For some reason, he suddenly remembered what Bai Susu and the palace maid had said just now: falling out of favor is falling out of favor, it's no big deal...
He snorted coldly, leaned over and lifted Bai Susu's chin with his hand. His eyes were as deep as ink and he said, "Do you really think I won't punish you?" His voice was not loud, but it carried an indescribable majesty.
Bai Susu dared to be so presumptuous, to a certain extent, because she knew that Emperor Xuan Jing had a good impression of her.
But the emperor's pressure was too terrifying. Although Emperor Xuan Jing's expression was still indifferent, the kind of invisible killing and careless questioning still made Bai Susu really scared.
She bit her delicate lips with her pearly teeth, her eyes full of tears, and looked at Emperor Xuan Jing like that.
Under the bright candlelight, Bai Susu's face was translucent and those few crystal tears were particularly obvious. She looked three parts delicate and seven parts pitiful. Even though Emperor Xuan Jing had a heart as hard as iron, he couldn't help but soften a little at this moment.
"You still have a point?"
Bai Susu said softly but with a hint of stubbornness: "Empress Hui is clearly trying to make things difficult for me. If she wins people over with her virtue, how can I not be respectful? Besides, I and Empress Hui are both the Emperor's women. I am willing to serve the Emperor, but I cannot be so humble in front of Empress Hui."
Listening to this twisted logic, if Wang Fuhai was next to him, I'm afraid he would criticize Bai Susu in his heart again, saying that you and Concubine Hui are both the emperor's women.
But one is a concubine and the other is a noble lady, so there is a difference in their status!
However, Emperor Xuan Jing's heart was disturbed by Bai Susu's crying, and the word "his woman" also strangely pleased him. For a moment, the anger in his heart was mostly extinguished.
While crying, Bai Susu secretly glanced at Emperor Xuan Jing's expression. She saw that his brows were still furrowed and his lips were tightly pursed. His handsome features were now covered with a layer of light frost. She thought to herself, he has such a heart of stone, and she couldn't help crying even harder.
How could Emperor Xuan Jing not see her sneaky little expression? He was both angry and amused in his heart. Concubine Hui was right in one thing: she was really spoiled because of the favor she received!
Bai Susu's swollen chest rose and fell as she cried. Emperor Xuan Jing's brows twitched, and he withdrew his hand awkwardly, looking away. He said, "That's enough, stop crying. I won't punish you this time, and it won't happen again."
Bai Susu complained in her heart, she had done nothing wrong, why was she punished? Did she have to sit there and wait for Concubine Hui to punish her in order to be considered as understanding the rules?
Screw those bullshit rules. Even men like them don’t know how to feel sorry for themselves.
However, even though she thought so in her heart, Bai Susu didn't dare to say it out loud. When she heard that Emperor Xuan Jing would not pursue the matter, her face lit up, and with tears still crawling down her face, she thanked him sweetly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
When Emperor Xuan Jing saw her mood turn from gloomy to cheerful, the little spark of fire left in his heart was instantly extinguished by her smile. He thought to himself, I don’t know how her family raised her. She has no scheming at all, and she does things based on her temperament, and her emotions are all shown on her face.
However, thinking of Concubine Hui's two faces, Bai Susu's true and pure character seems rare.
Emperor Xuan Jing grew up in a harem full of intrigues. Everyone around him, from the empress dowager to the concubines, was scheming and lived as if wearing a mask.
Only Bai Susu had no scruples and showed her true self: the coquettish, willful, and angry side.
She was not afraid of him, and Emperor Xuan Jing felt that getting along with her was easier than ever before, which made him lower his bottom line again and again, wanting to pamper this "unruly" noble lady Bai.
He cleared his throat, and the lines on his face softened a bit. His tone also softened unconsciously. He said, "Aren't you getting up yet?"
Bai Susu bit her lip, raised half of her body, but fell to the ground with a cry. Emperor Xuan Jing did not expect her to fall, his face changed, and he almost stood up.
Seeing how steady Emperor Xuan Jing was sitting, Bai Susu complained inwardly again. Her eyes seemed to be filled with tears as she looked at the emperor aggrievedly and said, "Your Majesty is so cruel. He questioned me as soon as he came in, not knowing that I was also injured."
As she spoke, she gently lifted the hem of her skirt with her small hands, first her ankles as white as porcelain, then her calves, which were covered with obvious scratches. Perhaps it was because Bai Susu's skin was too white and tender that these small scratches were so obvious.
Yesterday, Bai Susu pretended to faint to avoid Concubine Hui's punishment, but she also knew that if she really acted fine, she would not be able to face the emperor, so she only suffered minor scratches.
As expected, when Emperor Xuan Jing saw her injured like this, his expression changed, and he immediately became anxious. He leaned over and hugged her horizontally, his thick brows furrowed tightly: "How did you get injured like this!"
Bai Susu clasped her arms around his neck, her light breaths hitting Emperor Xuan Jing's face as she said coquettishly, "It hurts~"
Emperor Xuan Jing placed Bai Susu on the bed, then turned to the servants and said, "Call the imperial physician!"
The imperial physician was summoned to examine the case. In fact, Bai Susu's injury was not serious. It was just because Bai Susu's skin was too delicate and she was white, so the injured area looked scary.
The imperial physician left a bottle of ointment and told him to apply it once in the morning and evening, and the wound would heal in half a month.
Nanchun originally wanted to stay and apply the medicine to Bai Susu, but Bai Susu felt that she was not unable to move, so she let Nanchun go and applied it herself.
For a moment, Bai Susu and Emperor Xuan Jing were the only ones left in the room.
Emperor Xuan Jing sat on a chair beside the round table, holding a book, while Bai Susu sat on the chaise longue opposite. She dug out a ball of ointment from the porcelain jar and applied it to the affected area.
Who knew that the ointment would make the wound even more painful once it touched it? She couldn't help but hiss. Emperor Xuan Jing was watching from the side and was also in great torment. Bai Susu was only wearing her underwear. In order to apply the ointment, she rolled up her trouser legs high, revealing a jade-white little foot with toes as round as shells and beautifully curved calves.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
