Chapter 58: The Room Partition Row

Luo Wushuang had not yet realized that Shangguan Liqian was already awake. Knowing that she was the cause of Liqian’s condition, her heart was flooded with regret. She shouldn’t have been so reckless every single time, disregarding everything in the heat of the moment…

The room full of imperial physicians kept their heads bowed, not daring to look at Her Majesty’s expression. The atmosphere was momentarily thick with awkwardness.

“Is there… any way to remedy this?” Luo Wushuang cleared her throat, struggling to maintain her composure as she asked.

Hearing the Empress’s inquiry, the Chief Physician hurried to respond.

“Rest assured, Your Majesty. This official and my colleagues will return and draw up several restorative prescriptions. As long as she is properly nursed back to health for a few days, the lady’s body will certainly recover. However, regarding the matters of the bed, it is still best to…”

Before the physician could finish his sentence, Luo Wushuang nodded expressionlessly. Meanwhile, the “slumbering” Shangguan Liqian was already gnashing her teeth in her mind.

Today was truly embarrassing! Utterly! Completely! Mortifying!

Luo Wushuang waved her hand, signaling for the physicians to withdraw and prepare the medicine.

She then sat by the edge of the bed, looking at the “sleeping” Shangguan Liqian with a gaze full of frustration and guilt.

“Sister, I’m sorry. It’s all my fault…” Luo Wushuang’s confession had only just begun when she felt a sharp pain at her waist.

“Ow!”

Her cry of pain echoed through the room.

The Empress Regnant, who had been a mask of stone in front of the physicians, was now being stared down by an equally stunning woman whose expression was just as cold.

“Sister, you’re awake?” Luo Wushuang’s joy lasted only a fleeting second. Noticing the fire smoldering in Liqian’s eyes, her voice grew progressively smaller. “Sister… when did you wake up?”

Luo Wushuang prayed silently in her heart: Please let her not have heard the physician’s diagnosis. Please.

“I woke up right when the physician said you lacked self-control,” Shangguan Liqian said airily, shattering Luo Wushuang’s last hope.

Before Luo Wushuang could even begin to defend herself, Shangguan Liqian spoke with a flat, emotionless tone. “I think it would be better if we slept in separate rooms from now on.”

Hearing that she was about to be kicked out, Luo Wushuang shook her head frantically.

“No, don’t separate the rooms! I’ll be very good. From now on, I’ll listen to Sister every night. If Sister can’t take it anymore, I’ll stop…”

As Luo Wushuang rambled on with her guarantees, Shangguan Liqian’s thoughts drifted back to yesterday afternoon, in the Imperial Study…

Her wavering resolve hardened once more.

This girl was just as restless during the day as she was at night. It was definitely better to sleep apart, lest her mind be filled with those improper thoughts all day long.

Luo Wushuang, who had been carefully observing Liqian’s expression, quickly added another promise before she could speak. “I’ll listen to Sister during the day, too!”

Meeting the sincerity and determination in Luo Wushuang’s eyes, Shangguan Liqian—who indeed felt quite exhausted lately—hesitated over whether to believe the words of this lustful monarch.

Luo Wushuang saw the softening in her expression and immediately adopted a pitiful look. “Sister, I’ll be very good. Besides, I can’t bear to see your health suffer. I will definitely take good care of you in the future and listen to you… Sister, please have pity on me just this once.”

Seeing Luo Wushuang looking as if she were about to be abandoned, Shangguan Liqian finally softened.

She let out a long sigh in her heart and gave in. “We’ll see how you perform.”

Luo Wushuang breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that Sister had agreed not to sleep separately for the time being, even if she wouldn’t admit it outright to save face.

“Sister is the best!”

Luo Wushuang cheered and was about to dive into Shangguan Liqian’s embrace when a slender, lily-white finger pressed against her forehead.

Meeting Luo Wushuang’s dazed and confused gaze, Shangguan Liqian unhurriedly withdrew her hand and spoke calmly. “Fetch me a cup of water.”

She had actually been woken up by thirst. If it weren’t for the need to vent her anger, she wouldn’t have held out for so long.

Hearing the hoarseness in Liqian’s voice, Luo Wushuang responded immediately and turned to pour the water.

Liqian reached out to take it, but Wushuang wouldn’t allow it, insisting on holding the cup herself.

Looking at how domineering Luo Wushuang was being—despite just promising to listen to her—Liqian felt both annoyed and amused. Still, she gave her the face and drank two cups of water from her hand.

As the cool, fragrant tea slid down her throat, Shangguan Liqian felt her throat relax significantly. Her gaze swept over the Empress standing obediently before her, and she crooked her index finger.

Once she had lured the woman close, she gave Luo Wushuang’s waist another pinch—not too light, but not too heavy—to satisfy her lingering resentment.

This hateful girl actually summoned the imperial physicians without even asking me.

Even though there were only the two of them left in the hall, Liqian felt as though the previous embarrassment was following her like a shadow.

Luo Wushuang, who had thought Sister wanted her to come closer for a kiss: “…”

Pinched again…

Sister was becoming more and more like a child in front of her.

But she liked it!

She liked being able to directly feel Liqian’s joys and sorrows. She liked Liqian’s subconscious reliance on her. She liked…

Luo Wushuang’s thoughts began to drift as her gaze fell upon those lips, still moistened by the tea. Her throat bobbed as she unconsciously swallowed.

She desperately wanted to pounce, but remembering Liqian’s physical state, she struggled to endure.

Sensing that the person in front of her had become excessively quiet, Shangguan Liqian looked up and met the Empress’s predatory, hungry gaze.

Shangguan Liqian: “…”

This lecher was simply beyond saving!

However, remembering the physician’s instructions, Shangguan Liqian lowered her eyes. In an angle Luo Wushuang couldn’t see, a mischievous smile curled at the corner of her lips.

When she looked up again, the clarity in her eyes had been replaced by a flirtatious allure. Her face flushed slightly, and her gaze became as silky as a siren’s…

“Wushuang…” the beauty murmured softly, looking at her with bashful eyes.

The string in Luo Wushuang’s mind labeled “rationality” snapped into a thousand pieces instantly.

She leaned down and kissed those soft, dewy lips fiercely.

Watching with satisfaction as the person in her arms turned from a pale pink to a deep crimson, Luo Wushuang was about to take things further when she suddenly remembered the physician’s words.

Her body froze. Her movements froze. Her entire being turned to stone.

Meeting Shangguan Liqian’s half-smiling, half-mocking gaze, Luo Wushuang was so frustrated she felt like crying.

Sister was too cruel! She clearly knew they couldn’t, yet she still seduced her!

Seeing Luo Wushuang biting her lower lip in agonizing restraint, yet still unwilling to let go, Shangguan Liqian finally couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Sister…” Luo Wushuang squeezed out a grievance, her lip still caught between her teeth.

Red-faced, Shangguan Liqian gave her a sharp, playful glare and scolded, “You deserve it!”

Pranked and ridiculed, Luo Wushuang felt a ball of frustration in her chest. She planted several fierce pecks on the beauty’s face before standing up huffily.

Seeing Luo Wushuang looking as if she were about to turn and leave, Shangguan Liqian asked instinctively, “What are you doing?”

Luo Wushuang shot a glare at the culprit and spit out three words through gritted teeth: “A cold shower!”

Liqian blinked, and once she realized what that meant, her face flushed even deeper. She rolled her eyes and stopped her. “No. You’ll catch a cold. Have them bring in warm water instead.”

Seeing the non-negotiable look in Liqian’s eyes, Luo Wushuang felt even more wronged. “Sister only knows how to bully me!”

Liqian replied casually, “It’s not like I have anyone else to bully!”

After saying that, and seeing Luo Wushuang’s increasingly aggrieved expression, Liqian felt a tiny prick of conscience and coaxed, “Alright, be good. I only bully Wushuang, and I only like Wushuang, okay?”

“Mm.”

Luo Wushuang, who was very easily pacified, went to bathe quite happily.

As Shangguan Liqian watched her back disappear, she finally couldn’t hold back the laughter spilling from her throat.

She felt like… she had found a new form of entertainment.

One that made her far happier than reading books…