Free Web NovelChapter 1322: Chapter 786: Heart-to-Heart Between Mother and Son, Drunkenness (Part 4)
Xiao Luming’s hand, clutching the wine cup, was trembling slightly.
"Luming, time is the best healer. With time, you will forget this past. One day, you will find your true destined woman." An Ning could also feel Luming’s discomfort.
And she would feel heartache.
But in front of greater matters, one cannot be too selfish.
She too had once believed Anqi and Luming would be together, and she had felt a tinge of loss, but ultimately, feelings cannot be forced.
Everyone should learn to let go.
Luming is no exception.
"Mother." Luming called out to her calmly.
His emotions could be turbulent, but he would never lose control; he would regain his composure as quickly as possible.
"My affairs with Anqi, I ask mother not to intervene."
An Ning pursed her lips.
"What you said tonight, I have heard it all. I do not deny any of your views, mother. I also know that your words and actions always stand for fairness and justice. But mother, feelings are not as easily controlled as you say. I cannot be so carefree, nor can I accept that Anqi would just leave me like this." Xiao Luming said gravely, "I ask mother to allow me to handle my private emotions myself."
An Ning looked at Luming’s determination, feeling a bit of loss in her heart after all. freewebnσvel.cøm
She thought that by communicating well with Luming, he would follow her advice.
Luming had always been mature and obedient.
An Ning sighed.
The words on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back down.
Given how far this discussion had gone, with Luming still sticking to his choice, she could only acquiesce.
"Regarding you and Anqi, mother respects you." An Ning compromised.
Xiao Luming appeared somewhat astonished.
He thought his mother would certainly continue to argue her case.
But she said no more.
The talk with him today was merely to convey her thoughts to him; as for his choice, she would not force it.
Xiao Luming’s heart finally had some strange ripples.
"But Xiao Jinyu, mother hopes you will release him now."
Xiao Luming visibly hesitated.
"Luming, even if you are unwilling to let Anqi go like this, if you want to win Anqi, it should be a fair competition with Xiao Jinyu, not using your authority to seize by force. In the end, if you can truly move Anqi to return to you, mother will definitely bless you both. But if Anqi ultimately insists on choosing Jinyu, mother hopes you can let go gracefully and fulfill another’s happiness!"
"Alright." Xiao Luming agreed.
With the main matters sorted.
An Ning picked up a wine pot and poured boldly, "Mother has never truly drunk with you, though I have often secretly drunk with your father and Youyou."
Xiao Luming was a bit surprised.
"Come, let mother test your drinking capacity?!"
With that, she raised her glass and began drinking with Luming.
Luming naturally did not dare to refuse.
Moreover, feeling a bit depressed, he wanted to drown his sorrows, and for the first time drank freely with his mother.
They drank until both were completely drunk.
An Ning lay down on the table.
Luming also couldn’t hold on, collapsing drunk on the table.
The eunuch peeked from outside, anxiously stamping his feet.
If the emperor and empress dowager both got drunk, wouldn’t they be blamed, and directly beheaded as servants?!
He couldn’t understand, why would the empress dowager drink with the emperor?!
What mother does this to her son?!
The eunuch was as anxious as ants on a hot pan, when suddenly he saw the Supreme Emperor approaching.
Scared, the eunuch quickly knelt on the ground.
Xiao Jinxing walked into the back hall, looking at An Ning and Luming.
Despite having reached his thirties, this middle-aged man retained a straight posture, and his looks were still handsome, exuding noble charm.
Wherever he went, he commanded attention.
He crouched down, effortlessly lifting An Ning up horizontally.
An Ning felt her body was weightless, and she opened her eyes to look at the familiar face, mumbling, "I’m not drunk yet, I still want to drink with Luming, put me down..."
Xiao Jinxing looked at An Ning’s flushed face and turned to instruct the kneeling eunuch, "Help the emperor to bed. Before sleep, administer hangover soup to the emperor."
"The servant obeys." The eunuch answered tremblingly.
Xiao Jinxing carried An Ning away with large strides.
The eunuch couldn’t help but glance at the towering back of the Supreme Emperor.
One had to admit, the Supreme Emperor truly was the greatest in the Daxuan Empire, even the reigning emperor seemed to lack charm in front of him. Perhaps such charm required the passage of time.
Fengqi Palace.
Xiao Jinxing placed An Ning on the bed.
The room was filled with palace attendants standing neatly on one side.
Xiao Jinxing personally used a warm towel to wipe An Ning’s face, hands, and feet.
Once finished, he picked up the hangover soup, "Get up and drink this medicine before sleeping, otherwise you’ll have a headache tomorrow."
"I don’t want it..." An Ning refused.
"Be good."
"No, I’m not listening."
"An Ning."
"You’re scolding me." An Ning opened her eyes drowsily, looking at Xiao Jinxing, full of grievance.
"Be good, you’ll feel better." freёwebnovel.com
"But it’s bitter." An Ning pouted.
Xiao Jinxing pursed his lips.
Slowly, "Bring a sugar cube."
"The servant obeys."
In no time, a palace attendant respectfully handed over a sugar cube.
An Ning saw the cube, and contentedly opened her mouth.
Yet at that moment, she saw the cube being directly fed into Xiao Jinxing’s mouth.
An Ning frowned, clearly displeased.
The next moment, she watched Xiao Jinxing take a sip of the medicine, then kiss her on the lips...
The palace attendants were already accustomed to the intimacy between the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager.
In this world, no couple could possibly compare to their decades-long loving bliss.
The palace attendants discreetly withdrew...
