He smiled and shifted the little girl's attention away along this topic. "Lanlan, have you ever thought that your parents might not like your Chu Hengyuan?"
"How is that possible!" A person who was deeply drunk had emotions that came and went quickly. Hearing Chu Hengyuan's words, she grabbed his arm and sat up, then slapped him on the face again. "My parents will definitely like the person I like!"
She had stopped crying. Her whole face was flushed, and there were still traces of tears on her face, looking both pitiful and cute.
Chu Hengyuan raised his hand and gently brushed away the half - drop of tear hanging on her eyelashes with his fingertip. "How are you so sure? What if your parents just don't like him? Think about it. Your Chu Hengyuan is just a human. He can't do any magic. He can't protect you. If I were your father, I definitely wouldn't be willing to marry my daughter to such a person."
Rong Lan sniffed. "My parents told me that as long as it's the person I like, they will like him too. And, even if they don't like him at first, I will definitely make them like the person I like."
Chu Hengyuan suppressed the secret joy in his heart. It seemed that even if they were to be separated by her parents in the future, there would be a little fox standing in front of him, firmly telling everyone that he was the one she had chosen.
"My parents won't dislike someone just because the person I like is a human. I once told my mother that I wanted to marry the emperor and be a queen who would bring disaster to the country. My mother even supported me." Rong Lan hugged Chu Hengyuan's arm and leaned on his shoulder.
Although she was too drunk to recognize who he was, her subconscious dependence couldn't be faked.
Chu Hengyuan was surprised. "Lanlan even thought about being a queen?"
He was sure that the little fox didn't come from the modern world. After all, there were no "emperors" or "queens" in the modern world. So she was a little fox from the ancient world... No wonder her preference for electronic products was so ordinary...
"Yes!"
"But Lanlan won't be able to be a queen after marrying Chu Hengyuan. Will Lanlan feel it's a pity?"
"Yes!"
Chu Hengyuan almost thought he had misheard. The little girl who had just made a passionate confession actually said "yes" without hesitation? His heart was hurt again.
"Why does Lanlan want to marry the emperor? What's so good about the emperor? The emperor has a harem full of concubines. If Lanlan marries the emperor, she will have to fight for his favor with them. And living in the palace, she won't be free to eat whatever she wants. Lanlan can't just eat whatever she likes, and she can't even go out of the palace casually." He never thought that one day he would have to compete with a non - existent character for the little girl's affection.
He didn't even know what his potential love rival looked like.
"But the emperor has a lot of money. As long as there is a lot of money, there will be endless chicken to eat." Rong Lan rubbed the corner of her eyes. "And I don't want to be an ordinary queen. I want to be a queen who can bring disaster to the country. I want the emperor to put my importance above his country. By then, he will have to find whatever I want!"
Chu Hengyuan rubbed his forehead. He admitted defeat. He actually thought what she said made sense.
"Is Lanlan sleepy?" He could hear the tiredness in her tone.
"Um..." The little fox replied softly.
Chu Hengyuan rubbed the little girl's fox ears. "I'll pour a glass of warm water for Lanlan. Lanlan drink some water and then lie down and sleep obediently, okay?"
Rong Lan nodded obediently. "Okay."
Chu Hengyuan gently pushed the little girl who was leaning on him away, got out of bed, and went to pour water.
He handed the glass of warm water to Rong Lan. Rong Lan was stunned for a moment before taking it. "You said, if Chu Hengyuan knew that I'm not human, would he be scared?"
She opened her big round eyes, looking completely at a loss.
Chu Hengyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled. He looked straight into her eyes, his gaze firm and gentle. "He won't! Whether you're human or a fox, as long as you're Rong Lan, his wife, he won't be scared."
It was impossible for him to be scared. He even wanted to see what her original form looked like.
It was a pity that the little girl was obviously tired today. Although he could continue to coax her to cooperate with him, he just couldn't bear to do it.
Rong Lan seemed to understand what Chu Hengyuan said. She nodded in agreement and gulped down several mouthfuls of water with both hands holding the glass.
Seeing that she stopped moving after drinking a few mouthfuls of water while still holding the glass, Chu Hengyuan took the glass from her. "Okay, now it's time for Lanlan to sleep."
Rong Lan looked up at him. Just when Chu Hengyuan thought the little girl had something else to say to him, she leaned back and fell onto the bed.
Chu Hengyuan's heart skipped a beat. "Lanlan is not allowed to do this in the future. What if you accidentally hit the head of the bed?"
However, the little girl who had already lain down ignored him. She turned over, wrapped herself in the quilt on the bed, twitched her fox ears, closed her eyes, looking like she was about to fall asleep.
Chu Hengyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. In the end, he didn't continue to reason with the drunk little girl.
He put the glass away, walked to the bedside, tucked the quilt in for her, then went to the cabinet to get another quilt. He turned off the light and was about to get into bed.
Just as he tucked his own quilt in, his palm was held by a slightly cool little paw.
The little girl who was lying on her side facing him opened her eyes at some point. Her hand got into his quilt and grabbed his hand.
"What's wrong, Lanlan?" He pinched the delicate little hand that had come to him on its own initiative and looked into her eyes in the darkness.
"You said... Why doesn't Chu Hengyuan have sex with me?" The little fox's voice was very soft.
Chu Hengyuan was stunned. This question... "Does Lanlan want to... have sex with your Chu Hengyuan?"
"It's not a matter of whether I want to or not. I just find it strange... Back then, my aunt was taken into the palace by the then - monarch. That monarch didn't love my aunt at first, but still had sex with her. Don't all men have the same nature? In a man's eyes, sex and love can be separated. Is it because I'm not good - looking enough? So Chu Hengyuan is not interested in me?"
This matter had troubled Rong Lan for a long time. She once thought that one morning when she woke up, she would either be in Chu Hengyuan's quilt or he would be in hers. But it never happened. Chu Hengyuan was very self - disciplined.
Moreover, there were so many people who suspected that Chu Hengyuan was impotent. Sometimes, she couldn't help but wonder too.
Chu Hengyuan: "..."
He was silent for a moment and then smiled helplessly. "It's not your problem. It's his problem."
"Is he impotent?" The drunk little fox blurted out.
Then her forehead was flicked by Chu Hengyuan. "No!"
The little fox twitched her ears. "Then why?"