Chapter 202 Lust Blinds Reason
Pei Siyan's kiss was sudden and unexpected. Dou Wenyi resisted by pressing her hands against his chest, but her wrists were instantly clamped down by him. Unable to struggle, her stiff back slowly relaxed, and she helplessly allowed him to take her.
He barely managed to release her when she was almost suffocating, then picked her up and placed her in the carriage.
The carriage was a mess. The pillows were askew, the white jade chessboard lay on the floor with black and white chess pieces scattered everywhere, and a book was thrown on the floor.
Dou Wenyi's heart leaped into her throat.
Almost instantly, she realized that Pei Siyan had already arrived at Fanlou, and that her conversation with Zhang Chengxian had all been overheard by him.
Pei Siyan had deliberately kissed him in front of Zhang Chengxian!
She sat quietly in the corner, a nameless anger rising within her.
Last time, he acted intimately in front of Shen Yanzhou, and now he's doing this again. Does he not trust me, or does he not believe me?
Pei Siyan sat opposite her, his face ashen, not uttering a word, his calmness unsettling.
The atmosphere inside the carriage froze.
By now, Zhang Chengxian must have harbored resentment towards Pei Siyan, after all, he was unkind first. However, as the person directly involved who was the "femme fatale," she was caught in the middle and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Zhang Chengxian is different now than before. He has a lot of prestige in the Xuanjia Army. In addition, Consort Zhang treats Pei Siyan like her own son. The Xuanjia Army is Pei Siyan's trump card.
She absolutely could not let them lose heart because of her.
Dou Wenyi sighed deeply, and tried to speak several times, but was deterred by his frightening appearance.
Upon returning to the East Palace, Pei Siyan went straight to the Chaohua Hall.
She then turned and returned to Wutong Garden, where Cuizhi knelt obediently on the ground.
Dou Wenyi's expression tightened. "What's wrong?"
Cuizhi looked terrified. "Miss, this afternoon, when I was preparing your medicine, the dregs were taken away by Eunuch Anxi's men..."
"What?" Dou Wenyi's face instantly darkened.
That was a contraceptive she specifically prescribed. The two of them are not yet married, so it's already inappropriate for them to share a bed. If she gets pregnant during this period, wouldn't people laugh at them?
Therefore, Pei Siyan's understanding of her unwillingness to conceive, coupled with his overhearing of her conversation with Zhang Chengxian, offers another explanation.
Feeling agitated, she took a bath and changed her clothes. As soon as she entered the house, she stopped in her tracks.
The noble and refined man sat casually on a rosewood chair, his slender fingers resting on an old, yellowed manuscript. His deep gaze, clear as the clouds parted and snow cleared, looked at her. "Yi'er, let's talk."
Pei Siyan broke the deadlock by speaking up.
Dou Wenyi poured him a cup of hot tea and tried her best to explain, "Your Highness, there really is nothing between us. I only consider him a friend. If I had any intention of marrying him, Consort Zhang would have already asked His Majesty to grant us a marriage. How could things be like this now?"
Pei Siyan's phoenix eyes swept over her face inch by inch. She was so beautiful and charming that everyone wanted to compete with him.
Even though she's already the Crown Princess, they still haven't given up and still want to covet her?
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and a thousand emotions seemed to churn between his lips, finally settling into a single sentence: "I trust you, but I don't trust him. Do you two really have so much old lingering affection that you need to reminisce about? You know perfectly well how he feels about you. If he asks you to meet, are you really obliged to go?"
The single word "lonely" proclaimed his identity and his anger.
Dou Wenyi lowered her eyes and pursed her lips. "Your Highness, I consider him a friend, so there are some things that need to be made clear. And you feel the same way. I don't want you to have any misunderstandings because of me."
Inside the hall, you could hear a pin drop.
Pei Siyan paused slightly, then suddenly laughed, "Back then, the day you saved Zhang Cheng'an, I suspected you were my Lian'er. No, to be precise, I had some suspicions when I met you at the temple."
“Yi’er, you were originally my Lian’er. It’s not that I’m being unfair by trying to take you away from him.”
At that time, he did ask himself if he had been to Huaiyin County, but at that time, he was also choking himself, wanting to die.
Dou Wenyi felt a mix of emotions. "Why bring this up again?"
A look of surprise flashed across Pei Siyan's face, and the image of him strangling her neck with his own hands flashed through his mind... His chest felt tight and uncomfortable.
His methods to marry her were truly despicable!
A surge of intense pain flashed in Pei Siyan's eyes. "I'm sorry, back then... I didn't trust my intuition. Dou Wenyi, why did you take contraceptives behind my back? What did I do wrong?... I'll change, okay?"
Sure enough, it was the contraceptive medication that caused him to lose control of his emotions.
Dou Wenyi's heart softened, and her expression became frank. "Your Highness, we are not yet married. Do you want others to laugh at me? Besides, didn't we agree to announce that your illness would hinder your ability to have children?"
"Furthermore, as we medical students know, premature childbirth is detrimental to a woman's health and is not beneficial to either the mother or the child."
Pei Siyan's suspicious gaze swept over her face. "Really?"
"Yes, Your Highness is a man, so you naturally don't know the difficulties women face, especially the risks of childbirth, which is like having one foot in the grave..."
Pei Siyan suddenly turned around and hugged her, burying his head in her hair and nuzzling her affectionately. "Okay, whatever you want, I'll do as you say, child. We're not in a hurry. You don't need to drink the contraceptive soup anymore. I've consulted the imperial physician, and there are other methods."
"Your Highness, promise me you'll have a proper talk with Zhang Chengxian."
"Alright, I know what I'm doing. I'm not so easily blinded by lust."
Immediately, Pei Siyan picked her up, pressed her into the brocade robe on the bed, and with a flick of his wrist, the bed curtains cascaded down like a waterfall.
The bells on the curtains rang out with a series of clear, melodious sounds...
It started raining outside, a light drizzle.
The palace lanterns under the eaves swayed in the wind and rain, and the raindrops pattered on the banana leaves in the courtyard. The rainy night was quiet, and many emotions grew in the darkness.
Before dawn, the man who had spent the night with her got up, gently pulling his arm away so as not to disturb her.
Actually, she woke up as soon as he got up.
Pei Siyan returned after putting on a beige-gold four-clawed python robe, bent down and kissed her on the lips. "I will be receiving the Northern Di delegation these two days, so I may be back late. Don't wait for me for dinner."
Dou Wenyi suddenly opened her eyes. "Who is it?"
"Wanyan Tai, the Right Chancellor of the Northern Barbarians."
"Your Highness? Are you going to let him go back?"
Pei Siyan rubbed her head, a dangerous glint in his eyes. "The Northern Di are wolves in sheep's clothing. None of them will be able to return safely."
"But what about His Majesty?"
Emperor Muzong had always been wary of him. If he were to secretly kill Wanyan Tai and ruin the peace talks, who knows what kind of trouble it would bring.
Pei Siyan gave a mocking smile. "Don't be afraid, His Majesty is old, and many of the rules of the game are outdated."
Despite having won the battle, the Northern Barbarians still clamored for reparations from the Great Zhou Dynasty, yet Emperor Muzong still ordered the Ministry of Rites to treat these Northern Barbarian barbarians with utmost courtesy.
What a spineless coward!
Dou Wenyi's heart skipped a beat. Was Pei Siyan determined to overturn the table?
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