"Your Majesty, you cut off three of my fingers, which means you've killed me!" Father Jiang immediately begged for mercy, crying loudly, "Your Majesty, I swear on my life that I really didn't push the Queen. Please forgive me this time..."
Gradually, the pleas for mercy became quieter and quieter, turning into shrill cries.
Princess Rong'an wanted to go forward to save Jiang's father, but was pinned to the ground by the guards.
The gate of Zhaoyang Palace was closed, and the emperor's stern brows gradually softened. He walked into the inner room, sat beside the bed, brushed a strand of Jiang Yi's hair, and gently stroked Jiang Yi's face.
"Xiao Yi'er, everyone is gone, wake up."
Jiang Yi opened his dazed eyes and muttered, "The Emperor knows I'm pretending to be asleep."
"Not only that." The emperor said with a smile, "I also know that Jiang Rao was truly wronged."
Jiang Yi's face flushed red after being exposed. She looked up at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, don't you blame me? Don't you think I'm a bad woman?"
"Silly girl, I'm very pleased that you know how to protect yourself."
"Whoever Guaibao hates, I hate him too. Whoever Guaibao wants to kill, even if there is no reason at all, I will kill him for you."
Jiang Yi had known the emperor for half a year, and the look in the emperor's eyes had not diminished but intensified, so intense that Jiang Yi dared not even look directly at him.
She stood up and buried her face in the emperor's arms. "Your Majesty is so kind to me. I don't know how to repay you."
But she didn't believe it in her heart. She was no longer at the age where she would easily believe a man's sweet words.
She paid a heavy price for this.
And if they were some unimportant people, the emperor would naturally fulfill his wishes.
But what if it was his sister, his daughter?
The answer is obvious.
Jiang Yi didn't feel the slightest bit disturbed by this; she just pretended to be very touched.
The emperor said, "Little fool, you are the woman I love deeply. I should do anything for you. As long as you and your child are well, it will be the greatest comfort to me."
"I used to live for power and status, but from now on I will live for you and your son."
At this moment, the emperor, like all ordinary men in the world, was immersed in this most ordinary happiness.
Jiang Yi seemed a little absent-minded. The emperor noticed it and pulled her out of his arms. "Of course, I don't ask for anything else. I hope Xiao Yi will love me too."
He seemed to have never heard the word "love" from her mouth. She would say that she liked him and that she was grateful to him, but she never said that he loved her.
But Jiang Yi once said in front of him that he liked Qi Yu.
That was the girl's purest love, but he missed it in the end.
While feeling regretful, the emperor still felt a little jealous, even though Qi Yu was already dead.
Seeing the emperor looking at her expectantly, Jiang Yi couldn't help but laugh, "Of course I love the emperor."
The emperor said, "I like to hear Xiao Yi'er say such things. Can you tell me about them every day from now on?"
Jiang Yi said, "If the emperor likes it, I will tell you about it every day."
The satisfied emperor pecked Jiang Yi lightly on the lips, then said a little embarrassedly, "Before I knew Guaibao, I did favor some concubines, and I deeply regret it. But I assure Guaibao that I have never loved them. From now on, I will only have Guaibao, okay?"
He still remembered what Qi Yu said that night and was afraid that Jiang Yi would mind it.
She gave him her best years, but unfortunately he could not give her the same love, and the emperor felt deeply regretful about this.
In front of Jiang Yi, he seemed to have no dignity as an emperor at all, and was just an ordinary man.
Jiang Yi's heart moved slightly. At this moment, she was sure that the emperor loved her.
If I didn't love her, I wouldn't put myself in her shoes, wouldn't be so anxious, wouldn't be so humble...
"I love Brother Shen Yu and never ask for anything in return, nor have I ever thought of asking Brother Shen Yu to restrain himself."
Jiang Yi stared at the emperor with a pair of watery eyes, "Brother Shen Yu doesn't need this..."
"No, I do, and I hope you do too." The emperor interrupted Jiang Yi forcefully, "I only know that I love you, and I don't want anyone else to get close to you. I also think Xiaoyi should love me the same way, and I don't want any woman to get close to me."
"If it's not like this, then this love is not pure."
After saying that, he kissed Jiang Yi's lips fiercely.
A question slowly formed in Jiang Yi's mind. Don't all men like virtuous and generous women? Why is this lady a little different?
Noticing that Jiang Yi was a little distracted, the emperor bit Jiang Yi's earlobe as punishment, and then he showered her with delicate and dense kisses. The man's breathing gradually became a little disordered, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Can I?"
"Gently, a little more gently." Jiang Yiyi leaned on the edge of the couch somewhat unresistingly, breathing slightly rapidly as she endured the man's demands.
Jiang Yi fell asleep quickly, but she seemed to be sleeping restlessly and kept tossing and turning.
This had never happened before. Her sleeping posture was just like her personality, extremely well-behaved.
The emperor sat aside, wiping the sweat from Jiang Yi's forehead with a wet towel and patting Jiang Yi's back gently.
Jiang Yi finally slept more peacefully, but he was awakened by a nightmare before dawn the next morning.
She stood up, her face pale. The emperor had already put on his dragon robe and was about to go to court. Seeing this, he came over and sat down beside Jiang Yi's couch and asked, "I saw you couldn't sleep well last night. What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
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