On the bed, the Empress had taken off her robe, wearing only a thin gauze dress.
Her long legs were like straight jade chopsticks, her arms around Chen Mo's waist, her small head resting on his broad chest, eyes shimmering with rippling light.
The saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Chen Mo had been away from the Capital City for some time. Reunited after a long separation, the Empress's suppressed longing was about to overflow. Savoring the familiar scent, she wished she could merge herself into his body.
"So you mean..."
"His Highness asked Zhong Lihe to protect me in secret, but he unexpectedly discovered your presence, so he reported it back to the Capital City."
"And you were worried that Her Majesty the Consort would whisk me away, so you traveled all the way to the Southern Border?"
Chen Mo finally managed to sort out the whole process.
