Chapter 61 Eager to learn
At the same time, Chu Mingheng was also preparing to discipline people.
The sound of the book suddenly closing was particularly startling. Lan Wu stood in front of Chu Mingheng, secretly glancing at him, and saw him throw the book aside and pick up another one, opening it.
A stack of storybooks had already piled up high on the table.
Lan Wu didn't know what he was looking for, but his menacing demeanor clearly indicated that it wasn't a good thing.
I've been standing for a long time, and my legs are a little sore.
Lan Wu couldn't help but move her foot.
Chu Mingheng slowly raised his eyes and glanced at her, then flicked his fingers, turned the open book around, and casually placed it on the table.
Hearing his faint smile and casual remark, "A toad trying to eat swan meat."
"Going out in broad daylight, you'll encounter a ghost."
"Awu is really eager to learn."
As his words fell, a tingling sensation surged up Lan Wu's spine, rushing to her head and instantly making her more alert.
That sentence was indeed what she said to Xia Shurong and Fang Jieyu, and it was also something she learned from storybooks.
But she wasn't wrong!
Lan Wu frowned, her brows furrowing in displeasure, her eyes filled with a hint of anger.
"That's because they themselves... they deliberately provoked the concubines."
Although Xia Shurong was one rank lower than her, she took advantage of her longer service in the palace and treated her with disrespect, calling her "little sister" repeatedly and asking her what Chu Mingheng liked.
Why would she need to ask? Her clothes were almost identical to hers, so why would she come over and ask her anything?
Are you looking for a fight?
And then there's Fang Jieyu.
She had visited her palace once before, and now she was following Rong Shuyi's example, always standing at the pavilion by Biwei Lake. Lan Wu had seen her twice, dressed in white. How could she have said anything wrong?
"Am I a swan?" She was furious when Chu Mingheng suddenly spoke, leaving Lan Wu's anger neither rising nor falling, and she shrank back in fear.
Lan Wu, with her hands hanging at her sides, shook her head at Chu Mingheng upon hearing this.
She looked at Chu Mingheng with her eyebrows curved and her eyes bright, and her words were enough to soften one's heart.
"Your Majesty is not a swan, Your Majesty is more majestic than a god, Your Majesty is the best!"
Chu Mingheng clicked his tongue lightly, leaned over and pulled her back, sitting her in his lap and kneading her soft waist until Lan Wu felt ticklish and kept dodging his hands.
"Then who is the swan, are you?"
Lan Wu felt hot from being pinched. Her legs, which were already numb from standing for so long, felt even weaker now. Hearing Chu Mingheng's words, she hurriedly hummed in response, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed his chin with her soft lips.
"Oh, little swan." Chu Mingheng stopped what he was doing, smiled, lowered his eyes, and gazed at Lan Wu's appearance with his deep, dark pupils. He spoke to her softly, "Show me your wings."
Lan Wu struggled to escape. It was broad daylight, and she could only do such a thing once in broad daylight; she couldn't handle it any more than that.
But clearly, Chu Mingheng didn't think that way.
She kicked her legs but couldn't resist Chu Mingheng's strength at all, and was carried all the way back to the inner palace. In broad daylight, Chu Mingheng was shameless and insisted on seeing her wings.
"I...no!" Lan Wu sank into the soft quilt, her face flushed. "No wings—!"
Chu Mingheng lightly traced a line with his finger and then asked her in a low voice if she was going to deceive the emperor.
Lan Wu trembled and quickly said no.
Finally, blushing, she reluctantly showed Chu Mingheng her 'wings'.
...
Chu Mingheng only let go of the person after looking at them for the entire afternoon.
Lan Wu's eyes were shimmering with tears, and her long eyelashes were wet.
She reached out to support herself as she tried to sit up, but her hand touched the dampness. Looking down, she saw two tears streaming down her face.
Chu Mingheng picked him up and carried him to the bathroom.
"What's there to be ashamed of? It's not like I haven't seen it before."
Lan Wu tilted her head, sobbing silently, tears dripping into the water.
Chu Mingheng wiped away her tears and gently tapped her forehead with his finger: "This bathtub is too small, what do you think, A-Wu?"
Lan Wu stopped crying, stared at the water, and then, as if in a daze, nodded slightly.
The fingers placed underwater trembled slightly, a tremor that was clearly not due to guilt or fear.
Was Chu Mingheng implying that Longyu Pavilion was too small when he said that?
Is he going to move her to a different place?
Where is it?
It shouldn't be Lejingxuan anymore.
Lan Wu slept soundly through the night, but Chu Mingheng, who was beside her, was having a series of dreams.
He saw Lan Wu again.
Lan Wu moved into another palace, but she was not happy. She was always sad when she met him, but she still tried to please him.
There was no sound in the dream.
On one occasion, he stepped across the threshold and saw Lan Wu sitting by the window, lost in thought.
She wore a light green dress, her hair was adorned with jade bamboo ornaments, and the silver beads inlaid with tourmaline in her ears made her skin appear as white as snow.
She was pampered and became even more beautiful.
But she cried again as soon as she saw him.
He couldn't hear what she was saying, but watching her stagger toward him, his knees seemed to have suffered a great torment, and he would fall over with every step.
His heart ached, and he wanted to reach out and hug her, but the person in his dream was still standing there.
Why don't you hug her?
Didn't you see she was crying?
The dream suddenly ended.
Chu Mingheng turned his head and saw Lan Wu sleeping soundly. He reached out and touched her soft, warm face, and his heart gradually calmed down.
After watching for a while, he finally looked away, turned his head, and got up from the bed.
It was still dark outside, and I had no idea what time it was.
The palace servants waiting outside the palace saw His Majesty leave the palace by himself and hurriedly tried to greet him, but were stopped.
"Go to the Imperial Study."
Upon hearing this, Chen Kang'an, who had rushed over, quickly responded in a low voice.
He looked up at the sky and thought to himself, "This shouldn't be. Why is His Majesty awake at this hour?"
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The candles in the imperial study were lit, illuminating the hall.
Chu Mingheng took a booklet from the shelf behind him, flipped through the first few pages, and then began to write on a new page.
Before he met Lan Wu, he had memorized the scenes in his dreams. These chaotic and unrestrained dreams seemed to have really existed. When he woke up, he felt empty inside, until he found Lan Wu.
No, it should be Lan Wu who took the initiative to come to him.
"In this palace, which palace has a willow tree at the entrance?" Chu Mingheng suddenly asked as he was writing.
Luo Yun, who was grinding ink nearby, immediately thought back and could only think of one place.
"Your Majesty, in the inner palace, in the side hall of Yifang Palace where Consort Shu resides, there is a slanting willow tree to the left as you enter the gate."
Chu Mingheng's eyes darkened.
Consort Shu...
That's why Lan Wu is unhappy.
Because she moved into Consort Shu's palace, she was now under someone's control.
"Have someone uproot that willow tree at Lejing Pavilion tomorrow," Chu Mingheng said slowly, picking up his brush and writing down his words.
"yes."
"Seal off Lejingxuan again."
Luo Yun was taken aback, then bowed and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Chu Mingheng flipped through the booklet from front to back, recalling the events of his dream.
Lan Wu is Lan Wu, but not entirely the same.
At least now, Lan Wu is much more unrestrained with him, unlike how cautious she was in his dreams.
No matter what, Lan Wu shouldn't have been made to cry.
Chu Mingheng closed the booklet.
The dim candlelight flickered, casting shadows on the wall. The huge black shadows shrouded everything until a hand reached out and extinguished the flickering light.
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