Chapter 26 Little Sunflower, you must hold back! ...
She had a wicked mind and often said ambiguous things. The Crown Prince was already used to it. He turned around, took a deep breath, and said in a slightly deep voice, "Apply the medicine and come up."
Yun Kui nodded in agreement, took a small amount of ointment with her fingertip, and applied only a thin layer.
Fortunately, the medicine doesn't have a strong taste, so the prince should be able to tolerate it.
The lesson from last time was still fresh in her mind, and Yun Kuiguang felt ashamed whenever she thought about it, to the point that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into every time she recalled it.
What a tragedy! She had her reasons. If she hadn't thought she was going to die, how could she have done such a frivolous thing and said such audacious words...
Fortunately, no one brought up the awkward situation at the time, and it was treated as a misunderstanding that dissipated like a wisp of smoke.
She would rather be a talented individual under the Crown Prince's command than a favored maid.
Yun Kui made a decision in her heart: she would abstain from sex for a short period of time so that the Crown Prince would forget all her transgressions that night.
"Those thoughts of taking advantage of him, counting his abs, or wanting to see the young prince—none of that exists!"
She will use her unique dream-entering skills to find the hidden spies for the Crown Prince, bring down the masterminds behind the plot to harm him, and make a great contribution, for which she will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!
A cold sneer appeared on the prince's lips as he pulled the soft body into his arms, his dark eyes fixed on her.
The man's incomparably handsome face suddenly loomed large before her eyes, causing Yun Kui's heart to pound wildly, and she immediately closed her eyes tightly.
"Abstain from sex, abstain from sex, abstain from sex..."
"Little Sunflower, you must hold back!"
She tried to ignore the man's warm body and the burning hot hand on her waist, closed her eyes tightly, calmed herself down, and finally slowly drifted off to sleep.
In a daze, I entered someone's dream.
However, this person was somewhat different from the mastermind she had imagined.
She actually dreamed about herself and... the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince arranged to meet her outside a side gate of the East Palace. He held her hand tenderly and said, "Yun Kui, I can't stand by and watch you suffer in the East Palace. Don't worry, tomorrow I will ask my elder brother, the Crown Prince, to give you to me. I will treat you well."
She was moved to tears, her face full of trust and expectation, and she replied sweetly, "I'm waiting for Your Highness."
However, the sixth prince's plan did not go smoothly.
The scene shifts, and in the dream, dark clouds loom over the city, horses gallop, and a somber and murderous atmosphere prevails.
Deep in the jungle, a group of men in black swept through the tall grass and rocks. A couple in front of them, holding hands, fled in panic, but were eventually surrounded by the soldiers on a precipice.
Yun Kui also became nervous. Upon closer inspection, the couple eloping on the cliff were none other than her and the Sixth Prince!
The men in black chased them to the edge of the cliff. The leader sat atop a tall horse, his deep black, icy eyes cold as frost, filled with murderous intent.
The sixth prince, panting and utterly disheveled, still stood defiantly in front of her, saying, "Crown Prince, if you so desire, all the beauties in the world are yours! You have everything, but all I want is Yun Kui. Please, have mercy and let us go!"
The prince drew his bow and nocked an arrow, his face cold. With a whoosh, a gleaming silver arrow pierced the wind and shot straight toward the two of them!
There was nowhere to retreat from the edge of the cliff.
The sixth prince and "she" looked at each other, their eyes filled with tears: "In heaven, we wish to be a pair of lovebirds."
She, too, wept and echoed, "On earth, we wish to be intertwined branches."
Yun Kui watched helplessly as the doomed couple plunged off the cliff together.
But the story doesn't end there.
Below the cliff lay a deep pool. They had miraculously survived. By the edge of the emerald pool, amidst swirling white mist, their soaking yet burning bodies intertwined...
Yun Kui: "..."
How many stories must the Sixth Prince have read to have such a dream!
Because the scene was too unbearable to look at, Yun Kui forced herself to wake up from her dream.
Unexpectedly, the Sixth Prince, who had only met her for the first time today and looked so serious and was probably not even older than her, had developed such feelings for her!
She looked up at the Crown Prince, only to find that he was also awake. His dark eyes held a hint of cold anger, just like the Crown Prince who had forced them off the cliff in her dream.
Yun Kui: "..."
"Why is he being so fierce? Who provoked him this time!"
The Crown Prince, a light sleeper, was awakened by her loud and boisterous thoughts, and a surge of irritation rose within him.
"What did you see?"
His voice was relatively calm, but Yun Kui felt a chill run down her spine. Just as she was about to lie to brush it off, she heard the Crown Prince say coldly, "I want to hear the truth."
She was startled by the cold, deep voice.
"What's the truth or the lie? I haven't even said what kind of dream it was!"
"But this dream is really absurd. If I tell him the truth, I don't know if it will harm the Sixth Prince... After all, the Sixth Prince did nothing, he just thought about it in his dream. I can't just take this as a reason and complain to the Crown Prince."
"Or perhaps the Crown Prince doesn't care at all. It's common for princes to exchange lowly palace maids. If the Sixth Prince really asked him for me, would he give it to him?"
"The Sixth Prince seems very easygoing. He even helped me out in front of the Ninth Prince today. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would casually punish his servants. But he is the Empress's son. Even if I get past the Crown Prince, Her Majesty the Empress will never allow it."
"If Her Majesty the Empress knew that I didn't give that secret medicine to the Crown Prince, and even handed it over, I wonder how she would punish me..."
Thinking of this, Yun Kui became somewhat agitated.
Whether it was sadness over her lowly status and lack of autonomy, being given away at will by her master, or worry about how to explain things to the Empress, now even a small dream was being coldly questioned by the Crown Prince...
Yun Kui turned away in silence, her nose feeling a little sore.
Upon hearing her thoughts, the Crown Prince's expression gradually softened from its initial coldness.
"Yun Kui".
Yun Kui, with her back to him, bit her lip and said, "It really wasn't a good dream, Your Highness, please don't ask."
The crown prince stared silently at the top of the tent for a long time before finally saying, "Go to sleep."
Yun Kui breathed a sigh of relief and closed her eyes.
But I couldn't help but keep thinking about that dream. The Empress was shrewd and ruthless, and Prince Chen seemed gentle and composed. How could it be the Sixth Prince...?
Before I could figure it out, a man's indifferent voice suddenly came from beside me: "If it wasn't a good dream, why are you thinking about such things?"
Yun Kui: "..."
"Dude, you're meddling a bit too much!"
"This person must have some kind of supernatural ability; how does he always know when I'm having wild thoughts..."
Yun Kui muttered to herself for a while, and drowsiness gradually crept in. She thought she would gain nothing tonight, but unexpectedly, she dreamed of some strange scenes.
In the magnificent and gleaming hall, the Ninth Prince, still too young to touch the ground, sat on a large, gilded chair adorned with carved dragons.
The assembled officials knelt and shouted "Long live the Emperor!" The five-year-old Ninth Prince raised his hand arrogantly and said in a still childish voice, "All of you, rise."
Yun Kui watched all of this, speechless with astonishment.
Although she didn't understand the affairs of the court, she knew that the Crown Prince was the heir apparent. Even if the Crown Prince didn't ascend the throne, the Ninth Prince still had several older brothers before him. He wasn't born of the legitimate wife, so it was impossible for him to become emperor.
Is this the Ninth Prince's dream? He's so young, yet he wants to be emperor?
In the scene, after the Ninth Prince left the court, he went straight to Cining Palace. He was greeted by the beautiful Consort Yu, who was adorned with pearls and jade. And the man standing next to Consort Yu... was actually the heir of the Marquis of Ningde!
The Ninth Prince ran between the two, raised his chubby head, and happily called out "Father" and "Mother," laughing as he recounted what he had seen and heard in court that day.
Yun Kui was even more dumbfounded when she saw this.
Especially when the Ninth Prince called out "Father," she was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out!
The Ninth Prince actually called the Heir Apparent of the Marquis of Ningde "Father"!
Yun Kui woke up from her dream with a start, and her emotions remained unsettled for a long time.
She seems to have discovered a shocking secret!
It's just unknown whose dream this is. If it's the Ninth Prince's dream, does he already know that his biological father is not the current Emperor, but the heir of the Marquis of Ningde?
But if it was just the dream of the Marquis of Ningde's heir, then perhaps it was all just wishful thinking on his part. After all, even in his dreams he wanted to possess the emperor's concubines, and it seemed reasonable for his lover's son to call him "father."
Yun Kui couldn't sleep at all now. She excitedly turned around and reached out to tug at the man beside her, "Your Highness, are you asleep?"
The crown prince had long been awakened by her thoughts.
The two were too close, and her inner thoughts were quite different from her usual timid demeanor. The prince lay beside her, and every now and then he could hear her shrill screams.
He was shaken a few times by her arm, and his temples throbbed with pain. He opened his eyelids, and his dark eyes were bloodshot.
When Yun Kui saw his bloodshot eyes, her initial enthusiasm to share everything she had seen in her dream vanished considerably.
But he had already shaken her awake, and fearing a beating, she snuggled closer to him obediently: "Your Highness, guess what wonderful thing I dreamed about?"
The prince had a splitting headache and didn't want to talk much.
Yun Kui herself was someone who couldn't keep secrets. Before he could speak, she said cautiously yet excitedly, "Didn't I tell you last time that Consort Yu had an affair with the Heir Apparent of the Marquis of Ningde in her dream? Just now I dreamed that the Ninth Prince was not His Majesty's biological son, but the son of the Heir Apparent of the Marquis of Ningde!"
She shouted so loudly in her heart that the Crown Prince had already heard her.
This dream is most likely about the heir of the Marquis of Ningde.
A five-year-old child can't keep secrets. If he really knew who his biological father was, he would have already made a huge fuss.
If the Ninth Prince is indeed the offspring of these two illicit lovers, Emperor Chunming will not let him off the hook even without him lifting a finger. It concerns the face of the royal family; the Ningde Marquis's family would be confiscated and beheaded, which would be too lenient a punishment.
Yun Kui saw that the corners of his lips curved slightly, but the weariness in his eyes could not be concealed. Remembering Cao Yuanlu's previous instructions, she couldn't help but worry, "Your Highness, has your headache flared up again?"
The Crown Prince closed his eyes, his brow furrowed tightly. Yun Kui whispered, "Should I go and fetch Physician He, or should I ask Eunuch Cao to come in?"
The Crown Prince scoffed, "Didn't you pride yourself on your unwavering loyalty? Now that my illness has flared up, you think you can just hide far away?"
"Of course not!" Yun Kui quickly denied. "This servant is only afraid that I am useless and cannot serve Your Highness."
The Crown Prince laughed and said, "Is that so? I only need you to serve me?"
Yun Kui puffed up her cheeks in anger.
"Don't you know how terrifying you are?!"
"Fine, I'll serve him then. It's not like he'd kill me, but... what if he gets agitated and tries to take advantage of me? I don't know if I could handle it..."
Crown Prince: "..."
That night, he kissed her so hard she almost suffocated, and Yun Kui felt a little scared when she thought about it.
This was her first time with a relative, and the most noble and ill-tempered prince in the world at that. She was too nervous and didn't perform well.
If she were given another chance, she would definitely...
As she was thinking, she noticed the Crown Prince's sharp eyes staring coldly at her.
Yun Kui immediately displayed a completely different demeanor from her true feelings, lowering her eyes and asking obediently, "Does Your Highness need anything from me?"
The prince's gaze fell on her gently moving lips, and he couldn't help but think of the way she looked that night when he kissed her, making her appear alluring and pitiful.
Just now, she thought to herself, if she were given another chance... what would she do?
The prince's voice was hoarse: "Come closer."
Yun Kui felt a sudden sense of unease.
"What does he want to do?"
Actually, there was still a safe distance between them. Did the Crown Prince want him to get closer because he thought he could snap her neck with a single hand? The current distance made it difficult to exert force.
The Crown Prince's tone turned slightly somber: "What, you're unwilling?"
"Willing, willing."
Yun Kui felt a cool sensation on his neck. She looked up and saw his prominent Adam's apple bobbing slightly. Further down, she saw his pale collarbone and chest in the candlelight...
"Closer, how close?"
She slowly scooted over, her bent knees feeling the warmth of skin against skin first, which inappropriately reminded her of the back of her knees that he had just lifted up, that tingling, numb sensation instantly spreading from her knees to every part of her body.
My heart was pounding, and a flush of heat rose from my cheeks to the tips of my ears.
"What am I going to do? I still need to abstain from pornography..."
"But how can we disobey the boss?"
He didn't speak, so she slowly moved closer to him until they were inches apart, his hot breath on her forehead. Only then did she tremblingly raise her eyes: "Your Highness, is it alright to be this close..."
Before she could finish speaking, her lips were captured by the man's cool, thin lips.
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