Immersive Fast Wear: The Anti-Strike Manual of the Heartthrob

"why?"

Yuan Jing asked unwillingly, holding his slightly aching heart.

"I will not force you to accept the imperial decree anymore. Queen, you can do it if you want to. It doesn't matter if you don't want to do it."

"Now that there are female officials in the court, your identity is no longer a problem. So, is it not possible to just consider the emotional issue?"

Liu Hao felt a little depressed.

Yesterday she was too happy too early and thought too simply.

After waking up today, her mind was clear.

Yes, there were female officials in the court, but this was far from enough.

It is still too early, they do not have enough say yet, and they cannot show themselves in public as women.

Although the objections of the court officials yesterday were suppressed by me, they were not truly convinced. They just felt that it was not worthwhile to go against the emperor and Liu Yao for this.

Anya Song and Meng Huaisang are not a big threat to them for the time being, so they can make them ignore the potential threat like boiling a frog in warm water.

But if they were replaced by Liuqiao, it would be different.

In three years, she had entered the cabinet with her own abilities and became an important official of the emperor.

To others, she was too threatening. No matter what means she used to conceal her presence, she would not be looked down upon or ignored.

Even if it takes a lot of effort, they must unite and pull her down.

After Yuan Jing ascended the throne, he intended to make her the queen, but he deceived all the ministers at that time. However, as long as her identity was exposed, this would be an excellent way to suppress her.

If the emperor's admiration was exposed, she would not be able to refuse it just because she wanted to.

Furthermore, after Yuan Jing ascended the throne, there has been no one in the harem.

They can kill two birds with one stone by doing this, so why not do it?

Thinking of this, Liu Yao's eyes became firm.

"Your Majesty, I only want to be your subject, not a concubine in the harem."

“Eagles soar in the sky, fish swim in the water, they each have the life they want, and so do I.”

If she was forced into the harem, whatever she wanted to do would be extremely difficult.

By then, all her ambitions and ideals would be destroyed, which was definitely not what she wanted to see after working hard for more than a decade.

She admitted that she had developed some unusual feelings for Yuan Jing at some point, but it was not enough to make her give up her pursuit.

To be honest, Yuan Jing was a little disappointed and sad.

He did not stay in bed any longer to win Liu Yao's favor. He got up, changed his clothes, and went to the outer room with her to have breakfast.

It’s hard to say about other places, but the entire palace is Yuan Jing’s territory.

Very few people knew what happened between the two last night; even the palace servants did not know what happened.

In their eyes, it was just that His Majesty loved his subjects and allowed the drunk Lord Liu to stay overnight.

They could have just pretended nothing had happened, but Yuan Jing was unwilling to do so.

Sometimes, some dark images even flashed through his mind.

At the critical moment, the oak tree that he had seen beside the Song Mansion Lake a long time ago appeared clearly before his eyes.

She was standing in the light, but he wanted to drag her into the quagmire. This was too much.

Liu Yao still felt a little guilty towards him. After explaining why he couldn't accept it, he made a promise that needed to be fulfilled within his ability.

Yuan Jing was convinced by her reasons and after thinking for a long time, he decided to find her now to fulfill his promise.

"If you don't reveal your identity, can we be together?"

People surrounding Liu Yao always come one after another, and Yuan Jing has no time to wait.

Not to mention that there were always people in the court advising him to take a concubine, but privately, there were also many people who took a fancy to Liu Yao and wanted to marry their daughters to him in order to get closer to him.

Although he knew that she was a woman and would not agree to the matchmaker's proposal, he would feel uneasy every time he saw her gentler attitude towards other women.

Yuan Jing thought: I must at least occupy a place in her heart first.

However, for Liu Yao, as things have developed to this point, she has already considered the idea of ​​"breaking off all feelings and love".

She found that the more things there were and the more messy they were, the more energy she had to devote to external things, which might even affect her plans.

Seeing that she was a little hesitant, Yuan Jing added fuel to the fire, trying his best to increase the chances of success.

"The road you are walking is long and difficult. There may be a long period of time when you will not see the light. Hope is too slim, and it is inevitable that people will feel disappointed and sad when they lose it."

"I know you're not afraid to give up, but I wish I could be there for you in those moments."

"I want to stay with you."

His last words really touched Liu Yao's heart.

She also had times when she felt discouraged during these three years, but she would never give up. She just felt that the road ahead was bumpy and very difficult.

Companionship is so precious to her.

"it is good."

I don’t know how much time passed, Liu Yao raised his head, looked at Yuan Jing beside him, and nodded.

Her voice was not loud, but every word seemed to penetrate into Yuan Jing's heart, causing a flash of joy to surge in his heart.

After "getting what you want",

He spoke jokingly, with the corners of his lips slightly raised.

"Master Liu, am I your concubine who you don't want to see? Or is it the kind that forced itself on me?"

The words were just a joke, but Yuan Jing's eyes seemed to be serious.

He was happy that his status was settled, but he was also worried about this shady relationship.

Those words cannot be told to others, so they can only be said as jokes that no one will take seriously and then let go.

"Yuan Jing!"

Liu Yao was sensitive and sensed that something was wrong with him, so he stood up and walked to his side.

Their foreheads touched each other, and Yuan Jing subconsciously raised his eyes, and met Liu Yao's extremely serious and focused gaze.

She said:

"Yuan Jing, I agree to you, not because of the promise I made, nor because of your entanglement."

"I want you to stay with me."

"I like you."

Yuan Jing thought that the missing sense of security that she was unaware of was made up by this sentence.

He raised his head and moved his lips towards hers.

Liu Yao cooperated and wrapped himself around her, closing his eyes without any reluctance on his face.

His heart suddenly became steady, calm and at peace.

She did it willingly.

Then I am willing to do it.

"Congratulations to the host. The hero's favorability has reached 100. The strategy is complete."

-

After that day, Yuan Jing and Liu Gao "restored" their relationship to that of a wise ruler and loyal minister.

The two of them were busy on their own.

Yuan Jing was busy cleaning up the remaining forces after the foreign war.

Liu Hao was busy advancing his plan step by step, and people with outstanding talents such as Fang Linhan were also pushed to the forefront one by one.

The relationship between the two of them seemed no different from other relationships between monarchs and their subjects.

In fact, because Liu Yao's position was getting higher and higher, and his "merits surpassed his master", in the eyes of outsiders, their relationship seemed to be quite distant.

Originally, some court officials knew about the past of the empress's enthronement and were dissatisfied with Liu Yao. So they wanted to stir up people's dissatisfaction with her by seducing the monarch in order to gain promotion.

But Liu Hao has such a good reputation and her abilities are worthy of her position, so there are many more people who believe in Liu Hao than those who believe in the rumors.

Zhang Fanang was a successful candidate for the imperial examination this year. Although his ranking was not high, he only obtained a sixth-rank official position, which was barely enough to allow him to enter the main palace.

He had done some things with Liu Gao, and was one of those people who absolutely did not believe that Lord Liu got promoted through "nepotism."

Lantern Festival.

Zhang Fanang was on vacation and accompanied his wife to the lantern festival.

The street was crowded with people, and in order to pick a beautiful lantern for his wife, he could only squeeze in with great effort.

When he was almost there, he almost bumped into someone. He was about to apologize, but when he looked up, his apology immediately turned into surprise and joy.

"Master Liu, what a coincidence, you are here to see the Lantern Festival too?"

Liu Yao didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here. He protected the person next to him with his hand, stopped him, and nodded.

The two of them didn't have much contact on a daily basis. When they met now, they just exchanged a few casual greetings and soon parted ways.

Zhang Fanang didn't take it seriously at first. When he was squeezing in with his wife, he suddenly remembered something and turned to look in the direction Liu Yao left.

Beside Lord Liu, there followed a tall "woman" in a red dress.

After walking out of the crowd, Lord Liu immediately handed the lantern in his hand to the "woman".

The two walked forward side by side in an intimate posture.

From time to time, the "woman" would lean on him and look at Lord Liu lovingly, and Lord Liu did not show any impatience at all. Their fingertips were intertwined, and they seemed to be in a good relationship.

He was even more certain: Lord Liu and his "Madam" had such a harmonious relationship that it was impossible for him to be submissive to His Majesty.

Well--

If Liu Yao and Yuan Jing knew that the person they met on the roadside was thinking this way, they could only express with complicated looks: What he said is actually right.

After all, in order to fulfill his promise, most of the time, the person under him was not Lord Liu.

It is understandable that they do not understand the playfulness between lovers.