After the emperor read her mind, the salted fish concubine effortlessly won the title of empress.

Chapter 40 Stop fooling around, I need to go to court.

Shen Shixi pretended to be deaf and remained silent.

Bai Ping said irritably, "If the Emperor finds out, this isn't the first time. We servants used to sleep on the footstools while on night duty, and one time, Miss... Mistress fell off the bed in the middle of the night and didn't kill Bai Kui, so Mistress forbade us to sleep on the footstools."

"This fall is also due to our poor care, causing our mistress to suffer like this!"

A group of people knelt inside the hall.

Shen Shixi glared angrily at Bai Ping, "Why are you blaming me? Go do what you're supposed to do! I've never seen anyone so eager to be punished!"

The Emperor said, "Although you fell down on your own, it's still their fault for not being attentive enough in serving you in the palace. They should be fined three months' salary!"

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!" Bai Ping and Lan Tan expressed their gratitude and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Shixi took her anger out on Li Yuanke, saying, "You laughed, but you said you wouldn't laugh at me."

Li Yuanke put his arm around her and said, "Okay, stop laughing. From now on, we'll put a blanket on the footstool every night so you won't get hurt even if you fall."

"This was an accident! An accident! I haven't been like this in years. Bai Ping was talking about things from my childhood," Shen Shixi said irritably. "Don't think I don't know about your past. Hmph, do you want me to tell you too?"

Li Yuanke's face darkened. Of course he knew what she was going to say, but he didn't know how she knew. She was still young at the time.

Li Yuanke raised his hand and flicked his finger as if to hit her, "Shut up, don't say anything. What good things can you possibly say with that mouth of yours!"

He had other matters to attend to, so he couldn't linger. "Take good care of yourself. I'll come over tonight."

"Oh, respectfully seeing off Your Majesty!" he said, lying still.

The rest of the people bowed respectfully and saw the emperor off.

Li Yuanke went out the door, stood at the doorway, and glanced at Li Fude.

Li Fude slapped his forehead, turned around and went inside. After a while, he came out and handed a purse to Li Yuanke.

Li Yuanke opened it, and inside was a lock of hair that Bai Ping had cut for Shen Shixi earlier, tied with a red string. He took it out, rubbed it for a moment, and put it in his purse.

"Have the Imperial Household Department prepare a bed, with a higher edge, and send it to her," Li Yuanke said.

"Your Majesty, Consort Shen won't accept it, will she?" Li Fude advised. "Consort Shen doesn't want anyone to know. If Your Majesty sends this bed, won't everyone know? Then Consort Shen will be angry with you again!"

"Forget it, it's not comfortable to use like that anyway."

The thought that she could climb all over mountains and ridges to get on top of me while she was sleeping made me realize that even the highest edge of the bed couldn't stop her.

That evening, Yuan Zhaoyue was still waiting for the Emperor to choose her consort, but then she heard that the Emperor had gone to Peach Blossom Village again.

For several days in a row, the emperor spent the night at Peach Blossom Village. Shen Shixi had injured his head. At first, the two of them just slept peacefully, but as Shen Shixi's injury gradually healed, he became restless.

But Li Yuanke didn't touch her; he would just hold her and sleep with her every night, and he would poke her.

Shen Shixi slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night, so she kept brooding over it.

What's wrong with Li Yuanke? He's really good at enduring things! Let's just call him Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!

Inside the curtained tent, Li Yuanke was both amused and annoyed, and pretended to be asleep and didn't move.

[Waaaaah, having such a handsome man sleeping next to me, doing absolutely nothing, is killing me!]

She struggled to turn over, and Li Yuanke, suppressing a laugh, held her close, saying, "Be good, sleep well and get your injuries healed soon."

How can that bastard sleep? A beautiful woman like me is lying next to him, and he just looks and doesn't touch me! Seriously? Could it be that my injury bothered him?

She shifted the fleshiest part of her back, rubbing it a few times, and Li Yuanke took a few deep breaths.

If I can't eat it, at least I can touch it!

She turned over, and Li Yuanke lay flat on his back.

Her hand slipped inside Li Yuanke's clothes, first gently touching his abs, then changing direction.

Li Yuanke hissed and grabbed her wrist. "Your head's better? You don't want your head anymore?"

Shen Shixi hugged him and nuzzled against his chest. "I'm mainly worried that Your Majesty will be uncomfortable. Your Majesty, don't you want to be?"

"I don't want to, Xi'er's health is the most important! What, Xi'er is afraid that I will be uncomfortable, so she will serve me even if she gets injured? I am touched, but I cannot disregard Xi'er's health!" Li Yuanke was struggling to suppress his laughter!

[Serving you my ass! It's me who wanted it, oh my god! It's not that I'm lustful, it's just that this bastard is too delicious! God, even after all this, he won't let me go, letting this scoundrel grow all over my heart!]

Li Yuanke was very pleased and looked at her with a smile.

Shen Shixi also sensed something was wrong, and rolled over onto her back. "Heh, since Your Majesty doesn't want to, then lie down. I do want to, I want to eat dragon meat!"

Li Yuanke slapped her, "Shen Shixi, I think you've forgotten your place. Do you even know you're a woman? How dare you say such things?"

"You're sick. I'm not telling anyone else. You're my man, why can't I tell you?"

"You can only tell me, and if you dare tell anyone else, I'll kill you!"

"You do it!"

She braced herself against his chest and bit down on his lips.

Li Yuanke protected her wound with one hand and gripped her waist with the other, "You bastard, don't beg for mercy later!"

……

Shen Shixi lay on the pile of bedding, her black hair spread across her snow-white skin, unable to conceal her slender and delicate waist.

She turned her head, her eyes upturned at the corners, her eyes reddening, a touch of spring tide on her face, shy and charming, captivating the soul.

Li Yuanke shouted, "Fairy!"

Unlike their previous all-out fights, this time they experienced a different kind of thrill.

"Li Yuanke, what if we get old and you can't keep up with the pace anymore? Will it be like this?"

Snapped!

Li Yuanke slapped her thigh. "Believe me or not, I'll just kill you right now!"

Shen Shixi chuckled, "What are you angry about? Everyone gets old eventually. I heard that a 25-year-old man is equivalent to a 60-year-old. Oh no, Li Yuanke, you're almost there!"

Li Yuanke was about to get out of bed when he almost fell headfirst.

Shen Shixi looked at his sinister eyes and laughed uncontrollably, pulling the blanket over her head. "I was just telling the truth. You're an emperor, what kind of dog-like temper do you have? You can't even stand hearing the truth, hmph!"

Hmph, replacing the words "tyrant".

Li Yuanke grabbed the blanket, rolled it into a ball, pulled her over, and pushed her down onto it.

"Ouch, Li Yuanke, what are you doing?! Ah, watch out for my head!"

"You bastard, I don't want it anymore!"

The blanket was on Shen Shixi's shoulders and back, her head was suspended in the air, she struggled desperately for a moment, and finally her head found a foothold.

However, in focusing on the head, they neglected the buttocks.

Li Yuanke certainly knew how to seize the opportunity.

Shen Shixi almost choked on her breath. She gripped Li Yuanke's wrist tightly to reduce the shaking of his head.

The scabs on his head had long since scabbed over and were almost falling off, but Shen Shixi didn't care about them.

Having been hungry for several days, and provoked by Shen Shixi, Li Yuanke didn't hold back and ate his fill after much repetition.

After the two finished washing up and went to bed, it was well past midnight.

"How's your head? Is it alright?" Li Yuanke asked worriedly.

"Why didn't you ask earlier? Why are you pretending to care now!" Shen Shixi said, her voice hoarse, her back to him.

Li Yuanke said, "I told you to yell, but who told you to be so stubborn? Besides, weren't you happy when I bullied you? How could I stand it when you yelled like that?"

Shen Shixi covered his mouth, "Shut up, how can you say such things?"

Li Yuanke laughed loudly, "Who was it that spoke so recklessly?"

Shen Shixi said, "Now that I've entered the palace, don't expect me to call you again."

"I'm going to listen to you. Sooner or later you'll have to shout it out to me."

Shen Shixi yawned. "There's something you have to promise me!"

"I won't agree, just call out and I'll agree."

"Are you crazy?!" Shen Shixi said impatiently, kicking him in the shin. Li Yuanke didn't even flinch. "You can have my dad bring my little donkey over. From now on, it can be kept in the Imperial Stables. I can go and check on it occasionally."

Li Yuanke nearly choked on his own saliva. "There are no horses in the palace for you to ride. Pick a good one from my Imperial Stables. Aren't you ashamed to ride that little donkey of yours?"

"How is it shameful? It has followed me all over the country, and our bond is special. You are not allowed to look down on it."

When Shen Shixi got fierce, she was about to bite someone. She looked up and bit Li Yuanke's chin. Li Yuanke dodged, but she bit his Adam's apple.

Li Yuanke hissed, pinching the fleshiest part of her body, "Are you a dog?"

The next day, Li Yuanke was about to go to court. Lan Tan helped him with his grooming and applied face powder to his neck. Li Yuanke stopped her, asking, "What's going on?"

Lan Tan hesitated, then looked to Li Fude for help.

Li Fude was speechless and had to say, "Your Majesty, there is a mark here. It wouldn't be good if the court officials saw it."

Li Yuanke was startled. He saw a red mark on the not-so-clear bronze mirror, the same one he had left on Shen Shixi before.

"Let your master do it himself!"

Lan Tan had no choice but to put down the cosmetic box and help her mistress over.

Shen Shixi was woken up and was furious. She picked out a piece of the ointment and shoved it against his Adam's apple. "Aren't you annoying? Why are you so demanding? What's wrong with rubbing it on yourself? Is Lan Tan not going to serve you or what?"

Li Yuange winced in pain and recoiled slightly, angrily saying, "I told you not to bite me all the time! Biting my body is one thing, but why don't you bite my face too?"

Shen Shixi grabbed his mouth and stepped forward, startling Li Yuanke. He covered her face and pushed her away, his voice softening, "Stop fooling around, I need to go to court!"

"Do you think I wouldn't dare?" Shen Shixi snorted, kicked off her shoes, and lay down on the bed.

Seeing Shen Shixi sleeping sideways, he thought of a solution and said to Bai Ping, "If I don't come, I'll let your master sleep sideways like this, so he won't fall off."

Bai Ping found it amusing, "Yes!"

Shen Shixi said angrily, "Don't come! Don't come today! Let's see if I fall and die!"