The emperor's fingers were still caressing Li Wan's face. He couldn't help but move closer and murmured, "It belongs to me alone." After that, he put his lips on Li Wan's lips and kissed her shyly.
The emperor's kissing technique is limited to kissing the lips. When four lips touch each other, there is a tingling feeling.
The two kissed each other innocently in the bed for a while.
After the kiss, the emperor felt very satisfied, with a smile on his face and his eyes sparkling.
Li Wan finally returned to the topic.
"Why can't the emperor sleep tonight?"
The emperor was dissatisfied: "I told you to call me by my name."
Li Wan smiled: "Yuan Di."
The emperor was satisfied: "Yes."
Li Wan asked: "Then why can't you sleep tonight?"
The emperor said calmly: "The thunder was so loud that it woke me up."
Li Wan gently held his hand: "Are you afraid of thunder?"
The emperor reacted violently: "How is that possible? I'm not a child." As he spoke, his lips were tightly pursed.
Li Wan held his hand tightly and said softly, "It doesn't matter if you are afraid of thunder. From now on, whether it thunders or rains, I will be with you."
The emperor stared into Li Wan's eyes for a while, then held Li Wan's hand tightly and said "hmm" softly.
After a while, he murmured, "Empress Jingxiao died on a rainy day. I was very young at that time, so I should not remember it, but I remember it very clearly. It rained heavily that night, and it was thundering all the time. The lightning shone on my mother's face, which was pale without a trace of blood. She held my hand tightly, and her hand was also cold... Whenever it rains, I dream of the night when Empress Jingxiao died, so much so that I am almost confused whether that night was real or just a dream... In short, I hate rainy days."
Empress Jingxiao was the posthumous title of the late empress.
It was not easy for the emperor to say these things.
All the palace maids in the main palace knew that the emperor hated rainy days, but no one knew why he hated it.
Li Wan felt a little distressed, but also had a sense of being trusted. She reached out and touched the emperor's face: "I will accompany you in the future."
The emperor blushed a little when she touched him, and whispered: "When everything is settled, I will make you my queen, and we will sleep together in life and die together."
Li Wan smiled and said deliberately: "Maybe you will get tired of me soon and fall in love with another woman."
The emperor frowned unhappily: "In your eyes, am I such a fickle person? My father and grandfather only loved one woman in their lives, and so do I. I never make promises easily, but once I make a promise, I will definitely do it."
Li Wan didn't want to make him unhappy. She didn't know when she would leave, and she might not even live to see him change his mind, so why bother herself with trouble?
But she couldn't help thinking that although the late emperor only loved the late queen, even when the late emperor passed away, there were rumors that he followed the late queen.
But he still had favors with his concubines and had children with them.
Perhaps for the ancients, it was extremely rare to be able to maintain the emperor's favor. If one only sought exclusive favor, or even only allowed one person in the harem, that would be a disaster for the country.
Although the emperor has not yet visited his concubines, he is only seventeen years old. No matter how passionate his love is, it is not certain that it will not change.
Thinking of this, Li Wan couldn't help feeling a little melancholy, but she smiled slightly: "Yeah, I believe it."
The emperor muttered awkwardly: "I don't know why I like you."
Li Wan's lips curled up slightly: "I like my beauty."
The emperor was about to call her shameless, but then he remembered what she had said before, swallowed it back, and said, "How can there be ugly concubines in the harem?"
Li Wan couldn't help but ask, "Why doesn't the emperor visit the harem?"
The emperor said without thinking, "I don't like them either." After saying that, his face became hot again, and he said awkwardly, "If you become the queen, you are not allowed to say anything that would make me treat everyone equally, otherwise I will take off your phoenix crown."
Li Wan was slightly surprised: "Does the emperor intend to never visit the harem again?"
The emperor was silent for a while before he spoke: "Before my father passed away, he said that the thing he regretted most in his life was that he visited the concubines in the harem in order to silence the ministers and for the sake of his offspring. This caused my mother to have a rift with him and made her depressed and unable to be happy... If I like someone, I will never let her suffer from my mother's grievances." As he spoke, his phoenix eyes stared at Li Wan without blinking: "Since I like you, I will never change my mind and will never visit anyone again, but you can never leave me in this life. No matter how good the other person is, you are not allowed to look at them even once..."
The last sentence is full of suggestive meaning.
Li Wan's heart trembled slightly, and then he said: "When did I look at others?"
Speaking of this, the emperor was very angry.
"How long did you talk to Song Mingyi that day? Tonight at the market, you were still staring at him. And...you should stay away from Qin Lin."
Li Wan said: "I am not avoiding him, which proves that I am open and honest with Lord Song and have no personal feelings for him. As for Guard Qin, I just greet him every day and chat with him occasionally."
The emperor choked and was a little unhappy: "Can't you be a little more obedient? Whatever I say is what it is."
Li Wan held his face, kissed him on the lips, and said, "Your Majesty, why can't you be more confident? In this world, who is more noble and more beautiful than you? The person I like is so good, how can I have the heart to look at other people?"
Although the emperor was used to Li Wan's thick skin, he still couldn't stand her naked confession. His face was hot and his heart was hot and numb. After holding it in for a long time, he said unnaturally: "You...you should be more reserved."
Li Wan smiled and kissed him on the lips again: "We have slept in the same bed before, so there is no need to be so formal, right?"
The emperor was completely defenseless in front of her, his face turned red, and in the end he could only cover her mouth with his own to prevent her from saying anything that would make him blush and his heart beat fast.
Finally, the emperor felt sleepy. There was a sound of rain outside the window. He sat next to Li Wan, his brows relaxed, a smile on his lips, and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Wan held a lantern and tiptoed out of the emperor's bedroom. The young eunuch was sleeping soundly and he didn't wake up when Li Wan left.
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It was just dawn.
The palace maids in the main palace were all ready to go on duty. Before going on duty every day, they had to stand in the corridor and listen to instructions.
Cao Yu, as always, said some things that needed attention. Finally, he looked at the drizzle outside the corridor and said, "It's raining today, so be smart."
Whenever it rained, the emperor was in a bad mood.
The palace maids serving in the main palace all knew the emperor's habit, and they would be extra alert whenever it rained.
It rained all night last night and it hasn't stopped yet.
When Cao Yu reminded them, they all agreed.
Only then did Cao Yu enter the palace and prepare to help the emperor get up.
Normally at this time, the emperor would have woken up long ago, but today he seemed to be sleeping particularly soundly. He was a little confused because when he helped the emperor to bed last night, he clearly lowered the bed curtain, so why was it raised now?
The strange thought only flashed through his mind, and he leaned forward and called softly, "Master, it's time to get up."
At this time, Li Wan came over to do the job, yawning all the way.
When the emperor woke up, she yawned again with her sleeve covering her face and wiped her tears with her sleeve.
The emperor had not slept so soundly for a long time and was in an unusually happy mood. When he saw Li Wan standing by the wall, he thought of what happened last night and his face became hot again. He turned his eyes away awkwardly.
Cao Yu helped the emperor put on his shoes, comb his hair and put on a golden crown before letting Li Wan take over.
The emperor lowered his eyes to look at Li Wan who was adjusting his collar. His gaze could not help but fall on her two pale pink lips. His Adam's apple rolled and he asked in a low voice, "When did you leave last night?"
Li Wan also whispered back: "Wait until the emperor falls asleep."
The emperor felt a little shy, but also very satisfied. He raised his lips slightly and whispered, "When I go to court, you can go back to the West Palace to sleep. You don't have to work today. Come and have lunch with me at noon."
When Li Wan raised her head, she met the emperor's sparkling eyes staring at her. She smiled and said, "Okay."
When Li Wan bent over to adjust her sleeves.
The emperor's hand hidden under his sleeve suddenly grabbed her fingertips, squeezed them gently and then released them.
Next to her was a row of palace maids standing by, and Cao Yu who was staring at her all the time.
Li Wan looked up at the emperor, only to see that he was staring straight ahead, his handsome face expressionless, as if what had just happened was just her illusion.
Before leaving, the emperor whispered to her, "I am leaving."
Li Wan nodded slightly.
Cao Yu heard it and secretly glanced at Li Wan.
The emperor tried to hold it in, but he couldn't help it anymore and suddenly said, "All of you get out."
The palace servants immediately withdrew.
The emperor looked at Cao Yu.
Cao Yu was stunned and quickly retreated.
Suddenly, only the emperor and Li Wan were left in the hall.
The emperor went straight to the point, bent down and pecked Li Wan's soft lips: "Wait until I come back."
Li Wan was stunned for a moment, nodded, and smiled slightly: "Okay."
The emperor felt a little embarrassed after he finished speaking, his face was a little hot, his phoenix eyes flickered a few times, and he coughed lightly: "Then I'm leaving." After that, he said awkwardly: "You send me outside the palace."
Li Wan couldn't help laughing, and walked out with him, and really saw him off outside the hall.
The emperor looked at her one more time before walking under the umbrella and leaving.
After Li Wan saw the emperor off, he immediately returned to the West Palace to catch up on his sleep as ordered.
.....
The emperor would be particularly stern and difficult to talk to on rainy days, and any mistake would result in a scolding.
This was the private consensus among the court officials.
Therefore, what was reported today was not a big deal, and the ministers were extremely careful in their wording, for fear of angering the emperor.
But strangely, the emperor seemed to be in a particularly good mood today. There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and even his words were somewhat gentle, and his whole body exuded an aura of joy.
This left the ministers somewhat confused.
Even Cao Yu was confused.
After the emperor left court, the first thing he did when he returned to the main palace was to ask Li Wan whether she had woken up.
The emperor said, "Send someone to ask Cuizhu. If she is still asleep, let her sleep and don't wake her up. If she wakes up, let her come to see me."
Cao Yu went out and called Xiao Qianzi over, gave him a few instructions, and then let him go.
He returned to the hall and saw the emperor sitting behind the desk, opening a memorial with a cheerful expression.
Cao Yu served tea and couldn't help asking, "Master, is there any good news?"
The emperor looked up: "What?"
Cao Yu smiled and said, "Master, you seem to be in a very good mood today."
The emperor flipped open the memorial and asked, "Is that so?"
Cao Yu thought to himself, isn’t it? He has a smile on his face all morning, which is creepy.
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