A Cold and Proud Emperor, Don't Chase Me (67)

Fearing that the Emperor would take it the wrong way the more he thought about it, Eunuch Quan hurriedly explained:

"Your Majesty, this servant means that Miss Su has feelings for you, but she also... also dislikes that neither your body nor your heart belongs solely to her."

Long Jingyuan tilted his head back and gulped down some wine before slumping onto the long bench again.

"But I clearly... clearly belong to her alone, body and soul."

"Besides, I told her long ago that once she entered the palace, apart from her palace, I... would never go to anyone else's."

"I... I also explained that the women in the harem... those women all came with me from my former residence. They were forced upon me, so I couldn't dismiss them for no reason."

Eunuch Quan waved away the eunuchs and palace maids behind him, then stepped closer and reminded him softly:

"Your Majesty, there are some things we know ourselves, but Miss Su doesn't know them."

"She must think that you... that you've already been intimate with other women."

To be honest, Eunuch Quan didn't want to remind the Emperor of this at all. He hoped that once Su Qiao left, she would never come back.

But seeing how miserable the Emperor was now, he couldn't help feeling distressed too.

'Hiccup.'

Long Jingyuan let out a wine-fueled hiccup, and his mind suddenly cleared considerably. "So that's what she cares about?"

"But... but she never asked."

If she had asked, then even if he had to swallow his pride, he would certainly have told her.

As a grown man, who would take the initiative to bring up something like that?

Eunuch Quan quickly chimed in, "Exactly! She didn't ask a single question before running off without a word. Who else can