Xia Chunyu was uncomfortable with Liu Li's pitiful look, but he was well aware of how manipulative she was.
He said ruthlessly, "Princess, you have the Empress Dowager to spoil you and everyone in the palace to jump at your beck and call. How can you be lonely? I don't have time for this and I really have to go now. If anything goes wrong, the Emperor would have my head."
Liu Li bit her tongue to prevent herself from lashing out. She had already begged him so much! What more does he want? If he was just any other man, she'd already have forced him to do her bidding. Unfortunately for her, Chunyu was a breed and a class of his own and he would never go for her high-handedness.
"Okay, but you have to promise to take me out of the palace and play with me when you can, or I won't let you go," Liu Li demanded, grabbing Xia Chunyu's sleeve tightly.
Xia Chunyu was scared that anyone would see them like that so he said, "When I'm free, I'll let you know."