A little pale-purple cloak trimmed with white fox fur completed her outfit. The fluffy white fur clustered around her neck, setting off her delicate face to such exquisite advantage that one could not look away.
After Liu Xie entered, he stopped the maid from announcing him.
He quietly walked over and snatched the book from Zhen Mi's hands.
"You..."
Zhen Mi's willow-leaf brows knitted slightly. She was just about to see who dared be so bold when she looked up and saw the face she had yearned for day and night. She could not help exclaiming, "Your Majesty? When did Your Majesty return?"
"Alas."
Holding the bamboo slips, Liu Xie said with a disappointed expression, "My beloved consort was so absorbed in reading that she did not even come to welcome me back to the palace. You truly wound me."
"No, Your Majesty, I didn't know you had returned..."
Zhen Mi hurried to explain.
She had received no word at all.
After thinking for a moment, Zhen Mi hesitantly suggested, "Perhaps... Your Majesty could wait outside the palace for a moment, and I could welcome you again?"
Smack!
Liu Xie tapped her on the head with the bamboo slips, neither lightly nor heavily, and said irritably, "Never mind that you didn't come to welcome me, now you want me to freeze outside?"
Zhen Mi blushed, unable to find any words.
Seeing her looking so adorably foolish, Liu Xie stopped teasing her and said with a smile, "I was joking. How could I blame my beloved consort? After so long away from the palace, I've missed you terribly."
Surprised and delighted, Zhen Mi wrapped her arms around Liu Xie and asked, "I've missed Your Majesty very much too... Now that you've returned, will you leave again?"
During the time Liu Xie