Xiao Qiao tilted her face slightly, looking at the birds on the branch. Behind her, on the bed, Wei Shao hazily reached out and touched her side. It was empty. His eyelids moved slightly, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up with a huff.

The quilt that Xiao Qiao pulled to his shoulder slid down his chest and piled up on the side of his abdomen. He lifted the quilt and was about to jump out of bed when he saw Xiao Qiao’s back standing at the side of the small window.

There was a pause. Wei Shao stopped. Xiao Qiao turned her head, and their eyes met.

“Come here.” Wei Shao looked at her and said. His voice was slightly hoarse. Xiao Qiao closed the window and returned to his side. He held her hand and gave it a slight tug. Xiao Qiao fell to sit, embraced by him.

“I had a good time last night. You had a good time too. Didn’t you?” Wei Shao looked down at her and asked. Xiao Qiao leaned on his shoulder and looked up at his eyes, which were still faintly bloodshot.

During the hesitation, her lips opened slightly, and Wei Shao suddenly didn’t want to hear her answer. He lowered his head and sealed her mouth with a kiss.……

In the middle of the day, the door to the room was open. Chun Niang sent the clothes that Wei Shao took off last night, dried and ironed. After getting up and having a simple meal, they left the post house to return to Xindu.

Wei Shao asked Xiao Qiao to wait for a few more days. After meeting the messenger of Guo Quan, the Marquis of Jibei, he would return to Yuyang with her.

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Xing Xun was a minister and respected by the young emperor, Liu Tong, as a ministerial father. His status was high. He treated the palace like his residence, entering and leaving like he was the son of heaven, calling the minister as if he was the king. And now, because of laziness to go to the palace, he ordered the courtiers directly to his residence to discuss court affairs.

Nowadays, people say Luoyang has two courts, one in the palace and one in the Lotus Terrace. Lotus Terrace got its name from the gorgeous residence built in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang with carved walls and jade masonry. In the middle of the pond in the garden, there was a high building shaped as a lotus flower with jade stairs inlaid with gold. Inside the building piled Xing Xun’s wealth and his harem.

Su E Huang has been famous since she married Luoyang more than ten years ago. When Xing Xun was still outside Luoyang as the warlord, he heard about the name of Lady Yu Lou from Luoyang.Besides her beauty, he also heard about her fate. After Xing Xun entered Luoyang with a heavy army, eliminated the dissidents, and settled the situation, the first thing he did was meet Su E Huang at a palace banquet.

At that time, she was still the wife of the Duke of Feng Yi. He wanted to ravish her and wait for opportunities.

How could Su E Huang not see Xing Xun’s thoughts toward her? She was smart and understood the nature of men.

In her life, she never lost to men. So far, the only one she has ever failed is Wei Shao. Of course, this is a later story. She knows that Xing Xun has a heart for her.

Xing Xun has the power of the court. Such a character was fascinated by her, and her heart was inevitably pleased. But she did not want to let him get his hands on her. If a man gets a woman easily, he will never take her seriously!

Although Xing Xun was powerful at that time, after all, he had just entered Luoyang.

Even though Su E Huang was a member of the royal family, the Han family was in decline. If she refused to give in, Xing Xun could barge into Feng Yi’s residence to catch her. After half a year, Liu Li died. Su E Huang was newly widowed. Three days later, Xing Xun sent someone to pick her up and take her to Lotus Terrace.

But she still despised Xing Xun. The man she wanted in her heart was far away in Youzhou. To get that man again, she had been secretly planning for a long time, so how could she be willing to commit herself to Lotus Terrace?

She returned to Zhongshan in the name of mourning while Xing Xun was fighting in Sishui. She left for two years, but now she was back again. Even though there are many noble women in Luoyang, Lady Yulou’s fame has never subsided.

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