Chapter 205 She Likes Me Very Much

"Don't you want me anymore?"

Zhao Shen lowered his eyes and looked at her and asked.

Ji Yunshu was confused: "...What does this have to do with me?"

"You said before that if I got involved with another woman, you would not want me anymore."

Being looked at seriously by Zhao Shen, Ji Yunshu couldn't help but reflect that he shouldn't have said such words to tease him just now.

"I was just saying it casually, I didn't mean it that way." Ji Yunshu felt a little guilty, so he pretended to be calm and asked, "You haven't really thought about it, have you?"

Zhao Shen gritted his teeth: "Have I ever thought that you don't know? Do you have a conscience?"

Ji Yunshu hugged him and coaxed him softly, "Okay, don't be angry. Isn't it okay if I'm heartless?"

She suddenly realized that from the time she woke up until now, Zhao Shen had not mentioned that she had been attacked and drugged.

No matter what, Zhao Shen saw with his own eyes that she was lying on the same bed with the emperor.

Both of them were poisoned by that drug.

Even though he knew that nothing had happened, Ji Yunshu asked herself that if she were in his shoes, she would not be able to really not mind at all.

Zhao Shen had never been able to do anything with her, but when he heard her coaxing him in such a soft and gentle voice, his heart melted, and the depression in his chest dissipated unconsciously.

He didn't say anything else, but leaned over and kissed Ji Yunshu gently.

But he didn't expect Ji Yunshu to push him down and kiss him back.

Her lips were so soft and warm, her cheeks were faintly rouge-colored, and her eyes were watery, making her look like a captivating enchantress.

Zhao Shen was concerned about the wound on her arm and didn't dare to move. He asked breathlessly, "Could it be that the effect of the medicine hasn't worn off yet?"

Ji Yunshu pulled open his shirt and said, "Perhaps you are the medicine."

In front of the emperor, she cut herself to suppress the effect of the medicine, but now facing Zhao Shen, she didn't want to endure it for a moment.

Ji Yunshu thought, why bother with so many things, let’s just get drunk tonight.

Although there was no Chinese medicine, Zhao Shen felt that she was even more enthusiastic than yesterday when she had taken the medicine.

After it was over, the wound on her arm began to bleed again.

Zhao Shen bandaged her wound and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? The doctor said that although your injury is not serious, the medicine is not good for your body after all. You need to recuperate."

Ji Yunshu lay on the bed, her whole body sore and limp, not wanting to move at all. She just glanced at him: "What do you mean I'm anxious? Don't you like it?"

Zhao Shen's face flushed all the way to his neck, but he still said seriously, "You should take care of yourself. This kind of thing can be done anytime."

Ji Yunshu said helplessly: "Okay, I get it, stop nagging."

He obviously enjoyed it when they did it, but now he blames her.

She thought about it and decided to change the subject: "Today is the first day of the new year, can we just stay in the house like this?"

The first day of the New Year should be used to worship ancestors.

Ji Yunshu remembered that when he was in the palace, he had to get up early in the morning on the first day of the new year, and various sacrificial rituals would last almost the entire day.

Zhao Shen said: "Everyone knows that there was an assassin in the palace. When I brought you back last night, I told my father that you were injured. No one will come to disturb you in the next few days, so you don't have to worry about anything else."

"What about you? Are you okay too?"

The whole morning passed, and Zhao Shen stayed by her side without leaving.

But she knew that what happened last night still needed to be wrapped up.

Zhao Shen smiled and said, "The emperor has more than just me at his disposal. Besides, the emperor said there's no end to the work. Anyway, it's already like this, so why not have a good New Year?"

Ji Yunshu felt relieved, but soon he felt sleepy and fell asleep again.

Zhao Shen saw that she fell asleep, so he went to the study to deal with his own affairs.

Unexpectedly, an unexpected person, Xiao Kun, came to the study.

He sat in front of the chessboard, on which was a chess endgame that Zhao Shen had set up when he and his left and right hands were playing chess.

Xiao Kun didn't know how long he had been there. He was watching intently with his chin supported by one hand.

Zhao Shen sat down opposite him and had tea served before asking, "What are you doing here?"

Xiao Kun's gaze was still on the chessboard as he said calmly, "It's New Year's Day, and I don't feel like being alone. I don't know where to go, but I figured I'd come sit with you since I'm the only one I know well in the capital."

Zhao Shen took a sip of tea slowly, placed the teacup on the table, and then said, "I don't know you well."

Xiao Kun didn't care: "Wouldn't it be better if we met a few more times? I helped you a lot before, you wouldn't be completely ungrateful, right?"

Zhao Shen said without any emotion: "I thanked you before."

Xiao Kun looked up at him and said with a smile, "You are so boring. I don't know why Xiao Shu would be willing to marry you."

Xiao Kun had said this before, but Zhao Shen didn't take it seriously. At that time, he and Ji Yunshu had just gotten married. Although they had reached some tacit understanding, there was no real affection between them.

But now, Zhao Shen felt that these words were a bit harsh. He remembered Xiao Kun's words about saving his life, and said with a gloomy look in his eyes: "She likes me very much."

Xiao Kun was stunned for a moment and quickly said, "Really? I heard that she was drugged and slept with the emperor last night, and you didn't care?"

Zhao Shen held a chess piece in his hand and said calmly, "Well, I helped her get rid of the medicine. Even if something really happened, it wasn't her fault. I won't let my loved ones be sad and my enemies be happy."

Xiao Kun was silent for a moment before he said, "I didn't realize you were such a romantic. Your Changxing Marquisate has produced romantics from generation to generation, but haven't you understood what happened with your father? Even the deepest love can't withstand calculations."

Lord Zhao only loved Zhao Shen’s biological mother all his life, but so what?

Madam Shen died young, and the wife of the Marquis's mansion in recent years has been Yao.

What if Lord Zhao doesn't love Yao at all? Does Yao care about him?

Zhao Shen said firmly: "We are different."

Xiao Kun ignored his words. Everyone in this world thinks they are different, but what is different about them?

He changed the subject and said, "I gave you such a good reason to investigate Yao, why didn't you do it? Do you really like her to be your stepmother?"

Zhao Shen took a deep breath. He felt that Ji Yunshu was right. This person was as annoying as ever.

"I told you, I won't do anything that would only please my enemies and cause them grief. What did Yao do to make you so eager to see her and Zhao Heng ruined?"

Xiao Kun looked at the chessboard for a long time, moved a chess piece, shook his head and chuckled, "What's the point of playing chess with yourself? I don't think you even know who is your friend and who is your enemy."

Zhao Shen also took a step forward: "It's enough for me to know that you are not kissing me."

Xiao Kun weighed the chess piece in his hand, but didn't make a move for a long time. "You are really difficult to deal with. If Yao had known this would happen, she would definitely regret having only thrown you off your horse instead of killing you directly."

"I've investigated and there's no evidence to suggest she was responsible for what happened back then. She didn't even have a hand in my mother's affairs. In the end, the blame fell on the Second House, and the Marquisate fell apart. What good will this do me?"

Xiao Kun stared at the chessboard in front of him: "So, for the sake of family harmony, you plan to swallow your anger and let your mother die with regrets?"

Zhao Shen shook his head: "No, no matter what I do, my mother will not survive, so there is no need for me to rush and fall into your trap."