kvmb Chapter 246 He Let Me Kiss Him Anytime After Leaving the Palace
Chapter 246 He Let Me Kiss Him Anytime After Leaving the Palace
Chu Qingyin glanced at the girl and saw that she was wearing a light green dress, with a decent appearance and a clever look.
"You've gone to so much trouble, Lord Lu." Chu Qingyin nodded, her expression showing no change.
Xueqing moved very quickly, arranging the food in the food box one by one, then curtsied and quietly withdrew.
After a while, only Lu Zhiheng and Chu Qingyin remained in the room, and the atmosphere was subtly strange.
Lu Zhiheng's lips curled up slightly as he half-jokingly said, "If I remember correctly, you said before that I could kiss you as I pleased once we left the palace. Does that still stand?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Qingyin was taken aback at first, and a faint blush instantly spread across her cheeks. However, she quickly regained her composure, raised an eyebrow at Lu Zhiheng, and asked in return, "Lord Lu, you wouldn't actually have taken a liking to me, would you?"
After she finished speaking, her gaze was fixed on Lu Zhiheng, as if trying to find something on his face.
Lu Zhiheng's expression froze slightly, but he quickly regained his aloof demeanor.
He looked away. "How could that be? Don't flatter yourself."
He paused, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "The reason I've gone to such lengths to help you is simply to get General Chu on my side. As you know, General Chu has extremely high prestige in the army. With his help, I'll have a better chance of seizing the throne in the future."
Chu Qingyin listened quietly, her gaze becoming complicated.
She looked down at the food on the table, and after a long while, she said softly, "I see. I was overthinking it."
Looking at her like this, Lu Zhiheng felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
But the words had already been spoken, and it was difficult to take them back.
He put down his teacup and changed the subject: "Let's eat first. You must be hungry after traveling for so long."
As she spoke, she picked up her chopsticks and placed a piece of her favorite dish on Chu Qingyin's plate.
Before I knew it, the sky had grown darker, and a biting wind howled past outside. Looking up, the night sky was clear with a bright moon and few stars; the city's hustle and bustle was gone, and the surroundings were exceptionally quiet.
After finishing his dinner, Lu Zhiheng prepared to leave.
On the Lantern Festival, a restaurant in the city caught fire, and the emperor was attacked and fell into a coma. With so many important events, it would be hard for people to be suspicious if the chief minister was not in the city.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Chu Qingyin put down her chopsticks, stood up, and grabbed his sleeve. "Lord Lu, could you stay here with me? I'm really scared..."
Lu Zhiheng glanced at the small, snow-white hand clutching the sleeve, his ears suddenly burning, and his voice unconsciously lowered, "What are you afraid of? Xueqing is here, you can go to her if you need anything."
Chu Qingyin shook her head, her tone tinged with grievance: "I'm not familiar with her yet, Lord Lu. Right now, you're the only person I can trust..."
Seeing her so dependent on him, Lu Zhiheng's breathing became a little erratic.
"Lord Lu, I'm begging you..."
After several sweet words, Lu Zhiheng finally nodded as if possessed: "Fine, I'll stay."
Upon hearing this, Chu Qingyin's eyes flashed with surprise, and a faint smile appeared on her face. "Thank you, Lord Lu."
Lu Zhiheng subconsciously assumed that Chu Qingyin's "accompany" meant sleeping in the same bed with him, and his breathing became a little disordered, but he tried to remain calm on the surface.
It wasn't until they entered the bedroom that they realized they had misunderstood.
"Why is Lord Lu taking off his clothes?" Chu Qingyin took two steps back, looking slightly flustered.
Seeing how wary the other party was of him, Lu Zhiheng felt a vague sense of loss.
"Didn't you ask me to stay and keep you company? Do you expect me to lie down in my coat?"
Faced with the other party's question, Chu Qingyin was speechless for a moment, her cheeks flushed even more, and she stammered slightly, "That's not what I meant."
It was only then that she realized how misunderstood her request for him to stay with her had been.
Lu Zhiheng's eyes were deep, and his Adam's apple bobbed. "Don't worry, I won't touch you until you agree."
Seeing that she was still standing there, the man curled his lips and said, "What, aren't you sleepy yet?"
Chu Qingyin pursed her lips, her body slightly stiff, and moved slowly to the edge of the bed to sit down.
Lu Zhiheng reached out and turned off the light, plunging the room into darkness. Only the moonlight streaming in from the window spilled onto the floor, casting blurry shadows of the two figures.
"What do you think Pei Yuanling will think when he wakes up?"
The two lay on the bed fully clothed. The man's hot breath warmed the blankets, and Chu Qingyin gradually lowered her guard, breaking the silence first.
Lu Zhiheng closed his eyes and said calmly, "As the emperor, he can't even protect his own woman. He must be furious. However, he can also take this opportunity to reflect on his actions."
Chu Qingyin sighed softly, her thoughts drifting back to the past: "I once thought he was sincere towards me. Only later did I realize that the so-called sincerity in this world is the most untrustworthy."
I had been longing to leave the palace, but now that I've actually left, I feel strangely empty inside.
Hearing her words, Lu Zhiheng's eyes darkened, and he simply said, "Why generalize and condemn everyone?"
Sincerity is rare, but it does exist.
Lu Zhiheng's voice was hoarse, as if he was suppressing some kind of emotion, "You might as well look at other people."
"Ok?"
In the dim darkness, Chu Qingyin slowly opened her eyes. "Who is the other person Lord Lu is referring to?"
The other party did not answer, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
After a long while, Chu Qingyin called out, "Lord Lu."
"Hmm?" The man's voice was steady, waiting for her to continue.
"Once things calm down, will you send me back to my hometown in Jiangnan?" Chu Qingyin asked softly.
"What, you're leaving so soon?"
Lu Zhiheng frowned slightly, his voice growing increasingly hoarse: "Don't forget, the deal between us isn't finished yet."
In order to leave the palace, Chu Qingyin even gambled on herself, betting that Lu Zhiheng had some feelings for her, and today it seems that it is indeed as she thought.
"I haven't forgotten, I will keep my promise to you."
She pursed her lips and said, "I've finally regained my freedom, and I want to offer a cup of wine to my parents as a daughter of the Chu family."
She thought for a moment, then murmured, "I don't know what deal my brother made with you, but I hope you won't put him in danger..."
Without realizing it, her voice grew softer and softer.
Finally, she closed her eyes, her breathing became even and steady, and she drifted off to sleep.
Bathed in the soft moonlight streaming through the window, Lu Zhiheng gazed gently at the sleeping woman beside him.
After a while, he gently reached out and touched her cheek.
The movements were so gentle, as if they were handling a rare treasure.
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to your brother."
He stayed by her side all night without sleeping.
Only when the sky began to lighten and the morning light streamed through the window did he reluctantly get up and quietly leave the room.