Chapter 95: The Tyrant Emperor and the Enchanting Concubine
Zong Zhengxiao struggled a few times out of instinct, but Rong Yin said at this time: "Your Majesty, I want to try it in the water."
Looking up at Rong Yin's eager eyes, and considering their current postures, Zong Zhengxiao instantly understood what his baby meant.
It turns out that it wasn't that I was unwilling, but that I wanted to try a new approach.
The surprise in Zong Zhengxiao's eyes gradually turned into the madness of a hunter. He took Rong Yin's hand and touched his lips, chuckling: "Ayin, be careful, don't drown your husband."
Rong Yin suddenly felt his blood boiling, and he licked the corner of his lips with the tip of his tongue, revealing a devilish smile.
"Don't worry, I will definitely treat your majesty well." Rong Yin narrowed his eyes and smiled.
After saying this, he pushed the obedient Zong Zheng Xiao directly into the water.
Although Zong Zhengxiao was a good swimmer, he still had trouble working underwater. However, despite the difficulty, he still gave Rong Yin the best experience. Every time he was about to suffocate, he would float to the surface to breathe fresh air.
At the critical moment, Rong Yin grabbed his hair, humming like a puppy, her eyes moist, and her tail subconsciously entangled Zong Zhengxiao's legs.
While Rong Yin's mind was blank, Zong Zheng Xiao floated to the surface, held up Rong Yin's face, and kissed him hard on the lips.
After the kiss, Rong Yin's cheeks and eyes were all red. He hooked his arms around Zong Zheng Xiao's neck, frowned and said coquettishly, "It's not delicious."
Zong Zhengxiao leaned over and rubbed his nose, his voice hoarse: "Yours is obviously sweet, with a citrus flavor."
"Nonsense, I just ate a few oranges, how could it have such an effect?"
"But I think it's sweet. My baby Ayin is sweet in every way."
Rong Yin understood that this was not about discussing the facts, but about saying sweet words to him.
"No one is as sweet-mouthed as you." Rong Yin said, and kissed Zong Zheng Xiao.
Zong Zhengxiao's hands caressed his waist, which felt so good, and he pecked his lips again and again, "Is it time for Ah Yin to come now?"
"Okay." Rong Yin also put her hands around Zong Zheng Xiao's waist, winked at him seductively, and said as she dived down, "Your Majesty will definitely never forget this."
Zong Zhengxiao touched Rong Yin's head and said, "I'm looking forward to it."
Rong Yin can breathe freely underwater, so he has more room for maneuver, which just happens to suit Zong Zhengxiao's strong endurance. Water can contain everything, and it alternates between warmth and coolness. The two of them hold hands until the holy light descends.
Zong Zhengxiao pulled Rong Yin out of the water in time. Rong Yin's wet black hair was draped over her shoulders, her lips were eye-catchingly red, especially the corners of her mouth, which showed signs of tearing.
"Sorry, I was too rude." Zong Zhengxiao gently touched the corner of Rong Yin's lips with his warm fingertips, his eyes full of guilt.
"It's not your fault. I was the one who insisted on eating it all. It was a very novel experience." Rong Yin said, opening her mouth towards Zong Zheng Xiao with an overly innocent smile, "But I can't share it with you like I did just now, because I've already swallowed it all."
Zong Zhengxiao's eyes darkened instantly. He pulled Rong Yin into his arms, and held him tightly with his arms like iron clamps. He said in a deep voice: "A Yin, do you know that if you do this, I will not let you go tonight."
Rong Yin didn't show any sign of fear, instead she smiled even more brilliantly, "No matter what your majesty wants to do, I will fully cooperate."
"No regrets?"
“No regrets.”
…
I couldn't sleep tonight until dawn, and the snow that had been falling all night gradually stopped.
Neither Si Xi nor Lu E, who was on vacation in the palace, had any intention of waking up the two masters. They also instructed the palace servants to work quietly so as not to wake up the two masters.
It was not until the late afternoon that Zong Zheng Xiao slowly woke up. Before he even opened his eyes, he subconsciously tightened his right arm, but it was empty. There was no one in his arms.
Zong Zhengxiao suddenly opened his eyes, and when he saw Rong Yin standing by the window just within arms' distance of him, his heart, which had nearly jumped out of his throat, slowly calmed down.
Last night, the two of them searched the entire room and the bedding on the big bed was dirty. Zong Zheng was too lazy to change it, so he carried Rong Yin to sleep on the soft couch beside the bed.
Ayin is not afraid of the cold, so if anyone is going to freeze him, it will only freeze him.
The window was half open. Rong Yin was wearing only a single layer of clothing, with his hands on the windowsill and his eyes looking outside, as if he was admiring the scenery.
He turned sideways to face Zong Zheng Xiao, his feathery eyelashes trembling in the wind, his light blue eyes looking even clearer in the ice and snow, a few strands of hair hanging by his ears, blown by the cold wind like constantly flapping wings.
The blue and red marks on the fair neck were particularly conspicuous under the messy hair. One could guess at a glance how fierce the battle was last night and how strong the possessiveness of the person who left the marks was.
Zong Zhengxiao sat up, leaned over and hugged him from behind, his chest pressed against his back, and asked softly, "What are you looking at?"
Rong Yin turned his head, his snow-white skin was tinged with pink, his light blue eyes were surprisingly bright, and he whispered excitedly, "Your Majesty, look, there are a few sparrows under the tree."
Zong Zheng Xiao looked in the direction he pointed. Under a tree in the corner of the courtyard, the snow had been cleared by palace servants, revealing the dead grass underneath. There were a few gray sparrows looking for food inside.
Zong Zhengxiao laughed: "Are you so happy just by seeing a few sparrows?"
Rong Yin held his hand around her waist and said, "You don't understand. Xiao Ai has grown up and loves to chase birds. All the birds near our yard have been chased by it. Today, we finally saw a few birds. Scarcity makes things valuable. Of course I'm happy."
Zong Zhengxiao asked: "Student Xiao Ai went out to play again?"
If the dog is here, these sparrows would not dare to land.
Rong Yin nodded. "It's not afraid of the cold just like me. It goes to bed early and gets up early every day. After breakfast, it goes out to run around the palace. When it's hungry, it asks the palace servants for food. It has more connections than the two of us. Everyone in the palace knows it and they all give it face. When it's tired from playing, it goes back to the Silver Shark Garden to have dinner and go to bed."
Zong Zhengxiao pretended to sigh: "Girls cannot be kept at home when they grow up. When children grow up, they will go out and have fun."
Rong Yin couldn't help laughing: "Isn't it still in its father's territory after all this trouble?"
"That's right." Zong Zhengxiao said, "You and your daughter-in-law can't escape from my grasp."
Rong Yin looked at him and said, "What's wrong? Are you going to turn into a yandere emperor again and lock up a poor little girl like me?"
Zong Zhengxiao kissed him on the side of his face and said, "I would like to do this, but you won't agree."
"It's good that you know." Rong Yin said.
Zong Zhengxiao laughed and asked him, "Are you hungry?"
"Fortunately, my hunger was gone by the time I fell asleep. How about you?"
"I'm not really hungry, but skipping meals is not good for your health. Ask the kitchen to make some light soup for you to replenish your body."
Rong Yin looked down at Zong Zhengxiao's waist and said deliberately, "I think you are the one who should be compensated."
Zong Zhengxiao raised his eyebrows: "Didn't I serve you well last night? But you almost fainted at the end."
Rong Yin glared at him: "So you should make up for it. If you indulge yourself like this every time, what if you can't do it after a long time? Then I can only find another man."
Zong Zhengxiao looked down at Rong Yin's face, smiling: "Ayin, please say the last sentence again, I didn't hear it clearly."
"Hmph, you won't say nice things a second time." Rong Yin would not give Zong Zhengxiao the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
But he clearly underestimated Zong Zhengxiao's shamelessness.
Zong Zhengxiao stretched out his hand, pulled Rong Yin back from the window and pressed him under his body. He lifted his legs and pressed them to his chest, and leaned his waist and abdomen against him.
"Ayin refuses to tell the truth, so let's relive last night's craziness. Before I die, I will destroy you, Ayin, so that you won't be able to find anyone else in the future. What do you think?"
Rong Yin kicked his hand and snorted, "You clearly heard what I said, but you still pretended to ask again. You just want to take advantage of the opportunity to bully me, right?"
Zong Zhengxiao held his ankle and smiled wickedly, "Ayin knew I would be angry but still said that. You were just giving me a chance to bully you. So we are in love with each other."
Rong Yin found it a little funny: "Why don't you say it was a conspiracy between wolves and monkeys?"
Zong Zhengxiao thought about it and seemed to really agree with what he said, "If Ah Yin likes it, I can change the mutual affection to the conspiracy."
"Go away." Rong Yin said, "Stop making a fuss. It's time to get up. You're not sick or in pain. It's ridiculous to lie in bed all day."
Zong Zhengxiao obediently put down Rong Yin's legs, pulled him up, and couldn't help but kissed him again, "I'm not busy today, what good can it do to be lazy for a while?"
Rong Yin pushed him away and stood up, saying, "You want to be a tyrant king, but I won't be your concubine."
Zong Zhengxiao also got out of bed, but he kept talking: "Then I will be the enchanting concubine, and you will be the tyrant king."
Rong Yin picked up the belt next to him and threw it at him: "Is there any difference between these two?"
Zong Zhengxiao took the belt and said, "If you don't have it, you will be scolded."
Rong Yin: “…”
Her husband always has an inexplicable sense of humor when he speaks.
After drinking the soup, his stomach was full. Even though Rong Yin had a sore back from the torment he suffered last night, he couldn't sit still and ran out to make a snowman in thin clothes.
Seeing Rong Yin not afraid of the cold at all, the palace servants, who were wrapped warmly but still felt cold, were extremely jealous.
Zong Zhengxiao changed his clothes and came out to make a snowman with him, but this time they didn't make a "person". Instead, they made a snow dog based on their classmate Xiao Ai.
When classmate Xiao Ai came back from a day of crazy play, she saw a lifelike snow dog in the yard and was so excited that she rushed towards the snow dog. However, she lost control of her strength and crashed into it, knocking down half of the snow dog's body.
Xiao Ai looked at the "tragic" snow dog and stood there stiffly with guilt in his heart. After a long while, he tentatively looked at the two fathers beside him.
Rong Yin narrowed his eyes and smiled, without any sign of anger, but the words he said were more painful than ice.
"You're missing your big bone today."
Xiao Ai was heartbroken: "Awooo..."
It turned its head and looked at Zong Zheng Xiao, but Zong Zheng Xiao ignored it and said, "I always listen to your father."
If Zong Zhengxiao wants to punish Xiao Ai, Rong Yin's plea may be effective, but if Rong Yin wants to punish Xiao Ai, Zong Zhengxiao will not even think of pleading.
"Awoo..." Xiao Ai was desperate. His father was a henpecked man.
On New Year's Eve, the entire capital city was busy preparing for the evening dinner, and the Cui family was no exception.
It's just that the servants are busy inside and outside, and the masters in the mansion have no intention of celebrating.
My aunt's health has been deteriorating since she gave birth. At first, she was able to live a normal life with the help of ginseng, but as the symptoms brought on by the miscarriage became more and more, she is now bedridden and unable to get out of bed.
Although the servants were all in the dark, the aunt was aware of her own physical condition. She knew that she might be dying soon, so she cried every day when she was conscious.
She thought that she could start a new life after getting pregnant, but she didn't expect that fate would play such a big joke on her.
Could it be that she was destined to have only Li Ao as her child at this moment? If she insisted too much, it would only harm her own life.
My aunt has been in a coma for the past few days, mumbling a few words in her sleep from time to time, and she was calling the head of the Li family and Li Ao.
Young Master Cui visited his aunt several times and realized that his aunt had no feelings for him and that the only reason she hooked up with him was to find someone to rely on.
But he himself didn't really like his aunt, otherwise he wouldn't have been so persistent in asking his father to help him marry her.
With the departure of my aunt, there will be no trace of the fate between the two of them.
Because of this action, Young Master Cui will lose the little favor that Master Cui has left.
After hearing from the doctor that his aunt would not live for many days, the head of the Cui family kept a frown on his face.
In the evening, the Cui family gathered together, all with false smiles on their faces. They ate the New Year's Eve dinner tastelessly and went back to their own courtyards early.
There is a dying person lying in the house during the New Year's Day, and this person has brought so much trouble to the family. How can the Cui family be happy?
Two days later, the doctor issued an ultimatum, saying that my aunt would probably only live for two days.
Patriarch Cui really had no other choice but to swallow his elders' respect and go meet Li Chu in person.
His request was simple: to bring his aunt back to the Li family, and to bury her as a concubine of the Li family, without telling anyone about her relationship with the Cui family.
Even though the absurd affairs between the aunt and Mr. Cui are already known to everyone in the circle of power and nobility, they still have to do enough face-saving work, and their Cui family must sever ties with the aunt.
After hearing the request from Patriarch Cui, Li Chu raised the corners of his lips slightly, and when he recalled the scene when Patriarch Cui threatened him with his aunt, he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
You deserve it for lifting a rock and dropping it on your own feet.
However, fearing that Mr. Cui might get angry and embarrassed, Li Chu still controlled his emotions.
He said to Patriarch Cui calmly, "My uncle needs my help, so I won't refuse. Besides, a man as generous as my uncle won't let my nephew suffer any loss, right?"
Patriarch Cui resisted the urge to frown and asked as calmly as possible, "What do you want?"
Li Chu said: "It's not about what I want, but what can you give me, uncle? Uncle should not have forgotten why my aunt was taken to the Cui family."
The head of the Cui family sighed in his heart, as expected he couldn't escape it.
"I promise that everyone in the family who knows your secret will keep it a secret forever and will not use this matter to threaten you again. If anyone tries to reveal this secret in public in the future, my Cui family will also help deal with it."
Li Chu took a sip of tea and said, "This tea is good."
This means that these conditions are acceptable, but not enough.
The Cui family head twitched his lips and continued, "When we deal with the little emperor in the future, we will advance and retreat together. We will not let you fight alone in the front."
Li Chu stared at the tea leaves floating in the teacup and did not respond.
Patriarch Cui's expression suddenly turned cold. "My dear nephew, eating too much can easily cause constipation."
"Ah?" Li Chu pretended to be awake, smiled foolishly and said, "Sorry, I was lost in thought just now. Uncle is worthy of being an uncle. The reward is very generous. I will go and take Aunt home later."
Patriarch Cui knew that Li Chu was deliberately trying to annoy him, but now he needed help from others, so he could only endure it.
But Li Chu did not lie. He was indeed thinking about something just now, and this matter was related to the Cui family.
But it is not appropriate to let Patriarch Cui know now.
That night, a carriage appeared at the back door of the Cui family. The aunt was wrapped in a quilt and carried out by two servants to the Li family. Then the two servants hurried back to the door as if they were avoiding the plague god, and closed it without a moment's delay.
When the aunt arrived at the Li family, she had not yet woken up and was breathing more heavily than she was breathing out. Madam Li and Li Chu only took a look at her and had someone send her back to the courtyard where she had lived before.
The next morning, my aunt woke up for the first time and had an appetite for porridge. Her face didn't look as pale as before.
However, everyone, including the aunt herself, understood that this was just a flash in the pan, so the aunt went to see Madam Li and Li Chu as soon as possible.
"Madam, Master, I know that I have committed a heinous crime. I deserve to be cut into pieces. After death, I will go to the eighteen levels of hell and suffer all the cruelest punishments in the world."
She first belittled herself, then looked at the two people sitting on the table with tears in her eyes, and begged, "I don't ask for anything, I just ask Madam Young Master to allow me to be buried in the Li family's ancestral tomb after my death, even if it's just a small corner. I want to be with my son forever."
Li Ao's body was not found, so the Li family built a cenotaph for him as a remembrance.
Looking at her aunt kneeling on the ground, crying without any image, Mrs. Li felt half happy about her successful revenge, and half helpless because she felt grief for the loss of her aunt.
What on earth do these women living in deep houses live for, and why do they die for?
Li Chu seemed to understand the sadness in his mother's eyes. He said, "I'll leave this matter to you, mother."
Mrs. Li took a deep breath and stared at her aunt for a long time, her eyes wandering a little, as if she was remembering something that happened a long time ago, remembering the grievances and entanglements between her, the head of the Li family, and her aunt.
Finally, she nodded and said, "I promise you."
The aunt cried with joy and kowtowed three times to Madam Li, "Thank you, madam. Thank you, madam!"
Before the aunt left, Mrs. Li said that if she wanted, she could go and see the head of the Li family for the last time.
The aunt hesitated for a moment, but finally shook her head.
She and the head of the Li family once had feelings for each other, but unfortunately things have changed and people have changed, and no one can go back to the past. Instead of hating each other, it is better to die peacefully with the good memories of the past.
Less than two hours after the aunt returned to her courtyard, the servants came to report that she had passed away. Before she died, she was still holding a small piece of clothing that Li Ao had worn when he was a child in her hand.
This time, Mrs. Li had no unnecessary expression on her face. She told the steward calmly, "Just do what you have to do. When choosing a burial site, pick one that's close to Li Ao's grave."
The steward responded and stepped out.
Madam Li sat quietly by herself for a long time before she got up and went to the courtyard where the head of the Li family lived.
The room was dimly lit, casting a grey hue on the old furniture. The room was filled with the smell of decay, foreshadowing the future fate of the withered body on the bed.
"She's dead." Mrs. Li sat down beside the bed, her tone as calm as if she was saying that the weather was really nice today.
The faint breathing inside suddenly became heavier. Madam Li said, "She accidentally had a miscarriage and injured her body. She had no chance of survival, so the Cui family asked us to bring her back. She was conscious for a while this morning and asked me for the grace to bury her in the Li family's ancestral tomb. She died in the afternoon."
Madam Li asked someone to light a lamp, then lifted the bed curtains, stared at the ugly face of the Li family master and asked, "Do you think I agreed to her request?"
The head of the Li family had a ferocious look on his face and stared at Madam Li with his eyes wide open.
Of course he didn't agree to let his aunt be buried in the ancestral tomb!
His aunt dared to betray him and was pregnant with Cui's child. How could such an unclean woman enter the Li family's ancestral tomb? Wouldn't that pollute their Li family's land!
As if she had seen through Patriarch Li's thoughts, Madam Li gave a completely opposite answer: "I agreed, and I even specially arranged a place for her to be close to Li Ao. When you die, I will bury you next to them, and then you three will be able to meet each other. My husband, you should be very happy with me doing this."
At this moment, the urge to kill surged up in the head of the Li family again. How dare this woman? How dare she do such a treasonous thing? Isn't she afraid of being punished by her ancestors when she goes to the underworld?
Seeing the helpless and furious look of the Li family head, a smile finally appeared on Mrs. Li's face.
"Husband, breathe slowly. Be careful not to use up all the remaining air you have. Then you will die."
The head of the Li family was frightened for a moment, but soon realized that Mrs. Li was teasing him on purpose, and he became even more angry.
After saying this, Madam Li sneered and left, and asked the servants to come and serve the head of the Li family.
If they really make him angry to death, there will be no fun. Besides, they still need to use this old guy now, so they can't let him die.
The aunt came back silently, and not many people paid attention to her when she was carried out. Everyone knew that the head of the Cui family probably promised Li Chu a lot of things before the Li family agreed to take her back.
Less than two days after her burial, Li Chu secretly asked to see Zong Zhengxiao, saying that he had something important to discuss with him.
Zong Zhengxiao understood that Li Chu was not begging for mercy and asking him to withdraw the order to transfer him out of Beijing, because Li Chu knew that it would be useless even if he begged, and Zong Zhengxiao would not agree.
As soon as he saw Zong Zhengxiao, Li Chu immediately knelt down and pleaded, "Your Majesty, I know that I deserve to be transferred out of the capital, but before I leave, I would like to ask Your Majesty to work with me to set up another trap for the Cui family."
Zong Zhengxiao was stunned for a moment, then said, "Tell me about it."
After listening to Li Chu's entire plan, Zong Zhengxiao almost couldn't control the murderous intent in his eyes.
He didn't expect that Li Chu had come to this point and could still consider everything so comprehensively. Such thoughts were really frightening.
However, he did not reject Li Chu's proposal. As Li Chu said, this would be beneficial to both of them.
After the New Year, both the court and the people had reached the end of the holiday period. The people began to think about spring ploughing, the emperor and all officials resumed their work, and Rong Yin's three shops also opened for business.
Rong Yin was still sighing over how the little monkeys had grown so much taller after just a month of not seeing them, when the waiter came running in and said gossipingly, "There's a commotion! There's a commotion at the gate of Li's mansion!"
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