Chapter Ten Midnight Whispers

  As soon as Zǐ Ruò Yè entered the house, she found that Yún Níng had already woken up. Her black hair reflected the moonlight, shining with a soft glow. Her long eyelashes blinked slowly, and her eyes, which were normally full of charm, seemed to be filled with the clearest spring water in the world, as if they could see through a person's soul with just one glance. Under the thin blanket, her white undergarment appeared slightly transparent, and Zǐ Ruò Yè suddenly realized that Yún Níng might have been born to enchant the world.

  "How did you wake up?" Walking forward, it seemed that her voice was too loud, but she had already lowered her voice. She couldn't help but sigh that Yun Cong's sleep was too light, and even such a slight sound could startle him.

  Yun Ning looked at the worried face of Zi Ruoye and said slowly, "Your Highness, what you just said to Master Liu was not intentionally overheard by Yun Ning."

  Zi Ruoye was not by his side, he would wake up after sleeping for half a moment, this was a bad habit that had been cultivated over the years. But since Wang Ye redeemed him for a year, he slept sweetly every night with him on the same bed.

  "It doesn't matter. But it's not good for your body to be able to hear such a small voice, you won't be able to sleep well later?" In order not to disturb her, she almost used only the sound of the wind and her own voice when negotiating, perhaps Liu Qingyou's voice was too loud?

  Yun Ning shook her head, but in her heart she was deeply moved. Perhaps even Wang Ye himself had not discovered that as long as he cared about someone, he would always be a bit silly, yet it delighted and pleased him.

  "It's nothing, just being startled awake." He gently hugged her, and although he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, his body was already half a head taller than hers. Although the women of Zixuan Country were mostly robust and sturdy, why did it feel like his heart had settled down when he was clearly the one holding her?

  Zi Ruoye silently allowed Yun Ning to hug her, but in her heart she had already made up her mind that another day she would have the imperial physician come and take her pulse, write a few prescriptions, and see if they could completely cure Yun Ning's illness. Insomnia and frequent dreams were not a big deal, nor were they a small one - this kind of illness couldn't be taken lightly! A toothache might seem minor, but when it acted up, it could be fatal!

  She took off her outer garment and hung it on the screen, then obediently crawled back to the inner side of the bed. "Your Highness, isn't it getting late? You still have an early court session tomorrow morning?"

  The soft whispers beside her ear, like a gentle breeze blowing by, Cloud Condensation sleeping on the inside, lightly and shallowly smiling, yet making Zi Ruo Ye's heart tighten, as if something had flashed through her heart, only for an instant, too fast to catch its shadow. She kicked off her boots, not caring about the one that was kicked east and west on the ground, with a pampered expression, "This lustful king, of course, has been indulging in spring breezes and warm blankets several times, from now on, the king will no longer attend early court sessions. Cloud Condensation, I seem to have not given you a massage for a long time."

  I thought Zǐ Ruò Yè would sleep obediently, but unexpectedly he crawled onto the bed, grabbed his foot, and smiled at him with a playful gaze, his eyes filled with a teasing color that made him both love and hate. How can this person be like this, taking advantage of every opportunity to tease him.

  "Your Highness, tomorrow... ah..." This wicked person, he hadn't even finished speaking yet... The unintentionally emitted sound had already made him blush with shame, so he could only tightly close his eyes, bite his lip, and pray that he wouldn't make another sound that would be too embarrassing for even himself to hear.

  Zi Ruoye picked up Yun Ning's foot, no matter how many times she massaged it, she felt that this man's foot was also so beautiful, as if every toe was like a work of art, round and lovely. The skin-to-skin contact brought a slight tremble. After a year of effort, Yun Ning's icy hands and feet had improved a lot.

  Sounds of shame and embarrassment echoed from within the main room, causing the guards to exchange knowing glances and the young servants' faces to flush with red clouds.

  They said, how could the king possibly neglect Yun Cong young master, that's a delicate person who is hard to find even in heaven... However, the king still needs this at midnight, cough cough... it seems that Yun Cong young master is very tired every night.

  The young servants' faces turned bright red, secretly annoyed that they were on duty today and had to listen to these embarrassing sounds. However, they couldn't help but be curious and listened intently to the intermittent voices of men coming from the main room, which sparked their imagination.

  Zi Ruoye slightly raised an eyebrow, even though the door was tightly closed, but everything outside, as delicate as flowers blooming and falling, and the whispers of servants talking to each other, all reached her ears without exception.

  Who can blame? If anyone is to be blamed, it's Yun Cong's voice... It's really so charming that it makes one's bones melt. Leaning in close to his ear, she laughed softly, "Beautiful one, you're calling out... Really!"

  Yun Cong gently bit his lip, his helpless eyes gazing at Zi Ruo Ye. His body was already hot from her massage, and her shallow breathing reached his face. Even if he couldn't see her expression, he could guess that she was smiling slyly at this moment. He wanted to bite his lip to hold back the sound, but she teased him until he was helpless.

  The housekeeper stood outside, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. The young master's wedding is next month on the third day of the first lunar month, and now he's being so openly doted on by Yun Cong, this might not have a good influence. Listening to the intensity of the sounds coming from inside, even her old face couldn't help but flush slightly, it seems the young master really is... vigorous in his youth. The housekeeper pondered whether she should recruit several innocent and chaste young servants...

  One day, Zi Ruoye saw that her courtyard suddenly had many more handsome boys, and when she asked, the housekeeper told her with a straight face that men's bodies couldn't withstand too much turmoil, so they needed to share some. She was left speechless, asking the heavens.

  Liu Qingyao returned to the Prime Minister's mansion, took off his black clothes and pants, and kept thinking about what Zi Ruoye had said to him...

  She said she would let him and Li Yu be in contact with each other and make every effort to create opportunities for them.

  She said that she would let his reputation remain intact and marry Li Yu with great fanfare, so that no one in the world would mock him even a little bit.

  Her shallow eyes held a hint of curiosity, her slender fingers gently placed on her chest, she had a rotten tone, but why did he still want to try? Upon careful recollection, it seemed that Zǐ Ruò Yè said more than that...

  She also said he was boring and she didn't dare to be interested in herself

  She also said that his body was no match for Yun Cong's...

  She bit her lip, even thinking about it made her unwilling to say the shameful words out loud, only a shameless drunkard like Zi Ruo Ye would casually utter such words. The same Liu Qing You who had shown a hint of gratitude just a moment before, suddenly sent Zi Ruo Ye plummeting into the eighteenth level of hell.

  If she fails to fulfill her promise, just wait and see how he'll turn her palace upside down!

  The courtyards in the Wangfu also have many trees planted on both sides, although not as many varieties as the imperial flower garden, but there are also plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos, chrysanthemums, peaches, plums, lotus and osmanthus fragrans that bloom in the courtyards.

  In January, the plum blossoms are in full bloom. Ziruofe is just getting up early in the morning to come to this plum blossom forest. The white brocade robe with silver-edged wood sorrel flowers has beautiful flower patterns embroidered on the cuffs with silver thread, but it's hard to describe the pattern. If not for that head of black hair, even people seem to be melting into this plum blossom forest.

  Gone was the usual mischievous look, standing under the plum blossom tree, yet it made people feel that the figure had a faint sense of loneliness. Zi Ruoye would come out alone every morning to take a walk, even though she had been in this strange world for over a year, and didn't know when she could return home. Perhaps only after her physical body died, would her soul be able to return.

  Before that... she had to settle Yun Qing down...

  Liu Qingyou slept very lightly that night, replaying in his mind the words Zi Ruoye had said to him. He was so restless that he got dressed as soon as it dawned and ordered his servants to drive the horse carriage to the Wang residence. Even Liu Xiang was surprised by his son's sudden change overnight - could it be that her words yesterday had made him see things clearly?

  Perhaps it was because of that imperial edict, so he came to the door and entered unimpeded. After asking around, he only found out that Ziyue Ye was in the plum forest. Both times he entered the mansion were nighttime explorations, and he hadn't carefully looked at the scenery of the Wang estate. Following the servant to the plum forest, he discovered that this grove was truly extremely beautiful. After a search, he finally heard Ziyue Ye's voice, but was told by the servant not to disturb her...

  Knitting his brows, he looked over and saw the figure in the plum forest. Zi Ruoye was staring blankly at the plum blossoms, motionless like a sculpture. For a moment, he doubted whether what he saw was really Zi Ruoye...

  Why doesn't he look like that drunkard, lecherous scoundrel and rotten person... It's only the first month of early spring, yet even he is wearing a thick fox fur coat, while she is just in a brocade robe, but it makes her feel cold in heart.

  Digression

  Please forgive me ~ After resting for a day, the fish's cold is better. Start paying off debts ~

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