Si Chu heard Zhui Ying's rotten idea and pretended to be drunk.
Zhui Ying had assured him with a slap on his chest and a face full of confidence, "Her Majesty has always been all bark and no bite. Seeing Your Majesty drunk with no one to care for you, she will definitely not ignore you!"
The first reaction Si Chu had upon hearing this was that he, the sovereign of a nation, had to resort to coquettish and foolish tactics usually used by young maidens to coax her. What would that look like if word got out!
Utterly ridiculous!
Moreover, if he indulged her this once, wouldn't she become even more presumptuous in the future?
He selectively ignored the fact that this had happened more than once already.
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The Emperor, despite his verbal disdain, reluctantly adopted Zhui Ying's suggestion.
However, after sending Zhui Ying to call someone and lying there for a long time without seeing Mingshu, Si Chu's originally anxious heart gradually became irritable.
