Chapter 24 Too Presumptuous
Jingming Palace.
The spacious hall is decorated in a simple and elegant style with dark grey and monotonous colors.
A young girl in moon-white and rosy pink clothes, with bright eyes and white teeth, her clothes fluttering, slowly descended with a fragrant breeze, adding a strong color to the hall.
Like a crystal flower blooming in the dark night, it attracts everyone's attention.
Xuan Yi's eyes flashed with admiration.
She is beautiful, and she looks good in whatever she wears.
"Your Majesty, I, your concubine Su Ci, bow and thank you for your grace!"
As the girl bent her waist and lowered her head, the snow-white shadow within the bright red was about to emerge.
“…Excuse me.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Su Ci slowly stood up and looked at the person behind the desk with a smile.
"Has Your Majesty had lunch yet?"
Xuan Yi lowered his eyes and raised his hand slightly, and Zhuang Yu bowed and retreated.
“…”
Su Ci stood there waiting for a while as usual. Seeing that Xuan Yi was still reading quietly, she turned her autumn eyes slightly, took two steps forward, and bent down slightly to read the book in his hand.
"So Your Majesty also likes to read folk history?"
Xuan Yi smelled the familiar milky scent at the tip of his nose again. He subconsciously raised his eyes slightly to scan the dark curves of the bright red tube top, and rubbed his fingertips unconsciously on the paper.
"How old is Zhaorong this year?"
"Um?"
Su Cizhen tilted her head and looked at him in surprise: "Sixteen, Your Majesty doesn't know?"
Sixteen, not young anymore, but why does she smell like a child?
The man's gaze swept over her again, and Su Ci suddenly raised her eyebrows and lowered her eyes to glance at the proud career line.
No wonder he didn't call her to sleep with him last night even though he was obviously interested in her. He must be treating her like a child.
Are you blind? Have you ever seen a child with such a familiar figure?
"His Majesty…"
Su Ci squatted down, bit her lip, tilted her head and looked directly at the man: "Your Majesty, do you dislike my young age?"
The desk was low, and Xuan Yi was sitting on his knees, looking down at the girl from above. The snow-white shadow that was strongly protruded by his posture was clearly visible.
“…quite a bit.”
It's a double entendre.
Su Ci smiled instantly and used her elbows to support herself on the desk.
"That's good. Although I like eating milk cakes, I'm no longer a child. Doesn't Your Majesty like drinking milk on a daily basis?"
Hmm, it tastes like milk cake...
The scenery before him was so dazzling that Xuan Yi lowered his eyes and blinked slightly again.
"Occasionally."
From the moment he entered the hall until now, Su Ci had deliberately approached without permission and peeked at the emperor's books. Now he was even leaning on the imperial desk, which was a very unbecoming behavior.
But Su Ci did not see any displeasure or condemnation in the emperor's eyes.
There's hope.
Su Ci continued to challenge her tolerance, kneeling down with her knees slightly bent, raising her hand to support her chin and staring straight at the handsome guy who was reading a book, her gaze lingering on his deep eyes, high nose bridge, and slightly plump lips.
"I haven't asked Your Majesty yet, do you like the portrait I gave you?"
“…”
Xuan Yi could no longer read the words on the book. He looked up at the girl whose gaze and movements were very unbridled. He saw the anticipation and joy in her sparkling eyes, and swallowed back the words of scolding that were about to come out of his mouth.
"...Not bad. Who did you learn painting from?"
Su Ci's eyes curved. "I learned it myself. When I was at home, I was poor and had no money to buy brushes and paper, so I used charcoal from the kitchen to paint on straw paper. I hope Your Majesty doesn't mind."
Xuan Yi frowned slightly, but before he could say anything, he saw the girl suddenly straighten up and extend her hand.
The faint fragrance permeates the nose, and a cool touch hits the center of the eyebrows, causing ripples.
"Your Majesty, please don't frown even if you feel sorry for me, or you'll get wrinkles. Although I was poor when I was young, I had my father's love, and my mother and I had enough to eat and a roof over our heads. I was already very satisfied..."
“…”
Xuan Yi's Adam's apple rolled slightly as he stared at the person mumbling in front of him.
Too outrageous.
But why isn't he disgusted?
"Your Majesty, lunch is ready... Ho!"
When Zhuang Yu and Qin Zheng walked into the palace, they gasped and widened their eyes.
The kneeling king raised his head slightly, and Su Zhaorong next to him was also kneeling, but she leaned forward with one hand on the desk, and touched the king's eyebrows with the other hand!
"Ugh! Slave, slave deserves death! Slave, take your leave..."
Su Ci quickly withdrew her hand, stood up, and stepped back. She lowered her head, bit her lips, and held her breath. Her cheeks and the corners of her eyes suddenly turned pink.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have offended your Majesty. I know I was wrong..."
“…”
Xuan Yi raised his hand to touch his brow and slowly stood up.
"Zhuang Yu, serve the meal."
"yes!"
Zhuang Yu was very annoyed and quickly waved to the eunuch outside to bring in the food and set the table.
It's rare for His Majesty to be intimate with the concubines, why didn't he come in later!
Su Ci didn't get a response, and she touched her nose awkwardly and looked at Qin Zheng. She saw her smiling and winking at the basin of water held by the eunuch.
Su Ci glanced at the emperor who was sitting at the table like a big boss, washed and dried her hands in front of the basin, walked to the table, took the chopsticks handed to her by Zhuang Yu, picked up a piece of green lettuce and put it on the white porcelain plate.
Serving meals is a rule that concubines must learn. Qin Zheng also specifically told her about some of His Majesty's habits when eating, which is to serve vegetables first, then meat, and then vegetables.
Zhuang Yu waved away the young eunuchs, and stood aside with Qin Zheng, his lowered eyes filled with excitement and joy.
Your Majesty can finally eat meat tonight!
Xuan Yi finished his lunch with a faint aroma of milk, taking the tea offered to him to rinse his mouth. He then raised his eyes to glance at the girl who was pouting with smug joy. Before he could utter the word "retire", he heard her joyful voice, with a soft and pleading voice like a spoiled child.
"Your Majesty, may I accompany you to the Imperial Garden to digest your food?"
"…Can."
Xuan Yi pursed his lips, stood up, and slowly walked out of the hall. Behind him, Su Ci excitedly held her face with both hands, winked happily at the surprised Qin Zheng, and then quickly walked out of the hall.
"…Oh."
Qin Zheng laughed and covered her mouth, her face full of admiration.
This time, the Empress Dowager can finally rest assured.
…
In the imperial garden, Zhuang Yu and a team of eunuchs followed from a distance.
It was autumn, and flowers were in full bloom. Xuan Yi walked slowly with his hands behind his back, listening to the soft and gentle voice that never stopped beside him, his brows slightly furrowed.
"The most disobedient person in the world? Um, a criminal? A bad guy?"
"Pfft, Your Majesty got the answer wrong again."
Su Ci smiled slyly and raised her hand to tap her ear: "The answer is deaf."
“…”
Xuan Yi pursed his lips and glanced at her.
"continue."
This man is so damn competitive.
Su Ci suppressed a laugh: "Well, how can we quiet the sparrows?"
Xuan Yi thought for a moment: "Kill him?"
"Oh~ We can't kill it. We need to keep the sparrow alive."
"...Tie the sparrow's mouth?"
"Wrong. Here's another hint. The answer is related to an idiom."
“…tell me the answer.”
Su Ci pursed her lips: "Just press it down, because it's completely silent."
Xuan Yi: ...
The emperor rarely showed an embarrassed expression and raised his hand to touch the tip of his nose.
"continue."
"oh…"
Su Ci naturally reached out and grabbed his sleeve, tilted her head and thought for a moment before pursing her lips and trying not to laugh: "Your Majesty, which do you think would hurt more, hitting your head with a stick or a hammer?"
Xuan Yi frowned suspiciously.
"hammer?"
"no."
"A stick?"
“Pfft… not really…”
Xuan Yi just realized that the girl was grabbing his sleeve, and was slightly stunned before asking.
"...your question itself is flawed. Since it's about hitting the head with a stick and a hammer, the answer must be one of these two, right?"
"I told you at the beginning, this is a brain teaser, you can't use normal thinking to solve it~"
The girl said this while shaking his sleeve. Xuan Yi didn't pull it back in the end. After thinking about the previous answers, he quite agreed.
It really doesn't make sense.
"So what's the answer to this question?"
“…Pfft, hitting your head with a stick and a hammer, of course it hurts more~ Haha!”
“…”
Xuan Yi pursed his lips, lowered his eyes and stared at the person who was covering his face with his sleeve and laughing uncontrollably, and licked his back teeth with the tip of his tongue.
Why do I feel a little itchy...
Su Ci caught a glimpse of the king's dangerously narrowed black eyes, and immediately pursed her lips to hold back a smile, blinking her big watery eyes and tugging at his sleeve shyly.
"Your Majesty, please don't forget what you promised me..."
Xuan Yi glanced at the cute and pouty red lips.
"Um."
…
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