Chapter 99 Chapter 99 Gu Shi Shows Tea Art
“…”
Tao Jinrong lowered his head, and a dead silence filled the air.
She raised her head, her eyes wide open and bloodshot, and she waved her hand and threw the teacup hard at Gu Shi's face. The water rolled down the side of his nose and wet a part of his collar.
"You just think I have no choice, right?! Aren't you still forcing me?! Get out!"
Gu Shi raised his hand, loosened his collar, and put his fingers into his collar to wipe away the tea that had seeped under his clothes. The tea was hot, and the skin on his chest was burned red, showing the color of peach blossoms. His eyelashes were also wet and drooped, covered with water droplets.
Before coming, he carefully fumigated his clothes with incense, and when the hot water was poured on them, it released a scent like that of flowers on a tree fumigated by the sun.
The fragrance made Tao Jinrong feel very irritated.
She had clearly tried to settle down and not get lost in love again, but he shamelessly came to seduce her.
Gu Shi raised his eyes, and even though he knew in his heart that she had already seen through all his intentions, he still looked at her with pleading eyes.
"I'm sorry, I'm really at my wit's end."
Tao Jinrong slammed the table hard and said:
"Nonsense! What do you mean by desperate? There are obviously ways everywhere! There are so many women in the world, can't you just pick any one? Why do you have to fight with me, a married woman?"
She looked fierce but was actually weak, and her voice became hoarse at the end, which conveyed a sense of powerlessness.
“For me, it’s a dead end.”
He seemed to realize that she was using bluffing to cover up her inner turmoil, so he boldly reached out and gently touched her cheek.
She was stunned and didn't react for a moment. She only felt something rubbed the side of her face very lightly, and then a shudder suddenly ran through her whole body.
"I'm serious. I promise not to affect your and Qin Sizhao's normal life. I'm willing to be your mistress."
Gu Shi had already pressed half of his body on her, and a suffocating fragrance invaded her mouth and nose. A shudder suddenly ran down her spine, and she was almost unable to struggle.
She reached out to grab his collar, but her fingers trembled like cicadas in early autumn, making a sound when they bumped against the tassels on his chest.
The shudder quickly turned into disgust. She was ashamed to admit that this level of physical contact had evoked certain memories that were engraved in her body.
"Should I call you Lingchuan or Rong'er?"
He just gently touched the back of her head.
She could hardly breathe, her waist softened, and she managed to utter a word with great difficulty:
"None of them, just call me Tao Jinrong."
"Tao Jinrong, your body still feels for me, doesn't it?"
Gu Shi thought sadly, even if that was the case, so what? It meant nothing.
"roll!"
He gently stroked her temples, his lips almost touching her face, but he didn't place a kiss on her cheek.
But even if she was willing to unbutton her clothes at this moment, he didn't have the courage to show her his imperfect body.
Let’s just forget it.
Thinking of this, he let her go.
Her hair was scattered, her temples were slightly wet, her teeth were biting her bright red lower lip, her eyelashes were drooping, and her face had a bit of charm, it was obvious that she was aroused.
But Gu Shi had no desire for this. He only felt sad in his heart, and a long, pitiful sigh came from his throat.
Why did two people who clearly had feelings for each other end up like this?
There are so many regrets.
Tao Jinrong tried hard to shrink his whole body into the chair, tightened his collar, and his lips trembled.
She looked at the indifferent expression on his face and shuddered. She looked at him and asked:
"What are you going to do to me if I don't agree to mess around with you?"
"Hang me in your house and make you regret it for the rest of your life."
"ah?"
Tao Jinrong uttered a short syllable to express his doubt.
"Yes, you heard me right. I am going to hang myself in your house. You can't stop me."
She lowered her eyes, bit her lower lip and asked:
"If you want to die, don't die in my house. If others find out, I'll be implicated too."
"I can write a pardon for you, and I can also write one for Qin Sizhao. This pardon can be passed down to your descendants."
Gu Shi spoke very seriously, enunciating each word.
"And I can try to die in a slightly more graceful way."
Tao Jinrong's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he said:
"Then you must not wear red clothes."
"I can wear whatever you like. What do you think of what I'm wearing now?"
He raised his head and looked at the beams, and asked:
"Do you have anything like a shawl?"
"have."
She walked into the bedroom calmly, took out a red gauze shawl with gold foil from the closet, and handed it to Gu Shi.
He glanced at her, turned his head away like a water bird, and was about to throw the shawl onto the beam, but he heard an urgent voice.
"Gu Shi, don't be like this. Just give the shawl back to me."
Tao Jinrong finally lost his patience and reached out to grab the corner of his clothes, but he dodged it.
He clutched the crimson shawl tightly in his hands, his eyes filled with sorrow as he whispered:
"Then you must promise me, or I will hang myself in front of you."
Tao Jinrong's anger surged, and he cursed:
"You've become so bitter and resentful over a whore's affair! Is it really necessary for you to do this? You can't live like this anymore, can you?!"
He looked away:
"Since you think it's not a big deal, then just promise me."
“…”
Tao Jinrong fell silent.
Gu Shi let out a short sigh and said:
"Okay, I can wait for you to think about it. Just give me a kiss first."
He turned his head, picked up a piece of broken white porcelain, and gestured on his pale wrist.
"If you don't want me to die, I'll bleed to death."
He used a little more force, and the white porcelain made a tiny cut on the fragile wrist, and blood oozed out faintly.
"Gu Shi, why did you ruin yourself to this extent?"
She walked forward, grasped his wrist, which was holding the broken porcelain pieces, and pulled his hand aside.
The broken porcelain pieces fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Gu Shi looked into Tao Jinrong's eyes. Her eyelashes trembled slightly and her lips moved twice. It was obvious that her lips had given him brief permission.
She didn't dare look into his eyes. The red blood aroused the remaining guilt in her heart. Tao Jinrong almost wanted to confess that she had known for a long time that he had misunderstood that she died in Congcui Palace.
If she hadn't told him the truth, he wouldn't have humiliated himself to this extent.
Thinking of this, Tao Jinrong lowered her head in shame. It was obvious that she and Gu Shi had just broken up normally. To put it bluntly, it was just that the separation was not so pleasant, but she accidentally turned it into a separation of life and death, causing the subsequent development to deviate greatly from her expectations.
It was indeed because of her that Gu Shi became like this...
It was her fault that she didn't clean up the sparks on the floor of Cong Cui Palace in time, causing a group of innocent people to be affected.
Before she could confess her fault, a kiss blocked many of her words in her throat.
His wrist, which was slightly bleeding, was clasped on the back of her head, and he kissed her almost with a kind of piety.
Gu Shi thought that he shouldn't have let her kiss him on her own initiative.
It would be better for him to take the initiative. This way she could tell Qin Sizhao that he forced her and she was just too weak and had no other choice.
Feeling a response from her lips, Gu Shi immediately let her go, frowned slightly, looked into her eyes and said:
"Please have mercy on me."
She raised her arms to shield herself, tilted her head to one side, pursed her lips and said:
"I can't pity you... Go back quickly and stay away from me!"
"I can't live without you."
He said this lightly.
“…”
Seeing her silence, he added:
"Okay, Tao Jinrong, I know you need to think about it. Think about it carefully first. I have to go back first."
Tao Jinrong seemed to have lost all his strength. He sat back straight and slumped in the chair.
She then realized that she was sweating all over, and her shirt was soaked.
A strong sense of guilt came over her. If she didn't accept it, Gu Shi might really die in front of her, but if she accepted it, where would Qin Sizhao be?
Didn't she delay two people at the same time...
Tao Jinrong felt that she really needed to find a temple to worship and eliminate her karma, so that the Buddha could cleanse her sins.
Jinzhan was just pretending to run away, but she was actually eavesdropping outside the window. She now had only one thought: the death pardon order was great, when could she get one too?
She saw Tao Jinrong coming out from inside, his face pale and his lips trembling, as if he had experienced a disaster.
She shuddered and asked:
"Jinzhan, if Gu Shi really wants to commit suicide, can you persuade him?"
"Ah? You're asking me?"
Jinzhan widened her eyes and was so angry that she laughed.
"You can't even stop me, and you're pointing at me?"
Tao Jinrong frowned, covered his chest, and sighed deeply.
"Jinzhan, what do you think I should do?"
Jinzhan's iron mouth made a direct judgment:
"That's easy. Divorce Master Qin."
Seeing Tao Jinrong in a dilemma, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and was speechless. Could it be that Gu Shi could still wrong her? What was she in trouble for?
But Jinzhan thought again and felt that Qin Sizhao was gentle and considerate, and he was indeed much better than the crazy Gu Shi. It was natural for her to be reluctant to give him up.
"I can't bear to let go... If I can't bear to let go, then there's nothing I can do..."
After returning to the palace, Gu Shi called Qin Sizhao, wrote a death pardon order in front of him, and handed it to him personally.
"This is a pardon for you and your wife. After all, you cured my injury..."
Qin Sizhao was not interested in listening to his empty words, but this death pardon was considered sincere, so his wife could rest assured and no longer have to worry every day.
But he knew that Gu Shi would soon stop saying these useless clichés.
The look in Gu Shi's eyes changed, as if he was recalling something, and he began to speak...
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