When Li Wan stopped reading, the emperor was not actually asleep, he just closed his eyes and looked like he was asleep.
He heard the sound of Li Wan gently closing the pages of a book, the sound of her standing up, and the sound of her palms pressing on the edge of the bed.
The quilt moved under the pressure, and he felt Li Wan was slowly approaching him.
The emperor closed his eyes, feeling inexplicably nervous.
What does she want to do?
He felt Li Wan was looking at him.
Just when he couldn't help but open his eyes to see what she was doing.
The soft and warm lips gently touched his forehead.
He heard Li Wan whisper, "Good night, my majesty."
The emperor's heart softened instantly, and all his childish resentment and grievances melted in this gentle kiss.
When Li Wan was about to get up and leave, the emperor suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, then pulled it.
Li Wan suddenly fell on his chest, letting out a short scream.
In the dim light, she met the emperor's deep phoenix eyes.
He held her wrist tightly: "You kissed me secretly."
Li Wan blinked and said, "You're not asleep?"
The emperor remained calm and said, "I fell asleep and was woken up by your kiss."
Li Wan: “…….”
Li Wan lay on his chest and said with a smile: "That's called a goodnight kiss, not a stolen kiss."
The emperor showed a curious look: "Goodnight kiss? What does it mean?"
Li Wan said without blinking, "Goodnight is a farewell phrase used to say goodbye at night, and goodnight kiss means using a kiss to say goodnight."
The emperor's bright eyes showed both curiosity and confusion: "Why have I never heard of this?"
Li Wan said: "I read it in some miscellaneous books."
The emperor said, "Why do you only read strange and bizarre books?"
Recently he discovered that Li Wan would always utter some strange sentences that he had never heard before.
She always said she read it from a book.
Li Wan said, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?" She yawned as she spoke.
The emperor asked, "Are you sleepy?"
Li Wan nodded with tears in her eyes.
The emperor felt so sorry for her and said softly, "Kiss me once, and I will let you go back to the West Palace to sleep."
Li Wan climbed up, pecked the emperor lightly on the lips and prepared to get up.
When he retreated halfway, the emperor grabbed the back of his head and pushed him back.
The four lips are pressed tightly together.
The emperor held her face, sucked her lips skillfully, kissed her tenderly and lovingly, then touched her face and said, "Go to sleep."
Li Wan had just sat up when the emperor suddenly said, "Wait a minute."
Li Wan turned to look at him.
Seeing him sitting up on the bed with his elbows, his long hair cascading down his head like a waterfall, he came over, kissed her forehead a little awkwardly and shyly, and said awkwardly, "Goodnight kiss."
Li Wan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and stared at the emperor with bright eyes.
The emperor felt embarrassed by her staring at him, and he said to her, "Go away, I want to sleep."
Li Wan suddenly leaned forward, hugged his neck and put her face against his.
The emperor was stunned and hugged her subconsciously: "What's wrong?"
Li Wan said: "I hope you won't grow up anymore."
The boy’s quirkiness and cheekiness are so cute.
The emperor frowned: "What are you talking about?"
Li Wan stepped back, put the hand that was holding his neck on his face and pinched his cheek. In the emperor's surprised eyes, she held his face again and kissed him on the lips: "Because I like you so much now."
Although he tried his best to hide it, his passionate love still leaked out from his red ears and sparkling eyes.
The emperor blushed and his heart beat fast after hearing Li Wan's confession. He was secretly delighted at first, but then he felt a little dissatisfied. He looked at her with unpleasant eyes: "What do you mean? Don't you like me anymore in the future?"
Li Wan didn't want to spoil his fun at this time, so she spoke sweet words: "Of course not, my love for the emperor grows day by day."
The emperor's cheeks felt hot and his heart felt numb. He pinched Li Wan's face and said, "How can you be so thick-skinned as a girl? You can say anything without knowing how to be shy."
Li Wan just looked at him with a smile.
The emperor was thin-skinned after all. Although he was defeated, he felt sweet in his heart and muttered, "I really can't do anything to you." Then he came over and kissed her lips fiercely. With a red face, he pretended to be impatient and said, "Okay, go away quickly. I want to sleep. Don't disturb my sleep." Although he said that he wanted Li Wan to leave and was going to sleep, his phoenix eyes were still staring at her, unwilling to move away, and unwilling to lie down.
"Then I'll leave. Your Majesty, go to sleep." Li Wan said as he stood up and lowered the veil.
The emperor also lay down, but his eyes were still fixed on Li Wan's slender figure. When Li Wan's gaze swept over him, he immediately closed his eyes, fearing that she would discover how reluctant he was to leave her.
Li Wan blew out the lamp on the bedside and walked out of the hall quietly.
Cao Yu was still waiting outside. When he saw Li Wan coming out, he asked, "Is the emperor resting?"
Li Wan nodded and said, "I'll go back to the West Palace first."
Cao Yu watched Li Wan leave.
Ever since he realized that the emperor and Li Wan were not acting, his attitude towards Li Wan became much better.
He had originally targeted Li Wan because of the emperor, and now naturally he loved the emperor and his family as well. When the emperor's attitude changed, he also changed accordingly.
A change of stance.
In the past, Li Wan was an eyesore and looked like a spy no matter how he looked at her, but now, she seemed much more pleasing to his eye.
Especially after he was beaten with the stick, she did not show any smug look on her face. She was the same as before.
I also gradually began to understand why the palace maids liked her so much.
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Under the strict supervision of the emperor, Li Wan was finally able to relax and ride his horse happily the day before the autumn hunt.
A few days before the autumn hunting, all departments in the palace were making intensive preparations.
The servants in each palace were also busy.
The autumn hunting lasts for three days, and they have to prepare the luggage for the masters of the palace who will be away for three days. This is not an easy task. They have to decide what to take and what not to take, and they cannot miss anything. Otherwise, the master will blame them, and they will suffer a lot.
The list for this autumn hunt has already been finalized.
Last year's autumn hunting the Queen Mother claimed to be ill and did not go, and she did the same this year.
This time the emperor has allocated three places for concubines in the harem. Concubine Yi and Concubine Li are on the list, and the other one is Concubine Wan, the daughter of the newly promoted Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.
Li Wan actually knew this Concubine Wan.
Her father was the Minister of Dali Temple, but he was a new official. Her mother was a very famous person. She was the younger sister of the Earl of Yong'an and a princess personally conferred by the late emperor.
Wanpin was able to enter the palace thanks to her mother, the princess.
Just at the beginning of last year, this princess was severely scolded by several censors in the court because she allowed her slave to commit murder in the street and whipped a mother with her child to death.
The emperor was also furious and sentenced the servant who committed the crime to death. The princess was fined ten years' salary, ordered to pay three thousand silver coins as compensation to the woman who died unjustly, and was ordered to fast and chant Buddhist scriptures in the mansion for half a year and not go out.
The nobles were most concerned about their reputation; being scolded by the censors or criticized by the people were not as serious as the emperor's anger.
The emperor's treatment meant that the title of this princess was just an empty title.
When she came out of solitary confinement, she could clearly feel that the wind direction in Kyoto had changed.
Not only that, her husband's promotion and Wanpin's life in the palace were affected.
Because the emperor has not visited the harem until now, the concubines in the harem cannot rely on the emperor's favor and can only rely on their families.
Last year, Wanpin was unable to participate in the autumn hunt because of her mother's misfortune.
This year, because my father was given an important task, I was qualified to participate in the autumn hunt.
Before entering the palace, Wanpin was one of the most honorable ladies in Kyoto because of her mother, the princess.
Originally, he had no connection with Li Wan, who was of humble status.
Li Wan was the daughter of a minor official. Although her surname was also Li, her father was just an unappreciated illegitimate son of the Li family.
Wanpin naturally looked down upon her.
Unfortunately, she was seen at Wanpin's birthday party. Li Wan was only five years old at that time. It was the first time she was taken to such a party. She dressed up specially before going out. She had been a beauty since she was young. A white cloak with a snow fox fur collar made her look like a little beauty carved out of ice and snow.
In addition, it was her first appearance, so both adults and children of the same age were talking about Li Wan, who immediately stole the limelight from Wanpin.
Even the boys who usually hung around her surrounded Li Wan, asking her questions and calling her "sister".
Wanpin was so angry that she asked who Li Wan was.
Li Wan obediently gave his family name.
But he didn't want to anger Concubine Wan.
It turns out that Concubine Wan's surname was Zhou and her given name was just Wan.
In a fit of rage, Wanpin pushed Li Wan into the nearby lake which had frozen due to heavy snow for days.
Li Wan fell down, breaking the thin ice above and falling into the icy water below.
The banquet was attended by noble ladies and young ladies, and the oldest boy was only about ten years old.
For a while, no one came to rescue.
Later, a maid brought by a certain lady who knew how to swim jumped in and rescued Li Wan.
Li Wan had a weak constitution to begin with, and the soak in the ice water coupled with the shock made things even worse. He fell ill as soon as he got home and was bedridden for nearly three months before he recovered.
In the end, the princess of the Zhou mansion simply said that it was Zhou Wan who accidentally pushed Li Wan into the lake, sent some medicinal herbs, and then lightly let the matter go.
From then on, Li Wan was afraid to attend banquets.
Mrs. Li was a woman of integrity. After this incident, she never attended any banquets related to the princess again and simply stayed at home to live her own life.
It was not until Li Wan grew up and it was time for her to get married that she hoped Li Wan could find a good partner, and only then did she start taking Li Wan to attend banquets again.
Once, they met Zhou Wan by chance. Zhou Wan had long forgotten this incident from her childhood, but she remembered it after being reminded by someone next to her. She became displeased with Li Wan and mocked her harshly.
Mrs. Li was not at home that day, and Li Wan did not tell Mrs. Li, but he was depressed for a long time.
Li Wan really didn't like banquets and couldn't fit in. One time, he was so shocked that his face turned pale when he heard someone around him calling out Zhou Wan's name. Only then did Mrs. Li realize that Li Wan had never forgotten that incident. From then on, she gave up the idea of letting Li Wan socialize.
But it was also during that time that Li Wan hurriedly left to avoid the princess and accidentally bumped into Song Mingyi.
It was that time that Song Mingyi fell in love with Li Wan at first sight when she ran into his arms like a frightened deer.
It's a pity that fate plays tricks on us.
Because Song Mingyi's story of falling in love at first sight spread.
Not only did Zhou Wan, who heard about this, feel secretly resentful.
This even alarmed the Empress Dowager in the palace, who summoned this "niece" whom she had never met before into the palace to meet her.
Before the marriage between the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion and the Li family, Li Wan was brought into the palace and arranged to be the main concubine.
It can be said that the princess's family had a great impact on Li Wan's life.
After Li Wan entered the palace, Zhou Wan wanted to make trouble for Li Wan, but the Queen was like an iron barrel and Li Wan never left the Queen, so Zhou Wan never found an opportunity.
Last time during the Moon Goddess Festival, Zhou Wan missed it again because she had a few red pimples on her face and didn’t want to go out to see people.
In a blink of an eye, it has been four months since Li Wan entered the palace, but the two have never met each other.
The two will definitely meet during this autumn hunt.
Concubine Yi, who knew the inside story, was already prepared to watch the show.
Li Wan had not taken Concubine Wan seriously at first, but when she heard that her name was on the list, those memories came flooding back to her mind, including when she first entered the palace and was afraid of running into Concubine Wan, and she was very panicked. It can be seen what kind of psychological shadow this Concubine Wan left on her.
Cuizhu combed Li Wan's hair while saying, "This Wanpin is the daughter of the princess. She has been spoiled since she was a child. I heard that she often beats and scolds the palace maids in the palace. She has a very fierce temper. Even Yipin has to give her some leeway when she sees her. If you see Wanpin, you must stay away from her."
Although Li Wan is in favor, she has no rank after all, and Concubine Wan is not someone who knows the rules. Moreover, it is said that Concubine Wan had already fallen in love with the emperor before entering the palace. Cuizhu is very worried that Li Wan will be bullied.
Li Wan smiled and said, "I am the emperor's attendant. Wherever the emperor is, I am there. Are you still worried about who can bully me in front of the emperor?"
As she spoke, she touched her hair, and even had a faint expectation in her heart about what attitude and expression the domineering Wanpin would have when she saw her again.
This time, she would not allow herself to be bullied and would just dodge and retreat.
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