He pinched her chin with his long fingers and forced her to look at him, wanting to confirm the truth of what he said.
Xuan Ling endured the pain of not seeing her for several days, wanting to test whether Sheng Xiyan missed him.
Her peach blossom eyes were shining with charm, and her red lips were slightly parted, trying her best to show that she was thinking about it, but he also saw a hidden state: not being happy with things, not being sad with herself.
She was too calm and detached towards him.
He was skeptical about her confession that day, but he accepted it even though he knew it was half true and half false.
Yanyan, even so, I am willing to wait for you, until you truly fall in love with me.
I hope to be closer to you, closer and closer.
Sheng Xiyan felt a little guilty, so she raised her head and placed her soft lips on the neck below his jawline, kissing him orally.
Xuan Ling trembled slightly, and he surrendered to her tenderness again, clamping his grip on her slender waist.
He sighed repeatedly, and Sheng Xiyan let go of him, moaning sweetly, "And this side."
Then she held the other side of his neck and kissed him orally.
He held her close to him, Su's heart was hopeless.
The moment she let go of him, he held her face with both hands and gave her the same numb feeling.
Sheng Xiyan squirmed her soft body in his arms, making the most beautiful moaning sounds in the world.
The two of them pecked at each other like chicks pecking at rice, until their faces were burning and they let go of each other, panting.
Xuan Ling took out a necklace from his arms. This was the first time in his life that he had given a gift to a woman.
"Yanyan, take a look. Do you like it?"
It is a jade bead necklace, and below the beads is a transparent jade pendant, about the size of a small fist, carved with patterns of dragon, phoenix and peony.
"like."
Sheng Xiyan touched the pendant, which was warm and still had Xuan Ling's body temperature.
"I'll put it on you."
Sheng Xiyan looked down at the necklace pendant and asked happily, "Does it look good on me?"
"nice."
"Oh, I'm going to the birthday banquet soon, Your Majesty, please take it off for me first."
"No, I'll keep it on."
"No, this necklace is too dazzling. The other sisters will be unhappy when they see it. I don't want others to criticize the emperor and ruin his dignity."
Xuan Ling hugged her and said, "No one dares to say anything. You don't have to be restrained. I hope Yanyan can be herself and be free from worries."
The birthday banquet for Jiang Jiang and Princess Lewen was held in the Linde Hall of the palace.
Empress Duan had a miscarriage yesterday and was not present. Xuan Ling and the Empress Dowager sat in the upper seats.
The concubines below sat at a table according to their rank.
According to the ceremony, Xuan Ling and the Queen Mother gave the two children jade and gold necklaces.
Le Wen's is white jade, and Jiang Jiang's is black jade.
The Empress Dowager was somewhat displeased. In terms of jade grades, Ruiyu was the top grade, while Xuanyu was only second.
"Emperor, you are too indulgent to this child. There is a distinction between the monarch and his subjects. You must not confuse the hierarchy from a young age."
"Mother, the general will be Lewen's consort, so he is naturally a member of the royal family."
Xuan Ling pulled Jiang Jiang in front of him and said, "Jiang Jiang, from now on, you will call me father, just like Le Wen."
The Empress Dowager was speechless, and the concubines below were secretly jealous and resentful.
The general called out, "Father."
Lewen also shouted, "Father!"
Xuan Ling then instructed Jiang Jiang: "Jiang Jiang, call me Empress Dowager."
The Queen Mother felt even more helpless, feeling unhappy about being forced into something, but she couldn't say anything.
"Royal Grandmother."
Jiang Jiang came up to her with his big eyes blinking, and took her hand with his little hand. The Queen Mother looked at him carefully and actually felt something different.
I felt an inexplicable sense of closeness and couldn't help but pinch his little chubby face.
"You are a spirited young man. Since the Emperor says so, you will call me the Imperial Grandmother from now on. But the Imperial Grandmother tells you that there is a difference between the noble and the humble. You..."
Xuan Ling interrupted, "Mother, the child is still young. Don't use rules to restrict him."
He took the glass cup from the table and presented it to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was surprised and said, "You are very brave to toast me."
It's strange to say, the Queen Mother has never liked children. When Jiang Jiang first entered the palace, she looked at him from afar and disliked him, but now the more she looks at him, the more she likes him.
Down below, Lian Zhaoyi whispered to Rong Shuyi, "Sister Rong, on Yu Mo's birthday, the Emperor gave him a green jade, right?"
Among the eight grades of jade, green jade ranks last.
Because of the lesson from last time, Rong Shuyi did not dare to answer, for fear of being used by Lian Zhaoyi again. Of course, she felt very unhappy.
Sitting in front of Sheng Xiyan was Dun Shuyuan. Dun Shuyuan turned around and saw the jadeite necklace on her neck. She felt jealous and while Sheng Xiyan was talking to Lin Xiuyi, she deliberately pushed the grape juice on the table over, spilling it all over Sheng Xiyan's skirt.
"Oh, Sister Sheng, I'm so sorry, your skirt is wet, go back and change it quickly."
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