[Why is it different? Oh my god, how picky he is! That means in the future, not only do I have to eat and sleep with him, but I also have to cook? Isn't that like taking care of a child?]
Wei Sinian: "..."
Suddenly, he felt an itch in his hand. He wanted to open the Noble Consort's head to see what was going on in her mind. How did making a simple dessert turn into taking care of a child?
Wei Sinian frowned, looking at the woman in front of him with a dark look in his eyes.
Isn't it the daily routine of concubines to fight for the emperor's favor? Does Wen Fuyue even know that she is the Noble Consort!
"Alright, Your Majesty can just give your orders." Wen Fuyue maintained the expression on her face, a faint smile curving her lips, looking as if she was very happy.
[Forget it. I eat his food and use his resources. Anyway, Wei Sinian can't eat that much by himself.]
After hearing this, Wei Sinian subconsciously rubbed his frowning eyebrows. He looked at Wen Fuyue with a very strange look in his eyes, and his lips were tightly pursed, making the palace servants beside him not dare to say a word.
Seeing this, Liang Xinyue, who was kneeling on the ground, only hoped that Wei Sinian wouldn't notice her and would ignore her as usual.
"Let Concubine Lan get up, Your Majesty." Wen Fuyue whispered, reminding as she looked at Concubine Lan kneeling on the ground.
"Get up." Wei Sinian frowned before he finally reacted.
Hearing this, Liang Xinyue immediately got up to bid farewell and ran outside like the wind. Before leaving, she carefully threw a look at Wen Fuyue.
"I'll dine here with the Noble Consort tonight."
Wen Fuyue suddenly looked up, saying in a somewhat surprised tone, "Alright, Your Majesty."
[Oh my god! The food in Wei Sinian's place is so bland. It's okay to eat it for one or two meals, but eating it every day is simply torture. Finally!]
"Give the order to the small kitchen to prepare a few light dishes." After thinking for a while, Wen Fuyue said to her maid, Wen Yu.
Wei Sinian preferred light food, while the food in her place was relatively spicy. After one meal, Wei Sinian would probably have a stomachache. She'd better ask the kitchen to prepare a few more dishes for him.
Hearing this, Wei Sinian's expression softened a little. There was finally a hint of satisfaction in his eyes as he looked at Wen Fuyue. Just as he was about to sit down, he saw the lounge chair beside Wen Fuyue. So he asked curiously, "What is this?"
"Your Majesty, this is a lounge chair." Wen Fuyue lay down on it to demonstrate.
Wei Sinian watched the woman lying on the chair looking so comfortable. Subconsciously, he took a deep breath. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
So, when he was in court, was this how the Noble Consort enjoyed her life? With a lounge chair and ginger milk custard, she was living a more comfortable life than he, the emperor.
Wei Sinian was silent for a moment. Then, with a gloomy face, he lay down on the lounge chair. Like a snake that had discovered its prey, he stared at Wen Fuyue without moving.
[Why is he looking at me... Why has his face changed again? Sigh.]
"Tsk." Wei Sinian sneered and said in a sarcastic tone as he looked at Wen Fuyue, "It seems the Noble Consort knows how to enjoy herself. She's much more at leisure than I am."
Wen Fuyue wished she could just throw this sarcastic man out right now.
[Calm down! Calm down! He's the emperor. My life is in his hands!]
"My lady can be so at leisure all thanks to Your Majesty's good governance. The court is clean and the harem is peaceful and stable."
Wen Fuyue found that Wei Sinian liked to be praised by others. Every time she said something nice, although Wei Sinian didn't show it on his face, she actually felt that his mood seemed to improve a little.
Wen Fuyue wasn't wrong. Although Wei Sinian was known as a tyrant in the book, in reality, he wasn't as cruel as she had originally imagined. In the years since he ascended the throne, the lives of the common people had become much better, and the border was stable.
It was just that the ministers and some royal relatives suffered. Wei Sinian had severely cut off their claws. Those who were corrupt were executed, and those with ulterior motives were also executed. Coupled with Wei Sinian's tyrannical methods, he had earned the name of a tyrant.
To be fair, Wen Fuyue didn't have any ill feelings towards him now. She just found Wei Sinian annoying sometimes when he came to disturb her peaceful days.
After hearing this, Wei Sinian was a little surprised. He squinted his eyes slightly and sized up the woman in front of him. A stone was thrown into the lake of his heart, causing a slight ripple.
He could feel that everything the woman in front of him said was true. When Wei Sinian realized this, his mood was a bit complicated. There was a hint of tenderness in his eyes as he looked at Wen Fuyue.
She didn't even curse him in her heart?
Wei Sinian's mood inexplicably improved a little. His gaze towards Wen Fuyue gradually softened.
After a long time, just when Wen Fuyue thought he wasn't going to say anything anymore, she heard Wei Sinian's somewhat cold voice.
"The Noble Consort's lounge chair is quite good. I'll reluctantly take one of them."
Wen Fuyue's eyes widened as she looked at the man who suddenly spoke in disbelief.
[!!! Too much! Eating and taking, huh? Damn emperor! Damn emperor!]
Seeing the sudden look of shock on Wen Fuyue's face that she couldn't hold back, Wei Sinian couldn't help but laugh.
An Fu beside him tried his best to keep his expression normal to cover up his shock. A hint of darkness flashed in his eyes.
It seems the Noble Consort is really extraordinary! He had to plan his future arrangements carefully.
...
After dinner, Wei Sinian was about to take Wen Fuyue back to the palace with him when he suddenly heard her inner thoughts.
[It's a pity. I have to go to the damn emperor's place tonight. Otherwise, I could go watch the fireflies with Liang Xinyue.]
There was a faint look of disappointment and a bit of gloom on Wen Fuyue's face. Staying in the palace all day was really boring. Today, when she heard Liang Xinyue say that fireflies could be seen by the pond in the imperial garden, she immediately got excited.
Fireflies! Before Wen Fuyue transmigrated into the book, she was busy making money. When she was a child, because she was abandoned in the orphanage, she had to study hard and had no time to watch such things at all. As soon as she heard Liang Xinyue say that there were fireflies in the imperial garden, she was shocked at first, and then came the deep gloom.
For the first time, Wei Sinian saw such an emotion on Wen Fuyue's face. Hearing this, he slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
Wen Fuyue was frowning, staring blankly at the tree outside the door. Her lips were slightly pursed downwards, looking very disappointed.
Wei Sinian felt that Wen Fuyue was like the Persian cat raised by the concubines in the palace that he had seen before. She was very delicate, timid and cautious. As soon as she saw him, she wanted to run away immediately.
Like that cat, Wen Fuyue always looked like she didn't care about anyone on normal days. When he took her food, she didn't dare to say a word. She only dared to run far away and stare at him with a disappointed look on her face.
"I wonder if the Noble Consort would like to take a stroll in the imperial garden today?" There was a rare softness in Wei Sinian's heart. His voice didn't sound so cold. It reached Wen Fuyue's ears, making her eyes widen immediately.
"Yes!" Wen Fuyue was satisfied.
[I don't know what Wei Sinian is up to! Great! If I'm lucky, I might be able to go around to the pond and watch the fireflies!]
Seeing the real smile on Wen Fuyue's lips, different from her usual one, and the surprise in her eyes, Wei Sinian was silent for a moment and then said to her, "Let's go."
Perhaps it was because the evening breeze was too cool and the moonlight was too gentle. Wen Fuyue and Wei Sinian walked side by side. The sound of the cicadas and the footsteps of the people beside her made her feel inexplicably at ease.
Along the way, both Wen Fuyue and the following palace servants felt that Wei Sinian was in an unprecedentedly good mood. His gaze towards them no longer carried the scrutiny, testing, and indescribable coldness as before. Instead, it was slightly gentle.
[This is really nice.]
Seeing that the emperor and the Noble Consort were almost walking side by side, An Fu wisely led the palace servants to keep some distance from them.
"I always feel that the Noble Consort seems too innocent to be from the palace."
The originally somewhat tender scene instantly froze.
Wen Fuyue felt her heart stop beating. She felt as if she had been thrown into an ice cellar. The coldness spread throughout her body, making her stiff for a moment.
She turned her head and saw Wei Sinian's emotionless gaze.
[Sure enough, I let my guard down too soon.]
Wen Fuyue smiled bitterly to herself.