"Only you, only you..."

He murmured, repeating these words like a magic spell, but I was confused for a while.

Just me?

Just me?

I didn't understand, and I didn't want to understand at this time. I just struggled and whispered: "Your Majesty, please let me go first."

He didn't speak, but his arms were getting harder and harder. The bodies that were already close to each other were still held tightly by him, almost as if the two of them were melting together. I just felt an uncomfortable suffocation, and subconsciously She was about to break his hand off: "Let me go..."

At this moment, I was almost ashamed and angry, but he didn't let go at all, and he wasn't even angry because I struggled hard. He still held me so hard, and the hotter breath blew over my ears and cheeks, and finally I felt a warm and soft feeling. It feels hot to the touch.

It's his cheek, touching my cheek.

I seemed to have been burned, and I struggled hard regardless. As soon as I moved, I heard his deep voice whispering in my ear: "Don't move."

"..."

This voice had a depressing feeling. While struggling, I also felt the suppressed heat in his body, and my whole body suddenly froze.

"I know that your health is not very good."

"..."

"So, I just hug you like this. Don't move."

"..."

Although I was unwilling to do so, when I heard what he said, I really didn’t dare to move.

No matter how reluctant I am, I still know his and my identities very clearly, and I know even more clearly how many people's lives and deaths are in his hands. If I don't have the belief that I will die, I won't be in the imperial city that stretches almost to the horizon. Within the red wall, challenge his majesty.

Thinking of this, I gritted my teeth, stopped moving, stood there stiffly, and let him hug me tightly.

The posture at this moment was extremely ambiguous. I fell into his arms, my cheeks touching each other, my breath intertwined, and even the black hair scattered on my shoulders was tangled together because of the struggle just now.

A gust of wind brought a chill, and I shivered subconsciously, and I felt those strong arms hugging me tighter.

Then, his voice rang in my ears——

"My imperial decree has gone south."

I thought he was going to say something else, but I didn't expect that he mentioned the imperial edict and the South.

Although I live in seclusion these days and don't ask much about the affairs of the court, Chang Qing still reveals some things to me. On the fourth day after I returned from the Du Lai Hall, there was an imperial edict from the imperial study room going south.

That imperial edict announced a sea ban.

Although the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have been separated from the jurisdiction of the imperial court, they are still under the rule of the Celestial Empire. Overseas merchant ships docked at the southern public port have left the shore, and some other merchant ships have also been forced to leave.

Of course, this cannot prevent them from "privately giving and receiving", and the iron trade has never been open to the public.

I heard that half a month ago, he had another decree and transferred the Zhoushan Navy. This time, the connection between the southern forces and overseas forces was completely cut off.

In this way, although the situation is not completely reversed, at least he is not so passive.

"If we cut off their source of weapons, everything will be much easier to handle."

I said calmly: "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

His hands tightened a little more and he hugged me deeply in his arms. I just felt that my body was being impacted by the cold air around me and his body temperature, which made me almost stiff and about to lose consciousness.

Suddenly I heard him say slowly in my ear: "There is one more thing, both you and I will be happy."

My heart skipped a beat.

Both he and I will be happy...?

Could it be——

I trembled slightly and wanted to look back at him, but he held me so hard that there was no room for me to move. I spoke, my voice trembling: "You mean-"

"Li'er."

Suddenly, it was like a thunder exploded in my mind. For a moment, everything was blank and nothing was left.

Back and forth, only those two words echoed in my mind.

Li'er...

Li'er...

I suddenly turned around in his arms, looked at him with wide eyes, and grabbed his clothes with both hands: "What did you say? Li'er?!"

"Yes," he slid his hands down and hugged my waist. He seemed to feel that I was shaking unconsciously, so much that my whole body was about to break. He pulled me towards him with a slight force, but at this time I

I couldn't feel anything anymore, and my whole body and mind were focused on Li'er. I saw him bending his eyes slightly and said to me: "The people I sent have got some clues about her."

"Are you serious? She, she is still alive? Where is she? Is she doing well? She -"

I was completely confused. I was talking incoherently, but I didn’t even know what I was going to say. I just unconsciously felt a hot and moist feeling on my face.

It's tears, filling my eyes.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been this happy, so happy that I cried and laughed at the same time. I couldn’t control myself at all. I didn’t even care who I was facing. What would happen if I smiled in front of him, and what would happen if I cried happily.

My Li'er, my Li'er!

Seeing me like this, a smile appeared on his originally calm and smiling face. He raised his hands to hold my cheeks, and wiped the tears on my face with his calloused and rough fingers, trying to

He tried to save the flooding, but gave up after several times. He just sighed and lowered his head.

When the warm lips touched my cheek, repeated rubbing and pressing brought even hotter temperature to my face. I was stunned for a moment, and opened my eyes in shock, feeling his lips slowly move to mine.

At the corner of my lips, the tip of my tongue with a salty taste was slightly raised, invading my mouth.

"No——"

I reacted immediately, and I hurriedly tried to push away the hand that was holding his shirt, but it was too late. Without saying a word, he pinched my chin, lifted it up, and kissed me hard.

"Uh--!"

I shrank in pain.

I don't know if it was because of his happiness or the faint anger before that he couldn't control his strength. His jaw was pinched by him and it hurt a little. His tongue barged in and stirred in my mouth, entangled my lips almost roughly.

uvula.

It’s been too long...it’s been too long since I’ve been like this...

Not only because of the pain, but also the uneasiness that followed made me tremble. With a near-death struggle, I finally succeeded in pushing him away.

"No!"

He took two steps back unprepared, and kicked over the brazier next to him with his heel. Suddenly, the charcoal fire scattered on the floor, and an unpleasant smell filled the whole room. The ashes that had been burned also dispersed and filled the air.

In front of two people.

Because I used too much force, I took two steps back and hit the window frame, gasping slightly.

A dangerous aura emanates from his body.

I looked at him nervously, fearing that he would slap me at the next moment, but after standing there for a long time, he was not, not even as angry as I imagined. He just turned his head and looked at the charcoal fire on the ground, some of which had already been burned.

The corners of his clothes emitted an unpleasant burnt smell.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he turned to look at me.

"It's my fault."

"..."

"I said I just wanted to hug you, but I forgot that your body is not fully recovered yet."

"..."

"I don't blame you."

I was speechless for a moment and just looked at him nervously.

Maybe it's a good thing that he didn't get angry, but at this moment it only made me more panicked, because I didn't know whether the reason why he wasn't angry was because he was happy because he had clues about Li'er, or because there was something that could make him suppress his anger.

The reason.

He still slightly raised the corners of his lips and walked up slowly, his steps not avoiding the charcoal fire on the ground at all. The creaking sound made me more and more uneasy until he walked up to me and looked down at me: "I've been here before.

In a few days, the Queen Mother’s national funeral will be held at the Ancestral Temple. You, too, will go with me.”

"..."

It’s a national mourning for the Queen Mother.

Of course I have not forgotten, and even counting the time day by day, it has been more than half a year since the Chinese government started fasting and vegetarianism. In fact, the Queen Mother has been buried in the imperial mausoleum since she returned to the court. This time is a national ceremony, so naturally it is huge and different from other people.

Different.

The meaning in my eyes is also different.

But——

Of course I will go to the Queen Mother's national funeral. Everyone knows without his reminding that the Queen Mother was so close to me during her lifetime, and I was by her side before she died. Why did Pei Yuanhao say this specifically at this time?

?
To be continued...