Chapter 11 Entering the Palace

"Comfortable? Of course it's comfortable."

"You lay on top of me all night."

Lu Jinghe answered without hesitation, smiling as he spoke.

He began to enjoy seeing Gao Yang blush.

"Ahem..." Gao Yang pretended not to hear, blushing as she rolled off Lu Jinghe, and asked in a serious tone, "What time is it now?"

"Now is the time for you to get off me."

Gao Yang: ......

What are you saying?! Don't I have any dignity?

"Hahaha, you have no idea how funny your expression is right now." Lu Jinghe looked at Gao Yang kneeling on the bed and laughed heartily.

"It's already past 9 AM, it's still early, do you want to sleep a little longer?" Lu Jinghe said, then raised an eyebrow and pointed to his chest.

"Hey, what are you saying!" Gao Yang, her face flushed with anger, shoved Lu Jinghe, jumped off the bed, and ran out without even putting on her shoes properly.

"Slow down! Don't fall, I'll be heartbroken if you get hurt!"

"Go ahead and fall!" Gao Yang shouted from the courtyard, turning back. "I hope it hurts!"

"Ouch!"

Hearing the shouts, Lu Jinghe quickly went to the window and opened it. He was relieved to see Gao Yang standing there smiling at him.

"Hahaha, you got tricked!"

"Hehe~ Hurry up and pack, we'll go to the palace together in a bit."

Gao Yang walked with the joyful steps of a child, swinging her arms back and forth, hopping and skipping around, looking incredibly cute.

Lu Jinghe chuckled. With such a wife, life in the future would surely be quite interesting.

Lu Jinghe closed the window and began to tidy up.

He was wearing pajamas, so naturally he needed to change.

If you wore this to the palace to ask Emperor Li Er for the princess's hand in marriage, what would that look like?

Lu Jinghe sat on the couch, carefully considering what he should wear. Should he wear a Taoist robe? Or should he wear the clothes he made based on the male protagonists' clothes from fantasy anime in his previous life? He needed to think for a while about what to wear.

But one thing he was clear about was that he had to be handsome and glamorous!

You can't just pick any clothes to wear like you would when you're setting up a stall or playing chess on a normal day.

On the other side, Gao Yang closed the door as soon as he entered the house.

Her face was flushed and she was breathing heavily, wondering what she was thinking.

Is this in accordance with propriety? If those Confucian scholars find out, they'll impeach her to death!

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore.

What on earth is that brat Qingwu doing? She usually gets up so early, why isn't she here today? She didn't come to wake her up, which led to Lu Jinghe catching her red-handed.

How embarrassing! It's all Qingwu's fault!

It's definitely not because she's sleepy.

"Qingwu! Qingwu! Where is he?"

After demonstrating what the "spiritual victory method" was, Gao Yang began calling out Qingwu's name.

She pushed open the wooden door to the room where Qingwu was sleeping and saw Qingwu fast asleep, hugging her pillow.

It's already past 9 AM, and she's still not awake!

Are you born in the Year of the Pig?

She was still in the same position, just like when she was sleeping while hugging Lu Jinghe!

Sure enough, she caught Qingwu's habit of sleeping while hugging Lu Jinghe. But sleeping while hugging something is so comfortable...

Gao Yang had completely forgotten who had hugged whom last night.

Because that's not important; what's important is that she lost face in front of Lu Jinghe.

"Oh, Your Highness..." Qingwu rubbed her eyes and said softly, "Good morning."

"How did Your Highness sleep last night? The bed at Young Master Lu's house is so comfortable."

"Slept quite well."

"Your Highness, isn't this bed very comfortable? Could we take this bed back to the palace?"

The bed is comfortable... I'll take it back to the palace.

Last night, wasn't Lu Jinghe her bed? Bringing him back to the palace, wasn't she about to ask her father for a decree to grant them marriage?

This girl, really, what nonsense is she spouting!

Gao Yang blushed again, leaving Qing Wu stunned.

"You brat, get up right now! Don't you even know what time it is?!"

"And this bed belongs to Lu Jinghe's family. You like it so much? If you like it so much, you should stay here and be his wife, not his personal maid... really..."

"Ah? Your Highness, no, no, Qingwu! I misspoke, this bed is too uncomfortable!"

Qingwu was afraid that Gaoyang would abandon her and keep her as a concubine, so she criticized the bed that Lu Jinghe had built against her will.

"The beds in the palace are so comfortable! It's all this bed's fault; it's made me unable to get up this morning. It's all its fault!"

Qingwu was indignant and gently tapped the bed with her little pink fist.

Gao Yang smiled wryly, looking at her as if she was afraid of breaking the bed.

"Alright, stop fooling around. Help me wash up and comb my hair."

"It's already past 9 AM, time to go back to the palace. It's all your fault for getting up so late. Oh dear, Father and Mother will definitely scold me when we get back to the palace."

Gao Yang sat on the bed, looking sullen.

Why did I oversleep?

"It's all my fault, Your Highness..."

Seeing Gao Yang's expression, Qing Wu also felt a little down and quickly apologized.

"What are you saying? What are you apologizing for?" Gao Yang knew that everyone was on the same page, and no one should criticize anyone else. Everyone had their own problems. He had just said it in anger, but who knew that Qing Wu would take it seriously.

The little girl practically grew up with Gao Yang, and they were as close as sisters. How could she stand Qing Wu's pitiful attitude?

She quickly said, "His bed is indeed comfortable. It's not your fault for getting up late. I got up late too, didn't I? Oh, don't look like that. Today is the auspicious day that Father Emperor bestowed upon me this marriage. You should be happy."

"Oh..." Qingwu nodded and hurriedly went to prepare combs and other things to help Gaoyang wash up.

"If you can't find something, just ask Lu Jinghe. He's going to be the prince consort, so if you don't understand something, just ask him."

"Okay!"

……

About half an hour later, Lu Jinghe, who was sitting in the courtyard, looked up.

Gao Yang had finished getting ready and came out.

She put the veil back on, looking every bit the refined young lady, elegant and aloof, making it impossible to tell what kind of person she was inside.

"Are we done? Shall we head straight to the palace?"

"Hmm." Gao Yang nodded, looked closely at Lu Jinghe's clothes, and said, "You look really good in this."

"Really? Haha, I think so too. I'll wear it more often from now on."

Gao Yang was speechless. How could this person be so narcissistic? He curled his lip and said, "Shameless."

"Haha," Lu Jinghe laughed, "We're about the same, aren't we?"

Gao Yang understood perfectly what Lu Jinghe meant. He gritted his teeth, said nothing, and left the courtyard on his own.

Lu Jinghe shook his head; the little girl was still a bit shy.

But how should I put it... this girl is the only person he's met in all this time who doesn't seem to belong to this era.

He's like a modern person, and it's extremely comfortable to be around him.

It gave him the feeling of traveling back in time.

……

Outside the Taiji Palace, Gao Yang led Qing Wu and Lu Jinghe on a leisurely stroll.

She spotted her father's personal eunuch, Eunuch Wushe, and quickly went over, saying, "Eunuch Wushe, did Father send you to wait for us?"

"Yes, Your Highness, please come with me. His Majesty said he wants to see what kind of abilities this prince consort has that allows Your Highness to spend the night outside the palace."