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Mo Rongzhan saw that she was still somewhat resistant to him. Knowing that he could not be too anxious, he put her down with a smile, crossed his long legs, and sat down on the carpet, letting her apply the medicine for him.
Ye Zhen took the snow lotus ointment and looked up at his broad and firm back, wondering what she should do next.
A year? She never thought that she would marry him again, let alone that he would be so determined to get her. She was already a princess.
"Now that I am a princess …" Ye Zhen lowered her eyes. "How can I marry you again? The empress dowager will not agree. "
Mo Rongzhan said faintly, "When I agreed to make you a princess, I said that it was not a problem for me. I can make you no longer a princess at any time."
"What reason do you have to make me no longer a princess?" Ye Zhen said angrily. "Don't even think about putting any crime on me."
"Is that what you think of me?" Mo Rongzhan chuckled in a low voice. "If I put a crime on you, wouldn't that ruin your reputation? How can I make you an empress?"
Ye Zhen snorted. "There are many people who want to be your empress. Why do you … have to be me?"
"I just think you are the most suitable." Mo Rongzhan said.
Ye Zhen remembered his gentle affection for Xu Huiru yesterday, and her fingertips uncontrollably increased their strength. "I think there is someone more suitable."
Mo Rongzhan turned and held her hand. "Your tone sounds sour. Are you jealous?"
"Why would I be jealous?" Ye Zhen shook off his hand. How could she be jealous because of him? He could dote on whoever he liked. What did it have to do with her?
"You are obviously jealous." Mo Rongzhan put his arms around her waist. "What are you jealous of? Who can compare with you?"
Ye Zhen shouted angrily, "Mo Rongzhan, let go of me. Don't touch me."
"I only said one year. I didn't say that I can't kiss you or hug you during this year." Mo Rongzhan pecked her angry little face, and his mood became happy.
"You … I won't enter the palace in the future." Ye Zhen cried angrily.
Mo Rongzhan coaxed her back with great difficulty. He didn't want to provoke her again, so he released her first. "Well, I won't hug you anymore."
"Then let's talk properly." Ye Rou straightened her robes and found a seat furthest away from him. "Do you know where my father is?"
"I don't know. Your father is very powerful. Maybe he's alive and well somewhere." Mo Rongzhan said.
Ye Rou frowned and did not speak. She had guessed where her father would go and had asked Man Qin to look for him, but there had been no news so far.
"Yaoyao, have you seen Ye Yiqing?" Mo Rongzhan asked.
"No." Ye Zhen answered decisively. Lu Yaoyao had never seen anyone from the Ye family except for a few Yi's.
Mo Rongzhan glanced at her and was about to ask whether she thought Ye Yiqing or the Lu family was more important when Ford's voice came from outside.
"Long live the Empress Dowager. Peace to Consort Xian." Ford knelt down and saluted loudly. He wanted to remind the two masters in the bedchamber that he didn't know if they were still in love.
The Empress Dowager frowned and looked at Fu De, "Why aren't you serving His Majesty inside? Why are you standing outside?"
Xu Huiru said with a smile, "Is there someone else inside?"
Before Fu De could answer, the Empress Dowager had already walked into the bedroom.
"Mother?" Ye Zhen, sitting next to the tea table, raised her head and looked at the Empress Dowager in surprise. "Are you here for my brother?"
The Empress Dowager was very surprised. "Yaoyao, so you entered the palace today. I thought you were at home. What are you doing?"
Ye Zhen glanced at Mo Rongzhan, who was pretending to be asleep on the bed, and said to the Empress Dowager with a smile, "Today, Mister Chen removed the stitches from the emperor's wound. I'm readjusting the medicine. The emperor will recover as long as he rests for two more days."
"Really?" The Empress Dowager walked to the bed in surprise. "What medicine did Mister Chen use to heal the emperor's injury so quickly?"
"Mister Chen is very powerful." Ye Zhen smiled and noticed Xu Huiru's inquiring eyes. She turned her head and looked at her. "What's wrong, Consort Xian?"
Xu Huiru said with a smile, "The emperor can recover so quickly thanks to Yaoyao's careful care."
"Not at all. Wasn't it the Empress who took care of the emperor yesterday? I think it's all thanks to you. "Ye Zhen said with a smile.
Mo Rongzhan, lying on the bed, was secretly amused. This little girl dared to say that she was not jealous. It was obvious that she was jealous because he kept Xu Huiru.
"Yaoyao, when did the emperor fall asleep?" The Empress Dowager didn't notice Xu Huiru's probing of Lu Yaoyao. She was more worried about when Mo Rongzhan would wake up.
"He has slept for a while and should wake up soon." Ye Zhen said. "Mother, I'll go and boil medicine for the emperor first. He should take it when he wakes up."
Anyway, with Xu Huiru here, he shouldn't need her to take care of him.
Hearing that Ye Zhen was about to leave, Mo Rongzhan immediately opened his eyes. "Mother?"
The Empress Dowager's face lit up. "Your Majesty, are you awake? How do you feel today? "
Mo Rongzhan's dark eyes looked at Ye Zhen, full of warning. "Mother, don't worry, I'm all right now."
Xu Huiru took two steps forward, shielding Lu Yaoyao behind her. "Your Majesty, this concubine is also very happy to see that you are in better spirits today."
"Mother, brother, then I'll go and boil the medicine first." Ye Zhen said with a smile. Without waiting for Mo Rongzhan to object, she had already walked out of the bedroom briskly.
Mo Rongzhan's face was a little gloomy.
Xu Huiru had been observing him, not letting go of any subtle changes in his expression. The more carefully she watched, the more her heart sank.
Sure enough, she was not mistaken. The emperor's feelings for Lu Yaoyao were not only that of brother and sister. The way he looked at Lu Yaoyao … was that of a man.
What about Lu Yaoyao? What kind of thoughts did she have for the emperor?
If Lu Yaoyao was no longer a princess, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, she might be able to become the Empress.
No! No! Xu Huiru shook her head vigorously in her heart. She would never let Lu Yaoyao have a chance to enter the East Palace.
"Consort Xu Xian? Why are you in a daze? " The Empress Dowager called out to Xu Huiru a few times. What's wrong with this child? She usually looks smart, but today she is so dull in front of the emperor.
Xu Huiru smiled reluctantly. "Empress Dowager, this concubine just lost her composure. When I looked at the princess just now, this concubine seemed to think of an old person. I felt that they looked a little similar, so I was lost in thought."
The Empress Dowager knew best who Lu Yaoyao looked like. Hearing Xu Huiru's words, she wondered if she was thinking of Ye Zhen. "It's normal for people to be similar."
Mo Rongzhan, however, heard Xu Huiru's deliberate mention of this matter. He asked lightly, "Then who do you think Lu Yaoyao looks like?"
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