Chapter 65: Do you know that you are so filial to your father?
Yan Ruyu touched Liu Zhiyuan's white, delicate and smooth hands, then looked at her own rough claws, feeling a little ashamed.
Her father was a military commander, and she was sent to the military camp to practice martial arts since she was a child. She had thick calluses on her hands. Even though she had been lazy and ate in the palace for seven years, the calluses had decreased, but they could not recover to the tenderness of those ladies' fingers who had never touched women.
Liu Zhiyuan had made Yan Ruyu wait for her for two hours in total, and she felt a little guilty.
However, when her hand was touched, she suddenly felt embarrassed, especially Yan Ruyu's expression, she was about to drool.
She tried to pull her hand back, but it didn't budge.
Liu Zhiyuan, "..."
It took two strong pumpings before he pulled it back.
Yan Ruyu knew she was being rude and stroked her hair awkwardly, "I'm sorry, your skin is so smooth, I couldn't help but touch it a few more times."
Qiao'er covered her face and couldn't bear to watch.
Your Majesty, you are now the Imperial Noble Consort. It’s ok for you to behave well in your own palace, but you should at least be more restrained outside and pay attention to your image.
Liu Zhiyuan smiled awkwardly, "I wonder why the Imperial Concubine came to Zining Palace today?"
"It's okay, I just came to visit and visit. By the way, don't call me Imperial Noble Consort, it's too distant. Just call me Xiaoyu, that's what the emperor called me before I entered the palace."
Liu Zhiyuan frowned slightly, "Are you very familiar with the emperor?"
Damn it!
She looks even more beautiful when she frowns!
I feel pity for her because she is so weak and fragile. I wonder if I can make people feel pity for her when I frown.
"Yes, the emperor lived in the general's mansion when he was a child. He is very familiar with it."
Oh, childhood sweethearts.
Liu Zhiyuan understood.
No wonder Xiao Yu treated Yan Ruyu so specially and casually named her Imperial Noble Consort. It turned out that he had known her since childhood.
"Don't stand, sit down and talk." Yan Ruyu pulled Liu Zhiyuan to sit in the pavilion.
As soon as I grabbed her wrist, my heart melted into water.
Liu Zhiyuan is exactly her ideal beauty, with stunning looks, noble temperament, and delicate demeanor. She looks fragile and gentle, making people want to protect her.
Liu Zhiyuan was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm.
Yesterday morning in Changchun Palace, Yan Ruyu looked quite quiet. I didn't expect that she was so casual in private.
Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "My father is a military commander. He raised me in a rough way since I was a child. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
"No, the Imperial Concubine has a generous and genuine personality, which is rare."
Being free and easy, casual and living out one's true self, this is what she envied.
Unfortunately, her parents and brother believed that girls should be pampered, and raised her to be a spoiled child, which was completely opposite to their ideal.
"Didn't I tell you not to call me Imperial Concubine, call me Xiaoyu?"
She won't be able to be the imperial concubine for long.
"By the way, I'll follow the Emperor's call."
Liu Zhiyuan, "My beloved."
Yan Ruyu, “…”
"Forget it, I'll call you Yuan'er."
"Sure." Liu Zhiyuan slowly relaxed.
Yan Ruyu looked Liu Zhiyuan up and down. The more she looked at her pretty face and slender figure, the more she liked her.
A palace maid came over with a box. Qiao'er took it and placed it in front of Yan Ruyu.
"My Lady."
"Let it go." Yan Ruyu said.
"What is this?" Liu Zhiyuan asked.
Yan Ruyu opened it, "Needlework and embroidery."
She took out a half-embroidered sachet and continued embroidering. "The scenery here is really nice. Making sachets here makes me feel more energetic."
Liu Zhiyuan took a look and saw that the embroidery should be a mandarin duck, and one had already been embroidered.
She was a little confused, "Are you embroidering this to give to the emperor?"
"No, why would I give the emperor a sachet? This is for Zhou Lang."
Yan Ruyu handed the sachet to Liu Zhiyuan and said, "Look, the mandarin ducks playing in the water represent eternal love. Zhou Lang will surely like it."
Liu Zhiyuan's pupils trembled, "Who is Zhou Lang?"
"Zhou Kang, he's currently working at the Ministry of Punishment. The Emperor said he's investigating your father's case."
"What's your relationship with him?"
Yan Ruyu blushed, "He is my lover."
Liu Zhiyuan felt like thunder was rolling in the sky, "You, you, you are cheating on the emperor?"
Yan Ruyu, “…”
She looked up in surprise, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, "Didn't the emperor tell you that my father doesn't agree with me and Zhou Lang being together? Then the emperor promised me that I could enter the palace to do things for him, and then he would grant me and Zhou Lang a marriage."
I didn’t expect it to be delayed for seven years. What a bummer!
Is it still possible to do this?
Liu Zhiyuan was stunned.
Yan Ruyu understood what she meant when she saw her expression.
Suddenly, he leaned close to Liu Zhiyuan's ear and whispered, "Let me tell you a secret. The emperor has never had other women."
"How is that possible?" Liu Zhiyuan was surprised. "The emperor has so many concubines in his harem."
"Those concubines were stuffed in by others."
"How do you know he hasn't slept?"
"He..." Yan Ruyu paused, struggling for a moment, and then said, "The emperor cannot tolerate women getting close to him. I've known him for more than ten years, and I've never dared to get close to him."
I've been close to it once. That was the first time Xiao Yu sought refuge in the general's mansion. He was still the little prince at that time.
She was quite puzzled at the time as to why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not live in the palace but in the general's residence. When she went to play with him, it happened that she ran into the Queen Mother's people who came to assassinate the Crown Prince.
In a panic, she grabbed Xiao Yu's hand and ran away, but was pinned to the ground and beaten by the stressed Crown Prince.
Can you believe it? She didn't die at the hands of the assassin, but almost died at the hands of the Crown Prince whom she wanted to save!
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