After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

Realizing that he was being teased back, Ziheng tilted his mouth and smiled dotingly, and was also touched by her little scheming.

He freed one hand to hold her from behind to protect her safety, and gently stroked her cheek with the back of his other hand, helping her wipe away the dust with loving eyes.

"Didn't you go to Prince Qi's Mansion? How come you appear here?" Wan Ning asked curiously with a surprised expression on her face.

"There are some things to do." Ziheng didn't want her to worry so he just brushed it off. He looked at her watery eyes and couldn't help but hold her cheek with his hand. His fingers were very slender, not only did he hold her chin with his palm, but he also gently rubbed her earlobes with his fingers.

"Something happened? What happened? Are you going to come out..." Before she could finish her joke, there was a faint sound of footsteps downstairs. Ziheng immediately covered her mouth and turned sideways to put his ear to the crack of the door to confirm.

Seeing this, Wan Ning immediately held her breath and huddled quietly in his arms, guessing that something might happen tonight. Ziheng turned around and looked into Wan Ning's eyes again, and gently said, "Yan Yan, just lie down on the bed and try not to make any noise."

Although Wan Ning didn't know what was going on, she felt from Ziheng's expression that this matter was very important to him, so she nodded firmly.

"I'm sorry for wronging you, Yanyan."

After saying that, Ziheng carried her to the bed like a princess and laid her down steadily. He then bent over and pulled the quilt over to cover her, his peach blossom eyes always fixed on her, making her feel embarrassed.

So she deliberately lowered her voice and asked coquettishly: "Don't keep looking at me like that."

"Don't like it?" He answered just as softly, with a hint of panic in his words.

"No, I'll get used to you looking at me like this. I've seen how you love me, so if you don't love me anymore, I'll be able to tell."

Ziheng took the opportunity to give Wan Ning a hug through the quilt and answered seriously: "Then I will always love you, and love you more than before."

Boom--boom--

There was a knock on the door of the room, and two crisp sounds startled the two people in the room. Ziheng once again signaled Wan Ning not to make a sound.

"Is Heng'er asleep?" The voice coming from outside the door was that of Prince Qi.

Ziheng stood up and lowered the curtain beside the bed, making sure that Wan Ning was completely covered. He then unbuttoned a button of his clothes, messed up his clothes and hair, and walked to the table to light the candles in the room.

Prince Qi, who was standing outside the door, saw the candlelight in the room, took two steps and then returned to his original position to wait until Ziheng opened the door. Prince Qi immediately noticed that something was wrong with Ziheng. The rouge on his mouth, the cut that he hadn't had time to close, the messy hair and the heaving chest all indicated that a "battle" had already taken place in the room before he came.

As an elder, Prince Qi hesitated to speak, secretly looking around the room, but could only see the tightly covered bed. However, this act of trying to cover up the truth had already explained everything. He was not worried that his nephew would have a partner, but who this partner was was very important.

In an instant, he thought of a million possibilities, and he didn't know whether he was serious or just joking. But what worried him more was that as the emperor of Chu State, he could find time to meet with the people in the house during his incognito visit with the army. It was really absurd.

Ziheng noticed the look in Qi Wang's eyes, and deliberately adjusted his clothes awkwardly, and asked: "Not yet, I have gained a lot from following Uncle Qi Wang to the army today, and many things need to be resolved. Is Uncle Qi Wang willing to listen?" After that, he stepped aside, leaving the door open, indicating an invitation.

Although Ziheng's expression was frank, Prince Qi knew exactly what had happened in the room, and he would never let himself get into such an embarrassing situation.

So he cupped his hands and laughed at himself, making an excuse: "I still remember when I first brought the emperor to the army, you were so excited that you talked to me all night, saying that you would also go to the battlefield in the future. Alas, I can't refuse to admit my age now. My body is not as good as before. I have to travel far away tomorrow morning, and I'm afraid I can't go tonight. If the emperor doesn't mind, when we return triumphantly after pacifying the northwest, you and I can talk in detail."

"I didn't think it through. Thanks to Uncle Qi Wang's reputation, the northwest has been peaceful for many years. Now that you have just arrived in Nanye and there are bandits causing chaos, I'm afraid it's just a test."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. At a time like this, we must act with all our strength and catch them all in one fell swoop. We must not give them a chance to breathe."

"Uncle Prince Qi is right. The stability of Chu State still requires..."

Before Ziheng finished speaking, Prince Qi quickly waved his hand to stop the emperor from continuing: "You and I, uncle and nephew, don't need to say more. Defending the stability and peace of the Chu Kingdom is our stability as a royal family. Your Majesty needs to do more."

After saying this, Prince Qi raised his hand in a trance and imagined patting him on the shoulder as he did in the past. However, when he raised his hand in mid-air, he remembered that the man in front of him was the current emperor, not the young boy who followed him to learn martial arts and pestered him to take him to the army.

Seeing that it was getting late, Prince Qi excused himself and went back to his room. After walking two steps, he turned back and looked at the room with concern, and reminded Ziheng, "Take care of yourself!" Ziheng stood there and watched him leave, with mixed feelings, hoping that the day when they would become opposites would never come.

This courtyard was originally a private house given by the late emperor to Prince Qi. In those days, Prince Qi loved to go to the army when he had nothing to do, and he would stay there for the whole day. Sometimes it was too late to go back to the palace, so the late emperor built a courtyard here for him. If it was late, he could stay here and have a good rest.

Later, Ziheng was born. Like King Qi, he loved to join the army and was obsessed with weapons and tactics. He usually liked to follow the young King Qi and ask him to teach him some tricks and tactics. He also loved to practice shooting with him. He asked others to take him to the army, but because the royal family of Chu State did not have enough heirs and he was still young, he did not dare to take the risk. Only the young and bold hoped that boys would be better after more experience, so they secretly took the little Ziheng to the army to play freely, and if it was late, they would take him to stay overnight in this yard.

Ziheng still remembered the panicked courtyard when he returned to the palace, especially the Crown Princess' mother who sat beside him in tears, and the Crown Prince's father who was scolded by the late Emperor and looked dejected. Fortunately, seeing that he was safe and sound, the late Emperor acquiesced to this matter, and he could often come here with Prince Qi, and every time he came to this room.

In fact, King Qi was his first teacher and guide. A high-spirited teenager with a younger child, they were the two freest winds in the world at that time.