Chapter 165: You are punished to sleep with the princess tonight
"Xuanqing, Xuanqing, little Xuanqing..."
Su Yunyao called out several times, but no one answered.
She glanced out the window in some surprise.
This was the first time she asked him not to show up.
Could it be that the emperor transferred him away?
Su Yunyao didn't pay much attention to it and turned to go to the bathroom.
Sitting in the bathtub, she waited for a long time, then she called out again, somewhat bored, "Xuan Qing."
The moment the voice fell, a black figure appeared behind the screen.
Xuan Qing knelt on one knee, "Princess, are you calling me?"
Su Yunyao slowly raised her eyes and glanced at him. "You will only show up when I call you while I'm bathing?"
"I definitely don't have that!" Xuan Qing looked obviously panicked.
"Then why didn't you come out when I called you just now?"
"When did the princess call you?" Xuan Qing was stunned when he heard this. "Princess, I was away for a while."
leave?
Su Yunyao frowned when she heard these two words, "Didn't my royal brother ask you to protect me closely? How could you just leave like that? I feel very insecure when you do this!"
"Princess." Xuan Qing's expression was solemn. "The matter of Concubine Shu and the Prime Minister colluding with Xijing and Dongliao cannot be delayed any longer. You must report this to the Emperor immediately. I have left my post without permission. I am guilty and deserve death. Please punish me, Princess."
"So you just went to see the emperor?" Su Yunyao raised her eyebrows.
Xuan Qing paused, "Yeah."
The bathroom was quiet, with only the sound of water splashing as she did so.
For a while.
Su Yunyao stood up from the bathtub, and the water in the bathtub splashed out and onto the ground, causing a splash.
The water rippled, soaking Xuan Qing's clothes as he knelt on the ground.
Su Yunyao took a dress from the screen and put it on casually.
She walked barefoot in front of Xuan Qing and lifted his chin with one hand. "Then I will punish you by making you sleep with the princess tonight."
Sleep together?
Xuan Qing's eyes trembled fiercely, "Princess, you can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Princess."
Xuan Qing lowered his eyes and didn't dare to look at her.
"Didn't you sleep with me before in Huguo Temple? Why can't you do that now that we're in Linglong Pavilion?" Su Yunyao said with a teasing smile.
Xuan Qing's lips tightened, and his hands clenched into fists at his sides. After a while, he spoke, "That day, because the princess was cold, this subordinate... this subordinate..."
"Just what?"
Su Yunyao looked at his panic-stricken expression, and used a little more force on the finger that was hooking her chin, forcing Xuan Qing to raise his head.
Even though his eyes were still lowered, his peripheral vision had no place to hide.
"Princess, please don't embarrass me."
"Difficult?"
Su Yunyao let go of her hand after hearing that. Her fair jade feet stepped over the hem of his clothes on the ground and walked straight towards the bedroom.
Xuan Qing clenched his fists even tighter. He turned towards the direction the princess left, struggled for a while, then stood up and followed her.
Su Yunyao was half lying on the couch, holding a handkerchief in her hand and wiping her hair.
It is spring now, but because she is afraid of the cold, the charcoal fire is still burning in the room.
But the princess was weak, and she fell ill last time in the Huguo Temple just because the window was not sealed properly.
He was in the princess's room at this time, so the princess would probably not summon the maid to serve him.
Xuan Qing took a deep breath, stood up and walked behind Su Yunyao. He took the handkerchief she was using to wipe her hair from her hand and carefully helped her wipe it.
"Didn't I say that I was making things difficult for you? Why are you not making things difficult for me now that I come here on my own?" Su Yunyao spoke casually, raised her hand, picked up a sketchbook, and began to flip through it.
"Princess." Xuan Qing paused while wiping his hair. "May I ask you a disrespectful question?"
"you say."
Su Yunyao continued to look at the sketchbook in her hand without raising her eyes.
"Princess, why do you keep teasing your subordinates? You already have General Huo and Lord Lu. Aren't they enough?"
Su Yunyao closed the sketchbook in her hand upon hearing this and slowly raised her head. "Are you sure you stay by my side every day?"
Xuan Qing was startled, seemingly puzzled, "Of course."
"Then you can't count? When are there only the two of them around me?"
Xuan Qing: ...
He naturally knew there were others.
But the princess only flirted with those men and did not really give them a real status.
Could it be that they count too?
Xuan Qing's heart was filled with joy.
Could it be that he was just one of the people that the princess was casually teasing and had no intention of giving him a formal status?
Xuan Qing put down the handkerchief in his hand, walked around to Su Yunyao, and knelt on his knees. "Princess, I am different from them. I am a Xuanyi Guard. Xuanyi Guard has its own rules. What happened before was an overstep. Princess, there are so many men around you, you don't need a subordinate. Please don't tease me anymore in the future."
I will take it seriously.
I know I am not worthy.
Xuan Qing did not say the last two sentences.
"What are the rules of the Xuanyi Guard?"
Su Yunyao leaned down and moved very close to him. He could clearly feel the hot air coming out of her when she spoke.
Xuan Qing's eyes were slightly red, "Xuan Yiwei cannot have someone they love."
Su Yunyao: ???
"Did the emperor's brother set these rules?"
"It was decided by the late emperor!"
Su Yunyao: ...
She was really speechless.
What kind of rule is this?
What's the difference between this and the Book of the Golden Flower that says one must castrate oneself if one wants to succeed?
Next second.
Su Yunyao raised her eyebrows slightly, "Can I understand from what you just said that you are attracted to me?"
Xuan Qing's breath hitched, "Princess."
"If you don't have any inappropriate thoughts about me, and I have been teasing you like Liu Xiahui, then what does it have to do with the rules of your Xuanyi Guard?" Su Yunyao asked innocently.
Xuan Qing was silent.
He admitted that he had clearly fallen in love with the princess, but he still insisted on being stubborn and using the rules and regulations of the Xuanyiwei to defend himself.
Xuan Qing lowered his head.
"One more thing..."
Su Yunyao raised her eyebrows.
"The Xuanyi Guard has a strict selection system. Even if you're chosen and trained from a young age, you might not be chosen in the end. To become a Xuanyi Guard member is to sign a life and death agreement. Not only can you not have the person you love, but you also have to wear a mask every day and can't show your true face to the public. This princess is very curious: what would happen if the mask was taken off and you were really exposed to the public?"
Xuan Qing's face turned pale. "If the mask is removed without the imperial edict and the contents are exposed to the public, in addition to being punished with 100 strokes of the cane, he will also be expelled from the Xuanyi Guard."
"oh."
Su Yunyao nodded confidently, and then laid back on the couch in a lazy manner. "If that's the case, your true appearance has already been seen by this princess, then you should have been expelled from the Xuanyi Guard long ago. Are those rules still so important to you?"
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