Chapter 7 Is it a bit late? The lights are dim...
The lights were dim, and Song Youning pressed Li Funing tightly on the table. The originally dignified and self-possessed person now had red ears, his hair was askew, and his breathing was rapid.
A strand of hair hung down in front of her chest, and her usually cold eyes showed a rare hint of panic.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
She placed one knee on his waist and played with his hair with one hand, looking like a playboy.
"Lord Li is usually very good at disciplining me, isn't he? Why is he so timid today?"
Slender white fingertips slid into his loosened collar, "Also..."
Suddenly, she tapped his chest gently and said with a half-smile, "...your heartbeat is so strong?"
Li Funing's Adam's apple rolled, and he felt a tingling sensation all over his body. His body was tense and he dared not move, fearing that she would become more aggressive if he resisted.
He subconsciously tried to block her restless hand, but she grabbed it on the table.
"What are you hiding from?"
Song Youning leaned over, the familiar scent of her hair lingering around his nose. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of her lips curled up in a smile, like a fox that had caught its prey.
"Lord Li has repeatedly blocked my peach blossom..."
Her red lips touched his earlobe, "Pretending to be serious now?"
"Isn't it a little late?"
The lights in the room were dim, making his red ears particularly eye-catching.
Li Funing turned his head away, trying to avoid her sight, his voice hoarse: "...Princess...this is against etiquette."
"present?"
Song Youning suddenly laughed out loud, and then he pressed his face even closer. The two of them began breathing rapidly. "When Lord Li broke into my boudoir at night..."
Her pearly teeth bit down hard on his collarbone, leaving a red tooth mark. She raised her head and said provocatively, "...Why don't you think about etiquette?"
She enjoyed Li Funing's rapid heartbeat comfortably. He seemed more like a human being than the well-behaved one in the past.
Song Youning was not giving up and wanted to continue provoking, but suddenly his wrist was grabbed and held backwards, and someone lifted his waist hard, and he suddenly felt dizzy.
He actually turned it over.
"Your Highness."
Li Funing called her with unprecedented restraint and forbearance.
“No…”
He lifted her body gently, his movements were gentle but did not allow her to refuse.
There was confusion in Song Youning's eyes.
"Why?"
She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him: "Didn't Lord Li say that a man of your age who has never experienced love...?"
"The most...can't stand teasing?
Song Youning stared at him with interest.
"Why, now you can handle it again...?"
He has always been dignified and self-possessed, but at this moment, the corners of his eyes were red, his breathing was a little disordered, and even his neck was stained with a thin layer of red.
The more he restrained himself, the more excited she became. He just felt that the way he looked today made her more excited than ever before.
Li Funing took a deep breath.
With trembling fingers, he silently fastened his jade belt and straightened her collar.
In a flash, he regained his original elegant appearance.
If it weren't for the slight blush on her cheeks, you wouldn't be able to tell what had just happened.
"What I want..."
He raised his eyes, and there was a dark tide in them that she had never seen before: "...This is not just a one-night stand with the princess..."
The night wind blew, the candlelight swayed violently, and the temperature in the room reached its peak.
"...After the wedding with the princess..."
Li Funing lowered his head, and his warm lips gently touched her forehead, like a feather brushing against her face. Her cheeks flushed, but his voice remained serious. "...I will leave it to your Highness to deal with."
His voice was hoarse, but every word was clear: "Princess, you must not cross the line..."
"I wish to enter the Imperial Jade Butterfly Palace with honor..."
Song Youning was surprised. She never expected that Li Funing was so "chaste". She chuckled and said, "...Li Funing, you don't think that I will take it all and deny it, do you?"
He held his hands and bowed, his face serious: "Your Highness, please respect yourself..."
Song Youning originally wanted to continue hanging out in Lingnan for a few more days, but her grandmother was so anxious that she sent several secret letters urging her to return to the palace.
She was so annoyed that she had no choice but to rush back to Beijing. After that day, Li Funing seemed to be really afraid that she would be overwhelmed by desire and take him away, so he found an excuse, saying that he had official business in Beijing, said goodbye, and left.
It was just dawn in Bianjing, and the sky was still foggy. Several horses were galloping from outside the city into Bianjing.
"Welcome Princess Youning back to the palace"
The Minister of Rites and all the officials knelt in front of the Xuanwu Gate.
Song Youning leaned lazily in the sedan chair, flipping through the "Dagan Fengwulu" that he had just finished compiling.
Hearing the sound of kneeling, Song Youning lifted the curtain to look.
The huge crowd fell to the ground and bowed down.
"Everyone get up." She glanced at the crowd below and suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure hiding behind the crowd.
Li Funing knelt straight and, because of his tall stature, he stood out among the crowd of old people.
Song Youning narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Funing who was kneeling in the distance.
She finally caught him, but he went back to Beijing alone without even saying goodbye. She was still thinking about how to get along with him, but he ended up deserting first.
Song Youning raised his eyebrows and a bad idea popped up.
"Lord Li~"
Song You's sedan caught up with the sneaky and dodging Li Funing.
He turned around and saw her lying on the sedan chair, like a fox demon, looking at her lover lazily and charmingly.
"Did Lord Li sleep well during my absence?"
Li Funing froze and looked at Song Youning who had come to find him.
These words were like a piece of red-hot charcoal thrown into ice water.
The beards of several old officials at the back trembled violently, and several young officials blushed with shock. Is this something they can listen to?
Li Funing's ears turned red instantly. She leaned on the window with one hand, and spoke in a deliberately dragging tone with a joking tone.
Li Funing straightened his throat and said, "Your Majesty... is very good."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has urgent business! I will take my leave first."
He turned around to escape, but found that he could not move away. He turned around and found that the back of his official robe was stepped on by Chuntao.
"Huh?"
Song Youning slowly got off the sedan chair and walked over.
"Lord Li, are you in a hurry to take a cold shower? Or..."
Suddenly, she tiptoed close to his ear and asked, "...are you going to the Buddhist temple to chant the Heart Purification Mantra?"
Li Funing's ears were red as blood, but he still maintained a calm demeanor: "Your Highness, please be careful with your words. I..."
"What minister?"
In full view of everyone, she climbed up his neck with both hands and pretended to casually unhook his collar, leaving a red tooth mark on the skin beside his collarbone.
"The things I left here the other day..."
"...Does Lord Li recognize you?"
Everyone looked at the two people who were so intimate and talked about it.
Li Funing glanced at the crowd that had gathered, tugged at his collar seriously, his Adam's apple twitching, "...Not long ago, I was playing with a wild cat and got scratched by it accidentally."
"wildcat?"
Song Youning raised his eyebrows slightly, looking unconvinced.
"That wild cat... is quite good at choosing where to bite..."
Song Youning's hand had wandered to his waist at some point, and suddenly squeezed it hard.
Li Funing shuddered in pain, his breathing stagnated, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he forced himself to maintain a dignified demeanor.
Only a panicked look revealed a bit of embarrassment: "Your Highness, please understand, that... cat has a naughty temper..."
"oh?"
She leaned closer, her fingers sliding onto his collarbone, pinching it hard, mixed with her own personal resentment, "That wild cat...but this..."
Warm breath brushed against his ear, "Scratched like this?"
The ministers watching all gasped.
Prime Minister Li, who was over 70 years old, staggered and almost fell to the ground when he saw his son and princess were so close.
Li Funing's cold face flushed slightly, but he still forced himself to straighten his clothes.
"That cat was naughty and accidentally scratched me, but I'm fine now..."
He suddenly took a half step back, his manner still elegant.
"Announce...Princess Youning to see you!"
Just as the two were fighting, a eunuch's shrill voice came at an inopportune time.
Song Youning adjusted her skirt, looked at the man in front of her who refused to admit it, smiled, and said nothing. She turned and went into the hall and would deal with him later.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li Funing calmly pulling his collar up a little more.
When Song Youning walked into the palace, a large crowd of people were already kneeling in the hall.
Her good grandmother sat beside the dragon throne with a sullen face, and her adoptive father sat in the main hall, squinting at her with ill intent...
"I have a memorial to the emperor!"
The newly crowned number one scholar Xie Jingming suddenly stepped out of the line, pointing his finger directly at Li Funing.
"Lord Li is an important official in the imperial court, yet he has no self-control. He entered the palace with a red mark on his neck and seduced the princess in full view of the public outside the city. This is truly immoral!"
"Thankfully, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager have high hopes for Lord Li. This unfaithful minister is unfit to be the Princess' husband. Please, Emperor and the Empress Dowager, withdraw his eligibility to be chosen as a husband."
There was an uproar in the hall.
Several veteran officials shook their heads, while some young masters from aristocratic families whispered, "I've heard that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager favored Lord Li and the Princess... but I never thought they would be so private..."
"Thank you, sir, this is wrong."
Li Funing remained calm, his expression clear and dignified, his expression elegant and graceful. "I was indeed injured by a wild cat."
"oh?"
Xie Jingming sneered, "Then may I ask, Lord Li, why are the scratches on this wild cat so strange?"
He looked at Song Youning meaningfully, but saw that Song Youning was as if nothing had happened.
The voice became more firm, "I have a cat at home, but I have never seen one like this..."
He sneered, "...ambiguous scratches."
There was a sudden whisper in the hall.
Several young masters of noble families exchanged glances with each other, and King Zhenbei touched his chin meaningfully.
Li Funing's expression remained unchanged as he slowly said, "Thank you, sir, for not knowing..."
He looked up at her, a ripple flashed in his eyes, and his earlobes turned slightly red. "...That wild cat has a fierce temper and loves to get into people's collars."
"puff……"
Several young officials laughed out loud, quickly covered their faces with their sleeves, and pretended nothing had happened.
Xie Jingming was unyielding. "In that case, may I ask, Lord Li, where is the cat now?"
He turned and bowed to the Queen Mother, "I ask that you examine this cat to prove Lord Li's innocence!"
Song Youning raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but he heard Li Funing say calmly: "Thank you, sir, for your concern for my personal affairs..."
He suddenly pulled out an official document from his sleeve, "...How about Sir Xie first explain why someone saw you entering and leaving Yihong Courtyard?"
"As one of the candidates for the Emperor's Consort, you actually dared to enter and leave Yihong Courtyard. How many heads does Lord Xie have enough to chop off?"
Xie Jingming's face turned pale instantly.
“That’s enough!”
The Queen Mother shouted angrily, her eyes sweeping over Li Funing. "Li Qing, I'll ask you one last time... where did those tooth marks on your body come from?"
Just when Li Funing wanted to explain.
Song Youning suddenly walked forward slowly.
"Grandma, don't be angry."
She slowly walked to Li Funing and took his hand in full view of everyone.
"These teeth marks..."
She smiled brightly, "...Of course it was my son who bit me..."
The whole hall was filled with deathly silence.
Li Funing closed his eyes and turned his head away, his face flushed and the tips of his ears red as if bleeding.
"This tooth mark..."
"...It's naturally a normal thing between husband and wife... Li Funing is my husband, and I do some things that husband and wife should do... Do I also need to report to Lord Xie?" Song Youning changed the subject and shot a sharp look at Xie Jingming.
"Your Majesty...your Majesty...dare not." Xie Jingming was so frightened that he fell to his knees.
Song Youning is usually like a New Year picture doll, cheerful all day long and never angry, but today is the first time he has seen such a sharp look from the princess.
There was a moment of silence
After a while, the emperor on the throne suddenly burst into laughter: "I think... very good..."
“Very good…”
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