In contrast, Jiang Huaiyang was neatly dressed, as if the young lady had made herself look like she was now.
He looked cold and there was no trace of lust on his face, "I have something else to do today, so I won't keep company with Lingling."
After saying this, he turned around and left without giving any more to Ruan Yuyi.
She stared at his long and tall back, and helped the desks to the chair. After taking a long time, she felt that her breathing became easier and faster, and the fear in her heart was slightly relieved.
For several days after that, the emperor was nowhere to be seen. It was as if he had picked her up and turned around to look around, which gave her a break.
After that, he came twice, but it was different from the previous gentleness. He had relieved his desire and left. It was as if he only treated her like a decorative object. The more this happened, the more subconsciously she wanted to escape.
And he would never let her have this opportunity. Either he would pull her back by her ankles, or he would simply make her lose her strength and become unable to resist anymore.
At this moment, she had just finished bathing and was sitting in front of the dressing table. Mu Xiang held a towel and wrung out her long hair little by little.
She had free time in her hands, playing with hairpins, makeup boxes, etc. Suddenly she realized that the lipstick had gone to the bottom, "Muxiang, it's time to buy a box of lipstick and come back."
Mu Xiang glanced at the celadon box and replied, "Then I will go to the shop and have a look later."
"No," she said softly, "I'll go with you." Although she wasn't sure whether he would come today, if he went out, it would be a chance to miss his arrival. Since he was busy with important things, he wanted to come.
There won't be enough time to wait for her to come back.
She knew that he might come at other times, but this was a time when she could relax and not have to worry.
After putting up her hair and makeup, Ruan Yuyi carried Muxiang and walked towards the courtyard gate, not wanting to be stopped by the guards outside. Because she had been staying inside, she didn't know there were guards guarding the door, and she was a little surprised.
The guard's face was stern, as if he was inhumane, "Talent, your Majesty has ordered that you cannot step out of this courtyard."
She frowned slightly, "I just went out to buy some makeup."
"Whatever the talented man needs, just tell the two girls that your Majesty has no intention of deducting your expenses." He was referring to the two maids.
But she actually didn't go to the street just for lip service, she wanted to breathe more. If she let others take care of it, she would have no reason to go out. How could she agree?
"I will come back as soon as possible. Isn't this unreasonable?"
The guard paid no attention to her. He held a spear and remained motionless, "Please don't embarrass me."
Seeing that she could not persuade him, she was silent for a while and expressed the question in her heart, "Your Majesty placed me here and did not allow me to come and go at will. But why do you never see Your Majesty come here?"
The breeze blew by, causing her hair to be slightly messy. She reached out and tucked the strands of hair behind her ears.
The guard looked at her with a strange expression, but seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, he said, "Why would you say such a thing? Didn't Your Majesty just come here yesterday afternoon?"
She suddenly felt that the wind seemed to be a bit colder, making her heart feel tight.
She lowered her eyes, unwilling to believe the thought that suddenly appeared. She murmured her lips before finding her voice, "What do you mean by this?"
The guard finally looked sideways at her, with a suspicious look in his eyes, "Have you never seen His Majesty? I have clearly seen him coming and going frequently in recent days."
A chill gripped the fingertips of the cloak and spread throughout her body, clinging to her bones and slowly tightening. She heard herself trembling, "I've seen... I've seen it. It's okay. I'll go back first."
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She didn't care about the guard's reaction, so she turned around and left.
Xuanyi Jade Belt, skilled in martial arts, and powerful, could easily enter and stay in the courtyard of the palace concubine - she should have thought of it long ago. If he was really just a prince, how would he have the opportunity to put that thing into the palace as a reward?
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She had always taken it for granted, thinking that the rumored cold and violent emperor would not sleep with her, let alone remember her casual words.
He should be sitting on top of thousands of people, with a jade seal in his left hand and a blood-stained sword in his right hand. Those who disobeyed him knelt at his feet. He gave orders while laughing and talking, turning a deaf ear to the screams and screams of the disobedient.
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Ruan Yuyi walked back to the wing in a daze.
In her impression, the emperor would not be associated with his gentle and jade-like skin. Even though he has a cold temperament, which makes people feel that they should not approach him easily, his appearance has become his best disguise.
, neutralizing his gloomy mood.
She had always thought that he just had a cold temper.
Only when her fingertips were touched by the warm tea cup did she know how to pick it up. The bitter tea flowed into her throat, but the bitterness still lingered on her lips and teeth for a long time.
Seeing her trembling body, Mu Xiang went to close the window.
"Tell me, why did he... want to be happy with me while concealing his identity and putting me under house arrest here?"
She said suddenly.
Mu Xiang couldn't answer for a while.
But after arriving at this square courtyard, he seemed to have not deliberately concealed his identity. If not, she would not have learned his identity from the guard today.
She looked around and saw that the layout of the house was similar to other places at first glance, but now she knew that this was the yard he had given her as a gift. When she looked around again, she saw many familiar places.
"Miss, find an opportunity and ask and you will find out." Mu Xiang said.
Yes, just ask him when he comes.
As night fell, the main room was brightly lit. Ruan Yuyi was sitting upright, and a black corner appeared in her peripheral vision. She slowly raised her eyes.
The warm yellow candlelight fell on his nose, casting a thick shadow, but it also softened the edges of his facial features, giving him the illusion of warmth. He looked a little bit like he was when he was young, she thought in a daze.
He walked towards her, his voice low and sweet, "Are you waiting for me?"
There was mockery in his eyes, which made her heart tremble. She swallowed back the question she originally wanted to ask, and responded softly, "Yes." He had never been gentle, but he had been considerate to her before.
No different than what he looked like recently, he seemed to be a hunter who had closed his net. Seeing that the birds were resisting in vain and could no longer escape from the carefully woven fine net, he finally took off his previous mask and revealed the true face underneath that frightened her.
It is a bit closer to the rumors.
He picked up the little lady by the waist and threw her on the bed. She fell into the soft brocade quilt, her mind went dizzy, she struggled for a while, and then she sat up.
His tall shadow loomed over her body, and she raised her head slightly to look at him.
He suddenly opened his lips and said in a cold tone, "You know."
She seemed to be enveloped in a huge chill and trembled violently. She didn't know why he could always see through her thoughts at a glance. She seemed to hold nothing back in front of him.
Even the clothing that covered the body seemed to be superfluous, and it was damaged countless times. But every time a piece of clothing was damaged, a box of beautiful clothes would be rewarded by the palace the next day.
It was like telling her that the skirt and shirt were superfluous.