Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 69 Teasing the Emperor

"You also know that you slapped me, and it seems that you are still asleep. Tell me what should be done. As the emperor, I cannot ask you to slap me in vain."

Zhu Ci bit her lip, "The emperor is the emperor and still cares about the concubine. The concubine should be rubbed by the emperor."

Seeing that Shen Que had no objection, she took Shen Que's hand. His hands have distinct joints, are slender and strong, with a thin layer of calluses. She lowered her eyes and blew gently.

Shen Que only felt itchy on the back of his hand, with a warm breath like spring breeze. He looked at Zhu Ci and saw that her forehead was smooth and delicate, her slender and thick eyelashes were dancing with candlelight, and her cheeks were white and pink with a layer of fine down.

The restless heart suddenly became extremely calm, with so many concubines in the harem. Only when he faced her did he feel a sense of peace in his heart, and he could let go of all his defenses.

Shen Que took out his hand and held Zhu Ci's slender waist toward his arms. A faint orchid fragrance instantly lingered on the tip of his nose. He buried his head in her hair.

"Why didn't you touch the meal I ordered you to prepare?"

Zhu Ci blinked, "I heard from Eunuch Li that the emperor was still reviewing the memorials in the royal study, and he was worried about the emperor's dragon body, so he couldn't eat. Moreover, when I came here, I ate something to satisfy my hunger, so I'm not very hungry."

"If you're not very hungry, then you're still hungry. It just so happens that I haven't had dinner either, so you can take some with me."

Shen Que pulled Zhu Ci to sit at the dining table. Zhu Ci was about to cry but had no tears. He was not sure whether the emperor really didn't eat, or whether he was worried that she was hungry and said this deliberately, so as not to embarrass her.

Zhu Ci could only take a few bites, then wiped the corners of his lips with a handkerchief and stopped eating.

After a simple dinner, Shen Que ordered people to eat the food.

Zhu Ci rinsed her mouth carefully and then helped Shen Que take a bath. She looked at Shen Que's body without hesitation and found that he maintained a very good figure, with wide shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs. He was the type that looked thin when dressed and fleshy when undressed.

She was glad that when she passed through, the emperor was young and strong. If it were a bad old man in his fifties or sixties, that would be really off-putting.

On the contrary, Shen did feel a little embarrassed when she saw him. Because he had never been looked at so blatantly, the concubines, including the usually bold and aggressive Concubine Bai, did not dare to look directly at him like this when they occasionally served him in the bath.

"Why are you looking at me like this? You don't know how to be shy at all. How can there be a woman like you?"

"The emperor is my concubine's husband, so I have nothing to be embarrassed about."

Zhu Ci took a step closer and put her hand on Shen Que's chest. Shen did not understand why her hands were still so cold even though it was late spring.

"The emperor doesn't like the concubine looking at the emperor like this? If the emperor doesn't like it, the concubine just doesn't look back and must close her eyes tightly."

Shen Que breathed heavily, and there was dark color in his eyes. Her provocative words and actions made him excited and fresh at the same time.

No woman had ever dared to talk to him like this, she was the only one who dared. But he was very comfortable with this method and at the same time found it hard to talk about it.

"I like it." He grabbed her hand that was messing around, lowered his head and kissed Zhu Ci's red lips.

"You haven't recovered from the cold yet, so don't mess around. What if the cold gets worse?"

"I'm not afraid. With the emperor's dragon energy protecting me, I'm sure I'll be fine."

Zhu Ci hooked Shen Que's neck with one hand, and gently stroked his face with a boneless hand.

Men don't like women to be static, dull and boring.

Especially the emperor, he has never seen such a beautiful woman with a fat and thin body. Whether she wants to capture the emperor's heart or his body, she has to pay attention to some skills.

"I just want to be close to the emperor. The emperor misses me too, doesn't he?" she said. She stood up on her tiptoes and kissed him actively.

The consequence of this was that Zhu Ci had no strength at all after being tortured, and could only end up begging for mercy. After bathing, she climbed into bed and didn't want to move. Shen Que hugged her from behind and rested his chin on her head.

"tired?"

Zhu Ci responded vaguely, her head turned into mush due to sleepiness. She could no longer hear clearly what Shen Que said next, so she could only respond with hums and ahs, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The moon quietly hid in the dark clouds, and the night that was just as bright as day suddenly turned into a thick black ink.

The strong wind roared through the treetops, and the blown branches with claws and claws fell on the window paper, like ghosts and monsters beating hard on the windows.

Zhu Ci frowned tightly and clutched the brocade quilt on her body with both hands. She seemed to have had some kind of nightmare, her face was as pale as paper, and she kept murmuring in a low voice.

"Don't come here... I didn't harm you... It wasn't me who harmed you mother and son... Your Majesty..."

Shen Que had always been a light sleeper. Hearing the whispers of the people next to him, he woke up instantly. He rolled over and sat up. Seeing the cold sweat on Zhu Ci's head and his trembling voice full of fear, he frowned.

"Ah Ci, wake up." Shen Que shook Zhu Ci's shoulder.

"Aci, I'm here, no one will dare to hurt you. Wake up."

"what!!!"

Zhu Ci opened her eyes fiercely and saw a black figure staring at her unblinkingly. She screamed in fright, pushed the other person away with force, huddled in the corner and shivered while hugging the quilt.

"Why are you pestering me? I really didn't harm you, but your biological mother wanted to harm me... It wasn't me who harmed you, it wasn't me..."

Shen Que saw that Zhu Ci kept repeating back and forth that I was not the one who harmed you, mother and son, and he subconsciously thought of Lu Yunu.

In fact, he was a little suspicious of Zhu Ci at first, and Concubine Bai and Concubine Shu never dealt with her. Lu Yunv has always been on good terms with Concubine Shu. If she could get rid of the child in Lu Yunv's belly, it would only be beneficial to Concubine Shu.

But then he thought about it, even if she obeyed the orders of the noble concubine and wanted to do it, she would not choose to do it in her own palace. It was too risky.

"Don't be afraid, Aci. As long as I'm here, nothing will happen to you."

Shen Que waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. He leaned forward and held Zhu Ci's wrist. With one hand, he pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

"Wake up, this is all a dream. Calm down, don't scare yourself."

His words seemed to have a kind of magic power. Zhu Ci slowly calmed down, and his distracted eyes gradually regained their clarity. She smelled a refreshing fragrance surrounding the person in front of her.

"Your Majesty!" she cried bitterly, throwing her arms around his neck.

"Your Majesty, I just had a dream. It was really scary. Your Majesty, someone wants to harm me, someone wants to take my life. Your Majesty!"

Shen Que felt that the fragile body of the person in his arms was shaking like a willow tree in the wind, and his pajamas were wet with warm tears.

He touched Zhu Ci's head distressedly and patted her back gently.

"Everything in the dream is reversed. This is the palace, and I'm guarding it. I want to see who dares to hurt you."

(End of this chapter)