Ke'er was on the edge of a trance. She vaguely heard a familiar voice. She tried her best to open her eyelids and saw Ao Chenye looking at her tenderly and distressedly with his beautiful phoenix eyes. She looked at her pitifully.
He unconsciously acted coquettishly: "Aochenye, it hurts me so much. [ ]"
As she spoke, the nerves in her body were faintly affected, causing her to grin and gasp for air again, and a wave of pain swept over her, almost not making her faint.
Seeing how weak she was, Ao Chenye's chest twitched. He held her pale and cold face with his big hands and said in a hoarse voice: "Little cutie, look at me, don't close your eyes. Soon... I will let you
It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
His serious and magnetic tone was mixed with the domineering promise of an emperor.
soon?
Ke'er was a little puzzled by his words. Suddenly, a consciousness flashed into her mind. Her droopy eyelids immediately lifted up hard and looked at him seriously——
"No! Your mana has just recovered..."
Her instinctive worry made Ao Chenye feel warm in his heart.
He gently wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with his sleeve, and interrupted her with gentle comfort: "Little cutie, although you are worried about me and make me happy, you are underestimating my ability.
If I can't solve the skin injury, then I will be unworthy of being the king of Tenglong Kingdom."
Yeah? Does he mean that casting a spell to heal her this time won't have any impact on him?
Ke'er wanted to believe what he said, but the concern in her heart made her unable to be convinced.
"But……"
She just opened her mouth to say something, and Ao Chenye put his index finger against her pale lips, lowered his head, and placed a gentle kiss on her eyebrows with pity.
"Believe me."
His voice was gentle and soft, but it had a reassuring calmness that made it impossible not to believe in him.
Under the comfort of his warm eyes, Ke'er was finally convinced.
"Then...if you are affected by the spell, I will...not save you anymore!" In the end, she couldn't help but threaten him, but her threat sounded more like
care, care.
Ao Chenye smiled, lovingly and lovingly holding up her blood-stained hands, feeling extremely distressed: "Okay, as long as I have the slightest bad sequelae, I will let you punish me. Come on, close your eyes obediently.
"
After hearing what he said, Ke'er was finally willing to close her eyes obediently. Moreover, she really felt very painful and tired and wanted to take a rest.
Then, he concentrated on his luck, held the golden light in his hand, and gently brushed every injured part of her...
Ke'er felt a gentle warmth gradually stroking away the pain of the wound. With her eyes closed, she could now know that this was the gentle soothing that belonged to his unique magic power.
…
After a while, when the gentle caress on his body gradually faded away, Ke'er slowly opened his eyes, and at first glance, he focused on whether there was anything strange about his face.
There was no trace of paleness, and he was as energetic as before.
At this moment, she couldn't help but curl her lips, comforting and a little proud: "It's great. With you, the almighty dragon, I won't be afraid of being beaten in the future."
Being beaten?
Ao Chenye captured this information keenly. He raised his sword eyebrows, suppressed the murderous anger in his chest and asked softly: "Tell me, who hurt you?"
"Yes..." Ke'er was about to answer, but suddenly stopped.
She pretended to smile stupidly, trying to whitewash the situation: "You didn't hit me, it was my fault."
"Little cutie!" Ao Chenye's dark eyes darkened and he stared at her urgently.
At this time, she was still playing riddles with him, and she wasn't going to tell him about such a serious matter?!
Looking at his serious face, he had a handsome face, but it was also... so serious that she was a little scared.
"Hmm... Why do I feel so tired?" She yawned, somewhat deliberately avoiding the topic. She also really felt that her body seemed to have lost a lot of energy, she was very tired and wanted to sleep.
Knowing that she deliberately didn't want to tell him, but seeing that her face was still pale and tired, he couldn't help but help her lie down and cover her with a thick warm quilt.
"Although I have healed your wound, you have lost so much blood that you need to rest for a while to truly recover... Go to sleep if you want."
Although he wanted to find out what was going on, he ultimately put her body first.
As for who hurt her, he would know it without her telling him!
Ke'er's eyes were almost closed. She reluctantly tried to open a little gap to look at him, and said coquettishly: "How about you stay with me until I fall asleep?"
"Okay." He agreed immediately and gently.
The corners of her lips curved up slightly, revealing a reassuring smile, and then she finally fell asleep quietly, and vague murmurs gently escaped from her lips: "Then I'll sleep."
…
Ao Chen came to the palace where Concubine Xun lived at night.
"Where is Concubine Xun?" he asked the palace maid.
"Your Highness, Concubine Xun is taking a bath in the back hall."
Hearing this, Ao Chenye sat down with a lukewarm expression, and the palace maid quickly poured hot tea.
"Go and ask Concubine Xun to come out immediately."
The palace maid was stunned. In the past, His Highness would be very interested and go directly to find Concubine Xun. Why today...
Even though she had doubts in her heart, the palace maid did not dare to hesitate for a moment: "Slave, I will go now."
The palace maid buzzed into the back hall, where Concubine Xun was taking a fragrant bath with her eyes closed.
"Empress Xun."
Concubine Xun didn't even raise her eyelids, and frowned lazily: "Didn't I say that no one is allowed to come in and disturb my fragrant bath?"
"But His Highness is here and wants you to go out and see me immediately."
Hearing this, Concubine Xun's eyes immediately opened, and at the same time she got up from the water, her eyes shining with joy: "Quickly change my clothes."
The maid immediately brought some clothes and put them on for her.
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Concubine Xun came to the hall with a graceful figure, her beautiful face full of charm.
"I come to see Your Highness."
Ao Chenye narrowed his dark eyes and continued to drink tea calmly, but made no move to open his mouth.
Concubine Xun bent her knees and immediately felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere.
Her beautiful eyes were a little aggrieved, and her voice was even sweeter: "Your Highness..."
Ao Chenye then spoke: "No courtesy."
His tone seemed a bit perfunctory.
Concubine Xun secretly observed his expression, leaned closer and looked at him with aggrieved eyes: "Your Highness is here. I am so happy. Your Highness has not come to visit me for a long time."
Before Ao Chenye raised his glass and spoke, he skillfully blocked Concubine Xun's embrace.
"I'm busy with something." He replied calmly.
Concubine Xun's face changed slightly, because of his rejection and his cold tone.
She sat on the other side, swallowed the sourness in her heart, and pretended to be coquettish: "Your Highness has a new person and has forgotten the old one. He doesn't want to be with you."
Ao Chenye put down his teacup and lazily raised his eyes, his eyes locked on her with a sharp edge.
"Concubine Xun, I don't want this to happen again."
His voice is neither light nor heavy, but people can feel the pressure he exerts.
Concubine Xun lowered her eyes to hide the jealousy in her eyes.
She smiled brightly to cover it up: "Oh, Your Highness, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
Ao Chenye pursed her thin lips with perfect streamlines and narrowed her black eyes slightly: "Concubine Xun, you are getting less and less smart... The little dot on the leaf, Bai Ke'er."
At the end of the sentence, his voice became deeper and he was obviously impatient.
Looking at his eyes that understood everything, Concubine Xun angrily and embarrassedly avoided his sharp gaze.
The silent air was as heavy as a black cloud pressing into Concubine Xun's heart. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and bowed with a stiff face to apologize: "King, I know I was wrong. From now on, I will strictly abide by the way of living in harmony.
I will never do anything to displease His Highness again."
Ao Chenye then withdrew the sharpness in his eyes and said calmly: "Well. Concubine Xun, please practice calligraphy more when you have time. Calligraphy helps to cultivate one's moral character."
Hearing this, Concubine Xun felt that her face was dulled by the irony. She suppressed a smile and said, "I will obey your Highness's will."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
Concubine Xun followed anxiously to persuade her to stay: "Your Highness, it's almost time for dinner, why don't you stay for dinner?"
Ao Chenye said without looking back: "No, I have something else to do."
Seeing him striding away and disappearing from sight, Concubine Xun held her fingers tightly, her rouged face slowly darkened, and even her expression was distorted with resentment.
Finally, she hysterically swept everything on the table to the floor and screamed through gritted teeth: "Ah - I hate it, I hate it..."
Seeing her frantically sweeping away everything in the house, the maids were so frightened that they all shrank their heads and dared not say a word.
…
In Chen Palace, Ke'er sat in front of the window with her chin in her hands, thinking deeply.
The palace maid came over holding a fur coat: "Miss, it's cold outside the window, so you'd better put on your robe."
Ke'er turned around and saw that it was not the palace maid she was familiar with before, but a well-behaved palace maid who was younger than her. She blinked a pair of innocent and timid rabbit-like eyes, and looked very easy to bully.
She took Mao Qiu and asked with interest: "Huh? Why haven't I seen you before? Where is Cui'er?"
"Miss, this servant's name is Yingying. She is newly sent by His Highness to serve you. As for Cui'er that the miss is asking about... I don't know who the miss is talking about."
Yingying answered carefully and warmly, while putting on Ke'er's fur coat.
After hearing what Cui'er said, Yingying didn't care much anymore. Her attention was attracted by Mao Qiu's warm touch as soon as she got on her body.
"Huh? This robe is so warm. I feel warm even without covering it."
"This is a gift from the Fox Clan. It is woven with the oldest fox fur and is warm to the touch. There is only one piece. Your Highness is so kind to the lady!"
Ke'er gently stroked the soft fur on the fox fur, feeling the warmth on it, and a sense of happiness flowed into her heart.
She seemed to be talking to herself and asked: "Is he really nice to me?"
"Of course! Your Highness loves the young lady!" Yingying nodded seriously.
"Yingying, when will Ao Chenye come back? I've been awake for so long."
How could the maid know the master's whereabouts, but in order to prevent the mistress from being in a bad mood, Yingying had no choice but to comfort her: "Don't worry, miss, the king will be back soon."