Chu Yuan looked puzzled. "Is it not allowed?"
Dugu Jue, "..."
She really isn't picky!
"What you want is neither me nor him, but the Crown Prince, isn't it?" Dugu Jue said sarcastically, his gaze sweeping over Chu Yuan from head to toe, as if he were looking at some kind of merchandise.
Just as Chu Yuan was about to spit a mouthful of salt water at him, she heard a jumble of footsteps and voices approaching from outside the door.
"Oh dear, I clearly saw Ji Yun and my brother the Crown Prince coming this way together, but where did they go? Second brother, Pingting, please help me search carefully and see if they are deliberately hiding."
The Second Prince, Dugu Ran, had a somber expression. When he walked, one foot was higher than the other, and although his limp was not obvious, it was still easy to tell.
Upon hearing this, he remained silent, and even his walking speed continued to be slow and hesitant.
Dugu Yue curled her lips. This second prince was the most difficult to get along with; he was gloomy and taciturn...
The Pingting she mentioned is Dugu Xuancheng's youngest daughter, Princess Pingting.
Dugu Yue and Ji Yunyuan didn't get along very well, but she had a very good relationship with her well-educated and reasonable cousin, Dugu Pingting.
Chu Yuan was in a bad mood; this person clearly had ill intentions!
However, Dugu Jue showed no awareness of the impending doom, remaining motionless and pressing down on her in an aggressive manner.
Chu Yuan was almost suffocating from the pungent, over 100-pound man. She nudged him and gave him a dignified and polite smile. "Your Highness, it seems we're about to be discovered. Could you please get up?"
Actually, Chu Yuan wasn't afraid of being discovered; the main issue was the current situation.
Today is the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, and the palace is unusually lively. In addition to civil and military officials, ladies of high rank, and even marginal figures like Ji Yunyuan have entered the palace.
Delicious food, traditional opera and acrobatics, singing and dancing.
Finally, there was no crown prince who claimed to be ill and refused to leave the palace, which allowed Ji Yunyuan to plot against him.
But Ji Yunyuan was only seventeen or eighteen years old after all, and it was impossible for her to be so thorough. Moreover, with her enemy Dugu Yue watching over her, it hadn't even been half an hour before Dugu Yue caught up with her and came after her!
In fact, Dugu Yue wasn't sure if Ji Yunyuan was with Dugu Ling, but what did it matter? As long as Ji Yunyuan was embarrassed, she could say whatever she wanted.
"Sister Ji Yun...Brother Crown Prince...Where are you?" Dugu Yue deliberately raised her voice a few octaves.
Chu Yuan had an urge to poison her and make her mute!
However, before poisoning and mute Dugu Yue, Chu Yuan had to deal with Dugu Jue first.
Just as she was about to speak, Dugu Jue suddenly rubbed against her waist, tickling her. Chu Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud and twisted her body. "Dugu Jue, what time is it? You're still trying to take advantage of me?"
He probably doesn't really want to get her pregnant right away!
Dugu Jue closed his eyes briefly, his breath seeming to exhale a chilling aura. "The antidote! Where did you hide it?"
Chu Yuan instantly understood. Oh, so he was so close to her and said those ambiguous things in order to steal the antidote?
“I can give you the antidote.” A universal antidote appeared at Chu Yuan’s fingertip, along with another pill she had just shown to Dugu Jue. She smiled faintly. “But you have to keep your promise to me. Oh, and if you have the chance, remember to persuade Dugu Ling not to mess things up and ruin our important plans.”
Dugu Jue, "..."
When did he agree to her request?
He grabbed Chu Yuan's wrist and, without hesitation, put both pills into his mouth using her fingertips. Then, he leaned down and sealed Chu Yuan's lips with his.
Chu Yuan was slightly taken aback. Was this progress a little too fast?
What followed was not intimacy, but pain. Dugu Jue bit her lips until they bled, and at the same time fed her two halves of the pill!
It's so bitter!
After being forced to swallow, Chu Yuan wiped her lips in disgust.
When he looked up again, Dugu Jue's pale lips were stained with her blood. The blooming red plum blossoms weakened his frail appearance, and his brows held a hint of ferocity and unruliness. His entire demeanor had changed!
It looks kind of...exciting!
"It's not that I don't trust your medicine, it's just that you need a little punishment." As the scorching breath left Chu Yuan's ear, Dugu Jue finally left.
When Dugu Yue and his group burst through the door, there were no outsiders left inside.
Chu Yuan sat leisurely at the table, sipping her tea as if savoring some fine nectar.
The others didn't react much, but Dugu Yue looked around suspiciously, her smile almost splitting her lips. "Ji Yun, why are you here alone? Where is my Crown Prince brother!"
Chu Yuan calmly finished her cup of tea before looking at her with amusement. "You said it yourself, 'your Crown Prince brother,' your own brother. You're asking me? Fu Shun, I think you've only grown taller these past few years, not much smarter!"
When it comes to arguing, we've never lost!
"Ji Yun! I told you, don't call me Fu Shun!" Dugu Yue immediately bristled.
Because she was a premature baby, the emperor and Consort Chen were worried that she would die young, so they gave her a common but auspicious title.
Fu Shun Fu Shun sounds more like a eunuch than a puppy.
Dugu Yue was extremely annoyed by her title and begged several times, but neither the emperor nor Consort Chen would change it for her.
So whenever Ji Yunyuan and Dugu Yue argued, she would deliberately shout that.
It's interesting that after all these years, Dugu Yue hasn't developed any immunity; instead, she still gets angry reflexively.
Their already pitifully low IQ plummeted even further!
"I don't believe it. After you left, my elder brother, the Crown Prince, also left on the grounds of feeling unwell. What a coincidence!"
Dugu Yue shouted and jumped around, turning the house upside down. Finally, she stopped in front of Chu Yuan and asked, "Tell me, where did you hide my Crown Prince brother?"
Let me tell you, we all know about your filthy thoughts, but my brother, the Crown Prince, is not someone you can lay a finger on.
He's in poor health. If you harm him, be careful, or my father will no longer care about killing you back then!
Break it? Chu Yuan didn't hear anything else, only those two words seemed particularly striking.
She opened her mouth, "No, what filthy thoughts do I have? Princess Fushun, you'd better explain yourself clearly today!"
"Hmph!" Dugu Yue said with a disdainful look, her hands behind her back. "Is that even a question? She's just a phoenix rising from the ashes."
Over the years, how many people have you taken my fancy from?
Your father looks down on you, so you go around flirting with other women. What a pity, who would dare to marry you?
You're a slave of a conquered nation; marrying you would mean losing all power and influence, yet you have absolutely no self-awareness!
Chu Yuan sneered, "I stole from you? Yesterday you went to ambush the youngest son of the Mighty General, I wasn't there, was I? How come I heard that he would rather fall into a cesspool than be caught by you?"
"You—" Touched on a sore spot, Dugu Yue was furious and embarrassed. Just then, an announcement rang out from outside, "His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince have arrived!"
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