Chapter 21 His Majesty Lost Control
"This servant greets His Majesty."
She seemed afraid to meet his gaze, and after a quick glance, she immediately lowered her eyes in panic.
Chen Dingyao jumped off his horse, ignoring the gazes of his followers, strode up to her, and looked down at her condescendingly.
"I remember you."
The woman looked up at him in surprise, as if she had not expected that she would leave an impression on His Majesty.
"Why are you here alone?" He looked around. Although this place was located on the outskirts of the hunting ground, there might be wild beasts lurking in the deep waters. She had no guards with her, so it was obviously not safe.
Could it be that the female members of the family excluded her? His brows knitted slightly, and a sense of inexplicable anger suddenly rose in his heart. Or was it that Yun Yi didn't pay enough attention to her, causing the guards to not take her seriously and not even notice that she had left alone.
The woman avoided his burning gaze and whispered, "Your Majesty, I just want to go to the river to relax."
He keenly sensed a hidden secret, but didn't say anything. He just smiled and said, "The scenery here is very beautiful. I also happen to want to take a walk nearby. Why don't you accompany me?"
What he said was actually a bit out of line, but he didn't realize it. His heart was filled with an indescribable joy.
"Your Majesty," the woman took a step back, quietly creating a little distance, as if he had misunderstood her identity. She said cautiously, "I am a concubine in the residence of His Majesty the Prince of Jin. I wonder if Your Majesty remembers me?"
The expression on his face instantly darkened, because he had indeed forgotten her identity at that moment. It was only after she reminded him that he finally realized that this was his son Yun Yi's woman, not the concubines in the harem who he could do whatever he wanted.
A strong feeling of unwillingness surged in his heart, but at this moment he didn't know where this emotion came from.
"I forgot." A smile appeared on his lips, but his eyes were cold. "This is indeed inappropriate."
A subtle and indescribable awkward atmosphere spread between the two of them.
He stared silently at her delicate body, feeling her trembling with fear, just like the day when they first met in front of the Concubine Shu's palace. It was a long time before he looked away and turned away.
He had already planned to completely erase her image from his mind from then on, but before mounting his horse, he couldn't help but say, "I order my guards to escort you back."
Then, ignoring the guards chasing after him, he turned around and galloped into the depths of the hunting ground. The wind whistled past his ears, and his chest was filled with a nameless rage, which was poured into the arrow in his hand.
He drew his bow and shot arrows, and no prey he met along the way could escape from his flying arrows.
The last person to die from his arrow was a rare silver fox.
"Your Majesty!" Fang Wen picked up the lifeless fox and presented it to him. "Your Majesty is truly valiant. This silver fox's fur is pure white and smooth, truly rare."
He put away his bow and arrow and looked at the silver fox. Her face suddenly appeared in his mind. He wondered what she would look like if she wore a cloak made of silver fox fur.
"Take this silver fox... and give it to King Jin as a reward."
"I obey your command." Everyone thought that he valued King Jin and did not think much about it.
He was full of anticipation and trepidation. For the first time, he was as excited as a little boy and couldn't wait to know her joyful expression when she received the fur. However, he was too proud of his status to send anyone to inquire.
From dusk to the early morning of the next day, he refused all the concubines and attendants who wanted to accompany him, and stayed awake in the tent anxiously until dawn.
Until Yun Yi appeared in front of everyone with a happy face, she had not stepped out of Yun Yi's tent all day.
As a man, he naturally knew the reason.
A poisonous snake quietly wrapped around his heart, dragging him down into the mud, and his whole heart was filled with a strong sense of sourness, which almost made it difficult for him to breathe.
He didn't dare to think too deeply. Once he let that dangerous thought out, he would no longer be able to control himself. But even if he tried his best to suppress himself, a voice kept echoing in his mind.
Why Yunyi? Why Yunyi?
…
"Your Majesty?" A call pulled him out of his memories.
He raised his eyes and saw the face that had been bothering him day and night right before his eyes.
Chan Zhen was startled by the coldness in his eyes when he raised his eyes. She didn't know why His Majesty seemed like a different person after meeting His Royal Highness Prince Jin. He stared at the desk with his head down in a daze for a long time, and even when she called him several times, he seemed not to hear her.
Seeing His Majesty finally come to his senses, Chan Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. His Majesty's appearance just now was truly terrifying. But before she could calm down, a powerful force pushed her down onto the table, and the pile of memorials was pushed over with a "crackling" sound, scattering all over the floor.
"Your Majesty!" Zen Zhen looked at him in panic, and the next moment His Majesty leaned over and kissed him, blocking all words from his mouth.
His Majesty kissed her very hard, without any tenderness from the previous night. His breath was hot, as if he wanted to swallow her into his stomach.
Zen Zhen's mind went blank, and his body was completely unable to withstand such a passionate kiss. He lay limp on the desk, and could only helplessly let him do what he wanted.
Your Majesty...what happened?
The ambiguous gasps from the intertwined lips and tongues echoed in the study, filling the entire space with a lingering spring atmosphere.
Chanzhen initially thought His Majesty was just impulsive, but after a while, His Majesty's movements didn't stop, his hand moving lower and lower, even threatening to pull her dress open. When His Majesty's hand touched her chest, she finally realized what he was trying to do, and immediately began to struggle violently beneath him.
"Your Majesty, don't... not here!"
Tears welled up in her eyes in panic as she tried desperately to stop him. However, compared to His Majesty, she was so outnumbered, like a mayfly trying to shake a tree. Fortunately, His Majesty felt her struggle and finally stopped without moving forward.
When Chen Dingyao came to his senses, he saw Chan Zhen being held tightly between his arms. He was lying on the desk, looking at him with panic in his eyes and tears in his eyes. His disheveled hair covered the entire table.
She looked so frightened and panicky, which had never appeared in bed last night, and it made his heart ache.
"Don't be afraid, it was my fault."
He reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, picked her up from the desk, carefully held her in his arms, and patted her still trembling back soothingly.
Zen Zhen rested his forehead against his chest and couldn't help crying in his arms, his eyes red, and the fear in his voice still remained.
"Your Majesty, I am afraid."
If Your Majesty were to take her without hesitation, she would surely be cursed by countless people after the news got out, and people would scorn her for tempting Your Majesty to do such a thing while she was handling official business in broad daylight. Then she would never be able to get rid of the curse of being a "witch concubine who brings disaster to the country".
"Don't be afraid." Chen Dingyao coaxed her softly, "I promise no one will know."
He knew what she was afraid of. In a previous life, he had also forced himself on her here, against her will. Her reaction then had been even more intense. In his next life, he swore he would never force her again. But today, he had lost control and let her down.
A strong sense of self-blame and guilt filled his heart, making his movements more gentle, as if he wanted to make amends.
Zen Zhen finally stopped trembling under his constant comfort. When he raised his head, his eyes were still red. "Your Majesty, what's wrong? You suddenly scared me like this?"
Chen Dingyao had calmed down by now and put on the gentle smile she loved again: "Nothing, just thinking about some past events."
To make His Majesty lose his composure like this, I guess those past events are not pleasant memories for His Majesty.
She gently stood on tiptoe and kissed his resolute chin, "Your Majesty, if these are bad memories, it is better to forget them."
She didn't want to see His Majesty behave like that again.
Chen Dingyao reached out his hand and touched the place where she had kissed him, and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I will listen to you."
In this life, Chan Zhen had already become his, and he still hadn't had the chance to meet Yun Yi. Those things in his previous life couldn't happen again. From the beginning to the end, Chan Zhen would only belong to him, and he would never allow another person to get involved.
Zen Zhen was relieved when he saw that his expression had returned to its previous composure, and he smiled and changed the subject.
"What did Your Majesty just talk about with His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin? Speaking of which, I've never met His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin. I wonder what he looks like?" She didn't notice His Majesty's slightly stiff body. "I've heard that of all the princes, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin looks most like Your Majesty."
She was a little curious. After all, it was no secret in the palace that His Majesty had once valued His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin the most and had even thought of letting His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin drive on a southern tour. She had heard some of it.
"It's nothing more than some political affairs of the past." His Majesty's voice was as steady as before. One hand gently brushed the messy hair on her forehead behind her ear. "As for Yun Yi, I did value him the most in the past, but that may not be the case in the future."
Zen Zhen's eyes were full of confusion: "Why?"
She thought that since His Majesty valued His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin, his abilities must be outstanding among all the princes. Moreover, his biological mother was Concubine Shu, one of the four concubines. It would not be surprising if His Majesty wanted to make His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin the crown prince.
Chen Dingyao gently stroked her belly with his palm: "Because I have a prince who I am even more looking forward to."
He did not deny his partiality. It was just because he loved her that he wanted to give the most important and precious things to the child they had together.
After hearing these words, Chan Zhen suddenly understood what he meant. He was flattered and fell into deep panic.
"Your Majesty, I..." She didn't know what to say. His Majesty already had a grown and capable prince, yet he just gave up on him like that. "Your Majesty, I am truly blessed to have your favor. I dare not even think of him again."
"I know that you are always easy to satisfy." Chen Dingyao smiled slightly and did not mention the previous incident again.
In his previous life, he and Zen Zhen were together for three years before Yuan Zhao was born. Although he wanted to see the child again, he was not in a hurry.
As long as Zenjin is by his side, Yuan Zhao will come back one day.
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