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

Xu Yi sighed, slowly turned back, and scratched his messy hair.

"Are you a baby who's over three thousand years old?"

Su Qingluan narrowed her phoenix eyes, reached out, pinched Xu Yi's face with her fingertips, and pulled it slightly.

"I've already tried to lull you to sleep."

Xu Yi frowned, looking at Su Qingluan with a blank expression.

"Putting me to sleep? I never knew you had such a maternal side towards me!"

Su Qingluan chuckled softly, then lay down and moved closer to Xu Yi.

"Have you forgotten the first ancient city in the Northern Region from your previous life?"

After hearing this, Xu Yi lowered his eyes, thought about it carefully, and then covered his face speechlessly.

"Didn't you drug me to make me pass out?"

Su Qingluan lay on her side, propping her chin up with her elbow. Her phoenix eyes shone brightly in the night, and her tone was self-righteous.

"Just tell me if you were asleep or not."

Xu Yi: ......

Xu Yi was so angry that it took him a long time to finally manage to utter a sentence.

"You're a real talent, truly a genius."

He turned around, his back to Su Qingluan.

Su Qingluan reached out her finger and gently poked his back, again and again, with a hint of probing.

Why do you always get angry after just a couple of jokes?

Xu Yi's body trembled, but he didn't turn around.

Su Qingluan leaned closer, lowering her voice, her tone even carrying a hint of grievance.

"Do you hate your master that much?"

Xu Yi rolled his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then replied...

"If you can give me freedom, I won't hate you anymore."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan scoffed, her tone returning to its usual domineering manner. She reached out and pulled him closer to her waist.

"Then you can continue to hate me."

Xu Yi closed his eyes and didn't say anything.

But after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and gritted his teeth.

"Logically speaking, we should just go to sleep at a time like this."

Why do you keep tickling my stomach?!

As soon as he finished speaking, the mischievous fingertips paused for a moment, then resumed their unbridled movements.

Su Qingluan chuckled lightly, her tone self-righteous.

"I already told you I can't sleep."

Xu Yi felt a little itchy and patted her hand.

"Then how do you fall asleep?"

Su Qingluan stopped what she was doing, rested her fingertips on her chin, and tilted her head.

"Hmm... Let me think about it."

After thinking for a moment, she lightly tapped her lower lip with her fingertip and said...

"Tell me a story, something interesting, not something perfunctory."

Xu Yi sighed, resignedly turned over, and looked at her waving helplessly.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you a story about Sun Wukong beating up Ultraman with his staff and storming Bear Ridge..."

Su Qingluan rested her chin on her hand, listening intently with a touch of childlike curiosity.

Half an hour later, Su Qingluan was so engrossed in listening that she couldn't help but move closer to him.

"And then what?"

Xu Yi yawned, a hint of weariness in his eyes, but he still patiently continued to weave together the outrageous plot.

"And then... Princess Barbie and the Frog Prince, they're a couple who love and hate each other..."

Another half hour later, Su Qingluan still showed no signs of sleepiness. She tugged at Xu Yi's sleeve, her tone full of lingering desire.

"Tell me one more time, just one more time."

Xu Yi twitched his lips, turned to look at the reddish sky outside the window, his voice filled with relief and helplessness.

"It's already dawn."

Su Qingluan waved her hand dismissively.

"It's alright, I'm taking a break from court today, you may continue."

Xu Yi finally couldn't hold back any longer; his brain capacity was no longer sufficient for him to continue making up such bizarre stories.

He sat up abruptly, glaring at the other person.

"Stop, stop, stop! Do you really want to continue being a tyrant? How many times have you neglected state affairs and failed to attend court lately?"

Su Qingluan also sat up, raised her hand to tidy her slightly disheveled hair, and spoke with a confident tone.

"I've toiled my whole life; can't I enjoy myself now that I've been reborn?"

"So there's more than one way to enjoy life, right?"

Xu Yi said, rubbing his forehead.

Su Qingluan became interested and tilted her shapely body to ask...

"Then tell me, are there any other ways?"

Xu Yi stretched out his hand in a serious manner.

"For example, give me a back massage or a back rub, let me experience the life of an ordinary person, that's also a way to enjoy life."

Su Qingluan stared at him for a long time, then suddenly chuckled.

"Is this what you wanted to enjoy?"

Xu Yi also laughed awkwardly.

"Hahaha...cough cough cough..."

Su Qingluan stopped teasing him and simply uttered three words.

"Turn around."

Xu Yi took a step back and asked somewhat warily.

"What are you going to do?"

Su Qingluan looked calmly at Xu Yi and patted him on the back.

"Won't you let me give you a massage and a shoulder rub?"

Seeing her expression, Xu Yi quickly refused.

"Let's forget about it, I was just saying."

Su Qingluan refused to let him go and reached out to grab his wrist.

Then she leaned closer to him, her red lips curving into a smile, her tone carrying a hint of feigned tenderness.

"Just let your master give you a massage. I feel a little guilty about bullying you for so many days."

Xu Yi looked at Su Qingluan with an expression that seemed to say, "Do you think I believe you?"

Looking at that expression, Su Qingluan suddenly felt that Xu Yi seemed to have become even cuter, and her desire to tease him grew uncontrollably.

She didn't speak, but leaned forward slightly and pressed Xu Yi's shoulder, forcibly turning him to the other side.

Xu Yi was caught off guard and his back slammed solidly into that warm and soft embrace.

The next second, he was tightly embraced by a pair of slender yet strong arms.

Xu Yi struggled violently, his voice cracking slightly.

"You call this a massage?! You're telling me this is a massage?!"

Su Qingluan sighed with satisfaction, the last syllable drawn out with a hint of languid ease.

She squinted her eyes in enjoyment, leaned forward slightly, and pulled Xu Yi even closer to her.

Immediately afterwards, a pair of slender, fair legs wrapped around him, hooking around Xu Yi's waist and locking him firmly in her arms.

Xu Yi felt a tightness around his waist and abdomen; the soft yet restrictive sensation made him uncomfortable, and he struggled to get up.

"What are you doing... Get up... You're so heavy I can't breathe!"

Su Qingluan ignored his struggles, rested her chin on his shoulder, and sniffed Xu Yi's scent with her pert nose.

"Why are you angry? I'm giving you a 'massage'!"

First, she gently brushed her fingertips across Xu Yi's shoulder, the movement so gentle it was almost unbelievable.

This caused Xu Yi to flinch again. Su Qingluan's body was as soft as spring water, and when he leaned against her, he felt like he was about to sink into her.

Xu Yi was both ashamed and angry, and reached out to pinch her leg.

"What kind of massage parlor does this? Do you know you're trying to kill me?"

Su Qingluan licked her full red lips, her phoenix eyes filled with laughter. She really liked Xu Yi's futile resistance.