Xiang Yuanqing waited for Lin Jinghan for a while, and seeing that she didn't seem to ask what he meant, he got up and went back to sleep, leaving Lin Jinghan alone to think.
Lin Jinghan thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out how to solve the problem. She felt sleepy and fell asleep on the table in a daze.
Sikong Zhan waited for a long time, but she didn't come back. Seeing that it was already past bedtime, he walked straight to Xiang Yuanqing and saw Lin Jinghan sleeping on the table.
As usual, he pressed her sleep acupoints, gently picked her up, and placed her back on her own bed. He had always handled her this way when he saw her fall asleep in the carriage, but this time, he didn't leave. Instead, he slept on her side, quietly watching her sleeping face. When he was satisfied, he took her in his arms and gradually fell asleep.
Finally he could sleep with his wife in his arms again, and he slept very soundly that night.
It was just the hour of Mao, the time for them to get up and practice, and the two of them woke up one after the other.
Looking at the well-behaved girl in his arms, he smiled contentedly and subconsciously reached out to scratch her nose.
She woke up at this moment, opened her eyes, and was surprised to find someone else on the bed. When she looked closely, it was Sikong Zhan!
"Ah!" A scream resounded throughout the Nuanfeng Courtyard, followed by a slap, and she slapped him.
It was her fault. She should have slapped him yesterday when he treated her like that, and he wouldn't have crossed the line again and again.
He stared at her intently, his expression deeply hurt. With his skill, he could have dodged the slap. But, as luck would have it, he was distracted and took the slap firmly.
"Sikong Zhan, you bastard!" She pulled the quilt over herself in shame and anger, looking at him warily.
This was the first time that Prince Jingnan had been slapped in the face in his twenty years of life. A chill instantly emanated from his body. Seeing her horrified expression, he immediately retracted the chill from his body, touched his slapped face, and looked at her with a hurt expression.
"Jinghan, why?"
She had clearly kissed him yesterday, telling him that she also liked him. Since they liked each other and were husband and wife, why wouldn't he want to sleep with her?
At the moment Sikong Zhan got angry, she was really worried that he would lose his temper and lose control. If she said she wasn't afraid at that time, she would be lying. But since she was determined to hide the fact that she was moved and determined to keep her distance from him, she couldn't back down at this time. She said righteously:
"This is my room. How can you sleep in my bed without my permission?"
Now he understood that this was because he did not respect her. He remembered Mu Wenyao's earnest teachings and patiently explained:
"Jinghan, you fell asleep at Pavilion Master Xiang's place last night. I didn't want to disturb you, so I brought you back. It's not that I didn't ask for your opinion when I moved in, but you fell asleep and I couldn't tell you. I really didn't expect you to be so angry."
"Please leave. I don't want to see you right now, let alone be in the same room with you." Lin Jinghan ordered them to leave without hesitation. "Also, take all your things with you!"
But Sikong Zhan only wanted to hug his wife to sleep. If he really left like this, he didn’t know when he would have the chance to sleep in the same bed with his wife again!
So, not only did he not leave, but he gradually approached her.
"Jinghan, you kissed me yesterday, so you have to be responsible for me."
Seeing that Sikong Zhan was completely ready to act like a rogue, she was irritated and said without hesitation:
"Haven't you flirted with me enough? What's wrong with me just kissing you?!"
As soon as she said it, she regretted it - why did this sound like a female hooligan...
"Yes, it's nothing. Jinghan can kiss me as many times as she wants in the future." He let go of the face that was hit - in fact, it didn't hurt much. After all, Jinghan didn't use her internal force, and her strength was not enough for him to see.
He gradually approached her, and pecked her cheek lightly with lightning speed, his eyes full of smiles, "Your husband kissed you again, now you can kiss him back."
Sure enough, once he said the wrong thing accidentally, this man took advantage of him - he actually acted like a hooligan to him without any scruples!
It felt like the slap she had given was in vain, and she regretted it so much that she almost bit off her tongue.
She looked at him intently, and carefully reviewed their experiences since they met.
He had done so much, from risking his life to save her, to working with Mu Wenyao to find a way to win her over, to this huge change now. She knew exactly what he wanted to do, and she also knew that she had already fallen in love with him.
However, everything between them was wrong from the beginning - he had planned this marriage, and even her affection for him was calculated by him. This made her unable to open her heart to him without worry.
Given the current situation, if I don’t explain it to him clearly now, I’m afraid I won’t be able to explain it clearly in the future.
In that case, let’s lay our cards on the table.
She stood up, threw back the quilt, and got out of bed without blushing or beating her heart. After getting dressed, she looked at him solemnly and spoke slowly:
"Your Majesty, Jinghan was forced to marry you, and she was unwilling to do so."
He looked at her steadily, watching her gradually become calm and ruthless, and foresaw what she was about to do - she was going to draw a line between her and him again! He decisively interrupted her words of rejection and took her hand seriously.
"I know you've been wronged. From now on, I will treat you twice as well and make it up to you."
She shook her head bitterly. "Your Highness, we both know this. If I had agreed to serve you back in Xingqing Township, you wouldn't have asked to marry Prime Minister Lin's eldest daughter. You never married me to be your wife. Since it was wrong from the beginning, there's no need for you to play along with me like this."
She emphasized the words "just a show" and she knew it was hurtful, but she still used it to sever the relationship between them that shouldn't have happened.
He finally understood that this was the reason why she had never accepted him. Now that he had figured out the crux of the matter, the problem was easy to solve. He looked at her seriously and said firmly:
"At first, I thought I married you because of your talent and wanted you to be my own. It wasn't until later that I finally saw my heart clearly. I realized that after I met you three times in Xingqing Township, I had already fallen in love with you. That's why I tried every possible way to keep you by my side."
He blamed himself and felt annoyed, and held her hand tightly and tenderly.
"I should have figured it out earlier. If I really just wanted you to work for me, I have plenty of ways to keep you by my side. I don't have to marry you. It was my slow realization that made you feel wronged. Jinghan, give me a chance and let me make it up to you, okay?"
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