My Devil Emperor
Approaches

"Stop looking at me, Your Majesty." The rebuke made a man who had been leaning on the head of the bed laugh softly.

"I have eyes. Why can't you look? What I saw was my legal wife anyway."

Yuan looked at her husband's face reflected from the mirror and said, "To be honest. If Her Majesty keeps looking at me like that, this Empress will not be able to comb her hair properly. It makes me nervous."

"Oh? Let me help you," ZiXuan said down from the bed and walked over.

Yuan looked at him cautiously. "wait. No need, I can do it myself" he said quickly.

ZiXuan laughed softly. "Why does the Empress look scared? I'm not gonna eat you."

"I didn't. I'm done, Your Majesty, this Empress has permission to return to my residence. Bye bye!" Yuan immediately left but his steps stopped when he heard ZiXuan say, "Ah? Aren't we already at your residence?"

Yuan looked at the room and closed his eyes. "Stupid," his inner being was upset.

"Not going?" The heavy voice was right in his ears. A pair of hands hugged him.

"Your Majesty, you—you must go. It's late afternoon."

"I want to sleep with you. Wh why? Want to refuse?"

"That's—I forgot, I had to work on something. Can't accompany Her Majesty, the Empress is permission to leave." After saying so, Yuan walked slowly leaving ZiXuan in his room. Had it not been for her husband's actions, she would have been running by now. It was fortunate that ZiXuan released him this time.

"Sir, why do you look pale?"

Yuan almost fell to see Jingli who was out of nowhere by his side.

"The empress is okay?" jingli asked worriedly while holding Yuan's hand which a moment ago looked unbalanced.

"You surprised me! Where'd you come from?" her tan was upset as she took a deep breath so that her desire to slap Jingli could be withheld.

"Oh, the servant from the kitchen, intending to ask the empress, what dinner would it be today?"

"Jingli, let me stay at your place today huh!" Instead of answering Jingli's question, Yuan said something else.

Jingli frowned and replied, "By pleasure, but Your Majesty, the place of the servant is not worthy of Her Majesty the Empress, it will make the empress uncomfortable."

"No problem!"

"But empress, may I ask you a question?"

"Say."

"Why does the Empress want to sleep in the servant's room? Is there a problem in the White Lotus Palace?"

"Nothing, I just feel a little lonely. I want to tell you, just accompany me to tell you tonight!" yang replied a little nervously. But the innocent Jingli seemed to believe him.

"Alright, Empress. What does the Queen want for dinner today?"

"Whatever. Just make it a meal you think is good."

"All right."

***

In this great world, everyone has his thoughts about what happens tomorrow, about what tomorrow will do, and about how his future will be.

The more mature a person was, the more trouble he would endure, as well as Yuan.

I don't know how many times in this 'second' life he sat pensively. No one knows what his mind is. He just continued to stare at the water of the lotus pond that was slightly surging due to the blowing of the night wind. This lotus pond was located outside his residence, midway between the front palace building and the inner palace. At night, it looks quiet and calm which is why Yuan likes to be here. The name of the palace he lived in was probably inspired by this pool.

"Why is it like this?" mumbling slowly.

Yuan exhaled slowly. He slightly tilted his head to the left.

"Sir, why are you still here?" The question made him realize.

She turned her head to look at Jingli who was already standing behind her.

"Is there a problem? The Empress's face looked a little pale."

Yuan shook his head slowly. "none. Just a little tired. Jingli, I want to go home," he said softly.

"No, I want to go back to my room. You rest."

Jingli frowned confusedly. He did not stop Yuan walking in the opposite direction from him.

"It looks very strange. What's wrong with her?"

"Who?"

Hearing the heavy voice behind him, Jingli immediately turned around. "Ah, Mr Li! Since when are you there?" tanyanya surprised.

"Mn, ever since you've been mumbling strangely to someone. Any issues?"

Jingli sighed resignedly. He walked up to Li Wei and said, "That's the empress. I think he's had some rough days lately. I don't know what happened to him. A few hours ago the empress said she wanted to sleep in my room and said she wanted to tell me something, but now she's back in her room. I wanted to question her but I don't think it's the right time, after all my room isn't too good for the Empress to live in."

"Maybe trouble in the hareem. It's okay, it's natural for someone to have a problem right? The empress can definitely handle it," replied Li Wei who slightly managed to calm Jingli down.

"What about His Majesty the Emperor? Is there a connection?"

"Miss, you're not suspecting His Majesty as the cause of the Empress's bad mood?" Li Wei narrowed his eyes looking suspiciously at the woman in front of him.

"That doesn't rule out the possibility."

"The brave girl! But it's not possible. This afternoon I had just met His Majesty, and his mood was the opposite of that of the Empress, I heard His Majesty had also just returned from the White Lotus Palace."

"Sir, you're the braver one. How can you talk about your own master?"

"It's okay, I believe in my Jingli."

Hearing the sentence that Li Wei had just spoken, a red hue slowly appeared on his cheek. "Who is your Jingli!!" jingli said, turning his face away.

"Eh, why is your face flushed?" li Wei asked with a plain face.

"You-it's up to you! You win, I won't talk to you again!" After saying so, Jingli immediately left Li Wei.

"Miss, don't walk too fast, you can fall!"

"Don't follow me!"

***

"Your Majesty, Princess Rong asked permission to see you."

Zi Xuan raised his head staring at a bodyguard standing in front of him.

"Let him in" he said, looking down to read some royal documents that must be completed. From the moment the sun rose, ZiXuan had already been sitting in his reading room. He had not even had the chance to meet his YanLi today.

The guard nodded and walked out again.

Moments later, we heard footsteps approaching. Without even raising his face ZiXuan could already guess who it was.

"Princess Rong gave his regards to His Majesty the Emperor." The soft voice broke the silence in the reading room.

ZiXuan nodded faintly and said, "What business has the Princess come here for?"

Looking at ZiXuan who did not even raise his face, Liang Rong felt a little awkward. "I brought you lunch for Your Majesty" he said in a soft voice.

ZiXuan raised his face and looked at Liang Rong who was standing slightly lowered in front of him.

That girl looks beautiful. His hair was straight black, his body perfectly sculpted. It fits perfectly with the clothes we use now. And faintly, ZiXuan could smell the scent of roses from her. But of course when compared to his YanLi, Liang Rong was nothing, even his first Love, was, Luo Li who when before meeting YanLi she considered as the prettiest woman ever seen was still inferior to YanLi when ZiXuan first saw her in the bridal room. Either because she loved YanLi too much or indeed because YanLi was so beautiful, which was obviously the first princess of Zhou kingdom, Zhou YanLi was indeed worthy of the title of Heavenly Phoenix Beauty.

Feeling noticed, Liang Rong raised his face. Their eyes met for a few seconds before ZiXuan lowered his head back to read the documents he had in hand.

"Put it there," ZiXuan said as he lifted his chin pointing at the table not far from him.

"Good." Liang Rong whose face looked flushed was walking slowly towards the table ZiXuan pointed at.

"I think I'm a little late."

...▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎...