Chapter 116 He was the one who gave me my name!
He Yanchen nodded, then waited to hear if there was anything else she was hiding from him.
But a long time passed without hearing Yue Li's voice. He looked down and saw that the man was nestled in his arms, pulling the jade belt around his waist until it was wrinkled, and his fingers were still twisting it.
"Are you going to tell me or not? If not, get out."
Yueli bit her lip and pretended to get up: "Then I'd better leave..."
She felt that if she told him, He Yanchen would react strongly.
The man grabbed her hand and pulled her back, saying viciously, "Just to piss me off. Tell the truth!"
Yue Li's heart hardened, and she closed her eyes and said loudly: "He was the one who gave me this name!"
"Who?" He Yanchen didn't react for a moment, or he had never thought about it in this way.
Yueli's momentum suddenly wilted. She didn't say anything, just looked at him with her big eyes.
It took He Yanchen a while to react, and the expression on his face changed unpredictably. Yue Li felt that the temperature around her seemed to be getting lower and lower, and she was about to freeze to death.
"Oh."
A man's cold laughter suddenly rang out in the silent palace.
Yueli swallowed slowly, curling her fingers that were gripping his sleeve and trying to pull them back.
He Yanchen grabbed her wrist and felt a nameless jealousy burning in his heart.
"Now! Immediately! Change my name!"
Yueli bit her lip and asked in a muffled voice, "Change...change to what?"
She had been using this name for six years, so it seemed a bit strange to suddenly change it.
He Yanchen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and pinched her fair wrist with his fingertips so hard that it left a red mark. "What was your original name?"
Yue Li shook her head: "I don't remember... I was sold to Chunfeng Tower when I was five years old, and I don't remember much about the past."
Moreover, she remembered that her parents did not call her by her name. When they ordered her around, they just called her "girl". That was what everyone in the village called her.
It seemed that her grandmother would call her name when she was still alive, but that was before she was three years old and she really couldn't remember it.
Yue Li saw that his eyebrows were raised in anger, so she leaned over and said softly, "Then Your Majesty, please change it for me. I'll call you whatever Your Majesty says."
"I have confessed everything. Your Majesty promised that as long as I don't hide anything from you, you won't be angry. Your Majesty cannot go back on your word."
He Yanchen now only wants to torture Su Huai himself.
Looking at Yueli's round eyes looking at him pitifully, he was so angry that he didn't know where to vent.
If she doesn't change her name, he will always remember that wild man had been with her.
Although changing the name is not difficult, it will inevitably make Yueli feel uneasy.
Names are things that carry too much weight with them, just like his name was given to him by the empress dowager when he was born. The late emperor did not value him, so naturally he did not bother to think about it anymore and just accepted it.
At that time, the Empress Dowager had only him as her child. Even though she could not raise him by her side for the time being, she still poured her heart and soul into him.
Sincerity, sincerity and realness, embody the mother's expectations for him.
Similarly, Yueli's name has had different meanings and implications for her over the years.
And if you change your name, you need a reason to spread it.
She was not a palace maid, so she couldn't change at will. When a superior gave a name to a subordinate, it was more about taming him, but he couldn't do that to Yueli.
Yue Li saw his expression changing from time to time, his eyes sometimes showing signs of impending storm and sometimes calm, and she really had no idea what he was thinking.
She held the man's hand and said, "If your majesty is unhappy with this name, just change it. It doesn't matter what I'm called."
"Besides, Your Majesty gave me a nickname, and Your Majesty never called me by my name..."
He Yanchen pinched her chin: "Whatever you call me is fine."
Yueli's eyes were a little confused, and she said tentatively: "It has to sound better than this one."
"Do you like this name, Jiaojiao?"
"It's okay. After all, it was given by someone else. Besides, no one else dares to call me by my name except Your Majesty. You can call me whatever Your Majesty likes."
Yue Li really thought it was just a name. If He Yanchen liked to change it, he could change it. It didn't have any special meaning.
Seeing that her indifferent look didn't seem fake, He Yanchen's anger gradually subsided: "Forget it, after all, I have given you a nickname."
Seeing this, Yueli quickly snuggled into his arms and hugged him: "Then I really have nothing to hide from Your Majesty now."
"Is your Majesty hiding something from me?"
He Yanchen raised his eyebrows: "If you want to know something, just ask me directly."
Yue Li thought about it. He Yanchen was with her every day. Even when he was meeting with ministers, he allowed her to enter and exit his study at any time. He should have nothing to hide from her.
"How many people has Your Majesty sent to monitor me?"
He Yanchen thought for a moment and said, "About six or seven people, all secret guards, responsible for your safety and will not disturb you."
Upon hearing this, Yueli stretched her neck and poked her head out the window to look for them. "Please let them come out and show me. I really want to know where they usually hide."
He Yanchen was amused by her: "They are not here right now. If you knew about it, wouldn't their years of hard work be in vain?"
"Next time if you want to see me, just call me."
Only then did Yueli withdraw her head with a dull look.
In the blink of an eye, she saw a box on the table. Yueli pointed and asked, "What is that?"
He Yanchen's eyes flickered slightly, and there was a hint of smile in his tone: "Jiaojiao, guess?"
Yueli didn't guess, she just took it and put it away.
Inside was a pair of shackles made of gold.
Yueli looked at the box, then looked at him, her eyes widening: "Your Majesty, why did you do this again?"
He Yanchen placed his slender fingers on her fingertips and took up the shackles with her hand: "I originally wanted to see how Jiaojiao would perform today. If you say something I don't like to hear, I will handcuff you."
Yue Li's eyes were filled with regret: "Your Majesty, please tell me earlier!"
"Is it too late for me to say something you don't like to hear?"
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