Chapter 347: Chapter 347 Triumphal Return to Court to Watch the Tigers Fight from Afar (2)
The body lying on top of him stiffened, and when she looked up, she saw the Emperor’s deep eyes gazing at her. It was as if she understood something in an instant. With her naked body, she quickly knelt on the up-and-down bed, her face covered with the color of nervousness, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, your concubine was momentarily confused, please deal with me leniently."
"I asked you a question, answer it." He half sat up, anger etched on his face, speaking to the woman kneeling before him.
Xiu Yang, seeing this, had her eyes darting around in panic. Dugu Han took note and felt even more certain that what she had just said was true. The whole of Xueyan knew of Dugu Chen and not himself.
Glancing at Xiu Yang on the bed, he got up, hastily put on his clothes, and with his sleeves flapping, strode away.
Seeing the Emperor leave, Xiu Yang’s body went limp on the bed, her hands covered in sweat, her heart whispering, ’That was close; I nearly played myself.’
The head palace maid on duty that night, Xiaoxi, saw the Emperor leave furiously and felt a surge of confusion. After seeing off the Emperor, she hurried into the chamber and, seeing her mistress splayed on the bed, quickly brought over a garment to drape over her.
"Your Highness, you and His Majesty he..." Xiaoxi, while tidying up the clothes scattered on the floor, looked up at her mistress, perplexed.
"It’s nothing; I want to take a bath." She gently closed her eyes and slightly furrowed her brows. The murderous aura she had just felt was so real, and just by her saying that one sentence, he couldn’t bear it. It seemed he held quite a grudge against Dugu Chen in his heart, haha.
Xiaoxi, hearing her mistress laugh softly from the bed, was puzzled, frowning. She couldn’t understand how she could laugh right after having a fight with the Emperor, shook her head, and walked away.
Early on the first day of the lunar new year, the crackling of firecrackers was deafening, waking up Feng Xuxu who slept on the bed.
After getting up and freshening up, she went to the dining hall and saw Dugu Chen smiling happily at her, "You’re in such a good mood today, what’s the good news?"
"Hehe, guess." He filled a bowl with red date porridge and handed it to her, still beaming at her.
Feng Xuxu blinked her curious eyes, her gaze darting back and forth, "Is today the first day of the new year?"
Dugu Chen chuckled softly, then pouted, "Wrong."
"Did His Majesty give you some Silver?
"Do I, your husband, lack Silver?"
"You refused the Silver he gave you? Are you silly? Who would be afraid that Silver might cut their hands? If you don’t want it, give it to me. Turns out, it’s hard to find someone as foolish as you," she glared harshly at him, angrily gobbling up the porridge in her bowl.
Dugu Chen’s mouth twitched. This was incomprehensible.
"It’s unrelated to the Emperor."
Upon hearing that it wasn’t about Silver, her heart instantly felt more comfortable. Her large eyes rolled for a moment, her brows furrowed, and she pouted, "Ah, I give up, guessing is giving me a headache."
Dugu Chen continued to smile, casually picking up a piece of green vegetable for Feng Xuxu, "Finish eating, I’ll take you somewhere."
Feng Xuxu looked at him suspiciously, half in doubt as she ate until she was full. They both boarded a carriage, and Xuxu, without asking where they were going, let the guard drive while she nestled in his embrace, fiddling with her fingers.
"Prince, we’ve arrived." The carriage came to a halt, and he let down the stirrup before calling out to the Prince inside.
"My lady, we’re here." He wrapped the woman in his arms with a fox fur cloak, making sure no gaps showed, before lifting her out of the carriage.
The guard at the gate of the residence, seeing Prince Mei Residence’s carriage arrive, dashed into the front yard to report to the Young Master, "Young Master, Prince Mei Residence’s carriage has stopped in the front yard."
Jueqing, who was having a discussion with his parents and grandparents, sprang up upon hearing this and went up to the guard, "Make sure to check."
