Chapter 140 - Anticipation (2/2)

Sometimes it looked like he was having a really hard time. He would frown deeply at her and then announce that he was going to have a cold bath and leave. He was truly keeping to his words and was ”patiently” waiting for her to give him the go-ahead. Unfortunately for him, she honestly could not see herself ever doing that.

Although, she did sometimes feel a little sorry for him, and at other times found his behavior funny and would break out into laughter as went on what she now thought resembled the ”walk of shame” to the cold bath. She really should not be laughing at his pain considering she was the cause of it, but she could not help it. She could also tell when he heard her laughing as he would come back, glare at her and then proceed to sleep without touching her, even folding his arms and keeping to himself in protest.

But this was even funnier to her, she would turn over, trying her best to restrain or at least hide her laughter...She also thought it was a bit cute. Apparently, he could not remain angry with her, because she would always wake up in his arms anyway.

Obviously, Lei Xing was unaware of her new habit of rolling over to him once she fell asleep. And of course, the Emperor was not going to tell her about it. With how fidgety she gets, she would probably refuse to go sleep at night again. So he kept this little secret to himself and enjoyed it.

While the Emperor was enjoying be distracted by her thought. Eunuch Li entered the royal study and the Emperor quickly straightened up, knit his brows and focused on the memorial in his hand.

Eunuch Li saw the Emperor refocusing and smiled to himself., ”Your majesty, the Imperial wives have arranged a special dinner banquet for you tonight.” Eunuch Li informed.

The Emperor frowned and looked up, ”Who asked them to?”

”It seems they got permission from the Empress dowager a few days ago and had all been making preparations for it...”

”Preparations? I didn't see Xing er' making any...”

Eunuch Li smiled and reassured the Emperor, ”Your majesty, you are not always with her, so she may have been preparing in your absence to surprise you with her performance...”

The Emperor raised an eyebrow and then smirked, ”That's fine then...”

{...Surprise me? Hmm, I can't imagine what she would do...}

The Emperor was well aware of Lei Xing's skillset and limitations. He thought that perhaps she would finally play the qin for him, she still seemed hesitant to. Wanting to surprise him would definitely be a good reason for her to still refuse even after he told her he would still appreciate it regardless of how it sounded.

{...Or perhaps is it a dance? Can she even dance?... I am looking forward to this now...}

The Emperor smiled to himself and could not wait for the evening banquet. He focused on his work so he could properly enjoy himself later on in the day.