Reading Spring Books Together

"I can identify the aphrodisiac inside. It's just one of the more potent ones on the market." Nianhua handed the book over and pointed at the flower in the painting. "A Hu merchant told me it's the Datura flower, a species unique to the country of Gujia. He also brought this book for me."

Yuanli took the book and flipped through it carefully. The mandala resembled an enlarged version of a morning glory, with irregular wavy edges and a pointed top.

It comes in many colors and blooms in July, making it highly ornamental, but the entire plant is poisonous, the fragrance of its flowers has a hallucinogenic effect, and its fruit seeds are the most toxic.

"That Hu merchant also told me that the Datura pollen mixed into my tranquilizing incense is an essence. Its effect is much stronger than that sold on the black market, and it is expensive. Mother Yu doesn't have that much money to buy it to cheat me. She is reluctant to spend the money, and she can't find a way to buy it, so it can only be from the useless third brother."

After asking all the questions they wanted to ask, the two reached a consensus and Yuanli said goodbye.

When she went downstairs, Qi Heng was sitting at the stairs with a gloomy face waiting for her. His brows relaxed slightly when he saw her coming down.

On the way back to Qi Mansion, Qi Heng still held her in his arms as he did when they came, his movements were intimate, but his face still maintained his signature icy expression.

For a moment, the atmosphere was heavy and Chu Xiao rarely kept silent.

Although he was in Cao's camp, his heart was with Han. When he returned to the mansion, although Yuanli followed Qi Heng closely, he was thinking about the case of the useless Sanlang.

So much so that when Qi Heng arrived at the study door, stopped, turned around and was about to close the door, Yuanli's eyes were still dull, and she bumped into his strong chest without any preparation.

Qi Heng put his arms around her back to protect her, but in the eyes of the people in the yard, it seemed that she was taking the initiative to throw herself into his arms.

"You were so distracted when you came back from the Moon Viewing Terrace. Could it be that you were still immersed in the charm of the Flower Picking Girl and couldn't extricate yourself?"

Qi Heng's words were filled with some displeasure and inexplicable anger.

Yuanli felt that his current mood was somewhat baffling. She was a woman, so could it be that he couldn't forget the feeling of being intimate with another prostitute?

Thinking of the girl from Wangyue Tower and his current attitude, Yuanli left his arms and replied unhappily, "Sir, what are you mad about? When you came back, you were silent and looked worried."

Qi Heng frowned and said quickly, "Why are you putting the blame on me? I'm worried because..."

Yuanli waited for him to explain, but he suddenly stopped and changed the subject, "Forget it. You were quick-witted during the autopsy, but why are you so clueless about this?"

Yuanli still didn't understand his inexplicable behavior, only to hear him say again: "Step back a few steps."

After saying that, Qi Heng closed the study door after she did as he asked.

Just as she was dazed, a slight cool breeze gave her goose bumps. Yuanli rubbed her arms to keep warm and quickly returned to her room.

However, just as she turned around and took a few steps, she vaguely heard the deliberately suppressed sound of a door opening behind her.

Yuanli guessed that it might be that guy who opened the door, but she was also annoyed, so she didn't let him turn around.

He returned to the room and called Chunyue and Qiuyue to change clothes and wash up. However, there were not only the two of them who came in, but also several more servants, each holding different utensils in their hands.

Although those are not as good as the ones distributed by Prince Wen’s Mansion, they are still things that only the master is qualified to use.

The larger the family, the faster news spread. After the old lady's outburst today, her marriage to Qi Heng was almost known to everyone.

Today, Qi Heng's attitude of defending her changed its meaning when it was passed on from mouth to mouth among the servants in the mansion, and it was turned into a story of love that is stronger than gold and will last forever.

There were many people in the mansion who were busy flattering her for their future. Now, without Qi Heng's special instructions, Yuanli was already taking on the role of the mistress of the house before they even got married.

She didn't have the energy to devote to this overwhelming enthusiasm for the time being. She couldn't help but think about the reason why Qi Heng was angry today, and she looked a little depressed.

Perhaps Chunyue saw the clue and said comfortingly, "From what I see, the master doesn't seem to be really angry with you today. It's more like a small quarrel between husband and wife to attract each other's attention."

"really?"

"Think about it, the head of the family is the Dali Temple Minister, a high-ranking official who judges serious criminals. If he were really angry, how could he be so gentle and let you get close to him?"

Yuanli just wanted to sigh at the speed of news spreading in this mansion. There were not many people around her when she went there. Even Chunyue in her room knew everything about her actions in his arms.

"Why don't you think carefully about what happened today and see if you neglected the Patriarch in any way, or if you did anything that made the Patriarch jealous."

Yuanli felt that what Chunyue said made sense, but after thinking carefully about the whole process of today, Yuanli still couldn't figure out the reason.

At night, Yuanli lay in bed holding the book, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

She wanted to tell him the secret of the book immediately, but she was still angry that he took his anger out on her for no reason.

After much thought, it was already midnight and Qi Heng should have fallen asleep. Yuanli sat up from the bed, holding the book, looking at the tunnel entrance and muttering to herself: "Go quickly and come back quickly, put it down and leave."

Yuanli skillfully walked from the tunnel to the entrance connected to Qi Heng's bed and listened carefully to the sounds. After confirming that the room was very quiet and he might have fallen asleep, she entered cautiously.

At this moment, the person on the bed was sleeping on his side, breathing evenly. After falling asleep, he looked much happier.

After taking off her shoes and socks, Yuanli tiptoed onto his bed, took out the book "Records of Romance in the Flower Garden" from her bosom and placed it under the pillow on the inside of his bed.

Yuanli looked down at his profile, which was as handsome as ever, except that Heng Jin's style was added to his life, which was not good.

She tentatively called out a few times, "Ah Heng." Seeing that the person on the bed had no response and was sleeping like a dead pig, Yuanli stretched out her finger and gently poked his face, which was soft.

Just as he was having fun, the anger in his heart disappeared, and the person on the bed moved restlessly, and the quilt slipped off as he turned over and lay down.

Yuanli subconsciously reached out to pull the quilt for him, but before she touched the corner of the quilt that had slipped down to his chest, the dead pig opened his eyes and looked at her straight.

"Are you so persistent in climbing into my bed?"

Embarrassment surged in Yuanli's heart, and she wanted to die and just get off the bed and run away.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she raised her buttocks, Qi Heng sat up swiftly and pulled her into his arms to lie on his thighs. He held her wrists with his right hand and rested his left hand on the back of her neck to hold her in his arms.

After a moment of silence, Qi Heng bent down and Yuanli held her breath and dared not move.

But he didn't place a light kiss on her lips as she expected, but buried his head in her neck, and the hand that was restraining him led her to hook his neck.

Yuanli could hear the pounding heartbeat, not from her own, but from him who had no memory.

"Ari, why aren't you jealous?"

Although Qi Heng's tone was filled with anger and accusation, it was more filled with grievance and loss.

He was facing Wen Yici's face and making such intimate gestures towards her. Yuanli was completely helpless and her heart softened instantly.

Even, I am particularly moved.

It turned out that he was angry because he was not jealous.

"Ah Heng, you..."

"Did I do something wrong that made you... dislike me? Or maybe you don't like the me now."

"It's clearly Ah Heng's fault. That girl from Wangyue Tower...was almost touching you, and you didn't even try to hide..."

There were countless girls approaching him. Before Yuanli's jealousy had subsided, Qi Heng rubbed her neck like a puppy.

"It's not that I'm not hiding. I just want to see if you'll be jealous... or not. If you really care about me."

During the day, all the jealousy disappeared in his childish behavior.

"So you're willing to vent your anger on me?"

"I couldn't bear to let go, so I couldn't sleep at night." Qi Heng buried his head deeper, and said softly with a hint of coquettishness in his voice: "I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have taken my anger out on my wife. I won't dare to do it again."

The familiar feeling returned, and Yuanli was stunned, her heart slightly sour. Tonight, he was completely different from the usual Qi Heng.

He left her neck and looked at her with eyes full of affection. The corners of his eyes and eyebrows were curved into extremely gentle arcs with his smile.

Sitting up from his arms, Qi Heng gave her half of his quilt and wrapped her in warmth.

Under the quilt, a large and warm hand held her feet and pressed them against his thighs. She was afraid that she would freeze him, so she quickly pulled them back, but he grabbed her back and pressed them even tighter.

"Haven't you already eaten me up? We're getting married soon, and I'm covering my future wife's feet. Why are you being shy?"

"My parents haven't even agreed to marry you yet, and you're already calling me 'wife'. How shameless!"

"I'll let them see how well I treat you. If you marry me, you'll definitely win." Qi Heng pulled the quilt over her and pretended to be pitiful, saying, "I've given you my virginity. You have to be responsible for me."

After saying that, Qi Heng had taken out the book from under his pillow without him noticing when. "Huajian Zishilu..." Qi Heng opened the first page with confusion, and his expression immediately changed.

Seeing his misunderstanding, Yuanli rushed forward to grab the book and tried to explain it to him. Qi Heng held her in his arms and stretched out his arms to hold the book high.

After seeing it clearly, he asked seriously, "Ah Li, are you dissatisfied with my work? You're pointing fingers at me. In the middle of the night, you crawled through the tunnel and climbed into bed to stuff this manual under my pillow."

Without giving Yuanli a chance to explain, he came up and kissed her lips, even deliberately biting her lips as a warning, but then gently kissed her to comfort her after biting.

He didn't let her go until he kissed her until her body became limp and her cheeks became hot.

A man has his weaknesses, and you can't say he's incapable.

Yuanli coaxed gently, "I won't take it back. Give me the book and I'll show it to you."

Hearing this, Qi Heng thought silently, then said seriously: "If you like something that I don't know, you can just point it out to me."

Yuanli blushed and was speechless. She nodded helplessly and took the book. After carefully flipping through a few pages, Yuanli pointed to the small words at the bottom and handed it to him.

Unexpectedly, the guy only took a glance and said shockingly: "I used this posture yesterday, don't you remember?"