Transmigrator Meets Reincarnator

Chapter 319: Bestowal of an Engagement

It seemed like he had to be more careful in the future.

Chu Lian hesitated before asking, "So the accessories and storefront you gifted me previously were all bought with the money from the silver mines?"

A corner of He Changdi's lips lifted. He reached out to hold her more securely so that her body wouldn't lean over and touch the cold windowsill.

Just by seeing that smile of his, Chu Lian knew that she had guessed correctly.

She immediately began to admonish him. "You, you really just used it without any shame! If you look at it more strictly, you committed graft!"

He Changdi's deep gaze fell upon the flushed cheeks of the woman he loved in his arms. He sighed inwardly. Although his wife was smart and cunning, she was too inexperienced and merciful. If she really met someone with no holds barred when it came to scheming, she would definitely fall into their traps.

"Rest assured. The silver I spent was barely the tip of the iceberg compared to the size of that silver mine. The government has its own laws; even if it was His Highness and I who discovered that silver mine, there are some laws we can't circumvent selfishly. Lian'er, don't worry. I've only taken what I deserved."

Chu Lian was a little confused by He Changdi's answer, but she didn't continue questioning.

She didn't understand the twists and turns of the politics in court, so she wouldn't comment thoughtlessly. However, she now knew that her lunatic husband wasn't a stickler for the rules. Instead, he was even more cunning than a fox.

Chu Lian laid back down on He Changdi's firm chest. She twirled a single lock of his long, black hair in one hand, continuously winding it around her finger.

"I know that Imperial Concubine Wei found out. So you really went to pick herbs for Imperial Princess Leyao that night?"

Chu Lian glared at him, thinking that her husband was just too honest. Why had he so obediently gone to do Imperial Concubine Wei's bidding? Even if she had blackmail on him, couldn't he have been a little smarter about it?

"No," He Changdi replied in a calm voice.

Chu Lian: "Ah?"

"I didn't go out to pick herbs for Imperial Princess Leyao. In actual fact, the imperial physicians weren't lacking for supplies. All she was trying to do was make life difficult for me. I simply went out to the forest and knocked out the attendants that she had sent to follow me. Then I waited in the mountains until midnight before turning back to camp."

He Changdi had only done all that for show. Although he wasn't afraid of Imperial Concubine Wei's threats, he was still an official and someone that the emperor had personally administered. As much as Imperial Concubine Wei tried to throw her weight around, she couldn't interfere with the workings of the court, so she wouldn't be able to affect him much.

However, it was different for Chu Lian. Even if Imperial Concubine Wei wouldn't touch him, she could use her identity to pressure Chu Lian. While they had been camped out at the hunting grounds, their tent hadn't been too far off from the emperor and Imperial Concubine Wei's tents.

It would have been all too easy for Imperial Concubine Wei to find some excuse to punish Chu Lian.

However, there was something strange about it all. Over the course of the two days spent at the hunting grounds, ever since Chu Lian had fallen off her horse and started recuperating in her tent, Imperial Concubine Wei seemed to have forgotten about her entirely. She hadn't even mentioned Chu Lian once. This was something that He Changdi had yet to figure out.