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Chapter 7 Wake Up

Chapter 7 Awakening from Dream

As the night grew darker, all the palaces turned on their lights and locked their doors, and the entire imperial city fell into silence. The bustling banquet just now seemed like a big dream.

Jiang Huaiyang looked at the woman with half of her head buried in the quilt and the tips of her ears were crimson. He couldn't help but move the bloodshot ears with bad intentions, "Lingling, get up and take a shower first. Don't fall asleep."

The woman's moaning voice came from under the quilt. Because it was covered by the cloth, it seemed a little distorted, "I'm so sleepy."

He chuckled helplessly, stretched out his hand to push aside the quilt, revealing her beautiful and flushed face. Her eyes were watery. She didn't know whether she was bullied or something. She thought she was glaring at Jiang Huaiyang fiercely, but in fact she was not threatening.

However, it only disturbs people's minds.

Jiang Huaiyang looked away and pushed aside the red gauze bed curtain. The little palace maid who had been waiting on the side came forward, tied up half of the curtain, bent down and lowered her eyes, "Your Majesty, the water has been put away."

He responded calmly, picked her up and placed her in the bathtub with warm water, causing the person in his arms to scream in surprise.

The warm and comfortable water overflowed and enveloped her body, and then the scattered petals also came up and pressed against her skin, filling her nose with the fragrant aroma.

For a while, the surroundings were filled with mist.

When Jiang Huaiyang also came in, she snuggled into his arms very naturally, "When will Your Majesty leave tomorrow morning? Will I still be able to see you?"

Jiang Huaiyang picked up a handful of water with his hands and poured it on her body. A few water drops were held by her collarbones, which made her icy muscles and jade bones stand out, and the red mark on her neck seemed to be there or not.

"Sleep peacefully, I will be back in a few days. In the meantime, you just need to protect yourself and don't let others bully you."

The riots of the barbarians in the north have become more and more rampant in recent times, causing the people on the border to live in dire straits and complaining constantly. He must go out personally to attack the enemy tribe.

Naturally, he couldn't let go of Ling Ling, but as the king of a country, there were many things he couldn't control himself.

The woman named Lingling was silent for a while, then hesitantly opened her lips and said, "Your Majesty, let me go with you."

"No!" He refused coldly without thinking.

Swords don't have eyesight on this battlefield, not to mention the ferocious nature of the Beiyi. Even these soldiers may not be able to protect themselves. She went to a woman with no power to restrain a chicken. Wouldn't it be like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?

"I can cook some food for you in the camp, I won't cause any trouble!" Being rejected so decisively, she became anxious, turned around, half-knelt in the pool, and put her hands on his shoulders to maintain balance.

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Jiang Huaiyang looked into her moist eyes and knew that she was worried and would like to see him every day. However, although he was fully prepared for this trip, there was no guarantee that an accident would happen, and he was unwilling to let her take this risk.

He softened his tone and said, "I'm not afraid that you will cause trouble. You have to understand that it is a battlefield. It's better to leave this kind of thing to the men."

The little lady didn't know what she thought of, and the tears oozed out of her eyes one after another and fell down, "I am just afraid that you will lack food and clothing, that you will be injured there, and that you will come back."

If they don't come...can't we let other generals go, does it have to be the imperial commander himself?"

Jiang Huaiyang held her face, wiped away the tears with the pads of his thumbs, and coaxed softly, "It's different in nature. Lingling, listen to me, this time our army in Dawu is sufficient, our troops and horses are strong, and our two generals will also do the same."

And go there to protect my safety, nothing will happen to you. As for you, just stay in the palace and wait for my triumphant return."

Her little face was covered in tears and she was choked with sobs that she could no longer speak. She could only shake her head repeatedly.

No, she didn't want to follow him willfully... Recently, when she heard that he was going to fight, her eyelids started to twitch, and she felt very anxious. Her intuition was always accurate. If he went to fight, something would definitely happen.

Jiang Huaiyang did not let go, but lowered his head and kissed the tears hanging on her face, and tightened his arms around her waist.

She raised her head and was forced to bear his intimacy. She didn't care to cry for a while. Later, she became sleepy from the torment and fell asleep in a daze.

I don’t even know how I got out of the bath, changed into clothes, and was carried to the bed.

He hugged the person in his arms, felt her shallow breathing, and felt soft in his heart. Seeing that she was sleeping restlessly, he patted her back gently, and she seemed to feel Jiang Huaiyang's comfort, no longer

Move around.

Then he closed his eyes with peace of mind.

When I opened my eyes again, the morning light outside the window had filtered in, and was somewhat darkened by the window paper.

He raised his hand to touch the quilt next to him and found it was cold. He subconsciously stretched out his hand to explore, but there was no sign that anyone else had slept on it.

It seemed that it touched the porcelain placed by the bedside, and there was only a crisp sound of breaking.

Immediately outside the palace, someone knocked on the door twice and then came in, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

He felt a splitting headache. He flexed his fingers and massaged them with his knuckles while scolding, "Who allowed you to come in? Get out."

The palace man did not dare to say anything and closed the door quietly.

After getting up in the morning and washing himself, with cold water on his face, Jiang Huaiyang felt that he had recovered from the unspeakable dream and was much more awake.

When he first ascended the throne, there were still many matters waiting for him, the emperor, to arrange and discuss. In the morning, the ministers talked about each other and talked about it for two hours before it was over.

As soon as he stepped out of the palace, the prime minister came up to him again and bet him right.

Jiang Huaiyang handled relevant government affairs until the sun set. Warm golden color dyed the palace grounds, making people think of the golden Buddha statue in Shenghe Temple.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Huaiyang ordered him to go down and prepare the sedan chair and set off for Shenghe Temple.

Cheng Mansion. East Chamber.

The window that had just been repaired the night before was letting in the wind again. The gap was extremely small. If Mu Xiang hadn't happened to be standing on the side, the wind would have blown on her neck, and she might not have been able to notice it.

The young lady's illness was not fully recovered yet, so she did not dare to neglect it, so she hurriedly went to the house to beg for new oil paper and paste, planning to make up for it with serious materials.

Ruan Yuyi was biting the red cake Mu Ling brought back from outside. When she saw Mu Xiang fetching a bunch of miscellaneous tools, she asked curiously, "What are you doing, cutting window grilles?"

Although the Ruan family is in decline, she is still the eldest lady who has never touched the spring water. She can recognize these things individually, but she doesn't know what they are used for when put together.

Mu Xiang smiled and said, "No, there is another hole here. I want to patch it up for you to prevent you from catching cold again at night."

She looked at Ruan Yuyi's eagerness to try, and added, "If you want to cut the window grilles, just stick them on top after cutting them, so as not to add a piece later that looks like a patch."

Ruan Yuyi curled her lips, okay, just because she was afraid that she would cause trouble.

But where did the red paper come from now——

Her eyes moved around, and she happened to see the paper used to wrap the red cake. This was excellent for cutting window grilles, and the size was enough to cut into four parts, although it was a bit smaller than ordinary window grilles.

She carefully pulled out the red paper and saw some oil on it, so she took out the handkerchief and wiped it.

Then he took the small gold knife from the needlework box and started playing with the red paper.

Mu Ling happened to come in and saw her. She was very playful and soon joined the ranks of paper-cutting.

"Miss," Mu Ling looked at the semi-finished product in his hand, and then at Ruan Yuyi's, "How did you make this pattern?" She stretched out her hand and pointed.

Ruan Yuyi caught a glimpse of Mu Ling's face and burst out laughing, "What is this? A big cake?"

It was indeed cut out of shape, round and round, and the hollow inside was very crude and a little too big, as if it would swallow her if it was cut too much.

Mu Xiang heard the sound and came over to watch the excitement.

In order to get praise, Mu Ling even handed the window grille to her eyes. As a result, Mu Xiang couldn't hold back her laughter. She laughed while not wanting to be too offensive, "Ahem. It's quite pleasing - just looking at it."

I have an appetite."

Mu Ling knew that this was a joke on her, so she blushed and retorted angrily, "What do you know?"

It was a bit ugly, but Ruan Yuyi was happy to see it, so she put up the window grilles for both of them.

(End of chapter)


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