When Zhao Ming suddenly stood up at the bed, Ji Cheng who was laying on the bed also sat up.

He looked at her dishevelled look of Zhao Ming, whose inner robe was half open and her innerwear was in his sight.

He moved his head away to not look at her but he can't help but give her a side peek.

His eyes balls could not help but move to her.

Her dress is old fashioned but with her alternations and some changes the dress was different from what it was originally.

Her inner robe was her knee-length. And under the inner robe, in the lower half, she was wearing a long flowy skirt.

Originally the long skirt was of different dress, but she matched it with this and make the length of inner robe short to match it with the skirt.

The upper robe was over her inner robe, matched with an elegant and gorgeous skirt.

Right now, she was only wearing her long skirt which was messy as she woke up from sleeping, and her inner robe was half-open which she was holding tightly with her hands.

..

She glared at Ji Cheng and shoot the number of questions at him.

He was baffled faced with her questions.

He sighed and said, " I came to check on you as you were unwell during the banquet. But when I came I saw you were already sleeping."

" I was planning to go but then I saw you were struggling in your sleep. I tried to calm you down but you held my hand tightly."

" I tried to take my hand away but you were holding onto it tightly and I had no choice but to sleep here as well."

" And I didn't have any intentions. I was just laying down here silently but suddenly you.. " he wanted to say that you're the one who started undressing but he stopped talking further when he saw her blushed face.

He pursed his lips tightly and looked at her feeling wronged.

..

When Zhao Ming heard his words, she was shocked at first then she started realizing that she felt that someone was caressing her while she was sleeping.

But she didn't know that it was not her dream but it was happening. And she also matched his story with her actions when she woke up.

When she was undressing, his head was turned away.

She realised that it was not his fault and she was now feeling slightly guilty as she has used such interrogating tone earlier and that too with the Emperor of Ji Dynasty.

But she was surprised that he answered her in this manner.

She always thinks of him as cold and arrogant Emperor.

But as she was getting to know him, she felt like he is such a sweetheart. She was his wife technically but he didn't do anything to her without her permission.

' Why would Zhao Ming and he had so many problems? He is so sweet but why he behaved that way with Zhao Ming? Is there any story that she didn't know?

She couldn't help but wonder about many possibilities.

At this moment, her image of Ji Cheng has took a turnover. She felt less wary in front of him now.

Because she knows that if he was like other heartless and nasty Emperor's in dramas who think their wives as accessories then he would have taken advantage of her.

But he didn't do anything like that.

She looked at him as her expressions calmed down. She sighed and tried to get off the bed.

She wanted to jump off the bed to go down but as she stepped forward on the bed, her steps got tangled in her long skirt and she lost her balance.

She fell forward but Ji Cheng was quick in his reflexes and held her before she could fell on the ground.

...

As Ji Cheng was sitting on the edge of the bed, but when he saw Zhao Ming in daze thinking something, he didn't disturb her.

But the next moment Zhao Ming stepped forward trying to jump off the bed, he wanted to help her but she stopped him by her hand's gesture.

So he sat on his place rooted. But when she stepped forward, her steps tangled in her long skirt and she fell forward, he saw her and quickly held her hand and pulled her towards him.

Due to his quick actions, she fell directly in his embrace. Her long hair hit his face and she sat on his lap, he held her in place by placing a hand on her back.

Zhao Ming was shocked as she almost fell.

She is very afraid of pain. She sighed in relief when she didn't fell.

' Ah. It scared the hell out of me. If I would have fallen then I would have fallen on my face and that would be so embarrassing. And what if I had died in an accident. I can't afford to die again so pitifully.'

She was so nervous just now. She didn't bother to think that she was in his embrace on his lap.

While she was trying to calm herself, the other person was looking at her intently.

Her face was so close to him, he could feel her heavy breath on his face and could feel her trembling body.

He tightened his grip on her back and pushed her towards him, Zhao Ming was startled at his sudden initiative.

She didn't have time to react when he hugged her tightly and placed his head on the nape of her neck.

She was startled with this sudden close intimacy. She wanted to push him away as she never came in such close contact with any other man after that incident, as she was quite wary of men.

But next moment she heard his voice, " Just stay still like this for a moment, please." he said in a pleading manner.

Hearing his heavy voice, Zhao Ming who wanted to push him away at first, stopped struggling and sat still in that position.

She felt his quickened breathing. The mood has suddenly became heavy and serious.

She thought that something was wrong with the mood. According to the dramas, this moment should be sensuous and after this, a kiss scene comes, right?

'Why doesn't the scenario in dramas fits in this mood' she wondered while hugging him.

Though she doesn't know anything about romance, but she had watched dramas in her past life intently and could tell what's going to happen next in the drama.

But the sudden change in mood makes her wonder, ' Why did he suddenly behaving like this? If he behaves this pitifully then how could I push him away? Moreover, he is so handsome, how can an all-time virgin and beautiful girl like me reject such handsome guy.'

Her mind was wandering in different situations as he hugged her tighter.

Feeling his hot breath on her neck, she was feeling restless. Her breathing became heavy but she wasn't able to take a deep breath as he was hugging her.

She was feeling uncomfortable in his embrace as she was feeling nervous and her breathing also became heavy.

But she didn't push him away and sat still in his lap, trying to not make any moments.

She was wondering while in embrace to where to put her hands.

In the end, she sat like a statue with her hands on her sides in his embrace.

A smile appeared on Ji Cheng's lips as she stopped struggling in his embrace.

It's been a very long time when they're so close to each other.