She felt somewhat unwilling, but more of a sense of panic.
The mystery that she had not been able to figure out that day in the backyard of Prince Xuanyuan's mansion now surfaced in her mind again, tormenting her repeatedly.
The words lingered on the tip of her tongue, and it took a long time for her to utter them.
"Your Majesty, do you know much about Mr. Zong's affairs?"
"What do you think I know?"
She thought she had hidden her temptation well, but it was almost invisible in front of him.
She lowered her head.
"How can I know what is in your Majesty's mind?"
This time, silence truly descended.
He stopped talking, and she remained stubbornly silent.
Turning over, she faced the opposite side from him, staring at a piece of beautifully embroidered silver thread in front of her until the morning light illuminated it.
Knock knock knock.
Three knocks on the door.
Xiao Nan rolled his eyes and his whole body tensed unconsciously.
After a while, Shan Jiangfei's voice sounded outside the door.
"Your Majesty, the time has come."
Xiao Nanhui still did not move and did not dare to breathe.
She heard the sound of fabric scraping away from the bed behind her, and then his voice.
"knew."
She pricked up her ears and didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the sound of Dan Jiangfei's footsteps faded away outside the door.
"My bed, is it so comfortable?"
She almost jumped off the bed with a somersault, but before she could move her legs, someone grabbed her from behind.
"Don't you want the clothes anymore?"
She froze for a moment, then turned around quickly and started banging her head like garlic.
“I want it, I want it…”
Looking around, Xiao Nanhui didn't notice the outer garment he took off last night.
Eh? Where are her clothes?
Before I could figure out the answer, his figure was already approaching from behind.
He gently lifted one of her arms, his fingertips sliding across it, and half of the sleeve with a small diamond-patterned brocade edge was already under her arm. In the next moment, he had already circled around to help her tie the knot at the collar and began to fiddle with the belt around her waist.
He did all this naturally and smoothly, without any awkwardness or sluggishness.
Do all emperors born by nature help others put on their clothes?
Xiao Nanhui stared at the knot around his waist and tremblingly said the conclusion that had been in his heart.
"This is not my dress."
"Yeah." He nodded and said casually, "It's my clothes."
After saying this, he stepped back a few steps, looked around, and concluded.
"Not much, it fits."
Fit? Fit where?!
Xiao Nanhui grabbed the dragon-shaped button crocheted with silk thread on his collar and stared at it left and right. He couldn't figure out how the button was fastened on, nor how to unfasten it.
"This is a new black robe made a while ago by the Internal Affairs Department. If you damage it, go to the Internal Affairs Supervisory Office and pay for it."
Her struggling fingers trembled, and instantly wilted, with a bitter look on her face.
"Your Majesty, riding is a long journey, and if you accidentally get it dirty or damaged..."
"Then be more careful."
When he said this, his eyes were as dark as water, as if he was giving a warning or an instruction. Finally, he looked away and took out something from the darkness where the morning light could not reach.
"By the way, I have something to give you."
When Xiao Nanhui saw clearly what he was holding in his hand, he was stunned and the chaos he had been in all night was instantly cleared.
It was heavy, the size of a palm, with golden hollow floral decorations, and a hint of green in the middle that swayed and flowed with the center of gravity.
It is an exquisite niche.
No matter how forgetful she was, she would not forget what was inside.
"Your Majesty, why...why did you give me this?"
He pretended to be confused and even wanted to make fun of it.
"Haven't you always wanted it? I heard that after I tricked you, you even squatted in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion for a whole night."
Xiao Nanhui couldn't laugh.
"Are you kidding me, Your Majesty?"
He restrained his expression, but his voice remained soft.
"Back in Bijiang, I saw you being very brave. Why are you so cowardly now?"
This is not a question of being timid or not.
Even if she failed in the Bijiang incident, it would only result in her death and the wandering of many lonely ghosts in Lingxi. But if anything happened to the secret seal, she would never be able to repay this debt even if she died a thousand times.
She really didn't understand why, and didn't dare to accept it.
"Your Majesty, with the Black Feather Battalion and Lieutenant Ding by your side, is the safest place in the world, isn't it?"
"You're right, but I can't keep it with me for the time being." He spoke calmly, enunciating every word. "Nevertheless, it's as important as my life, and I need to entrust it to someone I trust wholeheartedly. Xiao Nanhui, are you willing to be that person?"
The exquisite niche reflected a layer of golden light in the morning light, covering up the surrounding lights that had not yet burned out.
She thought again of the wonderful night last night, and the tenderness that had lingered in her mind for a long time suddenly cooled down a lot.
Was he so nice to her before just to get her to do this?
He didn't take the initiative to tell her the reason for doing this, so she didn't ask.
"I am willing."
After saying that, she reached out to take the exquisite niche.
Unexpectedly, the man's hand retracted an inch and looked into her eyes scrutinizingly.
"Carrying it with you might lead to unexpected dangers. Have you thought about it?"
Xiao Nanhui's hand paused for a moment, then he stepped forward, grabbed the thing, and stuffed it into the bag around his waist.
"It's not the first time His Majesty has sent me on such a difficult mission. Bijiang is so dangerous, but I still managed to come back alive." She looked unconcerned and touched her nose. "Next time something like this happens, His Majesty should just entrust it to me directly. There's no need to go through so much trouble and waste an entire night. In fact, even if..."
Even if you do nothing, even if you are not the emperor, as long as you ask, I will be willing.
She couldn't say it.
He is the master of the chessboard of this world, the hands that kill and place the pieces.
She thought that he might not be interested in a chess piece like her.
"I have something else to do in the camp. I will take my leave now."
Her hair was still half loose as she stepped into the same pair of shoes she had worn last night. Not caring that the soles were still a little wet and cold, she dragged herself out quickly, not daring to look back in such a hurry.
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