Why do you always rush to join me after awakening?

When Ruyi came in, Hongli was sitting at the table staring at the food in a daze.

"Your Majesty~ I'm a little late, you won't be unhappy~"

Ruyi's coquettish behavior gave Hongli goosebumps.

He didn't know why he specifically asked Ruyi to come and have dinner with him.

"I've been waiting for you for so long, I'm getting a little cold."

Ruyi looked at the table full of her favorite foods, with a shy smile on her face.

"Then let's move on and have someone warm it up."

"Noble Concubine Xian said to remove it and replace it with a warm one."

"Yes."

Seeing that the emperor listened to her so much, Ruyi was very satisfied.

When the food was reheated and served, Li Yu walked in unnoticed.

Hongli turned around and saw that it was Li Yu standing at the door. A trace of confusion appeared on his face. "Wasn't Jinzhong serving just now? Why is it you who took over?"

"Your Majesty, it was Jinzhong who took over my shift yesterday, and it would be inappropriate to keep him awake all night."

"So you are blaming me?"

Ruyi continued to serve the soup and placed a bowl of mushroom soup in front of Hongli. Then she spoke in good faith for Li Yu, "Well, it's not easy for Li Yu either. He still has an injury on his leg."

Hongli calmly pushed the bowl of mushroom soup aside and asked casually, "How did Concubine Xian know that Li Yu was injured in the leg?"

Ruyi noticed Hongli's actions, her face paused, and she blinked unnaturally more than ten times, not knowing what to say.

Li Yu knew that the emperor had been displeased with him recently, so in order to dissuade the emperor from getting suspicious, he immediately explained, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian must have seen me while I was walking."

"Oh? Is that so? Imperial Concubine Xian."

Ruyi curled her lips, gave a forced smile, shrank her neck, and nodded.

"He was fine yesterday, why is he injured today?"

"Your Majesty, I was accidentally stabbed by the Fourth Prince."

Hongli put down his chopsticks, put his hands on his legs, and said with a unhappy face, "You said it was my Fourth Prince who stabbed you? What's going on?"

Ruyi's originally hunched back gradually straightened up, and she pursed her lips as she watched Li Yu and Hongli talking.

"The Fourth Prince dropped the dagger while playing with it."

"Have you asked the imperial physician to see it?"

Ruyi interrupted, "We should ask an imperial physician to check on Li Yu. After all, he's in pain too."

Hongli glanced at Ruyi and always felt that Ruyi's attitude towards Li Yu was unusual.

Hongli kept his eyes on Ruyi, staring at her thick lips and said word by word, "Noble Concubine Xian is right. I will call an imperial physician to take a look at you later."

"As for your legs, they are like this now. Don't limp around here. Rest for a few days."

"Your Majesty! I will be well again soon! I can serve you!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Li Yu himself said he can serve, so let's fulfill his wish."

Hearing Ruyi's words, Li Yu looked at Ruyi with gratitude.

Ruyi gave him a reassuring look.

Hongli saw clearly their little movements.

Can't these two people tell the difference between good and bad words?

Or is it that his words as an emperor are not as effective as those of a concubine?

"Since both you and the Imperial Concubine think so, I won't force you. Just be happy."

Just give up, okay?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"..."

Hongli curled his lips speechlessly and continued eating.

During this time, Hongli never even glanced at the bowl of mushroom soup. The meal took an hour from beginning to end.

Suoxin's legs were a little tired from standing at the back.

"I see that the swelling on your face has completely subsided, leaving only a few red marks."

"Yes, it is."

"What did the imperial physician say?"

"Jiang Yebin saw me and prescribed some scar-removing ointment. I don't know when it will be effective."

"I trust Jiang Yebin's medical skills."

The two chatted idly, but gradually they didn't know what to say and the conversation finally fell silent.

Perhaps Hongli felt a little embarrassed, so he tried to find a topic to talk about, "I'm going to see the Queen Mother later, are you coming?"

Anyone would have agreed without hesitation when the emperor said this, but Ruyi shook her head and refused, "I feel a little tired."

The moment he heard Ruyi's refusal, Hongli felt secretly happy.

Fortunately, she didn't agree.

-

"I was just joking! Are you crazy? How could you get involved with her?!"

"Okay Wanwan, please listen to my explanation first, okay?"

Wei Yanwan stood with her back to Jinzhong, looking so cute with her angry expression.

Jinzhong knew that if he couldn't explain himself clearly today, his mistress might not allow him to get into bed with her again in the future.

"Then tell me, I want to hear how you explain it."

"Li Yu saw the... kiss mark on the servant's neck."

"..."

Wei Yanwan turned around, staring with round eyes, a little insecure, "How could he see it?"

"He smelled the scent of a woman on the servant and suddenly reached out and pulled open the servant's collar."

Wei Yanwan thought about how Jinzhong had promised her yesterday that no one would pull up his collar to look, and he was slapped in the face so quickly.

"But he will find out sooner or later that something is wrong. Rong Pei's scent is obviously that of an old person, just like Ruyi's. I don't have that kind of scent at all."

"It's okay for now. After all, Li Yu can't go so far as to sniff Rong Pei, so there's no need to worry about it."

Jinzhong was so sure because every time Li Yu saw Rong Pei, he wanted to stay as far away from her as possible.

How could I know what Rong Pei tastes like?

Wei Yanwan knew that she was the culprit in this matter. She lowered her head in disappointment and murmured, "Then remember to protect yourself."

"In order to dispel Li Yu's suspicion, I won't be able to come here so often recently."

"Um……"

"I will have to make a few more trips to Noble Concubine Xian's place, Master Ling, please don't worry."

Jinzhong explained everything that needed to be explained, and then reluctantly parted with Wei Yanwan.

After Jinzhong left, Wei Yanwan was so angry that she hugged Xiaobai and lay on the bed in a daze.

"Ahhh, I'm so annoyed!"

"Master! What's wrong with you?"

"Spring Cicada, go for a walk with me!"

"it is good."

When Wei Yanwan came out, she happened to meet Zhao Jiuxiao.

She didn't know this person, but Zhao Jiuxiao knew her.

After they walked away, the person next to Zhao Jiuxiao poked him and jokingly said, "Still looking, what? Isn't she beautiful? Which of the emperor's women is ugly?"

"Well, she looks familiar to me. She actually looks a lot like my brother's mistress."

The other party was shocked by his words and clicked his tongue. "Don't say that. He's the master. If anyone hears that, your life will be over."

"Well, I just said they look alike, I didn't say they're the same person."

"baffling."