My cheek stung.
The woman clinging to him pinched his face.
"Oh my, let me see, my husband's expression is truly rare, I haven't seen it in ten thousand years, hahaha."
Xiao Tang smiled happily.
She suddenly felt that Di Jingling was really cute right now.
It's so awkward, but also so adorable.
"Get down!" the man said with a dark expression, letting out a low sneer.
They didn't pull her down, they just called out to her to come down.
Xiao Tang refused and hugged him tighter. "No, you have to hold on tight to me. If you fall, you're doomed. I'm warning you."
The man was rendered speechless by her antics.
He looked down at the playful and lively woman in front of him, whose every smile and frown had a different kind of sweetness.
Perhaps Xiao Tang was just putting on an act in front of him before.
She is so real now that it makes him feel a sense of unease.
I want to hold her tight.
It was as if the person had disappeared in the next moment.
Xiao Tang immediately sensed that something was wrong.
The temperature around us is rising.
Their faces were very close, their breaths mingling, intertwining in a gentle, intimate way.
His cool and refreshing demeanor, her sweet and gentle nature, seemed to be perfectly compatible.
Her eyelashes fluttered, and she looked up.
Why are you looking at me like that?
[You're watching this with such deep emotion, I'm a little... a little flustered.]
"What, can't you even take a second look at your own queen?" He snapped out of his reverie, his voice low but filled with boundless doting affection.
Xiao Tang wasn't telling him not to look, but the rising temperature around her was making it hard for her to control herself.
Looking at those thin lips so close to his, opening and closing.
She swallowed hard, then suddenly leaned in and gently and carefully kissed him twice.
It was just a small test.
She realized that she seemed to have done something wrong.
When she tried to run away, it was too late; his large hand grabbed the back of her head, and their lips met.
...
Night fell.
Xiao Tang sat in the koi pond in the courtyard, counting the fish.
She cupped her face in her hands.
The moon in the mirror and the flowers in the water reflected her slightly flushed face.
So embarrassing...
She almost managed to pounce on the villain, but then her period came.
She's absolutely unlucky.
Why didn't I consult a fortune teller or check the almanac today? It's really annoying.
Ruyi, carrying a basket of osmanthus cakes, searched everywhere and finally found the person by the pool.
"princess!"
She saw the princess sitting there, looking dazed, and wondered if she was waiting for the regent to return to the palace. They hadn't been apart for long and she was already missing him.
It's quite unexpected that the Regent spent so much time lingering with the Queen in the house during the day, only leaving near dusk.
Xiao Tang did not react.
[Host, host, keep it up! Keep it up! This mission has no time limit, so take your time and carefully work out your strategy against the villain.]
【...What are you doing here?】
If this system hadn't appeared, she would have completely forgotten about the romance mission.
[Host, I'm afraid you'll forget me.]
I'm sorry, I don't want to remember you. I think you can just disappear and never show your face again.
[Waaaaah... How could you be so heartless, ungrateful, and unreasonable?] The system was hurt by her.
Ruyi handed her a basket of osmanthus cakes, interrupting her conversation with the dog system.
"Your Highness, this is a sweet osmanthus cake sent by the Empress Dowager. She said she made it herself. Please have a taste."
Xiao Tang took it, her expression slightly composed.
She didn't think the Empress Dowager was being so kind.
Did the father-in-law who delivered the osmanthus cake say anything?
This empress dowager, the mother of the young emperor, had never interacted with her before. Why would she suddenly send him osmanthus cake? Isn't that strange?
Ruyi also looked puzzled, "I don't know either, this servant is also confused."
Xiao Tang opened the brocade covering the basket, picked up a piece, and gently admired and played with it in her palm.
Then, he placed it on the tip of his nose and gently sniffed it.
It's not poisonous.
Is it just a perfectly normal osmanthus cake?
That's really strange.
Ruyi watched as she slowly selected food, lost in thought as she looked around; it didn't seem like she really wanted to eat it.
"You really didn't say anything?"
Ruyi nodded.
Speechless, Xiao Tang simply stuffed the pastry into her mouth and took a bite.
I didn't have high hopes, but to my surprise, it tasted pretty good.
Her eyes lit up.
I ate three pieces in a row.
On the fourth piece, I actually found a clump of paper in my food.
"Pah! What is that?"
It's a huge lump of paper.
Ruyi hurriedly picked it up, not minding the dirt, wiped it with her sleeve, and quickly opened it to show her.
"Your Highness, the Empress Dowager says there will be a fireworks show tonight and invites you to the palace to watch it."
Xiao Tang pinched his chin thoughtfully.
She couldn't understand it.
What does this empress dowager want to do?
In the book, by this point, the current empress dowager had already died, because the male protagonist had seized the throne and killed both the young emperor and the empress dowager.
She doesn't have that many scenes in the book.
She looked up and asked Ruyi, "Is there any news about the fireworks show tonight?"
Even a gossip expert like Ruyi couldn't find out about the fireworks show, so what was the Empress Dowager's intention?
They're digging a hole.
Ruyi shook her head.
"Shall I go and inquire about it?"
"Has the Regent not returned yet?" Xiao Tang asked.
Ruyi nodded.
She vaguely suspected that Di Jingling had also been left in the palace to watch the fireworks show.
"Forget it, let's stop asking. Let's pack up and go to the palace."
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