Chapter 102 Bonus Chapter (1): Skill Swap
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Yun Kui has recently noticed that His Highness the Crown Prince is acting very strangely.
He seemed to know what he was thinking.
When she was being tested, she would silently pray for something she didn't want to be tested, but what she feared always came to pass. For example, she could recite all the other chapters of the "Da Ya" section of the Book of Songs very well, but she just couldn't get through the chapter "Sang Rou," and that was the one he was going to test her on.
For example, when he wants it, he deliberately doesn't give it to her. When she feels astringent and painful, he will stop before she even cries out, and lick it to moisten it or use an ointment. He can even accurately judge whether she is really tired or just playing hard to get, even though she keeps refusing verbally...
That night, almost at the very end, she suddenly longed for him to kiss her. The feeling was so strong that she bit her lip tightly, not daring to say it. But the man suddenly stopped, looked at her with deep eyes, and then leaned down to kiss her forcefully.
Overwhelmed by a sense of loss for life and death, she gripped the mattress tightly, the brocade fabric almost tearing through with her fingernails.
She didn't hold out for long before committing a grave offense of disrespect.
At the same time, she was also very suspicious. Under normal circumstances, he would not stop easily even if she begged for mercy during the last half cup of tea time, or even if the bed collapsed. But this time, he suddenly stopped and satisfied her when she most wanted to kiss him.
The man casually pulled out her undergarment and stuffed it into her hands, then rubbed her face. "Sweetie, wipe my face."
She looked at him closely and realized that his face was almost completely wet, with water droplets hanging from his chin sliding into his clothes, and a small patch on the front of his shirt was also wet.
Her wrists were weak, and there were faint red marks from when he tied them with his belt. He could only wipe them away little by little from her forehead with his hand.
As she wiped her lips, she remembered what those thin, soft lips had just done, and her cheeks flushed red. "Your Highness..."
She wanted to ask him how he guessed what she wanted, but she thought the mind-reading techniques in the storybooks were too incredible, so she could only guess that perhaps her body's instincts had revealed her desire.
Later, something else confirmed her that he had definitely heard her thoughts—
The young prince shaved his beard.
She was so shocked when she saw it that she couldn't speak. The Crown Prince let her look until her face turned a deep purplish-red with veins bulging. Only then did the Crown Prince ask in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"
While experiencing a strong visual shock, Yun Kui was also incredibly stunned. She strongly suspected that he knew she had thought yesterday that the young prince was too rugged and wondered if he would look better without those whiskers. So today, he cleaned up the excess hairs. Otherwise, she really couldn't understand why the dignified Crown Prince would do such a thing...
The crown prince's throat bobbed, his gaze dark and intense: "Try again?"
Yun Kui, however, dared not try again.
Without that thick gloom, the young prince rose from nothing to become a powerful figure, his influence growing ever stronger. His bright, dark eyes stared at her intently, like a beast devouring everything in the dim candlelight.
Yun Kui's legs went weak, and she tried to get out of bed and run away, but someone stopped her and pulled her back.
She was on the verge of tears: "Your Highness, do you think this looks good?"
The crown prince lowered his eyes and glanced at it. "You don't like it?"
Yun Kui looked at the little prince, whose face was even longer than hers, pursed her cherry-like lips, and gave an awkward smile: "Your Highness, do you think I can eat that much?"
The crown prince seemed to realize this, and indeed... it was not very realistic.
He stared at himself in silence. Yun Kui couldn't discern his emotions. Had she spoken unkindly, or had she shown excessive disdain?
Indeed, if a man's second face is told he's ugly, and he even goes to great lengths to groom himself before opening for business in order to please her, but is still not well received, his self-esteem will surely be hurt, right?
Thinking of this, she tried to be tactful and comforted him, saying, "Actually, it's not that it's ugly, it's...it's majestic. Yes, Your Highness should be proud of it."
The crown prince's voice was deep: "So that's liking?"
"You...you like it?" Yun Kui's slightly curved lips instantly flattened. "Oh, of course I like it. Your Highness, don't be discouraged. This is Your Highness's advantage. Perhaps others' looks are even worse..."
The Crown Prince didn't like hearing this. "If you like it, then kiss it. Haven't you kissed someone before? Kiss them like you're eating candy. I won't force you to kiss as many as you want."
Yun Kui had never seen such a big candy before, but she still gritted her teeth and agreed, "You said you wouldn't force me, so you can't press the back of my head later."
The prince, who was about to extend his hand, twitched and withdrew it. "Alright."
Yun Kui then lowered her head and kissed him.
The young prince loved being kissed by her. Just like when people are overjoyed and cry tears of happiness, she tasted the tears of soapberry, which had a slightly sweet flavor.
As if he were kissing himself, Yun Kui mischievously took a deep breath, and the man's breathing immediately became heavier.
A kiss wouldn't be a problem, but actually sitting on him was much more uncomfortable. The prince's chin, now shaved, was even more prickly, making Yun Kui feel like she was covered in thorns, unable to sit or stand still. Every time, she would tremble violently. "Your Highness, I can't do it like this..."
The prince stroked her reddened skin, his voice hoarse: "Do you want me to shave your head again next time?"
Yun Kui groaned incessantly, her legs trembling, completely incapacitated. But upon hearing these words, she was slightly jolted awake, looking at him in surprise, "How did Your Highness know..."
She dared only keep such private and disrespectful thoughts to herself; how could she easily tell others? She wouldn't even tell her dowry maid, so how did His Highness find out...?
The Crown Prince did not hide anything from her, saying, "I have had the ability to read minds since I was a child. I know what you are thinking."
Yun Kui stared in astonishment, her eyes widening: "Can it really read minds?"
Her face showed shock, and her body trembled. The Crown Prince was almost out of control because of her twisting. He patted her buttocks, and Yun Kui sat up obediently again.
"Telling her won't hurt," the Crown Prince said. "You can try if you don't believe me."
Yun Kui's mind was in a mess, not knowing where to start asking, when a reckless thought bravely popped into her head.
"You...you have such big pectoral muscles."
The prince's gaze was deep as he looked at his open robe, where the curve of his chest was indeed quite impressive.
Yun Kui noticed the change in his expression and was taken aback: "Does Your Highness really know what I'm thinking?"
However, upon closer examination, it does make sense.
Previously, whenever they made love, he was always impeccably dressed, never wanting to make himself look too disheveled, and even less willing to let her taste the sweetness of love. He was quite stingy, and she complained about it many times in her heart. Until one time, when the various guards in the capital held a dragon boat race, she maintained the dignity of a crown princess while watching from the stands, but in her heart, she was wildly attracted to the strong and muscular soldiers on the river. This man had somehow heard that she had this kind of taste, and for the first time, he took off his nightgown inside the bed curtains and placed her hand on his firm and full chest.
She went from being cautious and hesitant at first to now burying her whole face in it, and he barely tolerated and indulged her.
Now it seems, was it because of mind-reading ability that she knew she was drooling over those guards with eight-pack abs...?
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince frowned even more deeply, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Drooling with envy?"
Yun Kui's mind went blank for a moment. "Your Highness, I didn't..."
The crown prince coldly curled his lips and thrust forward forcefully: "Crazy heartbeat?"
"No!" Yun Kui's body trembled, and she immediately shook her head. "I was just... describing my feelings, no, I..."
The Crown Prince said in a deep voice, "Am I not enough for you to see?"
Yun Kui nodded hurriedly: "Enough! Enough!"
He truly knows what he's thinking!
Yun Kui gasped.
Thinking of his claim that he had the ability to read minds since childhood, she wondered if he had heard her secretly admiring his good looks every time she saw him before.
The crown prince glanced at her and said indifferently, "I heard you."
Yun Kui: !!!
So she secretly called him "Crown Prince Brother" since she was a child. Even though they had just gotten engaged and the formalities of marriage hadn't been completed, she was already calling him "Crown Prince Husband" in her heart, and he knew all of that.
The crown prince's gaze was deep and unfathomable. "I know."
Did he know that she secretly bought art books to study outside the palace and hid the store's prized possessions in the curio cabinet?
The crown prince looked as if he knew perfectly well: "Hmm."
Yun Kui wanted to cry but had no tears. She clenched her fists and resisted the urge to pound the bed. "Such a skill exists in the world... Your Highness is already extremely intelligent, and you can also see through people's hearts with mind-reading ability. Under heaven, who can escape your discerning eyes?"
The Crown Prince glanced at her indifferently: "You are no less impressive. Being able to peek into other people's dreams is quite a skill."
Yun Kui stared in disbelief: "Your Highness even knows this?"
Wouldn't that mean...?
The Crown Prince smiled enigmatically: "I also know that you rarely use your ability to enter dreams for good purposes. You mostly use it to watch other people being lovey-dovey."
Yun Kui gave a dry laugh: "N-no, I don't think so."
The Crown Prince raised an eyebrow: "You also dreamed of your father and mother."
Yun Kui felt like her sky had fallen, and she hurriedly tried to salvage the situation: "It's not up to me to decide whose dream I enter! It was Father and Mother who had this dream..."
The Crown Prince sneered, "So, it's Father and Mother who are at fault?"
Yun Kui: "I didn't say that! And every time I enter a dream, I stay far away from Father and Mother, so I don't peek!"
Crown Prince: "What about De Shun and his 'partner'?"
He knew that too!
Yun Kui: "Well... I was just curious about how eunuchs had sex, so I took a second look, but I didn't see it clearly!"
Crown Prince: "Where is Qin Ge?"
Yun Kui scratched her head: "He got married last month, and his mind is full of lovey-dovey thoughts. I see him working by your side every day, so naturally..."
Speaking of which, something suddenly occurred to me, "You didn't transfer him to the outer palace just because of this, did you?"
She hadn't seen Qin Ge for several days.
The crown prince's gaze was cold, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Yun Kui hurriedly defended herself: "Although I can see his dreams, I always remember my identity as the Crown Princess and have never overstepped my bounds!"
The prince gave her a hard nudge: "But you said he has a slim waist."
Yun Kui: !!!
"But... I don't remember?"
The Crown Prince's gaze was deep and serious: "How could I possibly have wronged you?"
Yun Kui: "I really don't remember. It's like seeing all sorts of people on the street, tall and short, fat and thin. I just made a casual comment, not really a casual comment, just something I thought of and then forgot about it. Does Your Highness really want to hold this against me?"
The prince said, "If you don't look at other men, you won't enter their dreams."
Yun Kui: "When I'm out and about, am I supposed to walk with my eyes closed? If it were Your Highness, would you never look at other women?"
The crown prince said frankly, "I am a married man, and I will not look at other women."
Yun Kui: "..."
She didn't speak, so the crown prince continued.
She was so uncomfortable from the stinging that she ejaculated early and became somewhat dehydrated. The prince fed her some tea and asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to shave your head next time?"
Yun Kui's voice was hoarse from crying, and she shook her head haphazardly: "No matter how it grows, I will never dislike it again."
The Crown Prince gave her a final warning: "I possess the ability to read minds, a fact known only to you in the world. It must not be revealed to anyone else, otherwise..."
Yun Kui nodded repeatedly.
But my emotions remained unsettled for a long time, and after falling asleep, I had another nightmare—
She dreamt that His Highness was shaving!
Upon waking up, I was overwhelmed with emotions and felt like crying but couldn't shed a tear.
"Damn it, why did I have to see this with my own eyes!"
The Crown Prince showed no sign of distress on his face. "What you think about during the day, you dream about at night. There's nothing I can do about it."
Yun Kui collapsed onto the bed, wailing and pounding on it.
Your Highness is right. She rarely uses her dream-entering skills for anything useful; they're almost always used for these kinds of scenes!
That's absolutely terrible.
On the other hand, his mind-reading ability allows him to strategize and see through everything. No demon or monster can escape his discerning eyes. Before he even reached adulthood, he was already a crown prince whom everyone respected and feared. Not to mention his wife, there was no secret that could be kept from him.
Damn it!
She also longs to have the ability to read minds!
She also wanted to hear what was going on in the mind of the Crown Prince, who was always so composed.
As for the dream-entering skill, if Your Highness wishes to use it, you will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort, rather than wasting its potential on her.
In order to fulfill this wish, Yun Kui even went to the temple to pray to the Bodhisattva.
The Bodhisattva seemed to have heard her prayers. When she woke up the next morning, she heard the Crown Prince say something strange.
"There's no need to attend court today. There's still an hour before the meeting at Chongming Hall. If we go again, we should have enough time."
Yun Kui was so frightened that her body trembled, and her sleepy eyes instantly cleared. She gripped the blankets and stared at him warily.
The crown prince also looked at her suspiciously.
"She's always been a chatterbox, especially when she's staring straight at me like this, it's impossible not to hear what she's thinking."
"Has she lost her mind?"
Yun Kui stared intently at his unmoving lips, and a thought became even more certain in her mind.
His Highness didn't speak at all, so those sounds just now could only be his inner thoughts.
She can read minds?!
The crown prince couldn't help but ask, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Yun Kui tried her best to maintain her composure and calm herself down, afraid that he would notice something was wrong. She quickly lowered her head, her mind racing, and after a long while, she finally said, "I...I had a nightmare, and I'm scared. Can Your Highness hug me?"
The prince couldn't hear what she was dreaming about, so he reached out and pulled her into his arms to comfort her, "It's alright, I'm here, don't be afraid."
"My baby is so soft."
Yun Kui: !!!
Help, is this something I can hear...?
Yun Kui couldn't contain her excitement; she was trembling with elation, looking as if she had truly been frightened by the nightmare.
The prince lowered his head and kissed her forehead.
"Won't doing this now scare her?"
"Never mind, let's do it tonight."
"Let me kiss her first."
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