puff.
The candles were lit again.
"Why is no one here?!"
"It's impossible that no one was there. The head palace maids were all outside. Where could His Majesty have gone?"
"But there's nobody here."
"It's probably because she drank that wine and her head was spinning. We don't know where she fell asleep. Let's hurry and look for her."
Hearing the anxious questioning outside, Tongsu shrank under the bed, not daring to utter a sound, her cheeks flushed red.
The man's body, pressed tightly against her back, was burning hot to the touch, like a furnace. Yet, she was dressed in thin clothes, her body pressed against his, her cheek against his chest, and she could clearly hear his steady heartbeat.
In the darkness, she could see nothing but feel the man's strong, powerful hand around her waist. The floor under the bed was rough, and he lay on the ground, letting her lie on top of him, making sure her clothes didn't get a speck of dust on them.
She suddenly remembered a line of poetry she had read in those romantic and erotic novels.
Hand in hand, we entered the reeds.
She blew out the lamp with a shy smile.
A golden needle pierces the peach blossom's stamen.
He dared not speak loudly and frowned secretly.
The anxious, frantic searching sounds gradually faded into the distance, but the man's hand still clung to her waist. Tong Su gently pushed him away, and he said, "The villain hasn't gone far yet, it's not safe. Please wait a little longer, Your Majesty."
Tong Su simply said "oh" without giving it much thought.
It was dark under the bed, and she had her back to the man, so she naturally didn't notice the deadly malice that flashed in his eyes when he said those words.
audacious in the extreme.
They deserved to die!
Tongsu didn't know where the enemy was, but she knew that this general was always the best in martial arts. Since he said that the enemy hadn't gone far, it was best to keep a low profile and avoid them for the time being.
The man asked softly, "Whose people are those outside? Why are they so audacious as to dare to attack His Majesty?"
Tong Su said, "Who else could it be but Yun Zong! Minister Qian was on good terms with Yun Zong during the reign of the late emperor, and he was able to rise to his current position as Minister without Yun Zong's support."
"Have the eunuch faction in the court become so rampant these days?"
"I am but a mere puppet empress, with neither confidants nor loyal ministers. How many people truly regard me as emperor? They only abdicate because they want me to give birth to an heir as soon as possible."
She bit her lip, then suddenly turned to look at the man: "And why did you save me?"
The man said, "You are my emperor. My life has been dedicated to the country and the emperor. How can I stand idly by when Your Majesty is in danger?"
"But I am a puppet."
“If the strings in the controller’s hands are severed, the puppet can also turn against them.”
In the darkness, his voice was clear and firm, his breath rising and falling on her sensitive ear. He even raised his hand to gently stroke her loose hair.
"Your Majesty, no matter how arrogant Yun Zong and the others are, they are ultimately nothing more than Your Majesty's servants. Your subject is willing to be the sword in Your Majesty's hand, cutting away all obstacles in Your Majesty's path!"
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Tong Su felt like she was about to catch a fever, her cheeks flushed red.
He spoke close to her ear, his voice steady and gentle, no longer sharp and intimidating like when they first met, but soft and gentle.
Like a knife sheathed, all its sharpness concealed, but with the hilt placed in her hand, allowing her to draw it at any time to kill.
He was so close that she could faintly smell his cool fragrance, unlike the sandalwood and agarwood scent popular among men in the capital. Instead, it was a peculiar scent, a mixture of battlefield smoke, ink, and pine resin.
She suddenly remembered what Qinghe had once said.
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