Chapter 238 Divorce Agreement
Pei Siyan could no longer contain himself, his voice hoarse, "Yi'er, how long has it been since we were intimate? Shouldn't you make it up to me?"
Dou Wenyi felt a little uneasy under his intimidating gaze, and inexplicably felt a sense of indebtedness towards him.
"Your Highness, you still have an injury on your back, you mustn't move around too much—"
Her red lips parted and closed, gleaming alluringly. Pei Siyan no longer cared about anything else. "You said it yourself, it's my back, it's not like it's injured there..."
Dou Wenyi blushed deeply, but showed no sign of yielding. "Your Highness, if you keep making a fuss, I'll really get angry. I need to apply the medicine for you first!"
The courtyard was quiet, with the fragrance of flowers wafting from outside. Pei Siyan, like a hungry wolf eyeing its prey, asked, "You really won't let me touch you?"
Her eyes shone brightly, like dazzling stars. She turned her head away shyly, ignoring him.
The two were deadlocked.
Pei Siyan frowned slightly, then finally obediently lay down on the soft couch, "Isn't it enough...?"
Dou Wenyi squatted down and took the initiative to help him undress. The messy whip marks and hideous wounds on his back suddenly came into view. Like a piece of beautiful jade that had been ravaged, it was full of pain, making her want to pity him.
Her eyes instantly reddened, and she gently and evenly applied the milky white ointment to the wounds on his back, her fingers smeared with it.
Pei Siyan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"
Dou Wenyi sniffed. "It's nothing."
He was the crown prince, the future emperor, yet for her sake, he allowed Feng Tingyun to whip him in front of all the soldiers—a humiliation he would never forget!
Even though the thunderbolt was far away from her, she felt as if she had returned to that night, recalling the helplessness and regret she felt.
She was never afraid of death, but the thought that he had been humiliated because of her made her feel extremely guilty.
Pei Siyan suddenly sat up, his rough fingertips wiping away the tear stains on her face. His voice was cold and serious: "Still saying nothing's wrong? Dou Wenyi, did you do something wrong that night?"
Dou Wenyi nodded. "Yes, I was indeed wrong."
She said she admitted her mistake, but she didn't realize exactly what she did wrong, nor did she show any remorse.
Pei Siyan ruthlessly exposed him: "You didn't."
His imposing presence and expressionless face made her heart tighten.
"I don't see that you realize your mistake at all. Do you feel guilty because you dragged me into this and made me suffer humiliation?"
Pei Siyan interrogated him coldly.
"When I left those elite troops for you, it wasn't to let them set fires or create chaos. Their primary duty was to protect your safety! And what did you do? You left them all in Tianning City. Are you incredibly audacious, treating treason like a game?"
"Or is it that you think you can act arbitrarily and do whatever you want just because you've been reborn?"
"If Zhang Chengxian doesn't return in time, and the Xishan camp and we still have a fierce battle... the consequences will be unimaginable."
You're playing with your own life!
Dou Wenyi's back stiffened.
In Pei Siyan's life so far, apart from the day Empress Wen died, the moment he learned that she was trapped in that room with the thunderbolts was the most apprehensive, desperate, and fearful moment.
"If you never feel you've done anything wrong, why should you feel guilty?"
Dou Wenyi opened her mouth, but had no way to defend herself. She had taken a risky move, which was too risky, but under those circumstances, she believed that she had made the best choice.
She lowered her eyes. "Your Highness, I was wrong."
Pei Siyan remained silent.
"I was really wrong, I will never do it again."
Pei Siyan's eyes were filled with coldness as he said in a hoarse voice, "Where did you go wrong? You are an excellent strategist and an excellent partner. You were able to handle the situation with the Eldest Princess for me and mobilize all the resources of the Eastern Palace. You did everything perfectly. Where did you go wrong?"
The thought that she was willing to risk her life to protect him made his heart sink.
He dared not imagine how desolate his life would be without her!
Having survived this ordeal, Pei Siyan finally dared to be certain that he had surpassed Shen Yanzhou in Dou Wenyi's heart, and that she had quietly sided with him.
But for someone as stubborn as her, no matter how forceful Pei Siyan's methods of punishment are, it will be to no avail. He must strike at her heart and teach her a lesson!
No one knows that night, let alone the dozens of lashes he received, he could have lost his life there.
He did it all with great pleasure.
"Your Highness, please don't be angry." Dou Wenyi paused slightly and said ingratiatingly.
Pei Siyan remained silent for a long time, then sighed, "Yi'er, don't be so foolish in the future. Be kinder to yourself, okay? I'm not dead. No matter how big the trouble is, can't a grown man like me handle it myself?"
"You are no longer allowed to fight for me!"
This is his bottom line, and it is also his authority as the crown prince, which cannot be challenged.
Dou Wenyi was taken aback, and a complex emotion welled up in her heart, a feeling that was both dull and astringent, accompanied by a lingering ache.
From childhood to adulthood, apart from her grandmother, no one in the Dou family ever showed her any favoritism, and she was always expected to tolerate Dou Mingyan.
Later, after marrying, she always yielded to Xie Guidu and treated him with the utmost respect. When the Northern Di army besieged the city, Xie Guidu even used her to deal with the Northern Di in place of Dou Mingyan.
She was always the one who was sacrificed and abandoned.
But Pei Siyan was different. Even though he was the crown prince, he valued himself more than his own life.
From him, Dou Wenyi experienced firsthand the feeling of being cherished and loved, as if she were his precious treasure.
Dou Wenyi's eyes were wet with tears, and she explained in a low voice, "Your Highness, I didn't treat myself badly. I underestimated the enemy. I won't do it again..."
Pei Siyan's gaze wandered from her neck to her lips, eyebrows, and eyes, hazy and graceful, like the rain in Jiangnan or the crabapple blossoms in autumn, as if it were a prelude, making people's hearts itch with desire.
How could he possibly have the heart to continue bullying her?
Pei Siyan was determined to finish quickly, asking, "Do you still stand by what you said that day?"
Dou Wenyi's eyes showed some confusion. "What?"
He unusually kindly reminded her, "You said that we are deeply in love, and even if we die together, it would not have been in vain; Yi'er, you said it yourself, you also want to grow old with me, right?"
Dou Wenyi lowered her head in embarrassment. At that time, she was thinking she was going to die, and she spoke without thinking. How could he remember it so clearly?
Seeing that she remained silent, Pei Siyan rose from the couch, looked down at her, pulled a robe over his shoulder, and looked down at her, coldly questioning, "I knew you were all talk and no action, always lying."
No! I didn't.
Pei Siyan said, "Then you prove it."
Dou Wenyi looked up in confusion, meeting the man's deep gaze. She pursed her lips and asked nervously, "Your Highness, what exactly do you want to do?"
Pei Siyan leaned forward slightly, enveloping her. Their breaths mingled, his gaze fixed on her lips, his voice low and deep: "Can I have the divorce papers back now?"
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