A lowly soldier becomes king, I slaughter my way through the late Tang Dynasty!

Faced with the stunningly beautiful empress's body, Li Rui awkwardly uttered a "good."

They then began to remove the arrow and clean and bandage the wound.

The arrow didn't actually penetrate very deep, but it hurt so much that Feng Yao fainted.

In addition, the arrowhead was rusty, and she had been rained on, which caused her to develop a fever.

Li Rui poured out the bloody water and said in a deep voice.

"That's all we can do. If the fever breaks tomorrow, you'll be fine."

Yunlian immediately relaxed!

At this moment, Li Rui spoke again.

"Take off your clothes and dry them, otherwise you'll easily catch a cold."

Yunlian was shocked!

The little girl pursed her lips, her eyes trembled, and she clutched her clothes, looking very troubled.

She knew that Li Rui was right.

If you spend the night in damp clothes, you will surely catch a cold and fall ill the next day.

But given the current situation...

Just as she hesitated, Li Rui took off his clothes.

His strong body was wet with rain, and his muscle lines were both smooth and neat.

Yunlian stared blankly, recalling the first time she met Li Rui yesterday.

Li Rui was swimming in the Bian River at the time.

Even from a distance, Yunlian could vaguely tell how robust Li Rui's body was.

Now let's look at each other face to face.

Sure enough!

This is much stronger than His Majesty the Emperor.

Yunlian thought this as if possessed.

She was still a virgin.

Having served Feng Yao for many years, Shi Chonggui must have seen her large belly.

"Aren't you going to take it off yet?"

Li Rui hung up the clothes, wearing only a pair of shorts.

Yunlian was startled, her pretty face immediately blushed, and she quickly lowered her head and said.

"I can dry my clothes like this."

Li Rui chuckled, knowing that Yun Lian was acting out of a girlish mindset, and simply ignored her.

He lay down to rest.

As night fell.

Yunlian couldn't take it anymore.

The damp clothes clung to my body, which was uncomfortable, not to mention the discomfort.

The key issue is that the night wind is really cold!

Turning my head, I saw that Li Rui was lying on his side, seemingly asleep.

After hesitating for a long time, Yunlian finally slowly loosened her sash.

The expensive silk gauze was removed, revealing her slender, fair shoulders.

Then, she untied the high-waisted ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) and hung it on the wooden frame that Li Rui had built.

They took off their shoes and socks and hung them upside down on the wooden rack to dry.

While doing all this, Yunlian moved with utmost care and deliberation, afraid of making any noise that might wake Li Rui.

She's now reduced to nothing more than a fig leaf.

If Li Rui saw this, he would probably be so ashamed he'd die!

Hang all the clothes up.

Yunlian tucked her snow-white jade feet in.

He squatted obediently by the fire, drying the fabric close to his body.

However, the fire was only so big.

The closer she got, the closer she naturally got to Li Rui.

Yunlian could only pray in secret.

Li Rui, please don't wake up!

however.

Li Rui, after all, came from a military background.

How could someone fall asleep right after being out of danger for only half a day, in the middle of nowhere?

He was just resting with his eyes closed.

Squinting slightly, what came into view was a field of fair and tender skin.

Seeing that Yunlian had already hung up her outer garment to dry, Li Rui gradually felt relieved.

But what followed was the youthful fiery temper.

I recently read about the stunningly beautiful empress, as clearly recorded in historical texts.

However, historical records do not mention that the palace maid beside Feng Yao was also a beautiful woman.

Li Rui glanced at it and immediately sensed something was wrong.

He smiled bitterly to himself and cursed under his breath.

Li Rui could only curl up silently to avoid being discovered by Yun Lian.

At that very moment.

As the firewood was consumed, the flames gradually dimmed.

Yunlian picked up the firewood, intending to add more.

But she had entered the palace at a young age and was the Empress's personal maid, so how could she know that there were techniques involved in adding firewood?

They haphazardly stuffed a few pieces of firewood into the pile, which instead caused the pile to collapse.

With poor air circulation, the flames were in imminent danger of being destroyed.

Yunlian was in a complete panic!

She thought she hadn't added enough firewood, so she quickly added more.

Seeing that the fire was about to be extinguished by this silly woman, Li Rui had no choice but to give up pretending to be asleep.

"I'll do it."

Those three short words made Yunlian's heart pound wildly!

"You...you...you're not asleep!?"

Yunlian's whole body tensed up, her lotus-like arms protecting her front.

So nervous that he couldn't even speak clearly.

Li Rui quickly reassembled the firewood and said calmly.

"I haven't slept at all."

Upon hearing this, Yunlian's adorable oval face instantly turned pink!

I haven't slept at all!?

Doesn't that mean...?

She had just been being clever, carefully hanging up her clothes.

Did Li Rui see everything?

Yunlian felt dizzy and almost fell over.

What's the difference between this and being caught red-handed as a thief?

The thought of how foolish he appeared from Li Rui's perspective made him feel terrible.

Yunlian was both ashamed and annoyed.

"You, how could you be so wicked? Were you pretending to be asleep to laugh at me?"

Li Rui chuckled, looking at the girl's embarrassed and annoyed expression.

He said it in a deliberately flippant manner.

"If I didn't pretend to be asleep, how could I see you undressing?"

moment.

Yunlian was stunned.

Li Rui was already strikingly handsome, and now, wearing only a pair of shorts, he exuded even more charisma.

He deliberately acted frivolous, adding a touch of frivolity to his demeanor.

For a simple-minded palace maid like Yunlian, this was an absolute killer move!

The little girl quickly lowered her head, buried her face in her chest, and her mind went blank.

But her red and burning ears betrayed all her emotions.

Li Rui only meant to tease them.

But to my surprise, Yunlian was so easily amused!

I was just thinking of teasing him again.

Unexpectedly.

Yunlian held back for a moment, then said in a muffled voice.

"If you like me, you still need the Empress's consent and His Majesty's permission to remove my lowly status before I can marry you."

Li Rui: ?

No?

It was just a casual joke, how did it suddenly turn into talking about marriage?

This little girl is so serious?

Li Rui said with great interest.

"Actually, I have a family."

Upon hearing this, Yunlian was not surprised at all.

A naive, round eye flashed with innocence.

"so what?"

Li Rui shrugged.

"So even if you marry me, you can only be a concubine in name."

These words are very blunt, and an ordinary girl would definitely be heartbroken to hear them.

But Yunlian said seriously.

"That's how it should be. I am of lowly status, while you are a general who has made great contributions."

"Being your concubine is the proper way; how dare you ask for the position of your principal wife?"

Li Rui was taken aback, shook his head, and laughed.

"That's not right. In fact, I don't distinguish between wives and concubines. They are all equal."

Yunlian tilted her head slightly.

Seeing that Li Rui's expression was serious, it didn't seem like he was lying.

The little girl smiled foolishly.

"Then you're a good person."

Li Rui took a half-step closer.

He raised an eyebrow.

"So you're really willing to marry me?"

Yunlian froze, and the blush that had just faded instantly returned to her cheeks.

She quickly covered her mouth and said in a muffled voice.

"I was just discussing something with you, I never said I wanted to marry you."

Li Rui moved again, taking another half step closer.

"You clearly said you wanted to marry me."

At such close proximity, Yunlian's heart was already in turmoil.

She felt hot all over.

His speech was somewhat incoherent.

"Well... well, that also requires the Empress's consent."

Li Rui's lips curled into a smile as he glanced at the unconscious Feng Yao and said softly.

"The Empress had already agreed."

Yunlian's mouth was slightly open, as if she couldn't believe it.

The Empress, who is as close as a sister, has already betrothed her to Li Rui?

Just as she realized that something seemed amiss.

Li Rui had already pulled her into his arms!