The night is cool as water.
Inside the palace, the quarrel between the emperor and the empress continued.
The bedroom was in a mess.
Various objects were scattered on the ground. These luxurious things were now thrown all over the ground without any care, which was enough to show how angry the emperor was at the moment.
Even the queen's phoenix robe was stained with black ink.
But she didn't care. She just knelt there and argued with the emperor.
"Queen! You also said that those are just rumors and should not be taken seriously!"
"Since it can't be taken seriously, Your Majesty should send Marquis Weiwu out of the palace as soon as possible. This will calm the rumors outside, and the Marquis will also be better taken care of. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"
"With such a huge palace and so many palace servants, can't they take good care of a great and mighty marquis?"
"Of course not, but this is not something that Your Majesty should do!" Luo Yurou said sternly, "Your Majesty, you are the Supreme Dragon Emperor, how can you personally take care of a subject?"
"My life was saved by Marquis Weiwu, so why not take care of him?" Yi Jinyi said with a wave of his sleeves.
"Is it really a life-saving grace?"
Luo Yurou blurted out a word, and the atmosphere in the whole bedroom suddenly became stagnant. Yi Jinyi froze in place and didn't turn around for a long time.
After a long time, he asked in a low voice, his voice hoarse: "... Queen, what do you mean by this?"
"Doesn't the emperor know? That's what's spreading outside now!"
"… explain."
"It's widely rumored that the emperor is a womanizer and has detained Marquis Weiwu in the palace, regardless of his contribution in protecting him. Marquis Weiwu has made great contributions but has not received any reward. Instead, he has become a slave!"
Yi Jinyi clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
"There are also rumors that the Marquis of Weiwu is not satisfied with his great achievements, and relies on his achievements to flatter the master, confuse the king, and defile the palace! A man of seven feet tall, but he has no shame and does that..."
"Enough!" With a sudden roar, Yi Jinyi slammed the table hard. Although he was weak, he almost broke the sturdy table into pieces in his rage.
"Your Majesty, do you not want to listen, or do you dare not listen?" Luo Yurou snorted coldly.
"Luo, Yu, Rou!" Yi Jinyi gritted his teeth and said word by word, "I say, enough!"
"Why, is the emperor guilty?"
"Luo Yurou!" Yi Jinyi narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Do you really think I won't kill you?"
Luo Yurou had been with Jun for several years, so she naturally knew that once he made this move, he would truly have the intention to kill.
But she just bowed slightly, and then stood up little by little.
"Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor. The whole world belongs to you, so you can kill me." She approached the emperor step by step, her phoenix eyes slightly raised, her dark pupils staring directly at the emperor without giving in, "But it's easy to kill me, but can your Majesty stop the gossips of the world?"
"I can kill those who gossip!"
"The whole capital is buzzing with rumors right now. Does the emperor want to massacre everyone in this city?"
There was silence.
Yi Jinyi avoided her sharp gaze, he took a step back, supporting the table with one hand, but still couldn't hide his suddenly pale face.
"The capital city was massacred, as well as Luodu and Beichuan... What's next? Is the emperor going to kill all the people in the world?" Luo Yurou pressed on, asking mercilessly.
Yi Jinyi had never been so confused before.
Even when corrupt officials seized power and the Ninth Prince forced him to abdicate, he was never so panicked.
However, he was an emperor, and even so, he did not show it at all on his face.
Just pale.
He didn't know what to say, he just murmured: "No..."
"Your Majesty, I am also a woman. To me, being the mother of the country is not important." Luo Yurou suddenly softened her voice. She took a step forward and gently stroked the back of his hand that was supporting the table. "I just want to stay with Your Majesty for a long time. As long as it is good for Your Majesty, I am willing to do anything."
"So, if Your Majesty is not convenient to do it, I will do it..."
Before she finished speaking, a faint moan suddenly came from the direction of the dragon bed.
“… water… water…”
The faint voice awakened the confused emperor. Yi Jinyi pushed the queen away and rushed to the bed.
The person hasn't woken up yet.
Just an unconscious hum.
But no matter what, the fact that he can speak proves that he has regained consciousness, but he just can't wake up for a while.
"Mo Yu? Mo Yu! How are you?"
"water… "
In response to him, Mo Yu's unconscious murmurs came out.
"Okay, okay, I'll pour you some water. Wait a moment, okay?" Yi Jinyi was so overjoyed that he didn't care that Luo Yurou was still there and responded quickly.
These days, he always ordered people to prepare a pot of warm water. Just now, in his rage, he did not throw the pot of water on the ground, but it came in handy now.
Luo Yurou watched as the emperor quickly trotted to the table, poured a glass of water himself, and carefully fed Mo Yu water little by little. During this time, he even gently wiped the water marks from the corners of Lord Mo's mouth with his sleeve. His caring look made her heart skip a beat.
Could it be that...
Carefully feeding him the water, Mo Yu's eyelids moved slightly, but he was still groggy.
"Someone come! Someone come!"
Yi Jinyi shouted loudly, and the palace servants guarding outside the hall hurried in. They ignored the mess on the ground and just walked forward respectfully.
"Go quickly! Call the imperial physician!"
Immediately, someone with quick feet ran away.
In the room, except for Eunuch Li who was serving by the side, the rest of the people were busy cleaning up the mess. The queen stood in the middle of the hall with her back straight. A group of people were busy, but no one dared to offend her.
Everyone knew what was going on. The Emperor and the Empress had been arguing for most of the night without any result. The Empress must not be in a good mood at the moment.
There were many people in the bedroom and the lights were on, but Luo Yurou felt that she was standing alone in the bedroom, as if she was in an ice cellar.
The bright lights around her couldn't bring her any light.
She stood far away, watching the two people on the dragon bed behaving extremely intimately, even though one of them had his eyelashes closed and was still sleeping.
Even if... the other one is her husband!
Luo Yurou narrowed her eyes slightly.
She stared at the two men intently, her beautifully manicured nails digging deep into her flesh.
However, she did not feel any pain. She just stood in the hall, without blinking, looking deeply at the man who was taking good care of the sleeping Lord Mo.
—Her husband.