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Chu Chengye: "..."
He knew that Cheng Jin could not say anything good.
It's been so long, and he still has fantasies about Cheng Jin.
Cheng Jin's personality is such that she would rather not get close to him within ten meters. Will
Cheng Jin be considerate of him?
Absolutely impossible.
It is estimated that Cheng Jin will only think about how to make him angry.
But this is exactly Cheng Jin's personality. If Cheng Jin asked about his well-being at this moment, he would be shocked.
Cheng Jin slept for so long, lying on the bed with his eyes closed for a while but couldn't fall asleep. His eyes looked at Chu Chengye not far away.
Cheng Jin couldn't help but be amazed.
This Chu Chengye is also very hardworking. He is still reading memorials so late.
The Chu Chengye mentioned in the book is not as talented as the male protagonist, the Fifth Prince, and he can successfully play a role that is cruel enough to himself.
Although he and Chu Huaian are brothers from the same mother, Chu Chengye is treated very differently from Chu Huaian.
Although Chu Huaian is the fifth prince, he was born when Southern Qi was in a period of peace and prosperity.
Chu Huaian's mother, Concubine Lan, was in great favor at that time, so Chu Huaian naturally received preferential treatment.
Except for those who died young, Chu Huaian's older brothers were either in poor health or had bad conduct and were unable to take on important responsibilities.
Only Chu Huaian was gifted and intelligent, and was deeply loved by the late emperor, who wanted to give Chu Huaian the position of crown prince several times.
Chu Chengye, who was also the child of Concubine Lan, was treated completely differently.
The year Chu Chengye was born, Southern Qi was defeated, which was regarded as an ominous sign by the late emperor. Concubine Lan was framed and had a rift with the late emperor.
Concubine Lan was not favored, and Chu Huaian, the newly born prince, was not liked either.
Chu Chengye was sent to be raised outside the palace since he was a child. He finally waited until he was eight years old, hoping that the late emperor would summon him back to the palace.
But what he waited for was not a family reunion, but a hostage to the vassal state for Chu Huaian.
At that time, Southern Qi had been at war with the vassal state for many years. The late emperor was licentious and immoral, and the treasury was empty. He didn't want to fight anymore, so he sent a letter of peace.
The lion of the vassal state asked for half of the treasury of Southern Qi, and also asked for the five princes to go back to the vassal state with them as hostages.
They had heard that Southern Qi wanted the five princes as kings, and asking the five princes as hostages was equivalent to restricting Southern Qi.
How could the late emperor be willing to part with this prince who was the apple of his eye? Thinking that they had never met Chu Huaian, he replaced the prince with a cat and sent Chu Chengye back to replace Chu Huaian to the vassal state. How could the life
of a hostage be easy? Although he was called the prince of Southern Qi, he had a title and a separate mansion. But in the vassal state, he was only known as a captive sent by the defeated Southern Qi, and anyone could step on him. He was probably not as good as a slave in Southern Qi.
Chu Chengye endured for nearly ten years in such days. During the day, he pretended to be cowardly, swallowed his anger, and did not fight or compete. At night, he practiced military skills and planned strategies.
Ten years have been the same, without any change.
The vassal states were not as peaceful and powerful as they appeared to be. It was just some power and wealth that made everyone fight for it, and they were extremely cruel.
Chu Chengye was good at using people's hearts. In recent years, he helped the princes of those vassal states to make plans and gain their trust, so that they could fight with their own people and reap the benefits.
Chu Chengye planned this plan for ten years before he was able to return to Southern Qi.
But the late emperor did not think that Chu Chengye had made any contribution to the destruction of the vassal states. Instead, he was on guard against Chu Chengye everywhere and sent him to the border to fight.
Chu Chengye went on the expedition and was invincible. Many of the territories of Southern Qi were lost and then recovered.
But even so, the late emperor did not relax his suspicion. The late emperor had been waiting for an opportunity to put the charge of treason on Chu Chengye.
In order to survive, Chu Chengye had to immediately set up a plan to force the emperor to abdicate and seize the throne.
Even if he ascended the throne, it would not be easy to be the emperor.
Everyone in the court was ambitious and everyone knew that if they were careless, they would be doomed.
In order to stabilize the government, Chu Huaian had to pay a hundred times more attention to political affairs than ordinary people.