As Ye Wanqing was speaking, her voice suddenly stopped. She became much more sober in an instant, let go of the hand that was hooked around Murong Yan, and sat up straighter.
How could I tell him that Shen Xu was a girl?
Everyone in Yong'an City knew that Chen Xu was the heir of a marquisate and received the salary of a tutor to the crown prince. If this were to be made known, wouldn't it be a crime of deceiving the emperor?
Murong Yan was still mumbling in a daze. He stretched out his hands and hugged the person in his arms, "What secret is it..."
Ye Wanqing stammered and couldn't say anything, and gave a vague reason.
Murong Yan suddenly grabbed her shoulders, made her look at him, and tried to speak clearly: "Miss Ye...can you marry me? Even if it means using Ah Xu's body...is that okay?"
Ye Wanqing was stunned, her eyes suddenly reddened. It turned out that Murong Yan liked Chen Xu, and she was afraid that others would not be able to accept that she liked a younger brother, so she had never dared to say it...
He didn't know that Shen Xu was a girl, so he felt entangled and sad.
If one of them bravely took that step, they might really get married, and Shen Xu would become the Crown Princess, and then the mother of the country.
But all this turned into an eternal regret because she and Shen Xu exchanged bodies.
The good things about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fu Yi should have belonged to Shen Xu. In the final analysis, he was an outsider...
"But, I'm not Shen Xu. I can't make a crossbow, I don't know other languages, I can never be her... I can't..."
Murong Yan staggered to his feet, hugged her tightly, and said in great pain: "I know you are not him. I like you, not him. But you can't go back, and neither can he. I want to be with you, but... we can only be together like this, even if we can't be accepted by others... even if there will be no result..."
Ye Wanqing pushed hard against Murong Yan who was hugging her tightly, fearing that he would lose his balance and throw her to the ground.
She shook her head sadly, choking with sobs, and said, "Chen Xu is already dead. This is meaningless!"
"It's meaningful, it's meaningful. You're still alive. It's good that you're alive." Murong Yan let go of her, held her face and repeated, "It's good that you're alive!"
"What's the point of me living? I'm not her replacement. I can never be the person you like. She's dead!" Ye Wanqing felt mixed emotions. She angrily waved his hand away and staggered away.
"Miss Ye, don't go..." Murong Yan grabbed her wrist, hugged her neck tightly, and leaned over to kiss her lips.
His kiss was passionate, overbearing, and extremely aggressive. The hand that held her back tightly clamped her tightly, preventing her from breaking free. The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time also burst out in this deep kiss. He no longer wanted to care about any moral principles, nor did he want to be timid because of his status as a prince.
Although the alcohol paralyzed his body, he felt that his mind was now unusually clear. His desire was infinitely magnified by the strong love in his heart. The girl he loved was still alive, living in his brother's body. It was her he kissed, and it was also her he loved, the eldest daughter of the Ye family...
Ye Wanqing felt a pang of pain in her heart. The strong smell of alcohol spread in her mouth and turned into an electric current that extended to her limbs and bones, making her feel flustered and a tingling sensation ran through her body.
She likes Murong Yan, but Murong Yan likes Chen Xu. Although she is now occupying Chen Xu's body, it is still not her. She doesn't care about being a substitute for others and enjoying the love that is given away.
Although she didn't want it, she was jealous. She was jealous of Chen Xu's life, jealous that Chen Xu could receive such a deep and passionate love from the person he loved...
She finally fell into this passionate kiss and gradually lost herself. She decided to deceive herself for once, to persuade herself to play the role of Shen Xu well and become the real Shen Xu.
Ye Wanqing put her arms around Murong Yan's back and looked up to respond to his kiss. She didn't care whether Shen Xu liked it or not, she really liked it.
The two hugged and kissed for a long time until they heard a noise outside the courtyard, and then they let go of each other.
"Qingqing..." Murong Yan reluctantly let her go and called her name gently. "Although you and Ah Xu have switched bodies, you ended up by my side. I don't know if this is lucky or unfortunate, but I want to be brave for once and not let go."
"Eh?" Ye Wanqing blushed. She raised her hand to rub her aching head. "Don't talk for now. Let me smooth it over..."
"Don't stroke it. I like you and want to be with you, Qingqing." Murong Yan grabbed her wrist that was rubbing her forehead and clearly expressed what he wanted to express again.
"Who do you say you like?"
"you."
"Then who am I?"
"Qingqing."
Ye Wanqing shook her hands and denied it: "No, no, no, I am Shen Xu."
Murong Yan blushed, looking at her firmly, his voice soft and gentle: "It doesn't matter, I will fight for it."
At this time, Nanny Jiang came over with an unhappy look on her face and said in a stiff tone, "Come here, help His Highness and the Prince go back to their rooms to rest."
The two returned to their room with blushing faces. Nanny Jiang prepared the bath water for Ye Wanqing and ordered the maids to stand guard outside the door and not let anyone in.
She walked over to Ye Wanqing, held her arm and undressed her, then asked sternly, "Where did the prince go today?"
Seeing Nanny Jiang blaming her, Ye Wanqing suddenly felt unhappy and asked with her head tilted, "Where's A Rao? I want A Rao to serve me."
"Arao drank the antidote today and is feeling unwell, so she has already rested."
Nanny Jiang didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she sternly instructed, "Prince, please don't run around next time. Today, I've sent everyone in the mansion to look for you. Madam wants you to remember that you are the prince of the Tingnan Marquisate and the second son of the Fu family, the richest family in the southern region. If anything happens, I won't be able to explain to Madam."
Ye Wanqing frowned, waved her hand away, and took off her clothes on her own, complaining: "Madam, madam, you can't do this, you can't go that, is she really my mother?"
She took off her corset and threw it to the ground angrily. "You want me to wear a corset again? And you want me to be accomplished in both literature and martial arts? I'm not a god, how can I do that? You let me stay in this mansion forever, without freedom, at the mercy of others. What's the point?"
"Sir, Madam has her reasons for asking you to do this."
Seeing Ye Wanqing angry, Nanny Jiang couldn't help but frown, "Sir, you can't drink so much in the future. Too much talk will lead to mistakes!"
Ye Wanqing held onto the edge of the tub, panting, "What's the point? But I'm eighteen, my voice will get shrill, I'll have my period, and someone will find out one day. Besides, if I'm like this, will she plan for me to get married or become a eunuch in the palace?"
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