After a long silence, Li Qiji finally uttered these words slowly, "What is love? I don't know."
Guan Zhiyue found it somewhat bizarre, but after thinking about it, she felt relieved. After all, he was the emperor, so naturally he wouldn't understand what "love" was.
Li Qiji didn't hear Guan Zhiyue's reply. He glanced at her but didn't say anything. However, Guan Zhiyue suddenly thought of something.
The spiritual spring water in her space can cure diseases and save lives!
And there's a ginseng root as big as a radish inside the bamboo house—isn't this exactly the time he needs it?
He saved her life, so it's only right that she give him something to replenish his energy and blood!
"Your Majesty, I have a few radishes in my palace. Shall I go and stew them for you? The imperial physician said you need to replenish your qi and blood or something," Guan Zhiyue suddenly changed the subject.
This ginseng is my way of repaying his life-saving kindness!
"Your Majesty, how could you be so heartless! I survived a life-threatening ordeal and barely escaped death, and you actually serve me stewed radishes."
"Aren't you being a bit too disparaging?" Li Qiji looked heartbroken. Had he offended the Empress in some way?
"Oh, no, no, it's that thing, it looks like a radish, and it's huge. Anyway, it's a good thing," Guan Zhiyue explained, waving her hands repeatedly.
However, their current posture is quite hilarious.
Guan Zhiyue came to see Li Qiji. Li Qiji had just recovered from a serious illness and was unable to move in bed. When Li Qiji heard that Guan Zhiyue had also just woken up today, he felt sorry for her because she was tired from standing on the ground, so he let her lie down in bed with him. But why does this scene look a little funny?
Guan Zhiyue lay inside the large dragon bed, while Li Qiji lay beside her. Due to an arrow wound in his chest and injuries to his arm, he could not turn over to his side and could only lie flat. Except for his head and legs, he could not move the rest of his body.
The two were separated by a galaxy, making their conversation even more hilarious. Guan Zhiyue wanted to express her gratitude for his life-saving act.
"Alright, I understand. I appreciate the Empress's kindness. I'm thirsty, please pour me a glass of water!"
"Shouldn't you have the strength to do this?" Li Qiji asked.
Guan Zhiyue nodded, then stood up and stepped over Li Qiji. She had just been thinking about how to get him the spiritual spring water, and now it was a perfect opportunity.
Guan Zhiyue deftly poured him a glass of water from the table, then turned her back and replaced it with spiritual spring water from her spatial storage.
Without thinking much, Li Qiji, with Guan Zhiyue's help, drank the water in the cup clean.
"Not bad, another cup, please. It must have been a long time since I've had such sweet tea. Who prepared this tea? It's very good." Li Qiji said.
Guan Zhiyue poured him another cup, served him the drink, and then sat down on the embroidered stool next to him. She leaned against the bed and looked at Li Qiji, who was still lying there, feeling a little guilty.
"Your Majesty, you were so badly injured saving me. How can I possibly repay you?"
Li Qiji thought for a moment and said, "What, does the Empress want to repay me with her body? Too bad, you are already my Empress, so don't bother with this kind of thing."
Upon hearing this, Guan Zhiyue felt a bit choked up and retorted, "Who wants to repay me with their body? This kind of clichéd plot is not what I like. Tell me, how do you want me to repay you? Anyway, it's nothing but repaying you with my body."
Upon hearing this, Li Qiji laughed instead, but the force of the laughter pulled at his wound, causing him to hiss slightly.
He then said, "Yes! I prefer the Empress to look like this."
"It's this fierce and assertive demeanor that makes me feel like the Empress is real. I really disliked that weak and cowardly look from before. From now on, Empress, just be yourself and don't worry so much. Just do whatever makes you happy," Li Qiji said with a smile.
Guan Zhiyue was speechless. Weren't they talking about how to repay him? Why is she being dragged into this now?
"Tell me quickly how you want me to repay your life-saving grace. I'm not the kind of person who likes to owe others favors!"
Li Qiji pretended to think for a moment and then said, "Hmm, I haven't thought of anything yet. I'll tell you when I do!"
“However, regarding the ‘love’ you just mentioned, although I don’t know what it is right now, I’m willing to learn it for you.” Li Qiji looked at Guan Zhiyue with deep affection.
Guan Zhiyue felt extremely uncomfortable under his sudden, affectionate gaze, as if he were burning her up.
"Well, well, well, I, I, I'll be going now."
"I'll bring you some radish soup later, Bilian."
As Guan Zhiyue ran towards the door, she talked about delivering the ginseng soup.
Li Qiji watched Guan Zhiyue flee in panic, a faint smile appearing on his lips, as if it was the first time he had ever seen Guan Zhiyue run away in such a panic.
“Interesting, truly interesting~~” Li Qiji muttered to himself.
Seeing that the Empress had left, Ji Shang darted through the window into Li Qiji's room and knelt down in front of Li Qiji's dragon bed with a thud.
"Your Majesty, I have found out who hired someone to murder Her Majesty the Empress on the night of the flower viewing party."
Li Qiji wiped the smile off his face, adopting a cold and aloof demeanor. His eyes were deep and unfathomable, and it was impossible to know what he was thinking at that moment.
Who is it?
"Your Majesty, she is a servant from your harem."
"How dare a servant have such audacity as to attempt to assassinate the Empress in the street?" Li Qiji asked.
Ji Shang said, "They didn't intend to assassinate her, they wanted to capture the Empress, then defile her, and make Your Majesty..."
"They didn't expect that Your Majesty would be with you that night. The assassins were their second move; if they couldn't catch anyone alive, they would have the assassins kill them directly."
"Has the servant been caught?"
“Yes, it was those palace servants the Empress sent away. Those servants in Wuqin Palace were, after all, people from the previous dynasty. Even if they left with nothing, they still had some savings. They were so angry that they bribed assassins from the Brahma Sect in the martial arts world to intercept and kill the Empress,” Ji Shang said.
"The Brahma Sect is truly an obedient and good thing! Now that such a bizarre assassin organization has emerged in the martial world, we should inform Chen Xiuming of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion that it's time to clean up these parasites in the martial world," Li Qiji said coldly.
"Yes, I will take care of it right away."
"Oh, right, come back! There's something else I need you to handle." Li Qiji called him back and said calmly, "I don't believe those small fry could know the Empress and her whereabouts, unless someone in this palace also wants the Empress dead!"
"Find this person in the palace for me!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
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