The Employed Empress 123 Chapter 123: Strolling Under The Moonligh

When they neared the Luminous Pavilion, Wei Yi Yi was wheezing so much she started coughing.
The adrenaline rush she was depending on run out just now!
"We better go back. I am afraid you might get sick again," Jiang Yu said worriedly. Using their entwined hands, he pulled her closer then pat her gently on the back.
"No. We're already close. I want you to see the Luminous Pavilion," Wei Yi Yi said between breaths and pointed her finger at the direction of the Pavilion.
After Wei Yi Yi came running to him, Jiang Yu already knew she wanted to show him the Luminous Pavilion.
He is still the one.
The one that Wei Yi Yi gave her best things too. And also the one that she wanted to share her best moments with.
Just this is enough to make him happy.
"We can still go any other day. From now on, I'll always accompany you," Jiang Yu promised.
The exhausted Wei Yi Yi gritted her teeth. "If Boss could only start walking on his own like the man he is, then Yi Yi will be finer than fine!"
'To survive in this era... seems like normal exercise won't save me! Boss looked so skinny when he's actually so heavy and muscular!'
"Why are you suddenly mad?"
"...I'm not... You're just imagining it. My voice just happened to be hoa.r.s.e from coughing..."
Wei Yi Yi put on a show and cough exaggeratedly. If they delay this, will she spot Ye Ai Ning in a very strategical place once again? For sure, next time it not just picking up Jiang Yu that needed effort, baiting Ye Ai Ning will add too!
People need to work smartly! Not hard! It'll end up as useless effort and that's sad.
"Boss, it's really just a few steps away. You can already see the glow from here," Wei Yi Yi insist.
"Alright, but once we get back, you must immediately soak in a warm bath."
Jiang Yu leaned closer to secure the cloak on her body. He brushed off her hair and put it on the side of her shoulder before lifting the hood to put on her.
Wei Yi Yi stared at her face in silence. Only after he was done did she honestly said. "Rather than a fetish, Boss actually just like taking care of people."
At first, Jiang Yu was taken aback. Then his brows draw a line and exclaimed, "What kind of fetish did you imagine I have?!"
Jiang Yu eyed her fiercely and Wei Yi Yi slowly turned her eyes to the side.
Fish easily get caught at the mouth!
"You! Not only you are wild. Your mind is just as wild," Jiang Yu scolds her.
Wei Yi Yi's nose got s.n.a.t.c.hed and pinch till she was apologizing.
After giving Wei Yi Yi her punishment for thinking naughty things, they resume walking. This time, with both of his hand resting on his back, Jiang Yu lead in front. He hides Wei Yi Yi's pet.i.te figure at the back and blocks the cold breeze.
In a while, he spoke up again. "Do you think it is weird?"
"Your fetish?" Wei Yi Yi replied in a beat. Obviously not learning any lesson.
"I'm joking! Joking only!" She followed up instantly when she saw Jiang Yu turn his head. Once the threat was gone, Wei Yi Yi snuck out her tongue towards his board back.
Once she had her fill, Wei Yi Yi obediently sticks back to the topic. "Why is it weird? Because an Emperor shouldn't serve anyone?"
"En," Jiang Yu replied softly.
"Hmm... As long as you can differentiate the line between your home and the court, what's wrong on treating the one you like the way you want under your own roof? What? Are the ministers so out of control that they have a say what happens inside the harem? But then, aren't I here to hold the fort!"
Wei Yi Yi hastened her steps and peek at Jiang Yu from the side. When he gave her a sideways look, Wei Yi Yi grins at him teasingly. "Well, having Boss take care of you is kinda scary though. Like Boss is going to ask repayment later. And also, don't include me, I'm not fragile."
"I know you are not. How could a woman who repeatedly sneak around the palace since young be anything like fragile? But you are not used to things and easily got sick on new environments. It has not been two years yet and you already fell sick countless times."
Jiang Yu tone also turned playful at the end of his sentences. After taking care of Wei Yi Yi one time, he knew her great dislike towards the imperial doctor. Her eyes carry heavy grievance whenever she saw him with a tray and a bowl.
There are times when Wei Yi Yi won't say a thing but her face says it all.
"Stop counting the accounts of the past!" Wei Yi Yi sounded like she was bullied. How could she not when she received someone else's used debit card. It wasn't that long since 'Wei Yi Yi' stopped making things difficult for her too.
Jiang Yu only chucked.
"Ah! Were here! I told you it was pretty right," Wei Yi Yi suddenly exclaimed. Her excitement bursting to the roof. There are no clouds and the stars are bare. The Luminous pavilion lived up to its name. "Look over there Boss! That's the pavilion I was talking about. From there, the view of the garden is a thousand times better. I just strolling with the other consorts here a moment again."
That was a very small white lie that even Jiang Yu didn't notice.
It was a bait for Jiang Yu to take. She hasn't even gone past from the edge of the garden and only viewed the pavilion from afar.
Wei Yi Yi thought of being honest but then the surprised would be gone.
With a smile on his face, Jiang Yu looked at the sky. "Then you came immediately to find me? Was I on your mind then?"
"What are you saying? You never left my thoughts... Ah?"
Jiang Yu felt even more delighted. Who knew a place could be so magnificent. Of course, the atmosphere between the two of them is what makes it all the more memorable.
"Do you like luminous pearls? The ones on the treasury are a lot more exquisite compared to the ones here," Jiang Yu said and put a hand on the nearest luminous pearl. "They're a lot brighter too. I will have Xiao Lin Xi send them to Xian Feng Palace so you could play with them."
Wei Yi Yi didn't reply so Jiang Yu slowly turn to face her. "Or, once we return to the palace, we can build a luminous garden like this...Wei Yi Yi?"
There... was no longer anyone at his back...
Jiang Yu, "..."