Chapter 50 Chapter 50 The truth is revealed.
Xue Yuanyin had never seen Zhang Jingxuan look like this before. He was always calm, composed, gentle, and unhurried. But for such a cold-natured person to have such lustful eyes made her heart tremble.
Zhang Jingxuan quickly suppressed the desire, restrained himself for a few breaths, and suppressed it.
Xue Yuanyin's pounding heart hadn't yet calmed, thumping against her chest with a slightly rapid thud. She stared at him intently. Since he was confined to a small space on the couch and hadn't moved, his clothes weren't too messy; they were even neat.
She glanced over Zhang Jingxuan's collar and looked down to see his slightly disheveled clothes.
He was dressed neatly, but who could have guessed that beneath his clothes lay a mess? Thinking of this, she felt subtly excited and a little restless.
Xue Yuanyin raised her eyes and saw Zhang Jingxuan about to stand up. She suddenly reached out and grabbed his clothes, licked her lips, and said:
"Let me see what Young Master Zhang looks like."
The intense lust in Zhang Jingxuan's eyes was almost fading, and his voice was slightly lowered:
"What did you do just now? Have you forgotten it so quickly?"
Xue Yuanyin blinked and said, "Didn't you just not see it?"
At first, she got into the outer robe and touched and pinched it through the fabric for a while. She roughly felt the shape with her hands, but could not see what it looked like.
Later, Zhang Jingxuan used her palm to do that thing, but still did it through the fabric, not asking her to touch it directly. So even after Xue Yuanyin helped, she still couldn't meet his young master.
Zhang Jingxuan glanced at her, his expression had returned to calm, but his voice was still a little hoarse:
"no."
Xue Yuanyin groaned in disappointment and muttered, "Stingy guy, you are so chaste."
Zhang Jingxuan said nothing more, stood up and said, "I'm going to the purification room."
Xue Yuanyin knew that he was going to clean up the dirt inside his robe, and his face turned red again. He said "Oh" softly.
After Zhang Jingxuan entered the clean room, Xue Yuanyin realized that her clothes were also in a mess. She didn't think anything of it at the time, but after calming down, she felt ashamed all over. She hurriedly tidied her clothes.
After Zhang Jingxuan came out of the clean room, Xue Yuanyin went in to wash her hands. When she came out and met Zhang Jingxuan's gaze, Xue Yuanyin realized how obvious this action was.
She raised her voice to cover up her uneasiness and guilt: "What's wrong? No!"
After a pause, she blushed and asked again:
"You, your underwear..."
"Changed it."
Zhang Jingxuan paused and said, "Here are my clothes."
But there was none for her, so she was not allowed to touch it directly. Otherwise, her cuffs would be dirty and she would not be able to change them.
"oh."
Xue Yuanyin always felt that there was a very strong smell in the room. She turned around and opened the window to freshen it. When the smell dissipated, she felt a little more comfortable.
Zhang Jingxuan took a handkerchief to wipe his hands. His knuckles were white and slender, still dripping with water.
Xue Yuanyin's mood improved, at least better than when she first arrived here. She stared at his movements for a while, not giving up and bringing up the old matter again:
"Hey, that thing about you being my model..."
Zhang Jing raised his eyelids and glanced at her: "Haven't you given up yet? Are you still so persistent?"
Xue Yuanyin blinked: "If I'm persistent, will you agree?"
Zhang Jingxuan didn't hesitate, wiped his hands, threw away the handkerchief and said, "No."
Xue Yuanyin curled her lips, she knew this was the answer.
She secretly took a look at his calm and indifferent appearance, and found it hard to imagine that this was the same person just now, with desire in his eyes and suppressed breathing... and when he reached the highest point, his waist and abdomen suddenly tensed, and an uncontrollable groan came from his throat.
So sexy.
Unfortunately, I have already seen it this time, so I can only wait for the next opportunity to tease him again.
Xue Yuanyin looked outside for a while. The driver had not come back yet. When he came back, she would leave.
Zhang Jingxuan looked at her profile as she looked outwards and suddenly asked, "What are you worried about?"
Xue Yuanyin turned around and said in confusion, "I'm not worried. I was just checking to see if the driver had returned. Why are you asking?"
Zhang Jingxuan didn't answer, as if the strange mood she had felt when she first arrived was just his illusion.
His eyes were somewhat dark as he stared at her and said, "Really?"
Xue Yuanyin's smile gradually faded. She lowered her eyes and said, "Yes."
Zhang Jingxuan looked at her, waiting for her to speak.
Xue Yuanyin said slowly, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu asked me to find a famous painting that he wanted to use to win over the court officials. I found it, but I lied to him and said the painting was missing."
Zhang Jingxuan asked, "Why?"
Xue Yuanyin slowly clenched her fists, pinching them until her palms ached. She said expressionlessly, "I don't want to give it to him."
I don't want him to get any closer to the throne, and I don't want him to win so easily.
Zhang Jingxuan asked, "Can't you handle it?"
Xue Yuanyin nodded.
Zhang Jingxuan: "Show it to me."
Xue Yuanyin didn't know what he wanted this thing for, but she went back to the carriage to take out the hidden "Guan Lu Tu", then went back to the house and handed it to him.
Zhang Jingxuan didn't answer, but asked, "Are you sure you don't want it anymore? Do you want to get rid of it?"
Xue Yuanyin nodded and asked curiously, "Do you have a solution?"
Zhang Jingxuan took the painting, looked into her eyes, and asked slowly in a voice as gentle as jade beads falling on a plate:
"Then this painting belongs to me now. Let me ask you one last time. Are you sure you don't want to give it to His Royal Highness Prince Yu? Think about it and then answer me."
Xue Yuanyin thought he was going to present it to the Crown Prince. The Minister of Revenue loved this great scholar's landscape map the most, and it was the only one left in the capital, making it extremely rare. So he said:
"No one knows that I have this painting. If you want to give it to me..."
Before she could finish, Zhang Jingxuan suddenly pulled out a tinder, lit it, and leaned over to a corner of the painting. Instantly, the masterpiece, so desperately needed by His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu, burst into flames. The crackling sound was especially clear in the silent courtyard, and the crimson flames nearly pierced her eyes.
Xue Yuanyin subconsciously said: "What are you doing?!"
Zhang Jingxuan looked at her calmly and said, "If you want it, it's still not too late to save it."
Xue Yuanyin looked at the quietly burning painting and said in a daze, "I...I don't want it."
Zhang Jingxuan nodded, threw the painting on the ground, let it burn beyond recognition, and said calmly:
"Well, since you gave me this painting, I think you have no objection to burning it now."
Xue Yuanyin said in a daze: "I... have no objection."
But she never thought she could do this, destroy it so decisively.
I saw the famous painting "Guan Lu Tu" burning quietly, and soon it turned into ashes.
Zhang Jingxuan looked up at her and said, "Are you still upset about it now?"
Xue Yuanyin stammered, but didn't know what to say. She hastily avoided his gaze and said:
"I...I should go."
Zhang Jingxuan frowned calmly.
He suddenly thought of the figure in white clothes he saw at Nantang Temple that day. He wondered who that was. He had never seen such an elegant young man in the capital. He suppressed these thoughts calmly, and finally his eyes fell on her black temples.
There was a headdress with a cluster of pearls, and he felt that it should be matched with a hairpin.
He seemed to have never given her a hairpin.
Whatever...
Zhang Jingxuan's mind raced through all sorts of thoughts, but he finally suppressed them all and looked at her and said:
"There are only a few days left before the Winter Sacrifice Ceremony. Next time, before the Winter Sacrifice begins, come find me at Zhuyue Palace and I'll show you around."
Xue Yuanyin looked up, her eyes brightening: "Really?"
Zhang Jingxuan nodded. "Let's tentatively schedule it for five days from now. When have I ever lied to you?"
Xue Yuanyin raised the corner of his lips and nodded, "Okay! Liars are puppies!"
She didn't stay any longer, said goodbye to Zhang Jingxuan, and returned to the carriage. After waiting for about an incense stick of time, the driver returned with sour cinnamon preserves.
She ate sour cinnamon preserves as she slowly returned in the carriage. For some unknown reason, her mood gradually became more cheerful.
Xue Yuanyin felt that the future should not be completely hopeless.
She was in a good mood and went back to Xue Mansion until she saw her father sitting in the middle hall with a sullen face, surrounded by several guards from the mansion.
The atmosphere was solemn and silent.
She paused, her mood suddenly plummeted, and a bad premonition flashed through her mind.
When Xue Chang saw her, his face turned as dark as a cloud covering a city, and he scolded her harshly:
"Evil girl!"
A hairpin fell to the ground and landed in front of her. Xue Yuanyin recognized it as the hairpin on her temples.
She touched her hair and found a strand missing from her temples. Her heart skipped a beat. When did she lose it? Where did she lose it?
Xue Chang swung the whip violently, hitting her shoulder with a loud snap. His deep and stern voice, accompanied by a powerful pressure, came towards her like a thousand pounds:
“Kneel down!”
Xue Yuanyin felt a burning pain on his shoulder, a chill dripped from his forehead, and he fell to his knees with a thud.
Xue Chang sat at the head of the table, threw out the hairpin, and said with a gloomy face:
"Tell me the truth, where have you been these days when you were out on business?"
Xue Yuanyin knelt on the open space at the entrance of the hall, lowered his head, and said:
"Reporting to Father, my daughter did go on an errand."
"You will never repent!"
Xue Chang sneered and said, "The guards found your hairpin near the villa in Chungui Alley. Let me ask you, whose villa is that?"
When Xue Yuanyin heard the name "Chun Gui Alley", she knew that things were bad. The truth was revealed, and the things that had been hidden for so long were finally exposed.
But this did not mean that she could accept his rebuke calmly. She suddenly raised her head, looked at Xue Chang calmly, and said:
"Father, may I ask, I have only met with the eldest son of the Zhang family a few times. Have I delayed Prince Yu's pursuit of the throne, or have I been secretly associated with the Western Qiang people? Have I been delayed in my work, or have I been passive and lazy? Have I been discovered and treated as an illicit couple, or has my reputation been tarnished? Don't you think your desire for control is too strong?"
"How dare you talk back?!"
Xue Chang was so angry that he whipped her on the back. Xue Yuanyin felt a burning sensation, and then a sharp pain spread, causing her to almost lose her balance. She only heard Xue Chang pointing his finger at her and angrily scolding:
"Shameless! You're secretly colluding with your competitor, and you still have the nerve to claim you've met a few times? Let me ask you, Xue Ling, do you admit your guilt?"
"Father, first of all, my name is not Xue Ling. Secondly, I do have a name, given to me by my mother. It's Xue Yuanyin."
Xue Yuanyin suppressed her trembling voice and said, "Finally, I did nothing wrong. You can punish me as you wish!"
"presumptuous!"
Xue Chang was furious and said, "I think I've been too lenient with you. If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't even remember your last name, Xue!"
He threw the whip into the guard's hand and gave a cold order:
"Give her the family discipline! Don't stop until she admits her mistake!"
Xue Chang sat at the top, looking down coldly. Two guards stood on either side of Xue Yuanyin. One of the guards took the whip, rolled it a few times in his palm, shouted "one", and then swung his arm and whipped it down fiercely.
There was a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and the whip landed heavily on Xue Yuanyin's back. With a snap, her back suddenly felt a sharp pain, and she felt her skin and flesh were torn apart. She couldn't help but let out a suppressed scream.
The force of the Xue family's family rules was designed for the men in the clan, and was indeed too harsh for women. The guard hesitated for a moment and looked at Xue Chang.
Xue Chang looked at her indifferently and said:
"continue."
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