Chapter 57

Tang Xia’s amorous eyes were condensed and full of surprises.

“Your Grace, the emperor is calling you.” Little Orange lowered his voice and reminded her. “Come, this way, please.”

Tang Xia tidied her long dress and stepped forwards. Before she sat down, she was dragged to Chu Tiankuo’s chest by his powerful arm.

Chu Tiankuo’s eyes were full of irony. “My love, are you going to escape now?”

Tang Xia raised her eyebrows highly, while her eyesight came across Lengmei’s cold eyesight. “Of course not.” She stopped for a second. “Fine, I will feed you by myself, Your Majesty.”

She picked up crystal-clear grape by her slim fingers and peeled it. Then, she passed it to Chu Tiankuo’s mouth. “Ah—”

Chu Tiankuo’s gloomy eyes shone. His lips gently touched her fingers, while the latter avoided as fast as the flashing.

Tang Xia’s face turned pink immediately, which made Chu Tiankuo feel tense in his mind. Then, he wore a deep smile and said with a joke, “You’re really my Yue Ji. Your taste is much better.”

Chu Tiankuo’s tongue was faint, which made Lengmei who was sitting beside unhappy, but the smile on her face did not fade away. “It’s really the fruit sent by Qing Country. Even the taste is better than the other fruit and vegetables as usual.”

Her words were peaceful as the stream, which meant that it was none of Tang Xia’s business of the better taste, but the grape was better fruit instead.

Chu Tiankuo wore a faint smile. When the candlelight scattered on his shoulder, his handsome face was softened. He smiled. “Qing Country is always a place suitable for growing up plants. However, I have tasted the fruits you two peeled for me. The one from Yue Ji tastes much better.”

Chu Tiankuo stopped for a second, looking at Lengmei with his eyes were full of mocking smile. “Would the fruit from Qing Country change by different people?”

Chu Tiankuo’s words made Lengmei embarrassed. The latter had to make a bow and smirked. “I don’t know it clearly…”

Finding Lengmei was wronged, Tang Xia was happy.

Her amorous eyes were curved into a crescent moon. Even Chu Tiankuo could clearly see the smile in her eyes.

Chu Tiankuo strengthened his arms and dragged Tang Xia closer to him. “How do you like this assistance?”

Tang Xia raised her eyes and came across the smile in Chu Tiankuo’s eyes, which was like the star shining in the sky out of Hecheng Palace, deep and charming. “Nine points.” She said.

“Oh? The evaluation is good?” Chu Tiankuo raised his eyebrows.

“…” Tang Xia kept silent for a while. “The full score is 100.”

She thought he must be angry at her, but the man in front of her did not decrease his smile. His slim fingers were placed on Tang Xia’s tender chin and leaned forwards.

Tang Xia’s face turned pink. “You can tell your opinions and ideas, but what you have said would be considered as a reference data and then scrapped.”

Chu Tiankuo leaned down at once, while all of his cold intent faded away. His thin lips covered Tang Xia’s tender lips.

This sudden kiss made Tang Xia stunned. Chu Tiankuo’s breath violently penetrated into her pores. Their breath mixed into the one. Chu Tiankuo was extraordinarily serious this time. It was different from the rudeness in last time, which made Tang Xia’s whole hanging heart fall down.

At the end of this kiss, Chu Tiankuo’s tender fingers touched Tang Xia’s lips and he wore a vicious smile. “Do you hope to keep this all the time?”

His voice was low and charming, lingering by Tang Xia’s ears. After a while, she recovered her consciousness and her face turned pink. “What do you mean by keeping this all the time? Chu Tiankuo, you’re really shameless!”

“Only the ghost hopes to kiss you all the time!“”

A piece of irony passed by Chu Tiankuo’s eyes. His smile was jumping under the candlelight, setting his perfect appearance without any shortcoming. He lowered his voice. “I mean, do you hope to keep Lengmei under your control all the time? What do you think of, my love? Ah?”

Chu Tiankuo deliberately emphasized the last word, which made Tang Xia who realized his meaning feel shameless.

“You…”

“What?” Chu Tiankuo smiled and looked at Tang Xia’s distorted face. “If you hope to keep this situation, you have to serve me and make me happy.”

He lifted Tang Xia’s chin. “What do you think?”

Tang Xia wore a smile at once. “OK,” she said.

Chu Tiankuo could not believe she was not angry. “What?”

“I, said.” Tang Xia tilted her head and said word by word, “Fine, I’d like to serve you.”

Chu Tiankuo inexplicably exprienced a sense of unknown feeling.

A few days later, in the Royal Garden.

“Why do you ask me out to the Royal Garden? Do you have anything important?” Chu Tiankuo raised his eyebrows, while the dark robe set him more handsome.

“Your Grace, it’s our queen’s order.” Little Orange made a bow. “Lady Yue Ji asked me to lead you to Royal Garden.”

Hearing Tang Xia’s name, Chu Tiankuo’s eyebrows relaxed a little. “Where is she?”

Little Orange hesitated. “I, I don’t know.”

At the end of his words, Tang Xia’s crisp voice turned up from the distance. “Your Majesty.”

Chu Tiankuo’s eyebrows condensed.

Under the cherry tree, Tang Xia dressed in pink. The long hemline touched the ground. The waist was tightly bundled, while the pleats were stacked underneath. The sleeves were floating with the wind. The cinnabar mark between her eyebrows was like the wintersweet standing in the cold winter, which set her skim more tender. She wore a slight smile. A piece of sakura fell down on her shoulder.

This extraordinary woman smiled to Chu Tiankuo and stepped towards him.

Tang Xia moved to Chu Tiankuo’s side and covered her face with the sleeves. “I have waited for you for a long time here. You finnally arrived, Your Majesty.”

Chu Tiankuo was stunned and raised his eyebrows. “What the hell are you doing?”

Tang Xia’s face turned dark.

“Your Majesty, do you like my image today?” At the end of her words, she made a wink to him.

“Tang Xia.” Chu Tiankuo’s voice dropped a few degrees.

“Your Majesty…” Tang Xia made a bow and her eyes were full of tears. It seemed that she was a weak heroine in romantic novels. “I have waited for you for a long time.”

Chu Tiankuo’s mouth twisted and turned around. “Little Orange, go back to my palace.”

It was not long before Tang Xia visited Chu Tiankuo again. Even the sunset was still there.

“Your Majesty, Lady Yue Ji asks to see you.” Little Orange’s voice lowered a few degrees.

Chu Tiankuo’s eyebrows did not move. “Come in.”

Tang Xia dressed in an orange fairy robe. She made a bow when getting inside. “Greetings, Your Majesty.” She stopped for a second. “I have prepared you a bwol of tonic soup. I hope you will like it, Your Majesty.”

Chu Tiankuo’s mouth twisted. “Are you soul-attached by Lengmei?”

Tang Xia’s smile was stunned. “Your Majesty, how could you blame me like this…” Her words were with a piece of grievance.

Chu Tiankuo held his forehead. “Take it to me.”

Tang Xia stepped forwards elegantly and took the soup to him quickly. She took a spoon of soup by her mouth and blew it to cool. “Your Majesty, here…”

“…” Chu Tiankuo was silent. “Do you know what you look like now?”

“Ah?” Tang Xia raised her charming voice high.

“You’re like the fox beside King Zhou.” Chu Tiankuo’s voice sank.

“You mean I am gentle and virtuous?” Tang Xia squinted her eyes.

“No…” Chu Tiankuo’s eyes showed out sincerity. “I mean your affectation is particularly obvious today.”

Tang Xia’s smile frozed.

“Your Majesty, you are so bad~” After a while, Tang Xia wore a smile and blamed him gentlely.

Chu Tiankuo was shocked. Then, he held her right hand. “You’re really abnormal today.”

Tang Xia noticed the impatience in Chu Tiankuo’s eyes, and her smile deepened. “Your Majesty. I am serving you and pleasing you.”

Chu Tiankuo frowned. “Oh? Pleasing me?”

Tang Xia wore a shy smile. “Yes, Your Majesty. You asked me to please you. Now, are you changing your mind?”

Chu Tiankuo finally understood Tang Xia’s intention and smiled. “This is your way to please me?”

He said by Tang Xia’s ear deeply and charmingly. Each word hit on Tang Xia’s mind. Tang Xia raised her eyebrows with his words. “So, what do you want, Your Majesty?”

Chu Tiankuo wore a vicious smile and held her into his chest. Tang Xia felt dizzy for a while, while Tang Xia was pressed under his body. “How about doing something practical to please me?”

Chu Tiankuo paused for a second and his eyes condensed. “I really hope to see your shy appearance.”

Tang Xia’s cheek turned pink. “You…”

Before she could finish her words, Chu Tiankuo kissed her and stopped her talking. He wore a smile and deepened his kiss. Their breath turned disordered and the atmosphere was ambiguous.

“Chu Tian…” Tang Xia tried to ask his name during the breath. Chu Tiankuo enhanced the strength of his lips, which seemed to punish her for her being unfocused. When their breath mixed, Chu Tiankuo’s eyesight was soft like water.

When the kiss ended, Tang Xia’s eyes were wet. Her waterful and amorous eyes were like the stars in the sky, shining and unforgettable.

“Ah, you’re really conquered.” Chu Tiankuo’s eyes deepened and wore a comfortable smile.

Tang Xia’s eyebrows were condensed, and understood his meaning after a while. She was trembling. “What do you mean…”

Chu Tiankuo pinched her chin and planned to kiss her again, but she turned her head around and avoided his kiss.

“You’re really a cheap woman that a kiss could make you fall in love with me.”

This sentence passed by Tang Xia’s mind, while Chu Tiankuo’s thin lips fell into her eyes.

Under the light, Chu Tiankuo’s appearance was like a perfect craft made by the most skilled sculptor in this world. His nose was high. It should be called the picture of a perfect man.

However, no matter how attractive the man in front of her would be, he just tried to play tricks on her.

“I understand.” Tang Xia closed her eyes and said word by word, “I ask for leave, Your Majesty.”

Chu Tiankuo frowned. He tried to say something, but did not.

He looked at her slim back. “Tang Xia…”

He whispered at a low voice and wore a smile.

“Are you worried about me?”

Tang Xia spread her eyesight. The clouds in the sky were layered up that no light could pierce through. Her lips were still hot and left with Chu Tiankuo’s temperature.

When Lengmei heard this news, the breeze just passed by Yanyue Palace. “Did Yue Ji come to visit the emperor in person?”

The air was condensed for a second. The maid in front of her was trembling. “Yes, Lady Yue Ji just came out of Imperial Study…”

“Oh?” Lengmei raised her eyebrows. “What have they done?”

The maid dared not say anything for a while. She bit her lips. “Maid Yinchun of the emperor’s palace said the emperor, the emperor kissed Lady Yue Ji…”