Xiao Tang's lips twitched slightly.
[What a cheesy pickup line! I have no idea where you learned it.]
She gently and helplessly rubbed her forehead.
Finally, the man released her fingers, his eyes softening slightly. "I heard about what happened with the Prince of Liang just now."
Good heavens, even an emperor like you eavesdrops! So it really is you.
She never even dared to imagine it, but the villain actually did it.
This man is capable of doing anything, even the most surprising things.
Di Jingling was not ashamed but rather proud.
“It’s different, and I don’t want to hear it either.”
"Really?" Xiao Tang raised an eyebrow, looking at him suspiciously.
Her eyes were filled with undisguised confusion.
Di Jingling flicked her forehead. "What do you plan to do about the Prince of Liang's matter?"
Since she was the one who initially handled the blood jade, and it was she who said it should be handed over to her.
He could trust her completely, but he couldn't be completely without worry.
Xiao Tang smiled and raised the corners of her lips: "What's with that expression? Are you worried I'll mess it up?"
He pursed his lips and shook his head.
"That's right. Don't worry, we'll just watch the show. Do you really think the Prince of Liang would be someone secretly colluding with any emperor against a common enemy and communicating with him?"
Di Jingling remained silent.
Xiao Tang said, "I don't think he's the type to do this. His purpose... seems so simple, yet it's inexplicably hard to understand."
What exactly did the King of Liang want?
Why go through all this trouble, just for fun?
...
The Liang Prince's Mansion.
Emperor Wu Hua was hung up and beaten by the King of Liang.
The barbed whip lashed at the child again and again.
In just a moment, the child's skin was torn and bleeding.
However, Emperor Wu Hua only cried silently, refusing to cry out loud.
Di Juexiao glared at him, his anger blazing. "I've always thought of you, and yet you've done such a treacherous thing? I've wasted my time raising such a son!"
The child sobbed, but dared not make a loud sound, only sniffling.
He was always very careful.
No matter how much Di Juexiao cursed, Di Wuhua did not explain or refute.
After all, he was his own son, and even the King of Liang's anger subsided somewhat at this moment.
After all, the Blood Jade had returned to his own hands.
He dropped the long whip he was holding.
He glared at Di Wuhua, "Do you know your mistake this time?"
Looking at his son's pitiful state, he thought that as long as the child admitted his mistake once, he would agree to let him down immediately.
Just admit it once!
Emperor Wu Hua weakly raised his head and met his gaze, and for the first time, he suddenly had his own convictions.
He slowly shook his head, his voice weak: "I am not wrong, Father. This blood jade is very evil. I was only thinking of your life."
"You unfilial son!"
Di Juexiao's anger, which he had managed to suppress, surged up again this time.
He raised his long whip and lashed it at Emperor Wu Hua once more.
The child was already weak, and was knocked unconscious.
...
That night.
Xiao Tang saw Di Jingling sitting to the side reading a book, and she rubbed against his thigh.
"Husband, you rarely have so much free time today, why are you reading a book?"
He glanced at her nonchalantly and asked casually, "Then what are you looking at?"
"Look at me! Is a book as attractive as me?"
Xiao Tang blinked, deliberately trying to charm him.
She definitely did it on purpose.
That's the kind of flirtatious gesture that's both innocent and alluring.
Di Jingling's eyes darkened, and he swallowed hard. "What are you doing?"
"Well, it's nothing much, it's just that I might be going up the mountain in a few days. Don't you want to cherish the time we spend together?"
Actually, since she came back with her three kids, she hadn't flirted with him like this in a long time.
It's always the man who takes the initiative.
Xiao Tang was flirting with him entirely based on her own feelings.
To everyone's surprise, Di Jingling actually fell for her act.
A dark shadow flashed before my eyes, and the man pressed down.
Just as his thin lips were about to approach, Liu Gonggong's voice rang out from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is something urgent to report."
Such a spoilsport eunuch! Di Jingling's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Xiao Tang burst into laughter.
She had initially felt a pang of sadness, but upon seeing Di Jingling's dark expression, she suddenly felt much better.
The way men look when they can't have what they want is so interesting!
Di Jingling narrowed his eyes, watching the dangerous smile spreading across her lips, and bit her.
When Liu Wufu was let in, the man's eyes seemed to be murderous.
Eunuch Liu knew that disturbing the Emperor and Empress's rest was wrong, but he... really had no choice.
He kowtowed to the two of them, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, it is...it is the young master of the Liang Prince's family who is now on the verge of death. Even the imperial physicians are at a loss as to what to do."
"Hmm, so what?" Di Jingling asked, her tone displeased.
Even as he spoke coldly, Eunuch Liu had already discerned His Majesty's thoughts.
His Majesty must have wished he could strangle him.
It seems he really did arrive at the worst possible time, interrupting the Emperor and Empress's good time.
Xiao Tang patted Di Jingling's back, "Husband, don't be angry, you'll scare people."
Liu Wufu listened from the side and nodded repeatedly, deeply agreeing with the Empress's words.
Little did he know that his nodding gesture was like dancing in His Majesty's minefield.
"This servant...this servant is only here to relay the words of the Prince of Liang! The Prince of Liang wishes to ask the Empress to intervene! After all, the young prince is really badly injured."
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