Ji Qingwu's heart tightened.
She looked at the handsome face that had suddenly appeared before her.
Before she could even react, Emperor Wu Su's arms wrapped around her soft waist, making the silver tassels on her sash sway.
His gaze, intensely predatory, swept over her entire body before finally returning to her face.
Being scrutinized by him like that, Ji Qingwu couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt. 'He must not know what I did today,' she thought.
And indeed, Emperor Wu Su did not yet know.
Si Hai's secret reports were delivered once a day. Since there was nothing urgent, today's report had not yet reached him.
He asked first, "You rarely wear such vibrant colors. Why are you dressed so alluringly today?"
Ji Qingwu's clothes were mostly plain or cyan; she had never dressed like this before.
She had received many compliments today, but hearing them from his lips felt entirely different.
It was as if a clear spring was bubbling up in her heart.
