Chapter 32 The Soul-Seducing Princess' fingertips came up and touched her lips...
After returning to the room, Xie Jing leaned on the couch.
He didn't sleep all night last night, and Yu Qing could see that he looked unwell, so the maid was naturally worried.
Dong Li sent Xie Jing's changed clothes to be washed. When she came back, she saw him supporting his forehead with one hand, not knowing whether he was in a trance or tired.
Just when I was about to persuade him to rest for a while, I heard a chuckle when I got closer, and saw Xie Jing trembling slightly.
"...Your Highness?" Dong Li called tentatively.
Xie Jing put down his hand and waved at her, then buried his face in his palm again.
In that brief moment, Dong Li saw clearly and discovered that he was actually laughing, and looked extremely happy. Dong Li had been by his side for many years, and had hardly seen Xie Jing with such an expression, so he immediately panicked.
"Are you okay?" she asked doubtfully.
Last night was so chaotic that Xie Jing only felt it now, realizing that it was not a dream. He felt more excited and ecstatic than ever before.
I laughed to myself for a long time before I was satisfied.
He shook his head at Dong Li and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with a smile.
"Dong Li," he said slowly, "I really married the right person."
It is so magical how fate and destiny work together in this world.
God had never shown him mercy in the past twenty years, but now he had been given a once-in-a-lifetime good fortune.
Dong Li was terrified.
She was completely unaware of Xie Jing's boundless joy; she just felt that His Highness was going crazy.
"Your Highness," she said sadly, "We two servants have actually been wanting to advise you for a long time! Don't push yourself too hard. Just be a homosexual. There are plenty of men who like men! Your Highness needs to think more open-mindedly. At worst, you can just live a good life with the prince first, and we can deal with the future later. Don't worry about this all the time. What will happen if something goes wrong? Wuwuwu..."
Xie Jing: “…”
"You're right," Xie Jing said, "I won't have to worry anymore."
*
Qiying did not attend the palace banquet last night. In the evening, she heard from the palace that the prince and the princess stayed overnight in the palace and would not be coming back.
I thought we would have to wait until at least noon before returning, but I was a little surprised to see Yu Qing walking into the yard just after dawn.
"Why are you back so early? Didn't you have lunch in the palace?"
"Don't mention it. I feel dizzy." Yu Qing pinched his eyebrows. "I was plotted against yesterday. I almost had to marry a second wife. What happened?"
Qiying was surprised.
Yu Qing had been quite composed in front of the princess just now, but now, thinking back to last night, he felt that it was too much and outrageous.
I have been patient again and again, but the other party has been pressing on.
What does the prince think of her?
She thought in a rare rebellious way: If there was a second prince who could accomplish something, she would help him no matter what.
Unfortunately, after thinking about it, to be honest, the emperor's sons are all average, and the princes are the tallest among the short ones.
As the queen's legitimate son, his position as the crown prince cannot be shaken for now. But what future can such a villain have if he sits on the throne in the future?
In order to avoid the spotlight temporarily, she took a few days off after the Wanshou Festival and pretended to be sick as much as possible.
Unexpectedly, before she could return to court, something big happened.
The emperor read a secret memorial in the Qinzheng Hall and was furious. He sent people to raid the residence of Minister Qin Chu.
Minister Qin once served in Huzhou. During the flood two years ago, he made great contributions to disaster relief. When the crown prince was ordered to inspect the disaster relief, he wrote a letter to praise his achievements.
Last year, Qin Chu was transferred back to the capital. As a rising star in the court, he became famous and was one of the candidates to succeed the Minister of Works.
As a result, local state officials have now reported that the dam, which cost a lot of money and manpower to build, has been damaged frequently over the past year. After inspection, it was found that the project was shoddy and there are endless hidden dangers if it is not reinforced as soon as possible.
There were also petitions signed in blood by several people, stating that Qin Chu had embezzled nearly 50% of the relief funds and concealed a plague, with thousands of people dying from the disease in several villages.
Not only was Qin Chu imprisoned, but all those who recommended him were also held accountable. The prince was also to blame, and the emperor was furious.
The prince pleaded with the emperor, saying that the flood in the south was serious at that time. After inspecting Huzhou, he hurried to the more severely affected area, so that he could not make clear judgment and was deceived.
The emperor ordered the prince to reflect on himself and sent an imperial envoy and several officials from the Ministry of Works to Huzhou. The prince had lost his confidant and brought disaster upon himself. He must have been so anxious in the East Palace that he couldn't take care of Yu Qing for a while.
The court had been in chaos for several days, but it had no effect on Yu Qing. She stayed out of it and was relatively relaxed. She went to court when she was supposed to and to the barracks when she was supposed to. For the time being, she didn't have to worry about the prince making trouble again.
In recent times, Qingjia has also undergone some changes.
Maybe it was because the two of them had a long talk last time, and Qingjia's knot in his heart was untied. Unlike before when he was silently worried about his offspring, he no longer had any burden, and his mood naturally changed.
In the past, she was always reserved and calm, and she was always quiet when the two of them were together.
Now, she seemed to have become brighter, and when she saw Yu Qing, she smiled before she spoke.
When Yu Qing returned home, she would occasionally greet him at the gate. In the evening, she would ask Yu Qing to stay a little longer to play chess with her or stroll around the house.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but there seems to be a hint of inexplicable heat in Qingjia’s gentle eyes.
Sometimes when he met her gaze unexpectedly, Yu Qing would feel a little unnatural.
For example, during dinner, she looked up and found that Qingjia sitting opposite her was not in a hurry to pick up his chopsticks. He was holding his chin with one hand and just looking at her.
Yu Qing was stunned for a moment: "Your Highness, there is something on my face?"
"No." Qingjia said softly.
"Then what does Your Highness think of me?"
"Why, you won't let me look at you?" Qing Jia smiled. "Didn't you always look at me before? I never said anything to you."
Yu Qing: “…”
She touched her nose. She really couldn't deny this.
But this is not the same thing. Qingjia is so beautiful, it is only right to look at her more.
Lately she seems to be changing into different clothes every day, and never repeating the same outfit for several days. It's really a treat for the eyes.
After returning from the military camp among a bunch of tall and strong men, Yu Qing's heart became clear when he saw his beautiful wife.
Qing Jia asked again, "Prince Consort, what do you think is different about me today?"
Yu Qing answered obediently, "Your Highness has changed his clothes and has a hairpin."
Qing Jia said: "I mean on the face."
On the face?
Yu Qing stared at her carefully for a long while, from her beautiful eyes, to her straight nose, and then to her clear jaw, but he really couldn't see any difference: "..."
Qing Jia smiled and said, "I changed my lip balm."
Yu Qing: "...I see."
Qing Jia asked, "Which color is better, the previous one or the current one?"
Yu Qing said honestly, "They are all good. I...can't tell the difference."
Qing Jia chuckled again. After dinner, she brought Yu Qing to her dressing table and took out a few boxes of lip balm. She said, "It used to be this way, and now it's this way. Look, they're different."
The princess also applied a little on the back of her hand, and the difference was indeed more obvious on her fair skin.
However, Yu Qing really couldn't tell which one looked better. Aren't they both similar in terms of lips?
Qing Jia smiled and said, "That's all."
Although Yu Qing didn't know anything about lip balm, she knew how to cater to the princess's preferences. Since the princess liked it, she went to the rouge shop after court the next day and bought a lot of it. She came back in the evening and brought it all to the princess.
The scattered makeup boxes covered half of the table, and the princess couldn't help laughing.
She picked and chose for a while, looking up at Yu Qing from time to time, then dipped her fingertips into one of the boxes and said to Yu Qing, "Come closer."
Yu Qing didn't understand what was going on and just did as he was told.
"Closer, come."
The princess leaned forward and moved closer to her, their noses only inches apart.
Then Qingjia raised his hand and moved it towards his lips.
Yu Qing subconsciously dodged backwards: "Your Highness, what are you doing?"
"Don't move." Qingjia said angrily, and gently supported Yu Qing's face with her other hand.
The faint fragrance from her sleeves wafted into Yu Qing's nose. He stared at Qing Jia in a daze. The other party lowered her eyes and had thick eyelashes. Yu Qing paused for a moment and even forgot to refuse.
Just as she was distracted, the princess's fingertips covered her lips and gently applied lip balm on them.
Yu Qing realized what the princess had done and felt a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, why did you put this on me? It's so weird."
She had always dressed as a man and had never used makeup, so she couldn't imagine what she looked like.
Qing Jia said: "It's not strange, you see."
She picked up the round mirror beside her and looked at Yu Qing in the mirror.
Seeing herself in the mirror, Yu Qing was stunned. Her lips weren't the crimson or bright red she'd imagined, and they didn't stand out against her face at all. Instead, they were a slightly lighter apricot lip balm, slightly moisturizing and smooth.
Qing Jia smiled and said, "This one is the most suitable for you. Here you go."
She closed the lid of the box of lip balm and placed it in Yu Qing's palm.
Yu Qing: "...I don't need lip balm, that's what women use."
Qing Jia said: "Who said you can't use it? Besides, it's not for looks. You're outside in the wind and sun, so apply a little when you remember, otherwise your lips will easily become dry and chapped."
After returning to Huaifeng Pavilion, Yu Qing was still a little dazed. He looked in the mirror tentatively, and after looking at it again, it seemed that there was something different, but he couldn't tell where... Qingjia really chose it very well, she was really amazing.
She took out the box of lip balm from her sleeve and opened it. The texture of the princess's fingertips was faintly visible on it.
Thinking of the feeling of the other person's hand pressing on his lips, Yu Qing suddenly felt a little uneasy.
The atmosphere just now, no matter how you think about it, is a bit...
Not quite innocent.
It seems to be there and not there, and it seems to be hesitant to speak.
Qingjia's smiling face appeared in his mind again, and there was a kind of bewitching look in her eyes.
It seems that I have never noticed before. Has it come to this situation between them?
Ever since Qingjia gave her the tranquilizer bag, she had been sleeping relatively soundly, but this night she suffered from insomnia, which was a rare occurrence.
Once, Qiying told her to be careful because Princess Qingjia had feelings for her.
She didn't take it seriously at the time, but this time she finally sensed the crisis.
At first, her idea was to be a respectful couple with the princess, but since she met Qingjia, the two of them had similar personalities and got along well with each other, and they became so close without realizing it.
But after all, they are both women... Can this go on?
Qingjia was like a pool of gently flowing water, silently soaking everything, and Yu Qing couldn't distance herself from her.
However, Qingjia is different from herself after all. She is a normal girl. What will Yu Qing do if one day she wants to live the life of an ordinary couple?
Eating and sleeping together, treating each other with respect, loving each other tenderly? Yu Qing couldn't give her that at all.
She felt deeply that even thinking about something that could never be obtained was cruel.
If she had a choice, she would like to be closer to Qingjia, but she also doesn't want Qingjia to suffer any harm.
Long pain? Short pain?
Yu Qing has always been decisive, but now she began to feel anxious. She turned over in frustration.
Thinking of Qingjia's face so close to him, even after two hours, Yu Qing still couldn't forget the tenderness of that moment.
She realized something belatedly and paused for a moment.
This... isn't right?
Because she had always concealed her identity, Yu Qing felt that she would never have a lover, so she had hardly thought about this issue before, and always assumed that she preferred men.
Could it be that... women can also... ?
No, it must be an illusion.
It must be because the two of them have been too close recently.
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