He pinched Ji Feiyu's cheek and said, "Come on, my empress, stop pretending."
Ji Feiyu shook her head, still looking wronged.
But he slowly slid his hand to Ji Feiyu's neck and stroked the hickey from the previous day with a soft chuckle. "I find myself quite a genius. Look how nice this mark is."
This was like a bolt from the blue to Ji Feiyu. She quickly swatted away his wandering hand, hugged him and shook him. "Your Majesty, can't you be gentler? It hurts, it really hurts!"
While soothing Ji Feiyu, he laughed softly. "My empress, if you're obedient from now on and stop trying to anger me, I'll surely be gentle."
Ji Feiyu suddenly pushed him away and said with grief and indignation, "I can't do it!"
Hearing this, he burst into laughter, pulled Ji Feiyu into his arms and teased, "Then don't blame me."
Just as Ji Feiyu was thinking about how to escape his clutches, she saw him suddenly stand up beside her. He patted her on the shoulder and gave her a naughty smile. "Alright, my empress. Have a good rest. I'll come to you tonight."
Watching him walk away smugly, Ji Feiyu couldn't help but groan. Sure enough, this dog - like man was insatiable!
On that day, Ji Feiyu wracked her brains in the Qiwu Palace. Finally, she came up with a brilliant plan to avoid him. So she quickly packed her things and rushed to the Empress Dowager's palace.
The Empress Dowager was startled when she saw Ji Feiyu coming with her belongings. She asked, "Empress, what's wrong? Has the emperor bullied you?"
Ji Feiyu threw herself into the Empress Dowager's arms and burst into tears. The Empress Dowager quickly comforted her. "It's okay, dear. I've heard all about it. The emperor was out of line last night for favoring a female official and leaving the empress waiting. It was truly his fault. Empress, be magnanimous and forgive him this time. After all, the emperor is not only your husband but also a man. Men are prone to be impulsive..."
When Ji Feiyu heard the word "impulsive", she cried even more bitterly.
That night, Ji Feiyu refused to leave the Empress Dowager's palace. Under the pretext of filial piety, she said she would accompany the Empress Dowager in chanting scriptures and purifying herself of turbid qi.
The Empress Dowager knew what Ji Feiyu was up to but didn't expose her. She sighed and told someone to clean up a room for her to stay.
Ji Feiyu slept soundly that night. But the next day, she heard that Yong Yaxuan was so angry upon learning about this that he was shaking all over. He had almost smashed her Qiwu Palace. Ji Feiyu was extremely relieved. Fortunately, she hadn't been in the Qiwu Palace that night, or else she would have been in for a rough time.
Ji Feiyu stayed in the Empress Dowager's palace for seven consecutive days. Yong Yaxuan threatened her, saying that she could escape for a while but not for long. Ji Feiyu scoffed at this. She really didn't believe that if she didn't leave the Empress Dowager's palace, he would dare to smash his mother's territory.
Since Ji Feiyu had been eating a vegetarian diet and chanting scriptures devoutly in the Empress Dowager's palace, the Empress Dowager grew quite fond of her.
One night, Ji Feiyu was chanting scriptures in the ancestral hall. The Empress Dowager saw that she hadn't eaten much for dinner, so she brought her some snacks and told her not to stay up too late and go to bed early. But Ji Feiyu said she would go to sleep after finishing the last round of chanting. The Empress Dowager was very pleased and left with her entourage, leaving only a maid waiting outside to hold a lantern for Ji Feiyu later.
The wind that night was extremely strong, howling eerily. Ji Feiyu was kneeling on the cushion, silently chanting scriptures to calm her mind. But a sudden gust of cold wind made her shiver. She opened her eyes and said to the maid outside, "Wen Jing, close the door for me."
Ji Feiyu thought Wen Jing would come in to close the door after hearing her, but to her surprise, there was no response after she called her several times. Helpless, she had to stand up and walk outside.
Just as she was about to go out and scold the maid, she found that there was no one outside. A strange feeling welled up in her heart. She thought something was wrong and was about to turn around when suddenly she heard a rustling sound behind her. Someone came from behind, sealed her acupoints and stuffed her into a sack.
Before Ji Feiyu could even let out a scream, she was slung over someone's shoulder and taken away.
How absurd! How absurd! I'm the mother of the nation, yet I'm being taken away like this. If this gets out, how can I ever hold my head up again!
In this moment of helplessness, Ji Feiyu felt the person carrying her leap over eaves and walls, leaving the Empress Dowager's palace.
Ji Feiyu thought it was all over. She didn't want to leave, but now she was disappearing like this. Her reputation was surely ruined! So she thought that if she found out who was coveting her beauty, she would never let him off. She would either slap him until he was dizzy or poison him so that he could never be a man again!
Ji Feiyu was grinding her teeth in the sack when suddenly the person stopped. She was greatly startled. She wondered if the person knew she was going to take revenge on him and was going to kill her on the spot. But after a brief thought, she realized something was wrong. According to the time, they couldn't have gone far from the Empress Dowager's palace. This stop probably meant they were still in the palace.
Just then, the sack was opened. A dim light shone in. Ji Feiyu was pulled out of the sack and was stunned when she saw who it was. It was him!
Yong Yaxuan seemed to read the fear in Ji Feiyu's eyes. He gave her a sweet smile. "Who else did you think it would be? In this deep palace, besides me, who could make the imperial guards do such a thing for him?"
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu was speechless and tears welled up in her eyes. She never thought that all her calmness over the past days would be shattered by him tonight. Her body and heart were about to be deeply hurt by him again!
He smiled at her. Without bothering to unlock her acupoints, he stripped off all her clothes. With a wave of his palm, he blew out all the lamps in the courtyard. Then he carried her onto the dragon bed and vented his desires.
The battle drum sounded again. No more details here.
The next morning, Yong Yaxuan didn't even go to court. He was lying on his side, looking at Ji Feiyu with a contented smile. Ji Feiyu stole a glance at his perverted smile and pretended to be still asleep. She was about to go back to sleep when he suddenly rolled over and pinned her down. He kissed her lips and said, "My empress..."
"Mmm..." Ji Feiyu felt him pressing against her below. Suddenly, she remembered that men usually... She was about to get up, but he pressed her down forcefully and grinned wickedly. "My empress, running away all the time is wrong! These days without you, I've been so miserable..."
Ji Feiyu took a deep breath and tensed her body. "Don't you have Concubine Zhen, Concubine Ru, Concubine Li and a whole bunch of beautiful women? Why do you have to come after me?"
Hearing this, he just chuckled. "But I promised you that week. How can I go back on my word?"
Woo - hoo - hoo. Why did he have to be so trustworthy at this moment... Ji Feiyu turned her head away in grief and indignation.
"My empress, are you so afraid of me that you dare not look at me?" He suddenly touched the corner of Ji Feiyu's lips. Before Ji Feiyu could react, she felt his other hand lift her leg.
Woo - hoo - hoo. Here it comes again!