Chapter 84 I Only Have You
When Jiang Yingli's legs were so weak that she could hardly stand, a familiar embrace came up from behind and hugged her tightly.
Xiao Chenglan whispered in her ear, his dark eyes like a quiet lake in the dark night, the emotions inside were unfathomable, and his lukewarm tone made his words sound particularly paranoid.
"Li'er, I'm revealing my most shameful, filthy, and most vulgar secret to you. Are you afraid?"
"Do you think I'm such a hypocrite? I really misjudged me. Do you want to run away? Answer me, answer me properly."
Jiang Yingli's eyelashes fluttered, and she shook her head repeatedly. "...No, that's not the case. Your Majesty's paintings are not dirty or vulgar. Your Majesty only...only likes me."
"Besides, Your Majesty painted many of my coming-of-age pictures, but Your Majesty never did anything to me. It was only after He took me into His Majesty's residence that He became intimate with me. In my eyes, Your Majesty is a gentleman. The first time I met Your Majesty, he was dressed in white, modest and gentlemanly, as gentle as jade. I will never forget that."
Xiao Chenglan curled his lips, and the paranoia in his black eyes was replaced by satisfaction. He chuckled softly, and his hot breath lingered on Jiang Yingli's ears.
His bony and slender knuckles pressed against Jiang Yingli's neck, slowly moving upwards to support her chin, and gently exerting force to make her look up at the paintings.
"Didn't you say I don't want you? How do you want me to want you? Choose for yourself."
Jiang Yingli's waist trembled slightly. She slowly stretched out her hand and pointed to the fourth painting on the right. Then she hooked her backhand around Xiao Chenglan's neck, tilted her head back and bit his jaw, her eyes blurred.
"I choose this, Your Majesty..."
Xiao Chenglan smiled without any surprise and picked her up sideways.
"You always like it this way." He hugged her tightly, not separating for a moment.
When it was almost dawn, Jiang Yingli felt that every bone in her body was soft.
She lazily poked Xiao Chenglan's chest and said, "Your Majesty, you still have to go to court."
Xiao Chenglan grabbed the hand she had used to poke someone, kissed the palm of her hand, and remained unmoved.
After a while, Jiang Yingli unconsciously grabbed his hair and cried tremblingly: "Your Majesty!"
Xiao Chenglan held her hand and freed his long hair from the mess on his chest. "Okay, I understand. Rest."
After taking a bath, Jiang Yingli nestled in Xiao Chenglan's arms, not wanting to even lift her eyelids.
It was really intense today, a bit too comfortable.
Xiao Chenglan lay beside her, propped up one arm and looked at her. He couldn't help but stretch out his hand to carefully trace her eyebrows and eyes, and said softly:
"My first time was looking at your painting, and my first night was with you. I wish you and I were made of clay, broken into pieces, fused together, and reshaped again, so that you are in me and I am in you, entangled for a lifetime."
Xiao Chenglan moved closer to Jiang Yingli.
"So, stop saying I don't want you, and stop pushing me away."
"You are the only one I have. If you push me away again, I will be sad." Xiao Chenglan's tone was very lonely.
Jiang Yingli's heart trembled. She turned around and hugged Xiao Chenglan's waist, wrapped around him like an octopus, and shook her head violently.
"No, no, I won't do that again. Your Majesty, please don't be sad."
Xiao Chenglan stroked her cheek gently and smiled softly, "Yeah."
Jiang Yingli's eyelashes trembled, and her consciousness was already hazy, but she kept thinking about saying something to comfort His Majesty.
Then the gentle words came out intermittently like the whispers in a dream.
"My concubine...I like you, Your Majesty..."
"I like it the most..."
Xiao Chenglan looked at her with a gentle look in his eyes.
He lowered his head and kissed Jiang Yingli between the eyebrows, then raised his eyes to look at the dazzling painting outside the tent.
Fortunately, one secret was kept.
The first time he saw her was not when she was fourteen, but when she was eight.
However, he was in a very miserable state at that time, not just in appearance, but from the inside out.
It’s better not to let Jiang Yingli remember it.
Although she would not laugh at him but would only feel sorry for him, he still couldn't bear to show his most embarrassing side to her.
When Xiao Chenglan stood up to attend court, Jiang Yingli was half awake.
"I sent someone to Roufu Palace to tell you that you will not be attending the morning meeting. Sleep until noon, and I will come back to have lunch with you."
Jiang Yingli was about to nod when she realized, "No, I have to go to the morning meeting today without asking for leave!"
If I don't go, I won't be able to teach Xu Nian Ya a lesson in public.
Xiao Chenglan smiled faintly and didn't ask any more questions.
"Okay, it's up to you."
The morning meeting was later than the court session, so Jiang Yingli slept for a while and was awakened by Qiuxia and Lianqiao who were waiting to serve her in Changyang Palace.
While dressing, Jiang Yingli stared angrily at herself in the bronze mirror.
Your Majesty is right. If you are unhappy, you should vent.
Xu Nianya, wait for her!
Today, Qiuxia noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Yingli. On the way to Roufu Palace, she walked with the wind.
The atmosphere in Roufu Palace today is different from the past.
Because, early in the morning, Xu Nian Ya knelt on the ground and cried, asking Concubine Song to make the decision for her.
The concubines were extremely confused and uneasy, not knowing what had happened.
Zheng Lan'er did not sleep well all night, waiting for news from the palace that someone had drowned in the lotus pond.
But I waited all night but it didn't come.
Now that she saw Xu Nian Ya sitting here peacefully, she already knew that she must have drowned and faked her death.
She was still careless. She should have pushed her into the water and let her drown before pushing her out.
But it was too late.
Zheng Lan'er's face turned pale, but if she was afraid, she didn't seem to feel that there was anything to be afraid of.
Xu Nian Ya didn't know who pushed her into the water. Even if she knew, she would just die.
If she could go back to yesterday, she would still choose to push Xu Nianya into the water.
Xu Nian Ya cried so hard that she attracted a lot of attention, but she refused to say what the matter was. She just wanted to wait for everyone to arrive so that she could make a bigger noise.
At the moment, only Jiang Yingli and Su Qingrong have not arrived yet.
In the past, Jiang Yingli arrived very early, but today she was late. The concubines all knew that she had stayed overnight in Changyang Palace yesterday.
"Empress Chongyi has arrived—"
Everyone turned around at the sound and saw Jiang Yingli, wearing a lilac-colored, waist-hugging, wide-sleeved, floor-length skirt, slowly walk in from the entrance of the hall. Her bun was tied up high, and the hair on both sides of her forehead swayed slightly with her steps, leaving her delicate cheeks half covered and half exposed.
The concubines were stunned for a second, then stood up and saluted.
No wonder His Majesty still loves Empress Chongyi so much after four years. Even though they have been watching her for so long, every time Empress Chongyi changes into a new dress, she is still so beautiful that their eyes light up.
However, compared to yesterday, Empress Chongyi looked much more rosy and even her mood was much better.
Jiang Yingli walked into the hall and looked at Xu Nianya kneeling on the ground crying. She felt extremely disgusted when she remembered that she had deliberately pretended to have a hard time on her first night with the emperor yesterday morning.
"Why are you crying? You're making me irritated. Go out and cry when you're done. Come back in."
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