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Chapter 191 Palace Intrigue World: A Harem Pierced Through Like a Sickle VS An Awakened Emperor with
After the two masters left, Xiao Jing'an spent half a day in his study, thinking about what to do next, but he still had no clue what to do.
At this moment, he finally remembered that Su Jinyue, who had accompanied him to court, was nowhere to be found.
Xiao Jing'an looked around but didn't see Su Jinyue.
He wondered why it was so quiet, and it turned out that Su Jinyue hadn't come along.
"Where is Su Jinyue?" Xiao Jing'an asked Li Derang.
Li Derang looked embarrassed, but still answered Xiao Jing'an honestly: "Consort Su is in the tea room. At first, she said she was hungry and went to eat something, but now she is sleeping."
"Sleeping?" Xiao Jing'an was surprised. Did Su Jinyue have any self-awareness at all?
As someone accompanying you on your journey, I wouldn't say I'm waiting for you every second, but surely you don't deserve such neglect?
Xiao Jing'an was curious, so he got up and decided to go to the tea room to see for himself what Su Jinyue was up to!
In the tea room, Su Jinyue was really sleepy. After eating, she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore, so she lay down on the octagonal table and fell asleep.
When Xiao Jing'an arrived, he specifically instructed his entourage to be quiet and not to disturb the people in the tea room.
There were palace servants preparing tea and snacks in the tea room. They were about to bow to Xiao Jing'an when he stopped them with a gesture.
The palace servants were all alert. Seeing that Xiao Jing'an's attention was focused on the person sleeping in the center of the room, the others quietly bowed and then left without a sound.
Xiao Jing'an slowly walked to Su Jinyue's side. She was sleeping soundly, with half of her rosy cheeks showing and crumbs of pastry still stuck to the corner of her mouth.
Xiao Jing'an bent down and stared at the sleeping Su Jinyue, and found that she was really asleep without any defenses!
She looked a hundred times more pleasing to the eye when she was asleep than when she was awake, Xiao Jing'an thought to himself.
But what he didn't realize was that by staying by Su Jinyue's side, his originally restless heart, as well as his annoyed mood caused by the various troubles brought by the transmigrator, gradually settled down.
These things weighed heavily on his mind, but although they still needed to be dealt with, Xiao Jing'an no longer felt helpless in the face of these troubles.
Moreover, my mood has improved.
Looking at Su Jinyue's sleeping face, Xiao Jing'an rubbed his fingers together, feeling a little itchy. He finally couldn't resist and quietly reached out to pinch Su Jinyue's cheek.
Su Jinyue's cheeks were soft, and there was a slippery feel between her fingers. She seemed to sense something in her sleep, frowned, and then reached out to scratch the itchy spot on her face.
Xiao Jing'an had already let go of Su Jinyue's hand before she could make a move. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she hadn't opened her eyes and had continued to sleep.
Then, Xiao Jing'an raised his finger to his nose and sniffed it lightly; his fingertip still carried the fragrance of cosmetics.
After a long while, Xiao Jing'an suddenly woke up and felt like a lecherous man, doing such a thing to a young girl, especially since the girl was Su Jinyue, whom he despised.
Xiao Jing'an waved his sleeve dismissively, then hurriedly left the tea room as if fleeing.
Su Jinyue remained asleep, completely unaware of what was happening.
……
When Su Jinyue woke up again, it was almost noon, just before lunchtime.
Su Jinyue straightened up from the table. She had slept soundly and stretched, only then realizing that sleeping face down had made her back and waist ache.
She got up, moved around a bit, and then felt much better.
Su Jinyue looked around; the tea room was empty. Had everyone gone to eat?
Thinking to herself, Su Jinyue walked out the door and strolled to the entrance of Qianqing Palace, where she bumped into Li Derang who was coming out.
"Eunuch Li, where are we going?"
"Oh, Your Highness is awake! His Majesty is waiting for you to have lunch. Please come in quickly."
Li Derang bowed deeply, showing great respect to Su Jinyue.
While the young lady was sleeping in the morning, the Emperor went to the tea room to check on her. He initially thought the Emperor was going to confront her, but the Emperor came out alone and specifically instructed that no one should disturb the young lady's sleep.
This morning was quite a hassle for the tea room staff. The tea room was unusable, but the tea supply to the Qianqing Palace couldn't be interrupted.
As a result, they had to temporarily borrow hot water from the Imperial Kitchen and have palace servants continuously fetch water from the Imperial Kitchen in order to barely manage to supply tea to the Qianqing Palace.
Sure enough, it was lunchtime, and the Emperor sent someone to check if Su Jinyue had woken up, worried that she might miss lunch and get hungry in the afternoon.
Li Derang could not help but treat someone so highly regarded by the Emperor with utmost respect.
It seems this young lady has a very promising future...
Lunch? Su Jinyue's eyes lit up when she heard that it was lunchtime.
She hasn't been eating properly for the past two days, and this is imperial cuisine, the emperor's food, so the dishes must be quite good, right?
Su Jinyue stepped lightly into the Qianqing Palace, but as she entered the inner room and was about to see Xiao Jing'an, her steps became hesitant.
"Xiao Jing'an is waiting for me to have lunch together. Could this be a trap?"
Su Jinyue peered into the study through the door frame of the inner room. Xiao Jing'an was writing at his desk and didn't seem to have noticed her yet.
"Xiao Jing'an dragged me here today and even made me attend the morning court session. Did he really hear that?"
So, he knew I was peeking, and was just pretending to write? Should I sneak over and see what he wrote...?
Xiao Jing'an's hand, which was holding a pen, suddenly stopped in mid-air. He was somewhat helpless, wondering if Su Jinyue had to be so blunt.
From the moment Su Jinyue entered the room, Xiao Jing'an heard her thoughts. He pretended not to notice her, just wanting to see just how unscrupulous Su Jinyue really was.
As a result, Xiao Jing'an discovered that Su Jinyue was not afraid of him at all, and was even secretly criticizing him, showing him absolutely no respect.
Xiao Jing'an didn't bother with pretense. He put down his pen, raised his head, and looked directly in Su Jinyue's direction.
"What are you doing lurking around there like that? Get in here right now!"
“Oh,” Su Jinyue obediently walked in and stood two steps away from Xiao Jingan’s desk, then stopped.
"What should I do now? Should I bow to Xiao Jing'an? Although I was appointed as a Changzai by him, I am currently wearing the clothes of a junior eunuch."
Should I perform the etiquette of a concubine or that of a eunuch? ..."
"..." Xiao Jing'an sighed and rubbed his forehead.
To say she was polite would be an understatement, since she addressed the emperor by his given name.
You might say she was rude, but at least she knew to bow to him.
"Alright, from now on, when no one is around, you don't need to be so polite."
These past two days, Xiao Jing'an had heard a lot about Su Jinyue's feelings and knew that this was just her personality, so he stopped arguing with her.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Upon hearing this, Su Jinyue gave Xiao Jing'an a wide, ingratiating smile, and then willingly bowed to him, though the bow was somewhat awkward.