Since Lin Li is back, Xie Yu should come over for dinner.

Lin Li was lying on the couch, holding the purse containing musk in her hand, looking at it over and over again. "No, wait a little longer, and wait for the emperor to come and serve the meal."

After waiting for a long time, there was no sign of Xie Yu. Is he so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat?

She was also afraid that Xie Yu was too slow and forgot to eat, and the people around him didn't know how to remind him, so Lin Li sent someone to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to invite the emperor.

Dinner was neatly placed on the table. Lin Li's stomach was growling with hunger and she could only eat a few snacks to fill her stomach.

After waiting for a long time, Xie Yu did not come back, and the messenger did not come back to report either. Lin Li was really worried that something had happened, so she wanted to go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony immediately to see what was going on.

The person sent to invite Xie Yu came in hurriedly, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is not in the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

"Where did the emperor go?" Lin Li stood up suddenly, feeling a little anxious. Xie Yu was not in the palace, so where could he go back to?

"Your Majesty, the Emperor left the palace this afternoon and went to Prince An's Mansion. The Empress Dowager also went with him. The eunuch in the Hall of Supreme Harmony said that the Emperor probably won't be back for a while."

Afternoon, wasn't that the time when Lin Li planned to return to the palace? However, as fate would have it, Lin Li didn't know that Xie Yu had left the palace, and Xie Yu didn't know that Lin Li had returned to the palace.

After asking around, I found out that today was the full moon of Prince An's princess. Prince An held a family dinner in his mansion to entertain Xie Yu and the Queen Mother, and they had dinner together as a family.

"Go down."

Lin Li sat back on the stool. The table full of food looked bland.

Yuzhu served Lin Li a meal, "Madam, are you still waiting?"

"I won't wait any longer. I'll eat by myself." It would be useless to wait anyway, and I would be the one who would go hungry.

After eating a few bites, Lin Li had no appetite at all, so she asked them to take the dinner away.

After taking a shower, it started snowing again. The wind was howling. Lin Li hid under the quilt and gradually fell asleep.

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Suddenly there was a movement under the quilt. Lin Li opened her eyes quickly and saw the man in front of her pressing on her and touching her. Her inner clothes had been torn off by him.

He reeked of alcohol, which gave Lin Li a headache.

Xie Yu realized that Lin Li had woken up, so he stopped teasing her and asked, "Why did you suddenly return to the palace without informing anyone?"

It was Xiao Dongzi who sent someone to Prince An's Mansion to inform Xie Yu that Lin Li had returned to the palace, otherwise he would never have known about it.

Everyone was already seated and the elders were also there, so Xie Yu couldn't leave rashly. He could only accompany them for the meal and have a few drinks.

After it was over, he rushed back without stopping, but Lin Li had already fallen asleep.

How could she forget that this is the palace, not her home, and it is not like what she said that she can come and go freely. Lin Li overestimated herself.

Thinking of this, I felt upset and uncomfortable. How could an outsider like me be allowed to participate in a royal family banquet?

"Doesn't the emperor welcome me back?" Lin Li tilted her head to the side. She really couldn't stand the smell of alcohol.

"How can I not welcome you? I hope the lady won't leave."

Hearing that Meng Ranyue was about to give birth today, Xie Yu thought Lin Li would stay for a few more days.

Lin Li pushed Xie Yu away and was about to get out of bed. The man hugged Lin Li from behind with a confused look on his face, "Where are you going?"

"Change."

When she walked out the door, Zhou Yue came to greet her, "Miss, why are you out so late?"

"Clean up the side hall. I want to stay there tonight."

Zhou Yue clearly saw the emperor coming, why did these two suddenly want to sleep in separate rooms, "But isn't the emperor already in there?"

A gust of cold wind blew, and Lin Li gathered her coat, "He sleeps on his bed, and I sleep on mine."

"Yes."

While Lin Li was changing clothes, Xie Yu went to take a shower and change clothes. After washing off the smell of alcohol on his body, he returned to the room and found that Lin Li was not in bed.

The maid said that Lin Li went to the side hall to rest, so Xie Yu went to the side hall to look for Lin Li.

The side hall was not as warm as the bedroom, the bed was not as soft as the bedroom, the stove was newly lit, and the room was extremely cold.

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