Qiao Zhen has been particularly active in the Prime Minister's residence lately. Prime Minister Lu turns a blind eye to this, while Lu Yuanchuan gets to touch Qiao Zhen's soft and warm body every day.
The First Madam was still bothered by Qiao Zhen's dowry, but she was a composed person. Every move in the Prime Minister's mansion was being watched by the Prime Minister or the Emperor's spies. Since neither of them had said anything, it would seem petty of her to make a fuss about it.
That day, the sun was blazing, and the bright sunlight made Qiao Zhen squint to see things. She went to Lu Yuanchuan's study earlier than usual because Lu Yuanchuan was a human-shaped cooling device.
"My husband, my eyelids have been twitching lately. I have a feeling that the First Madam is plotting something."
As Qiao Zhen had expected, the temperature of the cold air emanating from Lu Yuanchuan dropped even further. He looked at the book in his hand and said without raising his head, "It's just tiring."
Qiao Zhen moved a little closer to Lu Yuanchuan, feeling comfortable. "Really? But it's so hot lately, I can't sleep. Husband, let's sleep together?"
She blinked her eyes expectantly at Lu Yuanchuan.
Lu Yuanchuan pursed his lips and did not respond to her.
Qiao Zhen shamelessly said, "Then I'll take that as your agreement."
Lu Yuanchuan said in a steady voice, "You'll catch a cold."
Qiao Zhen silently processed those three words. They meant that she would catch a cold if she slept with him. She firmly said, "Catching a cold is better than getting heatstroke."
That night, Qiao Zhen, wearing only her undergarments and carrying a pillow, went to Lu Yuanchuan's room. She didn't climb into bed; instead, she stood at the door, looking at Lu Yuanchuan with a pitiful and expectant gaze, perfectly conveying her anticipation and trepidation.
Lu Yuanchuan sighed helplessly and moved to the side of the bed. "Come here."
Qiao Zhen instantly beamed and climbed onto the bed, then rolled to the inside and lay there awkwardly.
Lu Yuanchuan noticed her unease but said nothing, simply closing his eyes and falling asleep.
Hearing the steady breathing beside her, Qiao Zhen gradually relaxed. She curled up in Lu Yuanchuan's cold embrace, sighed comfortably, and then cleared her mind and fell into a deep sleep.
In the middle of the night, Lu Yuanchuan felt a tightness in his chest, like a drowning person being entangled in seaweed. When he woke up, he saw Qiao Zhen's head still nestled in his arms, her arms and legs wrapped around him.
He didn't push Qiao Zhen away immediately, but looked at the fine beads of sweat on Qiao Zhen's forehead. Since childhood, his body temperature had been much lower than that of ordinary people. Back then, the First Madam didn't treat him like this. She used to hold him to cool him down or warm him up.
Until... Lu Yuanchuan's eyes darkened, and he pushed Qiao Zhen out.
Qiao Zhen used both hands and feet to cling tightly to Lu Yuanchuan's arms and legs. She felt so hot that she was almost cooked, but the block of ice seemed to have long arms that were pushing her away. "Xu Li, if you dare to push me again, believe me, I'll diss you!"
Upon hearing the familiar name, Lu Yuanchuan paused in his shoving of Qiao Zhen.
After Qiao Zhen impatiently finished speaking, her mind instantly cleared, and she sat up abruptly. "Did I just say anything?"
Lu Yuanchuan stared intently at Qiao Zhen in the darkness. "You just said, Xu Li, if you dare push me again, believe me, I'll kill you."
Qiao Zhen felt inexplicably timid. Although she had intended to cheat on Lu Yuanchuan, that was under the condition that she had a plan and a way out, not like now when she was completely unprepared. "This Xu Li, he's a fat orange cat that I used to have. It's been too hot to sleep with at night lately, so I haven't been sleeping with him anymore."
Lu Yuanchuan remained noncommittal, still looking uninterested. "In that case, you should go to sleep peacefully."
He threw off the thin blanket, got up, and got out of bed.
Qiao Zhen quickly grabbed his sleeve, "Where are you going?"
Lu Yuanchuan pulled his sleeve aside and replied, "I sleep in the outer room; you don't seem to be sleeping very soundly."
Qiao Zhen clung tightly to his sleeve, looking like she was about to cry, her voice trembling with tears, "No! It's so hot tonight, I feel like I'm about to burst into flames, and you just want to leave like that? Don't you care about me at all?"
Lu Yuanchuan looked helpless again, "I have a cold constitution. If you have too much intimate contact with me, it can easily lead to infertility. If you don't believe me, you can find any doctor to come into the mansion and take my pulse tomorrow."
Qiao Zhen shamelessly hugged Lu Yuanchuan's narrow waist, "If I'm infertile, I'm infertile. All I know is that if I keep getting this hot, I'll either be trapped to death, or I'll be exhausted to death, or I'll die from the heat. You can't just stand by and watch me die!"
Lu Yuanchuan's gaze gleamed as he looked at Qiao Zhen in the darkness. "Are you really not bothered by infertility?"
Qiao Zhen nodded without hesitation, "I don't care, why should I care?" She felt somewhat bewildered. Giving birth in this era of backward medical technology was a gamble with half her life, and it would also threaten her mission. Especially in Pan Zhao's world, she had been in labor for several hours and never wanted to experience it again.
Do you care?
Qiao Zhen countered with a question.
Lu Yuanchuan sat back on the bed and leaned closer to look at Qiao Zhen. “I have a cold constitution and it will be difficult for me to have children in the future.”
"That's wonderful!" Qiao Zhen blurted out, then realized that it was wrong to be happy, so she pretended to be sad and said, "What I mean is, it's such a pity!"
If her eyes hadn't been so bright in the dark, Lu Yuanchuan might have believed Qiao Zhen's last sentence.
In the end, Lu Yuanchuan stayed to cool Qiao Zhen down, and Qiao Zhen finally got a good night's sleep.
The next day.
Lu Yuanchuan's attitude towards Qiao Zhen has clearly improved. Although he is not very enthusiastic, it is better than his previous half-hearted attitude.
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