Lian Hua stuffed the cord into His Majesty's waistband, tugged it downwards, and feeling it was not secure enough for fear it might fall off, wrapped it around once more and casually tied a dead knot before pulling it down again. Satisfied that it was now firm, she looked up at His Majesty with a delighted twinkle in her eyes.
The Emperor felt somewhat helpless as if his heart was about to give way. Whenever he had deep feelings in his heart, his Little Concubine always managed to effortlessly break the mood, innocently forcing him to take a deep breath and compose himself.
He fondly ruffled her hair with a hint of resignation in his compliment, "Not bad, it's nicely done." Very secure, unless the belt broke, the clothes would tear before the Jade Pendant would fall off.
Never mind, he would have Zhang Qing help untie it and re-tie it later.