Chapter 10: Is This Comfortable?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The Empress Dowager knew that the Emperor didn’t like her, so she spoke gently, “I heard that the ministers pressured you to select concubines during the morning audience today. What are your thoughts?”

Feng Junyi replied coldly, “I don’t have an opinion. It’s not their place to interfere with my harem.”

“But I also heard that you flogged Lord Wang 20 times because of this.”

The Empress Dowager looked at Feng Junyi as she spoke as if she was asking him a question.

“I intended to chop his head off at first. Everyone wouldn’t stop babbling, it was too noisy.”

His candid reply gave the Empress Dowager a headache. She said, “Your Majesty, the ministers requested a concubine selection for the sake of the country. After all, you’ve already assumed the reins of government…”

“Really?”

Feng Junyi’s voice became even colder. “If I’m in control, shouldn’t I be the one making the decisions for the concubine selection? Besides, I’m only 13 years old this year, but everyone is so anxious for me to have children. Are you afraid that I’ll die? Or do you have other intentions?”

The look on the Empress Dowager’s face changed.

Finally, Feng Junyi continued indifferently, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave first.”

With that, Feng Junyi flicked his sleeves and left.

The Empress Dowager, who had been sitting upright, suddenly collapsed. Nanny Zhao saw the Emperor walking away and rushed forward to her to help her up. She whispered, “Your Majesty, His Majesty has misunderstood you. Why didn’t you tell him the truth?”

The Empress Dowager waved her hand. “What’s the point of telling him? He is angry at me and he hates me. He doesn’t know that I had no choice back then. I was alone and helpless. If I didn’t do that, we wouldn’t have all the things we have today. Forget it, let’s not talk about it.”

When Feng Junyi came out of the Changshou Palace, his expression turned even darker.

In this world, he knew that no one truly cared about him.

The person sitting in the Changshou Palace only wanted to use him to hold a high position and do whatever she wanted. His father hated him. Not only did he send him to the Yun Nation as a hostage when he was five years old, but he also asked why he hadn’t died in Yun Nation when he returned.

Feng Junyi knew that if he had died in Yun Nation, his father would be able to get rid of the thorn by his side. He could also use the death of the hostage as a reason to destroy Yun Nation and eradicate the root of their troubles.

The people around him wanted him dead even more.

With a splitting headache, he walked forward with his sword in hand. When the palace maids and eunuchs saw him, they all knelt and avoided him, cowering in fear. It was laughable.

“Your Majesty, are we going to Fengqi Palace?”

Wang Ze looked at the Emperor’s pale face and did not dare to make the slightest sound.

But now that they were almost at Fengqi Palace, he couldn’t help but ask.

Feng Junyi stopped in his tracks. Before he knew it, he was back at Fengqi Palace.

“Let’s go to Fengqi Palace.”

After all, he had nowhere to go.

He did not want to go to the study to read the memorials to the throne. He also did not want to go to the imperial garden to daydream. The Empress was the only one in the harem.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Wang Ze was secretly very happy because he knew that only the new Empress could deal with the Emperor’s frustration.

When Feng Junyi saw Su Nuan again, she was already dressed.

She was wearing a pale pink dress with flower embroidery. The pink color made her fair face look even more delicate.

As her clothes were thin, the belt around her waist made her waist look even more slender, as if he could wrap a hand around it.

Feng Junyi was shocked. She had baby fat on her face, which made her look chubby. He didn’t expect her to be so skinny.

It seemed like he had wronged her by calling her “Little Fatty” all this while.

She still had that cute little bun on her head. A few strands of hair hung loosely by the sides of her face, making her look even more adorable.

Her dressing did not appear rude, but she gave off a unique, laid-back feeling.

Feng Junyi’s mood was indeed much better, but his head still hurt a little.

He rubbed his temples and called out to her, “You’re willing to put on your clothes now?”

When Su Nuan saw Feng Junyi, she went up to him and called out sweetly, “Big Brother Emperor, you’re back so soon? Are you having a headache?”

She noticed that he was rubbing his head again and knew that the tyrant’s headaches would progressively worsen.

“Mhm.”

Feng Junyi did not avoid her. Instead, he sat on the chair beside her.

The boy was young and handsome. Although he was a villain in the original novel, the readers both loved and hated him.

She went up to him happily and gently rubbed his temples with her fingers.

Her actions made Feng Junyi freeze.

The girl’s soft fingers were cold as she massaged his temples gently.

When her fingers touched his throbbing and warm temples, he felt a cool sensation over his head, making him feel exceptionally comfortable.

Coupled with Su Nuan’s slight fragrance, his anxious heart gradually calmed down.

“Is this comfortable?”

Su Nuan tilted her head to look at Feng Junyi’s expression.

His eyes were closed, and his furrowed brows had relaxed, so she knew that her massage was working.

Feng Junyi didn’t say much, as usual, and replied with an “mhm.” Her little hands continued to rub his temples gently.

Su Nuan noticed that he could not hide the fatigue on his face and suggested softly, “Big Brother Emperor, if you’re tired, you can rest on my bed for a while.”

“Might as well.”

Hearing Feng Junyi’s words, Su Nuan quickly went to her bed and took the bedding apart. When Feng Junyi came over, he laid on the bed.

However, he was puzzled. The unruly and willful little princess is so proficient at her job. It seems like many things happened after I left Yun Nation.

Lying on the bed, he allowed Su Nuan to continue massaging his temples.

Her gentle movements and her faint fragrance soon lulled him to sleep unknowingly.

When she heard Feng Junyi’s steady breathing, Su Nuan finally retrieved her sore hands.

The tyrant was not easy to deal with, but he did not seem as difficult as she once thought.

The young boy lying on the bed was thin. His pale skin could make one’s heartache, but his handsome face was mesmerizing.

Su Nuan sighed softly. With such a handsome face, there will be so many concubines secretly in tears when he holds concubine selections in the future.

It’s good that the Emperor is still young and isn’t in a hurry to choose his concubines. Otherwise, fighting and scheme against all those women with my young body will be way too tiring.

She tucked Feng Junyi under the blanket. Then, she decided to take a walk in the imperial garden to avoid disturbing his rest.

However, she did not stroll for long when she heard a faint cry from Zhen Zhu.

“What is it?”

Su Nuan went forward and asked. Zhen Zhu pointed at a small lump ahead and replied with a pale face, “Your Majesty, it’s a… It’s a rat.”

Su Nuan followed the direction she was pointing at and saw a cute white hamster.

The little hamster was pacing back and forth in the grass, holding a pastry in its paws and chewing on it as if there was no one else around.