Damien Gray gently bit her shoulder and protested, "Princess Consort sneaking out at midnight—are you trying to climb over the wall?"
Morgan Shangguan couldn't help but laugh. "Regretting it now?"
Damien Gray sighed. "Yes! I regret it. Why did I pretend to be so magnanimous for no reason?"
"Pfft..." Seeing Damien Gray's frustrated expression, Morgan Shangguan couldn't help but burst out laughing. She reached out and hugged his waist, nuzzling against his chest, and said, "I just went to take a look. They really spent a fortune—shouldn't we give them a little hope?" Of course, it was also for show, for Emperor Alexander to see.
Damien Gray fell silent for a moment before suddenly asking, "Morgan, do you want to be Empress?"
Morgan Shangguan looked into his eyes and, instead of answering his question, asked, "Do you want to be Emperor?"
Damien Gray gently stroked her back and said, "I'm not very interested in the throne." Even without being Emperor, he could still wield power and influence; that position was more of a constraint to him. So, all along, he had just watched from the sidelines, never taking any real action. "But if you want to be Empress, I can..."
Before he could finish, she silenced him with a long kiss. Afterward, Morgan Shangguan laughed and said, "As long as you don't compete with me, I could even be Emperor myself." But since she hadn't taken any action, it meant she didn't have that kind of ambition.
Damien Gray chuckled, then kissed her lips with some force. Morgan Shangguan glanced at him and said, "Prince Damien seems to enjoy watching the drama..." Her fingers unconsciously traced circles on his chest, her eyes sparkling with amusement. "Why not make this struggle for the throne even more intense? What do you think?" Perhaps being so close to Damien Gray had awakened her mischievous side. Of course, she was never as harmless as she appeared.
Like Damien Gray, she enjoyed their current life. Unless absolutely necessary, she didn't want war between the two kingdoms. But controlling the succession struggle was well within their grasp.