Chapter 174 What He Desires, What He Wants
"I am here."
Ji Qingwu's voice was soft and gentle.
The temperature of Emperor Wu Su's body was rising, making her face hot and her heart beat fast.
The light cast the shadows of the two people hugging each other onto the milky white window paper.
Where she couldn't see, the emotions in the man's eyes burst out violently, a thousand times more intense than what Ji Qingwu had seen before.
If Ji Qingwu didn't reject Wei Ting today...
They can't get married either.
What he desires and what he wants, he will never give up to others again.
I don’t know how much time had passed, so long that Ji Qingwu’s eyelids became heavy and he felt drowsy.
She opened her blurry eyes and saw that the candle in the lampshade on the table was half burned.
Emperor Wu Su didn't move at all.
Even if she held Jiujiu, her arms and thighs would become numb after a long time, not to mention that he was holding a person as big as her.
Ji Qingwu pushed him and said softly, "Your Majesty."
Emperor Wu Su suddenly opened his closed eyes, and his tone was filled with annoyance of being disturbed.
"Where are you going?"
When their eyes met, Ji Qingwu's distress instantly disappeared.
The look in his eyes was as if she were some "criminal" who needed to be strictly guarded. He held her waist with his arm tighter to prevent her from escaping.
After a short rest, Ji Qingwu's eyes regained their sparkle.
She blinked and said, "It's getting late. It's time to go to bed."
The implication was that His Majesty should return to the palace and she wanted to sleep.
Emperor Wu Su saw that her cheek was imprinted with the cloud pattern embroidered on his robe, and he was so playful that he pinched her face with his fingers.
"You want to drive me away?"
Ji Qingwu said, "Your Majesty has to attend court tomorrow. Returning to the palace too late will affect your rest."
He shook his head: "I will rest here."
"Your Majesty, are you kidding?"
He has such a huge Zhaoyang Palace but he doesn't live there, so he comes to snatch her one acre and three mu of land.
Emperor Wu Su held her in his arms and walked into the inner room, talking to himself: "Last time, you borrowed the attic in my Handan Pavilion for a night. Now it's time to return it to me for one night."
Is it that she wants to stay overnight?
She was invited by Li Yuzong, but the emperor did help her deal with the aftermath of Prince Yong's incident, which she had paid back last time.
As soon as Ji Qingwu was put on the bed, she ran inside. She huddled at the foot of the bed, looking vigilantly at him standing in front of the bed.
Emperor Wu Su raised his hand and pinched his brows. Even though his hand was blocking his view, people could still see clearly that his frown was showing obvious fatigue.
Because the maids serving her were all asleep, she only lit the lights in the outer room after she entered.
Ji Qingwu leaned against the foot of the bed, and with the light coming in from outside, he felt as if there were dark circles under his eyes.
The loneliness and weakness that emanated from him just now under the paulownia tree was released again by him.
Thinking about how diligently the emperor usually handles state affairs, often staying up late to review memorials, and how the northern border army has not been peaceful recently...
He must be exhausted, and Ji Qingwu's heart tightened as well.
Lin'an City is now flourishing and Beili is not affected by the war, all because of him.
Ji Qingwu, who understood the greater good, thought, what would be wrong with letting the exhausted emperor rest here for a night?
Emperor Wu Su quietly looked up at her, this time he did not pinch his eyebrows, but rubbed his forehead with a sigh.
He said in a low voice: "Since Ah Wu is so reluctant, I won't force you."
As he spoke, he coughed several times.
Ji Qingwu moved forward a little, no longer huddled in the corner, and wanted to reach out to feel his pulse to see if there was anything serious.
It was a cold night, and the emperor had been waiting for her outside for so long. It was even darker and the dew was heavy, and he still had to go back in the dark.
Reason told her that she couldn't let the emperor stay in her house overnight, but Ji Qingwu felt reluctant when she saw how tired he looked.
While I am hesitating.
There was a sound from outside, someone turned over, sat up, and walked towards this side.
Ji Qingwu reacted quickly, reached out his hand hastily to pull Emperor Wu Su onto the bed, pushed him inside with force, and hurriedly lowered the bed curtains.
This action was completed in one go, and naturally the emperor's strong cooperation was indispensable.
"Miss, are you asleep?" It was Lanzhi's drowsy voice.
Ji Qingwu didn't expect that the maid would wake up so quickly. It seemed that she had been learning medicine from him these days and had improved her physical condition.
Lanzhi walked to the inner room and seemed to see a figure moving on the bed. She asked in confusion, "Fifth Miss, how come I fell asleep in the outer room?"
Ji Qingwu lied: "Lanzhi, you must have been too busy recently. It's okay to sleep a little longer. Go back to sleep."
She pulled over the pink and blue quilt stacked beside her and covered Emperor Wu Su completely. But she was afraid that he would run out, so she reached out and held down his body.
Through a layer of gauze bed curtains, Lanzhi saw Ji Qingwu half leaning on the bed, as if the intertwining figures she had just seen were an illusion.
Lanzhi's mind was heavy, and she thought she had seen it wrong, and asked curiously: "Fifth Miss, why didn't you light the lamp?"
"Need not!"
Feeling that her tone was too intense, Ji Qingwu tried to speak in a calm tone: "No need to turn on the light, I'm going to sleep, you should go and rest too."
Lanzhi felt dizzy and couldn't figure out how she got to the couch in the outer room.
She nodded and said, "Okay, Miss Fifth, I'll be on guard outside. Call me if you need anything."
When Lanzhi's footsteps faded away, Ji Qingwu withdrew his gaze from the bed curtains and moved it to the bulge in the quilt on the inside of the bed.
Ji Qingwu suddenly felt someone grabbing her waist. He pulled her down and she slid under the quilt.
Emperor Wu Su's body was half pressed on her.
Both of them were covered in the quilt and could hear each other's breathing.
Ji Qingwu then remembered what good things she had done for the Emperor. She forced a smile, not caring whether the other party could see her in the pitch-black bed.
She whispered, "Your Majesty, wait until Lanzhi falls asleep, then go out quietly and I'll keep watch for you."
Emperor Wu Su accurately reached out his hand to her face and rubbed her earlobe with his bony fingers.
"Why do you want to leave quietly? Am I so embarrassed to be seen by others?"
He did not lower his voice.
Ji Qingwu quickly raised his hand to cover the quilt tightly, leaving no gap at all, which also caused the two of them to stick closer.
Lanzhi was introduced to her by Qiao. If she were to find out, Qiao would most likely also know about her relationship with the emperor.
She rubbed her cheek against his palm in a flattering manner and whispered, "It's not that Your Majesty is ashamed, it's that I'm afraid."
He felt the smoothness of his palm, and his tone became lighter.
"What are you afraid of?"
Covered under a quilt, so close to him, Ji Qingwu felt that his heart was closer to the person next to him.
She told the truth: "I'm afraid my mother will find out and I'm afraid of causing trouble for her."
"Am I trouble?"
Ji Qingwu corrected him, "It is the power in your Majesty's hands that will cause big trouble."
Emperor Wu Su's eyes flashed. He didn't expect her to say such a thing. This child is still teachable.
Ji Qingwu was almost suffocating, and she wanted to get out of the quilt to get some fresh air, but she just crawled out a little bit.
He pulled her back by the waist again.
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