The two were now sitting face to face. Shang Changge's expression was somewhat colder than the passionate one he had shown the night before, as he discussed serious matters.
If it weren't for the hickeys left by that little rascal on his body, Xiao Ji would have doubted whether everything that happened last night was just a beautiful dream.
Get up,
He came to Shang Changge's side and pulled her into his arms. His cold face pressed intimately against Shang Changge's unadorned face, and he looked aggrieved.
"The princess doesn't want me anymore?"
Shang Changge: ?
Where did you get that idea? She's just gotten hooked, how could she possibly give it up?
Xiao Ji has always been very good at understanding people's hearts; he knows roughly what Shang Changge is thinking without her even saying a word.
"Then why are you so cold to me now? What did I do to displease the princess today?"
Whether in the past, present, or future, if there is anything about me that displeases the princess, she must tell me, and I will…
Shang Changge reached out and covered Xiao Ji's mouth, interrupting him with a kind smile:
"General Xiao's sweet words are very pleasant to hear, but it's not too late to say them later. Don't change the subject, answer me."
Xiao Ji was quite flirtatious, and he promptly planted a cool kiss on Shang Changge's heart.
In return, Shang Changge gave him a reproachful look, like that of lovers playfully scolding each other, and a sense of pleasure spread through his chest.
His arms tightened around the woman's waist before he slowly revealed the reason.
"My father was often away leading troops in battle when he was young, and he was not present when my mother gave birth to me."
When my father returned, I was already over a year old, and he left again after only three months.
"As far back as I can remember, my mother always had a sorrowful face, and she would cry every few days. Her words were always about my father."
He worried that his father wasn't eating or sleeping well while away from home, and feared that his father would be wounded and bleed on the battlefield, where swords and spears have no eyes.
"The few months my father spent at home were the happiest and most joyful time for my mother."
I was young and only saw my father a few times, so I wasn't close to him.
Even resentment, resentment that he left his mother alone at home, so depressed.
Having said that,
Xiao Ji kissed Shang Changge, seemingly finding comfort in her, his brows smoothing out before he continued, his voice calm:
"Since my father was away for most of the year, my mother devoted all her attention to me."
She hoped that when her son grew up, he would become a brave and skilled general like his father, so she was extremely strict with him.
Especially after learning that she had damaged her body during childbirth and could no longer conceive, her harshness towards Chen intensified.
Even in order to make his father see the changes in him and be satisfied with his son, he forced him, who was only 5 years old at the time, to kill someone.
"She often brought back to the general's mansion some death row inmates of insignificant status from prison, and tied their hands and feet."
Then he gave the minister a dagger and coldly ordered him to stab the condemned prisoner in the chest with the dagger.
"It doesn't matter if you're not strong enough to kill someone with one stab; you can always stab them a few more times until you get through."
Shang Changge: "That's enough."
Shang Changge interrupted, reaching out again to cover Xiao Ji's pale, thin lips.
Looking at Xiao Ji, Xiao Ji's feelings were subtle and complex; he didn't know what words to use to summarize what he had heard.
She and her older brother were abandoned at the gate of an orphanage by their biological parents, whom they had never met. Although they had no parents,
I don't really understand what parents are, but at least I've seen actors portray them on TV.
The acting was good and bad, but I've never seen anyone forgive her like Xiao Ji did.
"Forehead……"
Shang Changge opened her mouth, but she was really bad at comforting people and didn't like sentimental or sad atmospheres.
So she decided to go all the way and cupped Xiao Ji's face in her hands before kissing the man's lips.
When you've kissed enough, let go.
Meeting Xiao Jisheng's smiling eyes, she spoke with righteous indignation and pride:
"Laugh? That's right, I'm just worried about you."
Thinking of the sweet pastries on the table, she turned around, picked up a piece, and brought it to Xiao Ji's lips:
"Eat up, General Xiao. Don't you like sweets?"
Xiao Ji was good at taking advantage of the situation; he took the pastry and obediently took a bite.
As Shang Changge breathed a sigh of relief and finished feeling sorry for him, she pretended to be sad and heartbroken and slowly added:
"When I was young, I loved to eat sweets because they made my heart feel less bitter."
But my mother felt it was inappropriate for a grown man to eat sweets, so she explicitly forbade the servants in the household from bringing me any sweets.
Shang Changge: ...
Don't do that, she really doesn't like to feel sorry for people.
Xiao Ji insisted that Shang Changge feel sorry for him, so he pressed on:
"After discovering that I liked sweets, my mother not only forbade me from eating sweets, but also made the kitchen prepare at least two bitter dishes for every meal."
Even the pastries prepared for the courtiers were bitter; not only that,
As a child, I practiced martial arts during the day and studied military strategy by lamplight at night. My mother would also have strong, bitter tonics brewed for me to drink every day.
Shang Changge: ...
She had thought her stepmother was already... but unexpectedly...
The pastries were all small and delicate; Xiao Ji finished them in two or three bites and then took a sip of tea.
Then a rather large man came over and hugged Shang Changge, pressing his arm against hers, and shamelessly and directly expressed his feelings in a coquettish manner:
"Your Majesty, I am so pitiful. Please have pity on me and comfort me."
Shang Changge: ...
Xiao Ji has so directly stated that he's acting; if Shang Changge still doesn't realize it and keeps looking, he'd be a fool.
However, he didn't push Xiao Ji away. Instead, he patted Xiao Ji's head and muttered a few curses:
"General Xiao is quite pitiful, but I am truly speechless."
"Xiao Ji, has anyone ever told you that you're really shameless, and also very clingy and pretentious?"
"He's clearly a very flirtatious person, but he usually pretends to be aloof and unapproachable."
You've really figured out how to use contrast, haven't you? I was actually fooled by you..."
Xiao Ji interrupted, continuing to feign pitifulness: "I don't want to pretend either, but my mother says the general must keep a straight face."
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to intimidate his own troops, and he certainly wouldn't be able to intimidate the enemy when the two armies are facing each other on the battlefield.
Shang Changge: ...
This is probably the umpteenth time Shang Changge has been speechless today. He's never been good at comforting people, and this guy keeps pretending to be pitiful...!
At least they had already decided to accept each other, and they confirmed their relationship last night on the high platform of the palace.
Shang Changge's inner voice told her that she should have a certain amount of patience with the man she had chosen.
But comforting people is something she's really not good at...
As her thoughts drifted, Shang Changge suddenly noticed that Xiao Ji was staring at her mouth.
Realizing what was happening, her lips twitched, and she reached out to grab the man's collar, pulling him towards her with a vicious grin.
"If you want to be affectionate, just say so. Don't make this complicated thing!"
Xiao Ji chuckled softly, and kissed his beloved's full, crimson lips, finally getting what he wanted.
Shang Changge originally thought that after the kiss, it would be over, and what followed would be the usual sweet and affectionate time that any ordinary young couple would have.
Who knew that Xiao Ji, while holding her, would suddenly whisper something in her ear that she hadn't expected:
"The autumn hunt is the day after tomorrow. Is there something the princess is planning to do, hmm?"
Shang Changge: ...6!
Only at this moment did Shang Changge belatedly realize that she had provoked not just an ordinary dangerous man, but an extremely dangerous one.
But she wasn't flustered even after being resurrected and transmigrated into a book, so why would she panic over something so trivial? Of course not.
Laugh, his voice casual:
"What can a delicate and beautiful woman like me do? Of course, I'll participate in the hunt and catch a few rabbits."
She deftly emerged from Xiao Ji's embrace, and as their eyes met, Shang Changge's smile remained unchanged.
"Otherwise, what do you think General Xiao wants to do?"
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