Li Hua never expected that he would use such a straightforward, shameful, and unrestrained phrase as "I love you" to express his love for Gan Qiongying.
Even prostitutes who solicit customers by the window would never speak so bluntly to their clients.
However, the fact that Gan Qiongying said it to him so naturally, with her eyes filled with tender affection, made even such difficult words seem so reasonable.
Once you accept such passionate and direct words, all other words become so hesitant and roundabout, unable to express the surging love and desire in your heart.
Li Hua looked at Gan Qiongying, took two deep breaths, and finally forced herself to say, "I...I love you too."
After saying that, his whole body turned as red as a ripe, ripped peach, as if you could pinch his cheeks and squeeze out drops of sweet juice.
Gan Qiongying naturally knew how excessive it was for an ancient person to say "I love you," especially for someone as reserved and shy as Li Hua, who would need a lot of courage to say such words.
Gan Qiongying was overjoyed. She hugged Li Hua by the back of his neck and kept planting kisses on his ripe cheeks, soothing all his shame and panic little by little.
The heat on Li Hua's face did not subside, and the heat in her body gradually increased due to Gan Qiongying's kisses.
Finally, both of them were panting heavily as they rolled onto the bed, their clothes half-ripped off. With the arrow already on the bowstring, Li Hua pressed down on Gan Qiongying's downward hand, his temple veins bulging as he strained his self-control.
"No...don't you not want children?"
Li Hua said, "Let me get up first, I'll go and tell San Jiu to go to the estate to find that doctor..."
"Why bother seeing a doctor when you're already like this! It won't make a difference if you do it again, will it?" Fine beads of sweat appeared on Gan Qiongying's nose.
To be honest, she had gotten a taste for it. Women aren't without desires, and the female protagonist's body wasn't just a product to please men. In front of someone she likes, no one wouldn't expect a union of body and soul.
"You said yourself that the doctor is a miracle worker, very skilled. It's so late today, we can just look for him again tomorrow, right?"
Li Hua looked at Gan Qiongying. Wasn't he also burning with desire? Didn't he also want to relive that blissful time?
In his arms was the love of his life, and his only love. Li Hua felt as if he were about to be burned to ashes.
"Are you sure you can do it?" Gan Qiongying really felt that if the doctor's medicine was effective, it couldn't be that this was the last time.
Li Hua eventually couldn't withstand Gan Qiongying's words. What man can tolerate being told he's no good by his woman?
Therefore, Li Hua's eyes gradually changed, like a leopard revealing its aggression. It arched its smooth back and pressed Gan Qiongying, its "prey," firmly under its claws.
The night was deep, and Man Yue stayed up all night, mainly worried about his princess.
Meanwhile, the people in Sanjiu and Lihua's courtyard didn't sleep either, nor did they go into the main courtyard as usual to chat together during their night watch, keeping each other awake.
A rift was silently spreading between them. If it were any other day, when Manyue saw that Sweetie was staying in the courtyard instead of sleeping, she would definitely try to find a way to let her rest.
But today, the full moon seemed not to have been seen yet. It stretched out its face, its round eyes half-closed, revealing a hint of the unassailable sharpness of the person in charge of the princess's residence.
After hearing the reason, Sweetie lectured Sanjiu, "Since when have you ever been allowed to interfere in your master's affairs?" Sanjiu was still unconvinced.
The two masters inside the house were unaware that the servants and maids outside had already clearly drawn a line between themselves and each other.
They embraced tightly, inseparable.
The hunting leopard grips its prey's throat and bites down hard, causing blood to splatter everywhere.
Its sharp claws tear through the flesh of its prey, sucking out all the sweet blood gushing from its body, and feasting on it.
As dawn quietly broke, the golden crow climbed from the earth into the sky.
Gan Qiongying slept until the sun was high in the sky again. When she opened her eyes, Li Hua was already sitting there, dressed neatly. He looked at her and said gently, "Get up quickly and drink this medicine while it's hot. I tasted it, and it's not very bitter. I went to the estate early this morning and had the doctor prescribe it."
Gan Qiongying looked languidly at Li Hua and smiled, and Li Hua returned her an incomparably handsome smile.
At the service of the maids, after rinsing her mouth slightly, she drank the medicinal soup that Li Hua had been blowing on. It was indeed neither bitter nor hot.
After finishing her drink, Gan Qiongying tried to get up, but suddenly felt something was wrong.
Similar to the incontinence, there was a slight soreness in her lower back and abdomen, which made Gan Qiongying pause in her movements as she got up. Her first thought was that Li Hua hadn't cleaned her up after she fell asleep last night.
But she quickly shook her head, because Gan Qiongying remembered when Li Hua gently carried her to take a bath.
And this feeling is so familiar, it's like a relative visiting right on time!
Gan Qiongying held onto the quilt, not daring to move. Her phoenix eyes were wide open, and her face slowly turned red. She dared not move! Such a large amount must have gotten on the quilt!
"Um... I want to eat mutton hot pot, iced plum juice, and um... yes, the roast duck from Phoenix Restaurant, the kind with crispy skin right out of the pot. Go buy it for me."
Seeing Gan Qiongying like this, Li Hua hesitated for a moment before getting up, but then just moved her shoulders and sat down again.
His face gradually turned red, and in the blink of an eye, it became even redder than Gan Qiongying's.
He was like a pink rose in full bloom, facing Gan Qiongying, a red rose, on the bedside, their beauty complementing each other.
"Go!" Gan Qiongying, unusually anxious, urged Li Hua in a less-than-friendly tone.
However, Li Hua held the empty medicine bowl without moving or looking at Gan Qiongying. Instead, she looked up at Manyue and her entourage who were waiting around Gan Qiongying to serve her.
Full Moon froze. Li Hua's glance was weightless, light and seemingly without any intention of driving them away, but Full Moon felt as if the prince consort was kicking them out.
Manyue had never found Lihua frightening before, but she recently realized that the prince consort had almost never given any of their maids a second glance.
Even when Princess Duanrong had them insulted and beaten, the prince consort's eyes never fell on them.
Therefore, Man Yue never realized that this prince consort also had a sharp edge, and it could be quite piercing.
Manyue glanced at the princess on the bed, and finally wisely led her maids out.
Gan Qiongying was already embarrassed, and seeing Manyue leave, she tried to stop her, saying, "Hey!"
Then Li Hua grabbed her hand.
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