“You want to enter the imperial palace, I’ll arrange for you to go in.”
Mei Kaiye was silent for a moment, then said, “If you had told me earlier that you were the emperor, I definitely wouldn’t have been interested in the palace.”
“You!” Mo Yi suppressed his anger, extremely frustrated, “Fine, we’ll forget that. What about all the good things you’ve broken? If you want to slip away, you’ll need to settle the debt first.”
Mei Kaiye made a sad face, trying to appease Mo Yi by patting his shoulder, “I don’t have enough money to pay you back!”
Mo Yi squinted his eyes, enjoying the moment, and his anger instantly dissipated, “If you stay in this palace and keep me company for a year, I won’t make you pay the debt. How’s that? When the time comes, you can leave if you want, and I absolutely won’t stop you.”
Mei Kaiye was very unwilling and was about to refuse when she heard Mo Yi’s casual voice, “Ah, actually, just paying me back one item would do, no more, no less, one hundred million taels of gold.”
Mei Kaiye felt her world was collapsing. Then she said angrily, “Fine, I’ll accompany you, but you must guarantee that I won’t be harassed by your group of wives, and you must agree to one thing.”
“Speak.”
“I won’t be your concubine. Moreover, you didn’t even get my consent!”
“…” Mo Yi was speechless, “But, a monarch’s words are not to be taken lightly!”
“Don’t even try!” Mei Kaiye stared at him, “You’ve already been playing with words! You said you would send me out of the palace back then!”
“Cough cough.” Mo Yi awkwardly coughed and quickly changed the subject, “I was saying, what’s the meaning of your name?”
Mei Kaiye didn’t want to explain, so she said impatiently, “None!”
“Ah, your name is strange.”
“Mei Kaiye caught the last one, ‘Are you thinking of some courtesan? Yiyi? Your lover?’
‘Hey, about the gift…’
