278 When the Lights Go Ou (1/2)

His sudden question frightened her. Lingchen stiffened, and her eyes opened, but she did not respond to him.

Seeing the way she acted, Lu Wei felt slightly amused.

A few minutes ago, this woman had casually invited him to bed, and now she was anxious. He thought that though she was good at masking her expression if he looked closely, he would notice that her body language would speak her mind.

He turned his body to face her and saw that her grip on her blanket only grew tighter. After watching her for a few more seconds, Lu Wei reached to take her hand.

His action made her jump. Before she could ask him what he was trying to do, Lingchen heard his voice, ”Stop holding on it too tight or you'll hurt your hands.”

Her grip on the blanket loosened. However, she was still alert to him. This was the first time she had shared a bed with a man. As an obedient Princess, she was never close to any men. Unlike her cousin, Mingyue, Lingchen had never experienced any romance in her life. After her coming of age ceremony, she was taught of a few things and heard of what will happen when the lights go out.

Looking at how her expression gradually changed, Lu Wei wondered what was it that on her mind.

”I'm not anxious,” Lingchen spoke after an extended silent.

Lu Wei frowned when she suddenly speak. But then, he recalled his question earlier on.

”I have never slept with anyone. So it feels a bit strange.”

”So, you're anxious.”

Lingchen turned to him with slight anger in her expression. Through the moonlight that seeped into the room, Lingchen saw how Lu Wei was watching her with a teasing smile on his face. Her anger risen. ”I'm not.”

”Okay, you're not,” Lu Wei decided to give in into her stubbornness. ”Perhaps I have misread you.”

For a while, she was stunned at his response. Perhaps she had thought that, if they argue a little bit, the uneasiness in her heart will lessen.

”I won't do anything without your consent.” Lu Wei said. Since they were married, Lu Wei knew that soon, the two of them would have to engage in husband and wife activity. Otherwise, how was a child that was supposed to strengthen the unity of the two countries was going to be born?

However, Lu Wei thought that since they did not know each other that well, he wanted to give them more time to adjust to each others' presence.

Before she was married, she often heard that if the husband did not touch his wife on the first night together, it would be the wife's fault for her that she was unattractive. Of course, when her husband did not make a move on her, Lingchen started to wonder if she was really not that attractive.

Hearing that Lu Wei's intention to let them adjust to their new life together, Lingchen felt a surge of warmth in her heart. She did not expect that he was only considerate towards her.

They were married. As a wife, and soon to be the Empress, Lingchen knew her the most important task for her was to give birth to an heir. Therefore, it makes no difference to her whether they adjusted their life together or not.

If she did not give birth to an heir quickly, the others would think that there was something wrong with her. In their agreement, if she failed to have a child, then, Lu Wei will have to pick someone as a concubine. Once a child was born, then she will have to raise that child as her own. That thought was making her uncomfortable.

”However sooner or later…” she trailed off and bit her lips. Suddenly, she was worried that he would view her as a wanton woman.

He understood what she meant. However, to view everything as her job, Lu Wei found that her life was quite pitiful.