Chapter 67: Undisturbed Dust
He Xiao held Luo Jin in his arms and walked out of the underground palace step by step. The sun outside was dazzling, but there was no warmth.
He looked up and saw a tall man standing at the door of the underground palace, expressionlessly looking at him.
Feng Lingruo followed him out. She looked at the man and her eyes were red again.
"Emperor, she..."
Shui Yingchen's voice was emotionless, "Is she dead?"
"She is still breathing, but... she won't wake up." He Xiao whispered. His voice choked with sobs that he couldn't hide.
Shui Yingchen walked slowly to him, looking at Luo Jin's sleeping face. He stretched out his hand and carefully took her into his arms.
"Go and complete your mission. Don't let her down." He held her horizontally in his arms. His tall stature made her look small.
He strode out of Yeyuan's palace.
……
Three months later, the ministers of Jiyuan Kingdom came to the imperial study to report, "Yeyuan and Dongyuan joined forces to fight against Hanyuan and won a great victory. It was said that the Yeyuan’s Princess used a powerful sword. With one swing of the sword, all the powerful soldiers of Hanyuan fell. The war is over. Yeyuan’s Princess and the general of Dongyuan have joined forces to kill Empress Dowager Su of Hanyuan. Now the emperor of Hanyuan Kingdom had announced his surrender and was discussing the details of the surrender."
Shui Yingchen appeared indifferent and only uttered three words: "It should be."
At this time, the guard came to report, "Princess of Dongyuan is here."
Shui Yingchen frowned slightly, "What is she doing here?"
"She said she isn’t at eased with you and wants to take care of Miss Luo personally."
"..."
Chai Jing didn't act reserved with Shui Yingchen at all. She rushed directly into the bedroom where Luo Jin stayed and scolded everyone who tried to stop her along the way.
When Shui Yingchen entered the palace, he saw Chai Jing scolding the dozen maids he had arranged to take care of Luo Jin.
"You have to turn her over every once in a while, understand?" Chai Jing angrily puffed out.
A maid whispered, "Your Majesty had told us to turn her over..."
Chai Jing added, "Although she won't move and won't get dirty, she still needs to be bathed..."
The maid said, "She's bathed every day, and petals were put in her..."
Chai Jing was too lazy to make excuses, "Anyway, you can't do it. I can!"
The maid: "..."
Shui Yingchen said calmly, "Clean up the room next door for the Princess to live in."
The maid acknowledged and quickly cleaned up the room.
Chai Jing shook her head, "I want to take her away. I'm not assured about staying here. I'm afraid you'll do something strange to her... I'm worried about your character."
Shui Yingchen said coldly, "Impossible."
Chai Jing was anxious, "You... you have feelings for her, right? I walked all the way here and saw that many houses in your palace have collapsed. It's so bad. I can't let her live here!"
As she was talking, she saw Luo Jin on the bed suddenly open her eyes.
Delight sprouted in her heart and she was about to say something when she was pulled away by a powerful force.
Then she heard a loud noise. The place where she was standing was smashed by Luo Jin's punch. And the wall was punched through.
The maid who was cleaning up said helplessly, "No need to clean up. let's go to another place."
A maid pulled Chai Jing who was still in a daze, "Let's go. Leave this to His Majesty."
Chai Jing took two steps and heard a crackling sound from inside. She turned around and saw that the house was collapsing.
She probably knew what happened to the collapsed houses along the way.
The maid explained, "Miss Luo sometimes wakes up, but she is unconscious and can only attack. She is strong and no one can fight her except his Majesty."
She sighed, "But his Majesty is afraid of hurting her, so he only accepts her moves and refuses to fight back. It is still difficult to resist. Fortunately, she’s not awake for a long time. Even so... his Majesty is now covered with wounds. Fortunately, there is the divine doctor Situan."
Chai Jing didn’t expect such a result. She was a little moved in her heart and asked, "Then why don't you... lock her up?"
The maid replied, "His Majesty was afraid that she would hurt herself when she struggled, so he refused to restrain her. He said she is afraid of pain. His Majesty also said that it was good for her to get up and stretch her muscles from time to time. He also said..."
She had tears in her eyes, "He also said that he would play with her as long as she wants to play. Even if she is like this for the rest of her life, he can always play with her."
...
Half a year later, in the Golden Palace of Jiyuan Country. The prime minister announced the start of the morning court session. All the ministers knelt before the throne before standing up to discuss state affairs.
A minister suddenly said, "Since that miss came to the palace, his Majesty hasn't attended court for a year, right?"
Another minister sighed, "The palace has been almost torn down by her. Now we can only use the lightest and simplest materials to temporarily build a residence, making the palace look like a shack."
Another person said, "Before she came, didn't his majesty attend court? He is assured to leave all the matters to us."
"If not? Said it as if no one dares not to do their best."
"I didn't dare before and dare not even more now."
"What do you mean?"
"His Majesty had been working hard in the past year. It's not without reward. I heard... he broke through to the tenth level! Tenth level! No one has broken through the tenth level for hundreds of years!"
"Then the collapse of this palace is worth it."
The prime minister coughed, "Don't talk about his Majesty!"
The ministers restrained their expressions, "Yes!"
But then someone whispered, "I heard from the people at the post station that his Majesty had long been in love with Miss Luo and gave her the golden token he carried with him."
The Prime Minister hurriedly asked: "Really? That token symbolizes him and can mobilize the army with it! He actually gave it to her?"
"Yes, yes, so it has been spread among the people for a long time, saying that she must be our future queen."
"I heard from the palace maids that since Miss Luo came, our majesty can sleep without anyone telling stories. Sometimes he even smiles."
"Ah? The emperor actually smiles? Is it the kind of cold smile that isn't smiling?"
"..."
...
This summer was particularly hot. One could sweat even when sitting still.
The new maid helped Luo Jin take a bath and asked curiously, "Since she lies still all day long, why do we have to bathe her twice?"
The senior maid said, "His Majesty said that she sweats a lot and feels sticky and uncomfortable when she sweats. So needs to be bathed more often."
"She doesn't feel anything... His Majesty treats her so well."
"That's..." The old maid turned to Luo Jin and smiled, "Miss Luo, let me tell you, today the fifth and sixth kings of Xiyuan came to see you together. They brought the little princess with them! The little princess is five years old and looks so beautiful. I want to touch her little face."
The new maid puzzledly remarked, "She can't hear, why do you have to talk to her?"
The old maid said, "Since it’s Majesty's orders, just comply. I've served her for three years and am used to it anyway."
The new maid let out an ‘Oh’.
The old maid sighed, "In the past two years, people from all over the world have often come to visit Miss Luo. Princess from Dongyuan has taken this place as her home. She comes to stay for a while when she has nothing to do. His Majesty had become accustomed to seeing her."
"Princess from Yeyuan also come here often. She is so brave, even dares to sleep in Miss Luo's bed! She isn't afraid that Miss Luo will open her eyes in the middle of the night and strangle her to death."
"The fifth king from Xiyuan brought a lot of delicious food to Miss Luo, but unfortunately Miss Luo couldn't eat anything. Can only feed her some congee. Alas, it would be a waste to leave those delicious food. Why don't we..."
At this time, Luo Jin suddenly opened her eyes.
Startled, the old maid shouted, "Run!"
The maids in the room immediately rushed to the door and cleanly dispersed. As soon as they went out, they ran to the emperor's bedroom and saw the emperor sitting by the door reading a book.
Shui Yingchen knew what was going on when he saw their panicked look, "Awake?"
The old maid nodded repeatedly, but her expression seemed on the spot.
After a moment's hesitation, she spoke, "She was taking a bath. I haven't... dressed her yet."
Shui Yingchen's hand loosened. The book in his hand fell to the ground.
He hurriedly flew toward the direction of the bathroom. If he went too late, wouldn't she jump out of the bathtub directly and search all over the world for someone to kill?
He walked to the door of the bathroom, but heard no movement. Shui Yingchen's heart sank. Could she have run away?
But when he got closer, he heard a slight breathing sound and the sound of water dripping.
He hesitated, but still lifted the curtain.
Luo Jin was sitting in the bathtub. She heard the noise and looked up at Shui Yingchen standing outside the door. At once, her eyebrows raised, "You... actually peeked at me taking a bath!"
Shui Yingchen quickly turned his back. But the next moment, he suddenly seemed to realize something and turned around.
"Still looking!" Luo Jin glared at him.
Then she was stunned.
Because she saw that Shui Yingchen's eyes were filled with tears at some point.
"I... I didn't mean to be mean to you. Don't cry!" Luo Jin said in a panic. She was about to stand up, looked down and saw that she hadn't put on her clothes yet. So she quickly said, "Turn around. I'm going to put on my clothes."
Shui Yingchen turned around obediently with his back to her.
He stood for a long time until a pair of soft hands wrapped around his waist.
He turned around and looked at the clear eyes of the person behind him.
"Lower your head!" She stared at him.
Shui Yingchen bowed his head and bent down.d the next moment. Her soft lips were imprinted on his lips.
He gently held her in his arms.
"You are finally... back."
...
A month later, Emperor Jiyuan announced his wedding.
The wedding ceremony was simple. The people couldn't help but sigh that this empress was frugal and everyone must learn from her.
Hearing the praise, the empress grinned: "Yes, thrift is a virtue."
But what she thought in her heart was: All the money saved is my money! My money!
On the wedding night, Shui Yingchen waited for a long time but Luo Jin didn't enter the palace. So he could only go out to find her.
He saw her counting the gifts from various countries and sighed, "In my previous life, I thought about the day when I could get back the money I gave out. Finally I waited for this day."
"..."
Shui Yingchen said helplessly: "Let's count tomorrow, we have proper matters tonight."
Luo Jin turned around and smiled, "What proper matters?"
Shui Yingchen picked her up and kissed her forehead lightly, "What do you think?"
Luo Jin stretched out her arms, hugged his neck, raised her head, and kissed his lips.
[THE END]
why did it end? nooo! I am not ready. I swear that ending felt rushed ;( I pray there are side stories!
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