Lei Xiaobao immediately raised his hand and slapped Liu Zi on the back of the head, almost making him see stars from the pain.
“How can those ordinary women in the house compare to this beauty!” Lei Xiaobao scolded.
Liu Zi: "...Ordinary and vulgar?"
The twenty-eight young mistresses in the family were the most beautiful girls in Yunmeng County. They were all the girls that Lei Xiaobao had to beg his father to spend a lot of money to marry.
Now, after only two days outside the county town, they've already become ordinary, vulgar women. Liu Zi felt sorry for those young ladies.
At the same time, he also wondered if his young master was blind. Even if that woman had been offered to him as his wife, he wouldn't have liked her. He really didn't know what had possessed his young master!
"But young master, you saw it yourself. That girl is clearly taken. They're already holding hands..." Liu Zi whispered, trying to persuade him.
Lei Xiaobao said indignantly, "Even if she has a child, I will still take her away from her!"
Liu Zi was speechless.
"What would you like to eat?" the Yellow Emperor asked.
Jian Yang thought for a moment and said, "Steamed buns and millet porridge."
The emperor nodded and said to the waiter, "Two steamers of xiaolongbao and two bowls of millet porridge."
"Please wait a moment, sir." The waiter quickly ran to the kitchen and brought back steamed buns and porridge.
As the two were eating, they saw Lei Xiaobao and his group rushing down from the second floor in a menacing manner.
Lei Xiaobao looked around the hall and finally fixed his gaze on Jian Yang. Then he limped toward her.
Jian Yang knew there were hidden guards, so she continued eating her steamed buns, not even bothering to give him a glance.
She had expected Lei Xiaobao to cause a scene, but to her surprise, he smiled ingratiatingly and said, "These simple meals are hardly worthy of a young lady. How about I have my cook prepare a feast for you? Would you prefer Cantonese, Shandong, or Huaiyang cuisine?"
Jian Yang glanced at him indifferently, then parted her lips slightly and said, "Get lost."
Lei Xiaobao, however, persisted and tried to continue harassing him, but the emperor grabbed him by the collar and threw him aside.
The emperor was skilled in martial arts, and quite adept at it, but he rarely used force.
With the help of the servants, Lei Xiaobao barely managed to stand up. He immediately roared, "Who are you? You keep ruining my plans time and time again. Do you even want to live?"
Jian Yang wore an expression of watching a show.
This young master is the first person to dare to criticize the emperor; he's truly audacious.
The emperor, however, said indifferently, "I am her husband."
"Are you kidding me?" Lei Xiaobao retorted without thinking. "If you were really her husband, why would you be sharing a separate room with her?"
emperor:"……"
He didn't want to either.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Lei Xiaobao thought he was guilty, so he said loudly, "My father is the richest man in Yunmeng County. I'm about to go to the capital to take the imperial examination. I will definitely pass with flying colors. What do you, a poor man, have?"
Jian Yang thought to herself that this silly child's future was ruined.
The emperor would never allow someone who had insulted him to participate in the imperial examination.
Moreover, for a county's richest man to dare to flaunt his power in front of the emperor is truly like an ant trying to shake an elephant—overestimating his own abilities.
The emperor smiled faintly and said, "I have my wife."
Jian Yang: "???"
Why are they suddenly showing off their love? Isn't this emperor childish?
Lei Xiaobao was furious. He immediately slapped a hundred-tael silver note in front of the emperor, looked down at him, and said, "Take this money and get as far away as you can, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
"Is that all I'm worth?" Jian Yang, always eager for drama, exclaimed.
Lei Xiaobao immediately put on a fawning expression and said with a grin, "Of course not, a beauty is priceless."
As he spoke, he pulled out a handful of silver notes from his sleeve, slammed them all onto the table, and said to the emperor again, "Hurry up and get out of here with these silver notes."
Jian Yang roughly counted it; it was at least two thousand taels.
Tsk tsk tsk, compared to the 50,000 taels the emperor gave her, she really didn't care about this little bit of money.
"My lord, they're so noisy." Jian Yang blinked her big eyes at the emperor.
The emperor understood, raised his hand and made a gesture. The next moment, Lei Xiaobao and his group were all knocked unconscious by the guards and thrown out of the inn.
Jian Yang was finally able to eat her steamed buns in peace.
By evening, Lei Xiaobao and the others had not reappeared, which pleased Jian Yang greatly.
Just as I finished showering and was getting ready for bed, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Jian Yang asked impatiently, grabbing the poison powder in her hand.
But then the emperor's voice came from outside the door: "Ayang, it's me."
Jian Yang then put down the poison powder and ran to open the door.
"It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet? Is something the matter?"
Outside the door, the emperor was only wearing an inner garment.
When she was away from home, Jian Yang no longer addressed him as "Your Majesty".
The emperor bypassed her and went straight into the room, then took off his shoes and lay down on the bed.
Jian Yang was stunned.
Seeing that Jian Yang did not close the door for a long time, the emperor explained with an unnatural expression, "The guards were not feeling well tonight, so I gave the room to them."
Keep making things up!
Although she didn't know what the emperor was up to, Jian Yang closed the door and went to the bedside.
"Does His Majesty intend to stay here tonight?"
The emperor nodded.
Jian Yang said, "Okay, then I'll sleep on the floor."
Just as she was about to turn around and get a quilt from the cupboard, the emperor grabbed her wrist.
"You and I were originally husband and wife, why do you sleep in separate beds?" His voice carried a hint of anger.
"But……"
The emperor interrupted, saying, "There are no buts. You faked your death and left the palace. I have never divorced you. You will always be my empress."
The next moment, Jian Yang was pulled hard by him and fell straight onto the bed.
Before she could even cry out, the emperor had already pinned her down, rendering her completely immobile.
The man's hot breath hit her face, and the unique ambergris scent belonging to emperors wafted into her nostrils, making Jian Yang feel her face getting hotter and hotter.
She understood that the emperor had probably been provoked by Lei Xiaobao's foolishness, which led him to attempt to climb into her bed tonight.
Although he was right, even if she had really died, as long as he didn't want a divorce, she would still be his empress. But she had no desire to serve him in this kind of environment!
No, she wouldn't be willing under any circumstances!
She could be ambiguous with him, accompany him on his life-or-death escape, and also cook for him.
But as long as his harem exists, there is no possibility for her to be with this man in this lifetime!
“Your Majesty, please calm down,” Jian Yang said, trying to soothe him. “I never said I wasn’t your Empress. I just… I just thought this bed was too narrow for both of us. Besides, the beds in the inn aren’t as clean as at home, so… so…”
So let go of me right now!
The emperor's eyes gradually regained their clarity.
He looked intently at Jian Yang beneath him for a few moments, his voice slightly hoarse: "You can sleep here."
ha?
Fortunately, Jian Yang immediately realized that he meant the bed could fit two people.
Okay, okay, I'll sleep then. It's not like I haven't slept before!
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