Zishu Tang only came to her senses after hearing what the other person said, and immediately replied, "It's okay, you know I don't care, I only care about whether I can be with you, and it's good as it is now."
Yunmei nodded happily, but in a direction that Zishutang wasn't paying attention to, the resentment in her eyes was almost overflowing.
Zishu Tang glanced at Wan Ge and Zishu Yan not far away. He didn't know why he had such thoughts. He felt a strange sense of jealousy. He didn't know what was there to be jealous of. They were just two women.
But... what he saw next shocked him.
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Wan Ge picked up the pheasant they had just shot. "Pheasant from the mountain must be very nutritious," she said. "I heard before that there are Ganoderma lucidum in this hunting ground. If we can pick some, we can stew chicken for His Highness when we get back. It doesn't matter if we didn't pick any. We can use it to make soup with other things. It should taste good too."
Zi Shuyan looked at the person in front of her and could sense his happiness. She didn't know why, but the other person's happiness made her extremely happy as well: "Okay."
Wan Ge could sense that the other party wasn't particularly happy; it seemed that what she had done couldn't cause much of a stir in him.
So the moment she stood up, Wan Ge kissed the corner of his lips.
Zishu Yan had just bent down with her, which is why she lowered her head and was able to let the other person kiss her so easily.
Zi Shuyan blankly touched the corner of her lips with her fingertips, her mind a complete blank, but her heart was beating unusually fast.
But his brain, which had just come to its senses, desperately tried to calm him down. Zishu Yan took a deep breath and replied, "Since I have already promised to help you, I will help you. You don't need to do this."
"But what if all of this was my own initiative? What if I wanted to do it? What if I liked Your Highness?"
Wan Ge hugged him tightly, just like a young girl who had just fallen in love.
Zi Shuyan's body tensed up. These words were too shocking for her. Did she realize that she was a woman at this moment?
Zi Shuyan did not reveal her identity as a man to her. What was she thinking? Although she genuinely wanted to say that at the beginning, she also understood her current identity and situation, which is why she told her that she was joking.
But now that she seemed so earnest and serious about entrusting herself to him, Zishu Yan was at a loss.
Just then, several mocking voices came from behind him: "So the Imperial Concubine prefers women. I was wondering why the Imperial Concubine disliked being around me. But I must remind the Imperial Concubine not to forget her place; you are my woman."
Even if they were partners before and might become enemies in the future, at least for now, she still held the title of his imperial concubine and was still his woman.
How dare he openly hug and kiss the princess?
Zishu Yan stood directly in front of Wan Ge and gave Zishu Tang a cold look: "Your Highness has frightened her. I hit it off with the Consort at first sight, so we became closer because of our mutual respect. I hope Your Highness will not misunderstand."
"Ha, she kissed you. Tell me not to misunderstand."
"What? Does Your Highness wish to invite all civil and military officials to make a judgment?"
Upon hearing this, Zishu Tang's face turned green. Zishu Yan clearly knew that the civil and military officials wouldn't help him! Yet he still said such a thing.
Zishu Yan looked at Zishu Tang in front of her, slowly picked up the bow in her hand, nocked an arrow, and aimed directly at Zishu Tang.
Seeing his expression, Zishu Tang became even angrier: "Zishu Yan, are you trying to assassinate the emperor? How dare you!"
Zishu Yan did not answer him. The arrow left his hand and flew directly past Zishu Tang's face, breaking off a few strands of his hair.
"Zishu Yan!!! What do you want to do?!"
Zishu Yan still didn't answer, but there was a sound of something falling behind Zishu Tang. He and Yun Mei turned around together and saw a snake fall from the tree, less than half a step away from them.
Furthermore, it can be seen that this snake is highly venomous; a bite from it would definitely lead to serious consequences.
So the other person was saving him, not threatening him, and certainly didn't intend to murder him.
"Now that my brother has seen it, I don't need to explain anything further, do I? Or do you still intend to punish me even so?"
Zishu Tang felt an indescribable sense of frustration, but the other party had indeed saved him, and if he were to punish him, it would be tantamount to repaying kindness with enmity.
So Zishutang reluctantly said, "So it was Your Majesty who did this to save me. Then thank you very much, Your Majesty. But I still hope that Your Majesty and my Consort will have less contact."
"I'm sorry, I can't do that. Ge'er is already my best friend." Zi Shuyan had a faint smile on her lips, but it didn't reach her eyes.
Zishutang grew angrier the more he looked at them, but he couldn't do anything about it, so he could only turn around and leave on his horse.
Looking at Zishu Yan in front of her, Wan Ge said, "Your Highness doesn't want to acknowledge our relationship. Does it mean you dislike me?"
At this moment, Wan Ge looked as if she had been deceived in love by a heartless man.
Zishu Tang quickly shook his head: "How could that be? I don't dislike you, but you are still a Noble Consort, so I have to be considerate. Don't worry, I will speed up the process so that you can become Empress Dowager as soon as possible."
"I don't want to become the Empress Dowager. I just want to stay by your side. Since you have no intention of becoming emperor, how about I accompany you back to the northern frontier?"
"The northern border is bitterly cold; it's not a place for you to stay."
"If you can go, why can't I? I think you can protect me, right?"
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