Chapter 111 My Concubine Yu has a bad temper
Yueli sat on the stone wall outside the hot spring, with a pair of white jade ankles immersed in the water. She kicked them down lightly, stirring up crystal water droplets.
He Yanchen stroked her fair and smooth calves, and the rough touch of his fingertips caused the person below to tremble.
He looked at Yueli with a gradually darkening gaze, and followed her words, "Then Jiaojiao, please keep your voice down later. If you are discovered, I will not care about you."
Yueli hugged his neck and moved forward, her whole body entering the hot spring. The small bellyband on her body had not been taken off yet, and the thin fabric was wet by the warm water and stuck tightly to her body.
"Your Majesty is so ruthless. What if Concubine Yu wants to beat or kill me?" Yue Li pretended to be frightened and clung to him like a frightened little rabbit. Her weak and helpless eyes really made her look like a little maid who was afraid of being discovered climbing into the bed.
A deep laugh escaped He Yanchen's throat. He pulled off his bellyband, which was soaked by the spring water, and held it to her mouth: "Bite it."
Yueli opened her red lips slightly and bit the pink mandarin duck swimming bellyband between her teeth.
The man raised his lips slightly: "If you bite it, it won't make any sound. After all, my concubine Yu has a bad temper."
Yue Li's eyes widened instantly. "What did your Majesty say? How could I be in a bad mood?"
As soon as she let go, the little bellyband fell onto the water and slowly floated away with the waves.
"Have you had enough fun?" He Yanchen pinched her face, "Which storybook did you learn this from?"
Yueli snorted twice: "I learned it on my own without a teacher."
The woman in his arms looked up at him with her bright almond-shaped eyes. The emotions that He Yanchen had suppressed for a day suddenly collapsed. He pinched the woman's jaw and leaned over to kiss her.
The man's big, broad hand gently stroked her lower back, slowly rubbing along her thin spine.
The water in the hot spring overflowed in waves, watering the plants and trees beside the pool.
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The hot spring is filled with fresh water, which remains warm no matter how long. Yueli's cheeks are flushed, and she leans weakly on the man's shoulders and neck.
He Yanchen wiped the sweat from her forehead, picked her up and placed her on the couch, then wiped her clean with a clean cloth, changed her clothes, and then carried her back to the bedroom.
"Your Majesty..." Yue Li was very sleepy, her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't open them, but she still hugged him and didn't want to let go.
"I won't leave. I won't let you sleep alone again." He Yanchen put her on the bed, then got on the bed and held her in his arms. "It was my fault last night. I shouldn't have come back so late."
Yueli hummed twice: "Your Majesty, do you know you are wrong?"
"I understand." He Yanchen patted her back gently, knowing that she was uneasy, and coaxed her to sleep in a soft voice.
Yue Li didn't want to sleep. Usually, they both had a lot to talk about before going to bed. She would tell him everything she had done that day, and He Yanchen would also pick out some interesting things from the court as bedtime stories for her.
"I met the Prince of Huaiyang today. He looks small but quite smart..."
He Yanchen hummed, then asked, "Don't you dislike playing with children?"
"I didn't play with him, I just watched him. He was very quiet, unlike Jiade who was noisy and gave me a headache."
Yue Li's voice became softer and softer, and when the last word fell, He Yanchen could hear her steady breathing.
He smiled, pulled the quilt over her, but his mind was filled with the conversation he had with Prince Huaiyang in the study today.
Although he had been unilaterally angry with Yue Li for the past two days, he had not given up the idea of adopting a boy from the royal family.
The Princess of Huaiyang had passed away long ago, and the Prince of Huaiyang himself was not in good health. His son was a good choice in terms of his background.
But it's just an idea after all. There are many boys in the royal family, so I have to choose carefully.
We have to choose one with good character and teach her well to ensure Yueli's future.
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The next day, when He Yanchen got up, Yueli was still asleep. He did not disturb her, but went outside to call someone in to serve her.
When Ji Ming came in, he presented a letter: "Your Majesty, this is a letter from Concubine Rong to her family. It was intercepted by Commander Chu early this morning."
He Yanchen opened it and took a look. It said that Su Huai was arranged to enter the palace today, and the palace servants were asked to find a way to lure the two of them to meet.
The man let out an ambiguous laugh and threw the letter to Ji Ming.
Ji Ming glanced at her fearfully and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to punish Concubine Rong? Do you want to send someone to capture this person?"
"No need." He Yanchen changed into his dragon robes slowly and unhurriedly, "Just have someone monitor it."
He also wanted to see how Yueli would react if she met that person.
If she dared to show that she still had feelings for him...
He killed the wild man.
After leaving the bedroom and before reaching the study, Xiao Dezi came running in: "Your Majesty, Governor Jiang is outside asking for an audience. He said he wants to sue Commander Chu."
He Yanchen raised his eyebrows slightly. Governor Jiang was the Queen's father, a first-rank governor and deputy governor. He came most likely because Chu Yi had arrested his son and taken him to the Dali Temple while on duty some time ago.
"Let him in."
Governor Jiang was nearly fifty years old. As soon as he entered the palace, he knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, please help me!"
He Yanchen nonchalantly fiddled with the memorials on the table, letting him cry for a while before asking, "Lord Jiang, what are you doing?"
"Your Majesty, my son was arrested by Commander Chu the other day and taken to the Dali Temple. Although my son has a somewhat dissolute temperament, he never dares to break the law. Commander Chu had an argument with him in the street and then took him to the Dali Temple. This is a personal revenge!"
"Is there such a thing?" He Yanchen frowned and said sternly, "Tell Chu Yi."
Chu Yi entered the hall and immediately knew what was going on when he saw Commander Jiang. Before he could say anything, He Yanchen asked, "Lord Jiang is accusing you of favoritism and perverting the law. Is that true?"
Chu Yi immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Imperial Guards. How dare I betray your Majesty's trust? That day, after I finished my shift, I saw a man robbing a woman on the road. I was so angry that I had him subdued."
Commander Jiang's face was momentarily embarrassed, but he still stiffened his neck and said, "Your Majesty, my son would never do such a thing. Quarrels between men and women are normal, so how could it have reached the point where he would be sent to the Dali Temple?"
Chu Yi's face was filled with grief and anguish. "General Jiang, these private matters shouldn't have been a big deal, but your son spoke without thinking, saying that he is the uncle of the current emperor and that snatching a woman is nothing, as he has you and the Empress backing him up."
"I saw that he had the audacity to defame the Queen's reputation, so I had him arrested and taken to the Dali Temple for strict custody."
Governor Jiang was stunned for a moment, as his men had not told him about this.
"This... maybe Commander Chu heard it wrong..."
"How could that be? There were so many people on the street that day, everyone was listening and watching. How about I find a few witnesses for you?"
Governor Jiang's face turned completely pale. If it was just a private matter between a man and a woman, he could still rely on his seniority to get his son out first, but how could he dare to say that he was the emperor's uncle's son?
The Queen was His Majesty's wife, to put it nicely, but in the imperial family, there were no such things as husband and wife. They were all subjects, so how could he dare?
He Yanchen's face darkened. Before he could say anything, Commander Jiang kowtowed and admitted his fault: "This humble minister deserves death! That rebellious son spoke without restraint. Commander Chu, please discipline him for me."
Chu Yi smiled and said, "Master Jiang, you are too polite. I will do my best."
After Governor Jiang left, Chu Yi looked at the expression of the man sitting above him, and for a moment he didn't know why His Majesty wanted to lock that man up in the Dali Temple.
Although Governor Jiang doted on his son, he did not dare to go against His Majesty.
"I heard that the Queen and her brother have been very close since childhood?"
Ji Ming said hurriedly, "Yes, we are from the same mother. The Queen sends letters and some rewards to our family every month."
"In that case, if anything happens to my brother, the Queen should be informed."
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