Chapter 56

Gu Yanling was still crying when she was held in his arms.

Xiao Xinghan used his fingertips to stroke his tear-soaked eyelashes. Seeing him tremble, he finally let him go and patted his back, coaxing him, "Okay, stop crying and watch your eyes."

Gu Yanling recovered and looked up from Xiao Xinghan's arms to glare at him, trying to accuse him of his crimes with her eyes, but her watery eyes had no deterrent power at all, and instead added a bit of anger, just wanting people to cherish her.

Before Xiao Xinghan could relieve his urge to eat, he lowered his head and kissed him on the lips, and soon pushed him down on the bed.

Gu Yanling naturally knew what he wanted to do. He had gone too far just now, and he couldn't bear it anymore. "No, don't."

Xiao Xinghan: "Not going in."

Gu Yanling covered her face with shame, knelt down, and let Xiao Xinghan play with her as he pleased.

The aggressive eagle was pecking outside annoyingly.

…

Half an hour later, Gu Yanling was sweating all over. She looked at Xiao Xinghan with a small look, but dared not say anything.

Xiao Xinghan pinched his cheek and said, "I'll take you to take a bath."

Gu Yanling didn't want to join him, fearing that the bastard would get interested again while washing. "I'll wash it myself."

Xiao Xinghan knew what he was thinking: "I won't touch you."

Gu Yanling didn't believe him.

Xiao Xinghan deliberately put on a stern face: "You dare not listen to me?"

Gu Yanling immediately became intimidated and followed him to the bathroom with a wronged look on her face. Xiao Xinghan knew that he was not used to being served, so he asked Li Youfu to lead the servants out. Gu Yanling ignored him, took off her clothes by herself, and quickly got into the pool.

Xiao Xinghan found it funny to see him being on guard against him, so he walked over to him, and without saying anything, he held him on his lap, touching his skin that was as smooth as water. Although his skin color was a little darker before, the feel was the same, and he couldn't let go.

Gu Yanling thought he wanted to come again and said angrily, "Why are you acting like you can't get enough?"

It is no exaggeration to say that it is like a dog that has been hungry for many years, suddenly encountering a large bowl of meat bones, and can't wait to chew the bones into pieces and eat them into its stomach.

Xiao Xinghan sneered: "I haven't even eaten yet, how can I talk about being full?"

The two of them had been apart for so long that Xiao Xinghan was almost feeling depressed. After accumulating feelings for so long, he was afraid that if they really did it, Gu Yanling would faint from crying.

Gu Yanling: “…”

Gu Yanling didn't dare to mention it again, for fear that he would start eating if he said so. Xiao Xinghan saw his eyes darting around and thought it was cute, so he kissed his lips again, but only briefly.

Xiao Xinghan: "I'll take you horseback riding tomorrow when I'm free."

Gu Yanling remembered what he said about giving her a Ferghana horse, and she became interested. However, she was too embarrassed to bring it up, as it would seem like she cared too much about it. So she hinted, thinking she was being very clever, "Oh, a horse. Riding an ordinary horse isn't that interesting."

Xiao Xinghan's face immediately turned cold: "Really? Last time when you were riding with others, I saw you were quite happy."

Gu Yanling scratched her face. Seeing that he didn't understand the deeper meaning of her words, she cursed him in her heart for being so stupid. He wasn't smart when he should have been!

However, Xiao Xinghan suddenly became unhappy, and the atmosphere suddenly became cold. Gu Yanling felt that he was too moody now. It was obvious that they were very affectionate just now. She got off his lap with a pout, wiped herself with a handkerchief, sniffed her nose, and sighed in her heart that the imperial family was the most ruthless.

Xiao Xinghan: "..."

Gu Yanling quickly finished washing herself: "I will go and call Li Youfu to come in and help Your Highness bathe."

Xiao Xinghan sighed inwardly, thinking why would he get angry with this heartless guy? He pulled him over and said, "It's boring to ride an ordinary horse. I've kept the Ferghana horse for you."

Gu Yanling was still upset, but when he mentioned this, she knew that he had understood what she meant, but he was pretending not to understand. It was really too much. However, she finally explained: "The last time I rode horses, it was boring. I didn't participate in their horse racing."

Xiao Xinghan: "Really?"

Gu Yanling nodded.

Xiao Xinghan was too lazy to pursue these trivial matters. As long as Gu Yanling stayed by his side, he would not care about anything else, including the previous deception and escape.

In fact, what really bothered him was that Gu Yanling had never thought of looking for him in the month since she came to Beijing.

Xiao Xinghan asked calmly, "Where's the jade pendant?"

Even though Xiao Xinghan had recognized him, Gu Yanling still decided to deny it, mainly because she was afraid that he would bring up the past, so she played dumb and asked, "What jade pendant?"

In the past few years, Xiao Xinghan has always used the fact that Gu Yanling left with nothing but the jade pendant he gave her to prove that Gu Yanling still had him in her heart.

Now thinking about it, it is indeed a bit ridiculous. He came to the capital but never thought of looking for me.

I guess I don’t know where I lost the jade pendant.

Xiao Xinghan pretended to be generous and said calmly, "Nothing."

Gu Yanling felt that Xiao Xinghan was unhappy. She wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. So she put her arms around Xiao Xinghan's neck and kissed him on the lips in a flattering manner.

Xiao Xinghan hugged him and kissed him back.

…

at night.

Gu Yanling thought of the agreement with An An, sat on the bed and said to Xiao Xinghan: "Your Highness, you are going to the morning court tomorrow, can I go home?"

Xiao Xinghan: "I won't be attending the morning court tomorrow. I'll take you to the outskirts of Beijing."

Gu Yanling: “…”

Xiao Xinghan didn't bother him tonight because he was concerned about his health.

"Why? Don't want to?"

Gu Yanling hesitated for a moment: "I don't really want to go out and play tomorrow - eh?"

Before he could finish his words, Xiao Xinghan had already started to untie the thin belt of his inner garment.

"Do, what?"

Xiao Xinghan: "Since you don't want to go out, that's perfect."

Seeing that he was serious, Gu Yanling wanted to cry but had no tears. She shook her head and said, "No, if you keep doing this, I'm going to have kidney yang deficiency!!!"

Xiao Xinghan: "If I'm weak, I'll make up for it."

Gu Yanling tugged at her clothes: "Wuwuwu, you bully me."

Xiao Xinghan looked down at him and said, "Why don't you want to go to the outskirts of Beijing? Didn't you always love going out and enjoying the fun?"

Gu Yanling said half-truthfully, "You passed away suddenly today. I was worried that my parents would get scared. As a son, I couldn't help my father, and I made my parents worry about me at such an old age. I am really unfilial."

I said this to myself and felt bad.

Seeing him cry, Xiao Xinghan raised his hand to wipe his tears, "Your father will know about this sooner or later."

"You've lied so much, why not just tell him the truth?"

Gu Yanling immediately stopped crying: "..."

Xiao Xinghan glared at him and said, "When I was looking for you, I sent someone to call your father over to question him. But he didn't know that I had searched all over Yangzhou for you."

Gu Yanling refused to meet his gaze, buried her face in the pillow, and said guiltily, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Xiao Xinghan didn't give him a chance to play dumb: "I will tell him that his son, in order to get Liu Qingsong punished, went to the trouble of disguising himself, sneaking into my residence under a false identity, and seducing him in every possible way—"

Gu Yanling raised her head quickly: "Nonsense! Who seduced me in every possible way? What's so tempting about my appearance? It's obviously you who came up with the idea! And you forced me to do it!!"

Xiao Xinghan: "Not pretending anymore?"

Gu Yanling: "You are completely slandering me! I approached you just to be your servant! It's clearly you—"

Xiao Xinghan interrupted indifferently, "Who bought that bundle of jade talismans? Who invited me to look at that illustrated guide? And who took the initiative to strip naked and crawl into my bed?"

Gu Yanling couldn't refute these things, and her face turned red with anger: "You, you are clearly making up stories!!"

Xiao Xinghan: "I did it, so there's nothing to be ashamed of, and there's no need to get angry."

Gu Yanlingqi cried.

Seeing this, Xiao Xinghan stopped teasing him: "Alright, I won't send anyone to tell your father about this, but you can find a chance to confess to him. I don't want to be seen as fickle and fickle."

Gu Yanling cried even harder: "If I don't tell you, my father will definitely beat me to death if he knows the truth."

In his father's eyes, he is now a victim of the Crown Prince's lust. If his father knew that he was the one who provoked the Crown Prince and abandoned him, his father would beat him to death before he died of rage, wuwuwu.

Xiao Xinghan: "He doesn't dare."

Gu Yanling looked at him with tears in her eyes: "You can control the heavens and the earth, but can you control how I teach my son?"

Xiao Xinghan said calmly, "Why not? You are the future Crown Princess, so your father cannot fight with you."

“…”

Gu Yanling thought she had misheard and asked, "What Crown Princess?"

When he was about to return to Beijing, Xiao Xinghan had already made this decision. Even if all difficulties were overcome, his Crown Princess could only be Gu Yanling. He had thought about the issue of offspring at that time. After he succeeded to the throne, he could pick some members of the Xiao family who had no maternal family to rely on, and send these children to the palace to be trained from a young age. There would always be suitable candidates for the Crown Prince.

"You are my own, so you are naturally the Crown Princess."

Seeing that Xiao Xinghan didn't seem to be lying, Gu Yanling held back for a long time and said, "Who wants to be your Crown Princess? Besides, I'm a man, how can I marry someone?"

Before Xiao Xinghan could speak, Gu Yanling grumbled again, "You said before that you wanted me to be your concubine."

Seeing his awkward look, Xiao Xinghan asked, "Really?"

Gu Yan exclaimed, "Yes! It was at Zhuangzi, the day after we had that moment!!"

Xiao Xinghan: "Remember it so clearly?"

Gu Yanling: "Who cares? It's ridiculous. Besides, can you decide who will be the Crown Princess alone?"

Xiao Xinghan said firmly: "My Crown Princess can only be you."

Gu Yanling was pleased to see that he spoke in a serious tone, and pursed her slightly upturned lips.

In fact, he didn't care about whether she was the Crown Princess or not. What he cared about was Xiao Xinghan's feelings for him. Although he didn't say it, he liked Xiao Xinghan after all. The other party was the Crown Prince. Even if he liked him now, who knew what would happen in the future? There were many beauties in the harems of those emperors.

However, Gu Yanling is also open-minded. Xiao Xinghan only has him now and has him in his heart, so he is willing to be good to him. If Xiao Xinghan has someone else in the future, he will run away.

However, Gu Yanling kept this in her heart and did not tell Xiao Xinghan.

Gu Yanling was a little shy and said vaguely: "Don't mention the Crown Princess matter for now. I just need to know your feelings."

Xiao Xinghan loved his cute little expression so much that he kissed his lips. He didn't leave in a hurry, but stroked his lips and looked at him: "You know my feelings, but I don't know yours yet."

Gu Yanling lowered her eyelashes, her ears reddened, and she said a little embarrassedly: "I, of course I feel the same way as you."

Xiao Xinghan: "Really?"

Gu Yanling: "When have I ever lied—"

Meeting Xiao Xinghan's playful eyes, Gu Yanling swallowed his words back. Haha, it seemed that he had not told many truths to Xiao Xinghan.

Xiao Xinghan obviously didn't quite believe him, and said sternly, "I'll give you one more chance. You have to prove to me how you feel about me."

Gu Yanling finally revealed his feelings, but he still acted like this. She pushed him away in anger and said, "Believe it or not!"

Seeing him like this, Xiao Xinghan finally felt a little better.

As long as he is in your heart, no matter how much, Gu Yanling can only be his.