It’s rare for her to be so proactive.
Zhao Junyao, in his excitement, had her pinned by the waist.
She was on top, and he was below.
Xia Ruqing was unfazed.
She sat straddling his waist, hugging his neck, occasionally leaning down to kiss his extraordinarily handsome face.
The whole person was particularly excited.
The movements grew larger, and the entire bed began to shake violently.
Zhao Junyao tightly hugged her slender waist.
With a face of enjoyment, he half-closed his eyes, feeling as if he could fly.
The noise could be heard from afar.
Zi Yue and Zi Su, the young girls, had long fled with flushed faces.
Outside, only Li Shengan remained.
The cold wind of October blew, and the night was already very chilly.
Li Shengan wrapped himself in thick cotton clothes.
With two apprentices, he shrank into a corner of the corridor, boredly enjoying the moonlight.
His two apprentices whispered about something.
"Today is the fifteenth!" Little Zhuzi said.
"What’s special about the fifteenth?" The other little eunuch was somewhat puzzled.
Little Zhuzi added.
"Have you forgotten what day the first and fifteenth are?"
The little eunuch shook his head with a blank expression.
"Hey! Look how stupid you are!" Little Zhuzi said disdainfully.
"The first and fifteenth are the days when the Emperor should visit the Empress’s palace!"
As he spoke, Little Zhuzi pointed in the direction of Jiaofang Hall.
The little eunuch wasn’t foolish and laughed after hearing this.
"You’re the stupid one!"
"The Empress has been out of the palace for one or two years. The Emperor surely can’t go outside the palace to find her!"
"Since Jiaofang Hall is empty, it doesn’t matter where the Emperor goes, right?!"
Little Zhuzi quickly shook his head.
"That’s different!"
Who doesn’t know the Emperor is a stickler for rules?
"In the past, on the first and fifteenth, the Emperor wouldn’t go anywhere!"
"But now, the Emperor comes to Duanning Palace!!"
"Does this signify... Noble Consort Xian’s status in the Emperor’s heart... is comparable to the Empress?!"
The little eunuch was quite frightened.
"Hey, hey, hey, don’t say that! I didn’t hear anything. Take it back!"
This kind of talk is really not something servants should discuss!
Little Zhuzi also knew he shouldn’t have spoken.
He nodded and mumbled a couple of words before letting it go.
Li Shengan leaned to the side, having heard everything, but pretended not to.
Actually, he already understood.
The second son of the Xia family had made contributions, and the Emperor was even happier than Noble Consort Xian.
Today is the fifteenth, and the Emperor spent the night at Noble Consort Xian’s place again.
This intention is clear to even a fool.
Unfortunately...
Li Shengan shook his head; he cannot speak on this!
The cold wind howled outside.
Inside, the spring night was short-lived.
Xia Ruqing only managed to persist for a quarter of an hour on top before she couldn’t continue.
Zhao Junyao looked at her helplessly, somewhat disappointed.
"Well, I’ll do it myself!"
With that, he flipped her over, pressing her beneath him.
What happened next was much like before.
Someone was full of vigor, threatening like a tiger that could swallow the world.
Another was falling apart, their waist aching like a shrimp.
In the end.
She seemed to laugh and cry, her whole body curling tightly, convulsing fiercely for a full quarter-hour before slipping into a deep sleep.
Zhao Junyao felt a great sense of achievement.
’The seed is planted deep enough, isn’t it?!’
...
The next day.
When Xia Ruqing woke up, Zhao Junyao had already left.
She touched the bed next to her, which had already cooled down.
She still felt a bit of loss in her heart.
"When did the Emperor leave?!"
Zi Yue smiled.
"Before the morning court, he left before the dawn broke!"
"Your Highness, the Emperor repeatedly instructed you to rest well, not to wander outside in the cold!"
Xia Ruqing closed her eyes and rested for a while before finally getting up.
"Alright, I know!"
She said to get up, asking for water to be brought in for washing.
But her heart still carried a bit of gloom.
She once heard a saying that went.
’Every morning, seeing you and the sunshine is the future I want!’
And now.
Sunshine is fine, the future is fine, but only you!
She hadn’t lingered in his arms for a long time now, okay?
She knew he was the Emperor; he had the empire and its people to consider.
But...
She still hoped.
Hoped to linger with him, to watch the sun slowly rise outside the window, watch the room gradually brighten.
Even just once would be nice!
But...
Xia Ruqing looked in the mirror and slapped her face lightly.
’What’s wrong with me! Get it together!’
’Is it because of aging that I’m getting clingy?!’
’I wasn’t like this before!’
’Before, when he didn’t come to see me for 10 days or half a month, I wasn’t like this!’
’Now, what’s going on?!’
’Why am I getting clingier!’
Zi Yue laughed while doing hair behind her.
"Your Highness, what’s happening to you?!"