Chapter 870 His Majesty Was Angry
Long Yang carried Lu Liangwei in his arms. “Hurry up, fetch the imperial physician…”
It sounded like there was a tremble in his voice as he carried her and ran toward the room.
Lu Liangwei was slightly shocked when she saw this. She could no longer keep up pretenses as she quickly tugged on his sleeve. “Your Majesty, I’m fine.”
Long Yang was walking incredibly fast and did not hear her words at all. His face was pale and the color was drained from his lips.
Lu Liangwei’s heart sank when she saw him acting this way. She instantly knew she had taken the joke too far. So, she said in a loud voice, “Your Majesty, I’m fine. I was only kidding just now.”
Long Yang paused in his steps as he lowered his head to look at her. “What?”
Zhao Qian and Chu Qi’s movements stopped as well. They were already ready to leave and get the imperial physician.
Zhu Yu and Chu Jiu also looked at Lu Liangwei with shock. The frightened look on their faces could still be seen.
Chu Yi, who had heard the commotion, came rushing in with the imperial guards in tow.
Lu Liangwei suddenly felt quite guilty and lowered her head in dejection. “I’m sorry, I was just playing a joke on you. I’ve made you worry…”
Long Yang finally registered what had happened and he took a deep breath. He checked again to make sure she was alright before putting her down.
However, he was still looking pale when he reached out to tousle her hair. He smiled bitterly and said, “Weiwei, I’m quite old now and can’t take such a shock.”
Lu Liangwei felt very bad about this. If she had heard those words of his on a normal day, she would have burst out laughing. Now, however, she could not laugh at all. Instead, she was filled with remorse.
Her actions just now had frightened His Majesty greatly.
He may look calm and commanding on normal days, and would remain stoic even under tremendous pressure, but today, his expression changed the moment she felt discomfort in her stomach. The worried and anxious look on his face pained her.
She reached out and her hands circled his waist. Her head nuzzled against his chest as she said in a troubled voice, “I’m really sorry. Please forgive me. I won’t make such a joke anymore.”
Long Yang looked at her from the top of her head. He recalled the moment when she said her belly was hurting, and his heart clenched painfully.
He was terrified that something had happened to her. Luckily, she was alright.
He hugged her and gave a long sigh. “It’s fine. As long as you are okay.”
Lu Liangwei felt even more guilty. She would have preferred if he lectured her over this, but he did not even utter a single angry word at her because he could not bear to do so.
“Are you alright, Your Highness?”
They had made quite a huge commotion and Wanyan Jin overheard what had happened. He came walking over and asked with concern.
Long Yang darted a look at him and carried Lu Liangwei once more in his arms. “My Empress is doing very well. Thank you for the concern, Prince Wanyan.”
Wanyan Jin shook his head and his gaze fell onto Lu Liangwei. It looked like he was sighing with relief as he said, “It’s good that everything is fine.”
Long Yang paused in his steps and turned his head to glance at Wanyan Jin. A look of unhappiness flashed in Long Yang’s eyes but he said nothing.
When they returned to the Palace, Long Yang immediately brought Lu Liangwei back to Grand Phoenix Palace. He left a few instructions and left for the imperial study.
Lu Liangwei looked a little depressed.
She knew that her prank had really gone too far.
Zhu Yu tried to cheer her up. “Miss, you shouldn’t blame yourself too much. His Majesty wasn’t even mad at you.”
Lu Liangwei shook her head. “You don’t understand.”
Even though His Majesty did not reprimand her, he must still feel some anger.
It was because she had shocked him badly by using her belly as a joke.
“Although, I was really frightened by you just now as well. You shouldn’t play this sort of prank in the future. I noticed that His Majesty’s face seemed to have been drained of blood. He was horribly worried about you.”
Chu Jiu also frowned as she said, “Your Highness should stop making such jokes in the future.”
She was still feeling frightened over the memory of what had happened just now.
Lu Liangwei was feeling remorseful and upset. After hearing the remarks from the two, she felt another pang of dejection. She regretted what she did so much that she wanted to just run headlong into a wall.
She had not thought through the significance of that joke. All she wanted was to play a prank, but she had never expected His Majesty to react in such a serious manner.