The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 376 - 360: The Granddaughter Must be Spoiled to Death, and Assertive Thanks to Pampering

Chapter 376: Chapter 360: The Granddaughter Must be Spoiled to Death, and Assertive Thanks to Pampering

Shen Chuwei nodded earnestly.

Xiao Jinyan looked at her with suspicion, "Shall we give it a try then?"

Shen Chuwei stared at Xiao Jinyan with a face full of anticipation, "Try it now?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "If Chuwei wants to try, your husband will naturally oblige."

Shen Chuwei blushed and pointed to the bed curtain behind him, "Draw the bed curtain."

Xiao Jinyan turned around and dropped the bed curtain, immediately dimming the light inside the bed.

"Chuwei."

"Jinyan."

It was rare for Chuwei to be so proactive, which caught Xiao Jinyan off guard...

Suddenly, a foot stretched over, "Jinyan, go gentle."

Guided by the light of the Night Pearl, Xiao Jinyan looked at the foot on his leg. So the way to express affection was through a leg massage?

Did a leg massage really require lowering the bed curtain?

He got excited for nothing~

Shen Chuwei walked for an hour during the day and was incredibly tired. The Empress had said that a foot massage at night could be comforting and was also a form of marital affection.

Xiao Jinyan was the Crown Prince; she wanted to try but didn’t dare to.

Today, after walking such a long distance and with her legs aching badly, she gathered the courage to ask Xiao Jinyan if they could give it a try.

She hadn’t expected that Xiao Jinyan would agree so readily.

How could Xiao Jinyan have ever massaged someone’s legs? This was his first attempt; would it be okay?

"How does it feel?"

"...Not bad." Shen Chuwei, seeking some comfort for herself, verbally guided Xiao Jinyan’s technique.

After she instructed for the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Xiao Jinyan asked again, "How does it feel now?"

Shen Chuwei lay there like a lord, never having thought before today that the illustrious Crown Prince would massage the legs of her, a mere concubine.

And now?

The Crown Prince had not only handsome hands but also skillful techniques... the massage was very comfortable too.

She generously praised, "It’s very comfortable."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinyan continued to massage her legs.

Feeling much more relaxed, Shen Chuwei extended her other leg, "Jinyan, this one needs kneading too."

"Hmm." Xiao Jinyan picked up the other leg and kept on pressing.

After a massage lasting about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Xiao Jinyan looked at the leg in his arms and the touch within easy reach, smooth and delicate like silk.

He felt his mouth go dry and his tongue parched.

Looking at Chuwei, who was enjoying the massage with closed eyes, he leaned in, pressing closer and kissed her tender lips.

After the soreness was relieved, Shen Chuwei, already during the massage, had been taken away by Lord Zhou to play chess in her dreams.

Xiao Jinyan kissed her for a while but, seeing that the person beneath him had no reaction, he opened his eyes and looked at the person close at hand, whose breath was even; she was asleep.

He looked down at himself... then back at the person sleeping so sweetly, and realized that he would have to endure the long night alone.

*

The Empress was busy making clothes for her precious grandson; even though it was dark, she was reluctant to stop.

In these three months, the Emperor had visited countless times, and each time he found the Empress preparing little clothes for her darling grandson, paying him little attention.

He was the revered Emperor after all, the ruler of the country. Even if she was the Empress, she shouldn’t ignore him like this.

"Empress, attend the bedchamber tonight!" the Emperor commanded.

"I’m busy," the Empress replied without even lifting her head, continuing to affix a gold bead onto the hat.

The Emperor, irate, especially with the Empress’s demeanor, eventually lifted her up horizontally and strode toward the bed.

The Empress cursed him as a dog Emperor, "Your Majesty, can’t you see your concubine is busy?"

"I am busy too," the Emperor said as he and the Empress collapsed onto the bed.

The Emperor, holding the Empress’s hand, couldn’t help but ask, "Is the grandson truly more important to you than I am?"

The Empress cursed inwardly, of course, he is!

The grandson is one hundred percent mine; as for you, Your Majesty, you are not.

"...Your Majesty is an adult, how can you think to compete with a child?" she asked.

Aggravated, the Emperor let go of the Empress’s hand, sat up, and stared silently at the small clothes, his face full of melancholy.

The Empress also sat up, glanced at the Emperor, and coughed lightly, "Your Majesty, as you know, this concubine is becoming a grandmother for the first time. Though Yinyin is also my grandson, he is not birthed by my son; there’s a big difference. You cannot understand the feelings I have right now."

For the first time, the Empress managed to keep her composure and didn’t tell the dog Emperor that Lady Mingzhu was carrying twins.

She planned to wait until the birth of her grandson to surprise him, and at the same time, prevent him from having any chance to hold his grandchild!

After months of gloom, the Emperor could no longer bear it and demanded, "I am still your husband. Is the grandson closer to you than I am?"

"Your Majesty is everyone’s Emperor, not just mine alone. As the Empress, I must not harbor the heart of a jealous woman. But my grandson is different; he is mine alone. None of those – Cloud Concubine, Virtue Concubine, Gentle Concubine – have the right to call themselves the Grand Empress."