Chapter 113 Hot Springs
The bonfire flickered, and light and shadows danced on everyone's faces.
The Dali Temple Minister, who was below, had drunk a few glasses of wine earlier and was intoxicated, so he was bold and rashly stood up to ask the emperor for permission to grant the marriage.
But at this moment, His Majesty did not express his opinion for a long time, as if he had been whispering something to Concubine Shen. The ministers who were drinking around him did not continue to exchange greetings, and there was actually some silence around him.
The Dali Temple Chief Justice stood in the center, his drunkenness mostly blown away by the cool night breeze, his mind gradually became clearer, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Stuck in the same place, unable to move forward or backward.
His eyes looked at Concubine Shen calmly.
In previous hunting trips, Shihan always sat in the seat closest to His Majesty, a favor known to everyone.
But this time, Shihan was under house arrest and missed the grand event.
She had been in the palace for many years, and had never suffered such punishment since she came to power.
Now that Concubine Shen has entered the palace, the situation has completely changed. It can be seen that she has some tricks up her sleeve. No wonder Shihan is so wary.
Ye Jinshu and Shen Jieyu have a close relationship, and Ye Jinshu has already refused verbally with a firm attitude.
If His Majesty also rejects the request later, then his Liu family, who took the initiative to ask for marriage today, will become a laughing stock and lose face.
Thinking of this, he quickly spoke up to break the deadlock: "Your Majesty, I was not thoughtful just now. Now that I think about it, General Ye will have to go out to fight in the future. If my daughter waits in Qianjing, as a father, I really can't bear it."
"Besides, General Ye has the people in mind, so how can I bear to tie my daughter's marriage to him?"
After saying this, he bowed slightly and hurried back to his seat.
Quan Minghe's mind returned to what happened with Ye Jinshu just now. When he heard that the Dali Temple Minister had changed his decision, his brows furrowed.
He originally had something else to say. He had already made up his mind about Ye Jinshu's marriage, so how could he give up so easily?
But once the Dali Temple Minister got involved, the situation became awkward.
He can't continue to grant marriages...
Quan Minghe subconsciously looked down at Shen Yuning who was leaning against him, as if he wanted to notice something strange about her.
But Shen Yuning just held his arm tightly and rubbed against his shoulder.
She better not have meant it.
Quan Minghe pursed his lips.
Ye Jinshu had a clear view of the intimacy between Shen Yuning and His Majesty.
He silently withdrew his gaze, picked up the wine glass, and drank one glass after another. The strong liquor went down his throat, but it could not quench the sourness in his heart.
Yan Xin's eyes were fixed on His Majesty and Shen Yuning, feeling confused and unwilling.
When His Majesty saw Shen Yuning and Ye Jinshu together by the stream, his face was gloomy and frightening.
Why is he taking such good care of Shen Yuning and doting on her now?
She gritted her teeth secretly, and her delicate face was slightly distorted by the fluctuations of emotions.
Deep in his eyes, a hint of cruelty flashed across his eyes, fleeting but revealing a bone-chilling chill.
In order to find out the relationship between Shen Yuning and Ye Jinshu, Yan Xin even doubted Shen Yuning's identity and secretly sent people to investigate, but she could not find out the truth.
But there must be an unusual relationship between Ye Jinshu and Shen Yuning.
If nothing happens between Shen Yuning and Ye Jinshu during this autumn hunt, it will undoubtedly be extremely difficult to deal with her when she returns to the harem.
If Your Majesty could see with your own eyes Ye Jinshu and Shen Yuning committing adultery...
Perhaps Shen Yuning will completely fall out of favor and never be able to turn things around.
She was immersed in her own calculations, her drooping eyelashes hiding the darkness in her eyes.
After the banquet, the night grew darker.
"Does your stomach still hurt?"
Shen Yuning shook her head, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
I was just pretending in the first place, so of course it doesn't hurt now.
Quan Minghe took her hand and walked towards the back mountain surrounded by palace servants.
The autumn wind was blowing, making the clothes flutter, but it could not blow away the subtle atmosphere between the two.
When they reached the back mountain, Shen Yuning turned his eyes slightly and looked around.
There is a natural hot spring here, with mist rising up, like a fairyland.
The palace servants had already carefully decorated the area around the hot spring. Layers of curtains danced in the wind, isolating this world from the outside world and creating a private space of its own.
Quan Minghe raised his hand, and the palace servants filed out and retreated.
In an instant, the surroundings were silent and quiet, with only the gurgling sound of the hot spring water remaining.
Shen Yuning walked forward to help Quan Minghe change his clothes.
She took off the sachets, jade pendants and other accessories from his belt and gently hung them one by one on the shelf beside him.
Quan Minghe stood with his hands behind his back. When she turned her back to hang the sachet, he spoke casually, "The scent of my sachet seems to have faded a lot. It's time to change it."
Shen Yuning seemed not to hear the hidden meaning, and just responded softly: "After returning to the palace, I will ask the embroidery room to embroider another one for Your Majesty."
The emperor's accessories were all exquisite and could not afford any mistakes. Her embroidery was crude and could not be presented to the king.
Quan Minghe's ink-black eyes fixed on her back, as if he wanted to see through her.
Shen Yuning hung up the ornaments, turned around, and bumped into his spine-chilling gaze.
She was startled, but still pretended to be calm: "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this?"
She walked closer to him and continued to remove his belt.
Soon, Kwon Myung-hyuk was only wearing his underwear, revealing his muscular abdominal muscles. In the mist of the hot spring, he looked even more masculine.
Shen Yuning remained calm and turned around to hang up his clothes for him.
Quan Minghe was tall and strong. At this moment, he stared at her expressionlessly, emitting a strong sense of oppression.
He walked towards her, and Shen Yuning turned around and saw the burning look in the man's eyes mixed with a complex expression that she couldn't understand.
I was panicking and took steps back involuntarily.
Until his back was against the shelf behind him and he could not retreat any further.
She subconsciously stretched out her fist and pressed it against his abdominal muscles to stop him from getting closer.
The hard and hot touch instantly spread from her finger bones to her whole body and to her heart, causing her body to tremble slightly.
"Your Majesty, I have come to the sun..."
Her hands were cold, and the coolness seemed to spread from her abdomen to Kwon Myung-hyuk's entire body.
He looked at her deeply, then turned around, walked towards the hot spring and sat down, with his arms spread out, his black hair cascading behind him. He looked like a statue of a god, with a grim expression, showing neither joy nor sadness.
Quan Minghe closed his eyes, but his mind was full of thoughts.
Had she never thought of embroidering a sachet for him?
Shen Yuning naturally knew what Quan Minghe was thinking, but she just pretended to know nothing.
There were no palace servants around to serve her, so Shen Yuning walked closer to the hot spring, lifted her skirt, crossed her legs, and sat down behind Quan Minghe.
She held a white handkerchief in her hand, dipped it lightly into the hot spring water, and gently wiped his body.
Both of them are people with top looks, and in the mist, the picture looks like a graceful painting of a beautiful woman.
Quan Minghe asked casually, "I remember that you have been embroidering sachets frequently over the past month. Why haven't you finished it yet?"
Shen Yuning did not stop her hand movements, she blinked her eyes slightly, with an innocent look on her face.
Her voice was soft and sticky: "I have finished the embroidery, but I have already given it away. Your Majesty, don't you think my embroidery skills are poor?"
Quan Minghe's anger suddenly flared up.
His face was stern and his eyes were cold: "I really didn't know that my Concubine Shen had many people in her heart. In the past, there was Feng Moheng. Now, who is the person whom this gift is given to?"
Shen Yuning was wiping his hands with a handkerchief and stopped abruptly when she heard this.
As a woman, being misunderstood by a man like this, does it mean that in his eyes, I am a fickle person?
Her tone became colder: "If Your Majesty thinks so, I can do nothing about it."
Of course, she would not explain that the sachet was given to her father as a birthday gift, but she just asked Ye Jinshu to pass it on to her.
She just wanted to make Quan Minghe feel unhappy.
Let the misunderstanding grow bigger first, and then let Quan Minghe find the truth himself.
By then, it will be so interesting to see him looking guilty and remorseful.
"If you think so, there's nothing I can do about it." This is one of the most annoying words for women in modern times. Use it on Kwon Myung-hyuk to let him feel the destructive power.
Quan Minghe was so angry at her appearance and attitude that he was stunned for a moment.
He stretched out his hand, pinched the back of her head, and with a little force, pulled her head down, staring at her with burning eyes.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Do you know what you are saying?"
Shen Yuning didn't know whether to live or die, her eyes were filled with grievance and she was about to cry.
Looking around, she asked, "Did I do something to make Your Majesty angry?"
The nameless anger in Quan Minghe's heart surged even more. He pressed her head down and kissed her.
The tip of his tongue forcefully pried open her teeth, and went straight in, conquering the city and robbing the land, as if he wanted to vent all the resentment and jealousy in this kiss.
Shen Yuning's delicate body trembled, and she grabbed his strong arms with both hands.
As his kisses became more fierce and almost predatory, her nails involuntarily scratched his skin, leaving red marks.
When Quan Minghe raised his head, the veins on his neck bulged, each one clearly visible, an outward manifestation of the surging emotions that he was trying hard to suppress.
How could he, a dignified emperor, admit it? He felt upset just because he saw her meeting Ye Jinshu and even saw her handing a sachet to that man.
What's more, Zhao Qizi was also there at the time, so he couldn't say anything about the unclear relationship between the two.
How could he, as an emperor, be jealous? How could she ask for a sachet that was so poorly embroidered?
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