A loud "bang" was heard.

An Yuan'er used all her strength to slap Gu Chuzhi hard across the face.

Her eyes were filled with disgust: "Gu Chuzhi, you truly disgust me. The last bit of good image I had of you has vanished in an instant. I truly regret it now; I must have been blind in my past life to actually like you?"

Only now did An Yuan'er see Gu Chuzhi's true colors, his ugly and greedy face hidden beneath his refined appearance.

Caught off guard, Gu Chuzhi felt a burning pain on his face. He immediately lashed out, raising his hand high, ready to slap the girl in front of him.

His noble face had never been slapped.

He said fiercely, "Yuan Yuan, don't think that just because I spoil you, you can do whatever you want."

At the last moment before Gu Chuzhi's slap landed on An Yuan'er's face, he stopped.

He suppressed his anger and said in a low voice, "I love you so much, how could I bear to hit you?"

"Consider this slap as a debt I owed you in a past life, now I'm repaying it to you. Playful bickering between husband and wife is part of the fun."

“But Yuan Yuan, if you don’t behave, I’m going to have to be ruthless. I am your husband after all. If a husband’s authority is not upheld, how can he manage a household?”

These words were disgusting, and the person in front of her was even more disgusting. An Yuan'er couldn't help but gag.

An Yuan'er's disdain triggered Gu Chuzhi, who was on the verge of exploding in rage.

He immediately took action, beginning to suppress and force An Yuan'er, saying emphatically, "In two lifetimes, we've only been husband and wife in name, not in reality. Yuan Yuan now despises her husband. I think only by making this relationship real will you know who your true master is?"

With the banquet so noisy and chaotic, who would bother to go to the quiet and deserted Imperial Garden?

"This is the imperial palace, Gu Chuzhi, what do you intend to do?"

Gu Chuzhi licked his lips and said ambiguously, "Yuanyuan, what do you think I want to do?"

"The Imperial Garden is a great place for secret trysts; it's quite exciting!"

With a "crack," came the sound of An Yuan'er's outer garment being torn. Gu Chuzhi, who was usually the most refined and proper man, had now turned into a beast and pounced on An Yuan'er.

The darkness was oppressive and suffocating, and the person in front of me felt so heavy.

Mischievous hands, burning hot lips, an aura that doesn't belong to Yi Chenli.

An Yuan'er instinctively cried out for help: "Help, help..."

Gu Chuzhi smiled smugly: "Yuanyuan, your husband will take good care of you, what are you afraid of?"

"Besides, it won't do you any good no matter how much you scream. No one will come to save you."

Men are so strong, and An Yuan'er is, after all, just a woman.

A scholar can be killed but not humiliated.

The struggle only served to amuse the men; An Yuan'er desperately bit her tongue, the taste of blood filling the air...

At the same time.

The person on top of her suddenly clutched their head and collapsed.

The powerful pressure disappeared.

"Yuan'er, I'm late."

Lan Jingtang couldn't find An Yuan'er for a long time and was worried that something had happened to her. He searched the Imperial Garden but couldn't find the girl. When he heard her cries for help, he rushed over. The scene in front of him drove him crazy. Without thinking, he picked up a wooden stick and swung it at Gu Chuzhi's head.

Fortunately, Lan Jingtang made it in time.

Lan Jingtang hugged the trembling girl in his arms and comforted her, "Yuan'er, it's alright. I'm here. No one will bully you."

At this moment, An Yuan'er's two-year-long facade of strength was completely shattered.

She fell into a trance, her body trembling instinctively, and she screamed in a tearful voice, "Ah Li, Ah Li, Yuan'er is so scared."

"Yuan'er misses you. Please come back."