Chapter 217 As You Like It

Qi Yunjin himself had not expected such a situation. He watched Gu Junqing fall into his bathtub, splashing water.

Looking at Gu Junqing who was still struggling underwater, his black clothes, which were originally loose and barely visible, became wet and stuck to his body, revealing his figure.

From his perspective, he could only see her slender and thin back. Since it was summer, Gu Junqing was not wearing thick clothes, and after being soaked by water, the bulge of her bones could be faintly seen.

Qi Yunjin's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Gu Junqing stuck her head out of the water with her back to Qi Yunjin. She knew that the emperor was looking at her from behind. No matter how panicked she was inside, she could only pretend to be calm and shook her head, trying to shake off the water on her head.

Gu Junqing used his hands to wipe the water around his eyes and opened his eyes. There were a few drops of water hanging on his long eyelashes. Some of the water drops fell because the eyelashes could not bear the weight, and hit the bathtub, creating a small splash.

Another small drop of water fell into the bathtub. Gu Junqing struggled out of the bathtub with great difficulty and found that someone was staring at her back with a bit of stubbornness and obscurity. Her body stiffened, and while she was thinking of a countermeasure quickly in her mind, she subconsciously wanted to stand up from the bathtub.

However, before she could stand up, someone suddenly pulled her sleeve. Gu Junqing lowered her head and looked in the direction of the person who was pulling her sleeve, but before she could see what expression the emperor had, she accidentally fell into the bathtub.

After choking on water several times, Gu Junqing felt unwell all over.

After finally standing up, when he looked up, he saw Qi Yunjin's handsome face suddenly approaching him. Gu Junqing was startled, and subconsciously waved his hand and almost hit the emperor's handsome face.

She quickly put her hands behind her back, hoping that the emperor didn't notice her little move to hit him in the face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

She called out with a guilty look on her face.

"Ok?"

Qi Yunjin's Adam's apple moved slightly as he looked at Gu Junqing's moist red lips opening and closing. His eyes dimmed slightly, and the word that came out of his throat inexplicably carried a bit of distracting meaning.

Gu Junqing seemed to be hesitant to speak, and in the end he didn't say much. He just looked at Qi Yunjin's face as if they could kiss each other if they were only half a fist away.

His hand was still on her waist. His warm and moist hands pressed against the soft flesh on her waist. As the two of them moved, Qi Yunjin's hand on her waist was still rubbing, which gave her goose bumps. Her heart was beating like a drum. After she stood firm and wanted to retreat quietly, she didn't know why she always felt that when she retreated, she always felt Qi Yunjin moving forward.

Maybe it's an illusion.

Gu Junqing looked at the emperor's serious face and thought.

"General Gu, why are you hiding? Now that your clothes are wet, why not wash them together?"

As he spoke, he seemed to pull at Gu Junqing's clothes. It seemed that he wanted to help.

Gu Junqing: “…”

Wash together? ! !

"No, that's not necessary! Your Majesty, please do as you please!"

After saying this, Qi Yunjin saw Gu Junqing, whose face was reddened by his words, immediately stood up, not caring about her clothes being soaked or not, and ran straight to the outer hall, without even looking at Qi Yunjin and the inner garment she had just brought in, which had now fallen into the bathing pool. Qi Yunjin looked at his inner garment floating in the middle of the bathing pool, and thought of Gu Junqing's fleeing back just now, and he sighed helplessly.

That's right, two grown men in such an ambiguous posture in the bathtub, almost within earshot of each other's breathing, an ordinary man would not be able to stand it at all and might even feel disgusted.

Qi Yunjin didn't want Gu Junqing to feel disgusted with him. Fortunately, when Gu Junqing saw him approaching, he didn't show any disgust or aversion. He just felt panic and at a loss.

The corners of his mouth curled up with a hint of pleasure.

As long as you don't feel disgusted, things will be much easier.

Gu Junqing didn’t know what the people inside were thinking. Now she was looking at her wet clothes and feeling worried.

It's impossible for her to walk out of the palace with wet clothes. It would be embarrassing if others saw her. If a bad rumor spreads, what will happen to her innocence? Her reputation will be ruined.

I don't know if it will take enough time for it to dry naturally, but it feels weird to be walking around in front of the emperor wearing this. Gu Junqing bit her lip.

Before she could continue thinking about it, Qi Yunjin finally finished washing.

However, seeing that the emperor was only wearing a single piece of clothing and underwear, Gu Junqing's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head and dared not look directly at Qi Yunjin.

Only then did she remember that the undershirt she was about to hand to the emperor had been accidentally pulled into the bathtub, and now she definitely couldn't wear it.

"What do you want from me?"

Qi Yunjin was already standing a few steps away from Gu Junqing at this time. For some reason, his voice sounded particularly deep and pleasant at this moment.

As he said this, his eyes were still looking at his clothes which were still dripping with water.

Gu Junqing felt that she was in such a state of embarrassment that she really wanted to dig a hole in the ground and bury herself alive. But she had no choice now. The emperor hadn't said anything. If she took the initiative to bring it up, Qi Yunjin would bring it up again, which would be even more embarrassing.

But now is not the time to be embarrassed. Gu Junqing coughed lightly, selectively ignoring the embarrassment of water still dripping from his body. It would be better to make the purpose of his visit clear first.

"Your Majesty, there will be a competition at the National Academy the day after tomorrow. If things get out of hand, I may need your help to deal with Master Liu."

Qi Yunjin didn't know what happened in the National Academy, nor did he know that Liu Yanshu and Gu Junqing would have a swordfighting competition the day after tomorrow, so when he heard what Gu Junqing said, he raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Oh? Why did General Gu say that?"

Gu Junqing simply explained everything that happened in the afternoon, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the emperor nod.

It seemed that the emperor agreed, so Gu Junqing changed the subject: "Your Majesty, are the people who assassinated you last time still being found? Do you need my help? This might be faster."

"No need, it has been settled now. General Gu, don't interfere with the next matter. I will make my own arrangements."

When saying this, Qi Yunjin's eyes were not on Gu Junqing, but on a vase placed in the corner of the wall of the Qinzheng Hall. No one knew what he was thinking.

Gu Junqing, who came to the palace to find the emperor for this matter, drooped his eyelids with a bit of loss when he heard that he already had a solution and didn't need his intervention.

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