
Wu Zeyuan walked into Xiao Jihuang's study room, he had previously received a report from Eunuch Yi that the Emperor had again missed dinner due to work.
As he entered, he was a little surprised, as his eyes now no longer looked at the Xiao Jihuang furniture related to Huang Mingxiang. Like paintings or other small objects, the whole thing is clean.
"Zeyuan?" Xiao Jihuang's voice rang out, making Wu Zeyuan wake up from his daydream.
"Your majesty." Wu Zeyuan bowed, his lips smiling warmly as usual.
Xiao Jihuang nodded. "Cabin." His right hand moved, coding for Wu Zeyuan to approach.
Wu Zeyuan pulled the bench so that he could sit next to Xiao Jihuang, the woman then stared at the painting on the man's desk.
"This ... is this a painting of the two of us?" wu Zeyuan asked, some time ago Xiao Jihuang had called the Palace painter to paint the two of them. And now .. seems like this is the result.
Xiao Jihuang nodded. "Sure, what do you think?"
Wu Zeyuan smiled, his fingers gently stroking the figure of Xiao Jihuang and himself in the painting. "You still look just as dashing in this painting, your majesty."
Xiao Jihuang laughed at Wu Zeyuan's praise, then replied, "Thank you, but that's not what I wanted to ask. I asked, what is the quality of the painting?"
Wu Zeyuan chuckled softly, then retorted, "It's so beautiful, it looks so real. It's so beautiful on display."
"Then let's put it on display." Xiao Jihuang suddenly stood up, making Wu Zeyuan slightly surprised. What ....the man was about to display their painting in his study?
"Where's the suitable location you think, Zeyuan?" xiao Jihuang asked, his hand holding onto the painting of the two of them while paying attention to the entire side of his spacious study.
"Your Majesty ... what ... do you really want to put our painting in the workspace?" wu Zeyuan asked, he still hesitated a little. Xiao Jihuang's attitude suddenly changed, she had not brought Huang Mingxiang up too often, even all the items related to the woman had been cleaned from her study.
Xiao Jihuang frowned, then turned her head towards Wu Zeyuan. "What's wrong? You don't want this painting on display?"
Wu Zeyuan stood up, then walked over towards Xiao Jihuang while shaking slowly. "That's not what Zeyuan meant, your majesty. I am very happy, because that is a sign that his majesty loves Zeyuan very much. Zeyuan was just worried, scared ... His majesty was forced to do this." The smile on Wu Zeyuan's face looked slightly bitter, leaving Xiao Jihuang stunned.
Xiao Jihuang had run out of words to answer the woman's question, but then she smiled and looked at the painting of the two of them again. "What should I force myself for? This is something I should do, I love my wife and respect you. And again, which heart should be forced to love a flower as beautiful as you?"
Wu Zeyuan was stunned, his heart pounding. The woman's face was flushed, yet .. her heart still had anxiety. Xiao Jihuang's words felt unreal to him, Wu Zeyuan still doubted the man really loved him.
Xiao Jihuang understood the intent of the look on Wu Zeyuan's face, what the woman suspected was true. But he was not really forced, there was at least half his pure heart loving Wu Zeyuan. He could not be hypocritical, Xiao Jihuang had not been able to completely forget about Huang Mingxiang. Huang Mingxiang was his first love, Xiao Jihuang needed time to completely forget about his old love. Supposedly by his actions of getting rid of all sorts of things attached to him and having a connection with Huang Mingxiang was enough to prove his seriousness in forgetting about Huang Mingxiang.
"What if it's there?" Xiao Muqing pointed at the side of the wall facing directly at his desk. In the past, that place was the place where he had put up Huang Mingxiang's painting.
"Zhen will be able to easily see our painting later," Xiao Jihuang said, then began to walk closer to the wall and hang the painting on an empty nail.
Wu Zeyuan let out a thin sigh, before long he remembered his main purpose here, making Xiao Jihuang immediately name his dinner. Wu Zeyuan hurriedly walked up to Xiao Jihuang and stood beside the man.
"Your Majesty, you should have dinner. A little more is the time to rest, you should not be negligent in maintaining health," said Wu Zeyuan, his hand stroking Xiao Jihuang's back slowly.
Xiao Jihuang smiled, her head nodding. His body moved towards Wu Zeyuan, then his right hand gently stroked the woman's cheek.
"I'm sorry," Xiao Jihuang said suddenly, making Wu Zeyuan frown.
"For what, your honor?" tanyanya while enjoying the gentle touch of Xiao Jihuang on her cheek.
"For my feelings. You must understand," Xiao Jihuang replied.
Xiao Jihuang frowned when she heard this, her eyes staring hard at Wu Zeyuan. Before long, the man pulled Wu Zeyuan into his arms. "Zeyuan, what is your heart made of?"
Wu Zeyuan smiled, returning Xiao Jihuang's embrace, calming the man down. "I don't know what my heart is made of, but I do know what my heart is made of. That is, love your majesty."
Xiao Jihuang smiled hearing this, then immediately took off her embrace and tightly grasped Wu Zeyuan's hand. "You're accompanying Zhen to dinner?"
Wu Zeyuan nodded. "Of course, how could Zeyuan dare to refuse?"
Wu Zeyuan immediately served Xiao Jihuang, the woman fed Xiao Jihuang personally. Sometimes, Xiao Jihuang took over the chopsticks and took turns bribing them.
Just as they had just finished eating, suddenly Rong Xuan appeared, the woman walked up to the two of them with an unhappy look on her face. Rong Xuan's eyes stared intently at Wu Zeyuan, this was not the first time Rong Xuan had seen Wu Zeyuan with the Emperor.
"Morang." Wu Zeyuan stood up, then bowed towards Rong Xuan.
Rong Xuan paid no heed to Wu Zeyuan, he immediately looked at Xiao Jihuang and forced a smile. "Your highness, there's something Xuan wants to talk to you about."
Xiao Jihuang nodded, she then looked at Wu Zeyuan and said, "Zeyuan, come back. Thank you for being Zhen's dinner companion. Zhen will visit you in the following nights."
Wu Zeyuan nodded obediently, he immediately bowed towards Xiao Jihuang. "Okay, your honor. Then, Zeyuan resigned himself." After which he turned around, the look in his eyes met Rong Xuan's eyes. Both of them threw a fierce hatred.
After Wu Zeyuan's departure, Xiao Jihuang looked at Rong Xuan. "What's wrong?" The man was actually lazy to talk to Rong Xuan right now, since normally the woman came here to ask permission for her father's Rong Tagu to have access to something.
Rong Xuan smiled again, he had lately always been trying to make a good relationship with Xiao Jihuang. The woman immediately sat down beside Xiao Jihuang and poured water into the man's cup and gave it to her. "It's about the Southeast Huan Kingdom constantly invading, your highness. I think ... his condition is getting precarious. Shouldn't we ask Xiao Wangye to come down to the battlefield? Only a Xiao Wangye could solve that huge problem. I also heard that general Qin has been seriously injured, meaning the attacks deployed by the kingdom of Southeast Huan are not playful."
Xiao Jihuang took a sip of the white water Rong Xuan gave her, then put the cup back on the table and shook her head in disapproval. "Can't, Huanghou. Zhen was sure, Xiao Wangfei would make a big protest, the woman was astute. If we were to openly fight him, then he would definitely not stay silent."
Rong Xuan sighed, then both of his hands moved to massage Xiao Jihuang's shoulders. "My husband, but we can't just stand still with that terrible condition, can we?"
Xiao Jihuang nodded. "Right, yet we cannot recklessly send Xiao Wangye to the border. After all, actually which rat gave the gap to the Southeast Huan kingdom? Judging from his condition, there should be people within the Empire ruling as suspects."
Rong Xuan smiled faintly upon hearing this, yet he did not care. Rong Xuan immediately leaned his head on Xiao Jihuang's shoulder. "Your Majesty, who is the insider, we can throw it out after the war is over. The border was a sacred and important place, if the defenses on the border could be easily penetrated, the enemy would increasingly easily rush in to attack the entire area of the Empire."
Xiao Jihuang did not reply, her eyes were extremely cold right now. There was something stuck in his heart, yet he himself could not do much for it.
People Xuan's eyes unintentionally looked towards the new painting installed in Xiao Jihuang's study. "What is your painting with Wu Guifei?" ask Rong Xuan.
Xiao Jihuang regained her senses from her thoughts, she immediately looked towards the painting and gave a brief nod. "true."
Rong Xuan stared hatefully at the painting, then his lips smiled bitterly. "It seems that lately the noble has been very fond of Wu Guifei?"
Xiao Jihuang glanced at Rong Xuan, then clasped the woman's hand. Xiao Jihuang was unwilling to do this, yet she was forced to be fair to all of her wives. No matter he liked or disliked his wives, he had to remain fair. It was already the Emperor's absolute destiny, having to divide his heart. An Emperor must not selfishly cast away women whom he dislikes and retain only one or a few women, because each marriage has its own basis. If the Emperor violates it, there will be new political turmoil and trouble the Emperor himself.
"Today Wu Guifei has been visiting Zhen often because he wants to share his complaints, the woman is just worried. There is no need to dispute," Xiao Jihuang said.
Rong Xuan was still staring intently at the painting, his head nodding and smiling better now. His eyes turned to look at Xiao Jihuang and rested his head on the man's chest. "Your Majesty, Xuan loves you very much. Please don't ever give me a cold back. I was the only daughter of my father, I was afraid that my father would be sad if he found out I was sad. I don't want people around me to be sad." Then his head looked up at Xiao Jihuang, every sentence Rong Xuan took out sounded like a threat. The threat to Xiao Jihuang if the man was cold and did not treat her well, then her father would be sad and angry, then making the man difficult in government.
"Your majesty loves Xuan, doesn't she?" rong Xuan asked, his eyes staring at Xiao Jihuang wistfully.
Xiao Jihuang suppressed the emotions in her heart, she hated receiving the most threats from Rong Xuan regarding power. But he could not resist, if he were to hurt Rong Xuan today, then tomorrow Prime Minister Rong would mess up his entire leadership. For the sake of stability and quiet governance, Xiao Jihuang would suppress all her emotions.
Xiao Jihuang nodded, then pulled Rong Xuan into her arms even tighter. "certain." His eyes were cold, straight forward staring at the empty object. As for Rong Xuan, the woman smiled cunningly inside Xiao Jihuang's arms.