Chapter 61 (1/2)

Chapter 61

There Must Be Something

”You may get up!” Jun Qian Che walks past her and sits on a long couch.

Mo Qi Qi turns around to face him and discover the tinge of drunkenness on his face.  His cheeks are red and he is covered in the smell of wine.  She cannot help but frown, ”How much did you drank, Your Majesty?”

Jun Qian Che's eyes fall on her.  He narrows his eyes as he looks at her from head to toe.

Under the candlelight, her skin looks fair and smooth, like jade.  It seems to glow, like a dim moonlight.  She is wearing a thin, white nightwear, fitting her slender body perfectly, revealing and concealing just the right amount of things.  Her dark eyes are gleaming with light while her dark long locks are let loose.  She looks like some kind of celestial being.

Jun Qian Che is momentarily stunned as he got lost in the beauty before him.

When Mo Qi Qi notices the way he is looking at her, she thought he is angry, ”Your Majesty, chenqie is not purposely dressing like this to anger you.  Chenqie didn't even know you will come, please wait for a moment, chenqie will change.”

”No need to change it, there are no outsiders here,” Jun Qian Che calmly stops her.  What he means by that is he is her husband, she can dress like this in front of him.

”Yes!” Mo Qi Qi obediently says, indulging him so he can leave faster.  ”Why is Your Majesty here in the middle of the night?”

”Is zhen not allowed to be here without a reason?” Jun Qian Che asks, displeased.

Mo Qi Qi rush to explain herself, ”That is not what chenqie means! Just, Your Majesty drank too much tonight, you should rest early so you don't miss the morning court tomorrow.”

”Why didn't you give imperial grandmother the Ye Ming pearl?” Jun Qian Che looks at her.

Mo Qi Qi freezes.  This b.a.s.t.a.r.d still remembers that even after drinking this much?  She quickly sits next to him and ma.s.sage his shoulders.  She laughs while trying to explain herself, ”Your Majesty, it is not that chenqie does not want to give the pearl to imperial grandmother, but when it comes to gifts, it needs to be given with consideration.  It is about what they like, what they need.  Imperial grandmother is the grand empress dowager, what kind of treasures have she not seen?  The Ye Ming pearl may be a treasure, but it may not necessarily be what imperial grandmother need or like.  Women care about their appearance the most, that's why chenqie gave her a skincare set.  Chenqie hope that Your Majesty is not angry at chenqie for calling my own shot!”

Jun Qian Che sighs, ”Never mind, things have pa.s.sed anyway.”

”Thank you, Your Majesty.  Then—- the Ye Ming pearl?” Mo Qi Qi experimentally inquires.

How can Jun Qian Che not know what she wants?

”You can keep it if you'd like.  If you don't like it, you can reward it to other people.”

”Reward it to other people?” Mo Qi Qi is not stupid enough to reward such a precious treasure to other people.

”Hehe, how can chenqie simply gift Your Majesty's gift to other people?  Chenqie should treasure it instead.”

Jun Qian Che stares at her.

She feels a little awkward by the way he is looking at her, ”Hehe, what's wrong?  Did chenqie said anything wrong?”

Jun Qian Che raise his hand and caresses her face.

Seeing this, she immediately gets up and avoids contact.  She gives him an unnatural smile, ”Your Majesty, you must be uncomfortable from drinking so much.  Chenqie will ask Ban Xiang to cook you some porridge, so you can freshen up.”

Jun Qian Che grabs her in the shoulder and pulls her over to him, letting her fall into his chest.  The sweet smell of flower petals reach his nose.

He looks at her while mumbling, ”You smell so good.”

Her heart starts racing uncontrollably.  She forces herself to laugh, ”Your Majesty, if you like this scent, chenqie can teach Yang Meimei how to make them, so you can smell it everyday!” If she had known earlier, she would have rubbed durian all over her body.

Jun Qian Che caresses her soft face with his fingers.  His voice is deep as he says, ”Why must we go through so much trouble?  If zhen likes it, zhen can just come over to the empress.  We have been married for two years and we still haven't consummate our marriage.  Why don't you serve zhen tonight?”

Mo Qi Qi's heart might as well jump out of her chest.  She quickly rejects him, ”No.”

He narrows his eyes dangerously, ”You are rejecting to serve zhen?”

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”It is not that chenqie does not want to serve you, just, chenqie's body is not well.  My head hurts.  Ever since chenqie fell from the viewing tower, chenqie keeps having headaches.  It hurts so much right now,” she ma.s.sage her head.

The dangerous look in Jun Qian Che's eyes is exacerbated even further upon the mentioning of the viewing tower's fall.

Mo Qi Qi secretly converse with herself:  Don't tell me this b.a.s.t.a.r.d cannot control his l.u.s.t and is going to kill if he doesn't get what he wants?  Huhu, no way!  If I have to choose between my body and my life, I will definitely choose my life!  Without my life, what is the point of having my body?

And so, Mo Qi Qi pitifully looks at Jun Qian Che, ”If Your Majesty really wants chenqie to serve, chenqie will serve you even if my headache is killing me.” She is saying that so pitifully, she refuse to believe that he won't budge.