Chu Yunge urgently called for a stop and looked at Xie Wangze in confusion. “Shall we sleep like this tonight too?”
She was truly a bit afraid tonight. Did Xie Wangze know about the maid’s matter and deliberately blow out the lamp to scare her?
Xie Wangze saw the suspicion in Chu Yunge’s eyes and stiffened for a moment before casually sitting up straight as if nothing had happened.
Once he lay down on the bed and pulled her hand, he noticed her hand was ice-cold and she was unconsciously leaning toward him for warmth. He quickly guessed that she was afraid.
She had been retaliated against, and the maid had died—he already knew about it. Apart from thinking she deserved it, he had not expected her to be afraid?
Why was she afraid? She was not someone who got scared.
Xie Wangze’s gaze grew profound. Things were getting stranger and stranger.
If the princess had not been right under his nose without ever changing, he would have suspected that she had been replaced by someone else.
“Your Highness, that maid today…”
Xie Wangze had just opened his mouth when a gust of wind blew outside, and the window suddenly made a noise.
Chu Yunge’s mind had already tensed at the mention of the maid, and with this strange sound, she was greatly startled. She flipped over and hugged Xie Wangze tightly without thinking.
Xie Wangze had not yet reacted when Chu Yunge hugged him with both hands and feet.
His body stiffened, and his pupils suddenly dilated. The sounds around him seemed to quiet down.
A moment later, he regained his senses.
“What are you doing, Your Highness? Get down.”
He tried to push Chu Yunge away.
Unexpectedly, Chu Yunge hugged him even tighter and even directly climbed onto him.
“Don’t move. Just let me hug you for a bit. You’re a man, so you have strong yang energy.”
Chu Yunge silently recited that feudal superstitions were unreliable and there were no ghosts in the world, but she still hugged Xie Wangze tightly. It made some sense that men had strong yang energy.
A vein throbbed on Xie Wangze’s forehead. In that instant, all the words Ju An had said flashed through his mind.
Strands of Chu Yunge’s hair fell on his neck, constantly teasing his senses.
His body temperature rose unknowingly, his heartbeat stalled for a moment, his throat tightened, and his Adam’s apple moved involuntarily. His eyes filled with an increasingly aggressive possessiveness.
This was her own doing… Perhaps she was doing it on purpose.
Xie Wangze reached out and gripped Chu Yunge’s wrist, flipping over to pin her beneath him.
Their positions swapped. Under the warm yellow lamplight, Chu Yunge saw Xie Wangze’s dark eyes dyed with desire.
Chu Yunge was shocked. As they gazed at each other, a subtle atmosphere spread between them.
The force on her wrist increased. Chu Yunge sensed something was wrong. How could Xie Wangze have such a look in his eyes? He was the Chu Emperor’s main CP, the true male lead.
She frowned slightly and had not yet figured it out when her lips were suddenly covered by warmth.
It carried a hint of punishment and inexplicable anger, with heavy force, as if silently accusing her: for kissing Li Guangi, for teasing Yan Feng, for spacing out.
Chu Yunge’s eyes widened abruptly. Had Xie Wangze gone mad? He…
Chu Yunge wanted to dodge, but this movement completely ignited the flames in Xie Wangze’s eyes, and his reason was swallowed up.
Just as everything was about to spiral completely out of control, the window was slapped hard.
Then, with a bang, it was pushed open.
Xie Wangze abruptly looked up and saw Pei Ji who had jumped in through the window.
He himself did not know that, in that moment, his eyes were full of icy killing intent.
Chu Yunge’s mind had blanked out from Xie Wangze’s sudden kiss. She was stunned for a moment before looking up and seeing Pei Ji.
“Pei Ji, you scared me to death. Why are you climbing through the window so late at night?”
Anger surged in Chu Yunge. If he had not climbed through the window randomly, she would not have climbed onto Xie Wangze, nor been inexplicably kissed.
Xie Wangze did not lose out in appearance, but it was truly too inexplicable.
A pure love male lead kissing a cannon fodder like her—what for?
It made her feel weird inside.
Kissing her would make readers dislike him for being unclean. Could he still be the male lead like this?
Chu Yunge’s mind was in chaos, and she did not notice their position or that this scene had deeply stimulated Pei Ji.
“I haven’t even asked what you two were doing.”
Pei Ji already knew that Chu Yunge had dismissed the maids and guards because the maid had sought revenge and Chu Yunge had nearly gotten into trouble.
He had felt a bit awkward at first, but then he thought of the conversation between Xie Wangze and his servant, especially upon learning that Ju An had actually had the kitchen make Tenfold Great Tonic Soup—abbreviated as aphrodisiac soup—he could not sit still any longer.
After hearing that Xie Wangze had left, he still could not hold back and came over in the end.
The moment he arrived, he saw the restricted scene of them hugging tightly.
Seeing Xie Wangze pinning Chu Yunge down, Pei Ji’s eyes filled with hostile killing intent, and anger surged within him.
“Young Master Xie, have you forgotten everything you said today?”
This Xie Wangze was truly shameless. In the afternoon, he had acted like he looked down on Chu Yunge and hypocritically refused Ju An’s suggestion, but now he changed just like that.
“And you, Chu Yunge, didn’t you say it was just for detoxification?”
He was angry at Xie Wangze, and also at Chu Yunge. How could she not keep her word? Did she not know to push Xie Wangze away? Did she not know that Xie Wangze was scheming to take her innocence under the guise of detoxification?
Chu Yunge pushed Xie Wangze away, only feeling that tonight’s Xie Wangze was like a madman, and Pei Ji was acting strangely too.
What was with this interrogating, caught-in-the-act expression?
“This Princess was startled by you. What did you come for? And why do you have that look on your face?”
Pei Ji only then realized that he had scared Chu Yunge by coming in through the window, but did being scared mean they had to hug? And in such a position?
It was all excuses.
She just had not given up on Xie Wangze and still wanted to get close to him, right?
“Since when did your courage become so small? What are you afraid of?”
“And what’s wrong with my expression? I interrupted your good thing, and either way, you don’t like the sight of me, right?”
Chu Yunge watched Pei Ji’s barrage and fell silent for a moment.
“You’re the one who’s been throwing tantrums, and now you’re acting like you have the right to sneak through the window at night? What did you come for? Don’t tell me your poison has flared up again?”
“Cough… I’m not throwing a tantrum.” Pei Ji coughed and finally calmed down a bit. He walked to the bedside and plopped down on it. “Your Highness guessed right. The poison in my body has indeed flared up again, so I want to detox together tonight.”
Chu Yunge: “Heh… Who was it before who refused to accept detoxing with two people no matter what?”
Pei Ji heard the sound of his own face being slapped and forced himself to stay calm.
“Things are different now.”
He glanced at Xie Wangze, who moved unnaturally with a dark expression, and snorted coldly.
Something was clearly off.
Today, he had seen through Xie Wangze. What noble temperament like a clear breeze in a pine forest, proud plum in the snow—it was all superficial. In essence, he was still just a man, and one with a despicable, unscrupulous personality.
If he had not come, they would have formally consummated and detoxed, right?