Ji Cheng held down her hand and kept her in the same place and said in a low and husky voice, " Don't move. I am not joking. I am sure you also know that I am not joking."

  His dark orbit eyes were looking at her deeply and she felt like a prey under his domineering figure.

  He said in a low voice as he stared into her eyes and bent down a little as he smirked while looking into her eyes.

  Zhao Ming was stunned by seeing this domineering side of Ji Cheng. He was overbearing and she felt like it was the first time she had no words to retaliate against him.

  Her lips quivered as she hesitantly spoke," What are you saying? Why would I help you in Bath? Don't you have your own hands?" she questioned him while glaring at him.

  She took his words in another way and couldn't understand why would she help him in a bath?

  She doesn't understand why she has to accompany him to bath? What will she do there?

  Stand by the side? Or scrub his back?

  ' Is he taking me for some maid or what? How can he think that I will help him take a bath?'

  She felt annoyed thinking that he was insulting her by asking her to accompany her to help him in a bath and degrading her by taking her as a maid.

  She has noticed that in this palace, maids help their master to get ready similarly to how Lu shi insisted to help her during bath when she arrived in this world for the first time.

  She does not like someone else touching her during bathing and especially the thought of someone staring at her while bathing gives her goosebumps.

  That's why she thought that he wanted her to take the position of a maid and help him take a bath.

  A frown appears on her face as she pursed her lips. ' How can this man ask me to do something like this?'

  Ji Cheng was confused about why she has become suddenly so upset. He noticed the frown on her face and how her expressions changed.

  ' Does she dislike me that much that just the thought of being with me disgusts her?'

  He felt bad that she hates her touch this much that her expressions changed so much and a frown appeared on her face. He does not want to force her to do something, so he planned to let her go.

  He looked at her seriously and wanted to let go of her because he felt that she hates him when he heard her complaints.

  " Ji Cheng. I am not a maid that will help you to rub your back and will hold your robe for you. Who do you think you are? How can you order me like that?" she said while puffing her chest and straightening her back with her eyebrows raised.

  She tried to glare at him right into his eyes and appear as domineering as possible.

  " I am the Empress of the Ji Dynasty. Who do you think you are to make me scrub your back?" she sneered at him.

  Her brows were raised as she domineeringly sneered at him.

  She hated it when people look down at her.

  ' How dare he make me do such work?'

  Ji Cheng:" - _- "

  Ji Cheng was about to release her from his grasp when he heard her words.

  He didn't know whether to cry or laugh at her words.

  ' When did I look down at her? And when did I ask her to scrub my back? ' his lips pursed into a thin line

  He was speechless at her wild imagination.

  He was looking at her with interest. ' Why didn't she think about the possibility that I am seducing her? '

  ' Why the hell will I make her scrub my back when I can do many more things with her in the bathtub?'

  He wanted to do something else with her but seeing her imagination he was truly speechless.

  Other consorts are dying to hold his robe or scrub his back but here she was saying who the hell he was?

  ' He was the Emperor. Her husband……!'

  He sighed and placed his head in her nape as he breathed out heavily.

  Zhao Ming was caught off guard when he suddenly rested his head on her shoulder and she could feel his scorching breath on her nape.

  She felt a shiver going to her spine with sudden action as she shut her mouth and pursed her lips tightly.

  She stiffly stood there with her back against the table. Her back was getting sore due to bending towards the table for a long time.

  She tried to adjust a little without disturbing her when she felt his hand roaming around her back.

  She froze when he roamed at her back. She doesn't know what to do at this moment.

  This feeling was making her mind hazy. Rather than hating this feeling, she felt her mind getting numb and felt that she was cheating on someone. After all, he is someone else's husband.

  Before she could push him away, she heard his low and husky voice against her nape as his moist lips made contact with her skin.

  "You're not any woman in my life. I am not degrading you by treating you like a maid. You're the Empress of Ji Dynasty while I am the Emperor." he said in a low voice while his lips made contact with her skin.

  " You're my better half. How can I dare to make my Empress scrub my back or hold my robe? If you want… I am ready to serve you. " his voice became more low and seductive.

  Zhao Ming's whole body stiffened hearing his provocative words.

  " I can hold your robe and can scrub your back as well. For your information, I can give you a very good service. You won't be disappointed at all. " His lips brushed against her nape as his hands were roaming slowly and seductively on her back.

  Zhao Ming's mouth opened in shock hearing his words. She never thought that he could say such words.

  Her face turned scarlet red when she heard his words.

  He said that he will hold her robe for her and will scrub her back.

  ' What did he mean by that? Does he want me to bathe with him together? ' she bit her lower lip in nervousness.

  Whereas Ji Cheng was taking his liberty with her numbness and confusion. He was roaming his hands around her back and feeling her curves which were hidden under the gown.

  He wanted to be with her and wanted her to open up with him. He does not like the way she was avoiding him and his touch.

  But he likes the way she reacts against his touch. Her red face and nervous expressions make him more endearing and wanted to tease her more.

  ….

  Zhao Ming got her senses back and pushed him hurriedly.

  " What are you saying? Why would I need your help to bathe me? I have my hands okay. I can take a bath myself. I am going to take a bath and you read your documents." she gained her courage and pushed him away with all her might.

  Just as she pushed him away, she took her clothes and ran out of the room saying her words without turning back.

  Her face has already turned red from embarrassment. She has never heard such words before.

  His husky and low voice was still ringing in her ears. He is too sexy to avoid.

  She was scared that she would lose her control and will pounce on him forgetting her last dignity, that's why she gathered her courage and ran out.

  Because rather than distrusting him, she was more scared of her self control. In this world, she came to realize that she is not as innocent as she thinks she was.

  Seeing a handsome man like Ji Cheng she can't help but feel weak in front of his charm.

  Even though Liwei was not less than him in any way. But for some reason, she never felt something for him but why did she feel like she was getting attracted to Ji Cheng instead?

  Ji Cheng was surprised when she suddenly pushed him away but his lips curled up as he saw her running away like a scared rabbit.

  He touched his lips in amusement and remembered how his lips touched her neck and felt her milky white smooth skin.

  ' This girl, really knows how to play with me.' he chuckled as he looked at the silhouette running away like a scared bunny.

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