Chapter 183 Xiao Xuanyou, are you crazy?
Shen Ci'an simply placed her hand to his lips and lightly pecked it, without even opening his eyes, and simply shifted to a more comfortable position.
Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, she felt light as Xiao Xuanyou lifted her up by the waist and placed her on the table.
His body pressed down on top of it as well.
"Princess Qinghe," Xiao Xuanyou said softly, "you and him, are you really married?"
Jiang Zhi glared at him, puzzled. "My marriage to Lord Shen is common knowledge in the capital. Why does Your Highness need to ask such a question?"
Xiao Xuanyou's eyes were filled with melancholy. "What I mean is, did you two become a real couple?"
"Or to put it more bluntly, did you... sleep together?"
Jiang Zhi felt her breath catch in her throat as he stared at her with his sharp gaze, as if she were a drowning person with her mouth and nose sealed.
She turned her face away, her voice trembling, "Your Highness is joking. We are husband and wife, isn't this kind of thing... natural and proper?"
Xiao Xuanyou narrowed his eyes, suppressing his urge to strangle her.
"Impossible. I had someone check the dregs of the medicine you drank, and there was no ingredient of contraceptive soup in them at all."
Jiang Zhi has been taking care of her health and needs to drink medicine every day. If she really sleeps with Shen Ci'an, she will definitely have to drink contraceptive soup.
Jiang Zhi laughed coldly upon hearing this, "Your Highness is truly concerned about your subjects, even knowing so much about what happens in the bedroom. Unfortunately, you're wrong. The reason I don't drink the contraceptive soup is naturally because I want to get pregnant."
Xiao Xuanyou was almost driven mad with anger.
In the dream, the cicada-like creature tried every possible way to escape itself.
Even though she was pregnant with his child, she resolutely chose to take abortion pills.
He had previously discovered that she hadn't drunk that kind of herbal soup, and he still held onto a sliver of hope, guessing that Jiang Zhi had no feelings for Shen Ci'an and was only pretending to marry him to find a safe haven for herself.
But hearing her admit it now is like plunging a knife of jealousy deep into his heart, leaving it bleeding profusely.
Is she really willing to bear children for Shen Ci'an?
This thought caused Xiao Xuanyou's hard-won composure to crumble like smoke.
He pressed her down onto the table with one hand, turning her face to face with Shen Ci'an's sleeping face.
With his other hand, he slowly and deliberately untied his waist belt.
"Since Shen Ci'an is so disregarding your health, then I have nothing to hold back either," he said, looking down at you, his face hidden in the darkness, only his hand with bulging veins revealing his emotions. "If you're so eager to get pregnant, then let me see whose child you'll conceive first?"
Jiang Zhi could hardly believe what she was hearing.
She turned her face with all her might, her usually calm eyes revealing panic, "Xiao Xuanyou, are you crazy?!"
Xiao Xuanyou scoffed, "I went mad the day you married Shen Ci'an."
A storm raged in his eyes, the corners of which were tinged with crimson. With a thud, his waist sash fell to the ground.
Without stopping, he pushed her skirt up to her waist, and then with a little force, opened her knees.
Her burning hot body squeezed in.
Jiang Zhi was so angry that her whole body was trembling.
In the past, when Xiao Xuanyou made unwanted advances towards her, she simply treated it as if she had been bitten by a dog.
Because she knew his personality inside and out, the more fiercely she resisted, the more it would ignite his possessiveness, so she might as well just lie down and endure it.
Anyway, he won't actually do anything.
But now, he actually dares to do such a thing in front of Shen Ci'an. What does he take her for?
Jiang Zhi was unaware that Xiao Xuanyou had drunk a lot of the wine offered by the ministers during the banquet. He had been severely provoked by Xie Qi and was further agitated by the news that she had already shared a room with Shen Ci'an, causing his eyes to turn red and his rationality to crumble.
She was startled by the madness beneath his calm exterior, as if she had returned to her past life when she was his pet bird in a brothel.
She braced herself on the table with both hands, trying to back away, but Xiao Xuanyou grabbed her calves and pulled her back, pressing her firmly against him.
what to do?
There must be Xiao Xuanyou's men all around here, so even if she shouts for help, it will be of no use.
Seeing Xiao Xuanyou reach out and touch her waist, Jiang Zhi gritted her teeth and called out a name that he hadn't expected.
"Cicada skin..."
She took a breath and stared at him, asking, "Who is Chanyi...?"
Xiao Xuanyou paused in his movements.
It felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head, bringing his shattered sanity back to normal.
The surge of passion aroused by alcohol shattered completely, like a collapsed mountain.
"What did you say?" he heard himself ask.
Jiang Zhi suppressed her erratic heartbeat, "Chanyi, the name he called before he fainted when His Highness the Crown Prince jumped off the cliff to save me during the last hunt."
"Is Chanyi still His Highness the Crown Prince's beloved?"
Xiao Xuanyou stood frozen in place, his lips slightly parted, but no sound came out.
"Does His Highness see me as a substitute for Chanyi? Is that why he risked his life to save me? And that is why he has such strong feelings for me even though we've only met a few times?"
Jiang Zhi just stared at him.
She was gambling that Xiao Xuanyou wouldn't dare tell her the truth.
She saw a raging storm churning in Xiao Xuanyou's eyes. His calm mask cracked once more, and his usually confident and aloof face was now filled with struggle and pain, as if he had been driven to a dead end.
“It’s not what you guessed,” he said in a hoarse voice, “Chanyi is…”
"Your Highness, am I Chanyi?" Jiang Zhi asked.
“Yes,” Xiao Xuanyou quickly realized, then frowned, “No, it’s not…”
In reality, Jiang Zhi has long since escaped her original fate.
She was no longer Yan Wenkang's concubine, nor was she the lowly brothel girl, Chanyi, who ultimately died from massive bleeding.
Jiang Zhi laughed coldly, "It seems I guessed right, Chanyi is His Highness's Achilles' heel."
Xiao Xuanyou's pupils trembled violently, and his breathing became unsteady.
Finally, he took a step back and released her without saying a word.
"I acted impulsively, but you need to know that I have never regarded you as a substitute for anyone else."
Jiang Zhi knew this, but naturally she wouldn't point it out.
I never expected the name "Cicada Robe" to be so effective.
I wish I had moved out and used it sooner.
She got off the table, turned her back, and straightened her clothes.
Xiao Xuanyou also put his clothes back on.
It was as if nothing had ever happened between the two of them.
"Your Highness, I take my leave."
Just then, there was a knock on the palace door.
Someone whispered at the door, "Your Highness, the carriage is waiting outside the palace."
"I'll send someone to escort you back." Xiao Xuanyou pushed open the door and went out.
He's a little afraid to face Jiang Zhi now.
But when he saw the person at the door, his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"Lord Lu?"
Lu Yuan cupped his hands in greeting. "General Xie has already been taken back by the Lady of Wuyi. I have nothing to do, so I'll make this trip on behalf of His Highness the Crown Prince to escort Lord Shen and his wife back."
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