He had just been reborn when he was imprisoned by his nemesis, the Empress?

Completely bewildered, Xu Yi pushed Su Qingluan twice, trying to break free from her embrace.

"Was it really me holding you tightly? It was clearly you who was holding me the whole time, wasn't it?"

Su Qingluan raised an eyebrow, tightened her arms slightly, and held Xu Yi even closer, her tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"Your hands were all over me last night, groping me all over, have you forgotten?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yi gritted his teeth.

"Impossible! I'm always perfectly still when I'm asleep, a deep, sound sleeper, I never move!"

Seeing his embarrassed and flustered appearance, Su Qingluan couldn't help but chuckle softly, her jade-like fingers gently tracing his cheek.

"I really doubt if you were even asleep at the time. You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Xu Yi ran out of ideas and simply changed the subject.

"You should be attending the morning court session now, instead of here slandering me for no reason."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan slowly released her arms from Xu Yi, stood up, and stretched lazily.

"You think you can fool me with just those two sentences?"

She lowered her eyes slightly, her phoenix eyes glancing at Xu Yi's flustered appearance.

"First of all, I have already finished the morning court session."

She paused, then continued.

"Secondly, everything I said is true, not slander."

Xu Yi suddenly stood up, his chest heaving slightly, his face full of resentment.

"What facts! Do you have any evidence?"

Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan reached out and picked up the storage ring in front of the bed, taking out a projection stone from it.

Then she casually tossed the projection stone into the air, and the stone surface lit up with a faint light, revealing a clear image.

In the scene, Xu Yi is not sleeping soundly in his bedchamber at night.

He slowly moved closer to Su Qingluan, almost sticking to her body.

He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and rubbed his cheek against her shoulder.

In the video, Su Qingluan lies quietly with her phoenix eyes half-open and full of laughter, watching him rub against her the whole time.

Xu Yi: ......

Xu Yi stared at his reflection in the projection stone, stuck to Su Qingluan, and remained silent for several seconds.

He abruptly closed his eyes, covered his head, and said...

"It's fake, it's absolutely fake, or you drugged me."

Su Qingluan chuckled softly, her tone carrying a hint of knowing languor, and slowly said...

"Sigh~ It's okay, it's okay. It's okay if you don't want to admit it. I won't force you."

The conversation shifted abruptly, her gaze fixed on Xu Yi, her tone now tinged with a hint of probing.

"But can you tell me if you ever clung to that woman, Jiang Xuange, like this before?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yi almost blurted out a sentence.

"no."

Su Qingluan narrowed her eyes slowly, her tone carrying a hint of something amiss.

"You did have it."

Xu Yi was stunned, sighed, and shrugged.

"I answered no... Can you please stop misinterpreting me?"

Su Qingluan pouted her red lips and looked directly at him.

"But I have already seen the true answer in your eyes!"

Looking at her unreasonable behavior, Xu Yi felt a surge of helplessness.

He waved his hand dismissively, as if to say, "Whatever."

"Okay, okay, okay."

"I used to be inseparable from her, eating and living together. Are you satisfied now?"

Upon hearing these words, Su Qingluan's expression changed instantly, her face turning completely cold.

"Satisfied? Now I want to kill you."

Xu Yi blinked, took two steps back, and increased the distance between them.

"No, it can't be that bad."

"I was just saying that to annoy you, I was just making it up, please don't take it seriously, okay?"

"Wait, don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

Seeing Su Qingluan approaching, Xu Yi turned around, jumped off the bed, and rushed towards the window.

Seeing this, Su Qingluan instantly appeared beside Xu Yi, grabbed his collar, and gently pulled him back into her arms.

Immediately afterwards, she raised her hands, which were as smooth as jade and as white as ice, and slowly reached out to gently pinch Xu Yi's neck. The force was gentle, like an intimate control.

"Why are you running?"

She leaned down slightly, whispering in Xu Yi's ear

"Don't you keep clamoring for me to kill you? But when it comes to actually killing you, you get scared."

I knew you wouldn't kill me, you'd only torture me.

Xu Yi turned his head slightly and looked at Su Qingluan, saying...

"I'm full of hope for this world again, so I don't want to die."

Su Qingluan gently stroked his neck with her fingertips, her eyes filled with inquiry, and asked in a light tone.

"Is it because of that woman?"

Xu Yi was truly exasperated with her. He rolled his eyes, his tone tinged with annoyance.

"How come you can bring up everything about Jiang Xuange? I did it because of you."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan paused slightly, a flicker of emotion flashing in her eyes.

But he quickly regained his languid demeanor, his tone tinged with sarcasm.

"Because of me? You plan to seek revenge on me later when you have the power?"

Xu Yi shook his head

"Of course you guessed wrong."

Looking at his earnest explanation, Su Qingluan smiled knowingly and replied softly.

"fraud."

......

In the afternoon, under the willow trees by the pond, Xu Yi sat idly on a small stool, holding a fishing rod in his hand.

He turned to look at the recliner not far away, where Su Qingluan was leisurely lying, holding an ancient book and reading it carefully.

Xu Yi sighed and couldn't help but speak.

"Why aren't any of your fish biting the bait?"

"I've been fishing for a whole hour and haven't even seen a fish."

"We only caught a small one."

He really didn't want to fish anymore; it was tedious and boring.

But there was nothing he could do in the palace, and the woman wouldn't let him go back to sleep, so he could only grit his teeth and wait it out.

Su Qingluan glanced at him, her tone somewhat lazy.

"It's already quite an honor to be allowed to fish in my palace. Who else receives such treatment?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yi pursed his lips and turned his head back.

Su Qingluan looked at his frustrated expression, a smile flashing across her eyes. She closed the book and slowly walked behind Xu Yi.

She bent down, her slender arms gently encircling Xu Yi's neck, her warm and soft body pressed against his back.

Xu Yi's shoulders were pressed firmly by two snow-white peaks, the pressure neither too light nor too heavy, causing him to subconsciously bend over.

His tone carried a hint of unease.

What are you doing?

Su Qingluan chuckled softly, her breath brushing against his ear, her voice carrying a hint of seduction.

"Dare to make a bet with me?"

Xu Yi felt a little uncomfortable under the pressure, but still couldn't help asking out of curiosity.

"What are we betting on?"

Su Qingluan pointed to the pond in front of her.

"Let's bet on this."

She straightened up and reached for the fishing rod that was lying idle nearby.

"I, like you, spend half an hour fishing. If I catch more fish than you..."

"You must unconditionally grant me one request, shall you?"

......