The Empress of Great Wei woke with a start at being touched, her eyes briefly bewildered. Then she immediately realized something and glanced down...
!
The Empress tightened her arms around herself, covering the generous breasts that were about to slip free, and looked at Ye Jingtang, her bearing still composed.
"You... ahem... pour me a cup of water."
Ye Jingtang felt that something was very wrong with Yu Hu. He rose, went to the outer room, quietly poured a cup of plain water, then returned to the bathroom and offered it to her.
The Empress raised a hand slightly to take it, but she certainly could not loosen her arms now.
Seeing this, Ye Jingtang brought the cup to her red lips.
Gulp~
The Empress's fair throat moved. Only after drinking half the water did her nearly smoking throat feel a little better. She glanced at Ye Jingtang's uncovered eyes, looking slightly displeased.
"Have you seen enough?"
"You think I wanted to look?"
Seeing that Yu Hu actually dared blame him for failing to avert his eyes, Ye Jingtang frowned.
"Didn't you notice the Empress Dowager outside? I came in just now and found you lying silently in the pool. I thought you'd gone cold. Your condition is this serious, yet you refuse to see a physician. What if something really happens? What exactly is wrong with you?"
The Empress of Great Wei was already largely out of danger, but as her internal injuries healed, the weakness caused by depleted blood essence followed.
She knew Ye Jingtang was chivalrous through and through and would certainly return. That was why she had covered her private parts, lest he return after she fell asleep and see her exposed.
Hearing Ye Jingtang's complaints, the Empress of Great Wei folded her arms across