I woke up as the Villainous Empress

149 Sleeping Together II

“You are right. It is too late to go anywhere now.” Zheng Liang played along with Yang Ning and didn’t probe her further.

If she doesn’t want to show that she is happy with him staying at the Yang Household, then let it be.

He has better ways to make this night memorable.

After looking around the chamber, he sat on the edge of the bed and patted the side next to him,,, and said, “Since it is late to return to the palace, we should retire to bed now. We need to leave for the palace early in the morning.”

Yang Ning pursed her lips and could feel her face burning to see him patting the side next to him on the bed.

How can he say those words so casually as if they mean nothing? That too with a handsome face like that?

She hates to admit but he looked so sexy while doing so. It was like a scene from the movie where the male lead seduces the female lead to sleep with him.

Then the slow and sensual music plays as she sits on the bed and then the morning comes, with both of them lying naked under the white blanket.

Is this where this situation leads to?

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‘*Ahem*, Fang Li, stop acting like a pervert. Take a deep breath and relax.’ She almost slapped her in the face in front of him to come to her senses and not think about nonsensical situations.

Even though it is rare for her to find such a handsome man around her, she was sure that he wouldn’t be the only one.

As long as she has a will, she can find a handsome man like him in her world as well.

For sure.

She just needs to wait for the right time. However, that man won’t be him.

She took a deep breath and cooled down her burning face by touching it with her cold hands.

After regaining her senses, she cleared her throat before saying, “Your Highness, I do not think that it will be appropriate for both of us to sleep on this bed.”

Zheng Liang frowned and raised his brows at her words and asked, “Why do you think so? Do you not want to sleep next to me? We’re husband and wife after all.”

“If we do not sleep together, then how can we perform our marital duties together?” He asked with a straight face.

Yang Ning’s face blushed at his bold words. If he cared for their marital duties, then he wouldn’t have ignored Yang Ning like that after their marriage.

How come he is so eager to perform those duties so soon?

“Or do you not like me and do not want to sleep together with me?” He asked coldly.

“I do not mean that. This bed is smaller than the bed at the dragon pavilion. It will be uncomfortable for two people to sleep on it.” She explained.

“I will ask Xiaowei to prepare bedding for me on the floor. You should comfortably sleep on the bed.” She said and turned around to go outside to call Xiaowei to prepare another bedding for her in the room.

Unlike the bed at the dragon pavilion, the bed at the Yang Household was smaller in size and was suitable for one person to sleep comfortably.

It would be difficult for two people to comfortably fit on it.

If they sleep together, it would be inevitable for their bodies to not collide while sleeping.

What if she kicks him while sleeping? Or...do something inappropriate to him in her sleep?

Seeing how her thoughts are running wild these days, anything can happen.

While Yang Ning was trying to find a way to create an appropriate distance between them, Zheng Liang furrowed his brow when she was hurrying to go outside.

“Wait. You do not need to do that.” He stopped her.

“Yes? Your Highness, it would be difficult -” Yang Ning turned around to explain to him that they could not sleep on the same bed.

However, before she could complete her words, Zheng Liang cut her words and said, “It’s Zheng Liang. Didn’t I ask you to call me comfortably when we are alone?”

“Ah, Yes.” Yang Ning pursed her lips in surprise as she wasn’t expecting him to cut her words just to say that.

He could have done that later. There was no need for him to cut her words at the least.

Moreover, why does he want her to talk informally to him? What kind of kink is this?

“A while ago, didn’t you say that it was too late to go anywhere? I am sure your maid must have gone to bed by now.” Zheng Liang said to prevent her from going outside and call her maid to arrange another bedding on the floor.

” It would not be appropriate for you to disturb her at this time. You should come up and sleep on the bed instead.” He said and patted the comfortable, firm mattress once again.

” It is big enough to accommodate two of us. Do not worry about anything and come up on the bed. How can the Crown Princess of the Zheng Empire sleep on the floor?” He urged her and adjusted the blanket so that she could get into the bed.

Yang Ning frowned and felt that she was being manipulated by him. What does being the Crown Princess has to do with this situation?

If he cares about her, then he could offer to sleep on the floor instead. But he doesn’t seem to have any intention to do that as well.

Xiaowei doesn’t go to bed that early but seeing the way no one seemed to be standing outside, did she go to bed already? She wondered.

She pursed her lips and hesitated about his proposal. It was lucrative because she doesn’t want to sleep on the floor either.

The weather is getting chilly these days and she doesn’t like the feeling of being cold. However, it will be embarrassing to sleep together on a small bed.

Her ears turn red when she remembers the morning after their first night together. Maybe because she drank too much that day, she was completely knocked out and woke up while sleeping on his bare chest.

That scene still gives her goosebumps. How can she hug him to sleep like that? They didn’t hug or kiss yet but direct cuddling to sleep?

Things are going too fast!

While she was thinking about his words, Zheng Liang sat comfortably on the bed and rested his back against the headboard of the bed.

He put a pillow on his lap and stretched his legs on the bed in a comfortable position. He looked at Yang Ning who was awkwardly standing there and was internally debating what to do.

” Aren’t you uncomfortable in those clothes?” He asked. “You should change into your night clothes and go to bed early.”

Yang Ning pursed her lips and reluctantly agreed to him.

Forget it. They’re simply going to sleep anyway, it’s not like she has any intention to do anything to him.

There is no reason for him to do anything to her either. When nothing happened between him and Yang Ning during one year of marriage in the novel, what will happen between them when they got married only 3 days ago?

Moreover, she was feeling tired and uncomfortable in this long and complicated dress. She cannot wait to remove this dress from her body.

After finding her night clothes that Xiaowei had already arranged on the table, she was about to go to the bathroom outside when Zheng Liang stopped her once again, “Why....why are you going outside? I mean it must be cold outside. You should just stay inside.” He said.

“I need to change my clothes. How can I change my clothes when you are resting here?” She held her clothes to her chest and asked with a frown on her face.

What does he want her to do? How can she change with him staying in the room?

Zheng Liang pursed his lips and cleared his throat before saying, ” You can change your clothes here. There is a wooden partition in the corner. You can open it and change your clothes behind the partition.” He said while pointing towards the wooden divider in the corner.

If she goes outside, she will find out that Xiaowei hasn’t gone to bed yet and will ask her to arrange separate bedding for her.

That’s why it is better for her to stay inside rather than go outside and find out about his lie.

“I will just...stay here like this. Like a statue.” He hugged the pillow to his chest and lied on the bed on his stomach, hiding his face in the pillow.

Yang Ning almost laughed aloud to see him working so hard to stop her from going outside. What is going on that he doesn’t want her to go outside? She wondered.

However, she decided to follow his words and change behind the partition rather than go outside. If he is working so hard to keep her inside the chamber, she will pretend to be naive and simple for once.

It doesn’t harm her anything anyway.