As soon as Song Tangxue returned to the mansion, Li Zhaoxian summoned her to his inner room.
"Your Highness." Song Tangxue bowed. At this moment, only Li Zhaoxian remained in the room. He was only wearing an undergarment and did not say a word, but simply waved to Song Tangxue.
"May I ask what business Your Highness has with me?" Li Zhaoxian was getting annoyed by the questioning, so she grabbed his wrist and pulled him to a chair. "Didn't you see that I told you to come here?"
Song Tangxue was startled and quickly withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted. Li Zhaoxian was even more displeased. Why did she react so strongly when he touched her? She was clearly his concubine.
"I suddenly remembered that since you married into the household, it seems you haven't consummated your marriage yet." Li Zhaoxian pulled his hand and put it on his body, his eyes scanning Song Tangxue up and down, making Song Tangxue very uncomfortable.
"Let's forget about it. I know that His Highness the Crown Prince does not love me, so I naturally do not want to force him." Song Tangxue was startled. She had been in the palace for many years, and Li Zhaoxian had always ignored her. Even when she took the initiative to try many times in her previous life, he turned a blind eye. Why did he suddenly think of consummating their marriage this time?
Now she no longer had any feelings for him and was unwilling to give herself to such a person. Song Tangxue only wanted to escape from here as soon as possible and then find a way to get a divorce.
Li Zhaoxian snorted coldly and pulled him into her arms without saying a word: "I used to think you were stupid and foolish, but these past few days you seem to have become a different person. You've become more and more seductive. Even the King of Chu Xiu in the Western Regions is infatuated with you. What kind of vixen tricks have you used?"
That King Chu Xiu snatched people right in front of him, he didn't take him seriously at all!
Now that Song Tangxue is his person, how dare she say those words? Doesn't that mean she thinks he, the Crown Prince, has no power? Even if he doesn't like Song Tangxue, she is still his Crown Princess, and no one can covet her.
"Your Highness is too kind. I do not possess any seductive skills. I have only met King Chu Xiu once, and I have no idea what he meant by what he said in court."
The most important thing now is to get out of here as soon as possible. The situation is different from that of my previous life. You should know that in my previous life, Li Zhaoxian would not even give me a second glance, let alone be willing to have any physical contact with me.
"Crown Princess!" Song Tangxue shouted, and sure enough, Li Zhaoxian released him.
Song Tangxue ran outside quickly, but Song Tangli was nowhere to be seen. Li Zhaoxian roared, realizing that she had been toying with him.
"Your Highness, please calm down. I really did see my sister's figure flash past the window just now. She may have overheard our conversation. Why don't you go and comfort her? She must be heartbroken right now."
Li Zhaoxian took a deep breath. In any case, she was his Crown Princess, and they would share a room sooner or later. Just thinking about his plain clothes and aloof appearance made her heart itch with desire.
Song Tangxue fled back to her bedchamber, and Cuixi quickly stepped forward: "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Song Tangxue dared not stay in the Crown Prince's residence any longer and immediately asked Cuixi to prepare a carriage for her so she could go out.
"Your Highness, it's already this late. His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely not allow you to go out. If there's anything else, why not go tomorrow? If all else fails, leave it to me."
Li Zhaoxian is currently preoccupied with coaxing Song Tangli and has no time to care where she is going: "Prepare a carriage for me first. If anyone comes looking for me, tell them I'm feeling unwell and need to rest in bed. I can't see anyone for the next few days."
Although Cui Xi didn't know what had happened to Song Tangxue, she still did as she was told. Soon, Song Tangxue quietly left the mansion dressed in night clothes and went to a nearby inn.
Upon arriving at the inn, I encountered an unexpected person.
"Oh, isn't this the Crown Princess? It's so late already, what are you doing here at this inn all by yourself? Could it be that you had a falling out with His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Song Tangxue had a headache. She hadn't expected to run into another person right after escaping one place. The one who said those words was none other than Wen Sizhi, who had defied the emperor's authority in the palace earlier that day. He was leisurely drinking his wine, and several guards sat down beside him.
"King Chu Xiu." Song Tangxue's address displeased him greatly, and he nervously put down his wine cup. "Just call me A-Zhi."
Song Tangxue ignored it. The two of them weren't that close yet, and she didn't want Xie Qianzhong to misunderstand any further.
Winslowly made a fool of himself. The other guards, being very perceptive, hid in the shadows. They saw Song Tangxue walk straight ahead and ask the waiter for a room.
"Your Majesty, I happen to have booked an extra room. Why don't you stay there?"
Song Tangxue naturally wouldn't agree to him. If it weren't for this person, that terrible thing wouldn't have happened tonight, and now she doesn't want to see him anymore.
"Why is Your Highness so cold to me? I am merely an admirer of yours. Even if you do not like me yet, please give me a chance."
That's utter nonsense.
A womanizer like him would express his affection for almost any woman he met, so the words "love at first sight" were far too cheap for him.
"I know you like that Left Prime Minister, but you've been hesitant to express your feelings because of our different social statuses. Am I right?" Song Tangxue hated the feeling of being seen through. "What is King Chu Xiu trying to say?"
“I want to cooperate with you to help you get together with your young lover, but you will have to give me something in return.” Winsch clapped his hands, and a guard placed a heavy wooden box on the table. “Open it and take a look. There are ten thousand taels of gold in here. I offered this price to the Crown Prince to exchange for it, but he refused to pay. I am willing to give you all of this money.”
The gold inside the box almost blinded the waiter. He stared intently at the gold nuggets, wishing he could pounce on them and claim them for himself right now.
"What does King Chu Xiu want me to do?" Song Tangxue's intuition told her that this matter was definitely not that simple. If he was willing to offer such a large sum of money, then the matter must be quite complicated.
“Clever.” Winston snapped his fingers. “I will make you my queen.”
Song Tangxue's eyes widened. Was he joking? He clearly knew she liked...
“I know you admire the Left Prime Minister, and I have promised that you and he will be together, but you need to be my nominal queen.” Winscher saw through her thoughts.
After a long while, Song Tangxue finally found her voice: "What good is this to you?" She was just a concubine's daughter, and there were plenty of concubine's daughters in the capital. He had no reason to look for her.
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