Chapter 963: The Stand-in Empress vs. the True Love Concubine (Part 28)

Gu Shengyin gently struggled and broke free from his embrace.

This was the Imperial Garden, and today there were many guests coming and going. To be seen with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Consort holding each other in public was not appropriate.

Apparently, Yun Qi also understood this principle, which allowed Gu Shengyin to leave his embrace so easily.

Angry?

Gu Shengyin wouldn’t get angry over something like this.

As for fear?

Gu Shengyin didn’t even know how to spell those two words.

Gu Shengyin looked up, and Yun Qi saw that her eyes were full of laughter.

"I’m not angry, not afraid. On the contrary, I am extremely happy at this moment."

Gu Shengyin smiled at Yun Qi, then suddenly leaned in, tiptoed, and whispered in Yun Qi’s ear: "Just now, you said I’m your life. Is it true?"

A smile also appeared on Yun Qi’s face.

He lowered his head, their breaths mingling.

Looking at his little wife’s sparkling eyes full of anticipation, Yun Qi felt all his previous anger dissolve into infinite tenderness.

"It’s true, my Rourou is indeed my life."

Gu Shengyin’s face turned red at a visible speed.

This man’s skill in sweet-talking was simply becoming harder to resist.

Seeing Gu Shengyin like this, Yun Qi finally couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Standing not far away, Cai He sighed in her heart: As expected of the Crown Princess, she wouldn’t have doubted if someone said the Crown Prince was about to draw his sword and kill just now.

But the Crown Princess really did have the ability to make the Crown Prince laugh with just a few short words.

Thinking of this, Cai He felt happy.

She served the Crown Princess, and with the Crown Prince holding the Crown Princess in such high regard, it also reflects well on them, doesn’t it?

After Gu Shengyin and Yun Qi lingered intimately for a while, she remembered to ask him: "Weren’t you at the front? Why did you suddenly appear here?"

The Empress’s birthday banquet, those ministers also needed to come and congratulate her, they just didn’t appear in the Harem Hall.

Yun Qi coughed: "I just happened to be passing by, saw you here, and came over deliberately to take a look."

He wouldn’t admit that he was always keeping track of his little wife’s whereabouts.

Just hearing that the Prime Minister of the Left’s daughter and the Crown Princess were in the Imperial Garden, he hurriedly rushed over after dropping everything in hand.

He happened to hear Lu Xi’s infuriating mix of truth and lies.

Gu Shengyin just asked casually, not expecting a formal answer.

She looked at the clothes they were both wearing, recalling the words she had kept in mind earlier,

"Your clothes?"

Yun Qi glanced down at the matching attire he and Gu Shengyin were wearing and smiled.

"I heard that couples who have a very deep affection for each other wear clothes made from the same fabric and design, and this is called couple’s attire."

Gu Shengyin suppressed the smile that was rising in her heart.

Couple’s attire, a term only coined thousands of years later in modern society, was born just like that?

However, she dutifully acted puzzled for a moment: "Couple’s attire?"

Yun Qi then realized. The term ’couple’ hadn’t existed yet.

He forced an explanation: "Partners with deep affection for each other are simply referred to as a couple."

Gu Shengyin nodded.

"Partners with deep affection for each other." She repeated the phrase, secretly holding onto Yun Qi’s hand through her sleeve.

They looked at each other and smiled.