Seeing that Xuan Yuanzhan kept coughing, Su Xuening asked worriedly, "Are you really alright?"
Did she upset him too much and cause his old injury to flare up? Why is he coughing so much?
"Cough~ I'm fine!" Xuan Yuanzhan stopped coughing and pulled Su Xuening up anxiously, saying, "What divorce? What divorce? Don't talk nonsense, I won't divorce you, much less divorce you!"
He's incredibly lucky to have married her, why would he divorce her?
Su Xuening was somewhat surprised by Xuan Yuanzhan's reaction and stared at him blankly: "You... don't blame me."
"No blame!"
Xuan Yuanzhan's answer without any hesitation stunned Su Xuening once again, and she blurted out, "But I'm carrying another man's child!"
Doesn't he care about that?
Aren't men most concerned about this kind of thing?
"Ahem~" Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanzhan began to feel guilty again: "You... don't overthink it, I... really don't blame you."
How could he blame her!
He can only blame himself!
Unexpectedly, Xuan Yuanzhan not only didn't blame her, but also comforted her. Su Xuening was so moved that her eyes reddened: "Xuan Yuanzhan, don't be like this. I don't deserve your kindness. I didn't come here to bring you good luck. I even thought that after you died, my child would inherit everything from the Holy King's Mansion. I schemed against you like this. I don't deserve your kindness at all!"
Su Xuening felt extremely guilty and started crying as she spoke.
When Xuan Yuanzhan saw Su Xuening's tears, his heart ached so much it felt like it was about to break.
"Don't cry~" Xuan Yuanzhan tenderly cupped her face and wiped away her tears.
Seeing the tenderness and heartache in those misty eyes, Su Xuening's tears fell even harder. She turned her face away and sobbed, "Don't be like this~"
He would blame her, scold her, or even hit her a couple of times, and she would feel better. But he didn't say a word of reproach and was so gentle with her, which made her even sadder.
Seeing her crying like a child, Xuan Yuanzhan's eyes welled up with tears. He reached out and pulled her into his arms, sitting down with her in his arms, gently stroking her back and silently comforting her.
This was the first time he had ever seen her cry. She had always been intelligent, rational, and decisive. Even during the time when Madam Su was missing, she hadn't cried. This was the first time he had seen her so helpless.
It's all his fault, he's the one who ruined her!
Su Xuening nestled against Xuan Yuanzhan, sobbing. She knew this was wrong. She knew they could never be together, and she was determined to be honest with him. She should have cut ties with him cleanly and decisively.
But now she didn't have the strength to push him away. Her heart told her that she craved his embrace, the warmth he gave her, his love for her, and everything that belonged to him!
It turned out that she had already fallen deeply in love with him without even realizing it, but what could she do? They were destined not to be together!
Thinking of what her martial uncle had told her, Su Xuening's mind gradually cleared up.
"We can't do this, we can't be together." Su Xuening pushed Xuan Yuanzhan away and tried to get up from his embrace, but Xuan Yuanzhan refused to let go.
"What did you say?" Xuan Yuanzhan didn't understand why she said that.
Looking at Xuan Yuanzhan's confused eyes, Su Xuening hesitated, "Things are a bit complicated. I... I don't know where to begin?"
Although she decided to be honest with him, her past with other men was still difficult to talk about, especially when facing him. She really didn't know how to say it.
Xuan Yuanzhan actually knew the whole truth, and also knew that many things were too difficult for her: "If you don't want to say..."
"That day..." Su Xuening knew what he was going to say. While she was touched by his respect and thoughtfulness, she was also determined to make everything clear.
“Su Feiling and my maid conspired to drug me with aphrodisiac. After I was drugged, Su Feiling had Su Yuxin take me to a dilapidated temple and found many beggars to try to humiliate me. When I woke up unexpectedly, I knocked Su Yuxin unconscious and left her in the temple. I then ran away through the back window of the temple.”
When talking about the past, Su Xuening's face turned grim.
Xuan Yuanzhan had heard Ye Yun mention these things before. Those people from the second branch of the Su family dared to scheme against her like this; they all deserved to die!
Su Xuening took a deep breath, suppressing the hatred in her heart, and continued, "At that time, I was poisoned by the Drunken Aphrodisiac and felt unbearably hot. I remembered a cave that I had accidentally discovered when I was collecting herbs in Longya Mountain. There was a cold pool in that cave."
Xuan Yuanzhan was stunned. He hadn't expected that she already knew about the cold pool in the cave of Longya Mountain. He had also discovered that there was a cold pool there a long time ago. Could this be considered fate between them? Perhaps even without that incident, they would have met in that cave.
"It just so happened that the dilapidated temple was very close to Dragon Tooth Mountain, so I went up Dragon Tooth Mountain and down to that icy pool. My intention was to use the water of that pool to counteract the Drunken Joy within me, but I never expected that the icy pool..."
As Su Xuening spoke, she suddenly glanced at Xuan Yuanzhan, making him feel guilty and break out in a cold sweat.
Su Xuening herself felt a little embarrassed, and looked away awkwardly as she continued, "There was a man. That man didn't seem normal either, so we..."
When Xuan Yuanzhan brought up these things, Su Xuening found it difficult to speak, and her face turned red before she could even finish a sentence.
The worst part is that she recalled the scene of being entangled with that man at the bottom of the icy pool. Although she didn't see the man's face, all the feelings were real, and she still remembers them clearly. Every time she thinks about it, the love flower gu in her body becomes restless.
As Xuan Yuanzhan listened to Su Xuening's description, several blurry images suddenly flashed through his mind.
He meditated at the bottom of the pool to control the Love Flower Gu. That day was a full moon, which was the time when the Love Flower Gu was most restless. Just as he was desperately fighting against the Love Flower Gu, it seemed as if a soft body suddenly pressed against him.
The soft touch was suddenly imprinted clearly in his mind at that moment, making him involuntarily swallow.
He instantly lost control; the Love Flower Gu he had been desperately trying to suppress took over his mind and dominated his body in that instant. Everything he did was out of his control.
He entwined himself tightly around that soft body, drawing her into his own...
All the blurry images became clear at this moment, and all the wonderful feelings appeared in his mind at this moment.
He actually remembered all the missing memories from that time in the icy pool!
Su Xuening did not notice Xuan Yuanzhan's abnormality. She composed herself and continued, "Later I found out that he was actually infected with the Love Flower Gu. Because we had consummated our marriage, the Love Flower Gu was transferred to me."
"Hmm?" Xuan Yuanzhan was still immersed in the memory of the cold pool and didn't hear what Su Xuening said clearly.
Su Xuening, however, thought he didn't understand what the Love Flower Gu was, so she looked up and explained, "It's a kind of Gu poison that makes people unable to control their desires."
Su Xuening stared intently at Xuan Yuanzhan's beautiful, star-like gray eyes, then suddenly raised her head and kissed his lips.
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