Listening to Mu Huai’s unkind tone of voice, Rong Xi felt as if she had lost her mind, and she felt regretful, blaming herself for not being more alert.
After returning to the palace, the love that Mu Huai had showered her with had made her forget etiquette. After all, he was Great Qi’s Crown prince, the future Son of Heaven, and she was just his concubine.
A husband and wife in the imperial family is different than the commoners’ husband and wife. All of the citizens were Mu Huai’s subjects, and she was his subject, not just his woman.
As his father, Zhuang Emperor could naturally call him Man Ya.
Her calling him that was her forgetting her place.
But in the future, she could secretly call him Man Ya in her heart.
As Rong Xi contemplated, she didn’t dare to look straight into Mu Huai’s eyes and could only stutter, “This…this concubine…”
Mu Huai’s clean and handsome face was expressionless, but the hand holding the woman’s soft hand had tightened a little. Rong Xi’s palms were sweating a little by this point. Mu Huai could feel the dampness in his palms, and he felt a little helpless.
In his past life, when he talked to his subjects, he was used to being cold and lofty, and the way he spoke carried the aura of a monarch, making people feel pressured.
When he spoke to Rong Xi, if he didn’t pay careful attention, his tone would unconsciously turn more solemn.
But this woman was already his liangdi, yet her personality was still so timid. The moment he was just a little harsher, she would be frightened out of her wits.
The Concubien Yu that Rong Xi had served before was rumored to be a domineering and arrogant master as well. How on earth did she serve Concubine Yu in the past? Mu Huai really couldn’t figure this out. On the other hand, he felt that before she becomes the Crown Princess Consort, he still had to teach her many things.
When the crowd of people returned to the Eastern Palace, the servants had already set up lunch in the hall. The dishes included rare delicacies such as grilled beef brisket, . His stone-cold heart turned soft.
Mu Huai stretched his hand out to caress her reddened ear, and gently kneaded it as if he was teasing a kitten. Seeing her appearance become more and more pitiful, he picked up the woman and had her sat on his lap.
Dan Xiang had finished brewing the medicinal tonic for stabilizing the fetus and entered the hall right at this moment, not expecting to witness the two master’s romantic moments and hurriedly turned around. She hesitated on whether to bring the medicine in now or wait until the two master’s were done before bring int in.
Mu Huai saw Dan Xiang’s figure and smelled the bitter scent of the medicine. The woman in his embrace had also smelled the bitter medicine, and her brows wrinkled, extremely reluctant.
Mu Huai ordered Dan Xiang, “Bring the medicine in.”
Dan Xiang lowered her head and placed the medicine on the desk.
Just as Rong Xi was about to have Mu Huai let go of her so she could drink the medicine, she saw Mu Huai encircle an arm around her waist, and use his other to pick up the bowl of medicine and took a mouthful of the bitter medicine.
She was stunned and asked in a confused voice, “Husband…you…”
Mu Huai felt this medicine was really bitter and he frowned. His voice was placid as he answered, “I’ll feed you.”