Ximen Yourong held Dongling Yuanyong's black mink fur cloak and looked at him hesitantly.
He glanced at the cloak in her hand and teased with "tenderness":
"Why hasn't the queen put it on for me? Isn't she reluctant to let me go?"
Ximen Yourong sighed secretly. She could only walk up and around behind him, stand up on her tiptoes and put the cloak on his shoulders with great difficulty. Then she walked back in front of him, raised her hands and raised her head to tie the straps of the cloak for him.
After she finally took care of Dongling Yuanyong's clothes, she thought she could breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, he suddenly grabbed her in front of the palace maid, picked her up, took her to the bed and laid her down.
, he was almost leaning on her and looking at her.
Ximen Yourong didn't know why he did this for a moment, but she remained silent and said nothing.
Dongling Yuanyong's body made her feel airtight. When others looked over, they could only see him pressing her, as if they were doing something intimate.
But the fact is that Dongling Yuanyong just got close to her and didn't do anything to her.
However, one of his hands took Ximen Yourong's right hand and placed it between their chests.
Before Ximen Yourong could figure out his intention, he suddenly lowered his head and bit her index finger...!
"Hmm..." Ximen Yourong hummed while holding back the pain.
Dongling Yuanyong took out a pure white kerchief from somewhere and wrapped it around her index finger that was bitten by him.
After a while, he loosened the scarf and looked at the bright red blood stains on it. Then he calmly spread the blood-stained scarf beside Ximen Yourong with a cold smile.
Seeing that she didn't look flustered at all, Dongling Yuanyong came close to her ear and said coldly:
"Queen, do you know how boring you are when you don't blink even if the sky falls?"
"Have I made His Majesty troublesome again?"
Ximen Yourong blinked his calm eyes. She was not an interesting person to begin with. It would be great if he found her boring.
Dongling Yuanyong looked at her unsmiling and fearless face, he frowned and said coldly and arrogantly:
"You are not qualified to make others upset."
Does she really think how much she weighs can affect whether he gets upset or not?
But...did she really not influence him? Then why is he angry?
His brows furrowed, and he was about to stand up and leave, but accidentally saw the yellow rope around her neck again, but his anger made him lose interest in exploring it!
Dongling Yuanyong didn't want to "whisper" to her anymore. He sat up and "carefully" covered her with the quilt, put on a gentle smile and said slightly:
"Queen, I've made you tired last night. You can catch up on your sleep while it's still early. I'll come see you later."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty!"
Ximen Yourong was secretly helpless. Dongling Yuanyong's words sounded obviously ambiguous to others, but as the person involved, she knew very well that besides sleeping, what else happened to them last night?
However, since he said this deliberately, she could only acquiesce that "it's true". Anyway, how could she have any room to refute him in this palace?
Dongling Yuanyong stared at her for a while before standing up and ordering the maids:
"The queen is afraid of the cold. Please prepare the charcoal fire quickly to prevent the queen from freezing in a moment."
"yes."
Dongling Yuanyong looked back at Ximen Yourong, who was lying silently on the bed, then he withdrew his strategic gaze and walked away.
Hearing the sound of his leaving, Ximen Yourong finally relaxed completely.
She got up and looked at the blood-stained white handkerchief, feeling helpless and troubled.
Although she had no experience with men and women together, she knew what the square veil was for.
Dongling Yuanyong didn't touch her, so she would naturally have no traces of their first night. That's why he bit her finger and stained the veil with her blood to prove that they had "consummated" their marriage last night.
Having the blood-stained veil solved the problem for her, so everyone in the palace would soon know that Dongling Yuanyong had "favored" her, and from now on she would be a "real" queen.
However, he clearly disdains her, but deliberately creates the illusion that he is infatuated with her in front of the palace people. This may not be a good thing for her, but a conspiracy...!
It should have been disturbing, but maybe it was because the sleeping drug had not been removed from the body, so Ximen Yourong didn't even feel bothered by the blood handkerchief when he looked at it.
She yawned lightly, and simply turned over to catch up on her sleep without thinking about anything else!
To everyone's surprise, Dongling Yuanyong spent his wedding night in Lengyue Palace. But there was another person in the palace who also had a big wedding, but stayed alone in the empty room for the whole night - You Kouyi.
At this time, she was still dressed in her wedding attire, but she was sitting in front of the bronze mirror with a cold and beautiful face.
Sitting with her on her knees was Manzhi, the personal maid she brought from her parents' home. She endured the numbness of her legs and looked at the bright sky outside the window, then looked at You Kouyi and said:
"Little... Your Majesty, it's already dawn, and I'm afraid Your Majesty won't come. Your Majesty has been up all night with such a heavy crown on her head..."
"Your Majesty only said he would come later, he didn't say he couldn't come."
You Kouyi's tone was calm, and those who didn't know thought she had no resentment, but her hands clenched into fists on her thighs were venting the anger in her heart.
As the legitimate daughter of the most successful official of the new dynasty, although she was not selected as the queen, she was still a high-ranking concubine.
She should have been the first person in the harem as soon as she entered the palace, so the venue for this wedding should be hers.
However, a girl from Ximen who was supposed to go to hell suddenly appeared on her head. She hated her so much!
Because of the oath sworn by Dongling's ancestors, she could endure the fact that Ximen's daughter occupied the throne of the queen.
However, on their wedding night, the new emperor stayed in the "Lengyue Palace" until dawn and did not show up to her, which made her angry.
Just looking at her rank, her title as a concubine is indeed no greater than that of a queen.
But in terms of origin, Ximen Yourong was just a "prisoner" with the rank of queen, but she was the legitimate daughter of the most popular and powerful official in the dynasty, and the number one noble woman in the Dacheng Dynasty!
Dongling Yuanyong arranged for her and Ximen Yourong to get married on the same day, and gave her the "Xiangyun Palace" that was closest to him and had the most luxurious decoration.
Therefore, everyone was secretly discussing that by doing this, the emperor was declaring that her status was comparable to that of the queen, or even higher than that of the queen!
However, she couldn't understand that Dongling Yuanyong had no choice but to appoint Ximen Yourong as his queen? He wanted to completely destroy the Ximen clan. This was known to the whole country, but how could he...!
"Your Majesty is here!"
A loud shout from outside the hall interrupted You Kouyi's thoughts. She was startled, but then she felt happy!
"Manzhi, help me up quickly."
As soon as You Kouyi moved, she felt that her legs were not working properly and were numb and sore.
When Manzhi helped her up, Dongling Yuanyong had already walked in.
When You Kouyi saw the majestic Dongling Yuanyong, she was about to take a step forward to say hello, but she stumbled and almost fell down, so Dongling Yuanyong had to stretch out his hand to steady her.
As a result, You Kouyi fell into Dongling Yuanyong's arms and relied on him.
Dongling Yuanyong frowned subconsciously. He looked at You Kouyi's bright red dress, but didn't care much. He just pushed her away skillfully and asked:
"Why is the imperial concubine so panicked?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am anxious to pay your respects to Your Majesty and don't want to lose my courtesy."
You Kouyi said, her feet stumbled again, but this time it was Manzhi holding her up.
"Is your concubine uncomfortable?" Dongling Yuanyong noticed her discomfort.
"I am fine, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."
"But when everyone looks at it, the imperial concubine's face seems not to be very good. Is it really okay?"
You Kouyi raised her eyes and looked at Dongling Yuanyong, and she replied with a soft smile:
"Maybe it's because I stayed up all night, which affected my complexion to some extent."
"You haven't slept all night?" Dongling Yuanyong pretended to be surprised:
"Didn't I let someone convey my will to you to rest peacefully? Why don't you sleep?"
After Dongling Yuanyong said that, he walked up to her and asked her to sit down. He also sat on the chair next to her.
You Kouyi looked at Dongling Yuanyong's masculine and handsome face. If she could completely possess his body and mind in the future, her life would be perfect.
But... She knew that it was unrealistic to completely own his body, because he was an emperor with all the power in the world. Even if Ximen Yourong didn't exist last night, one after another women would join his harem in the future.
In this way, she only needs to try her best to win his heart. If a woman has the heart of an emperor, she owns the whole world.
But...can she have his heart?
"Why doesn't your concubine say anything?"
Dongling Yuanyong smiled lightly. When he was outside the Great Wall, there were actually not many women around him, because he had no intention of being with women. But he could understand what the women's eyes on him meant.
You Kouyi looked at him with deep fascination, but whether she was simply infatuated with him as a person, or with the power in his hands, or both, he actually didn't have much interest.
She is You Zhongru's legitimate daughter, and he will not have any personal feelings towards her. At most, he is willing to give her some dealings for the sake of political interests.
For example, in order to appease her, he could personally go there to let her get the "attention" she deserves. Furthermore, he also wanted to come and see if the intrigues in his harem started on the first day of their wedding?
You Kouyi was stunned for a moment, but she quickly put on a shy demeanor and whispered:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Because I can be face to face with Your Majesty at close range, I was so fascinated by His Majesty's heroic appearance that I actually forgot to reply to His Majesty's words."
"The noble concubine's words make me feel comfortable." Donglingyuan smiled lightly. In fact, he didn't care about the compliment!
"Looking from a distance, your Majesty, I am already admiring you, and looking up close, I am even more..." You Kouyi smiled shyly before saying, "In short, what I said was just what I felt, and was not a deliberate compliment."
"According to the noble concubine, the noble concubine has met the widow before this?"
"Yes! On the day His Majesty returns to the Imperial City, I, my concubine..."
Youkoyi bowed her head shyly, as if she was embarrassed to finish her words. In fact, after she was officially designated as the imperial concubine, she was satisfied because she was about to become the envy of thousands of women.
On the other hand, she was extremely curious about what kind of person the new emperor would be like when he returned from the frontier?
With this question in mind, the sacred figure of Dongling Yuanyong riding back through the imperial city and entering the palace naturally caught her eye!
The first time she saw him, she was sure that he was the only one most suitable to be her husband... because the power he held made her tempted!