Chapter 453: Honey-wrapped Coptis chinensis, hard to swallow or spit out
If you really say it out loud, it won't be a new insight, but rather absurd, horrifying and terrifying.
Ji Qingwu was not ready to tell him everything.
But what she did before really lacked a reasonable explanation.
Looking at the face in front of him, Ji Qingwu felt as if there was a piece of coptis wrapped in honey in his throat, with a mixture of sweetness and bitterness, which he could neither swallow nor spit out.
Zhao Mingyan supported himself with his hands on both sides of the warm seat, leaned down and pressed down, trapping her inside.
Ji Qingwu tried to step back, but ended up falling back again. This time he was even shorter and his momentum was gone instantly.
She first looked away and lowered her eyes to look at her tangled fingers.
His deep voice mixed with the ticking sound of the copper clock made her ears buzz.
"What is Ah Wu hiding from me?"
Ji Qingwu's eyebrows jumped, worried that he was really angry. She raised her head to look into his eyes, and saw a pair of deep and terrifying eyes, full of profound meanings that she could not understand.
She said, "I no longer have the secret medicine I used, so I can't show it to you."
Zhao Mingyan asked: "Is it really so?"
All the points of the childbearing system had been redeemed by Ji Qingwu, and he didn’t know whether the system could be activated again, so there was no way for him to see it.
Seeing Ji Qingwu nod, Zhao Mingyan suddenly chuckled, his fingertips brushed across the kiss mark on her neck that had completely disappeared, and his warm breath swept over her earlobe. She clenched the corner of her clothes.
He whispered, "Then don't ask."
"There are some other things, why not ask Awu about them today?"
Ji Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't ask too much about the secret medicine and the system.
She asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Zhao Mingyan looked at her face, which was even more beautiful than it was five years ago, and lifted a strand of her hair with his long fingers covered with calluses.
"Why did Ah Wu break into my military tent in the first place?"
When the word "military tent" rolled to his lips, Ji Qingwu's face suddenly turned pale again.
The black hair slid away from his fingertips one by one and swung back to her chest.
"After one night, why did Ah Wu leave the military camp?"
Zhao Mingyan looked at his empty palms and slowly closed his hands.
It was as if he was recalling the feeling of holding soft hair, or as if he was recalling how he felt that night five years ago when he watched Ji Qingwu leave.
Zhao Mingyan asked the last question in a serious tone.
"After Ah Wu left, she became pregnant. Why were you willing to give birth to the child? Why were you willing to separate mother and child and send Yuan Heng back to me?"
Ji Qingwu's expression froze when he heard the first question. After listening to question after question, his brain seemed to be unable to move.
Lies cannot cover up the truth, especially in front of Emperor Wu Su.
The light in Ji Qingwu's watery eyes suddenly disappeared, and her expression was obviously confused.
He waited patiently for her to speak, and she finally opened her lips.
"If I tell you, will your Majesty believe me?"
There were three things that Zhao Mingyan hated the most in his life. One was negotiating conditions with him, two was repeated testing, and three was hiding something. Ji Qingwu had touched his reverse scale many times, but he endured it all.
The two of them are now deeply in love, but she still lacks trust in him.
When Zhao Mingyan spoke again, his voice turned cold and gloomy: "If you want to gain people's trust, you must first show your sincerity. Ah Wu either makes excuses or keeps silent. How can I trust you?"
His tone could be described as harsh.
The hem of his clothes, embroidered with dark gold thread, scraped against her exposed legs.
Ji Qingwu felt very upset, as she could never hide from him.
But at this moment, she suddenly understood what the emperor wanted.
She thought that as long as she had him in her heart, it was enough, but now it seems that it is far from enough.
He could abandon his status as an emperor and his masculine pride, kneel down to apply medicine to her and wipe her body.
He wanted to control her body more than her own. He regarded her as a part of his body and therefore had high demands on her.
He wanted her to open up to him completely, without leaving any blind spots.
Not only the body, but also the mind.
Zhao Mingyan did not back down. He stared at her with burning eyes, determined to get an answer today.
Ji Qingwu's eyebrows were knotted in a frown.
For her, although she understood his thoughts, it was not easy for her to be so uncompromising.
At this moment, a short and rapid horn sounded outside the tent, indicating urgent military information.
There was a gleam of light in Zhao Mingyan's eyes. It seemed that the work he had just deployed the secret guards to do had paid off.
His Adam's apple rolled a few times, and he looked at her fair face and said, "Awu, think about it carefully. When I come back, tell me clearly."
Ji Qingwu didn't want him to feel worried, so he nodded.
Looking at the man's back as he lifted the curtain and left, Ji Qingwu stayed in the bathroom. Suddenly, she felt a chill on her body and hurriedly put on her clothes.
Ji Qingwu couldn't help but follow him to the outer room, and saw that he had taken off his outer robe and was only wearing his inner garment, and was about to change into armor for battle.
She took a few steps forward and took the black armor next to the hanger in her hand. Zhao Mingyan glanced at it and opened his arms naturally.
Ji Qingwu lowered his head and dressed him in silence. When he was inserting the shoulder guard into the depression of his shoulder blade, he was suddenly grabbed by the wrist.
Zhao Mingyan frowned, and the hard rhinoceros skin lining the black armor rubbed against her cuffs, leaving new red marks on her wrists that were glowing softly.
Although he now knew that her body had a strong ability to heal itself and the marks would disappear soon, he still couldn't bear to see her get hurt in the slightest.
Zhao Mingyan reminded: "This nail has been soaked in tung oil three times, so be careful with it."
She did not respond, but just lowered her eyes and tightened the cross belt on his chest, but her fingers suddenly hooked onto the thing hidden inside.
Ji Qingwu looked at the five-colored silk threads that were exposed at the corners, and her hands trembled.
It turns out he always kept it with him.
Now that she thought about it, she gave him too little.
Ji Qingwu hid the five-colored silk threads inside, and her voice became muffled in her throat. It was not as clear and pleasant as before, but rustling.
"Elbows up."
Then she stood on tiptoe and put the arm restraints and shin straps on him.
Then she picked up the cloak with scarlet gold lining soaked in cedar scent, and Zhao Mingyan let her put the cloak around her broad shoulders.
Outside the tent, horses neighed.
When Ji Qingwu's fingertips tying the laces slipped for the third time, Zhao Mingyan suddenly leaned over and bit her trembling lips.
Her upper lip felt pain, and her eyes began to turn red at the thought of another separation.
Ji Qingwu's heart moved, and not only did he not push him away, but he hooked his arms around his neck and responded more enthusiastically.
She seldom took the initiative like this. Zhao Mingyan lifted her waist. Ji Qingwu hugged him tightly through the cold and hard armor. The traces of the black armor scales were imprinted on his soft palms.
All the unfinished words turned into a tangled chaotic atmosphere.
Ji Qingwu felt more reluctant than ever before, and his eyes were covered with tears.
Li Yuzong's sharp voice came from outside the military tent.
"Your Majesty, the warhorse is ready!"
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