When Tang Wan leaned over to get out of the car, she was blinded by the scorching sun outside. Chi Yu was worried that she would not be able to get out steadily, so he got out early and left his arm free so that she could hold on.
Tang Wan lifted the hem of her skirt, didn't look at him, just held her belly and walked away.
Chi Yu followed her for two steps. She turned around and saw Chi Yu showing her a flattering smile. She lowered her eyes and said, "Don't follow me. I want to be alone for a while."
"Okay, okay, then... don't walk too far. The mountain road is rugged and slippery." He stammered and looked at her face carefully.
"I understand." After Tang Wan finished speaking, she turned around and left without any reluctance.
Chi Yu hesitated for a while and still didn't follow.
Tang Wan didn't hear any other footsteps, and knew that he didn't follow, so she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
She looked at her slightly red palms. Her hands were numb and painful now. She didn't know how he could still smile after being slapped so hard.
She sat on a stone slab, holding her chin, her eyes lost in thought as she stared at the endless mountains.
She said that she didn't want to have anything to do with him, but after slapping him and seeing his bewildered look, her heart couldn't help but ache.
She is far from being as carefree as she appears.
"Brother, I really can't stand it anymore. His Majesty said he wanted to explain, but he hasn't said a single word after all this time." Cheng Ke crossed his arms, looking very disappointed.
He admired Chi Yu very much and admired his military skills, but he never expected that His Majesty would have such no bottom line towards a woman!
Therefore, in his mind, the image of His Majesty as so tall and majestic collapsed overnight.
"Shh, shut up! You've caused so much trouble to our family because of your mouth, and you still don't know how to repent?"
Cheng Du glanced at his younger brother, his disgust evident in his eyes.
"That's right." Such a decisive and strategic man was tripped up by petty love affairs and couldn't even coax a girl.
"If it were me, I would have just said it directly."
"Then go ahead and tell them." Cheng Du pushed him with his elbow, and Cheng Ke was pushed more than a meter away.
The corners of his mouth slowly opened into a playful smile: "Brother, tsk tsk tsk, big brother, don't talk about second brother, you didn't let His Majesty go either."
Cheng Du was serious for a second: "What do you know? I am here to help His Majesty solve his problems. Unlike you, who spends the whole day doing nothing."
"Oh~~ Solve my problems~~" Cheng Ke said in a long and mean tone. Just as Cheng Du was about to slap him, he quickly ran away: "Brother, don't worry, I will complete the task."
Cheng Du looked at the back of his silly brother and laughed in silence.
Cheng Ke took some effort to find Tang Wan. He did not go up to her to explain directly, but called a few brothers and sat down in the woods not far from her.
"Alas, what's the point of Your Majesty ascending the throne if you don't even care about your beloved?"
Their voices were deliberately lowered, as if they were discussing something privately, but Tang Wan had excellent hearing. She closed her eyes and thought to herself, "I'm not actively listening; this all just drifted to my ears automatically."
She heard a young man say, "Lu Laosan, what you said is wrong. Do you know how much effort His Majesty has put in?"
"Tell me more."
"Your Majesty was never favored by the Empress Dowager. When she asked him to choose a concubine, he refused, saying he already had a wife and marrying someone else would be unfaithful."
"I heard that the Empress Dowager was furious and used filial piety to pressure Your Majesty, so Your Majesty knelt outside the Empress Dowager's bedroom for three days, three whole days, without a drop of water or a grain of rice."
"Ah, did the Queen Mother finally agree?"
"Of course he agreed. What can we do if he doesn't agree? His Majesty is the emperor. Can he really make him kneel forever?"
Cheng Ke heard Tang Wan stand up and lowered his voice: "But after passing the Queen Mother, there are still those ministers."
"So, how can this be solved?"
Cheng Ke moved his ears and didn't hear any footsteps. Good, they probably haven't left yet.
He sighed and said, "Alas, your Majesty's foundation is already unstable, and he has almost no real power in his hands. The minister asked him to take a concubine. Do you know what he said?" Cheng Ke dragged out his tone in a mysterious manner.
"What?"
"That's the thing, Brother Cheng, just tell us."
"Okay, then I'll tell you, everyone else said ha."
"Hey, you still don't trust us? We are very tight-lipped."
“That’s right!”
"He personally said in front of the ministers that he was impotent in front of an ugly woman. He was simply blatantly trampling on the ministers' faces."
"Oh my god, wouldn't that offend all those people?"
"Yes, my brother didn't understand either, so he asked, 'Can't you make her queen?'"
"Yeah, isn't this the best of both worlds?"
Cheng Ke glanced at the man who interrupted: "Tsk, if you really do that, would you still be His Majesty?"
"What does your Majesty say?"
Cheng Du stood up, whetting everyone's appetite. He raised his voice, "He said that in this life, whether I am an emperor or a commoner, I will only have her as my wife. I promised her that I would never take a concubine, otherwise I would die without a burial place."
What Cheng Ke said was true. When he first heard his brother tell him about this, he couldn't believe it. His Majesty was actually such a lovesick man.
The filter of a little fanboy in his heart was instantly shattered, and he felt as if something in his heart collapsed all of a sudden.
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