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 kiss 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.

“你今天的大棒骨沒了。”

小艾同學痛心疾首：“嗷嗚……”

它轉頭看向宗政逍，宗政逍不理它，道：“我都聽你爸爸的。”

宗政逍要罰小艾同學，戎音求情可能有效，但戎音要罰小艾同學，宗政逍連求情的念頭都不會起。

“嗷嗚……”小艾同學絕望了，它老爹就是個妻管嚴。

除夕夜這天，整個京城都在忙活晚上的年夜飯，崔家也不例外。

只不過都是下人在忙裏忙外，府中的幾位主子，如今都沒有歡慶的念頭。

姨娘從小産後身體就每況愈下，一開始拿老參吊着，還能正常生活，可随着小産帶着的病症越來越多，她現在已經躺在床上下不來了。

雖然下人們都瞞着，但自己的身體姨娘自己清楚，她知道自己可能快要死了，所以但凡清醒的時候，她就沒一日不哭的。

她本以為懷了孩子，她就能開啓新生活，但沒想到命運卻跟她開了那麽大一個玩笑。

難道說她此時注定了只能有李傲這一個孩子，過分強求，反倒是害了自己性命。

姨娘這幾日一直昏迷着，時不時念叨幾句夢話，嘴裏喊的都是李家主和李傲。

崔大少去看了姨娘幾次，也明白姨娘對自己沒感情，之所以勾搭他，不過是為了找一個可以傍身的依靠。

不過他自己也不是真的喜歡姨娘，不然之前也不會遲遲不去求父親，讓父親幫自己把姨娘娶到手。

兩人的緣分，随着姨娘的離去，再也不會剩下半分。

而崔大少也會因為這番作為，失去崔家主原本就不剩多少的寵愛。

聽大夫說姨娘估計沒幾天活頭了，崔家主緊鎖的眉頭就沒松開過。

晚上崔家人團聚在一起，臉上都挂着虛假的笑容，一頓年夜飯吃得沒滋沒味，早早便各回了各的院子。

大過年的家裏還躺着一個将死之人，這個人還給自家帶來了這麽多麻煩，崔家人怎麽還能高興得起來。

兩天後，大夫下了最後通牒 ，說姨娘估計就這兩天了。

崔家主實在沒辦法了，只能拉下長輩的面子，親自去見了李楚。

他的要求很簡單，将姨娘帶回李家，還是以李家妾室的名義發喪，不将姨娘與崔家的關系說出去。

哪怕姨娘跟崔大少的荒唐事在權貴圈已經人盡皆知，但面子功夫總是要做足的，他們崔家必須與姨娘撇清關系。

聽完崔家主的請求，李楚唇角微揚，想起當初崔家主拿姨娘威脅自己的畫面，差點沒忍住笑出聲。

搬起石頭砸自己的腳，當真是活該。

不過怕崔家主惱羞成怒，李楚還是控制住了情緒。

他一臉平靜地對崔家主道：“伯父需要侄兒幫忙，侄兒自然不會推辭，而且像伯父那麽大方的人，應該不會讓侄兒吃虧的，對吧？”

崔家主忍住皺眉的沖動，盡量語氣冷靜地問：“你想要什麽？”

李楚道：“不是我要什麽，而是伯父你能給我什麽，伯父應該還沒忘記，當初姨娘被接到崔家的原因吧。”

崔家主在心頭嘆氣，果然還是躲不過。

“我保證，世家這邊知道你秘密的所有人都會永遠守口如瓶，并且不會再用這件事來脅迫你，以後若是有人試圖當衆揭露這個秘密，我崔家也會幫忙處理。”

李楚抿了口茶，道：“這茶不錯。”

意思這些條件可以，但還不夠。

崔家主嘴角抽了抽，繼續道：“以後在對付小皇帝的時候，我們幾家共進退，不會再讓你一個人在前面單打獨鬥。”

李楚盯着茶杯裏漂浮的茶葉，沒有回應。

崔家主表情一下子冷了下來，“賢侄，吃太飽容易撐着。”

“啊？”李楚做出剛剛清醒的表情，傻笑着道：“不好意思，方才想事情想入神了，伯父不愧是伯父，給的報酬很豐厚，我待會兒就去将姨娘接回家。”

崔家主知道李楚這是故意膈應他，但現在是他有求于人，也只能忍下了。

不過李楚也沒撒謊，他剛才确實是在想事情，并且這件事還跟崔家有關。

只是現在還不适合讓崔家主知道。

當天夜裏，崔家後門出現一輛馬車，姨娘被人裹進被子裏，由兩個下人擡出來交給李家人，緊接着兩個下人就跟躲瘟神一樣，急急忙忙跑回門內，一刻不停地關上了門。

姨娘到李家時還沒醒，已經是進氣多出氣少了，李夫人和李楚只看了一眼，就讓人将她送回了當初住的院子。

第二天早上，姨娘破天荒醒了，并且還有胃口喝粥，看起來臉色也不像之前那樣蒼白了。

不過衆人、包括姨娘自己都明白這只是回光返照，所以姨娘第一時間前去求見了李夫人和李楚。

“夫人，少爺，妾身知道妾身罪大惡極，活該千刀萬剮，死後也得下十八層地獄，受盡世間所有最殘酷的懲罰。”

她先是自我貶低了一番，然後再淚眼汪汪地看向座位上的兩人，哀求道：“妾身什麽都不求，只求夫人少爺能允許妾身死後葬在李家祖墳裏，哪怕只是個邊邊角角也行，妾身想永遠陪着妾身的兒子。”

李傲屍骨無存，李家人給他立了一個衣冠冢，算是做個念想。

看着跪在地上，哭得毫無形象的姨娘，李夫人心裏一半是報複成功的爽快，一半又是兔死狐悲的無力感。

她們這些深宅女子，一生到底是為了什麽而活，又為了什麽而死？

李楚似乎是看懂了母親眼神裏的憂傷，他道：“這件事就交由母親你定奪吧。”

李夫人深吸一口氣，定定看了姨娘許久，視線有些飄忽，像是想起了許久之前的事情，想起了她與李家主以及姨娘的恩怨糾纏。

最終，她還是點了頭，道：“我答應你。”

姨娘喜極而泣，砰砰砰對着李夫人磕了三個響頭，“謝謝夫人，謝謝夫人！”

姨娘離開前，李夫人說如果她想的話，可以去見李家主最後一面。

姨娘猶豫了一下，還是搖了搖頭。

她和李家主曾經是有過感情的，只可惜物是人非，大家都回不到過去了，與其兩看相厭，不如帶着曾經的美好回憶，安安分分地逝去。

姨娘回到自己院裏不到兩個時辰，下人就來報，說人已經咽了氣，死之前手裏還抓着李傲兒時穿過的一件小衣裳。

這回李夫人臉上沒了多餘的表情，淡淡囑咐管事：“該怎麽辦就怎麽辦吧，選墳地的時候，挑塊離李傲墓地近點的。”

管事應下以後退了出去。

李夫人獨自一人靜坐了許久，這才起身前往李家主住的院子。

房間裏光線昏暗，給陳舊的家具染上了一層灰撲撲的顏色，裏面充斥着腐朽的氣息，昭示了床上那具枯木般的身體未來的命運。

“她死了。”李夫人在床邊坐下，語氣淡然得像是在說今天天氣真好。

裏面原本微弱的呼吸聲忽然重了幾分，李夫人道：“她不小心流産，傷了身體，沒有活路了，崔家便讓我們去把人帶回來，她今早清醒了一會兒，向我求了能葬進李家祖墳的恩典，下午人就沒了。”

李夫人讓人燃燈，然後挑起床帳，盯着李家主那張醜陋的臉問：“你猜我有沒有答應她的請求？”

李家主面目猙獰，眼睛瞪得圓鼓鼓地看向李夫人。

他當然是不同意姨娘入祖墳的！

姨娘敢背叛他，還懷了崔家的孩子，這種不幹淨的女人，怎麽能進李家的祖墳，豈不是髒了他們老李家的地！

像是看穿了李家主的想法，李夫人給出了一個完全相反的答案：“我同意了，還特地給她安排了一個離李傲近的位置，等你一死，我就把你葬在他們旁邊，到時候你們一家三口就能見面了，夫君，我這麽做，你應該會很高興吧。”

李家主此時想殺人的沖動再次湧上心頭，這個女人怎麽敢，她怎麽敢做出這種大逆不道的事情，以後到了下面就不怕被列祖列宗懲罰嗎？

看着李家主無能狂怒的樣子，李夫人臉上終于浮現出了一點笑容。

“夫君，慢點喘氣，小心把自己剩餘的氣都喘完了，到時候你就得死了。”

李家主被吓得愣了一瞬，很快反應過來李夫人是故意逗他的，他頓時更加氣憤了。

說完這句話，李夫人冷笑一聲後就走了，順便叫下人過來伺候李家主。

真把人氣死就沒得玩了，而且他們目前還得用到這個老家夥，可不能叫他死了。

姨娘回來得無聲無息，被擡出去時也沒多少人關注，大家都心知肚明，崔家主估計是答應了李楚不少事，李家才會同意把人帶回去。

她下葬後沒兩天，李楚就秘密求見宗政逍，說有要事跟他商量。

宗政逍明白李楚應該不是來求饒，讓自己收回調他離京的命令，因為李楚知道他求了也沒用，宗政逍不會答應。

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!"