LRAB Chapter 196 The Wolf King of the Northern Sands
Chapter 196 The Wolf King of the Northern Sands
Li Yuanke held back for a while, and finally calmed down and said, "I have never admired anyone in my life, but now I suddenly realize that your father is really amazing. He has a daughter like you and has lived to such an old age. It is clear that his will is extraordinary."
[You dare to say that my father is a bastard? Do you believe I'll give birth to a child that looks exactly like me? That'll kill you! You dare to dislike me? You dare to dislike your own offspring?]
Li Yuanke smiled, his eyebrows and eyes gentle, the light of the fireworks falling on his face, making his face even more beautiful and radiant than the fireworks in the sky.
Shen Shixi chuckled, "My father once said that the person he was most grateful to in his life was you. Otherwise, whoever I married would be an enemy of that family."
Li Yuanke was in a good mood. "When I have some free time, I want to have a good drink with my father-in-law."
Shen Shixi laughed and said, "Yes, you must call him 'Father-in-law' a few times in front of my father, scare him to death, and then give him a grand funeral."
"Nonsense!" Li Yuanke said, "You all have so many rules. Why can't I call you that?"
"Thank you for your kind offer!" Shen Shixi said. "You have far too many fathers-in-law; almost half the court officials are your fathers-in-law. Can you even address them all?"
Li Yuanke simply didn't want to talk to her anymore.
That mouth of yours is such a turn-off.
After climbing to the top of the platform, Li Yuanke was exhausted.
Shen Shixi slid off him, looked at the villa surrounded by three mountains, and couldn't help but sigh, "This place is easy to attack but difficult to defend!"
If someone attacks, they'll be surrounded and trapped.
When Li Yuanke served in the army here, he took a liking to this place. After ascending the throne, he sent people to build a villa here. He never thought he would have the opportunity to live here, but he always felt that this place was very nice and suitable for the two of them to live together.
A tranquil hot spring, like a still lake, came into view, its steam rising and reflecting the dazzling fireworks, with the two figures superimposed within it.
The Wolf King of Beisha had already arrived. He was definitely keeping a close eye on the Emperor of Da Zhou, gathering information about Li Yuanke from all sides. However, the person he was most interested in was Shen Shixi.
When Shen Shixi traveled to Beisha, she was dressed in the traditional dress of a Beisha girl and was seen by him while exchanging goods with the herdsmen.
At that time, he was only attracted to her beauty.
Perhaps his gaze was too sharp, because Shen Shixi noticed it and looked at him. At that moment, she was facing the sunlight, her eyes slightly squinted, and the light fell into her eyes. He seemed to see an eagle covered in sunlight flying across the sky, the sunlight dancing on its wings.
The feeling of being moved at that moment is indescribable.
Bei Sha Lang Dynasty walked over to her and struck up a conversation. Of course, he recognized that she was not from Bei Sha, and on the grounds that she was a guest from afar, he offered to treat her to a meal.
Midway through, she ran away under the pretext of changing clothes.
She was too alert, like a little mouse.
No one has ever been able to escape the clutches of the Wolf King of the Northern Sands.
He chased after him along the way, but to his surprise, Shen Shixi had escaped into Shangdu.
He became even more interested in her; he had never been so interested in a woman before.
So cunning, like a jade fox.
He also discovered that she was protected by many royal guards, which meant she was a very important figure to the Emperor of Great Zhou. He wanted to keep her under his thumb and show the Emperor that he had seized his treasure.
Soon, with the overwhelming force of the Great Zhou army pressing in, he became even more certain that this girl was also an irreplaceable treasure to the Emperor of Great Zhou.
He was even more determined to get it.
But then came the most humiliating moment of his life.
A deafening explosion in the middle of the night jolted everyone awake. Flames raged through the palace, and half of it collapsed into ruins.
Fortunately, he was busy trying to seduce her during those days and didn't enter the harem; otherwise, he would have been one of those who ended up in ruins.
Half of the concubines died, and two princes also died.
This time, Shen Shixi also came along. She became the emperor's concubine. From the moment he learned of this news, the Wolf King could not contain himself.
Fireworks soared into the sky, illuminating the entire city, so similar to the explosion in the capital that night.
However, it lacked the romance and tenderness of fireworks.
The Wolf King gazed at the sky. "Is this how the Emperor of Great Zhou celebrates Shen Shixi's birthday? Since it's that little fox's birthday, how can I not send her a gift? Order Naya'a to lead a thousand men of the central army to launch a surprise attack on the Emperor of Great Zhou. I want to see the Emperor of Great Zhou's strength."
"yes!"
The Grand Central Army was equivalent to Li Yuanke's Xuanjia Army, both of whom were the emperor's personal guards.
While the Emperor of the Great Zhou was enjoying a romantic time with his beloved concubine at the hot spring villa, he hung a seal wrapped in a gold and red brocade around Shen Shixi's neck.
Having just been intimate, Shen Shixi felt utterly weak. Leaning against him, she lazily asked, "What is it?"
The two nestled together on the couch, the mountain breeze ruffling the curtains, occasionally revealing the undulating shadows of the mountains outside, like monsters lurking in the darkness, spying on a passionate affair.
Shen Shixi touched it and immediately recognized it as a private seal used by Li Yuanke at the beginning of his reign. It was about the size of a thumb, made of warm and lustrous jade, with exquisite carving and a lifelike golden dragon head.
Seals are symbols of power.
"Li Yuanke, do you have nothing else to give me and are you just trying to fob me off with this? Actually, there's no need to give anything. We're both out here. Besides, I recently rummaged through your private treasury and found quite a few things. You can put it on hold and I'll look for them in your private treasury later."
Li Yuanke bent one leg, placed one hand on his eyebrows and eyes, and gently stroked her back with the other hand. Her skin was as smooth as jade.
"Shen Shixi, sometimes I don't understand, why does such a beautiful woman have to have a mouth?"
Shen Shixi laughed and suddenly bit him, right on his chest. Li Yuanke shuddered, grabbing her waist, "Let go!"
Shen Shixi's tongue slid across her lips, and Li Yuanke tightened his grip on her, leaning closer.
The two were inevitably intertwined.
Shen Shixi loosened her grip and tried to push him away, but Li Yuanke wouldn't let her. "Why are you flirting with me?"
"Who flirted with you? You complained that I have a mouth? Fine, from now on, I won't speak even if you ask me to."
"I presented you with a perfectly good birthday gift, and you deliberately said those things to annoy me, didn't you?"
Li Yuanke held her down, showing no mercy.
Shen Shixi was speechless, biting the flesh on his shoulder, sweat pouring down her face.
The sounds of fighting erupted outside. Li Yuanke stopped and listened for a moment, but surprisingly, he was not startled.
Needless to say, Shen Shixi turned over, and Li Yuanke lay flat on his back, letting her do as she pleased.
The dragon seal pounded violently against her chest, one blow after another.
There were no candles lit in the room, but it was the seventeenth, the moon was still full, and the moonlight was like silver, the stars twinkling, and the gold thread on the rope reflected the light, falling on her white jade-like skin.
Her face appeared even more exquisite and charming in the starlight and moonlight.
Li Yuanke picked her up and turned her over.
The fighting outside grew increasingly fierce, and the two men were deeply moved by the shouts and sounds of battle.
Finally, they embraced, and Li Yuanke, panting heavily, whispered in her ear, "I wish for this day to come every year, for every year to be like this!"
He placed a kiss on her forehead and gazed at her for a long time.
After changing his clothes, Li Yuanke picked up a bowl of tea and started drinking it.
Xu Chun entered and reported to the Emperor: "Beisha dispatched a thousand elite troops to surround and attack from three mountain peaks, but they have been annihilated by this general."
He glanced at Shen Shixi beside him, "This time, the success was all thanks to the sniper crossbow; it's incredibly useful!"
Just as Shen Shixi was about to speak, she noticed that Li Yuanke seemed a bit off.
He got up and walked to the platform. On the opposite side of the towering cliff, a person stood facing the night wind. He couldn't see the person's face clearly, but Shen Shixi had a feeling that the person was the Wolf King of Beisha.
Li Yuanke felt the same way, and reached out, saying, "Bring me my powerful crossbow!"
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