Chapter 8: If I had known that turning my back on the enemy would lead to…

Xu Changle’s heart sank.

This was bad! He had fallen for the trap!

There was something in the soup!

Xu Changle pinched his throat and tried to induce vomiting, but it was already too late. He did not dare act too obviously, lest the people outside notice and report it to Xiao Tan, ruining everything.

Because of his caution, the attempt achieved nothing.

He vomited nothing, and he did not even feel the urge to vomit.

Fever, excitement, dizziness…

None of these symptoms appeared 🙂

Wasn’t the medicine supposed to be very potent? Why did he feel nothing at all?

Had it not taken effect yet?

If the strong medicine the damned Holy Physician mentioned was only at this level, then even if they locked him and Xiao Linyue in the same room, what could happen?

They really underestimated him. Did they think his self-control was this weak?

Xu Changle felt slightly relieved. His mind was still clear and had not been affected by the drug yet. There was still a chance to turn things around.

Speaking of which, Xiao Linyue had been very silent since earlier. What was that fellow doing?

Xu Changle turned naturally and searched the room with his eyes, easily spotting Xiao Linyue standing not far away.

She stood beside the wall she had punched a large hole into earlier, barely having moved from that spot. Her expression was cold as she stared blankly at some unknown point. Her gaze did not land on Xu Changle.

What kind of expression was this? Had she been made guilty by his emo speech earlier?

Xu Changle probed carefully. “…Empress?”

Hearing his voice, Xiao Linyue slowly shifted her gaze from the empty air to Xu Changle. She simply stared at him fixedly, her mouth pressed into a tight straight line, saying nothing.

It felt a bit strange.

But he could not pinpoint exactly where the strangeness was.

One should not try to guess an arrogant person’s thoughts.

Xu Changle decided to be direct. “Why is the Empress not speaking?”

Xiao Linyue remained silent for a while before replying in a somewhat hoarse voice. “…I do not want to speak.”

She did not want to speak, yet she still answered honestly. At this moment, Xiao Linyue seemed unusually obedient.

“Alright. Since the Empress does not want to speak, I will not force you.”

Silence.

Silence…

Silence.

The two stood facing each other with nothing to say.

“Heh.” Xu Changle seemed unable to endure the atmosphere any longer. He suddenly turned his back to Xiao Linyue, avoiding her gaze, and looked only at the locked door. He gave a bitter laugh.

“What a pity. Nothing is ever up to me.” The pitiful puppet little emperor was shrouded in a layer of helplessness and sorrow. “I do not wish to force the Empress, yet I cannot even open this door in front of me. In the end, I still make things difficult for the Empress.”

Difficult?

What is difficult?

Difficult… to do…?

Do?

Ah, yes.

Do.

She now had to… do it…

Yes, she had to… do it…

She wanted… she wanted…

Xiao Linyue suddenly seemed triggered by the keyword. Her gaze locked tightly onto Xu Changle’s back as chaotic images kept surging in her mind due to the drug.

Rush over, press him against the door, and then…

Make him cry! Make him shout!

Make him unable to resist and give everything to her without holding back…

In short, he was hers and should let her do whatever she wanted.

She could do anything she wanted to him!

Xiao Linyue’s throat moved slightly. Her eyes had become misty and dazed from the scenes in her mind.

Her eyes subconsciously stared straight at Xu Changle’s back, growing hotter and hotter, almost as if they would burn a hole through the unaware person’s back.

Her breathing became increasingly rapid. The tips of her toes could not help moving forward little by little, then further forward…

Xu Changle was completely unaware of what was happening behind him.

Since the drug had been administered, it must have been given to him, the man.

As long as he could stay calm, the situation was still under control.

Perhaps his emo speech earlier had worked. After being locked in the room with him, Xiao Linyue was behaving exceptionally quietly.

Now there were only the two of them in the room with no third person for Xiao Linyue to command. Her substitution plan could no longer be used.

Moreover, Xiao Linyue had always looked down on him, this puppet emperor, so she would absolutely never take the initiative to do anything with him.

In that case, things were simple. The situation was far from the worst.

As long as he could find a way to leave before the drug took effect on him, or obtain the antidote, or worst case scenario manually activate flight mode, tonight’s crisis could be resolved.

Xu Changle was not anxious at all right now. He even had the mood to further solidify his previous deeply-in-love persona in front of Xiao Linyue.

With this persona in place, if the drug unfortunately took effect later, someone as proud as Xiao Linyue would probably find it embarrassing to refuse his request to handle the drug’s effect alone, right?

The worst outcome was only that much. Xu Changle felt extremely relaxed.

“Empress…”

He continued calling Xiao Linyue affectionately, hesitating to speak.

Stabilizing the persona one more time.

He did not expect a response from behind.

“Hm?”

The distance was very close. A soft body pressed against him almost instantly, chest to back.

Hot breath sprayed against the side of Xu Changle’s ear. Xiao Linyue gripped his waist tightly with one hand while the other hand uncontrollably landed on his side. Her fingertips carried scorching heat as they gently caressed.

There was a trace of irrepressible urgency.

Her strength was shockingly great, and her body was shockingly hot. She pressed Xu Changle against the door from behind in a posture that allowed no resistance, clamping down firmly so he could not move.

Xu Changle: “???”

Wait, hold on! What are you doing?! What kind of defeated posture is this!?

Hand! What is this fellow’s hand doing! No!

“Empress!!!——”

In his panic, Xu Changle’s shout almost cracked.

“What… what are you doing!!!”

Stop! Stop right now! This is not right! This is not how it should be! The script is not like this!

Xiao Linyue showed no hesitation at all. She bit the tip of his ear, not too hard, then licked it like a cat drinking water.

“…You.”

A word that the sober Xiao Linyue would never say slipped out of her mouth so unexpectedly, carrying a sense of naturalness.

What noble family manners, what elegant and beautiful words, what difference in status.

None of it mattered anymore.

Xiao Linyue could not care about anything now, nor could she think about anything.

In her mind right now, there was only one thing.

“Be good.” She instinctively coaxed the puppet little emperor she had pinned down, who was still struggling. “You… are mine.”

“All of you is mine.”

…

The candle flame was extinguished.

Outside the Empress’s sleeping quarters, because the candle had been put out, the scenes inside could no longer be seen through the doors and windows.

“Bright Holy Physician, should we go in to relight the candles?”

According to the rules, the candles in His Majesty and the Empress’s palace must never be allowed to go out.

Bright Holy Physician glanced speechlessly at the inner servant who suggested relighting the candles. “Relight what? Is your head made of wood? Besides, can’t you see how hard the door is shaking? Can you even get in!?”

Instead of relighting candles.

“Bring a few people over to hold the door steady. Don’t let Her Majesty the Empress knock the door down in her excitement.”