Probably because she was drunk, the girl's overall body temperature was a little high, and Xiao Mokuang's body temperature was usually lower. Compared with the temperature of Chu Ci's body, she felt the temperature of Xiao Mokuang's hand was extremely comfortable.
The little girl's voice was sweet and soft, with a hint of drunkenness in her voice. After she finished speaking, she seemed to chuckle before she moved her hand away.
Xiao Mokuang retracted his hand suddenly, frowned slightly, and looked at Chu Ci, whose eyes were slightly bright and just looked at him, waiting for him to speak. He put his other hand on the back of his hand where Chu Ci had pinched it, and rubbed it gently twice. Then he turned his gaze and looked at the maid next to him.
The voice was low and sounded a little hoarse.
"Your Majesty is feeling a little unwell. Let's take him back to rest first."
Although it was not very logical for the emperor to leave the banquet not long after it started, ever since Xiao Mokuang started the rebellion, everyone knew who was the real boss of the Fengxiao Empire at the moment.
If one day he really wants to reach that position, he can probably pull down the current emperor anytime and anywhere. To be honest, if one day during the morning court session, he is seen sitting directly on the dragon throne, the court officials probably won't find it strange.
Chu Ci's departure did not attract much attention from the people around him.
Instead, Xiao Mokuang watched Chu Ci stand up and leave the hall a little unsteadily. He watched the singing and dancing for a while out of boredom and found it a bit boring.
The small bottle of wine next to him was almost empty, but Xiao Mokuang was not drunk at all. His eyes looked even clearer. His gaze lazily fell on the back of his hand. Thinking about the little girl's curious and slightly teasing behavior just now, he chuckled and said, "You are getting bolder and bolder."
There was no anger in the voice. He turned his head and glanced at the court officials in the hall, but he could no longer sit still.
On the other side, Chu Ci had just withdrawn from the back hall. It was winter now, and there were floor heatings in the hall, as well as countless stoves lit with smokeless silver charcoal. It was warm inside, and he didn't feel cold even though he was wearing only a single layer of clothes.
As soon as he got outside and stepped out of the temple door, a biting cold wind blew towards him. Even though he was wearing a thick cloak, the five points of drunkenness could be blown away by such a wind.
Chu Ci's drowsy head finally became much clearer, and the drowsiness mostly disappeared. However, she felt that the things in the hall were really boring, and Chu Ci didn't want to go back.
He walked slowly towards his palace.
Feicui and Binghan served on both sides, but because of what happened last time, although Xiao Mokuang did not punish Feicui and Binghan, he did not allow them to serve Chu Ci alone again. So in addition to these two people, Chu Ci was followed by a team of palace maids.
After walking around the Lanting Pavilion with flowing water in the palace and just reaching the Zhu Bridge, I saw a tall and thin figure standing in the place where there were scattered lights not far away.
Chu Ci raised her eyebrows slightly. Bing Han beside her had already taken a step forward and looked over warily. "Who is it?"
The man was holding a lantern in his hand, and he didn't seem to expect to meet other people here at this time. He turned around and saw two palace servants walking in front with lanterns, and the others formed a protective formation to protect a petite figure in the middle.
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