"Hmm?" Ning Mingshao gazed at her dazedly, arching his body to kiss her lips again, but she pressed him down, pinning him to the bed. Her desire vanished, and she whispered coldly in his ear, "Xu Xie is in Ye Xi Kingdom."
These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head. Ning Mingshao felt a jolt in his heart and hurriedly pushed Chu Chu away, "She...she's not dead?"
Chu Chu looked at Ning Mingshao, whose face had turned deathly pale with fright, and his expression changed slightly. "What are you panicking about?" he sneered. "What? You were having a great time having an affair with me behind your wife's back, but now that you know she's still alive, you're scared? Or do you want to be the general's rightful husband more than the position of Empress?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Ming Shao, Ming Shao was just too surprised," Ning Ming Shao said in a panic, trying to hug Chu Chu, but she pushed him away with a cold face. "Surprised? It's all because of your incompetence! She was poisoned by Five Stone Powder, and what kind of person did you think she was, letting her fall into the water? You didn't even find her body. What's so strange about her still being alive!"
“That night… that night Ming Shao only went to the study. His Majesty instructed Ming Shao to forge evidence of General Xu’s treason. Ming Shao never expected that when he returned, Xu Xie would have run out of the bridal chamber and fallen into the water…”
"Shut up!" Chu Chu slapped him across the face.
The clear red mark made Ning Mingshao's eyes redden, and his cheeks burned with pain. He wisely shut his mouth, lowered his eyes and stared at the ambiguous water stains on the bed, feeling resentful in his heart. He was a dignified heir of a duke's mansion, but now he was having an affair with the current emperor without any status or identity. How was he any different from a prostitute in a brothel?
A soft hand suddenly touched his face, and Chu Chu sighed in front of him, "Ming Shao, does it hurt?"
Ning Mingshao looked at her with slightly red eyes: "It doesn't hurt, Your Majesty will be fine once you've calmed down."
"It's still my fault," Chu Chu sighed again, pulling him into his arms. "I promise you, as long as you bring Xu Xie back and win this battle, so that Ye Xi Kingdom will not dare to act recklessly again, our plan will proceed as planned. In addition to Xu Xie, I will let you enter the palace with dignity and become the most honored man in Kui Yang Kingdom. I will dote on you alone. Is that alright?"
"Is what Your Majesty said true?" Ning Mingshao looked up at her from her embrace.
Chu Chu smiled and pinched his firm, bouncy buttocks: "A word I say is as good as my bond."
“Alright, Ming Shao agrees to Your Majesty,” Ning Ming Shao breathed softly, licking and nibbling her earlobe. “But Ming Shao is still cold, Your Majesty, could you warm Ming Shao up a bit more?”
A dark glint flashed in Chu Chu's eyes. She chuckled and pushed him down, her hands roaming over the man's body, igniting a fire within him. "General Xu is truly unlucky. She can't even recognize such a kind and handsome man as Ming Shao, and instead prefers that courtesan. I heard that the one who jumped into the water to save General Xu that day was the top courtesan of Nuanjiao Pavilion. Ming Shao, tell me, is he really that stunning?"
Ning Mingshao's competitive spirit was ignited, and he used all his skills to make Chu Chu pant, gritting his teeth as he said, "Perhaps there are some secret bed techniques in the brothel that make Xu Xie linger. Mingshao is a respectable young master from a respectable family, so naturally he wouldn't know about these things..."
Chu Chu's lips curled slightly as he saw the anger in Ning Mingshao's eyes with satisfaction, enjoying the feeling of being served to the fullest.
Inside the palace, the hibiscus-scented tents are warm, while on the frontier, the cold wind howls.
Bi Xie had not yet taken off his night clothes when he returned to his tent when he sensed another breath inside.
She pretended not to know, and without lighting any candles, she took off her clothes and went straight to bed.
Han Yun stood in the corner with a gloomy face, his heart aching with coldness. After a long while, he couldn't help but walk to the bedside, clench his fists and stare at the person on the bed. His throat tightened and his eyes were dry. "Where have you been? Do you know how crazy I've been looking for you!"
Bi Xie had intended to tease him, but when he heard the tremor in his voice, as if he had been crying, his heart suddenly trembled.
She hurriedly sat up in bed and reached out to take his hand, only to find it ice-cold. "Why are your hands so cold? You...you've been looking for me?" She had only been gone for a few hours, and only after he fell asleep. She thought he wouldn't even notice, so she didn't tell him beforehand.
"I watched you leave," the boy's voice was hoarse in the darkness. "I want to know if you'll come back after you leave, if you'll abandon me."
Bi Xie suddenly panicked: "What are you thinking? How could I leave you behind?"
He bit his lip, and his pale, frozen hands suddenly lost their strength. With a thud, something fell to the ground. Just as Bi Xie was about to look down, his face was lifted up by a pair of icy hands. "Do you still stand by what you said that day?"
"Which day?" Bi Xie was a little confused.
He suddenly lowered his head and kissed her lips, saying in a muffled and aggrieved tone, "You don't remember again? Can't you make a little more room in your heart to think about me?"
Bi Xie's body went limp from the kiss, but he remembered which day he was referring to—the day he fell into the water.
Sure enough, he kept pushing his luck, forcing her to fall onto the couch. He kissed her mouth, his breath coming in ragged gasps. One hand held her head, preventing her from pulling away, while the other hand caressed her slender waist, but didn't penetrate her. Warm breaths filled the space between them.
Hearing his thunderous heartbeat, Bi Xie's own heart pounded wildly. She stared at him, mesmerized, as he whispered shyly, "A-Xie, that day I said I did, that I was willing for you to have any dirty thoughts about me, that I was willing for you to put the ring on my finger, that I was willing to be with you for all eternity. Why didn't you want me?"
Ru Hua excitedly jumped out: "Host, this is a great opportunity to conquer him! Charge! The big boss couldn't resist and offered himself up!! Aww!!!"
Bi Xie was also unable to resist her feelings. The young man's body was soft and slightly cool, and in the dim light, his eyes were full of emotion, and the bright cinnabar mole between his eyebrows was enough to make anyone unable to resist. Her heart had long been deeply trapped in those heartbreaking and pitiful eyes, but she still asked at an inopportune time, "Han Yun, do you like me?"
"I like you," the boy said, his eyes sparkling like ripples on water. He lowered his head and deepened the kiss, mumbling, "Han Yun likes A Xie, the A Xie of today."
Bi Xie's head suddenly went blank. He didn't want to think about anything anymore. He tilted his head back and kissed the cinnabar mark between the boy's eyebrows. He hugged the boy's neck and whispered, "I like you too. No matter what you look like, what your status is, or whether you are allergic to mushrooms, I like you, Han Yun."
These words shattered all of the boy's reason. In the darkness, Bi Xie was kissed so fiercely that she could only gasp for breath, dizzy, until the boy pushed aside her inner garment and lowered his head to kiss her collarbone and lower abdomen. Only then did the coolness make her shudder violently...
He withdrew his hand again, and asked her as if he had made a mistake, "Ah Xie, are my hands still cold? Then, then I won't touch them for now, I'll warm them up first..."
It turned out that he had been caressing her waist but hadn't penetrated her because he was afraid his hands would get cold. Oh my god, how could there be such an adorable puppy! She fell in love!
Bi Xie, slightly out of breath, reached out and pressed down on his hand, which was trying to pull away, and said fiercely, "This is your only chance, do you want it or not?"
Han Yun felt his heart was no longer his own; it was pounding uncontrollably. He felt like it was all a dream. The general had become the person he liked, and the general liked him too. The general was so good to him that he felt like the happiest person in the world. He lowered his head and gently bit Bi Xie's earlobe, saying sweetly and softly beside her, "I want it."
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