Chapter 78 Satisfying to Sleep in My Arms
"Who told you to sleep so long when you shouldn't be sleeping? And now you're disturbing our sleep?"
Anhe pulled out a corner of his sleeve, closed his eyes, and spoke.
“We’ll have someone keep watch over the guardhouse tomorrow, and you won’t be allowed to come in,” Anhe added, adding a threat.
"Eunuch An is truly despicable," Zhao Liangxu cursed. This prompted An He to slightly turn his head and glance at her, before quickly returning to his upright lying position.
"Eunuch An, I can't sleep. Would you like to chat with me for a while?"
Zhao Liangxu said softly, "We'll just chat for a while, so as not to disturb you getting up tomorrow morning. Besides... if Eunuch An gets up a little later tomorrow, it won't matter if he misses one court session with Li Ying, right? It will also save him from enduring the ministers' hateful glares all morning, won't it?"
An He was amused by Zhao Liangxu: "How do you know what kind of eyes they have? They wouldn't dare to glare at us for no reason. They're just a bunch of people who are afraid of losing their heads."
"Then I'll just avoid getting fawned over every morning. Besides, there are always some high-ranking and powerful officials who dislike Eunuch An, and they get annoyed just by looking at them."
Anhe said, "You guessed right, Zhao Liangxu. You're very good at understanding people's hearts."
Indeed, Zhao Liangxu always manages to attract people to her side; she is an extremely clever and intelligent person.
Zhao Liangxu snorted and said, "Eunuch An's words sound like he's scolding me," but then added, "But it's alright, it makes me realize that Eunuch An is willing to chat with me."
Zhao Liangxu was not sleepy at all at this moment. It was all because the incense in Anhe's room was too sleep-inducing that she slept for several hours.
“Eunuch An, I’ve told the Empress Dowager about our affair.”
Zhao Liangxu suddenly blurted out something.
These words startled An He, who was barely controlling his breathing. He sat up slightly and looked at Zhao Liangxu, asking, "Why did you tell the Dowager? What did you say?"
Zhao Liangxu said, "The Empress Dowager already knows what she needs to know. I said we are a couple." There was no awkwardness on her face.
An paused for a moment, then didn't lie down again, but continued, "How could you have told the Dowager Consort..."
Xu Huayue was someone he respected, and Zhao Liangxu was someone Xu Huayue liked. No matter how well Xu Huayue understood Anhe's choice, she was ultimately a former palace concubine and now a dowager consort.
People in the palace all know that eunuchs rarely have a comfortable relationship with their lovers.
Most of them lived together as companions, but many eunuchs had a sycophantic nature and would fawn over the powerful. The palace maids also mostly got entangled with the eunuchs because of their own interests. They might seem to get along well on the surface, but their private affairs would always come out.
There were also those who genuinely shared a hometown bond or had good temperaments and fell in love, and the two of them could stay together in the palace and have someone to confide in, but these were ultimately the minority.
People like Wang Laide and Fang Shi are the most common.
Xu Huayue knew and had seen many examples of this...
If Xu Huayue were to overhear their relationship, she probably wouldn't understand it either.
“Then,” Anhe asked, “what did the Dowager Consort say?”
Anhe couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Liangxu also sat up, the blanket slipped off, and although there was clearly no romantic or suggestive scene, An He looked away.
Anhe's lips curled down in a bitter smile, and he knew it.
"But she still accepted it. The Empress Dowager was only a little surprised. She is very experienced. There's nothing wrong between us. What can't we talk about?"
Zhao Liangxu said it in a relaxed tone.
accept.
Anhe keenly grasped these two words.
Yes, the Dowager Consort is kind-hearted. Even if she disagrees or feels it's inappropriate, with Zhao Liangxu's coaxing, she will only show the word "accept".
Acceptance is tantamount to acquiescence, but ultimately there is no blessing or expectation involved.
"Why the long face, Eunuch An? Don't you want the Empress Dowager to know?"
Of course he wanted to, he wanted everyone to know that Zhao Liangxu belonged to him, but he was unwilling to accept any misunderstanding or scrutiny from those around him.
This will only make him more aware of his own identity.
"Go to sleep now, stop chatting idly." Anhe lay down and returned to her quiet self.
Zhao Liangxu looked at An He for a while. An He's calm and silent demeanor was quite rare for him. When Zhao Liangxu saw him during the day, An He was either furious or criticizing others. When he was reading, he would look like a handsome young scholar. But his silent demeanor at this moment was quite different from when he was reading.
He seemed to be pondering something, or perhaps just spacing out.
Seeing that An Hezhen had no intention of continuing the conversation, Zhao Liangxu also lay down.
Despite the faint incense in the room, Zhao Liangxu remained wide awake.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Liangxu tentatively asked, "Eunuch An?"
Anhe replied with a slightly choked voice, "What?"
"It's nothing, you should go to sleep." I didn't expect Anhe to still be awake, but judging from the drowsiness in his voice, it was quite a feat that he even replied.
He called out to him playfully but didn't ask anything. Anhe let out a heavy snort.
After some time, Zhao Liangxu heard An He's breathing become long and regular, and she asked softly again, "Eunuch An?"
After waiting a while without a reply, Zhao Liangxu asked again in a breathy voice, "Are you asleep?" The only response was Anhe's soft breathing, and Zhao Liangxu was now certain that Anhe was truly asleep.
She pondered for a while, feeling slightly sleepy, but not much.
Seeing that Anhe was sleeping soundly, Zhao Liangxu turned her body and moved closer to Anhe.
Anhe has been in this position since he lay down, never changing it, truly very proper and polite.
Sometimes Zhao Liangxu couldn't understand why Anhe would avoid her when she was being so obvious. Anhe clearly liked to be close to her, but whenever Zhao Liangxu approached, there was a chance that Anhe would become distant, as if saying "Keep away, strangers or acquaintances alike."
She lay on the pillow, tracing Anhe's profile with her eyes.
Anhe was a rather delicate-looking person, with thick eyebrows and straight eyelashes. His eyes, which stared at people, were so deep that they seemed to see through everything, always containing a hint of disdain for others. His appearance was not aggressive at all, but the temperament he had cultivated and the feminine features of his eyebrows added a touch of aloofness to him.
Zhao Liangxu reached out and poked Anhe's cheek with her finger, but before she could touch it twice, Anhe grabbed her hand.
He lowered his brows, slightly opened his eyes to look at Zhao Liangxu, and asked in a low, hoarse voice, "What are you doing?"
Zhao Liangxu was also startled; Anhe was a very light sleeper.
Anhe worked in the palace and rarely got a full night's sleep in his early years, which made him develop a habit of light sleep.
How can people in the palace be so lazy?
An He woke up the moment Zhao Liangxu's fingertips touched him, though his eyes still held the weariness of sleep.
Seeing that An He looked a little dazed, Zhao Liangxu snuggled up to him and hugged him, saying, "I can't sleep. I must have disturbed you, Eunuch An."
Hugging in bed is quite different from cuddling during the day.
Zhao Liangxu couldn't quite explain how the difference was made, but it gave her a strange sense of peace and satisfaction.
Anhe wanted to pull away the moment she was embraced, but perhaps she was confused when she was sleepy. Anhe did not resist Zhao Liangxu for a moment, and then she did not have a good chance to refuse.
He decided to treat it as a dream, and turned to face Zhao Liangxu, holding her tightly in his arms.
"Go to sleep quickly."
Zhao Liangxu could hear the vibrations coming from An He's chest cavity when he spoke.
This is such a wonderful surprise!
Zhao Liangxu thoroughly enjoyed Anhe's embrace.
She shifted in Anhe's arms, finding a more comfortable position, and said with her eyes half-closed, "Okay."
Anhe's embrace was warm, a warmth quite different from the warmth emanating from the blanket.
The warmth of the embrace and the feel of the snugly blankets intertwined, creating a harmonious and intoxicating sensation.
Zhao Liangxu also felt even more sleepy.
This night is truly relaxing.
Until the next morning, Anhe held Zhao Liangxu tightly in his arms. He didn't know what he was dreaming about, but he protected Zhao Liangxu so well that he wouldn't let her leave his embrace.
An He was a light sleeper and woke up as usual at dawn. After a moment of calm, he realized that there was someone in his arms.
Both of their hair was disheveled, with a few strands draped over the blanket, making it hard to tell whether it was Zhao Liangxu's or his own. Zhao Liangxu had gained some weight since they first met, and now her face looked like that of a healthy, rosy-cheeked girl. However, when he hugged her, he could feel that she was still a bit thin. Even so, as Zhao Liangxu held him tightly, he could feel the softness of her body.
Memories of last night slowly surfaced.
he......
Anhe regretted it; how could he have taken advantage of his drowsiness to indulge in a hug?
This wonderful feeling will make him remember this moment every time he lies in bed in the future, and he will crave it again and again.
Even the finest bedding on a soft couch in the bedroom would probably become dull and tasteless.
Once he becomes insatiable, he may become even more shameless.
An He wanted to get up to accompany Li Ying to court, but before that, he could only gently pry Zhao Liangxu's arm open and let her lie down on his side.
This action woke Zhao Liangxu.
"Eunuch An?" Zhao Liangxu asked, her eyes still sleepy. "What time is it? Are you still going?"
Anhe pulled Zhao Liangxu's arm away and whispered, "You should sleep a little longer. We're leaving now."
Zhao Liangxu's mind was still foggy, but her hands were nimble.
She pulled Anhe back onto the bed and forcefully made him put his head on the pillow again.
"Eunuch An doesn't go to court every time, does he?"
"We'll skip one more trip today, it's nothing serious. Don't go, go back to sleep, it's still early." Zhao Liangxu huddled under the covers; people tend to become extremely unreasonable in the morning.
Anhe was thus forced back onto the bed.
He said, "You're getting more and more outrageous."
Zhao Liangxu ignored him and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.
After hesitating for a moment, An He finally granted Zhao Liangxu's wish.
Zhao Liangxu usually gets up late and can sleep for half a day if no one stops her. This time of day is naturally when she is most sleepy. It is already a great feat for her to wake up when Anhe is about to leave. Therefore, she really brought Anhe back with her and then continued to enjoy her dream.
Anhe could only maintain an awkward posture, not wanting to disturb Zhao Liangxu's sweet dream.
He, a high-ranking official, was always helpless in the face of Zhao Liangxu.
Anhe didn't know how much time had passed when she saw the light filtering through the window paper move from the edge of the bed to the corner of the table. Then, she heard Zhang Sheng's worried voice from outside the duty room: "Godfather, are you there?"
"His Majesty was quite angry today because you didn't come."
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Author's note: Thank you everyone for the nutrient solution [glasses]~
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