Chapter 48 Why was Qionghua doing such a thing in the study? ...
He gripped the back of her neck, his lips and tongue forcefully and skillfully penetrating her, hooking her around.
When Cui Yiluo was teasing him, she clearly had the upper hand, easily making him close his eyes tightly and his veins bulge. But now, he couldn't bear it and let out a soft cry.
She keenly sensed that he was approaching with suppressed anger.
But he had clearly wanted her to leave him, and now that she had obediently left, he was still angry.
Shegen was in pain, and Cui Yiluo resisted by pushing against his chest with both hands, but he only managed to forcefully hold her wrists down.
He pressed even closer, and Cui Yiluo felt his scent all over her body, yet she couldn't move, and even her moans were swallowed up.
But Cui Yiluo was unwilling to admit defeat, so she turned around and pestered him, using all her tricks to make him even more embarrassed.
The fire burned ever brighter, seemingly because he had broken his vow in the study and was now giving up on himself. His slender fingers expertly brushed against Xia, and Cui Yiluo trembled in shock, instinctively keeping her distance.
Jiang Yunjin's brows furrowed instantly, and he tightened his grip on his fingers. Cui Yilu could clearly feel the distinct knuckles of his fingers.
It was like venting, or like comforting.
With her life in his hands, Cui Yiluo was powerless to resist. She could only speak, but even her voice was carefully muffled by him. In fact, the guards outside were standing in the corridor, and the study door was tightly closed, so they certainly couldn't hear her. But he was always cautious, so the whimpers she made were extremely faint, so faint that only he could hear them.
Cui Yiluo would straighten her back for a moment, and then look as if all her strength had been drained away.
He was so intelligent; he knew everything about her.
As the mountain climbed higher, the sudden, abrupt cry was finally swallowed up, leaving only a very faint sound that only he could hear.
Why should he need to hear it? He had already sensed it; otherwise, why would he have sped up the process?
Cui Yiluo trembled, clutching his clothes in disarray. He held her in his arms as they sat together, and with his other hand, he held her trembling back, veins bulging on the back of his hand, soothingly pulling her even tighter.
After recovering, Cui Yiluo angrily bit him, her fingertips still numb, and she trembled as she gripped his jade belt.
But he was stopped and restrained.
Cui Yiluo looked at him with a mixture of anger and anxiety, her eyes moist and red at the corners, her voice also damp, as if both angry and coquettish: "What does my husband mean by this?"
Was he deliberately toying with her?
Jiang Yunjin could only hold her down with one hand, a vein throbbing on his forehead: "This is the study."
Cui Yiluo was completely enraged by him. How could he not remember that she was in the study when he had done so much? She simply grabbed him without thinking, causing the man to groan.
"Cui Yiluo, let go."
Jiang Yunjin looked up at her, his eyes filled with dark ink, his expression low and dangerous.
Cui Yiluo exerted more force, and the man frowned instantly, his veins bulging. She found it amusing and nodded, enunciating each word clearly: "I won't let go."
She did what he had just been doing, her watery eyes fixed on him, taking in all his reactions. He was frowning, his eyes tightly closed, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly, looking extremely uncomfortable.
Cui Yiluo was happy to see him like this, and wanted to make him even more uncomfortable, so she leaned forward and kissed his Adam's apple, as lightly as if a feather were stroking it.
“My husband calls me by my name, which truly hurts me. How about this, my husband, if you call me by another name, I will let you go.”
Jiang Yunjin's breathing was disordered, his eyes were filled with a desire to look at her, so dark that he could not see the end of the world, and his voice was low and deep, squeezed out with difficulty from his throat.
"Aro".
Cui Yiluo thought he would call her Yiluo, but she didn't expect him to call her that. No one had ever called her that before, and she couldn't help but feel a tremor in her heart. She subconsciously tightened her grip.
Caught off guard, Jiang Yunjin let out a muffled groan.
My palms were burning hot.
Jiang Yunjin held her, burying his face in the crook of her neck to calm himself, his hot breath spraying onto her collarbone.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally raised his head, his eyes filled with even deeper darkness. He silently wiped his fingers clean with a handkerchief, then used another handkerchief to wipe her hands.
Cui Yiluo watched as he carefully wiped her fingers one by one with a handkerchief. His fingers were long and beautiful, yet powerful; one could tell at a glance that they belonged to someone who wielded a pen or a sword.
And who gave him permission to call her that? A strange feeling rose in Cui Yiluo's heart, a feeling that was unbearable. She spoke up in frustration:
"Isn't your hand used for writing memorials and composing articles? Isn't the study supposed to be a clean and tidy place? Why are you doing such a thing in the study?"
While reciting the rules and emphasizing that the study was a solemn place, he was also indulging in lust and desire time and time again.
She had no idea before that she could use her hands like that; Jiang Yunjin was truly intelligent, able to learn even this without a teacher.
Jiang Yunjin's forehead twitched violently. He pursed his lips, but did not answer her. He continued to carefully wipe her fingers with his eyes lowered.
But what good is wiping it clean? His scent still lingers.
Seeing him speechless, completely shut down by her, a stark contrast to his earlier assertiveness, Cui Yiluo felt much better. A hint of smugness rose in her eyes, and the corners of her lips curled up.
After wiping it clean, he summoned Wen Feng and gave him a few instructions through the door.
It was only then that Cui Yiluo realized that there was a bathroom connected to the back of his study, which startled her.
Who would build a bathroom connected to their study? Even the most diligent official wouldn't do that. Besides, there's even a small couch next to his study—the one she used to lure him to apply the medicine. He really treats his study like a bedroom. Before their marriage, did he spend all his time in his study, day and night?
If he had already made the study his living quarters, why did he return to his room every night to sleep with her? During the time she intentionally ignored him, they barely spoke a few words a day, and when he returned to his room at night, she would pretend to be asleep. Although they lay on the same bed, it was as if they were separated by an insurmountable chasm. Yet even so, he would still return to his room.
Cui Yilu felt a vague and inexplicable doubt in her heart.
Meanwhile, servants carried water into the bathhouse through the other door and put clean clothes away.
After the servants left the bath room, Jiang Yunjin led Cui Yiluo to the door connecting the study to the bath room and gestured for her to go in.
Cui Yiluo looked at him with a half-smile: "Husband, you're calling for water and changing clothes. Doesn't that make others guess what you and I did behind closed doors?"
Jiang Yunjin's eyes darkened, and he looked at her noncommittally, saying, "Don't come to the study again unless it's absolutely necessary."
"Is my husband afraid that I will ruin his reputation, or is he afraid that he will not be able to uphold the rules?"
But doesn't he know that she's never one to back down? The more he says that, the more determined she becomes. This time she's holding onto one line, but what about next time?
Jiang Yunjin turned his back and said, "Go take a bath."
Cui Yilu chuckled softly, said nothing more, and pushed open the door to enter the bathroom.
The bathroom door closed, and after a few moments, the sound of water could be heard softly.
The man's fingers, hanging at his sides, stiffened inexplicably. He stood in the dim light, with only one side of his face illuminated, while the other side was shrouded in darkness, obscure and heavy.
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Cui Yiluo thought that since he had ordered people to bring water and change clothes, and had kept the study door closed for an hour, the matter would surely be reported to Old Madam Jiang by the servants.
Although she has taken over the main branch of the family and has managed the family's assets in a good manner, the old lady Jiang has become more accommodating towards her. However, she still harbors some dissatisfaction with her and has not yet agreed to hand over the Jiang family's business to her. Therefore, she has not yet been able to deal with the several servants that the old lady Jiang has chosen.
To indulge in lewdness in the study during the day is, for the Jiang family, which has always adhered to the rules, tantamount to trampling on the rules and completely disregarding them. For Jiang Yunjin, who has always been self-disciplined and respectful of propriety, to do such a thing is to further corrupt the moral code.
However, Jiang Yunjin may have already been tempted by her to break his vows again and again. Moreover, she was originally going to leave this time, but he took the initiative to use his hand... so he was not as angry as he was at the beginning in the bath room.
Cui Yiluo waited for several days, but Old Madam Jiang did not call them to the courtyard to reprimand them. When she paid her respects, Old Madam Jiang's expression was indifferent, no different from before.
Old Madam Jiang was obviously unaware of what happened in the study, and among all the people in the Jiang household, there was only one person who could keep it from Old Madam Jiang.
Cui Yiluo chuckled softly as she thought about it.
Isn't he supposed to be the one who respects his elders the most? But this isn't the first time he's intentionally kept things from them.
Sometimes, she even had the illusion that he would help her. But how could that be? He kept it from Old Madam Jiang only to protect his reputation and the rules he had always upheld.
It's not like I'm afraid she'll be scolded by Old Madam Jiang.
Aside from a bit of desire on the bed, and a bit of indulgence born from that desire, what other feelings did he have for her?
Cui Yiluo's eyes darkened again, and her hand, which was flipping through the account book, paused for a moment before she continued flipping through it as if nothing had happened.
As soon as she turned the page, Lilan walked under the flower stand.
"Miss, Madam Yao is here again."
Since Jiang Yunjin directly refused to see Yao Shi and Cui Jun in the study, he has been busy with official business during the day. After returning to the mansion, Cui Yiluo would not let Yao Shi know his whereabouts. Yao Shi was obviously also unsure of Jiang Yunjin's attitude. Fearing to offend him, she did not rashly bring Cui Jun to the study to ask for an audience. So she came to see Cui Yiluo the next day.
Cui Yiluo was initially worried that Jiang Yunjin might have taken Yao's words to heart that day. After all, she could only seduce him and make him so infatuated that he couldn't see anyone. However, she couldn't shut Yao's mouth, who was standing in front of the door. Yao wanted a house, a promotion, and to send Cui Jun to the Imperial Academy. The latter two were indeed difficult to handle, but the first one was too easy for the large and powerful Jiang family.
But Jiang Yunjin did not do anything, it seems that she really teased him so much that day that he didn't listen to a word she said.
Cui Yiluo snapped out of her thoughts and said calmly, "I won't see her. If she's feeling stifled at home all day, take Cui Qi out for a walk; it will also help her wound heal."
Lilan responded and reported to Madam Yao as Cui Yiluo had instructed.
After a while, someone from the Cui family's courtyard came to report that Yao Shi and Cui Jun had nothing to do, so they indeed took Cui Qi out. After all, Shengjing was a gold mine, dazzling and glamorous. Right now, their expenses were still on Jiang Yunjin's tab. If they stayed in the Jiang residence all day and didn't get the benefits they wanted, wouldn't they end up losing out on both ends?
Cui Yiluo simply had someone keep an eye on her while she continued looking at the account books.
The eldest son's household accounts were complicated, and she had spent a lot of time and effort managing them these days; otherwise, it would have been even more difficult to persuade Old Madam Jiang to agree. Cui Yiluo was immediately distracted, and it wasn't until the sun was high in the sky and Lilan came to call her for dinner that she was able to snap out of her reverie.
She frowned and asked, "Has the Cui family returned?"
Upon hearing this, Lilan's expression also turned somewhat grim. "Not yet. I'll send someone to gather some information."
Looking at the lush green vines on the flower stand, Cui Yiluo suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.
If I remember correctly, Jiang Yunjin mentioned to her when he returned to his room last night that the Emperor was going to lead the royal family out of the palace to offer sacrifices to Heaven today, and he would also be going along, so he might be returning to the mansion later.
The procession leaving the palace to offer sacrifices to Heaven would pass through Zhuque Street, one of the most bustling areas in Shengjing.
If Cui Qi were to run into someone from the royal family...
Cui Yiluo's heart skipped a beat, and she said quickly, "Go and find them quickly."
Seeing Cui Yiluo's pale face, Lilan knew something was wrong and quickly went out to deliver the order.
Cui Yiluo quickly finished her lunch and waited for Lilan to bring back news.
A moment later, Lilan rushed in again, but her expression was filled with panic.
"Young lady, they're back, but you'd better go and see, the master keeps talking nonsense..."
Upon hearing this, Cui Yilu straightened her shawl and walked out of the room.
On the way to the Cui family's courtyard, Lilan briefly recounted what had happened after the Cui family left the mansion.
"After they left the manor, the master had just been able to get out of bed and hadn't walked far. Hearing that His Majesty would be leading the royal family on a sacrificial ceremony to Heaven that day, and thinking that Zhuque Street wasn't far from the Jiang residence, they wanted to catch a glimpse of the Emperor, so they went to Zhuque Street. When they arrived, they waited in the crowd for a while, and sure enough, they saw His Majesty leading the royal family by in a carriage. But for some reason, the master suddenly changed his expression, trembling all over as he pointed at the imperial procession and shouted incoherently, as if he had suddenly gone mad, almost alarming the Emperor. Fortunately, the men we sent reacted quickly, covering the master's mouth and taking him away, otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble would have occurred!"
Cui Yiluo's face grew increasingly grim as she listened.
That's exactly right.
What did he shout?
Lilan was completely baffled: "What are you shouting, ah-ah? Miss, could it be that Master has lost his mind after being burned in the fire?"
Cui Yilu smiled, but her eyes were cold and dark.
"He was calling for Ayi."
The people in the Cui household were unaware of this, and even Madam Yao might not have known.
Her birth mother was named Lan Yi.
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When Cui Yiluo arrived at the small courtyard where the Cui family lived, the servants inside were all in a flurry of activity. When she reached the door of Cui Qi's bedroom, she could hear Cui Qi's terrified voice.
“That’s definitely Ayi, I could never mistake her! But she’s clearly… she’s clearly…”
Cui Yiluo stepped into the room, walked around the screen, and saw Yao sitting by the bed. Together with two servants, she pressed down Cui Qi, who was fidgeting and looking terrified, onto the bed. Yao kept comforting him. Cui Jun, who was fourteen years old and strong, stood aside, completely lost and full of fear.
Yao and Cui Jun also glanced at Cui Yiluo in alarm, but their eyes were still filled with confusion, clearly not knowing what was wrong with Cui Qi.
Cui Yiluo, who was being pointed at by Cui Qi, stood calmly in front of the bed.
Has the doctor come by?
Cui Qi struggled even more fiercely, making incoherent noises. While restraining him, Yao said hurriedly, "They're on their way. Yi Luo, you must take care of your father. He might not have rested well, which is why he suddenly became like this. You should quickly ask your son-in-law to find us a house so that your father can rest and recuperate properly."
Even with Cui Qi in such a state, Madam Yao is still thinking about demanding the house back.
Cui Yilu sneered inwardly and said calmly, "Father has probably gone mad. Staying in Shengjing is not good for his recovery. I have ordered someone to pack your bags, and you can return to Ningzhou tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Yao was immediately shocked, and Cui Jun, who was standing to the side and had been looking flustered, also became anxious.
Ignoring the need to restrain the restless Cui Qi, Madam Yao immediately stood up and rebuked, "Yi Luo, how can this be? Your father is ill, and as his daughter, shouldn't you be taking care of him closely? If you can't take care of him closely, then at least keep him in a visible place. How can you send your father back to Ningzhou?"
Cui Yiluo suddenly chuckled cryptically, then looked up at Yao Shi with a sharp gaze.
“Mother, I’m doing this for your own good. If you keep Father in Shengjing any longer, he might not even be able to save his life.”
Author's Note: Why are you doing this kind of thing in the study, cousin? [doge emoji]
Next chapter, the family members will be offline, and then it'll be time for the synopsis [doge]. I can't hold back anymore and want to write until my cousin goes crazy!
I'll add more chapters tomorrow, trying to make it more than today [hugs]
[Heart] Thank you, my darlings, for the nutrient solution!
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