Once Again: hua cheng x fem reader

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"You. What's your name?" Hua cheng points to one of the officials

"M-my name is qin heng, m-my lord"

"Official qin, tell me what has been going on with ghost city while i was gone"

"T-there has been some bandits creating havoc near the mountains so imports have been low, causing inflation."

"Take a couple soldiers from the jiang yuan army and deal with those bandits. Also, hand out a bag of gold coins to each citizen"

A/n: jiang yuan is the name of hua cheng's army of soldiers. There is a total of 500,000 soldiers.

"Yes, my lord"

"My lord, please forgive me for asking, but who is this woman?

"This is my wife, y/n"

Whispers travelled through the room

"His wife?"

"When did he get married?"

"Y/n? Isn't that the royal princess of the heavens? Why is she here?"

"Is she here in disguise to kill the lord for what happened that year?"

"Enough"

Hua cheng's cold tone immediately shuts the officials up

"If i hear that the lady gets mistreated in any way, you'll be dead before you even have the the chance to come up with some absurd excuse"

A/n: while y/n is in ghost city, she is going to be addressed as "the lady" or "my lady"

"Greetings to the lady"

The court officials all bow in unison

"You are all excused. If I find another day like today, i won't be so lenient"

"Thank you for being lenient, my lord"

A'cheng puts out his arm and i link my arm with his as we walk out of the main hall

He takes me into his bedroom chamber and orders the servants to bring supper

After eating supper, I noticed that hua cheng was a bit tense

"You must be exhausted today with these court issues, let me give you a massage"

A'cheng takes off his robe as I rummaged through his drawers as i find the scented oils before smiling.

I brush his hair to the side as I rub the oils on my hands before applying it in his back, massaging and kneading.

Hua cheng sighs and groans in relief.

I chuckle before glancing at his scars on his back.

I softly trace over the scars as i feel my heart tightening

'I hate knowing that he got hurt. It must've hurted a lot if there's scars left over'

Hua cheng noticed that my hands stopped moving and turned around, noticing the slight frown on my face.

"Did it hurt?" I asked, tone wavering

A'cheng quickly put his inner robe back on carelessly and turned to face me, hands quickly grabbing mine

"It's okay, don't worry, hm? It didn't hurt" he said in a hushed tone, trying to not make me cry

"Stop lying" i sniffled

"I'm not lying, don't worry. This happened so long ago, I don't even remember the pain"

"Really?" I look up at him, teary-eyed

He nodded and hugged me, kissing my forehead and caressing my hair

"Thank you for caring about me"

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I wake up the next morning, feeling a'cheng's arms around my waist tighten as he stirs in his sleep

I smile and caress his cheeks, making him open his sleepy eyes into a small squint

"Good morning, love."

"Good morningg" a'cheng sleepily says, giving me a peck on my temple.

"Let's go out today, hm?"

We got ready and ate breakfast before hua cheng takes me to the garden for a walk.

"This is nice" i mumble, hand in hand with his

I suddenly spotted a small tree of magnolias.

I smiled and ran over to admire them

"These are my favorite flowers"

I leaned over and smelled the fresh scent

A'cheng lovingly gazed at my joyful state

"If you like these, I'll order the servants to plant more"

I nodded, smiling

Then footsteps hurriedly ran towards us

"Hua cheng gege!"

Thank you for reading ! :)
-bibi