Chapter 61 Since I've already bought it, why not give it a try...
Yun Kui's ears were ringing, and her blood and the effects of the alcohol surged up. After a long while, the two answers he gave finally broke free from the chaos and were clearly imprinted in her mind.
She was still incredulous, her lips moving slightly: "Your Highness just said...what was it?"
The prince clenched his teeth, not intending to explain further. "If you didn't hear me, then forget it."
Yun Kui began to carefully recall those two sentences again.
Was his use of "intentionally" perhaps an answer to what she was thinking—
"I no longer need to rack my brains trying to guess whether he has feelings for me or not."
As for the second sentence, "Whether you get tired of it or not, let's eat it first and then talk about it," the answer should be—
"Until he's completely had his fill and is tired of me, and thinks I'm nothing special, then I'll take the reward and leave unscathed."
A few words stirred up a storm; she was speechless, unable to process what she had just heard.
"Your Highness..."
"You mean, you're interested in me?"
Yun Kui's already flushed cheeks burned even hotter, the blush spreading all the way to her ears and neck.
My mind is a mess, and I feel lost.
"Or is his so-called 'intentional' just a matter of being able to bring himself to eat me, and once he gets tired of me, his intention will turn into unintentional?"
Crown Prince: "..."
Yun Kui tried to calm herself down and gritted her teeth, saying, "Since Your Highness is unwilling to repeat what you just said to me, then just let me go. In any case, I am just a dispensable person and not worth Your Highness's attention."
The Crown Prince frowned: "How much have you been drinking to spout such nonsense?"
Yun Kui's breathing quickened: "Your Highness is always so capricious, turning on me in an instant. If you really... care about me even a little, why are you always so hot and cold?"
The prince ignored him, carrying the person through the hanging flower gate, and was about to walk out of the house.
Yun Kui angrily punched his chest muscle, throwing a tantrum under the influence of alcohol: "This is my home! My name is written in black and white on the deed. Even if His Highness paid for it, you gave it to me. What I buy has nothing to do with His Highness! You forcibly took me away without my permission, which is trespassing!"
The Crown Prince lowered his eyes and sneered, "Then go report to the authorities. Who would dare to save you from my clutches?"
Yun Kui bit her lip: "Your Highness, if you don't explain clearly, I won't go with you!"
The Crown Prince sneered: "You said yourself that you would serve me wholeheartedly and give yourself to me until I have had enough and am tired of you. What, have you changed your mind?"
Yun Kui: "..."
It was as if a muffled thunderbolt had struck me, and my mind went blank for a long time.
All the courage emboldened by alcohol instantly vanished.
After a long while, she raised her head in a daze and asked him suspiciously, "Your Highness, can you really hear what I'm thinking?"
She was certain that she hadn't uttered a single word while sitting there drowning her sorrows in alcohol!
We will never bring those embarrassing things to the public!
This time, the Crown Prince addressed her doubts directly, staring into her eyes and saying, word by word, "He can read minds."
After saying that, he raised an eyebrow meaningfully.
Yun Kui instantly turned as red as a shrimp in a frying pan, the wine she had drunk turning into boiling oil and frying her until she was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
"He really can read minds!"
"So he heard all the impolite, blasphemous, neglectful, rude, and even insulting things I did to him in my heart?!"
The crown prince replied calmly, "I heard you."
Yun Kui: !!!
Looking back, from the time he memorized the incantation during their time together, he had actually intentionally or unintentionally revealed that he could read minds. However, she still deceived herself, refused to believe it, and even comforted herself that mind-reading was a mysterious art, and that he simply had a better ability to understand people's hearts than ordinary people.
I can't believe it's true!
He truly could hear all her innermost thoughts!
If she can enter other people's dreams, then it's not impossible that His Highness the Crown Prince can hear her thoughts.
But she still couldn't believe it, staring intently at him, and boldly activated her inner voice.
"Xiao... Consort Xiao?"
So he watched helplessly as the man's face instantly darkened and his voice turned cold: "I advise you not to try to challenge my bottom line."
Yun Kui felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and all sorts of memories rushed into her mind at that moment.
"So, Your Highness knew from the very beginning that I... coveted you?"
She racked her brains before coming up with this slightly more elegant word.
The Crown Prince remained unfazed: "Yes, you said in your heart that you wanted to kiss me, wanted to see my chest muscles, wanted to touch my whole body, and even wanted to sleep with me. I knew all of that, but I just didn't expose you."
Yun Kui: !!!
You said you hadn't exposed it, but aren't you exposing it now?
It was the kind of real, hard stabbing that went right through her!
The Crown Prince looked down at her. "So you should know how tolerant I am of you. If anyone else knew the treasonous words in your heart, they would have died a thousand times over."
Yun Kui's eyelashes trembled uncontrollably, and her whole body tensed up, especially her back and the back of her knees where he was holding her. Every place where their skin touched felt like it was on fire.
Unable to calm herself down, she said in a trembling voice, "Could you please put me down first?"
She really needs to calm down.
The Crown Prince scoffed, "What, you have the guts to indulge in wild thoughts in your heart, but not the guts to face me?"
Yun Kui was on the verge of tears. Before being thrown into the carriage, she tried to escape, but was forcefully pressed down onto the couch.
Crown Prince: "If you dare to cause trouble again, we'll settle all the old and new scores together."
Yun Kui dared not move, but before she could even mutter a few complaints to herself, the man's sharp and cold gaze shot over her.
"..."
Is this some kind of life that no one can live in?!
The carriage rumbled back, and her rare, daring attempt to run away from home ended in failure within a short hour.
At this moment, all the past events floated through my mind like a revolving lantern.
She kept her head down and spoke humbly, always remembering her place, but she never stopped fantasizing about his body. Every day when she opened her eyes, all she could think about was his strong chest muscles, his deep abs, and how big his little prince was... He knew all of this.
Many previously questionable things have now been explained.
No wonder he didn't need her to serve him when he took a medicinal bath at Tangquan Palace, no wonder he always wore his nightgown very properly, no wonder he forbade her to have any wild thoughts before going to bed every night... It turns out he already knew what she was thinking and had been on guard against her all along!
The crown prince suddenly gave him a cold glance, "Are you sure you want to recall all those sordid thoughts from the past?"
Yun Kui: "..."
"Ugh, stop thinking about that, you stupid thing!!!"
She decided to do something else to distract herself and calm down.
First, she scanned the shops along the street one by one. When the carriage turned into the alley, she pretended to be very busy and looked up and down at the carvings in every corner of the carriage. When she looked away, her eyes inadvertently noticed the man's cold white hand resting on his knee.
And the jade thumb ring on his thumb.
Yun Kui was stunned for a long time, and a strange emotion slowly welled up in her heart. "Your Highness... why are you wearing the ring I bought?"
The man's thin lips were pressed tightly together, and he did not answer.
It wasn't until she was carried back to Songyuan and lay on the rosewood bed in his bedroom that the cool, translucent jade thumb ring brushed against the side of her neck.
His gaze was deep, and he finally spoke: "Why did you buy this ring for me, hmm?"
Yun Kui shivered from the cold, but stubbornly said, "Your Highness gave me three thousand taels of silver. I am grateful and will repay the kindness. Of course, I can't only think of myself."
"That black jade thumb ring of yours is so rough! It's rubbing against me and it's really uncomfortable!"
Her thoughts drifted away involuntarily, then she suddenly snapped back to reality, only then realizing belatedly what she had said. She met the man's deep, dark eyes with trembling steps.
Crown Prince: "I see."
Yun Kui: "..."
"He heard it again!"
The jade thumb ring slid down inch by inch, conforming to every inch of her smooth, white, and creamy skin. The man ignored her violent trembling and continued his movements unhurriedly.
“My black jade thumb ring is engraved with Buddhist scriptures for exorcising evil spirits and breaking demons; you certainly cannot withstand it.”
Yun Kui: "..."
"I feel like you're insulting me!"
The prince said, "Although the jade quality of yours is much inferior, it is smooth and delicate. Since you have bought it, you might as well give it a try."
A cold sensation, like an electric current, rapidly rose from her tailbone. Yun Kui's face flushed, her whole body tense and ached, and every finger trembled uncontrollably.
Finally, clutching the soft pillow, she began to sob.
"What a tragedy!"
"Why did I dig such a huge hole for myself!"
Thinking of her current state, she was overcome with grief and wiped away her tears, wondering if it was a hallucination after her death.
In fact, she had already died the very night the Crown Prince awoke from his serious injuries!
The mind-reading ability, the ability to enter dreams and perform meritorious deeds, the repeated solving of strange cases, the uncovering of palace secrets, the favor of the Crown Prince and the reward of a thousand taels of silver notes—all of these were her delusions after her death. There was no such thing at all!
Upon hearing this, the crown prince sighed helplessly.
He tossed the damp mattress onto the bed and turned the small body curled up inside. "What are you thinking about?"
Yun Kui's face was streaked with tears, her nose was red, and her hair was disheveled and hanging down on both sides, looking like she had been bullied badly.
"I don't believe it, it must all be fake."
Her voice trembled as she cried, and she looked up at him with misty, watery eyes.
"Unless Your Highness gives me an explanation, why have you hesitated to kill me when I have been lustfully lusting after you so much?"
"And that word 'intentionally', I'm too stupid to understand it."
"besides……"
Before she could finish speaking, the man leaned down and cupped her face, his hot, thin lips covering her constantly moving lips, swallowing all the unspoken words.
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