After Meng Qingqian lowered her head, her whole body stiffened.
She finally understood why He Yunxiao had turned his head away and why he had written a poem to hint at his feelings.
I am so ashamed of my current state that I am even worse off than some prostitutes.
A snow-white "stamen" is exposed outside the red silk "petals".
Although He Yunxiao was a modern person, some outfits can look drastically different on different people. In modern times, many girls are not very voluptuous in the summer, and He Yunxiao was used to it and remained unmoved. But this was the State of Qi, where the girls were all extremely conservative.
Even for a woman of the night, showing you a glimpse of her white chest, arms, and thighs is already considered quite revealing. This level of exposure is far less than what modern live streams depict.
Normally, women in the State of Qi would cover their bodies quite thoroughly. Even in the sweltering summer, if they wore less underneath, they would always wear a thin gauze outer garment to cover their bodies. The attitude of Qi women towards their bodies, in extreme cases, was like that of Sister Du: their bodies were something they themselves could not touch, only their husbands could touch.
Of course, most people aren't as extreme as Du Yinyun.
Given this social atmosphere, Meng Qingqian is now doomed.
To He Yunxiao, that patch of snow-white was, in a sense, almost like losing her virginity. After all, that white snow was something different from her arms, face, and thighs.
To use He Yunxiao's exaggerated description, even if Zi Ruo's wife and Nan Zhu's wife were combined, they wouldn't have shown him as much as the antidote girl.
Meng Qingqian, who had just mustered the courage to "die together" with He Yunxiao, had now lost all her courage.
She clutched her clothes tightly to her chest, silently found a corner in the council chamber, and curled up in a ball, hugging her knees. The bell lay beside her, and she secretly wept, her eyes brimming with tears.
Judging from her appearance is a matter of great importance. To put it mildly, it's called "losing her chastity." To put it more seriously, unless He Yunxiao wants to marry her, "she will never be able to get married in the future."
For Meng Qingqian, being unable to marry and not wanting to marry are two different things. However, given her status, even so, she could indeed marry down if she wanted to. But since she doesn't even want to marry up, why would she marry down?
However, the root cause of her emotional breakdown was not "getting married".
Instead, every time she tried to deal with He Yunxiao, she made a mess of things.
Last time she humiliated him, this time she's presented her snow-white body to his eyes.
Meng Qingqian couldn't understand why she was always the one who suffered losses and was tricked, even though she hadn't done anything wrong. Meanwhile, He Yunxiao, who seemed dull and naive, always managed to take advantage of her.
This is not fair at all.
Wronged.
It's just that I feel wronged.
He Yunxiao felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the antidote crying.
Last time it was Xiaoxiao, this time it's the antidote. How come they both know this trick?
He Yunxiao moved to Meng Qingqian's side, not touching her bell, but cupping his hands and saying, "A gentleman does not look at what is improper. Although I, He Yunxiao, am not a gentleman, I am still a man. This time I offended you, young lady; it is entirely my fault. Please don't take it to heart."
He Yunxiao's proactive apology and his responsible acceptance of all the mistakes made Meng Qingqian feel much better. Even though she understood that the incident of revealing "Bai Xue" really had nothing to do with He Yunxiao.
As the saying goes, everyone has their own unique talents. Although He Yunxiao is not good at anything serious, such as martial arts, strategy, or studying, his ability to make girls happy is truly first-rate. Moreover, it is a skill that he has accumulated through experience, hardship, and many trials, earning praise from numerous female protagonists.
Li Qingmeng's favorability rating has increased from 50 to 55.
Has my favorability rating increased?
Seeing that his apology was effective against the girl who needed the antidote, He Yunxiao decided to intensify his efforts.
“Miss Li, um... it was indeed wrong of me to threaten you with a handkerchief. I will tear up these two identical handkerchiefs right now.”
In front of Meng Qingqian, He Yunxiao tore the handkerchief to shreds.
Li Qingmeng's favorability rating has increased from 55 to 58.
Meng Qingqian watched with teary eyes as He Yunxiao apologized to her in a pitiful manner, even going so far as to apologize for everything that had happened since they first met.
For example, he shouldn't have followed me in the first place. Later, he shouldn't have deliberately wanted to see me fail. And then...
Some tears were still clinging to Meng Qingqian's long eyelashes. She didn't wipe them away, but just blinked, watching and listening as He Yunxiao recounted the things that had happened between them.
She hadn't expected that after everything they'd been through, and even more so, that this lecherous He Yunxiao would remember every single thing. Some things, she herself had even forgotten.
As Meng Qingqian watched He Yunxiao scratching his head awkwardly and embarrassedly while apologizing, she suddenly realized that he was actually quite handsome. She had never thought so before.
After He Yunxiao finished recounting their experiences, Li Qingmeng's favorability rating gradually rose to 65.
"I'm hungry," Meng Qingqian said softly.
He Yunxiao: "Huh? What did you say?"
Meng Qingqian said angrily, "I say I'm hungry!"
"Oh, okay." He Yunxiao understood.
He hurriedly ran to fetch the candied fruit and placed it beside the girl who had given him the antidote. The whole sequence of movements was fluid and practiced. In terms of serving others, He Yunxiao was entirely trained by Chu Chu.
Looking at He Yunxiao, whom she was ordering around, and seeing his attentive and considerate actions, Meng Qingqian suddenly felt that having him enter the palace as her personal eunuch might actually be a good choice. She would definitely give it a try if she had the chance in the future.
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