Lin Muci’s heart pounded intensely.
She had spoken to the man before her like this simply to tease him, as he was no longer the Prince of Yan, but the Emperor.
Did he have no pride?
However, Lin Muci hadn’t expected him to agree so readily, without the slightest hesitation.
The sunlight beat down fiercely, and atop his head, his ears began to emerge, furry and trembling slightly in the wind, again and again, quite alluring and looking particularly soft and bouncy. Lin Muci simply couldn’t resist; she reached out and grabbed an ear.
Indeed, it was incredibly cute.
Her eyes lit up.
His ears—they were truly so cute!
And he was the Emperor now, yet he showed no airs of his station. He was even willing to let her touch his ear!
Thinking of this, Lin Muci was filled with excitement and fervor. Her cheeks flushed, but she didn’t stop; she whispered.
“There’s… there’s a tail too…”
She desperately wanted to see his tail. The man smiled, then flicked his tail twice. It was fluffy, a snow-white, incredibly alluring fox tail, making Lin Muci’s mouth water.
She stroked it repeatedly, hearing the man beside her’s suppressed, deep voice.
“Gently.”
“Otherwise, I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold back.”
“You know, that place is very sensitive.”
“Don’t push any harder.”
She nodded obediently and continued to pet it, unable to let go.
The civil and military officials below had no idea what the Emperor and Empress on the platform were doing. They only felt the prolonged silence, falling into a hush, exchanging glances, their breaths even falling out of rhythm.
“Do you want to take a look?”
But how could subjects dare to meet His Majesty’s gaze?
Everyone egged on the Duke Mu.
“Duke Mu, you hold a high position and great power, and you are also His Majesty’s father-in-law—why don’t you take a look? Otherwise, the ceremony cannot continue like this… The sun is so high, scorching like fire, and there are quite a few elderly ministers kneeling below, how can they endure it?”
“Someone must remind His Majesty. Otherwise, when His Majesty leaves, we still won’t know what happened.”
“Isn’t that so?”
“Yes, if His Majesty and the Empress have already left, and we’re still foolishly kneeling here, won’t we become… become scapegoats?”
These officials also had their grievances! Hearing the officials speak thus, Duke Mu hesitated for a long time before finally making up his mind. He merely raised his head slightly.
The sun was blinding.
He then felt something white fluttering behind the person on the platform.
But he was old, his eyesight failing, and he couldn’t see what it was. Then he felt the Emperor embrace his daughter.
He nervously lowered his head, muttering to himself.
“His Majesty and the Empress have a deep affection for each other.”
“A deep affection.”
Those around were also curious about what he had seen that made him so flustered. However, the two on the platform finally spoke, and the ceremony continued.
Having finally endured the new Emperor’s enthronement ceremony.
The Emperor and Empress departed, and the old limbs of the ministers could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Many ministers surrounded Duke Mu, trying to pry information from him.
“Duke Mu, your daughter is truly full of hidden depths. We were saying, how could you bear to send your pampered young princess to the northern lands to suffer? Now it seems we were shallow. Duke Mu, you are the one who is truly unfathomable.”
“Duke Mu truly has profound insight. How did you know to bet on the current Emperor?”
“This Emperor truly possesses great talent and vision. Compared to him now, the former Crown Prince seems far inferior!”
“Precisely! His Majesty is the true dragon, the dragon emperor deserving of the title!”
These officials felt regret.
“If we had known His Majesty would soar to the heavens as the true dragon emperor, we should have sent our daughters to the Prince of Yan’s manor back then. But none of us had such luck… Alas, it’s such a pity.”
These officials sighed.
No matter how they thought about it, it didn’t seem worth it.
Duke Mu stroked his beard, feeling rather guilty.
Honestly, he had never thought highly of the Prince of Yan back then.
He had even wanted his daughter to feign death to escape, and the entire Duke Mu manor was even on the brink of disaster, as they were too deeply involved with the former Crown Prince and the deposed former Empress.
If not for Mu Ci…
Because of the existence of this young princess.
Perhaps… the entire Duke Mu manor would have been doomed.
Duke Mu sighed. He felt it was also a matter of luck.
He never would have imagined that his pampered daughter would save the lives of their entire family, and now she was the Empress!
It could be said that his pampered daughter was a sweet and lovely darling, capable of capturing the heart of even a cold and iron-blooded prince like the Prince of Yan.
This was all fate.
Heaven’s will decreed that his daughter was destined for the fate of a true phoenix, destined to soar through the skies!
A hint of deep emotion flashed in Duke Mu’s eyes!
However, what was that white shadow behind His Majesty that he had seen while kneeling there during the day? He even felt that the white shadow seemed a little… a little furry?
But Duke Mu found it very strange.
Why would there be a white, fluffy shadow?
No matter how he thought about it, something felt not quite right.
But tomorrow, he would be able to enter the palace to see his daughter. Given the close proximity between his daughter and His Majesty, his daughter would surely be able to figure out what the white shadow behind His Majesty was. Perhaps it was truly just his aging eyes playing tricks on him!
…
The next day, Empress Mu Ci, upon hearing her father, Duke Mu, ask such a question, coughed and her gaze flickered.
“You say you saw a white shadow behind His Majesty?”
She quickly looked up, then very seriously told her father.
“You must have seen wrong!”
“How could there be a white shadow behind His Majesty? That’s absolutely impossible.”
And the little system in her mind let out a burst of mocking laughter.
“Hahaha, host, see? Someone finally discovered it!”
“I knew someone would be able to see it. And it turns out it was that guy’s father-in-law who saw his tail. Tsk, tsk, tsk. If the civil and military officials knew that the Emperor actually had a fluffy tail and ears, I’m very curious how he would still preside over court so solemnly.”
Lin Muci dismissed the little system’s dangerous thought in her mind.
“Don’t let Duke Mu know that what he saw was His Majesty the Emperor’s tail, and then it will be fine.”
“As long as no one knows, he won’t be the one embarrassed.”
However—
In the future, during court sessions, she could secretly look at his tail…
Swishing back and forth.
If she hid behind the throne and secretly pinched his tail, she wondered what would happen.