Saving the foolish general, she accidentally becomes his favorite.

"Miss..."

Mo Chenyou stepped forward, placed his hands against the wall, and lowered his head to touch Ye Li's forehead.

His eyes sparkled with a captivating light: "My wife looks more beautiful than usual today. I really want to get closer to you and take a closer look..."

His voice was no longer its usual clear and ingratiating tone, but rather revealed obvious lust.

The domineering hormones of an adult man mixed with the innocent frankness of a child create a strange combination that draws people in unconsciously...

Mo Chen's frank words left Ye Li's mind in a mess, and her heart was pounding like thunder.

She was still not used to being so intimate with Mo Chen. At this moment, their faces were so close that their noses were almost touching. Her head was against the wall, and she had nowhere to escape.

She tried turning her head, wanting to switch sides to avoid this tall and intense oppressive presence.

But Mo Chen didn't let her escape. His hand gently but firmly touched her delicate face, lifting her chin, which had been lowered.

At this moment, in Mo Chen's eyes, Ye Li's blushing face resembled the most tempting peach, making him unable to resist wanting to kiss her...

So the general acted on instinct.

Ye Li felt a soft sensation on her face, followed by his gentle kisses on her cheek, forehead, and the tip of her nose...

His hot breath brushed against her face, and with each kiss, Ye Li heard rapid breathing beside her ear; she couldn't tell if it was her own or Mo Chen's...

He had intended to push her away, but it seemed to be of no use. Ye Li's strength was like a tickle to the general who was fighting on the battlefield.

Moreover, she was getting weaker and weaker, and her legs were almost giving way...

It was just a pure, innocent kiss, like something a primary school student would do...

However, it truly makes people inexplicably intoxicated by it, like being drunk, losing the strength to push it away...

Seeing that she was about to fall, Mo Chen reached out and pulled her into his arms, their bodies pressed together.

She could feel the warmth from his broad chest and hear his rapid heartbeat. His kisses became more and more frequent, eventually reaching her earlobe, which startled her so much that she couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

Hearing her kitten-like meows, Mo Chen seemed to have found a switch and kissed that spot directly.

Ye Li's heart pounded even faster, so much so that she couldn't tell whether it was the boy's heartbeat opposite her or her own disoriented heart protesting.

Lost in the ambiguous atmosphere, she turned back to find herself...

The shop's accounts haven't been settled yet today!

The joy of being a rich woman is having to check, review, and calculate accounts every day.

Ahhhh, beauty can be a trap!

I'd only ever heard of the "beauty trap" in books, but today I learned that you can also use a handsome man!

Looking at their current situation, she was very glad that her original self was a native of Tian Shu.

If she were from another country, she would probably have been led astray by this renowned general of Tian Shu by now. Mo Chen's flirting skills are truly unexpected and surprisingly effective!

You know he's stupid, silly, and doesn't understand, but you just can't resist your little brother's pleas.

Ye Li was very fortunate that Mo Chen, who only had the intelligence of a 7-year-old, knew nothing about matters between men and women. So she just treated him like a cat, kissing his face and hugging him, repeating these actions over and over again.

Ye Li comforted herself, thinking that it was just Western etiquette, and a kiss on the cheek wasn't unacceptable.

He's just a child, there's nothing he can do.

Ye Li made an excuse for her indulgence, and then Mo Chen pulled her over, continuing the endless kissing...

And so the room remained as beautiful as ever, and the crabapple blossoms outside the window quietly bloomed as well.

……

Imperial palace, waterside pavilion.

Having apparently heard that the Emperor's father-in-law was waiting outside the waterside pavilion, the Emperor waved his hand and said, "Let him in."

The emperor's father-in-law was slightly surprised to see the emperor inside, and he immediately bowed and knelt down.

After the emperor told him to rise and dispense with formalities, he said, "Your Majesty, the matter of flood control should be addressed sooner rather than later. I have been racking my brains all night without closing my eyes, and I have finally come up with a solution."

"I have written down this clumsy method in my memorial. If Your Majesty reviews it first and finds it feasible, I will then present it to Your Majesty in the main hall, so as to avoid endless arguments among the officials in court and cause Your Majesty any trouble..."

Upon hearing this, the emperor was so delighted that he stood up and rushed forward to support his father-in-law, saying with a beaming smile, "In this world, the emperor's father-in-law is the most loyal and helpful to me. I was feeling quite troubled and was thinking of taking a break from my troubles at the empress's place. I didn't expect that my father-in-law would come with such a good idea. The empress is truly my lucky star!"

"Your Majesty is too kind. This old minister has already written down this strategy in the memorial. Please take a look, Your Majesty. I will come over later."

The Emperor's father-in-law bowed respectfully, "This old minister has come today because my wife has some private matters to discuss with the Empress..."

The emperor was naturally pleased to hear that his father-in-law had a good solution to the floods.

He didn't care whether the day he entered the palace was a day when relatives could visit each other according to the rules of the inner palace, and he readily agreed.

Then he hurriedly left with the memorial written by the emperor's father-in-law.

If this can solve the flood problem, then we won't have to listen to those old guys nagging at the morning court anymore!

Once the Emperor left, the Empress dismissed all the servants, leaving only her and her father, now the Emperor's father-in-law, in the waterside pavilion.

"Do you know what you're doing?" The emperor's father-in-law, his smile gone, launched into a barrage of questions!

The Empress seemed to have anticipated the Emperor's father-in-law's anger; she looked into the distance.

"What can I do in this deep palace? I can do nothing..."

The Empress looked at the flowing water in the distance, which resembled her own fate, and sighed helplessly. However, before she could finish speaking, the Emperor's father-in-law came up and slapped her across the face!

The applause was given with all its might, and even Zhu Qing outside the waterside pavilion heard it!

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Let me tell you, it's impossible!"

The emperor's father-in-law said with heartache, "My son, why can't you understand? You've been used, why are you still so stubbornly deluded!"

The emperor's father-in-law spoke with a pained expression, looking utterly disappointed:

"You're disregarding the entire family and plunging everyone into the brink of extinction!"

"Stop your little schemes right now! I can pretend nothing happened!"

The Empress covered her face; the burning pain brought her back to her senses. She gave a cold laugh, staring at the Emperor's father-in-law with a desperate, disdainful look in her eyes.

"Using me? Aren't you using me too?"