Since getting up today, his body has felt lighter than before, as if he had endless energy.
At this moment, he no longer had any doubt in his heart that Tu Qingyu was the goddess who came to earth specifically to save him.
He was very excited along the way, with Tu Qingyu's figure in his mind, wondering if she had gotten up at this moment.
This excitement slowly disappeared when he returned to Changsheng Palace and saw Tu Qingyu coming out in casual clothes, smiling at him.
Her smile was still beautiful, and even the hair that accidentally brushed against his fingertips made his heart beat faster.
But is it right for people who have just met to get along so familiarly?
"What's wrong?" Tu Qingyu looked up at him slightly, "I haven't had breakfast yet, Your Majesty, are you joining us?"
After saying that, she took Li Yuanqi's hand familiarly and led him towards the dining hall.
Li Yuanqi exerted a little force on his hands and pulled her back, "Qingyu, can I call you that?"
"Of course." She smiled brightly, "Your Majesty is mine now... I'm happy no matter what you call me."
He was shaken again by the smile in front of him. After calming down, he looked up again, but he felt as if there was a layer of gauze between him and the person in front of him, which made him feel a little unreal.
"Let's go, I'm hungry." She shook his sleeve and whispered coquettishly.
He let her pull him forward, his thin lips moved, and finally he asked dryly, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I'm fine." She didn't even turn her head. "I'm just hungry now."
This was the second time she said she was hungry, so he didn't ask any more questions. They sat down at the table and started eating.
She ate elegantly and sweetly. When she ate what she liked, her eyes were bright and curved, and her lips had a slight curve.
Suddenly, she reached out her chopsticks and skillfully and naturally picked up a piece of fresh bamboo shoots for him, without even looking up, saying, "The bamboo shoots you like..."
She was halfway through her words, as if she just realized something was wrong. She was stunned for a moment, looked up, and looked at Li Yuanqi who was also stunned, with panic and loss flashing in her eyes.
Li Yuanqi keenly captured this sense of loss.
What was she missing? Who did she think he was? Her ex-husband? Ding Yucheng?
Seeing that he looked unhappy, she stood up and apologized, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
"No need." He stretched out his hand to stop her. "After all, I brought you into the palace too quickly. It's understandable that you're not used to it. Please sit down and have your meal."
In the evening, after reviewing the memorials, he came to Changsheng Palace early. At that time, Tu Qingyu had just finished bathing, and her wet hair was draped over her shoulders, with water droplets dripping down her hair onto her collarbone.
"you……"
"Greetings to His Majesty, may His Majesty be well and safe." All the palace people around him knelt down and saluted, but Tu Qingyu just stood there without moving at all.
The nanny was a little anxious, and remembered the emperor's oral instructions this morning. She suppressed the urge to gesture to Tu Qingyu to salute, and bowed her body a little lower.
She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she heard the man's deep voice order, "Go down."
He took the hair scarf from the maid next to him and pulled Tu Qingyu to sit in front of the window. "Why don't you wring your hair out?"
"You're just about to be hanged, and you come back."
The words "you're back" made Li Yuanqi feel a hidden joy in his heart.
He nodded, "Well, I'll wipe it for you."
Tu Qingyu was stunned, looking at the hair scarf in his hand in a daze. It was natural that Li Yuanqi could not fail to see such obvious daze.
He slowly tightened his grip on the scarf, then quickly grabbed a strand of her hair and interrupted her trance, "It's almost autumn, it's better to dry your hair early to avoid catching a cold."
She didn't think there was anything wrong with the current emperor standing to wipe her hair. She just looked up and smiled at him, "Then I'll trouble you, my husband."
Husband...
Bang, bang, bang——!
Just two simple words made his heart beat faster and his fingertips couldn't help but tremble slightly.
No one had ever called him like that, not even his late queen, who always addressed him as Your Majesty.
How dare she?
He lowered his head, and Tu Qingyu happened to be looking up. Their eyes met for a moment, but in an instant he realized that she was looking through him at another person.
Feeling angry for a moment, he lifted her chin with the hand that wasn't holding the scarf and asked, "Who are you looking at?"
"Your Majesty?" Tu Qingyu was full of confusion. "What's wrong? Don't you like me calling you that?"
He became even angrier, and in a fit of rage, he started to speak without restraint, "What's the meaning of you and me? You should call yourself my concubine in front of me!"
He regretted it after he said it. In fact, he liked Tu Qingyu's kindness towards him. Unlike those women in the palace, who always talked about the rules between the monarch and his subjects, he liked it.
But when he thought that her unfamiliarity might be due to another man, and that she might just treat him as an outsider, he got angry.
Looking at her surprised eyes, he pursed his lips and said nothing more in the end.
Tu Qingyu stood up from the chair obediently and bowed respectfully, "Yes, I understand."
These meticulous rules and respectful tone were like a sword piercing his heart.
He wanted to say something to ease the situation, but he couldn't let go of his pride, so he could only throw his hair scarf aside and turn around to walk out.
Before he even stepped out of the palace gate, he shouted loudly, "Come here, serve your queen well!"
Nanny Qi, Xiaoqing and Xiaoju were very worried when they saw His Majesty leave in anger.
Aunt Qi: "Your Majesty, what happened to His Majesty? Did you say something to make His Majesty angry?"
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