Chapter 191 Vinegar
Perhaps because she was born into a military family, although she was suppressed by etiquette and social customs, Meng Yan had always been bold in bed.
This is probably the only concubine who dared to make such a request to the emperor since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
To be frank, her behavior was really presumptuous and disrespectful.
But since Meng Yan had spoken, Lu Haozhi naturally obeyed with pleasure.
Why would he refuse?
Her red lips were smiling, her eyes were bright, and she untied her skirt with her slender hands. Her fair and enchanting body was like a piece of mutton-fat jade carving, full of charm.
The Old Testament on the balcony, the goddess entering the dream, is probably just like that.
Lu Haozhi's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. He tried his best to stay awake, not wanting to lose to her.
At this moment, Meng Yan felt a little regretful...
Her eyes were drunken, her cheeks were burning as if they were roasted by fire, her head was dizzy, and her lips were slightly open, but she couldn't utter a word.
What was Lu Haozhi asking her... She didn't understand...
She seemed to have overestimated herself. After all, from her previous life to the present moment of her rebirth, it had been a long time since she had performed this ritual of respecting family ties...
Lu Haozhi, he was actually still able to ask her questions clearly and clearly...
Meng Yan suddenly realized something and was slightly startled. He didn't seem to...
The man's handsome eyebrows became more sharp, but the smile on his lips gradually deepened.
"Yan'er, you just need to rest for the rest."
When Meng Yan first heard this, she didn't understand what he meant.
But she soon found out.
The winter night is silent, with the occasional chirping of late-returning birds adding to the tranquility.
Ruizhu and Yunxiang sat on the porch, warming their hands around the charcoal brazier. They watched the candlelight flickering on the white gauze covering the dormitory window, and their hearts couldn't help but sway.
From time to time, very faint sobs could be heard from inside the window, mixed with occasional whispers of begging for mercy.
The two unmarried girls blushed at the same time.
They followed Meng Yan into the prince's private residence and served the queen for many years. Although Yunying is still unmarried, they have seen a lot of such things and are used to keeping watch and accompanying the queen in bed.
However, the commotion tonight... seemed a little too violent... It had never happened before except on the night of the Queen's wedding.
Ruizhu remembered clearly that on the night when the queen first married into the prince's mansion, she was guarding outside the door and listened to the faint cries of begging until late at night.
The next morning, when the door opened, the prince appeared refreshed and ordered hot water to be brought in, but their master was almost unable to get out of bed. The queen finally managed to enter the palace to thank the late emperor and empress, but when she returned, she ordered the door to be locked, not allowing the prince to enter the room.
The concubine started to throw a tantrum on the second day after she entered the palace, because her master was the only one in the prince's private residence.
Ruizhu was a bit bolder. She glanced at the window and lowered her voice, "Yunxiang, you said tomorrow, will the Empress order us to close the gate again and not let the Emperor in?"
Yunxiang's face flushed, and she pushed her, cursing under her breath, "Shameless little bitch, you're talking nonsense to the mistress. If the Madam hears, I'll tear your mouth off!"
The two girls were talking and laughing in low voices, pulling out some roasted taro and sweet potatoes from the charcoal basin, peeling them and eating them hot, spending the long night together.
Yunxiang ate a sweet potato, exhaled a puff of white air, and inadvertently looked up at the sky and blurted out, "Ah, it's snowing."
When Ruizhu heard this, she also looked up and saw large flakes of snow falling from the sky like willow catkins and goose feathers.
Meng Yan didn't know how long she slept before she slowly woke up.
She forced her eyes open and saw that the room was dark. Lu Haozhi was still sleeping beside her, with a muscular arm across her waist.
Meng Yan turned over and couldn't help but let out a soft moan.
My back and waist ached and I felt very tired. Even after a good night's sleep, I was still exhausted.
As soon as I turned around, Lu Haozhi's sleeping face came into view.
He had shed his imperial bearing, his handsome and free-spirited features were as gentle as a piece of fine jade, and his thin, watery lips had been constantly muttering her maiden name last night...
Meng Yan raised her hand and gently stroked his eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose with her fingertips.
She rarely saw him sleeping soundly in the early morning. Lu Haozhi had always been diligent. Except for the first few days of their marriage, he had almost never delayed court meetings.
Maybe he was tired too, after all, he made such a fuss last night...
Thinking of what happened last night, Meng Yan couldn't help but kick him lightly under the quilt.
This man is simply an animal!
Last night, she really couldn't bear it anymore and begged him to be more tolerant, but he refused to listen and said that since she started it, she must be able to bear it. He made a fuss all night long and didn't know how long it lasted until she fell asleep, but he still didn't get enough.
Are all men who have lived in seclusion for a long time so scary?
"Are you awake?"
Meng Yan was about to sit up when she suddenly felt his arm tighten around her waist and he held her in his arms again.
She quickly turned her head and saw Lu Haozhi looking at her, his eyes clear and bright, not like he had just woken up from a deep sleep.
"Has the Emperor woke up this morning?"
Meng Yan looked away, and for some reason, she didn't dare to look into his eyes.
It's not like they're newly married, they're already used to it, so being embarrassed like this is just hypocritical...
She spat at herself inwardly.
"I woke up early, and seeing you were still asleep, I wanted to lie down with you."
Lu Haozhi looked at her with a smile on his face. Today he felt shy. He didn't know who was so bold last night.
"You kicked me, and I know it."
Meng Yan looked at the entwined mandarin ducks on the pillow with a guilty conscience, and said softly, "So what if I know... Your Majesty wants to punish me?"
Lu Haozhi smiled lightly, turned his waist, and pressed his hands on the pillow, "As a concubine, you dared to punch and kick the emperor. This is a serious crime."
Meng Yan panicked and said hurriedly, "It's getting late. If we don't get up now, we'll miss the court meeting."
"It's a day off today. There's nothing important going on in the front court, so it's better not to go."
Lu Haozhi said this casually and got busy again.
After a long while, he finally lay back on the pillow, stroking the long black hair of the woman in his arms, and whispered contentedly, "Yan'er, it's been over a year, and you've been really cruel."
Meng Yan rested her head on his arm, but was speechless for a moment. After a while, she murmured, "When I think of what happened back then, I don't want to pay attention to you."
"Are you angry again?"
Lu Haozhi kissed the part of her hair on her forehead and said, "We agreed not to dwell on the past."
Meng Yan shook her head and gently stroked the shallow scar on his heart. Although the wound was not deep, it was extremely dangerous in this place. If one was not careful, his life would be in danger.
She once blamed him, saying that as a king he shouldn't act so rashly for a concubine. Even if she was really gone, the burden of the country would still be on his shoulders.
However, he said that even if the Great Zhou lost Lu Haozhi, it could still have other emperors, but Lu Haozhi would never be complete without Meng Yan.
It’s like the Tai Chi diagram, only when yin and yang are combined can it form a complete circle.
"I'm not angry, but I'll be unhappy just thinking about it."
She took the initiative to hook her arms around his neck, snuggled up to him, and soothed the man's anxiety.
"Everything you lost in your previous life will come back. When you come back, you will have a child too. You, me, and our child will spend our lives together this time."
As Lu Haozhi spoke, he knew what the deepest obsession in her heart was.
Meng Yan lowered her eyebrows and smiled softly, then asked softly, "Haozhi, I know I'm a little silly, but I still care... Do you think that lost child from my previous life will come back to find me? Will he blame me for not being a good mother?"
"I have no idea."
Lu Haozhi did not say nice words to save face like ordinary people. Although they sounded nice, they were actually useless. He did not want Meng Yan to continue to be obsessed with the past.
"Yan'er, unless a god descends to earth, I don't think anyone in the world can answer a question like this. But since you've already given it your all, there's no need to regret anything. No one can blame you. Being too stubborn will only trap you in a mystery."
Meng Yan listened and smiled with relief for a while, "You're right."
Since there was no need to attend the court meeting, the two of them spent the whole morning kissing and making out under the quilt before thinking of getting up.
However, this warmth did not last long. Meng Yan only felt that her waist and back were getting more and more sore.
In desperation, she had to ask Ruizhu to get the safflower oil she had stored and rub it on the affected area. The woman was very weak and she couldn't ask a eunuch to help her, so the task naturally fell on Lu Haozhi.
So, Meng Yan lay on the edge of the bed, and Lu Haozhi rubbed her creamy waist muscles while listening to her complaints, sometimes loud and sometimes soft.
Meng Yan accused him of not knowing how to be gentle, then scolded him for acting recklessly like a beast, and then she started to nag about how if she had not been selected in the first place, she could have married a gentle and considerate husband and would never have ended up in this situation.
The palace maids in the room listened to the imperial concubine scolding the emperor, with their heads lowered, wanting to laugh but not daring to.
Lu Haozhi's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
After all, he is the emperor, and few people dare to disobey him. He is already fed up with being nagged by Meng Yan for so many days.
Everything else would be fine, but she just kept bringing up things like how it would have been better if she had married someone else.
Whenever he heard her say this and looked at her face full of longing and yearning, Lu Haozhi would feel his liver fire rising and his rage bursting out. He was so angry but didn't know who to vent it on. He just wanted to arrest all those elegant and gentle gentlemen in the world that Meng Yan mentioned and throw them into the Ministry of Justice's prison.
Is this what people call vinegar?
But when others are jealous, they know who to pick a fight with, but he can only bear the jealousy by himself.
Meng Yan seemed to like seeing him like this, and she would say these words from time to time.
Lu Haozhi's handsome face darkened as he said in a cold voice, "It's a pity that you have to marry a beast-like man like me in this life. Just accept your fate!"
Meng Yan's eyes turned slightly, and she glanced at him, muttering softly, "I can still think about it in my heart. Earlier at the flower viewing banquet, I saw several young masters from different families, and they were all very pleasing to the eye... Oh, the emperor hurt me!"
This stinky girl!
She actually dared to look at other men behind his back. She is getting bolder and bolder!
You just watch it, but you dare to remember it in your heart and revisit it from time to time?!
He really indulged her too much!
Lu Haozhi was so angry that he lost control of the strength of his hands and hit them too hard.
"Hurt? I want to make you hurt. Only when it hurts will you remember that I am the only man in this world who can make you hurt!"
What kind of words are you saying in front of a room full of palace maids?
Meng Yan gave him a reproachful look, then lay on the edge of the bed, blushing and silent.
These words... were what he said to her on their wedding night.
Lu Haozhi rubbed her waist, then suddenly leaned close to her ear, whispering with a faint smile, "Yan'er, I want to tell you something. The first time I saw you wasn't at my mother's birthday banquet, but much earlier. I was ordered by my father to make a secret visit, and you were standing at the door of your grandfather's clinic dispensing medicine. The first time I saw you, I thought to myself, I'm going to marry this girl. I want her to bear my children. Therefore, you can't marry another man. You will definitely be chosen in that selection, and you will definitely be sent to the Crown Prince's Mansion. It is destined that I am your man."
Meng Yan blushed deeply, slammed his legs twice, and spat, "Shameless!"
"What's the point of having face? I want you."
When Lu Haozhi said these words, his face was not red and he was not out of breath.
After massaging her waist, Rong An went outside to report that several ministers had important matters to report and were waiting outside the Yangxin Palace.
Lu Haozhi agreed. Since he had delayed until this time, he would not be able to accompany her for breakfast. He immediately stood up and asked the palace maid to help him put on the dragon robe and the flat crown. He then walked back to the bed, picked up Meng Yan by the waist and held her in his arms.
With the palace maids around, Meng Yan felt a little embarrassed and whispered, "Your Majesty, please be careful not to wrinkle your clothes."
Lu Haozhi stared into her eyes and said softly, "Rest in the room and wait for me to come back. Don't let your imagination run wild. Yan'er, I am the only man in your life."
Meng Yan blinked and smiled faintly, "Didn't the emperor just say that it was destined that I would marry him?"
It's not just this life, isn't it both lives?
Lu Haozhi tapped her chest and said, "This is what I'm talking about!"
Looking at Lu Haozhi's tall back as he left, Meng Yan tilted her head slightly with a sweet smile on her lips.
He's jealous, isn't he?
She had always been jealous of him before, but now it was his turn.
Lu Haozhi left Tishun Hall and walked towards the front hall.
Rong An followed behind, looking at the emperor's high-spirited look, and nodded secretly.
Oh, that's right.
He knew that as long as the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine got along, everything would be fine, and he would definitely not bother them anymore...
Lu Haozhi paused slightly and said in a loud voice, "Rong An."
Rong An shuddered and hurried forward, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Lu Haozhi said calmly, "There are several princes of these families. Go check and find out how old they are. Come back and report to me."
Rong An didn't understand why, but he still agreed. He wondered in his heart, had these princes offended the emperor in some way? The emperor's tone didn't sound right...
But then Lu Haozhi added, "If they are of adult age, then they should come out and serve the court. I have a few errands in other provinces, but no one can be assigned to them at the moment. Since they have no official positions and are idle at home, I will assign them to them."
They are all quite free and can come to attend the Empress Dowager's flower-viewing banquet.
He wouldn't leave them idle any longer.
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