Chapter 83 A Dangerous Aura, Recalling the Past
Ji Qingwu's tone was soft and gentle.
“However, if it is Your Majesty, I may make an exception.” This echoed his earlier statement.
Emperor Wusu tilted his head to look at her earlobe, his eyes deep, and asked in a low voice, "How does Awu intend to make an exception?"
She smiled and whispered in his ear, "I have nothing to repay you with but my body."
As she spoke, she tightened her arms around his neck, and pressed her supple waist against his firm chest and abdomen.
Ji Qingwu's light blue dress was thin and light, and her body felt cool to the touch. On a hot summer night, it felt comfortable to touch her.
Not to mention how close she was, it was like she was embracing a piece of white jade that had been soaked in spring water.
But Emperor Wusu only enjoyed this good fortune for a short while.
The "repayment" that Ji Qingwu mentioned referred to was just a light hug, after which she shyly withdrew.
Unintentionally seducing someone and then quickly running away is a dangerous act.
While he was still in a daze, Ji Qingwu thought she had acted quickly enough, so she retreated to the window and propped her head up to watch his reaction.
Emperor Wusu smiled silently, looking exceptionally warm.
Ji Qingwu immediately sensed danger.
Before she could make a further move, the man turned around and instantly grabbed her thin shoulder.
Not only was it fast, but it was also quite powerful. Her back slammed into the window frame. She stretched out her arm to block him, but Emperor Wusu easily subdued her with just one arm.
She could only watch as he leaned over and pressed down on her.
Emperor Wusu's body pressed down more and more, his pine-like back bending like a delicate begonia flower.
Ji Qingwu's back pressed against the window frame, causing a slight pain. She pushed him a few times with all her might, but it was completely useless. Instead, he grabbed her hand.
His voice was deeper than the darkness outside the window, but his eyes were brighter than the moon in the sky.
"Why are you running? Haven't you realized your situation?"
Ji Qingwu's cheeks were being pinched by him, and he hurriedly said, his words somewhat unclear, "I understand, I understand..." But it was no use saying anything more at this point.
Before her last shred of consciousness faded, she was still thinking, how could someone's tongue be skilled in martial arts...?
On the battlefield, Emperor Wusu was wise and brave, and his strategies were flawless.
In the battle between lips and teeth, they were unstoppable, invincible, and achieved a great victory.
Ji Qingwu was all talk and no action; she was powerless to resist and was quickly defeated.
She could only weakly climb onto his shoulder and beg him to call it quits as soon as possible.
The pale pink was crushed by the deep red before Emperor Wusu finally let it go.
Ji Qingwu almost fainted; she gasped for breath for a long time.
Emperor Wusu held her waist tightly, his head lowered, his dark gaze sweeping over her eyebrows, eyes, nose, and lips.
After sighing, he asked, "When will you be willing to show your true face to me?"
Poor Ji Qingwu's consciousness was also swept away, and she hadn't come back to her senses for a long time. She opened her watery eyes, her lips were slightly parted, and she was breathing heavily.
Emperor Wusu's brow twitched slightly, and with a strange expression, he reached out and covered her eyes.
He said impatiently, "Don't look at me like that."
A hand covered most of her face. Ji Qingwu was confused. She blinked uncomfortably, her eyelashes brushing against the palm of the hand covering her eyes several times.
Her lips curled up slightly in dissatisfaction.
As his eyelashes fluttered, Emperor Wusu, who had been brushed against, gasped, moved his large hand away, and leaned down to press down on him again.
Ji Qingwu's poor back was bumped again, and she shuddered in pain.
"My back hurts..."
Emperor Wusu had no choice but to stop what he was doing, pick her up, and carry her to the spacious bed in the inner room.
His gaze swept over the light blue bed curtains. This time, the little girl was not on the bed, nor was her little pillow or blankets.
Ji Qingwu explained, "Jiujiu lives in Anjuyuan."
Mrs. Qiao said that after Qiuqiu started her education, she would be a big child. In principle, children from aristocratic families should live alone after they turn one year old. In families with many rules, the infant would be cared for by a wet nurse from birth.
But when Qiuqiu first arrived in Lin'an, Ji Qingwu was worried that the little girl wouldn't adapt, so he refused Qiao Shi's offer and kept her by his side.
A few days ago, because Ji Qingwu was confined to her home, Qiuqiu was being looked after by Granny Li at Anjuyuan. She was already able to sleep independently, and seeing that she was adapting well, Madam Qiao specifically discussed with her the matter and decided not to bother her with any more back and forth.
Emperor Wusu nodded and said calmly, "It should have been done long ago."
Then, with a series of quick movements, he turned Ji Qingwu over.
Ji Qingwu's face was pressed against the soft pillow. She tried to get up, but he pressed her down and said, "Don't move. Let me see if you're hurt."
Her light blue dress was removed, revealing a snow-white undergarment underneath, with lotus embroidery on the collar and a faint pearlescent sheen on her skin at the neckline.
Ji Qingwu felt her inner garment being lifted, revealing most of her back and her alluringly slender waist.
Summer nights may not be cold, but without an inner garment and only wearing a light jacket, one feels insecure.
On the woman's smooth, jade-like back, between her two shoulder blades, two deep red marks indeed appeared.
It was shocking to see amidst all the white.
It wasn't as serious as it looked. Ji Qingwu's skin was delicate, and even a little force would leave a mark, but it would fade quickly.
She clutched her inner garment and whispered, "It's alright, it will disappear tomorrow."
Emperor Wusu frowned and asked, "Do you have any pain-relieving ointment?"
Ji Qingwu tilted her head slightly back from the soft pillow and said, "It doesn't hurt as long as I don't touch it, there's no need to apply any ointment. When I fell off a horse before, it was much worse than this..."
Her words came to an abrupt end.
Emperor Wusu's voice turned noticeably colder and deeper as he asked, "How was your injury from a previous horse-riding accident?"
The horseback riding accident happened while I was with the Northern Army. I was trying to find a uniquely colored Welwitschia mirabilis to cheer Wei Ting up.
Beneath the shifting sands lay a hollow. After she fell from her horse, her entire back ached as if it were about to break. Later, the cook who applied medicine to her back said it looked gruesome, covered in bruises.
Compared to that, the marks left by the window frame are nothing.
But this was not the right time to bring it up. Ji Qingwu awkwardly rubbed his neck and buried his face in the pillow.
The room fell silent.
No one spoke for a long time. Ji Qingwu quietly looked up and realized that the tall and upright figure was long gone.
They come and go without a trace, leaving without a word; truly, the emperor's heart is unfathomable.
Ji Qingwu rolled over, feeling a slight pain in her back from the pull, but compared to the pain of falling off the horse, it was negligible.
She looked at the blue bed curtains, thinking about her plans for tomorrow, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
*
The next day, the carriage of the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence stopped in front of the Ji residence.
Ji Qingwu encountered a problem when he was about to leave.
There's an extra sticky accessory on my leg.
Chiu Chiu hadn't been close to her mother for several days, and she pouted sadly, refusing to let her leave.
"Why did Mother rush out so early in the morning? Is it because there's a child outside who's even cuter, more obedient, and smarter than Qiuqiu?"
The little girl covered her eyes with her small hands, crying while peeking at her expression through her fingers.
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