Qiao Ziming was shirtless, his skin glowing with a faint pink hue.
Upon seeing Su Muxi, he excitedly stood up from the bed, his peach blossom eyes filled with affection.
Incense was burning on the bedside table. Although Su Muxi had never smelled this fragrance before, she knew its purpose after seeing Qiao Ziming's appearance.
"You're all crazy! Let me go!"
Perhaps due to the effects of the medication, although Su Muxi spoke sternly, her voice was soft and gentle, making Qiao Ziming's heart itch.
Chang Zhong ignored Su Muxi and went straight to the bedside. After gently placing Su Muxi on the bed, he looked at Qiao Ziming beside him.
"The effects of the Soft Fragrance Powder will only last for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Your Highness, please remember to remove everything from the young mistress's body before then."
Qiao Ziming nodded.
Su Muxi only used a silver needle to make a person lose all their strength. Even without Chang Zhong's reminder, he would have stripped Su Muxi completely naked before doing anything else.
Now that things have come to this point, he won't rush things any further.
Chang Zhong continued, "Young Master, remember to be gentle. If you harm the young mistress, the Marquis will not let you off the hook."
"Stop pretending! If you really don't want to hurt me, then let me go right now!"
Su Muxi shouted with all her might, feeling both helpless and afraid.
She never expected that Qiao Xiuyuan would do such a thing to her!
"What exactly does Qiao Xiuyuan want to do?!"
Su Muxi looked at Chang Zhong, hoping he could give her an answer.
But Chang Zhong said earnestly, "Young Madam, the Marquis is doing this for your own good. Once you and the Heir Apparent have consummated your marriage, you will become the Heir Apparent's wife again. Only then will the Marquis be able to protect you for the rest of your life and not let you suffer any more grievances."
Su Muxi sneered upon hearing this.
"hehe…"
But tears silently slid down her cheeks.
"Qiao Xiuyuan is sick!"
Su Muxi gritted her teeth and finished speaking, then looked coldly at Qiao Ziming, "If you dare to touch me even a little bit today, once I regain my strength, I will make the entire Qiao family pay for my death!"
Although Su Muxi's voice was still soft and weak, her words calmed Qiao Ziming, who was feeling hot all over.
After thinking for a long time, Qiao Ziming could only say, "Mu Xi, I will treat you well from now on. I will definitely treat you a thousand times, ten thousand times better than Ye Ziyu treated you!"
As they were talking, Chang Zhong had already walked out and closed the door.
The space was left to Su Muxi and Qiao Ziming alone.
Su Muxi looked at Qiao Ziming's affectionate expression and found it laughable.
"What do you have to compare with Ye Ziyu! You're not even as good as one of his fingers!"
These words clearly enraged Qiao Ziming, causing the last trace of hesitation in his heart to disappear completely. He took long strides and went straight to the bed, straddling Su Muxi's waist.
Staring intently into Su Muxi's eyes, he said, word by word, "How long have you known Ye Ziyu? Less than a month. How good could he be to you!"
"Su Muxi, wake up! Do you think you're some kind of stunning beauty? Ye Zeyu has never even seen you before, how could he possibly genuinely want to marry you! He must have his own motives for marrying you!"
"But we've been together for three years. You know very well what kind of person I am..."
Su Muxi chuckled, interrupting Qiao Ziming.
"Tch! Yeah, I know you well. Your promises are like farts—they're useless and disgusting!"
This was the first time Qiao Ziming had heard Su Muxi speak so rudely. After a moment of stunned silence, he felt ashamed.
He had made a promise to Su Muxi after he got back on his feet.
"From this day forward, you will be my one and only wife in this life!"
But this promise was soon broken when he requested permission to marry Bai Mengying.
"Mu Xi, no, let me explain. I was just deceived by Bai Mengying. If I had known she was a vicious person, I would never have wanted to marry her as a concubine."
As she spoke, she took Su Muxi's hand and placed it on his left chest.
"Mu Xi, believe me. After everything that's happened, I've truly realized my own feelings. I'm entrusting you to me, and I'll treat you well, okay?"
Listening to Qiao Ziming's affectionate words, feeling the heat of his skin, and sensing his strong heartbeat, Su Muxi felt no shame, only disgust.
But the medicine Chang Zhong gave her really made her unable to exert any strength. Otherwise, she would have definitely not hesitated to stick the poisoned silver needle from the bracelet into Qiao Ziming's chest!
"Qiao Ziming, stop saying such disgusting things. You don't regret what you did to me; you're just resentful!"
"I can't accept that even after I left you, other men still want me!"
"I can't accept that I'm so ugly, yet men still like me and treat me well!"
"Qiao Ziming, you keep saying you'll treat me well, but do you like me? I think not only do you not like me, but you probably even despise me from the bottom of your heart! After all, you always bring up the fact that I'm ugly."
"Do you think that when a man likes a woman, it must be because of her appearance? And that a woman doesn't need to look at anything else besides her appearance?"
"If that's the case, then you should continue to like Princess Chang Le..."
At this point, Su Muxi's eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly said, "You and Miss Shen had intimate relations at the literary gathering today. The Shen family will definitely come to demand an explanation. Why don't you take this opportunity to marry Miss Shen! Don't worry, I can concoct an ointment to remove the dark spots on Miss Shen's face. I guarantee that in a few months, Miss Shen will regain her beauty. At that time, Miss Shen will definitely be even more beautiful than Bai Mengying!"
Su Muxi spoke earnestly, hoping that Qiao Ziming would let her go, and for this she was willing to continue preparing the ointment for Shen Yaxin.
But to Qiao Ziming, these words were a blatant insult!
"Su Muxi, in your eyes, am I just a superficial person who only cares about appearance?!"
Su Muxi wanted to say yes without hesitation, but seeing Qiao Ziming's red eyes and gritted teeth, she opened her mouth, softened her voice, and continued to persuade him: "Qiao Ziming, we are already divorced, and you don't like me. No matter what Qiao Xiuyuan said to you, marriage is not a game. You should marry someone you truly love."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Ziming's eyes showed a look of confusion.
Seeing this, Su Muxi quickly pressed on, "If you let me go, I promise you that if you need me in the future, I can treat you again. And I can pretend that tonight's incident never happened."
"Qiao Ziming, it's better for us to be like strangers than to become a miserable couple, don't you think?"
She felt that Qiao Ziming must have been unwilling in his heart, but he was just following Qiao Xiuyuan's words.
She thought this would persuade Qiao Ziming to release her, but to her surprise, Qiao Ziming took a handkerchief from beside the pillow and gently covered her left cheek, concealing her ugly birthmark.
"If that's the case, then let's be a miserable couple! In short, you can only be mine!"
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