Chapter 169 Why is Xiao Yueli so naive?
After midnight, the palace banquet in the Golden Palace was over, and the court officials left with their families one after another, but Xiao Mingcheng had not seen Yue Li return yet.
The Marquis's wife was already very impatient. Xiao Mingyue also said beside her, "Perhaps he offended the Empress Dowager and was kept in Yanfu Palace to be punished."
Xiao Mingcheng glanced at her coldly: "Shut up."
Xiao Mingyue hummed reluctantly.
Xiao Mingcheng was anxious and wanted to go to Yanfu Palace. No matter what Yue Li said, there was no reason for her to stay in the palace in the middle of the night.
Just as he walked out of the Golden Palace, he heard Yueli's scream coming from the corridor on the east side.
Xiao Mingcheng walked over immediately. This side was the wing room for the ministers attending the palace banquet to rest. Every room was dark, as if no one was there.
Xiao Mingcheng walked along the corridor, knocking on each door and asking.
"Yukiri, are you in there?"
At that time, in the eighth wing on the east side, Yue Li was pressed against the door panel and kissed by He Yanchen.
The cloak she was wearing when she came out had fallen somewhere long ago, her belt was hanging on the man's arm, half of her skirt was torn off, and her pink bellyband was exposed, which could not cover her fair and round breasts at all.
The woman's slightly closed eyes were watery, and her chest kept rising and falling, as if all her breath had been taken away by the man in front of her.
"Hmm..." Yue Li couldn't help but start struggling. The feeling of drowning was really scary.
She had lived with Xiao Mingcheng for a year, but although the man was a military general, he would never be so rude to her when they were on the bed.
Feeling a pair of hot and rough hands lingering on her exposed skin, Yueli's whole body softened into a pool of spring water. The arms around his neck became sore and weak, and the legs standing on the ground gradually slid down.
He Yanchen sensed her weakness and chuckled softly, "Xiao Yueli, why are you so naive?"
He released her lips and kissed her rosy earlobe. He held her lower back with both hands, picked her up like a child, and held her against the door frame, lifting her feet off the ground.
"Ah!" Yueli exclaimed instinctively.
This short sound was heard by Xiao Mingcheng who happened to be walking out the door.
He paused, a look of doubt between his brows.
Xiao Mingcheng walked to the side room and knocked on the door: "Yue Li?"
There was a knock on the door right next to her ear, and Yue Li was shaking with nervousness. At this moment, He Yanchen kissed her neck and even bit it.
Yue Li bit her lips tightly and let out a muffled groan. She was so scared that she quickly bit He Yanchen's shoulder.
The man chuckled in her ear: "Are you scared?"
The knock on the door sounded again, and Yueli was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Xiao Mingcheng didn't hear the answer, but as a military general, he always had a keen sense of hearing, and the scream just now was indeed coming from this room.
So he reached out and pushed the door.
Yue Li's heart was in her throat.
However, the next moment, He Yanchen kissed her again, even making the door creak.
Xiao Mingcheng was stunned for a moment. This voice...
He was no novice, so he naturally guessed what was going on inside.
It is likely that the palace guards and maids, or some young man or young lady attending the palace banquet, would act recklessly at this time.
Xiao Mingcheng didn't want to meddle in other people's business and left the room.
Yueli sobbed softly and tried to push the man away.
He Yanchen slowly let go of her and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "What's wrong? Did it hurt you?"
Yueli cried louder and louder: "You... are too much! What if we are discovered? Wuwu..."
"If they found out, they found out." He Yanchen hoped that Xiao Mingcheng would find out sooner rather than later, so that the woman under him wouldn't have to worry about it. "No one will dare to say anything about you. I'm the emperor, I can make them shut up."
Yueli's crying became quieter, and she looked at him doubtfully.
He Yanchen thought she looked really cute, and he couldn't help but kiss her. "This world belongs to me. Xiao Mingcheng is my subject. It's not his turn to dictate my affairs."
"Xiao Yueli, you just need to stay by my side and be at ease."
Yueli lowered her eyes and looked at her disheveled appearance. After today, there was no turning back for her.
Without waiting for her to feel sad, He Yanchen picked her up and walked towards the soft couch in the side room.
"What...what are you doing?" Yue Li nervously grabbed his collar, but deep in her heart there was a secret expectation.
He Yanchen pinched her waist: "What do you think?"
He placed the person on the couch and approached: "At the beginning of the new year, you should forget all those people from the past."
"From now on, I will be the only one in your heart."
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Xiao Mingcheng searched all the rooms but couldn't find Yueli. Where could she go so late at night?
Seeing that the Golden Palace was gradually becoming empty, although the time of locking the palace gates today was much later than usual, if he did not leave the palace, he would be ignoring the palace rules, and the impeachment memorial might be delivered to the emperor tomorrow.
Xiao Mingcheng made up his mind and walked straight towards Yanfu Palace.
From a distance, he saw that the Yeonbokgung Palace was shrouded in darkness. At this hour, the Queen Mother should have been resting, so where had Yueli gone?
"General Xiao."
Xiao Mingcheng was about to knock on the door when he heard someone calling him from behind.
He turned around and found it was Chu Yi.
"Commander Chu."
"General Xiao, why hasn't he left the palace yet so late?" Chu Yi glanced at the closed door of Yanfu Palace and asked, "The Empress Dowager has retired. If you have anything to ask, you can come to the palace tomorrow to see her."
Seeing Chu Yi followed by a group of guards, Xiao Mingcheng knew that he must be on patrol tonight. He couldn't help but say, "Commander Chu, Yueli is missing. Someone from the Empress Dowager's palace just took her away, but I haven't seen her since."
Chu Yi was surprised: "But I saw her coming out of Yanfu Palace an hour ago."
"What?" Xiao Mingcheng frowned.
Chu Yi consoled her, "How about this? I'm on duty tonight, so I'll send someone to look for her later. This is Miss Yueli's first time in the palace, so maybe she got lost somewhere in the middle of the night."
He called a guard behind him and said, "Go tell the others to look carefully when patrolling to see if there is any young girl who has taken the wrong road and has not yet left the palace."
"yes."
Chu Yi then said, "The palace gates are about to be locked. General Xiao should leave the palace. If there is any news, I will immediately send someone to the mansion to deliver the message."
"Don't worry, what could happen to someone in the palace?"
Seeing Chu Yi's eagerness to help, Xiao Mingcheng felt relieved. "Thank you, Commander Chu. I'll have to pay close attention to this matter. I'll go to the palace to see the Queen Mother tomorrow morning."
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