Chapter 19 Chapter 19 A Room of Spring
The room was filled with the languid atmosphere of spring. The burning candle flame had dimmed at some point, and a thick layer of wax accumulated under the candle. The light of the light blue made the shadows of a man and a woman appear extremely long.
The woman sat on the man's lap, her soft and boneless hands climbing up his broad and strong shoulders. She was obviously exhausted and out of breath, but she refused to give up. She kept sucking and biting his gorgeous red lips, as if she was tasting some delicious delicacy.
Li Cheng's body stiffened, his usually shrewd and sharp eyes now tinged with a watery gleam, gleaming in the candlelight. Clearly, the woman was drunk, but now, facing her aggressive and deliberate attack, he felt like he was also quite drunk.
Very fragrant, very soft, and slightly cool.
Liang Hanzhang's arms around his neck gradually lost strength, and when her body leaned back, the man's big, bony hands tightly grasped her slender waist.
Soon, the prince's natural male consciousness gradually awakened, and the initiative in this contest soon fell into Li Cheng's hands. Like a gourmet smelling delicious food, he followed the woman's soft lips and explored them continuously, conquering the city and the pond.
Under the fierce attack, the women were already defeated.
She leaned against the prince's arms, panting, her eyes hazy. His petite body was easily held in his embrace. Her pink fingertips slid along the precious gold fabric, deep into the collar. The man's scorching chest touched her slightly cool fingertips. His face gradually became stained with lust.
Liang Hanzhang bit his round earlobe, breathing sweet orchids into his ear, her delicate voice like a poison that could destroy everything in its path. She shifted her body unbearably, her voice tinged with tears: "Your Highness, I'm so hot..."
With a bang, brilliant fireworks exploded in Li Cheng's mind, and he felt his consciousness and rationality gradually dissipate. The neatly dignified crown prince, like a banished immortal, now held the woman who was constantly making trouble on his lap, his elegant and proper clothes already hanging loosely on his body.
Messy and decadent.
Smelling the delicate fragrance that belonged only to women, he grabbed the restless little hand in his arms, stood up, picked up Liang Hanzhang and walked to the bed in the inner room.
The woman seemed extremely hot, beads of sweat already forming on her forehead, and her hot breath quickly turned his neck red. Facing the woman who was bucking in his arms, Li Cheng's eyes flushed as he feigned a scolding, "Behave yourself."
The only response he got was a woman's sobbing voice.
Li Cheng felt like he was going crazy. He strode forward with the woman in his arms, opened the bed curtains, and gently placed her on top. His heavy body immediately pressed down on top.
He stared at the woman beneath him, her beauty radiant with lust. His mind briefly returned, and he paused to untie her belt. What was wrong with him? Why was he so abnormal today? He wasn't intoxicated by love like he was at Fengle Tower, so why was he feeling so hot and uncomfortable, unable to resist sticking to the charming and soft woman, trying to grab more of her?
What happened to him? Is he drunk too? Or is there something wrong with the blood-red wine given by the Queen Mother?
While he was stunned, the woman under him had already hummed impatiently. She put her small hand on his shoulder to make him stick to her, and murmured absentmindedly: "Your Highness, Your Highness..." The sound was pleasing to his ears.
After hearing her words, Li Cheng could no longer bear it. He took off his gentle disguise on the surface, and finally revealed his deep desire for possession and plunder.
The night was hazy, and the food on the table in the main hall had already turned cold while the bed on the other side was warm and full of spring sunshine.
Everything happened so naturally. The man's clothes had been thrown to the end of the bed, revealing his muscular upper body. Darkness was slowly swallowing up his sanity. Li Cheng's head was resting on it when he suddenly heard the woman beneath him scream, "It hurts!"
Li Cheng shuddered, his eyes fixed on her beautiful face. She stared blankly at a point on the ceiling, clearly unaware of what was happening. He fiddled with the black hair covering her face, his gaze gradually becoming clearer.
When he saw the red marks on her neck that she had bitten herself, the wound looked even more horrific against her snow-white skin, and blood was oozing out.
Li Cheng was horrified and suddenly stood up from the bed. Looking at the messy bed where the drunken and seductive woman lay, he suddenly felt a deep regret in his heart.
How could he... do such a ridiculous thing again? The union of yin and yang, the joy of love and sex, is one of life's greatest pleasures. Such pleasures should occur when both men and women are in love and conscious, not in a muddled state like this, allowing their desires to take over.
He had already forced her the first time. After so many days, was he going to repeat the same mistake?
He was conscious, but she was already drunk and unconscious. What was the point of such a pleasure? If I took advantage of her, I would be no different from a jackal, tiger or leopard.
The man's face turned pale. He hurriedly put on his clothes and was about to leave. After hesitating for a moment, he turned back and carefully carried Liang Hanzhang to the inside of the bed, covered him with the quilt, tucked in the corners, and then pretended to be gloomy before leaving.
With a "creak", the door of the hall opened. Li Cheng saw Li Fu waiting outside and ordered: "Go find a medical officer to come to Zhilanju to diagnose the queen's condition."
"Is the Queen ill?" Li Fu was shocked. She was fine just now, how could she suddenly fall ill now?
Li Cheng's gaze evaded, his fingers awkwardly pinching the jade pendant at his waist. He said in a deep voice, "I need someone with excellent medical skills and who's good at treating poisons..."
"What? The Queen has been poisoned?!" Li Fu's face turned pale with fear. This was the Eastern Palace, the residence of the crown prince of the Jin Dynasty. Countless Azure Dragon Guards guarded it in secret. It was unbelievable that a thief could sneak in and poison her.
Li Cheng paced with his hands behind his back, trying to organize his words and letting the evening breeze dispel the romantic feelings in his heart. After a moment's hesitation, he replied, "Your Majesty has a special constitution, which must be incompatible with the blood-red wine given by your mother. You should quickly find an imperial physician who is knowledgeable in pharmacology."
"I obey your command!" Li Fu knew the situation was urgent, so he threw the whisk in his hand over his shoulder and then trotted over to invite him in person.
Li Cheng gazed at the crescent moon in the sky, his mind racing to the image of the wound on the woman's neck. Such a private wound, if the imperial physicians had seen it… a surge of displeasure welled up in him. But he couldn't rest easy without an imperial physician, so he called out to Li Fu, "We need to find a female physician."
Li Fu paused and saw the frown on the prince's face. He knew that this was a serious matter and he dared not neglect it. He bowed and replied, "I know."
The night wind picked up, stirring the hem of the man's flowing robe. Standing outside the hall, he could see the barely touched meal on the main hall table. It hadn't been that long, yet the moods between then and now were so different.
He no longer had the courage to step into the palace.
Not far away, Chunfen and Xiazhi, who had been caned, dragged themselves towards them, their dresses stained with blood from the lashes. Seeing the gloomy-looking man standing outside the hall, the two men shuddered with fear, but they still bravely stepped forward and knelt in obeisance, "Long live Your Highness."
Li Cheng just remembered that he had previously instructed the two to come back to express his gratitude after being caned. He was not in the mood to deal with them at the moment, so he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Your Majesty is not feeling well. Please come back another day."
Then the two of them left again with great respect.
Chunfen and Xiazhi were arrogant and disrespectful to their superiors, while Qiufen harbored ill intentions and was unworthy of being appointed. Li Cheng glanced at Dongzhi, who was kneeling beside him. Dongzhi was too young to care for Fengyi. Fengyi needed a few steady people to look after him to prevent any mishaps.
He thought for a moment and instructed the eunuch Li Gui beside him: "Go to the side courtyard and invite Madam Sun and Madam Liu. From now on, let the two madams take care of the Empress' daily life."
The two Nannies Sun and Liu were sent by the Queen when he first moved into the Prince's Mansion. Like Nanny Song, the two Nannies had served the Queen personally for many years.
Li Cheng didn't like to be served by others, and since Li Futing was already employed, there was no need for the two maids, who had been kept in the side courtyard for many years. In this situation, it would be better to let them take care of Fengyi, which would make the best use of them.
As for the Autumnal Equinox, send it directly to the farm.
Li Gui bowed in agreement, thinking to himself, His Highness truly treats the Empress exceptionally well. Second Matron Sun Liu was an elder member of the Empress's entourage, someone even His Highness had to respect. Now, with such finality, she had been assigned to serve the Empress.
It seems that the Queen's blessings are not limited to this.
Li Cheng was distraught and wanted to go back to the front courtyard, but the female doctor Li Fu had hired had not yet returned. He didn't know Liang Hanzhang's condition and didn't dare to leave rashly, so he had to stand in the courtyard outside the palace.
The female medical officer finally arrived. She was a woman about the same age as Li Fu. After carefully taking Fengyi's pulse, she returned to the prince and reported: "Your Majesty is fine. It's just that your body is hot after drinking some blood-red wine. I will prescribe some cooling and heat-dispersing medicine for your Majesty and you will be fine."
"Then...what about the wound on her neck?" Li Cheng had his back to the medical officer and couldn't see the expression on his face.
The medical officer wondered why His Highness didn't go in and see it himself if he was so worried, but since the other party was the crown prince, he didn't dare to speak casually. He replied respectfully: "The wound on Your Majesty's neck is very small. I have bandaged it carefully just now. It will be fine."
Hearing this, Li Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around and looked down at the medical officer, asking his doubts: "I also drank wine, is there any problem with this blood-red wine?"
The medical officer carefully raised his head to glance at the Crown Prince, and saw the red marks on his neck that were exactly the same as those on Empress Fengyi. He lowered his head as if his eyes were pricked by needles, as if he had discovered something serious, and replied carefully:
"Blood-red wine is a famous foreign wine, and its effects are the same as those of deer blood wine. Both can strengthen the yang of men and the yin of women. If Your Highness is worried, I will prescribe a plaster for you, and you will be fine after taking it."
So that's it. He should have guessed it was the wine. He recalled the puzzled look on the emperor's face in Qianyuan Hall, and his mother's repeated instructions before he left that the wine be consumed with Fengyi. All these strange behaviors now had an explanation.
He was not good at drinking, and knew even less about wine, which was why the emperor and empress took advantage of him.
Li Cheng's eyes were complicated, his brows were raised, and his eyes were full of suspicion.
He hates others interfering in his backyard affairs the most.
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The holiday passed by so quickly, I'm so sad [burst crying][burst crying]
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