"Pfft!" The warm pool water instantly woke Su Wan'er up. The feeling of choking on water made her scramble out of the water, using her hands and feet.
"Uh, where is this?" Su Wan'er looked completely confused.
Si Junlin swam over and reached out to tug at her belt. "This is the place where I come to relax."
"Ah? Oh." Su Wan'er looked around. It was really a quiet place. There were green bamboos planted all around, and there were artificially built rockeries and gurgling stones. It looked just like a mountain forest. Well, it would be even better if those palace lanterns could be removed.
"Isn't it beautiful here?" As Si Junlin said this, he gave a slight tug on her belt, and it came off.
"You! What are you doing?" Su Wan'er quickly covered her clothes.
Si Junlin gave her a cold look. "Naturally, I'm helping you undress. You're all dirty. Do you still want to keep wearing this dress?"
Su Wan'er wondered if she had asked the wrong question. After carefully thinking it over, she spoke again. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help. I can handle such small things by myself. Your Majesty, please go back first."
Si Junlin let out a cold snort. "What are you afraid of? You didn't seem so shy when you were in a daze."
At his words, Su Wan'er immediately remembered the hot scenes in her dream, and a blush rose on her face.
"Did I... do something I shouldn't have to you?" Su Wan'er asked hesitantly.
Si Junlin sneered. "Of course not."
Just as Su Wan'er was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he added, "We are husband and wife. There's nothing inappropriate about anything we do."
Su Wan'er was greatly shocked. She turned to look at Si Junlin in horror, her face looking as if she had seen a ghost. "What... exactly did I do to you?"
Although he had initially just wanted to play a trick on Su Wan'er, seeing her look at him in such horror made him extremely unhappy.
This woman. Now that she was already his queen, she still looked so reluctant. Did she really have a childhood sweetheart outside?
His face darkened, and his voice turned even colder. "Su Wan'er, do you have some misunderstanding about your own identity? Is it so hard for you to be close to me?"
"No, it's not that it's hard to accept. It's just... just... don't you think it's terrifying for you to be with someone who usually hates you?" Under Si Junlin's intimidation, Su Wan'er blurted out her true thoughts.
Si Junlin's eyes turned even darker. Besides being angry at what Su Wan'er said, he was also angry at the shadow he had cast in her heart. "You woman..."
"Cough cough cough. Your Majesty, don't be angry. Don't be angry. Just pretend I didn't say anything." Seeing Si Junlin's dark face, Su Wan'er could only force a laugh, hoping to gloss over the matter.
But this time, Su Wan'er had clearly angered Si Junlin. No matter how sweetly she smiled to please him, Si Junlin couldn't calm down the anger in his heart. Maybe his anger wasn't really directed at Su Wan'er?
He did exactly what Duan Qiyun wanted. He flung his sleeves and left, leaving Su Wan'er alone in the pool, in a daze.
Watching Si Junlin's departing back and feeling the aura around him, Su Wan'er knew that this time Si Junlin was really angry, not just joking.
She didn't dare to stay any longer. After quickly taking a bath and changing her clothes, she rushed out in a hurry.
"Fang Xi, where's the queen?" Su Wan'er asked anxiously.
Fang Xi quickly bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, the queen rushed out. If this servant guessed correctly, the queen should have gone back to the queen's palace."
After learning this, Su Wan'er ignored Fang Xi who was chasing after her and just ran towards the queen's palace on her own.
In the middle of the night, a very strange scene appeared in the palace. The emperor was running in a hurry in front, followed by a team of guards and eunuchs. People who didn't know what was going on might have thought something really important had happened.
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Mei had originally planned to send some soup over. Suddenly, she saw a bright yellow figure flash past her and quickly disappear.
When she thought she was seeing things, Fang Xi came chasing after with a group of people.
Only then did Concubine Mei confirm that she wasn't seeing things. "Father-in-law Fang Xi, what's going on? Was that just now... Your Majesty?"
Fang Xi was suddenly stopped by her, and a look of anxiety appeared on his face. "We... we're chasing after His Majesty. We... we don't know why either. His Majesty learned that the queen had gone back to the palace, and then he suddenly started running." Fang Xi was almost out of breath after saying this sentence, but he didn't dare to stop. After finishing talking to Concubine Mei, he didn't even care about the etiquette and just turned around and led the others to continue chasing Su Wan'er.
Along the way, many people bowed to her, but Su Wan'er didn't have the time to care about them. She just ran all the way to the queen's palace.
Just as she was about to go in, several maids came out and bowed to her. "Your servant pays respects to Your Majesty."
Su Wan'er was blocked at the door. Looking at their familiar faces, she angrily scolded them. "Qing Cao, Hong Mei, Lu Sha, what are you doing?"
The three maids were extremely surprised. They never thought that His Majesty would actually know their names.
However, they still did their duty as servants. Qing Cao respectfully said to Su Wan'er, "Your Majesty, the queen is resting. She won't see anyone tonight. Please go back, Your Majesty."
Su Wan'er's face darkened. "Can't I go in either?"
"Sorry, Your Majesty. This is the queen's order." Qing Cao bowed to her helplessly.
They could all feel the bad aura emanating from His Majesty.
But this was the queen's order. As servants, they couldn't say much. They could only go against His Majesty's anger, hoping that His Majesty really doted on the queen as the queen thought. Otherwise, they would have to die for their master.
Looking at the human wall firmly standing at the palace gate, especially at their familiar faces, Su Wan'er really couldn't bear to be harsh on them.
She rolled her eyes, and a sly smile flashed in her eyes. "Fine. Since the queen doesn't want to see me, I won't force it. You tell the queen to go to bed early."
After saying that, she really turned around and left, leaving a group of maids who were ready for a long - term standoff looking at each other in confusion.
Fang Xi, who had just rushed over, looked at Su Wan'er who was about to leave, and a look of confusion appeared on his face. "Your Majesty, what are you..."