Chapter 8: Wet looks so fragile and pitiful, a light pinch...
The warm and wet touch of the fingertips made Yan Shu blush instantly. She wanted to pull her hand back but Xiao Yu grabbed her wrist.
The dark eyes just stared at her without moving an inch, and there seemed to be an undercurrent flowing in the depths of his eyes.
The air in the room became inexplicably hot. Yan Shu felt that the fingertips he was holding began to burn, making her body feel a little weak.
Just as Yan Shu's breathing became rapid and her body trembled slightly.
Xiao Yu finally swallowed the grape, and her hand was freed.
"Too sweet." Xiao Yu's voice was clear and deep, as if he was really just tasting the flavor of the grapes.
After saying that, he raised his eyes and looked at Yan Shu in surprise, "Why is Yan Yan's face so red?"
Yan Shu's face turned even hotter when she heard Xiao Yu's question. She only complained in her heart, not knowing who had just sucked her fingertips.
But even though she was annoyed, Yan Shu didn't dare to say it out loud. She raised her hand and touched her burning cheek, and just made up a random sentence, "Maybe it's too hot in the room. I always have a hot body, so it's normal for my face to be red."
Xiao Yu seemed to understand, and reached out to grab her wrist. Before Yan Shu could react, she was pulled into his arms.
Yan Shu, who had somehow ended up lying in his arms again, was stunned as she watched Xiao Yu suddenly put a chilled grape on her cheek.
Suddenly, a cold touch came from that skin, causing Yan Shu's eyelashes to tremble immediately.
Then the cold grape slid from the cheek to the chin, and from the chin to the neck, and then slid down...
Yan Shu immediately raised her hand to support Xiao Yu's arm, her eyes watering and her tone softened, "What is your Majesty doing?"
"Is it still hot?" Xiao Yu touched the girl's red face, which had been chilled by the grapes, with the back of his finger, his dark eyes half closed. "Why is it still so red after being chilled? Huh? It's even a little hot?"
Hearing Xiao Yu's low and unclear tone, Yan Shu knew that he was deliberately teasing her again.
"Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me." The girl puffed up her cheeks and acted coquettishly, "How can you cool down like this?"
After Yan Shu finished speaking, she saw that Xiao Yu showed no sign of anger, so she boldly took the grapes from his hand. When she was about to throw them away somewhere else, he suddenly held her hand.
"It would be a pity to lose it."
Yan Shu was about to explain to him that the grape had just rolled over her face and neck and was already dirty and inedible, but the next moment, Xiao Yu actually grabbed her wrist and took the grape from her fingertips directly into his mouth.
Yan Shu was stunned for a moment and could only watch Xiao Yu slowly chew and swallow the grape that still held her body temperature.
His dark eyes stared at her without moving, as if he had just eaten not only grapes but something else.
Yan Shu's face turned red again for no reason. She always felt that this man was seducing her all the time.
He lowered his eyes, his cheeks flushed. Coming to his senses, he seemed to have thought of something. He immediately looked up at the person in front of him with some interest and asked softly, "Your Majesty, are the grape skins sweet?"
Seeing the teasing in the little girl's eyes, Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and lifted her chin with his fingers.
"If you're so curious, why don't you try it yourself and find out?"
Before Yan Shu could understand what he meant, she felt a slight chill on her lips. Then, a cold breath mixed with the sweet and sour taste of grapes instantly enveloped her.
So Yan Shu was forced to taste the so-called grape skin for a long time. The taste was so sweet and sour that even her lips were swollen.
From the small couch, I tasted the bathroom, and from the bathroom, I tasted the bunk bed.
It was not until the second half of the night that the spring tide behind the scarlet gauze curtains gradually subsided.
Yan Shu had already fallen asleep from exhaustion, her fair and smooth face buried in the quilt, looking particularly cute and innocent.
Xiao Yu lay on his side beside her, half-supported with his arms bent, facing her, one hand lazily playing with a strand of the girl's soft black hair.
Even in the pitch black of night, his vision was as good as in the daytime.
His eyes were dim as he gently swept across the slender, white neck of the sleeping girl.
It looks so fragile and pitiful, and can be killed with just a pinch.
But the mind can be like poison.
He is the only one in this world who can protect her, isn't he?
But why did she have to be so cruel and leave him, and why did she betray him like that?
A trace of gloom flashed across the man's eyes.
The large hand with distinct joints slowly closed around the girl's neck, and the fingertips gradually tightened inward.
Just a little force and she will be silent.
His narrow eyes grew darker, with a look of both obsession and resentment in them, and the hand that was strangling the girl's neck tightened even more.
The girl who was sleeping soundly seemed to be having trouble breathing, her eyelashes trembling, and she whimpered weakly like a mosquito.
This low moan made Xiao Yu's eyelashes flicker, and he immediately let go.
Yan Shu's breathing then became steady again, and then she seemed to feel hot and moved her body inward, completely unaware of what had just happened.
Looking at the person who was a little further away from him, Xiao Yu frowned slightly, feeling a little displeased.
He then reached out and grasped the slender waist and pulled her back into his arms. His fingertips brushed the girl's eyelashes that were like a palm-leaf fan, and finally fell on her fair little face. The bottom of her eyes was filled with a thick and dark color that could not be erased.
Don't refuse him.
Never.
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It was already noon when Yan Shu woke up.
I was covered with a thin blanket, and my whole body was sore that I almost didn't have the strength to even lift my arms.
Last night was really crazy. Xiao Yu was even crazier than the night he was poisoned.
She remembered that in her previous life, although she had slept with him the previous night, she had never been so indulgent. Could it be that because she had changed yesterday, Xiao Yu had also changed?
Yan Shu rubbed her sore waist and sighed softly.
Although it was a bit of a hassle, it looked like a good thing for now. If things continued like this, and she was healthy, she might get pregnant soon.
She just didn't know when Doctor Fang would be able to find his cousin, as she still wanted to remove the poison as soon as possible.
Her body felt really weak, so Yan Shu lay back in the quilt for a long time before slowly calling Qingtao in.
The toiletries had already been prepared. After Yan Shu finished dressing up, she had a lazily lunch.
After finishing his meal, he was flipping through a storybook in a daze when he heard the monk guarding outside the courtyard calling someone from inside.
"Princess, Wanji is here." Qingtao took a look outside the house, then immediately came in and whispered to Yan Shu.
Yan Shu was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then a complex and mocking look flashed across her eyes, "Let her come in."
After being reborn for a few days, she almost forgot about the existence of such a person.
Nowadays, marriages between nobles all implement a dowry system. When a woman gets married, her family must give her sisters or daughters of the royal family as concubines.
Although Yan Shu had many sisters, their mothers were of higher status than hers, so it was naturally impossible for them to be given as concubines in marriage. Therefore, when Yan Shu married into the Xiao Palace, the concubine she brought with her was a bastard girl chosen by Queen Yan from the royal family, named Yan Qingwan.
Yan Shu still remembered the first time she met Yan Qingwan. Although she was beautiful, her attitude was a little timid. She only dared to call her princess with a lowered eyebrow.
At that time, Yan Shu was immersed in the fear of marrying King Xiao Wei. When she saw a girl of the same age who had the same experience as her, she felt a sense of sympathy, so she was always closer to Yan Qingwan.
Now that King Xiao Wei had passed away, the concubines who had been favored by the king were to be buried alive with him, just like the queen herself. Those who had not been favored were sent back to their mother's families to continue to be married off as noble ladies.
As Yan Shu's concubine, Yan Qingwan's status is more special than other concubines.
Firstly, she had never been favored by the emperor, so she was supposed to be sent back to Yan State. However, after Yan Shu became the new master's beauty, she, as Yan Shu's concubine, naturally could not return to Yan State alone.
Although Yan Shu had become a beauty, as Yan Shu's concubine, she should naturally become Xiao Yu's concubine.
But Xiao Yu only conferred the title on Yan Shu, so Yan Qingwan's identity naturally became awkward.
So Yan Qingwan came to see Yan Shu today for this very reason. After all, whether she stayed or left was all up to Yan Shu's decision.
Looking at Yan Qingwan crying at this moment, Yan Shu no longer tried to comfort her as she did in her previous life. Instead, she sat on the chaise longue by the window and thought quietly.
In her previous life, she thought Yan Qingwan was weak and pitiful, so when she heard her crying and saying that she didn't want to return to Yan Kingdom, she softened her heart and kept her in Baohua Palace as a female servant.
At that time, Yan Shu naturally had her own little thoughts. Xiao Yu was young and handsome, and he was gentle and doting on her. As she had just received the emperor's favor, it was natural that she did not want to share this favor with others.
So Yan Shu also told Yan Qingwan clearly at that time that if Yan Qingwan really wanted to stay, she could only give her a position as a female official, and she absolutely could not give her a concubine.
And Yan Qingwan also accepted it with pleasure.
But later Yan Shu realized that Yan Qingwan's heart was more than that.
In the year that Yan Shu fell out of favor and was imprisoned, Yan Shu unexpectedly heard from other palace people that Yan Qingwan had become King Xiao's new favorite.
The cup of poisoned wine before her death was also delivered to her by Yan Qingwan herself.
Yan Shu still remembered that Yan Qingwan had said to her with a proud smile that the king would confer the title of beauty tomorrow, so she had specially sent wedding wine to let Yan Shu share in the joy.
Yan Shu couldn't believe it, but Yan Qingwan smiled gently and said that the wedding wine was a gift from the king, and it would be against the rules for Yan Shu not to drink it.
Of course Yan Shu knew that it was poisoned wine, and she also understood that Xiao Yu was going to kill her in the end.
Xiao Yu wanted to kill her, but Yan Shu was prepared.
The only thing she didn't expect was that the person who delivered the cup of poisoned wine was Yan Qingwan, whom she treated like a sister!
Hearing Yan Shu's accusation, Yan Qingwan sneered softly.
As a concubine, if she could serve King Xiao and receive a title, her status would naturally be much higher than that of a serving female official. However, Yan Shu only wanted her to be a female official who was inferior to others. Of course, she was unwilling to accept this, and thus she hated Yan Shu from the beginning.
King Xiao was so young and handsome, how could she not fall in love with him?
Moreover, in Yan Qingwan's mind, since she was Yan Shu's concubine, she was naturally Xiao Wang's. Who knew Yan Shu was so selfish, only wanting her to be a maid? In order to stay in the Xiao Palace, she could only endure the humiliation and pretend to agree.
Yan Shu felt it was ridiculous after hearing this. She believed that she had never treated Yan Qingwan badly. She had also clearly told Yan Qingwan that if she wanted to stay, she could not be a concubine. But who knew that Yan Qingwan would secretly disobey her and scheme against her in every way.
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