At night, Xuanyuan Mie came.
It was raining today, and he knew her knees would hurt.
He placed her leg on his own and gently massaged it, using a bit of internal force. As expected, he saw her relieved expression.
“Why didn’t you help me massage during the day? If you had done it earlier, it wouldn’t hurt this much.”
Xuanyuan Mie chuckled. He wanted to come, too, but if he appeared during the day, wouldn’t his identity be exposed?
“There are too many people during the day.”
Tang Guo found it amusing but still showed a pitiful expression on her face, “I didn’t prepare anything to eat today. Your Majesty, you don’t mind, do you?”
He pinched her cheek and pulled her into his arms, “You’re in so much pain, how could I bear to let you prepare food?”
Mei Lan, who was carrying a bowl of medicinal, was startled. She stared at Xuanyuan Mie then quickly lowered her head to avoid being noticed, but the shock in her eyes was still apparent.
If she hadn’t been holding the bowl steadily, she would have dropped it.
She carefully placed the bowl down beside her, keeping her head lowered the whole time, not daring to look up. She was probably aware of a tremendous secret, the emperor of the day and the emperor of the night were not the same person.
Yes, yes, the way her majesty addressed the two was never the same.
During the day, she called him Ah Mo and referred to herself as “I.”
At night, she only called him Your Majesty and referred to herself as “concubine.”
What’s the difference between them?
So, which emperor was real?
Her majesty must know the secret behind this.
She bit her lip tightly, not daring to make a sound. In this palace, the more you knew, the quicker you died, despite the apparent peacefulness.
However, Mei Lan’s thoughts and her previous expression were all seen by the two people beside the bed.
Xuanyuan Mie was contemplating whether to silence her and find someone to replace her.
“Mei Lan is still the most considerate. She has been taking care of me since childhood and knows that my knees hurt during rainy weather, so she prepared the medicine early.” This casual remark from Tang Guo dispelled Xuanyuan’s idea of silencing her.
Forget it, he would just find someone to watch over Mei Lan to prevent her from spreading rumors.
“Your Majesty, I always feels there’s something different about you during the day and at night.”
Mei Lan kept her head down like a wooden stake, her heart tightening. Her majesty clearly knew everything, why ask?
If the real emperor was the one during the day, then… she couldn’t even imagine how ruthless the emperor must be to treat her majesty this way.
“Guo’er, just consider the one during the day as having a mental lapse,” Xuan Yuan Mie said softly, holding his beloved. “Whatever that me during the day did, anything bad, it was definitely not my intention. Guo’er, you must distinguish clearly.”
Tang Guo raised her head, her eyes a bit confused. Suddenly, she smiled at him and said, “So, does this mean that His Majesty truly cares for me, that he sincere favors me?”
“Naturally.” For her, he had become a beast, how could it not be sincere?
She lowered her head, leaning into his arms, and said softly, “That’s good, as long as it’s sincere.”
Xuanyuan Mie gazed at the woman in his arms, his heart tightened. Did she see through something, or was it just the pain making her overthink?
That night, Xuanyuan Mie didn’t act out, he just held her peacefully through the night.
When Xuanyuan Mie left, Mei Lan dismissed everyone else and stayed by Tang Guo’s side. She wanted to ask something, but as a maid, she shouldn’t ask.
However, having served her majesty since childhood, she had to ask. If her guess was correct, the Xuanyuan family had truly wronged her majesty.
“Your Majesty.”
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