Chapter 216 - Dark Shadows in the Palace, the Empress Dowager’s Scheme (1/2)

Chapter 216 Dark Shadows in the Palace, the Empress Dowager’s Scheme

Feng Yuran lightly smiled and reached out his hand to pull her up. “Why are you so incautious and even can’t sit stably? It’s obvious that you have drunk too much.”

Being laughed at by him, Mo Xuetong instantly flushed. Somehow, she got annoyed and got rid of his hand. She gazed at him and said, “I’m not drunk. I won’t be even if I drink one kettle more.”

After her words, to prove that she was not drunk, she picked up the kettle and tried to pour the wine into her mouth.

Feng Yuran coaxed her. “Okay, you are not drunk. I’m drunk. Since I’m drunk, you should leave the wine to me.” He took over the wine kettle from her hand and poured himself half a cup. Then he lifted it up to his lips and drank it up. He enticingly pursed his red lips and some jade-like wine was still left there, which made his lips look more attractive.

Mo Xuetong felt inexplicably hot, and the hand which had been in his hand felt as if it had been burnt. She couldn’t say what the feeling was.

She cutely requested. “I want to drink too!”

Feng Yuran glanced at her. “The wine is not tasty. I have better fruit wine at my place. Do you dare to try some?” He took the kettle up to avoid her hand and didn’t let her touch the kettle.

Mo Xuetong pouted unhappily and there was a sign of anger in her watery eyes. He really looked down on her. She was just drinking some wine and it wasn’t a big deal. “Why would I not dare to drink your mine? You can take it along next time and see whether I dare to drink or not.”

Feng Yuran narrowed his eyes and smiled. But his tone was quite teasing. “It can’t prove you’re brave if you take it back here to drink. If you really have the courage, you can go to my manor to have a taste. Do you have the guts?”

Mo Xuetong couldn’t stand that kind of challenge at the moment. She wrinkled her nose and said angrily, “Why would I be afraid of that? You can set a time and I’ll definitely go to your manor and drink up your wine.” Her watery eyes had been fixed on the kettle. When she noticed that he drank the wine directly from the kettle instead of using a cup, she thought he came here to drink up all her good wine on purpose.

Anyway, she had to win her this time. She reached out her white tender fingers to his handsome face. Then, she held up her chin and pouted to show her unwillingness.

Feng Yuran’s eyes turned dark. He reached out his long fingers to touch hers and said smilingly, “Okay, then next time you can’t refuse me. You can’t break your promise now that you have accepted my invitation.” His words were truly overbearing, and his expression was quite attentive. There was a smile in his eyes which turned into affection in the end.

At the time, everything was shaking in Mo Xuetong’s eyes and she ignored his tone. She thought he was provocating her intentionally and somehow got furious. She held herself up and looked at him from a higher position. Then she said aggressively, “Don’t worry. I, Mo Xuetong, am very reliable and definitely won’t be scared back.”

Having finished her words, she went over to pull Feng Yuran up. However, she slipped and fell down.

Feng Yuran hurriedly reached over to hold her. But she closed her eyes and obediently leaned in his arms. She didn’t move a bit.

Feng Yuran reached out his hand to feel her flus.h.i.+ng face and asked lightly, “Tong’er, Tong’er…”

Mo Xuetong felt very itchy at his touch in her sleep, so she pouted nervously, pushed him, and said, “Don’t touch… sleep… itches!”

The snow outside the windows highlit the fire in the room. The beautiful girl had a white little face which contained a sign of flus.h.i.+ng. Her tender skin looked as if water could be squeezed out it. Her delicacy revealed a beauty like flowers and was exquisite like jade. The boy in purple who was holding her leaned on a cus.h.i.+on. He had a good figure and his dark hair was collected by a golden crown. His charming face revealed glamor and evilness and the glamor between his eyebrows spread out, which seemed quite majestic…

The snow kept falling down but the Empress Dowager’s Cining Palace seemed a little cold and lonely.

Although the palace was warm with the stoves on, the girl knelt in the front couldn’t feel any warmth. She knelt in the palace s.h.i.+vering and didn’t dare to look at the dignified woman there, who was the most respected one in Great Qin. It was the mother of the Emperor, the Empress Dowager.

Empress Dowager slowly opened her mouth, which relieved the tension in the air. “You did it well. Do you know what you’re supposed to do next?”

The girl kneeling obediently kowtowed and responded, and there was an obvious sign of trembling in her voice. “Yes, I understand.”

“Then it’s good. When that day comes, you can be the same as me, which is worthy of these efforts.” The Empress Dowager’s voice was low and quiet like the sea on a winter day. “The duke has had an affection for you since a young age and told me to treat you well. If you don’t do this, you two will have no chance to be together forever.”

She lowered her pretty face quietly and answered with appreciation, “Yes, I understand. Thank you for thinking for us.”

Empress Dowager said gently, “You can go now. By the time the truth comes out, you can see the result and the duke will come back too.”