“That is so. Your subject is guilty. I should not have talked back to Consort Liang like that. I beg Your Majesty to punish me.”
After suppressing her grievances, Liu Lingxi finished speaking and then slammed her head heavily on the ground.
The impact was so severe that both men felt a pang of pain!
How could you be so silly? Be gentle!
The Crown Princess has such delicate skin; I wonder if she'll get hurt. She's such an honest person.
The father and son spoke in unison, both expressing their heartache for Liu Lingxi.
"Xi'er!"
Crown Prince Sheng Changfeng disregarded everything else—etiquette, shame, punishment—he ignored it all!
He knelt and moved two steps, then rushed to the Crown Princess's side and carefully helped her up.
Seeing that the woman's forehead was indeed red and swollen, his heartache was almost overflowing from his eyes.
"Does it hurt?"
"Um……"
Liu Lingxi certainly felt a burning pain on her head, but what made her want to cry even more was the grievance and distress in her heart.
The woman's eyes were brimming with tears, and she bit her red lips tightly, only a sob escaping her throat—
Like a wounded little animal that has seen a familiar big beast, it is howling in pain.
That sound, so moving it brought tears to the eyes, left the Crown Prince and the Emperor, who heard it, feeling deeply uneasy.
Sheng Jin's eyes were filled with plunder, and his gaze became increasingly resolute.
emperor!
The Empress's fingers tightened around the armrest, her heart screaming in despair.
Whether to be happy or sad, only she noticed.
The emperor, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, had somehow risen from his seat and was staring intently at the crown prince and his consort!
Those usually ruthless eyes were now filled with concern, possessiveness, and heartache.
She had never experienced these emotions before!
At that moment, the Empress suddenly realized what the protagonist's love at first sight in a storybook was like, and how terrifying its power was.
Is the wheel of fate truly unstoppable?
A deep sense of powerlessness swept over her, leaving Jiang Qiuyue without even the slightest courage to struggle.
She dared not speak, fearing that if she opened her mouth, she would disturb the emperor's thoughts and cause him to act impulsively and commit a terrible disaster.
I'm really pathetic.
A desolate and bizarre feeling overwhelmed her, and she felt dizzy.
Fortunately, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess seemed to know what they were doing and continued to apologize.
The Crown Prince shielded Liu Lingxi behind him, then slammed his forehead down hard, making a "thud" sound.
"Father, blame me if you must, it's all my fault—"
"Your Highness..."
Seeing a pair of star-crossed lovers kneeling before me, you pleading for me, and me weeping for you—it was a deeply moving scene.
For the emperor, who had always been high and mighty, this was the first time he had truly tasted the bitterness of jealousy.
He didn't speak, but put his hands behind his back and walked step by step to the Crown Princess, stopping only a step away.
“Raise your head.”
Hearing the emotionless voice above her head, Liu Lingxi's heart pounded like a drum.
She even prayed in her heart that she had just misheard and that the emperor would not hold it against a young woman like her.
pity……
Liu Lingxi's prayers had no effect whatsoever, because the emperor urged her once again.
"Princess Consort, raise your head."
Like a curse, this demonic sound is impossible to escape.
The crown prince was also on tenterhooks. He wanted to continue to plead guilty, but the emperor interrupted him.
"Father, your son—"
"Did I grant you permission to speak?"
The Crown Prince remained silent, his head still pressed firmly to the ground, and thus failed to notice the infatuation in Sheng Jin's eyes for the Crown Princess.
He also lost the opportunity to be the first to realize the emperor's thoughts, and thereafter, one wrong step led to eternal regret!
But that's a story for another time.
Now, Liu Lingxi was unaware of the emperor's thoughts. She hesitantly raised her head, but kept her eyes tightly closed, not daring to open them.
Sheng Jin didn't mind at all; in fact, her gaze became even more intense and she became even bolder.
He looked at that stunning little face, her eyes reddened with grievance, and her long eyelashes trembling with nervousness as if about to take flight, and his heart fluttered.
I want to kiss this little face, kiss her forehead, her eyebrows, the tip of her delicate nose, and... her glossy red lips.
He longed to hold her in his arms and imbue her with his scent!
Will she cry silently? Will she beg for mercy while shedding tears? Will she call out her own name...?
Just thinking about that scene made Sheng Jin's breathing become erratic, and her whole body trembled.
He wants her!
Sheng Jin clearly felt the changes in his body; they were so obvious that he couldn't ignore them at all.
"May I have your name."
The moment the voice was uttered, everyone was startled.
Because Sheng Jin's voice was terribly hoarse at the moment, it sounded like he was moved, or it sounded like the prelude to anger.
Apart from the Empress, the other two junior princes and princesses didn't think of anything else.
After all, who could have imagined that the emperor, who was always cold-blooded and ruthless, would fall in love with his good daughter-in-law and the crown princess?
"Replying to Your Majesty, my maiden name is Liu Lingxi. My grandfather was Liu Qingzong, the Minister of Rites, and my father, Liu Sihai, served as the Vice Minister of Rites."
Liu Lingxi didn't think of anything else. Under that oppressive, almost tangible gaze, her whole body tensed up.
She was so frightened that her body turned cold and she trembled, almost unable to kneel down.
By the end, her voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating her fear.
Sheng Jin understood.
I couldn't help but notice it, and even felt a little amused, wanting to hold this little kitten in my arms and knead it gently.
For a moment he forgot his physical condition and reached out his fingers to pinch the woman's chin.
At this critical moment—
"Your Majesty, I see that the Crown Princess is about to cry. Please don't frighten her. She is still just a child."
The Empress couldn't help but speak up!
She had to stop it because she knew that according to the rules of the storybook, Emperor Sheng Jin was allergic to other women, but not to the Crown Princess.
In other words, as long as Sheng Jin comes into contact with the Crown Princess, he will discover this secret!
Jiang Qiuyue would not stand idly by and watch this happen; she had to stop it.
Thinking this, and fearing that Sheng Jin might ignore it, she spoke up to remind him again.
"His Majesty gets rashes whenever he touches a woman. Now that he's so close to the Crown Princess, it's inevitable that he'll feel uncomfortable. You should keep your distance."
!
The emperor was initially somewhat displeased at being abruptly interrupted, even though the person was the empress whom he had always trusted.
But now that she heard her mention her allergies, Sheng Jin hesitated.
After much deliberation, I decided to withdraw my hand and stop touching it.
What a pity about this strange illness of mine!
He had already decided that he wouldn't care about the Crown Prince and would forcibly take the person away!
Such a perfect woman, there may only be one in this lifetime, what a pity...
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