Chapter 92 "Where's your virginity mark?!"...
He looked at her sadly, and asked in an almost humble, even pleading tone, "Xiao Che seduced you, didn't he? The people of Lanling are most skilled at bewitching; it must have been him who seduced you, right? You were just temporarily bewitched by him..." He lowered his head, crying and laughing at the same time, and muttered to himself, "Yes, that must be it... When you come to your senses, you will still come back to my side..."
He desperately wanted Yan Jiarou to answer him with a simple "yes," even just a single word, but she wouldn't. She wouldn't even give him that one word. She said almost cruelly, "He did seduce me... but I'm afraid I'll never wake up from this. Brother Crown Prince, we can't go back. I can't live without him anymore."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jue abruptly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, staring intently at her: "You can't live without him, what do you mean? He doesn't have a chain to keep you by his side, so how come you can't live without him?"
As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly grabbed her chin, forcing her to look up.
The girl's delicate and radiant face was fully revealed before my eyes. At first glance, she still looked very young, but upon closer inspection, her eyebrows and eyes clearly showed a more mature charm.
That's a charm that only women possess.
Xiao Jue scrutinized her inch by inch with his gaze, when suddenly he thought of something, his eyes widened in fury, and he grabbed her arm and roughly rolled up her sleeve.
Yan Jiarou, not understanding why, also looked down at him.
Her wrists were as white as snow, her arms were flawless and bare.
She frowned and said, "Brother Crown Prince, what are you looking at? There's clearly nothing there..."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jue seemed to be stimulated by something, and suddenly looked up at her. She had never seen such a fierce expression on his face before: "There's clearly nothing there... Ha, what a fine 'there's clearly nothing there'... Where's the virginity mark on your arm? Why is it gone?!"
Yan Jiarou's head went blank for a moment before she realized Xiao Jue's intention in examining her arm. She felt extremely embarrassed and uncomfortable. She subconsciously tried to pull her hand away, but Xiao Jue held it down firmly.
She couldn't break free, and several red marks quickly appeared on her fair and delicate arms.
Yan Jiarou frowned: "Crown Prince, you're hurting me!"
"Pain? So you can feel pain too?" He tightened his grip on her wrist, pulling her close to his face. Almost losing his composure, he poked his left chest with his finger, each word dripping with heart-wrenching pain: "When you were having your fun with Xiao Che, did you ever think that I could feel pain here too?!"
Yan Jiarou cried, "Crown Prince, please don't do this..."
She was truly terrified. In all the years she had been with Xiao Jue, she had never seen him so ruthless and frightening.
"Then tell me, why did you treat me like this? Did he seduce you?! The people of Lanling are so despicable, behaving like prostitutes. As a man, and a prince of the current dynasty, he actually seduced his future sister-in-law. Such behavior is worse than even the lowest prostitute!"
Yan Jiarou shook her head, crying, "Crown Prince, please...please don't say that about him. I won't allow you to say that about him...it's just that my condition has worsened, and I have to...do that with him. He's helping me..."
Xiao Jue was taken aback by her words, his eyes brightening for a moment, as if he had finally grasped a faint glimmer of light in a hopeless situation. He couldn't wait to confirm with her: "You had no choice, right? You were forced to be with him because of this strange illness... right? Jia Rou, right? As long as you say yes, I..."
“No,” Yan Jiarou said, her head lowered, her voice barely audible, “Crown Prince, it was my own choice. Actually, I may have always… always liked him, but for various reasons, I always suppressed myself. After spending so much time together recently, I realized I couldn’t lie to myself anymore. I want to follow my heart…”
“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I know I’m not a good woman. I’m bad. I’m not good enough for you. You are the Crown Prince, and you deserve a better and more noble woman to match you…”
"Whether you're good enough or not isn't for you to decide." Xiao Jue sneered. "What, did I just become the crown prince today? Why didn't you say these things before? Why did you have to wait until you fell in love with someone else to say you're not good enough for me?"
"I……"
"What's wrong? You have nothing to say?" He gave a very bleak laugh, reached out and stroked her cheek, his eyes filled with deep sorrow: "Jiarou, how did we get to this point? Now, you won't even lie to me anymore?"
“Brother Crown Prince, I know this might be cruel to you, but... but I'm doing this for your own good. If I force myself to stay by your side, it won't be fair to you..."
"For my own good? You started this relationship and then abandoned me, and you're saying it's for my own good?!" Xiao Jue suddenly chuckled and shoved her to the ground. "A change of heart is a change of heart. What kind of high-sounding excuse is this? Yan Jiarou, you don't need to be so hypocritical in front of me!"
Yan Jiarou pressed her palms against the floor tiles, only able to cry: "I know it's all my fault... Crown Prince, please don't be like this... I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness, I just hope that you won't be sad and upset because of me... I don't know what to do to make you feel better..."
"Don't you know what to do?" Xiao Jue stared at her intently for a moment, then calmly said, "It's simple, I'll teach you. As long as you're willing to break ties with Xiao Che and come back to my side, I can pretend nothing ever happened. I can overlook the matter of the virginity mark, and as for that damned thing called chastity, I don't really care that much about it. We can still be like before..."
Towards the end, her tone became almost pleading: "Jiarou, please?"
However, Yan Jiarou looked at him with teary eyes, and finally shook her head: "I'm sorry, Crown Prince... I can't..."
Xiao Jue closed his eyes tightly, clenched his fists tightly on the edge of the bed, and exuded a fierce aura with every breath.
The little girl who used to follow him around all day, calling him "Crown Prince Brother" in a sweet voice, and making vows of eternal love with him, is becoming increasingly blurry in my memory.
She was so blurry that he could barely see her anymore.
He never knew she could be so ruthless.
All for Xiao Che!
What's so great about him?
Beauty is all illusion, and the people of Lanling are the most despicable!
The setting sun cast a blood-red light through the window, tearing fine, bloody streaks into his white nightgown.
His brows were bloodshot, and a murderous aura emanated from him. He looked at Yan Jiarou with a distorted expression, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he pointed at her and said, "You can't live without Xiao Che, isn't it because he's so good in bed? Ha, that's all the Lanling people are good at, otherwise why would they be the first choice for male concubines!"
"What, did I just tell you? That's exactly how it is! Otherwise, why would you become so obsessed with him after sleeping with him just once?!"
"Oh, no, how could it only happen once... You've been away from the palace for so many days, no one knows what happened, having an affair with your own third brother without any matchmaker, Yan Jiarou, where is your sense of propriety and shame!"
Yan Jiarou's ears were ringing, her face was deathly pale, her hands were clenched tightly, and her body was trembling uncontrollably, like a fallen leaf swaying in the cold wind in autumn. She suppressed her voice and said, "Xiao Jue, stop talking!"
The more she acted this way, the more Xiao Jue wanted to provoke her, wishing he could make her taste the extreme pain he had experienced: "What, you can do such a thing, so I can't say anything?"
"You came to visit me as soon as you returned to the palace. You must have heard those rumors. I was seriously injured in a fall from my horse, which damaged my manhood. I'm afraid I won't be able to have sex with you. When you heard this news, you couldn't wait to leave me, could you?"
"Besides, I had an affair with Xiao Che and tasted the flavor of the Lanling people, so naturally I look down on the Wei people. Moreover, I was injured... Yan Jiarou, are you so inseparable from men? Can our friendship of so many years not even compare to a few nights with him?"
Yan Jiarou was utterly exhausted and felt completely drained. She could only manage a weak attempt to comfort him, saying, "Your Highness, please stop talking nonsense. As for those rumors outside, I know they're not credible, and I've never taken them seriously..."
"Rumors?" Xiao Jue stared at her, his tone suddenly rising strangely, and he said in a crazed manner, "Those aren't rumors, what they're saying is true. I was indeed trampled in a vital spot by a horse's hoof, which damaged my very foundation. Because of this, I'm about to lose everything..."
"Throughout history, no crown prince has ever been a useless person..."
"You said that a noble woman would be my match in the future, but how could those daughters of prestigious families tolerate having a useless husband!"
"Jiarou, you and I grew up together, childhood sweethearts. After so many years of friendship, even you are willing to abandon me, let alone them!"
“No, Crown Prince, it’s not like that…” Yan Jiarou recovered from her shock and looked at Xiao Jue’s pale and haggard face. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache: “How could this be…” She had always thought that rumors were not true, but now that she saw Xiao Jue like this, could he really be seriously injured?
The Emperor already disliked him; if he were to truly harm the foundation of the family, wouldn't the Emperor despise him even more?
In such a situation, without a marriage alliance with a woman from the Cui family to find a powerful backer, the position of crown prince might truly be in jeopardy.
But then again, with such rumors surrounding him, how could a noblewoman from a top-tier family possibly marry him?
Once he is deposed, it will be far more than just a matter of being barred from the throne.
There are three princes, but only two candidates for the position of crown prince: either him or Xiao Yan.
Although Xiao Yan and Xiao Jue were born of the same mother, they were sworn enemies. Once Xiao Yan ascended to the throne, Xiao Jue would likely face a difficult end.
Both of them were her brothers, and she didn't want either of them to get hurt.
If Xiao Jue were to ascend the throne, given his gentle and modest nature, neither Xiao Yan nor Xiao Che would likely suffer a bad end.
Therefore, the position of Crown Prince can only belong to Xiao Jue. She secretly hoped for this as well, because she had already chosen Xiao Che. If Xiao Jue were to lose the position of Crown Prince, he would truly have nothing left.
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