Chapter 86 She likes me too? !
"What are you talking about?"
The imperial carriage was parked in the distance. Yueli didn't notice when He Yanchen came over. Only when he spoke did Yueli hurriedly turn around.
She subconsciously wanted to grab her skirt and throw herself into his arms, but suddenly remembered that there were other people here, so she quickly stopped the step she had already taken.
He Yanchen looked at her sudden halt, and his eyes darkened instantly.
Yueli was completely unaware of this. Seeing Shen Zhaoyi and Jiang Yunu stand up and salute, she also followed suit and performed an awkward salute.
He Yanchen walked into the pavilion, held Yueli's hand, and couldn't help frowning: "My hands are cold. How long have you been out?"
Yueli didn't know and looked at Lianqiao for help.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has been out for an hour."
He Yanchen held her hand and sat on the stone bench, motioning the other two to stand up: "What are you talking about? You look so happy?"
Yueli told him: "Just now, a palace maid carrying a teapot almost bumped into me. It was Sister Shen who pulled me up, so I didn't get burned."
"Sister Chen just applied the medicine. I want to talk to her for a while." She hid her hand under the table and secretly hooked the man's little finger, then shook it coquettishly, as if asking him not to be angry.
He Yanchen's gaze fell on Shen Zhaoyi's raised arm. Shen Zhaoyi had a very fair complexion, making the red mark particularly glaring.
Shen Zhaoyi smiled and said softly, "I didn't expect the water to spill. It was just a matter of course."
"How will the maid be dealt with if she offends the master?"
Yue Li said resentfully, "I wanted to send her to the Criminal Court for punishment, but Sister Shen was kind-hearted and only had Yin Die take her to the Central Provincial Palace for some discipline."
"Is that so?" He Yanchen just said softly, then looked at Ji Ming.
Ji Ming lowered his head imperceptibly and whispered a few words to the young eunuch beside him. The young eunuch then hunched over and left the pavilion.
Without further discussing this topic, He Yanchen actually started talking to Shen Zhaoyi for the first time.
"The chess set you sent to the Emperor two days ago is very rare. I have been pondering it for several days, but there are still some things I don't understand."
Concubine Shen lowered her eyes slightly and smiled, "That was given to me by my elder brother when I was canonized as a Concubine Zhaoyi two years ago. I pondered it for two years but still couldn't understand it. Your Majesty only read it for a few days and I am truly impressed."
He Yanchen casually picked up a peach from the fruit bowl and handed it to her: "Chen Zhaoyi has always been knowledgeable. If you have time, come and play chess with me."
Shen Zhaoyi clutched the hem of her dress tightly, feeling her breathing become extremely rapid. She could only suppress her joy and said with a hint of embarrassment, "Then I, Your Majesty, will also be asking for your advice."
"I saw a chess game in a book..."
Yue Li listened to the two people's conversation. They were talking about chess, but she was confused and couldn't help but harass He Yanchen with her hands under the table.
Her fingers moved up along the man's knees and were held down by the man when they touched his thighs.
He held the woman's fingertips, as if signaling her to be quiet.
Yue Li stared at their clasped hands for a while, then looked up at him, only to see a faint smile in his eyes, and he was still talking to Shen Zhaoyi.
Yueli became unhappy instantly.
She drooped her eyelids and angrily pulled at the tassels around her waist.
He Yanchen had been paying attention to her. Seeing her face fall, he stopped talking and said, "It's getting late. I have things to do in the front court."
He stood up and looked at Yue Li: "Yu Zhaorong, do you want to accompany the emperor, or stay here?"
Yueli quickly stood up and grabbed his hand: "I will accompany your Majesty."
If it were before, she might have hesitated for a moment out of concern for Shen Zhaoyi's injury, but now she didn't want to see Shen Zhaoyi at all. Looking at her reminded her of her and He Yanchen having a good chat.
Before Shen Zhaoyi was out of favor, Yueli could still play with her, but if she became favored, Yueli would just want to kill her.
It only takes a quarter of an hour to go from sisters to enemies.
He Yanchen walked in front, and did not hold her hand as usual. Until they got on the imperial carriage, he saw the woman still standing below with a gloomy face, looking at him with a stubborn pout.
He Yanchen sighed helplessly and stretched out his hand towards her.
Yueli snorted, then placed her hand on his palm and used the force to get onto the imperial carriage.
He Yanchen leaned leisurely on the cushion and asked her, "What's wrong? Weren't you chatting happily with Shen Zhaoyi just now? Why are you so dejected in front of me?"
Yue Li angrily said, "Is it me and Concubine Shen Zhaoyi who are having a good time chatting? It's clearly Your Majesty who is having a great time chatting with her, so happy that he probably forgot I was even there!"
Seeing her slightly red eyes, He Yanchen knew that she was angry, so he gently brought her into his arms and asked her:
"So, you were with her every day before, and you never worried that I would fall in love with someone else?"
"Although Zhaoyi Shen is not as beautiful as you, everyone in the palace says that she is gentle and amiable. Don't you like her because of her gentle nature?"
Yueli's eyelashes trembled, and her nose felt a little sour: "Your Majesty, I don't allow you to like her..."
He Yanchen deliberately said in an awkward tone: "But you are often with her. If I want to see you, I will inevitably see her often. You know, Concubine Shen is good at Go, and I like it very much. If one day I feel like playing Go with her..."
Before he could finish, Yueli started to make a fuss: "No, no, I won't allow Your Majesty to play chess with her! I will never see her again! Your Majesty won't see her either!"
He Yanchen then smiled: "Jiaojiao, remember what I just said."
Yueli sobbed twice, and after calming down, she vaguely understood He Yanchen's intention, but she felt a sense of crisis, and now she couldn't stand Chen Zhaoyi anymore.
She was clearly there, couldn't she say something that they could understand? Why did she have to chat about chess with He Yanchen alone? It was so annoying!
Yueli punched him on the chest and said, "Your Majesty is bullying me again."
He Yanchen wanted to wipe her tears, but the woman turned her face away and refused to let him touch her.
"When have I ever bullied you?" The man held her face in his hands and said softly, "I just don't want you to be deceived. I've lectured you time and time again, but you've been impatient. I can't bear to lecture you, so I can only let you see the consequences of persisting in your own way."
"I had good intentions, but Jiaojiao said I was bullying you."
Yue Li snorted in grievance, "That's because Your Majesty didn't explain it clearly to me before. Last time I came back from the enclosure, Concubine Shen Zhaoyi risked her life to save me and was almost trampled to death by a horse's hoof. Every time I went to Fengyang Palace to pay my respects, Concubine Shen Zhaoyi was the only one who spoke well of me when they were making up stories about me. And today, if it weren't for Concubine Shen Zhaoyi, I would have been the one who got burned. Your Majesty always says she's up to something, but I'm not smart and can't see it. Can't Your Majesty explain it more clearly?"
He Yanchen thought for a moment and said, "I don't believe there are any selfless and kind people in this world who do things without expecting anything in return."
"I love you, so I love and protect you. What about Shen Zhaoyi?"
Yueli thought about it, then looked shocked: "She likes me too?!"
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