Looking at the black round stone in front of her, the Empress asked puzzled, "Why did you bring out the Image Stone?"
Chen Mo replied, "You’ll see in a mont, Your Highness."
He injected True Yuan into the round stone, and the engraved symbols on the surface lit up, beams of radiance projecting a very clear image onto the ceiling:
Candlelight flickered, the light was dim.
On the bed, two figures were entwined together, the air suffused with an ambiguous atmosphere.
"Your Highness, this isn’t right..."
"So what, it’s not like we haven’t slept together before..."
"You used to call ’baby’ but now it’s ’Your Highness’ every ti, you’re heartless..."
"Little thief, can you call ’baby’ once more, I want to hear it..."
...
(O_O)?
(ΩДΩ)?!!
This, this is ?!
The Empress’s eyes were filled with disbelief.
In the image, Chen Mo was focused, like a ditating monk.
Yet she herself had flushed cheeks and eyes filled with affection, like an obsessed seductress.
This scene inexplicably reminded her of those tales where a female demon sneaks into hos in the dead of night, specifically to seduce handso scholars!
"Stop! Don’t play it!"
The Empress hurriedly pulled up the quilt and covered the Image Stone.
Though the image was blocked, sounds still erged from beneath the quilt:
"Baby."
"Mm~"
"..."
The Empress’s cheeks felt like they were on fire, her phoenix-like eyes glaring at Chen Mo, she gritted her teeth and said, "How dare you record such a shaful image while I was drunk! If it gets out, I’ll be disgraced!"
Chen Mo shook his head, helplessly saying, "I only wanted to prove my innocence. There’s only this one Image Stone; once you’ve seen it and destroy it, naturally no one else will know."
The Empress’s expression eased a bit, but then she heard him mutter, "Besides, compared to what Your Highness has done before, this is nothing."
The Empress furrowed her brow and said, "What have I done?"
Chen Mo asked suspiciously, "Does Your Highness really not rember? We had drinks and chatted in the inner hall, then started kissing and caressing; I helped Your Highness massage acupuncture points, while Your Highness assisted for an hour..."
"Stop, don’t say another word!"
The Empress wished she could find a crack in the ground to dive into.
She was only drunk at the ti, not completely blacked out. Although her mory was a bit fuzzy, she still had roughly the right impression; she just wanted to find an excuse to bluff through it.
But she didn’t expect this guy to be so blunt...
The Empress barely steadied her heart, turned her dignified head aside, and in a distant tone said:
"I was heavily drunk yesterday and indeed acted overstepping. I hope you don’t misunderstand it."
"Both inside and outside the court, there are rules and laws. As an Imperial Official, you must adhere strictly to your duties, don’t let a montary lapse disturb the etiquette of ruler and subject, and disrupt court norms..."
"About yesterday, let’s pretend nothing happened."
Hearing these words, Chen Mo fell into silence.
After a while, he said quietly, "Your Highness speaks sensibly, I will keep it in mind. After all, being drunk doesn’t count."
The Empress initially thought Chen Mo would be like usual, entangled endlessly, but unexpectedly, he reacted so calmly.
This made her inexplicably nervous inside, but she still forced herself to nod and say, "That’s right, you should know well; next ti we et, I hope you can adhere to your original intentions and not forget your true self."
Chen Mo got up from the bed, tidied his robes, bowed, and said, "Your Highness, rest well. I shall take my leave."
After speaking, he turned around and left the room directly.
The atmosphere was silent, the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.
The Empress sat dazed on the bed for a long ti.
Later she lifted the quilt and picked up the Image Stone.
Her fingertips gently touched the patterns above, a trace of confusion flickered in her phoenix-like eyes.
"I did nothing wrong."
"As the ruler of the Six Palaces, entrusted with the heavy burden of the state, how could I privately interact with outside officers?"
"Yesterday was a grave cri, I must stop at the edge of the cliff, can’t keep making mistakes..."
Yesterday, under the influence of alcohol and Heart-Seeking Incense, she did many things that she wouldn’t normally dare to think about, yet after sobering up, reason once again took hold.
"But why does it hurt so much inside?"
The Empress felt a sense of suffocation in her chest, her heart ached intermittently, as if she had lost sothing very important.
Knock knock knock—
Just then, there was a sudden knock at the door.
The Empress put away the Image Stone, cald down her emotions, and said, "Co in."
The door was pushed open.
A tall figure walked in.
"Your Highness, it’s good to see you again."
The Empress raised her eyes and was imdiately stunned.
"Why are you back again..."
Before she finished speaking, Chen Mo walked up close, reached out to cradle her fair face, and gently kissed those cherry lips.
? !
The Empress’s beautiful eyes widened in surprise and said, "What are you doing?!"
"Your Highness just asked to stick to my true self next ti we et, and this is truly what I want to do."
"Now, Your Highness isn’t drunk, so this ti it should count, right?"
Chen Mo chuckled with his lips curled.
The Empress stared at him blankly, as motionless as a sculpture.
A blush spread across her fair, pretty face, like brilliant evening clouds at the edge of the sky. Her pupils quivered slightly, filled with shyness and panic.
Seeing her foolish expression, Chen Mo couldn’t help but chuckle, leaned near her ear, and softly said, "Your Highness, you look adorable when you’re shy... oh, I an Empress, baby?"
Σ(っ°Д°;)っ!!!
"You, you shaless little thief, how dare you ambush ! Get out imdiately!"
The Empress suddenly regained her consciousness, stood up, and flusteredly pushed Chen Mo out of the room, then slamd the door shut with a "bang."
"..."
Looking at the closed door, Chen Mo’s lips twitched.
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