Chapter 57 Ingratiation (1/2)

Tang Xia's amorous eyes were condensed and full of surprises.

”Your Grace, the emperor is calling you.” Little Orange lowered his voice and reminded her. ”Come, this way, please.”

Tang Xia tidied her long dress and stepped forwards. Before she sat down, she was dragged to Chu Tiankuo's chest by his powerful arm.

Chu Tiankuo's eyes were full of irony. ”My love, are you going to escape now?”

Tang Xia raised her eyebrows highly, while her eyesight came across Lengmei's cold eyesight. ”Of course not.” She stopped for a second. ”Fine, I will feed you by myself, Your Majesty.”

She picked up crystal-clear grape by her slim fingers and peeled it. Then, she passed it to Chu Tiankuo's mouth. ”Ah—”

Chu Tiankuo's gloomy eyes shone. His lips gently touched her fingers, while the latter avoided as fast as the flashing.

Tang Xia's face turned pink immediately, which made Chu Tiankuo feel tense in his mind. Then, he wore a deep smile and said with a joke, ”You're really my Yue Ji. Your taste is much better.”

Chu Tiankuo's tongue was faint, which made Lengmei who was sitting beside unhappy, but the smile on her face did not fade away. ”It's really the fruit sent by Qing Country. Even the taste is better than the other fruit and vegetables as usual.”

Her words were peaceful as the stream, which meant that it was none of Tang Xia's business of the better taste, but the grape was better fruit instead.

Chu Tiankuo wore a faint smile. When the candlelight scattered on his shoulder, his handsome face was softened. He smiled. ”Qing Country is always a place suitable for growing up plants. However, I have tasted the fruits you two peeled for me. The one from Yue Ji tastes much better.”

Chu Tiankuo stopped for a second, looking at Lengmei with his eyes were full of mocking smile. ”Would the fruit from Qing Country change by different people?”

Chu Tiankuo's words made Lengmei embarrassed. The latter had to make a bow and smirked. ”I don't know it clearly...”

Finding Lengmei was wronged, Tang Xia was happy.

Her amorous eyes were curved into a crescent moon. Even Chu Tiankuo could clearly see the smile in her eyes.

Chu Tiankuo strengthened his arms and dragged Tang Xia closer to him. ”How do you like this assistance?”

Tang Xia raised her eyes and came across the smile in Chu Tiankuo's eyes, which was like the star shining in the sky out of Hecheng Palace, deep and charming. ”Nine points.” She said.

”Oh? The evaluation is good?” Chu Tiankuo raised his eyebrows.

”...” Tang Xia kept silent for a while. ”The full score is 100.”

She thought he must be angry at her, but the man in front of her did not decrease his smile. His slim fingers were placed on Tang Xia's tender chin and leaned forwards.

Tang Xia's face turned pink. ”You can tell your opinions and ideas, but what you have said would be considered as a reference data and then scrapped.”

Chu Tiankuo leaned down at once, while all of his cold intent faded away. His thin lips covered Tang Xia's tender lips.

This sudden kiss made Tang Xia stunned. Chu Tiankuo's breath violently penetrated into her pores. Their breath mixed into the one. Chu Tiankuo was extraordinarily serious this time. It was different from the rudeness in last time, which made Tang Xia's whole hanging heart fall down.

At the end of this kiss, Chu Tiankuo's tender fingers touched Tang Xia's lips and he wore a vicious smile. ”Do you hope to keep this all the time?”

His voice was low and charming, lingering by Tang Xia's ears. After a while, she recovered her consciousness and her face turned pink. ”What do you mean by keeping this all the time? Chu Tiankuo, you're really shameless!”

”Only the ghost hopes to kiss you all the time!“”

A piece of irony passed by Chu Tiankuo's eyes. His smile was jumping under the candlelight, setting his perfect appearance without any shortcoming. He lowered his voice. ”I mean, do you hope to keep Lengmei under your control all the time? What do you think of, my love? Ah?”

Chu Tiankuo deliberately emphasized the last word, which made Tang Xia who realized his meaning feel shameless.

”You…”

”What?” Chu Tiankuo smiled and looked at Tang Xia's distorted face. ”If you hope to keep this situation, you have to serve me and make me happy.”

He lifted Tang Xia's chin. ”What do you think?”

Tang Xia wore a smile at once. ”OK,” she said.

Chu Tiankuo could not believe she was not angry. ”What?”

”I, said.” Tang Xia tilted her head and said word by word, ”Fine, I'd like to serve you.”

Chu Tiankuo inexplicably exprienced a sense of unknown feeling.

A few days later, in the Royal Garden.

”Why do you ask me out to the Royal Garden? Do you have anything important?” Chu Tiankuo raised his eyebrows, while the dark robe set him more handsome.

”Your Grace, it's our queen's order.” Little Orange made a bow. ”Lady Yue Ji asked me to lead you to Royal Garden.”

Hearing Tang Xia's name, Chu Tiankuo's eyebrows relaxed a little. ”Where is she?”

Little Orange hesitated. ”I, I don't know.”

At the end of his words, Tang Xia's crisp voice turned up from the distance. ”Your Majesty.”

Chu Tiankuo's eyebrows condensed.

Under the cherry tree, Tang Xia dressed in pink. The long hemline touched the ground. The waist was tightly bundled, while the pleats were stacked underneath. The sleeves were floating with the wind. The cinnabar mark between her eyebrows was like the wintersweet standing in the cold winter, which set her skim more tender. She wore a slight smile. A piece of sakura fell down on her shoulder.

This extraordinary woman smiled to Chu Tiankuo and stepped towards him.

Tang Xia moved to Chu Tiankuo's side and covered her face with the sleeves. ”I have waited for you for a long time here. You finnally arrived, Your Majesty.”

Chu Tiankuo was stunned and raised his eyebrows. ”What the hell are you doing?”

Tang Xia's face turned dark.

”Your Majesty, do you like my image today?” At the end of her words, she made a wink to him.