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The next day.
The sky was just beginning to lighten.
Jing Yan used his torn nightgown to barely cover his vital parts. He stood in front of the bronze mirror and looked himself over from all angles, ignoring the various marks on his body.
Finally, the scratches landed on the corners of the mouth and neck.
After a night, the bite marks on the corners of his mouth became even redder, and there were three faint nail marks on his neck. Even with clothes on, there were still some ambiguous marks that were barely visible.
Jing Yan glanced at Yue Jiang on the bed through the bronze mirror and said with certainty.
"Jiang'er, you did this on purpose."
Looking in the bronze mirror, Yue Jiang was curled up on the bed, leaning against the corner of the bed, her black hair disheveled, and her whole body was only lightly covered by a thin quilt.
After a night of passionate lovemaking, the lingering romantic atmosphere hadn't dissipated, especially since Jingyan and she had started their affair too late the night before.
As dawn broke, he felt a renewed urge and reluctantly got off her.
After they finished having their fun, they would immediately begin to "interrogate" them.
Yue Jiang glanced at Jing Yan with a resentful look, then mumbled in a soft, slightly hoarse voice, calling out softly.
"Your Highness, please come here for a moment."
Jing Yan didn't really want to punish anyone; he was just worried about how to deal with these things, since he would be taking Yue Jiang to the inner palace to pay his respects in just a few hours.
Adding these things to the past, wouldn't that lead to speculation?
Yue Jiang's voice was terribly hoarse. Jing Yan had brought her a lot of water all night. Now, thinking that Yue Jiang was thirsty again, he poured her a cup.
To everyone's surprise, Yue Jiang didn't even glance at the tea. She kept frowning, looking downcast, and muttering aggrievedly.
"I didn't expect Your Highness to be such a doting person. It was in those situations that I didn't know my own strength, and it was Your Highness who caused it. Am I really better than Your Highness in every way?"
As Yue Jiang spoke, she gently raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and the thin blanket in her hand fell to the ground, revealing her bare body from head to toe, showing her slender yet voluptuous figure.
Her skin, as white as snow, was smooth and radiant, but now it was marked with tiny red rouge-colored marks.
"And here too, Your Highness bit me so hard it hurts terribly."
Jing Yan was facing Yue Jiang and looking at each other. He noticed that the colors beneath Yue Jiang's translucent skin had deepened the color of her eyes.
Upon closer inspection of the spot Yue Jiang was pointing to, one could see plum blossoms already shimmering on the summit of a snow-capped mountain, but beside the shimmering blossoms, there stood two tooth marks resembling fallen plum blossoms.
"Does that mean that just because this part of mine is only for Your Highness, and can be covered up so that outsiders can't see it, I don't care?"
Having received years of instruction, Yue Jiang knows how to make herself comfortable, but Jing Yan's attitude was abnormal last night.
Since it was her first time experiencing this, she was afraid of giving herself away, so she let him do whatever he wanted. Little did she know that Jing Yan had an insane amount of energy and wouldn't let go of her. How could that be good?
Yue Jiang glared at Jing Yan, her voice trembling with resentment: "Your Highness promised not to bully me excessively, but I haven't seen it at all!"
Embarrassed, Jing Yan casually tilted his head back and drank the tea that had been poured for him. After finishing, he swallowed hard, but his eyes kept falling on the fallen plum blossoms.
The shallow indentation, reddish with hints of bluish-purple, was a sign of severe bullying.
Last night, he didn't know what was wrong with him. The moment he touched Yue Jiang, especially when they were intimate, Jing Yan felt for the first time in his life that he had an urge to meld her into his body.
He raised his hand to wipe away Yue Jiang's tears and sincerely apologized, "Jiang'er, I was reckless last night and suffered because of it."
Yue Jiang looked up without making a sound and saw that Jing Yan's brows were slightly furrowed and trembling. He was much softer than last night, and that inexplicable energy seemed to have returned.
Jing Yan was much more gentlemanly during the day than he was last night. She sighed softly, showing great magnanimity, and gently stroked the scratches on Jing Yan's neck and the broken skin on his lip, calming her anger slightly.
"Forget it, Your Highness has already been tormented by me. How could I possibly make a fuss about this on the first day of our marriage? I'll use some cosmetics to cover it up for Your Highness in a bit, and maybe it won't be so noticeable."
Jing Yan appreciated Yue Jiang's understanding and sensible nature, but at the same time felt a little lonely.
Does she feel she deserves this, or does she think she should?
Since he had gotten up, he quickly called people in to serve him. Considering that Yue Jiang was so weak that she needed help even to get dressed, he only allowed Yue Jiang's personal nanny and maid to come in.
He dressed himself and went to the side hall to be served by eunuchs.
When only Yue Jiang, Granny Ye, and Qing Ke were in the bedroom, Granny Ye first checked the red marks on Yue Jiang's body. They were not few, nor were they light.
"Your Highness was really acting strangely last night. The Crown Princess suffered a lot. Did you find out what happened?"
"No, thankfully His Highness was much more normal during the day. Before Yue Lang left today, I went to ask him if there was anything unusual. Perhaps he said something unrelated to His Highness later, or perhaps His Highness couldn't hold his liquor and drank too much yesterday."
Yue Jiang speculated about Jing Yan's unusual behavior last night.
Reassured, Granny Ye helped Yue Jiang comb her hair: "If it's just because you drank too much, that's fine. After all, His Highness is usually very good. It's good that you're young and vigorous after getting married. You can get pregnant with His Highness's child as soon as possible, right?"
"A child?" Upon hearing this from Granny Ye, Yue Jiang involuntarily raised her hand to cover her stomach. With the two empress dowagers eyeing the position of concubine in the Eastern Palace, it was indeed necessary to have a child to rely on.
After all, the children she gives birth to will be the Crown Prince and a princess. Jing Huaixu doesn't have many children to begin with; princes and princesses are rare even among emperors.
If she were to have a grandson or granddaughter very soon, thus having the next generation of blood in the Jing Palace, she would be able to stand more firmly in the Jing Palace.
Moreover, it would be best if she conceived a child this year, so that Jing Yan would be lonely. He couldn't be bound by the marriage alliance agreement for a year without taking a concubine, and his wife would be unfaithful while she was pregnant.
The fact that it appeared at any time shows that Jing Yan is indeed unreliable.
"Yes, it's very important."
"What's important?" Before Yue Jiang could finish speaking, Jing Yan had already returned, dressed impeccably.
However, the cut on his lip and the slightly concealed scar on his neck were still quite noticeable if you looked closely.
As Jing Yan questioned her, he approached Yue Jiang. He looked down at Yue Jiang, who was in good spirits and had regained her complexion, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I couldn't help but ask, "What you just said is very important?"
Yue Jiang tilted his head back, his eyes gentle and sweet, and he pulled Jing Yan's hand to his abdomen, speaking softly and directly.
"You're married now. The old nanny just wished me good luck and told me to quickly conceive a child for Your Highness. Your Highness, would you allow me to bear your child?"
Jing Yan's calm gaze fell on Yue Jiang's flat stomach, his palm covering it. Although there was clothing between them, they had just seen each other the night before.
Knowing that Yue Jiang's waist is extremely slender and flexible, it's hard to imagine that a life could be conceived in this place without being subjected to any rough treatment.
However, having children is a normal thing, and there's nothing to avoid about it.
However, Yue Jiang's desire to have a child for him is different from her genuine desire to have a child for him.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that she should have one for herself.
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