In the side chamber of the Princess Dowager's Mansion.
The canopy bed was shaking. Inside the hibiscus curtain, two overlapping figures were faintly visible.
"Madam Xu, your husband is looking for you. Do you want to go out and see him?"
Shen Qing felt groggy. Suddenly hearing a man's voice, she looked up and saw a face that would haunt her for the rest of her life.
He held her waist tightly with one hand and pinned her hand above her head with the other. Both of them were naked. The scorching body temperature was directly transmitted, and his heavy breathing sprayed on her ear, extremely aggressive.
All this familiarity reminded her that she had actually been reborn at the moment when she was drugged and defiled.
She was originally the young lady of the Duke Protector's Mansion. When the Marquis of Guangping's Mansion was in trouble, she fulfilled the marriage contract and married Xu Yanchi, the Marquis of Guangping. On their wedding day, he left her alone in the empty room with the words "I didn't want to marry you" and was gone for three years.
In these three years, her mother said she had to uphold the dignity of the Duke Protector's Mansion, her mother - in - law said she had to consider the husband's family whole - heartedly, her aunt said she had to be a virtuous wife, and her husband said she had to be a generous lady and a kind mother.
And she did exactly that.
When the Xu family was in trouble, she took out the iron certificate of the Duke Protector's Mansion and pleaded with the emperor on their behalf, helping the Xu family through the difficult times;
When the Marquis's Mansion was short of money, she took out her dowry to fill the hole;
Even the adopted son he brought back from the clan, she carefully nurtured and helped him grow up.
But they enjoyed her contributions, occupied everything she had, and coldly watched her die in illness.
After her death, her soul floated in the capital. Only then did she know that Xu Yanchi had already kept his sweetheart outside before marrying her. And her adopted son was actually the son of him and his mistress!
She was drugged and defiled. Xu Yanchi was so disgusted that he didn't even want to look at her. He didn't even attend her funeral and immediately welcomed his sweetheart, Lu Mian, into the mansion.
His sweetheart showed off in front of her memorial tablet, and the adopted son she had raised with her own hands said in front of the guests at her funeral that she was a promiscuous woman who didn't abide by female virtues.
Her life was so ridiculous and so sad!
Now, she had returned to the third year after she married into the Marquis's Mansion. She was drugged and defiled at the Princess Dowager's birthday banquet. In her previous life, she thought it was because she had attracted people's attention. So when Xu Yanchi knew about this, he didn't blame her but protected her reputation. She was very grateful and was even more dedicated to the Marquis's Mansion.
But later she found out that all this was a conspiracy planned by Xu Yanchi and Lu Mian long ago!
They originally found a famous playboy in the capital to humiliate her, but unexpectedly something went wrong. The man who entered her room was the current emperor of Jing State, Ji Junye.
"Madam, I'm asking you a question. Your husband is looking for you outside. Don't you even want to go out and see him?"
Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, Ji Junye asked again and deliberately increased his strength.
Shen Qing gasped in pain. Then her eyes turned red. Her almond - shaped eyes looked at the man on top of her with tears in them. "Your Majesty, you're hurting me..."
Ji Junye was stunned for a moment. Then his long and narrow phoenix eyes narrowed sharply. One big hand moved upwards and then grabbed her neck. His tone was playful and dangerous.
"You know my identity and still dare to get into my bed?"
His hand didn't use much strength, but Shen Qing still felt that all the blood in her body was about to freeze.
Ji Junye was no ordinary king. Since he ascended the throne, he had killed many people. He was the least favored prince of the former emperor, but he had secured the throne in just five years with extremely bloody means.
Moody was his synonym.
In her previous life, she begged him to let her go, but the more she cried and begged, the more malicious he became. Even knowing that Xu Yanchi was outside, he deliberately made her make all kinds of indecent sounds.
And now.
Her heart was pounding like a drum, but she still stretched out her delicate hand and climbed onto his veined hand. Her breath was like orchid. "No. Compared with Xu Yanchi, who is all show and no substance, Your Majesty is much more powerful."
Maybe it was because of the drug, her voice was extremely soft and charming, which made Ji Junye feel a sudden tightness in his lower abdomen.
Ji Junye looked at her. After a while, he suddenly let out a soft laugh.
"You're quite bold."
Listening to her flustered heartbeat, Shen Qing kept telling herself in her heart that even if she died in Ji Junye's hands, it would be a hundred times better than entering the man - eating den of the Marquis's Mansion again!
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Madam, are you in there? Madam?"
It was Xu Yanchi's voice.
Shen Qing suddenly shrank. Blue veins immediately appeared on Ji Junye's forehead.
She summoned up her courage and looked at Ji Junye.
"Your Majesty, if you don't make a sound, my husband will come in. If it's discovered that Your Majesty and a subject's wife are in a disheveled state on the same bed, it won't look good on Your Majesty, will it?"
This time, Ji Junye didn't want to strangle her. Instead, he stroked her slender neck and then suddenly lowered his head and bit her on the neck. The bite was so hard that she could even smell a faint smell of blood.
"Um..."
Shen Qing gasped in pain. Tears were about to come out.
But Ji Junye showed no pity at all. "Do you think I'll care about these things?"
Of course he didn't have to care. As an absolute king, it was just a romantic affair. But for her, a woman in the inner chamber, it would be a disaster!
His big hand gently moved down from her back, causing a series of tremors. "Do you think if Xu Yanchi hears his wife having an affair with another man, will he be so angry that he breaks in, or will he find it too disgusting to listen to and turn around and leave?"
Shen Qing's body trembled uncontrollably.
She knew Ji Junye was malicious, but she didn't expect him to be this malicious!
Moreover, the more she begged him, the less likely he was to fulfill her wishes.
Thinking of this, Shen Qing took a deep breath, hugged Ji Junye's lean waist, and buried her head in his strong chest. "I don't think he can tell."
Ji Junye's eyes instantly became deep.
He leaned over. Just as he was about to teach this arrogant woman a lesson, there was another knock on the door, louder than before.
Shen Qing: "..."
Sensing the man's displeasure beside her, Shen Qing shrank her neck.
In her previous life, actually before this incident, her relationship with Xu Yanchi wasn't so bad. Although Xu Yanchi didn't see her, because of a trace of guilt, he was still polite to her. But after she returned defiled, he and the elders in the mansion held this matter against her and forced her to make bottom - less concessions again and again.
Now, she didn't want this man's pity anymore!
Outside the door, Xu Yanchi vaguely heard Shen Qing's voice. His face lit up. The knocking on the door became louder and louder.
"Madam, the birthday banquet is about to end. We..."
"Get out!"
Ji Junye let out a roar.
Xu Yanchi outside the door froze in place.