Chapter 169 A token of love exchanged for true feelings, a passionate kiss
Yun Zhaoxue went upstairs to her room.
Xiao Xuance was still sitting by the corridor enjoying the breeze.
She had Zhuiying push the person in and then move them back to the bed.
"Your leg injury has just healed, so you shouldn't overexert yourself. Just lie down and rest. I can handle it." Yun Zhaoxue bent down and tucked the blanket around her.
Xiao Xuance held her small hand, his dark eyes fixed on her, his tone heavy, "You are my wife, I cannot let anyone take you away."
Xu Shian must die.
Yun Zhaoxue looked up and met his deep phoenix eyes, and her heart felt as if it had been struck by something, like the feeling of being moved.
Is this a silent confession?
In the past, when others confessed their feelings to her face, she only felt annoyed.
I'm actually feeling a little happy now.
She took out her hand and patted the back of his hand.
“I understand. Now is the critical period for your recovery. Take good care of yourself and when you can stand up and fully recover your martial arts, I will hide behind you and let you protect me... for the rest of my life.”
In my past life, everyone in the organization was hypocritical and calculating.
She trusts no one, is used to being alone, and doesn't need anyone's protection.
Suddenly someone said they wanted to protect her, which seemed pretty good.
Who wouldn't want someone to rely on, someone to suck up to?
Xiao Xuance nodded slightly and took her hand again. "Mmm!"
"Then it's settled. Go to sleep early, we have to travel tomorrow."
“I have something else to tell you. If I am not by your side, you still have guards and secret agents to protect you. You don’t need to put yourself in danger.”
"Let's forget about that. I don't like being stared at."
She needs her own private space, and her guards are all Xiao Xuance's men.
"The Qilin Dagger I gave you is a token to summon all the secret guards and protectors of the Xiao family."
"A dagger? Isn't it a token?"
He made a fake token and tricked Xiao Xiuning into thinking that the token was something like a token.
"No, it's the Qilin Dagger. They are all elite soldiers selected from the Xiao family army, personally trained by my father and brothers to form a Qilin Army. They use the Qilin Dagger as a token, and only members of the Xiao family can command them."
"Oh, so they want Xiao Xiuning to poison us all. With the token, Xiao Xiuning can command the Xiao family's secret guards, personal guards, and even the Xiao family army."
"right."
Yun Zhaoxue carefully examined the dagger in her hand. It was exquisitely crafted and could cut through iron like mud. It was indeed a token that could command dozens or even hundreds of elite soldiers.
She asked tentatively, "Why are you suddenly telling me all this? Aren't you afraid I'll betray you?"
She wouldn't, but the original owner of this body betrayed him. In her previous life, the original owner not only betrayed him but also killed his family.
I remember a passage in the original book where the original owner tried to befriend him on the way to exile, pretending to repent and using the child in her womb to say that she wanted to live a good life with him, but she still couldn't trick him into handing over the dagger.
He actually gave her such an important keepsake.
The main villain is actually a love-obsessed person?
Xiao Xuance: "I believe you won't betray me."
If she betrayed him, she must have been misled. He could give her a chance to turn back. If she couldn't... he would lock her up until she repented and then release her.
“We are master and servant. What’s yours is mine. You have such good things but you didn’t hand them over. You’ve been hiding them and are only giving them to me now.”
“It’s not because we are master and servant, it’s because we are husband and wife, husband and wife are one, what’s mine is yours.”
A playful glint flashed in Yun Zhaoxue's eyes as she coaxed him, "You're right, what's yours is mine. A wife who loves her husband will prosper. Keep it up. Hand over any good stuff first, understand?"
"I know, I'll give you anything I have from now on." Xiao Xuance's lonely heart pounded.
She knew she liked him, but she wasn't angry or rejecting him; in fact, she seemed quite happy.
It turns out she liked him too.
He held her hands tightly and caressed them, his burning phoenix eyes reflecting her charming face. His gaze fell on her red lips, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he slowly sat up.
"Stop touching me, there are other people here, aren't you ashamed?" Yun Zhaoxue scolded him, slapping away the man's large hand that was caressing the back of her hand, and put the dagger back under her pillow to hide it.
Once such a good thing is given to her, it's hers; she won't pretend to be noble and return it.
Zhuiying quickly turned her back and walked outside the corridor. "I didn't see or hear anything. Princess Consort, you can pretend I don't exist."
Xiao Xuance wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned in to kiss her, "I want to..." kiss you.
Yun Zhaoxue pressed two fingers against his thin lips and shook her head slightly.
The man's eyes dimmed, and even his lowered gaze couldn't hide the loneliness in them. Could it be that he had misunderstood?
She didn't have him in her heart at all?
It felt as if countless needles were piercing his heart, making it hard for him to breathe. He lay down silently.
Yun Zhaoxue lowered the bed curtains, took off her shoes, stepped over him, and sat down inside.
"Okay, now you can kiss me." She saw the man turn his face away, clearly unhappy, and immediately understood. She cupped his face and turned him back towards her. "What's wrong? Are you upset because I won't let you kiss me?"
"I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. That position was uncomfortable, twisting my waist was too tiring. I was thinking of kissing you slowly in bed."
"But I can only kiss you now, otherwise your legs can't take it and I'll hurt you, and then I'll be left to live a life of widowhood."
The shadow chasing outside, "..."
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess really don't treat him like an outsider.
Is this a blessing or a curse for him?
Seeing the man's gloom turn into joy, Yun Zhaoxue lifted his chin and teasingly stroked his tightly pursed lips with her thumb.
Xiao Xuance was afraid that she would say something bold and unrestrained again, so he cupped her face, his fingertips trembling slightly, and tilted his head back to cover her red lips.
"Hmm..."
He paused for a moment, then looked away slightly. Their eyes met, and there was no resistance in her eyes, but rather a hint of excitement and encouragement.
He took her lips in his mouth again, gently sucking and slowly rubbing them, their breaths becoming increasingly erratic.
Yun Zhaoxue cupped his face in her hands and responded, her black hair falling down to his neck, her cool fingertips caressing his flushed and burning earlobes.
The intense stimulation of ice and fire was too much for Xiao Xuance to bear, and he couldn't help but let out a comfortable groan, "Mmm..."
The man's large hand gripped the back of her neck and pressed down, the tender and lingering kiss gradually turning into a passionate one, their lips and teeth intertwined.
In the quiet room, the faint sobs coming from the bed lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
...
Just as dawn was breaking, the sound of a bailiff striking a gong echoed downstairs, "Clang, clang, clang!!!"
"Hmm..." Yun Zhaoxue murmured, startled awake by the jarring sound. She turned over, covered her ears, and went back to sleep. Every day was filled with either rushing around or arguing and fighting, leaving her so exhausted that she just wanted to lie down and not move.
Xiao Xuance was awakened by a nightmare. He raised his hand to his forehead and shook his head. The images in the dream became clearer and clearer, as if they had actually happened.
He dreamt that Yun Zhaoxue betrayed him by siding with the Third Prince, killed his family, and left him all alone, suffering unbearable pain.
They even killed his child.
The two went from being husband and wife to becoming enemies.
He hadn't yet recovered from his dream. His hand, which had been touching his forehead, slowly clenched into a fist. He lowered his eyes and glanced at that stunning face. Her gaze was like a sharp knife dipped in ice, sinister and piercing, without a trace of pity, only the cold and ruthless intent of someone whose sore spot had been touched.
The chill emanating from him seemed to freeze the air itself.
Yun Zhaoxue sensed a murderous aura and instantly became alert.
She quickly sat up, pulled out the dagger hidden under her pillow, and pointed it at him. Meanwhile, her other hand, hidden under the blanket, held a pistol, ready to kill him the moment he made a move.
What's gotten into him this time?
Could it be that after she healed her leg, he felt she was no longer of any use, so he used a broken dagger to lure her into lowering her guard and then take her life?
If that's really the case, he can't be kept alive. Kill him first! Then kill the child!
She didn't want her future child to seek revenge for his father and then kill her.
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