GB: Bai Yueguang is a villain again.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already late at night.

The candlelight flickered faintly, warm but not dazzling.

The person who had just pinched him and said harsh words to him now held him in his arms, and the faint scent of ambergris lingered on him.

Yilale pursed his lips and struggled slightly.

"do not move."

Lin Jia opened his eyes, they were clear and there was no trace of sleepiness.

Yilale didn't dare to look her in the eye, but tilted his head and asked, "Your Majesty, why haven't you slept yet?"

"I was asleep, and you woke me up." Lin Jia found it funny to see him avoiding her like this.

"Weren't you very brave this afternoon? Why are you afraid now?"

Not knowing how to answer her, Yilale moved away from her arms and gently put his hand on her shoulder to express his resistance.

Lin Jia didn't let him get his wish and brought the man back.

"You little heartless fellow, I've been taking care of you the whole afternoon."

"Your Majesty is reading memorials over there," he retorted slowly.

She gets annoyed when talking about memorials.

"The Regent has already seen it, I just brought it over for my review."

Lin Jia pinched Yilale's waist and said, "Don't say things I don't like to hear."

Suddenly being touched on the waist, Yilaer softened, but her mouth remained hard, "Since Your Majesty doesn't want to hear it, why bother to talk to me?"

Seeing him acting like a hedgehog, Lin Jia was puzzled. "I remember it was you who asked me to take you into my harem, right? Why do you make it seem like I was forcing you?"

Yilale was taken aback by her question. Something occurred to her, and she explained dryly, "I originally wanted to spend the rest of my life peacefully here with Your Majesty, but the facts tell me that these are ultimately wishful thinking on my part."

"Aren't you taking your anger out on me?" Lin Jia frowned and made him look directly at her.

"I investigated you." she said frankly.

Yilale was so frightened that his body stiffened.

Lin Jia just assumed that he didn't want to be reminded of the past and continued talking.

"You've had a rough time before, and I understand. You were wronged by Shujun, and it was my negligence. I've apologized to you, so why are you still upset with me?"

She thought she was very patient with Yilale, but he seemed determined to fight with her to the end.

Yilale lowered his head, bit his lips and ignored her.

Lin Jia sighed, patted the back of the person in his arms soothingly, pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth, and organized his words.

I don’t know how long it took, so long that Yilale started to feel sleepy again.

“I was very stupid when I was a kid.”

A sudden word dispelled most of Yilale's sleepiness.

"My father is an imperial prince, one step away from that position, but I cannot be his pride." There was no emotion in her eyes, as if she was telling someone else's story, which had nothing to do with her.

"The Queen Mother's eyes are all on my elder sister, and she has never looked at me directly."

"Father is very powerful. He wants the best of everything: life, status, knowledge..."

"I was unable to fulfill his expectations, but my father still won the opportunity."

At this point, she smiled sarcastically, "In the end, he failed. No matter what he tried, he couldn't defeat anyone."

"He has been trying to be strong all his life, and when he left, he still hoped that I would do well."

The image of that frail man, that unscrupulous and cruel imperial noble, appeared before my eyes, his dying appearance.

Years of scheming had exhausted his energy, and the chronic illness he had suffered in his early years had made his body increasingly weak.

He became ill from worrying and died of depression.

"I hate him because I have never heard him praise me, but I also love him because he is my father..."

Lin Jia looked at Yilale's misty green eyes and raised the corners of his lips helplessly, "I understand, so... don't be angry, okay?"

Yilale nodded, put his arms around her waist, buried his face in her arms, and said sullenly, "I understand. Your Majesty, are you sleepy? Let's go to bed."

Someone secretly wiped his tears on himself, but Lin Jia didn't care and responded to his words, "Go to sleep."

The sound of breathing gradually became longer and longer. Looking at the whorl of hair on Yilale's head, Lin Jia's eyes were heavy.

He was so similar to her past self that she couldn't help but feel pity for him.

Tonight, she was like a possessed person, tearing open her once festering wounds and showing them to him, just to calm him down.

It's crazy.

After a while, she closed her eyes.

Don't think about betraying me, you can't afford the consequences.

……

The days passed like this.

In the court, Lin Jia and Su Mo were fighting each other, going back and forth, neither giving in.

But every time Lin Jia would get very angry.

As a new favorite, Yilale could not escape her clutches.

Fortunately, Lin Jia only asked him to dance a little, grind some ink, stay by her side, and listen to her various complaints about Su Mo.

It's just that we were a little tired and a little noisy.

At least she really didn't let Shujun and other male servants in the harem disturb his ordinary life.

Just when Yilale felt that life was beginning to look up, he welcomed his first New Year in Fenglin.

Lin Jia asked Shujun to prepare the palace banquet for New Year's Eve.

It can be regarded as compensation for the neglect during this period.

Shujun hasn't seen Lin Jia for more than a month. When she heard that she only favored Yilale, she even had murderous intentions towards her.

At least he was persuaded to come back by the palace attendant beside him.

This time, he wanted to use the palace banquet to regain Lin Jia's favor.

He looked at the dance costume he had custom-made, and imagined the little bitch's secretly sad look after regaining favor, and felt happy.

……

Su Mo held Xiao Zeqing's hand and walked on the palace road.

Xue Chengyan put a lot of thought into this palace banquet.

In addition, it is the first New Year after the new emperor ascended the throne, so it is given special attention.

Big red lanterns are hung on both sides, lighting the road warmly and brightly.

There was festive red everywhere, and the soft warm color reflected on Xiao Zeqing's face, making him look a lot better.

It was cold at the end of the year, and Xiao Zeqing didn't check anything. He caught a cold and fell seriously ill again.

He stayed at home sick every day, and Su Mo was busy taking care of him.

Now she treated Xiao Zeqing like a piece of fragile jade. She was afraid of it falling if she held it in her hand, and afraid of it melting if she held it in her mouth.

He was afraid of catching a cold when going out and catching a heat when staying at home. Whenever he coughed, Su Mo's heart trembled with fear.

The main reason is that this person is sick and it is really annoying.

Xiao Zeqing seemed to be made of water.

When he was sick, he would moan and cry, and would not let her leave even a step.

If she spoke in a loud voice, he would secretly burst into tears and would ignore her no matter how she tried to comfort him.

I don't even take medicine because I'm afraid of the bitter taste.

Every day when they took the medicine, they seemed to be at war, causing chaos and unrest in the whole family.

You ask how Su Mo could bear it?

It doesn’t matter. No matter how dissatisfied she is, as long as she sees Xiao Zeqing looking at you with those watery phoenix eyes, she will forget all of it.

Thinking of this, Su Mo gathered his cloak again, letting the furry fox fur wrap him tightly, leaving only a delicate little face exposed.

He put his hand into his cloak and tested the temperature of the hot water bottle. Feeling the endless warmth, Su Mo gave up.

"It's still warm, don't worry." Xiao Zeqing let her do what she wanted, his eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, and said softly.

He was very touched by Su Mo's concern.

Although I know that being so pampered is not good, so what?

He loved Su Mo and loved that she devoted all her thoughts to him.

He possessed her completely.

Only in this way can he truly feel that he is a real person.