"You...you stay away from me." Yuan Zhan was not used to others being so close to him. The sweet fragrance of the woman went into his lungs with his breath, which was addictive. Yuan Zhan said the words of rejection, but for some reason, his body did not push her away. Their bodies hugged each other. Yuan Zhan stretched out his hand and held the other's slender and soft waist, but soon, he retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted. His face turned red, and the tips of his ears were also red.
Haitang turned around and was stunned when she saw Yuan Zhan's reaction. As a prince, he should have had a maidservant in his room, so why was he acting so... shy?
Yuan Zhan wanted to push Haitang away, but he also didn't want to. As he smelled the fragrance on her body, his expression gradually became dazed, and he put his hand on Haitang's waist again.
Haitang suddenly changed her mind, but she did not show it in person. Instead, she invited Yuan Zhan into her room and then asked the black-clad guards to stay away.
The black-clad guard was very hurt: "Why... Sister Haitang, don't you like me anymore?"
Haitang smiled at him and said, "I like you, but I also like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The black-clad guard remained silent: "..."
Haitang closed the door. After a while, Prince Yuan Zhan's slightly deep voice came from the room: "Haitang, don't be like this..."
The black-clad guards automatically retreated to a distance.
In the room, Haitang sat on a chair, lazily supporting her chin with one hand, while Yuan Zhan was lying on the bed. He seemed to be trapped in some illusion, thinking that he and Haitang were in close contact.
After a long time, Yuan Zhan fell into a deep sleep.
Haitang casually tugged at her collar, raised her hand to ruffle her hair, and then opened the door.
There was no one in the yard. Haitang said to the air, "I'm going to the street to buy clothes. Who's here? Boil water for His Highness the Crown Prince to bathe and get dressed."
After saying that, she straightened her dress and walked out of the yard calmly.
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For the next few days, Yuan Zhan lived in Haitang's yard. At first, he was very angry and felt that he had been taken advantage of, but after a few days, he felt that this kind of life... seemed not bad?
He's a man, so it doesn't seem like he's that much of a loser...
Another night, Yuan Zhan lay alone in bed, his arms embracing a mass of air as he spoke tenderly to it, "Haitang, since we've already had physical intimacy, we shouldn't stay here any longer. Come with me back to the palace. From now on, you'll be my concubine..."
After a pause, he added: "I have never had a concubine before. You are my first. I am very fond of you."
The first half of the sentence is true, but the second half is false. He only loves me the most, so how could he like Begonia just because he has been with her for a few days?
"I don't want to be a concubine..." Haitang sat on a chair, staring at Yuan Zhan from a few meters away. She said, "Even if I can't be your Crown Prince's Consort, can't I be a concubine?"
Yuan Zhan changed his posture and asked, "What is your cultivation level?"
Haitang said: "Youthful Yuan Realm."
Yuan Zhan snorted lazily and said, "My Crown Prince's consort will be a young lady from an aristocratic family at the Qingyuan Realm. You are of low status, so if you wish to be a concubine, that's fine. As long as you raise your cultivation to the Qingyuan Realm, I will grant you the position."
Haitang nearly burst into a rage when she heard this. "How dare a mere mortal find fault with a cultivator?" Even if he had a good father, so what? Mortals only lived for a hundred years. Even for a prince, marrying a cultivator at the Young Yuan Realm was a great blessing. How dare he ask for more?
"Your Highness, when you have more people around you in the future, will Haitang fall out of favor?"
"Of course not. You are my first woman. I will never forget you."
Yuan Zhan chatted with her for a while before gradually falling asleep. Just as he fell asleep, the door of the room suddenly opened and Prince Rui stood at the door with a gloomy expression.
Haitang had already sensed that Prince Rui was nearby through the master-servant contract. She stood up from her chair and followed Prince Rui into the yard. As soon as she stopped, Prince Rui suddenly turned around and kicked her knee.
“Crack—”
The crisp sound of bones breaking was heard, and Haitang was about to scream, but Prince Rui stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth, preventing her from making any sound.
Haitang knelt on the ground in a mess, supporting her body with her two palms. In order to pretend to be in pain, she deliberately let out pitiful whimpers from her throat, and her body was shaking constantly.
"Why are you playing tricks on my son?" Prince Rui asked coldly. He had used the Star-Guiding Stone these days to search for Brother Lan Zhi's whereabouts, but found nothing. He also didn't know where the other party had escaped to. Then he wanted to find the whereabouts of the demon cultivator who assassinated him, but still couldn't find it. Prince Rui was very angry. He felt that the royal family's Star-Guiding Stone was a rubbish spiritual weapon that was useless. It was ridiculous that the royal family regarded this rubbish spiritual weapon as a treasure.
Prince Rui returned the Star-Guiding Stone to the Emperor and returned to the palace to check on the honest young man. The young man had taken the "Chengyuan Pill" and his spiritual energy had skyrocketed. After so many days, the young man had completely stabilized his cultivation level and was full of energy without any sequelae. However, Prince Rui was still worried and decided to fight the young man to see if he would die after overdrawing his spiritual energy. So Prince Rui made up an excuse and said, "I will guide you in actual combat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The honest young man still looks the same as before, but his eyes are brighter than before, he is determined to make progress and full of confidence, looking like a sword drawn from its sheath, its edge exposed.
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