Chapter 20 Sweet Couple Bath

Yuan He blushed as she took the tea bowl away. A moment later, Yun Xi returned, carrying an oil-paper bag heavy with things.

She walked to the bed and opened the oil paper. Inside were plump and shiny candied fruits. She handed them to Ji Xun and said, "This is my treasured candied apricot. Do you want to eat it?"

In fact, she was also afraid of bitterness. Whenever she was sick, she would always use candied fruit to wash away the bitterness after taking the medicine.

"I love honey apricots the most. I want to eat them every day even if I don't take medicine. Unfortunately, my father is afraid that I will damage my teeth, so he always asks Ying Nanfeng to watch over me." Yun Xi said, "My dream when I was a child was to eat honey apricots every day without being supervised by others."

However, because she had foreseen the unspeakable plot between her and Ying Nanfeng, she had been hiding these honey apricots, fearing that Ying Nanfeng would find them and trigger some bad plot...

Now that Ji Xun has taken over, there is no need to hide it anymore.

"Honey apricots are delicious. Have you ever eaten them before?" Yun Xi looked up at him and saw that he was motionless. Suddenly, she remembered that his hands were inconvenient, so she quickly picked out the one with the brightest candy color and put it to his lips.

The white fingertips were stained with icing sugar, which was very eye-catching. Ji Xun lowered his eyebrows and moved his eyes downward, but his sight was focused on the white fingers.

As long as he opened his lips, he could put the honey apricot into his mouth.

“No.”

Maybe he had, but he didn't remember.

Ji Xun silently bit the candied fruit on his lips, held it in his mouth for a moment, then rolled his Adam's apple twice and swallowed.

There was no expression on his face, but this simple action was inexplicably elegant and sexy. Yun Xi couldn't help but retract her fingers, feeling a little embarrassed.

Just now, the tip of his tongue accidentally brushed against her fingers, which made her feel itchy, as if an electric current suddenly passed through her, making her feel numb and tingling.

Glancing up again, Yun Xi saw some sugar grease on his lips. Ji Xun's lips were actually very light in color, but because he usually had a sickly pale complexion, they looked a bit pink. After being stained with sugar, Yun Xi thought of candied haws.

If compared in this way, it must be the kind of half-ripened candied haws, sweet and sour, and very difficult to chew.

While she was lost in thought, Ji Xun was also lost in thought.

"Thank you, Your Highness. That's very sweet."

It was sweeter than anything he had ever tasted, and it made him feel choked. But he didn't hate it.

"You still have to take medicine for several days, so I'll leave these honey apricots for you." Yun Xi said, "It's not shameful to be afraid of bitterness."

Ji Xun was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I'm not afraid."

It's just that the bitter taste of the medicine makes him recall some bad things.

He remembered that someone once tried to kill him with a bowl of poisonous medicine that tasted just as bitter as this one, but he failed to die, and both his parents died there.

Now whenever I drink something bitter, my heart aches.

He couldn't remember anything else.

"Okay, okay, you're not afraid, but I'm afraid that you'll suffer, okay?" Yun Xi said helplessly. She didn't want to argue with him about this matter.

Everyone has one or two things that they are embarrassed to talk about, but she didn't expect that Ji Xun was so obsessed with this kind of thing.

Thinking of this, Yun Xi couldn't help laughing, and the corners of her lips unconsciously rose.

Ji Xun was about to explain when he saw her suddenly smile. His eyes fixed but he didn't say anything in the end: "...as long as Your Highness is happy."

Finally I stopped crying. The rest is not important.

He had discovered that Yun Xi always had a special empathy for other people's experiences. Although he couldn't understand it, when he told her about this, she would cry for a while.

He didn't want anything from his past to bother her because it had nothing to do with her.

"By the way, where is your Silver Mask?" Yun Xi suddenly remembered this. Since she came back, she had not seen Silver Mask.

Meeting her direct gaze, Ji Xun subconsciously turned his head away, his falling hair covering half of his face: "Did you scare Your Highness?"

He came back that night covered in blood, without his silver mask, which would have frightened most people. He remembered that Yun Xi's face turned pale with fear.

"I'm used to it a long time ago." Yun Xi muttered.

I had seen him countless times in my dreams. Besides, the other half of his face was so handsome that when I looked closely, it didn't seem scary at all. Instead, it had a kind of alluring and mysterious quality.

He clearly didn't care about it before, but now he is covering it up.

"It broke." Ji Xun said calmly, "I accidentally dropped it when I was fighting the assassin."

"I will compensate His Highness in a few days."

Yun Xi said, "That one was originally meant for you. Now that it's gone, and the gold plate at the foundry is almost finished, it's a good time to get a new one."

"Yeah." Ji Xun responded softly and closed his eyes.

"Are you sleepy? But the medicine for external injuries hasn't been applied yet." Yun Xi said.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "I can do it myself."

Yun Xi questioned, "Are you sure? You have many wounds on your back."

"Your Highness, I have said it before, I will not sell my body." Ji Xun said lightly.

Yun Xi: “…”

"Third time is enough. I won't sell it again."

Yun Xi: “…………”

As expected, Yuanhe must have told him this. If she guessed correctly, he must have said something shocking unconsciously just now. No wonder Yuanhe left with a red face.

After thinking about it, Yun Xi stood up expressionlessly and walked out without looking back. She had nothing to say.

…

Over the next few days, Yun Xi did not return to her bedroom. Her bedroom was a good environment, and Ji Xun was not able to leave, so she left it to him to recuperate.

He couldn't help her with her homework anymore, so Yun Xi had to do it herself. She finally stopped being lazy and finished her homework seriously.

After finishing my homework, I feel a sense of comfort as the knowledge briefly passes through my brain.

As expected, ever since Yuanhe left that day, rumors suddenly spread in the princess's mansion. Everyone was talking about how she loved Ji Xun in private and even let him live in her bedroom.

Yun Xi felt a little strange at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that this could also be beneficial. If the servants often mentioned her good points in front of Ji Xun, perhaps he would not think of leaving her in the future.

So Yun Xi allowed the rumor to spread and only asked Yuan He and the others to be careful not to spread it outside the princess's mansion.

However, plans can never keep up with changes. On the fifth day of Ji Xun's recuperation, an unexpected person suddenly came to the princess's mansion.

"Princess, His Majesty has ordered that Zhou Jijiu of the Imperial Academy stay at the residence to teach Your Highness," Yuan He said. "He's already at the door of the Princess' residence."

Yun Xi, who was lying on the couch in the side hall reading a storybook, frowned suddenly: "What?"

"Has Zhou Changsheng's injury healed?"

Yuan He quickly lowered her voice: "I heard that he recovered in the past two days. As soon as he was able to get out of bed, he went to the palace to ask the emperor for permission to come to the princess's residence to teach the princess personally. He also said that the Imperial Academy is a small temple and cannot accommodate a big Buddha like the princess..."

Yun Xi: “…”

The original novel does have a plot where Zhou Changsheng lives in the princess's mansion to teach, but in the later period, both of them became familiar with each other's bodies, so they dared to act recklessly.

She thought Zhou Changsheng would give up because of what happened last time, but she didn't expect him to go a step further and move directly into her house.

He is indeed a pedantic and stubborn scholar, his stubbornness is eye-opening.

However, based on what Zhou Changsheng did that day, he would definitely not tell his father the truth. They had each other's leverage.

One of them was plotting evil, the other was trying to murder the chief priest, and neither the master nor the disciple was innocent.

When Yun Xi thought about the day when she beat him with a ruler, she realized that he must have found out about it afterwards, which was why he was so anxious to go to the princess's mansion to take revenge on her.

After a while, another maid came and said, "Your Highness, the chief priest has arrived at the mansion and said that you should go to meet him in person."

Yun Xi's hair stood on end, and the image of Zhou Changsheng smiling but hiding a dagger appeared in her mind, but she quickly calmed down.

"How could Zhou Jijiu be so arrogant as to let me meet him?" Yun Xi threw the notebook in her hand aside and acted like a princess.

Although he was her teacher, he was ultimately a subject.

"Since you've come to the Princess's residence, you must obey my arrangements. Tell others to stay put and not cause any trouble for me."

"yes."

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As evening approached, hot water was prepared in the bathing room, ready for bathing and rest.

Standing in front of the side hall, Yun Xi was in a dilemma.

She hesitated for a moment, and finally tapped the system: "System, a restricted character has come to my house. Please help me see the probability of triggering the plot."

[System: Okay, host, please wait. Currently detected is Zhou Changsheng's anger value of 200, and his favorability of -50. The plot's current deflection rate has reached 10%. The probability of triggering the restricted plot "Double Bath" tonight is 70% (the character with the highest probability of triggering this plot is Zhou Changsheng)]

Yun Xi heard a new word: "What is plot deflection?"

[System: Because the host arbitrarily modified part of the plot, it has led to an uncontrollable deviation. The probability of the original plot occurring will decrease as the plot deflects. For example, the original probability of the restricted plot occurring tonight is 80%]

Yun Xi: "If the deflection degree reaches 100%, can we avoid all the original plot?"

[System: This probability only affects the limited plot related to the host, and does not affect the overall direction of the plot.]

"Besides restricting the plot, does this novel have anything else?" Yun Xi's mouth twitched. "This is simply imperial writing disguised as political intrigue."

Yun Xi still doesn’t know who the male lead is. Judging from the roles played by male characters in the original novel, the most likely person is the young master Duan Song who survived to the end.

The system didn't respond and simply froze. Yun Xi did some mental calculations. Even though it was a 10% decrease, 70% wasn't a small amount.

The probability of triggering this "couple bath" is too high, and Zhou Changsheng is only the person with the highest probability of triggering it, not the only one.

Yun Xi was really worried that a man would suddenly break in while she was washing. If she asked the maid to guard the door... none of the maids in her house knew martial arts.

Other male guards cannot be allowed to guard it either.

I don’t know how many days Zhou Changsheng will stay with her. It’s impossible that he will stay here all the time without her taking a bath.

At this moment, Yun Xi could only think of one person - only Ji Xun could guard her door. Ever since he came to the mansion, everyone knew that he was a martial arts expert and dared not provoke him. Zhou Changsheng had even been taught a lesson by him.

As long as he stood at the door, his cold face looked like that of a demon, and no one would dare to come in.

Although his injury has not yet healed, it has been the fifth day and he should be able to get out of bed and stand for a while.

Thinking like this, she formed a path dependence. When she came to her senses, she was already standing at the door of the bedroom and knocked on Ji Xun's door:

"Ji Xun, are you awake? I have something to trouble you with."

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