Chapter 78 - Awkward. (1/2)

While she was immersed in her imaginary world, he was looking at her affectionately. This Zhao Ming was different from the Ming he has seen before. The Zhao Ming in the past was reserved, polite and well mannered. Her every word was spoken, carries a heavy meaning with it but at the same time, she was very innocent and a bright person. That's why he felt bad for her because after coming to the palace, her happiness has been lost somewhere.

His eyes were gentle and full of love. While he was engaged in looking at her lovingly, on the other hand, Ming was scared to hell. From her memories, she knows that the relationship between Zhao Ming and Ji Cheng is not good, like between her and Liwei. But at least, in that country there is law and she won't be killed if she has ever slapped him. But here, it's like she has committed a major crime.

Right now, the person she was missing the most was Liwei. Though she loved his power and status more than him, and but she is not the only one. He also never loved her, but at least, he was better than this Emperor. With him, she doesn't have to worry about little things and did whatever she wants to do.

But here in the Palace, the rules are very strict. It's very hard for her to control her actions, she just can't get herself to follow the rules, that she didn't like. She was more like a rule broker rather than a follower. And all the period dramas which were full of drama and conspiracies had created an impression on Ming as a horrendous place. She just can't bring herself, to like this palace.

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Ji Cheng broke her inner turmoil, as he said, gently ” Ming?”

Zhao Ming looked at him and replied, ”Ah?” she was scared to hell, she thought that he will give her capital punishment so she hurriedly explained herself before he says anything, ” Ahm, I am sorry. I wasn't meant to hit you. It's just.. when I woke up, you were so close, so I got scared and mistakenly hit you. I t wasn't an intentional injury, so please don't punish me..” she said all this while folding her hands in front of her, in pleading form.

She said all this while looking at him, panic was obvious in her eyes when he didn't respond to her words. She thought, her doom is near. Now she will die for real.

While she was speaking, he was looking at her blankly. He has no words to say. He never saw her speaking in this hasty and crude manner before, even when they had bigger fights she never panicked like this. And now, just because of a small mistake, she was behaving like she has done a huge crime. He doesn't know, whether he should laugh or cry.

Was she that scared of him, that he will get her killed just because of a mistake? Suddenly he felt a pain in his heart. He doesn't know, how to make her understand that he likes her.

He looked at her nervous eyes, which were on the verge of crying. He looked in her eyes and sat on the edge of the bed.

He said, ” Why would I kill you? I know you didn't hit me intentionally and it was my mistake that you got startled. So calm down.”

He said looking into her eyes and patting her hair.