Chapter 035 Pink Dream
With Zong Zhengxiao taking care of her, Rong Yin had a sound nap.
Even though Zong Zhengxiao deliberately asked Chef Yu to make a dish made with lotus as the main ingredient in the evening, he did not get angry because of being teased. Instead, he happily let Zong Zhengxiao feed him the dish.
Rong Yin: I am magnanimous and I won’t bother with the bad emperor.
Hearing this, the smile in Zong Zheng Xiao's eyes deepened.
After listening to the secret guard's report in the study, Zong Zhengxiao dealt with some government affairs and returned to the next room before Rong Yin fell asleep.
"Ah!" Hearing the noise, Rong Yin, who was wiping his box of treasures, knew that Zong Zheng Xiao had returned. He raised his head and exclaimed, as if to say hello. Then he lowered his head to busy himself with his own things, and refused to pay any attention to Zong Zheng Xiao.
Zong Zheng Xiao: What can I do? It’s just a habit I’ve gotten used to.
After wiping all the treasures in the box, Rong Yin closed the box with peace of mind. She said good night to Zong Zheng Xiao in her heart, lay down facing the box, and closed her eyes with contentment.
Smelling the fragrance on Rong Yin which seemed to be stronger, Zong Zhengxiao fell asleep quickly tonight, but he had a strange dream in the middle of the night.
In the dream, he saw a large bed from a third perspective. There were two people on it. He couldn't see their faces clearly, but he could see their movements and hear their voices.
The man on top had disheveled black hair, his skin was white and delicate, with a layer of pink due to the bumps he was forced to endure. The dense beads of sweat were like raindrops falling on lotus flowers, which would scatter and slide off at the slightest impact.
He was crying, begging for mercy, and begging the man to let him go.
As for the man below, Zong Zhengxiao had only one impression - he was trying very hard, very, very hard.
Zong Zheng Xiao just watched helplessly, watching them interlock their fingers, watching them go through the storm, the lightning and thunder, and finally when the rain stopped, they hugged each other tightly.
When he woke up the next morning, Zong Zhengxiao first looked at Rong Yin who was sleeping not far from him, and then asked Si Xi to help him take a bath before going to the morning court.
Recently in the court, the royal family and the aristocratic families have been exceptionally "harmonious". Not only are they not attacking each other, but they have stopped even minor quarrels. They only discuss official business and ignore personal matters.
Those who don't know the situation well may think that they have reconciled, but both sides are actually working secretly, waiting for the day when they can deal a good lesson to their mortal enemy.
After the court session, according to his previous habit, as long as he did not meet with the ministers, Zong Zhengxiao would definitely go to find Rong Yin first.
But today was different. He went to Yu's study after a long absence, wandered around there aimlessly, read some books, and wrote some words. He did not return to Ginyamon until it was almost time for lunch.
Rong Yin did not doubt him and thought that he had gone out to handle government affairs and that was why he did not come back early. She even took the initiative to feed him soup during dinner.
Rong Yin: You must be tired. You need to replenish yourself.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Zong Zheng Xiao was choked by the soup and quickly covered his mouth.
Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Zong Zheng Xiao had indeed been thinking in the wrong direction just now.
"Ah!" Rong Yin patted him on the back caringly.
Zong Zhengxiao raised his hand and said, "I'm fine."
After dinner, Rong Yin went outside to swim in the pool. Zong Zhengxiao sat on the terrace and watched Rong Yin dive into the water and suddenly rush out of the water. She waved to him from time to time. Her playful look temporarily drove away the messy thoughts in Zong Zhengxiao's mind.
Until Rong Yin came out of the water, climbed onto the terrace, and tried to jump into his arms as usual, Zong Zhengxiao looked at the water droplets on his skin, and the scene he dreamed of last night emerged in his mind.
When Rong Yin was about to approach, Zong Zheng Xiao suddenly stood up, and it was rare for him to show a bit of panic in front of Rong Yin.
"I remembered that I still have some memorials to review, so I have to go to the study to deal with them. Let Lu'e play with you."
He didn't even dare to look at Rong Yin when he said this.
"Ah!" Although it was sudden, Rong Yin still agreed.
After Zong Zhengxiao left in a hurry, Rong Yin finally reacted and wondered why Zong Zhengxiao didn't bring the memorial here to review it like he did before?
Although he was curious, Rong Yin didn't take it seriously and turned around to go play with Lu'e.
As for Zong Zheng Xiao, after returning to the study, he realized that he had behaved too abnormally just now and might arouse the suspicion of the little mermaid.
But he really couldn't continue to stay with the mermaid, otherwise he didn't know what kind of dirty thoughts he would have when looking at the innocent mermaid.
Zong Zhengxiao attributed last night's dream to the delusion of long-term abstinence. After all, he was a 28-year-old man, and it was normal for him to have such needs. Moreover, he had this experience when he was in his teens and his body was just developing.
If it weren't for the uprising, he might have married a good girl in a few years like his brothers and lived in love with her for the rest of his life.
But when he was at the peak of his energy, he went to the battlefield for ten years and focused all his attention on murderous plots, leaving him no time to care about his children.
When he ascended the throne, the tormenting insomnia and the endless struggles with the aristocratic families drained all his energy.
The reason why the harem was vacant was, on the one hand, because he wanted to fight against the aristocratic families, and on the other hand, he felt that he was not yet ready to marry and have children.
The appearance of the mermaid was an accident. At first, Zong Zhengxiao only regarded him as a beautiful and lively pet. Later, the fragrance of the mermaid cured his insomnia. He also predicted the future from the mermaid and got the method of making money.
So later he treated the mermaid as well as he could. He felt that the mermaid was a friend, a benefactor, and even a confidant to him. He believed that his possessiveness and desire to control the mermaid was only because the mermaid became his after she was sent to the capital. Isn't it normal to have such feelings for your own people?
Zong Zhengxiao doesn't think he is gay, and his appreciation of the mermaids' charming appearance is limited to simple appreciation. Occasionally, he is attracted to them because of the fragrance on their bodies.
He had never thought of his relationship with the merman as one of love before, so he could usually fight with him as he pleased. But after the dream last night, Zong Zheng Xiao felt that something might be wrong with him.
As the saying goes, you dream about something at night. The appearance of the dream shows that his body has this need. However, there are countless concubines around him and he has met many beautiful women in the past. Why did he dream about a mermaid?
If he just liked the mermaid's appearance, then he could have imagined the mermaid as a woman in his dream, but he saw it very clearly last night. When the two of them were doing it in the dream, the mermaid was indeed in the appearance of a man.
Zong Zhengxiao didn't want to deceive himself. He knew that he seemed to have developed other thoughts about the mermaid without realizing it.
He didn't know whether this feeling was right or not, so he temporarily escaped from the mermaid to give himself some time to think.
Fortunately, it seemed as if God was helping Zong Zhengxiao. Not long after he went to the study, two pieces of news came from outside the palace.
One was that Prince Ning sent someone to tell him that he had found the account book that Su Qian had hidden.