Chapter 433 How could he have the heart to disturb her sweet dream for his own selfish desires?
At this moment, a tall figure walked in, wrapped in the cold air outside.
Chuchun and Chuxia quickly knelt and saluted: "Your Majesty."
Mo Liyuan waved his hand casually, and the two girls understood, retreated, and closed the door.
Mo Liyuan took off the dark mink cloak that was still covered with snow from his shoulders and hung it on the rosewood hanger beside him.
He walked straight to the bedside and looked at Lan Xiyue, who was curled up in the quilt with only half of her face exposed. His low voice was filled with warmth: "Yuer."
Lan Xiyue looked up at him, a little surprised: "Why are you back so early today?"
Mo Liyuan sat down beside her, naturally reaching out to pull her closer, both her and the blanket, and said gently, "Well, I thought I'd come back early to be with you." His eyes casually swept over the conspicuous invitation on the table, "Who sent this?"
Lan Xiyue leaned on his sturdy arms, nudged her chin towards the invitation, and said with a bit of coquettish disdain: "Here, it's from Princess Nalan, inviting me to go to the plum garden to appreciate the plum blossoms tomorrow."
"Oh?" Mo Liyuan looked down at her. "Yuer, do you want to go? If you do, I'll make time to go with you tomorrow."
Lan Xiyue immediately shook her head and rubbed her head against his shoulder: "No, no. I don't know that princess well, so why should I join in the fun." She added in her heart that if she really wanted to go out and play, it would be more fun to call Qian Duoduo, that funny guy, to come along.
Mo Liyuan raised an eyebrow and twirled a strand of her long hair with his fingers: "It's okay, if Yue'er wants to go, I can always spare half a day."
Lan Xiyue looked at him seriously. "Really? No need. Just go and do what you need to do. If I really want to go out and relax, I can go by myself, or ask Duoduo to accompany me. Business is more important. There's no need to delay for me."
Mo Liyuan's eyes flickered slightly, remembering the progress of the clues about her biological father reported by the secret guard today, which were still unclear. Well, it would be better to wait until it was confirmed before telling her, so as not to let her get too excited.
He suppressed his thoughts and leaned close to her sensitive ear, whispering a few intimate words in a magnetic and seductive voice that only the two of them could hear.
Lan Xiyue's ears instantly turned red, and she glared at him unhappily, her eyes filled with shame and anger.
Mo Liyuan looked at her reaction, the corners of his mouth curled up in pleasure, he stood up and said, "I'll go take a shower first." After that, he turned and walked out.
Lan Xiyue snorted silently at his back.
This man has indecent thoughts in his mind all day long!
She threw back the quilt, stood up and walked to the bed, kicked off her shoes, got into the quilt neatly, and wrapped herself like a silkworm cocoon.
Who would wait for him?! She cleared her mind of distractions and forced herself to calm down. Perhaps it was the warmth in the room, or perhaps it was because she was relaxed, but before long, she began to breathe evenly and lightly—she had actually fallen asleep.
When Mo Liyuan finished his hot spring bath and returned to his bed with a body full of warm steam and a faint scent of pine, he saw this scene: his little princess was curled up in the quilt, with only half of her peaceful sleeping face exposed, her long black hair spread on the pillow, her breathing was long and steady, and she had obviously fallen asleep.
Mo Liyuan stood beside the bed and sighed helplessly, but his eyes were full of doting.
If I had known this would happen, I should have dragged her to take a hot spring bath with me.
Now look what happened... He tiptoed onto the bed and lay down, carefully holding the sleeping person in his arms.
With the warm and soft beauty in his arms, and her sweet fragrance wafting through his nostrils, Mo Liyuan felt that the anger that had just been suppressed by the hot spring was beginning to flare up again, even more intense than before.
The person in his arms was sleeping defenselessly, his breath brushing against the side of his neck. The subtle touch was like a feather scratching, tickling his tense nerves.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and forced himself to suppress the desire churning in his eyes and the heat deep in his body.
He tightened his arms slightly, holding her tighter in his embrace, feeling her soft body and steady heartbeat, as if this could calm the unspeakable desire.
In the dark night, only his slightly heavy breathing and her steady breathing were intertwined, one was trying to restrain himself, and the other was sleeping soundly without knowing it.
Mo Liyuan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to suppress the desire that was becoming increasingly noisy due to the warmth in his arms back to the depths of his heart.
He tightened his arm around her waist, feeling the curve of her slender waist, and through the thin nightgown, he seemed to be able to touch the delicate warmth of her skin. This touch, far from calming her restlessness, was like a spark falling into dry grass, instantly igniting a prairie fire.
Lan Xiyue was sleeping soundly and seemed to feel a little restrained in her posture. She unconsciously twisted slightly in his arms.
Her soft hair brushed against his jaw, bringing a slight tingling sensation; her slightly open lips exhaled a warm, sweet breath, which brushed against the skin on the side of his neck.
The breath was like the softest feather, yet it carried a scorching temperature, teasing his nerves that were already tense to the extreme.
"Hmm..." She uttered a vague mumble, and seemed to have found a more comfortable position. She rubbed her cheek against his solid chest, and completely quieted down. Her breathing became long and steady again.
Mo Liyuan's body stiffened instantly because of this.
That unconscious act of attachment was like pouring a bucket of boiling oil on a raging fire.
His Adam's apple rolled with difficulty, and even beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
In the darkness, he opened his eyes, and in his eyes there was a bottomless desire and struggle, like a trapped beast.
He lowered his head and stared at the defenseless sleeping face of the person in his arms in the faint light coming in from the snow outside the window.
Her long eyelashes cast a faint shadow under her eyes, and her lips were a natural rosy red, slightly pouting, as if in a silent invitation.
I really want to... kiss her awake regardless of anything, let her cold and clear eyes be filled with mist, and let her gently embrace me...
The thought tempted him like a spell.
His fingertips trembled slightly, almost caressing her smooth cheek and sliding down her graceful neckline...
However, his gaze fell on her peaceful eyes and brows, and the pure tranquility that had let down all defenses due to sleep was like a basin of ice water, instantly extinguishing the raging fire in his heart.
How could he have the heart to disturb her sweet dreams for his own selfish desires?
Mo Liyuan closed his eyes again, his chest heaving violently for a few times, and finally turned into an almost inaudible sigh filled with frustration and pampering.
He forced himself to relax his tense body and held her in his arms more gently and cherishingly, his chin resting lightly on the top of her head, inhaling the faint fragrance of her hair.
That's all. There's still a long way to go.
He repeated this in his mind over and over again, trying to quench the heat in his body with reason.
His arms became the safest cage, imprisoning her and also imprisoning his surging desires.
He tried to shift his attention to her steady heartbeat. The regular pulsation seemed to have a strange soothing power and became his only anchor in the silent night.
The night seems particularly long in the silent tug of war.
Mo Liyuan almost didn't sleep all night. It was not until the sky outside the window turned gray that he hugged her and fell into a light sleep with extreme restraint and physical exhaustion.
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