Chapter 353 - Drunken Consequences (2/2)

Xiao Ruo was already used to Lei Xing's sarcasm so she understood that was not a serious response. She knit her brows in thought and then went, ”Then why are you in pain like this? It's not normal -”

”Let's just say I fell... Be quiet, I'm tired.” Lei Xing dismissively said. This was the reason she preferred Ah Jin for no-hassle tasks. Xiao Ruo asked too many questions.

Xiao Ruo pouted and remained silent, carefully kneading Lei Xing's shoulder. Lei Xing inwardly sighed, it was not that she was trying to mean or anything. It was just that she could not exactly explain to anyone how she got into her current condition. The causal event was a bit of an embarrassing mishap between herself and the Emperor.

They talked about light matters of no consequence, anything but palace matters and responsibility. Then after getting almost blind drunk, at least on her part, they ventured to bed very...excitedly for other interesting affairs.

It was fun and games until, to Lei Xing's current misfortune, she woke up to find that the Emperor passed out squarely on top of her with his head nestled in her hair. She blacked out immediately after they were done with... and it seems he did as well.

Lei Xing naturally panicked and tried to wake him up but the idiot was not responding. Since her body had gone numb, it took a while of struggling and wriggling to painstakingly rid herself of the dead weight.

What was even more grating was that the rogue did not even flinch when he was shoved and prodded, but as soon as she was free, he frowned and started feeling around the bed for her. Lei Xing had glared at him and threw a pillow at his face. But instead of waking up, he simply grabbed the pillow, rolled to his side, and snuggled it with a stupid smile that made Lei Xing want to kick him.

But she was too tired at the time and simply plopped down and went to sleep. He was very lucky that he was not available when she later woke up otherwise she really would have kicked him. She was aching all over and the hangover did not help either. Given how sore she feels, he had to have been like that for a few hours.

They both drank too much... way too much.

Lei Xing massaged her temple and sighed, ”Nevermind...I'm going to lie down. Let me know when the medicine arrives.”

Xiao Ruo nodded and then stood up and held out a hand to help Lei Xing up. But before Lei Xing could stand up, the doors opened and Ah Jin came in with Ling mama.

”She says she has a message from the Empress dowager...” Ah Jin supplied after bowing.

Lei Xing closed her eyes and held her head as she asked, ”What do you want?” She said under her breath with a sigh.

Ling mama plastered a smile on her face and stepped forward and bowed, ”The Empress dowager woke up in great spirits today and remembered that she has not been able to receive you since your coronation. So to quickly undo this great injustice, the Empress dowager is requesting to see her daughter-in-law, so she can officially welcome her into the family...” Ling mama finished and froze, waiting for a response.

Those were not the Empress dowager's words, but they made sense, they made a lot of sense. Ling mama had thought long and hard about how to persuade the Empress and this was the most perfect reason she could come up with. With this, the Empress could see reason and follow along. But after a while of not hearing a response, she glanced up to find Lei Xing staring at her with a raised eyebrow.

Ling mama bowed again with a smile, ”Your majesty... we should make haste. The Empress dowager is waiti -”

Ling mama stopped when Lei Xing suddenly burst into laughter, before quickly holding her stomach and lightly groaning in pain, ”I'm sorry, what did you just say? Who wants to welcome me?” Lei Xing asked, looking quite confused and amused.

{... What is this? Did that woman hit her head and suddenly forget who she is?... Want to welcome me? Like hell you do (≖_≖ )...}

Seeing Lei Xing's somewhat amused expression, Ling mama inwardly sighed in relief, ”The Empress dowager is requesting to see Your majesty to officially welcome her daughter-in-law....” She repeated. It was a lie, but certainly, the Empress dowager knew better than to upset Lei Xing as things stood right now.

While Ling mama was not sure what the Empress dowager wanted with Lei Xing, based on the Empress dowager's conversation with Monk Du earlier, the Empress dowager did not want to leave the palace. It was also no secret that the Xia palace was being prepared for the Empress dowager and from what Ling mama has seen during her time at the Empress dowager's side, she was not happy about moving back to her childhood home.

All these things led Ling mama to conclude that whatever the Empress dowager wanted with Lei Xing, it must be related to that. Therefore, this could not go wrong.