Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

late at night.

The red gauze curtain finally stopped swaying, filling the room with beauty.

Chu Shitong lay exhausted on the bed, her dull eyes gradually regaining consciousness. Si Jingli lay beside her, holding her in his arms, his downcast eyes full of tenderness as he carefully described her face and dropped a kiss from her from time to time.

Either on the forehead, cheek or lips.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked.

Chu Shitong slowly came back to his senses, and his eyes, which had been distracted several times by passion and desire, finally regained their coldness. There was a deep look in his eyes, filled with complicated and tangled calculations.

"Nothing..." His voice was hoarse.

Si Jingli chuckled and lowered his head to lick her lips, like a wild beast patrolling its territory, enjoying the warmth of its prey under him.

"I won't let you drink contraceptive soup."

Chu Shitong's heart sank.

Sure enough, Si Jingli already knew about this.

Over the years, no matter how late or tired he was, Chu Shitong would secretly give him the contraceptive soup after he fell asleep.

After her little trick was exposed, Chu Shitong accepted it calmly. Looking at her lover who was so close to her, she didn't want to be too decisive.

"Si Jingli, you are going to force the emperor to abdicate tomorrow, right?"

"Ah."

Si Jingli also admitted it frankly. Not only that, he also said without any worries: "When I get the throne, you will be my queen."

He spoke in a very affectionate manner as if to express his loyalty.

"The only queen, there will only be you in my harem. I will protect you and make you the most noble person in the world."

It was clearly a declaration of love with a solemn pledge, but to Chu Shitong's ears, he only heard extremely ironic ambition.

Chu Shitong slowly closed his eyes, finally having to come to this step.

She doesn't want this either.

Si Jingli forced her to do that.

She didn't want to be protected as a subordinate woman. What she wanted was never the love and favor of the emperors of all ages. What she wanted was the supreme and honorable position!

She would never be satisfied with just being a queen. What she wanted was absolute power. Only in this way could she feel at ease. Otherwise, no matter what her status was, she would feel inferior.

"Trust me, Chu Shitong." Si Jingli had no idea what Chu Shitong was thinking. He vowed, "I will protect you forever."

Chu Shitong pretended not to hear and lowered his eyes in thought.

After a moment, just as he was about to speak, a person suddenly rushed in from outside the door.

Fortunately, there was a huge screen in front of the bed, blocking the lingering spring scene on the bed. I could only see a dreamlike figure under the light.

Si Jingli's expression changed almost the moment he raised his head.

He was fierce and ruthless, as if he didn't like anyone trespassing into his territory or spying on his prey.

"My Lord, the Marquis wants you to come over here right now."

The fierce light in Si Jingli's eyes disappeared, and he lowered his head to play with a strand of Chu Shitong's hair.

"Tell grandfather that I will go there later."

The man said, "No, my Lord... The Marquis told you to go there immediately when you hear the letter..."

Si Jingli was full of impatience. He had just finished having sex with Chu Shitong and was having a sweet conversation with him, but he was urged like this. He couldn't help but get furious and picked up the teacup on the table and threw it fiercely behind the screen.

"I will go there in a minute! Are you deaf?!"

The man was hit by the teacup and groaned in pain. He said in a trembling voice, "Master, calm down. The Marquis said... if you don't go, then ask His Royal Highness Prince Qi to go over..."

Chu Shitong's eyes moved slightly, and he slowly glanced at the person behind the screen.

"I?"

The Marquis of Zhenguo probably knew what was going on, so he wanted to stop one of them.

Si Jingli was extremely stubborn, and he had already expected that he would most likely not listen to advice, so he wanted to persuade Chu Shitong instead.

But Mu Jingfeng would never have thought that Chu Shitong was a more stubborn person than Si Jingli.

The man said, "The Marquis also said... that he wanted to discuss the marriage with the Xu family..."

"Shut up! What marriage? This prince hasn't agreed yet, what is there to discuss?!"

Si Jingli's expression suddenly changed. He grabbed Chu Shitong's chin and turned her face towards him.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, it's totally untrue!"

When their eyes met, Chu Shitong's eyes darkened slightly. "Your Highness..."

Si Jingli was halfway through listening when he suddenly picked up the teapot on the bedside table and smashed it towards the screen.

"Hurry up and get out of here! She won't go! I told you to go later! If you don't get out of here, I'll skin you alive!"

The man trembled and ran out of the house as if escaping.

The room fell silent again, as if no one came to disturb, and the atmosphere became warm and ambiguous again.

Chu Shitong said, "There's no need to get so angry about this kind of thing."

It’s just as well that she didn’t go, it also saved her a lot of effort.

Si Jingli stared at her very seriously.

"I won't marry anyone else. That's all my grandfather's wishful thinking. You know me. As long as I don't want to, he can't force me to do anything."

"Yeah." Chu Shitong said calmly, "I believe you, and you don't have to be angry about this kind of thing."

"I'm not angry about this kind of thing." After a moment, he said, "Don't look at others, look at me."

Chu Shitong was stunned.

Si Jingli said: "You are not allowed to talk to anyone else, you can only talk to me."

Chu Shitong realized belatedly why Si Jingli suddenly got angry. The reason was so absurd that it made her want to laugh.

Si Jingli was angry that she was talking to that person and looked at him through the screen.

What's the point?

There was a hint of tentativeness and seriousness in her chuckle.

"Are you going to treat me like this in the future? Hide me?"

"Of course." His fingertips traced the lines of her cheek all the way to her neck, his voice casually, with a strong sense of possession. "I don't like you to have other people around you. You can only have me by your side, only talk to me, only look at me, you are mine alone, no one else can covet you."

Si Jingli spoke so firmly that the last straw in Chu Shitong's heart fell when he heard this.

"Si Jingli, I am not your property."

"It will be soon."

Si Jingli kissed her forehead gently, admiring her jade-like skin that exuded a faint cold porcelain color under the light, "When I become the emperor, I will definitely do this. You only have me, and I only have you."

A surge of rage suddenly rose up in Chu Shitong's heart. She clenched her fists silently, resisting the urge to slap him, and stood up to quietly put on her underwear.

Si Jingli clung to her, hugged her waist from behind, and pressed his lips against the back of her neck, his voice still retaining a lingering warmth.

"Where to go."

"Bath."

"You and I..."

Halfway through his words, Chu Shitong suddenly turned around and stretched out her hand to him. Si Jingli was about to take it happily, but he saw her shake off his hand and continue to stretch out her hand.

Si Jingli was confused and said, "Didn't you invite me to go with you?"

Chu Shitong's back was as straight as a pine tree, his brows were cold, and he said this for no reason.

"Your Highness, don't you have anything you want to give me?"

Si Jingli didn't know what this meant, but subconsciously wanting to please Chu Shitong, he began to search among his clothes to see if there was anything worthwhile.

After searching for a long time, he took out the only thing he was wearing and handed it to her.

"Do you want this?"

Chu Shitong looked at the warm longevity lock in his palm. It was made of gold and jade and was extremely luxurious.

This is something Si Jingli has worn since he was a child. It is said that it was made for him by the princess before she died. He never takes it off. Anyone who has seen him knows that he is wearing a priceless gold and jade longevity lock on his chest.

Chu Shitong stroked the longevity lock quietly, his eyes deep and meaningful, and said: "Your Highness is willing to give me such a valuable thing?"

"You are my wife, so I am willing to give you up."

Si Jingli was like a young boy expressing his love, immersed in the sweet words and not noticing anything, he said: "This longevity lock was left to me by my mother, she hoped that I would be safe, I gave it to you, hoping that you would be safe. Your safety is more important than mine."

Chu Shitong's arms stiffened, and then he threw the longevity lock into his arms.

"I don't want this, give me something else."

Si Jingli held the longevity lock in a daze, "What do you want?"

"Something valuable."

Chu Shitong stood up and stood in front of the bed. The moonlight was scattered from behind her and her face was against the light, so her expression was a little unclear.

But Si Jingli could hear that her voice was cold when she said this.

He suddenly felt something strange in his heart.

"What do you want the money for?"

Chu Shitong looked at him coldly and said word by word: "Your Highness, don't you even get a reward for sleeping with a woman?"

Si Jingli was stunned for a moment, then slowly looked up, three parts confused and seven parts angry.

"What do you mean? You and I are husband and wife!"

"Or did I not serve you well just now? His Royal Highness is unwilling to give it to me?"

Chu Shitong seemed not to hear his question and muttered to himself, "But even so, sleeping is sleeping. His Royal Highness can't be so reluctant to give me money for even one sleep."

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Si Jingli said angrily: "Who do you think you are?!"

"Forbidden.

Chu Shitong spoke slowly, each word piercing the heart, "But you haven't become an emperor yet, so I won't count. You have to charge per visit like the prostitutes in the brothel."

"Chu Shitong!!!"

Si Jingli was furious: "Just try to say something like that again!!!"

Chu Shitong raised the corners of his lips, his eyes full of cold sarcasm.

She knew what Si Jingli could not stand the most and what he feared the most. She had originally taken his infatuation into consideration and had not intended to kill him in such a way. It was Si Jingli who wanted too much.

"This is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to me personally. I am just doing what you said. Isn't that right? You treat me as a forbidden prostitute, so I will do as you wish. What? I have done everything you said, so what are you doing now? Are you refusing to pay?"

"I won't let you say that about yourself!"

Si Jingli almost roared out these words. He hadn't even put on his clothes yet, but he was so angry that he stood up and grabbed Chu Shitong's wrist, his eyes were bared and he was extremely angry and embarrassed.

"You and I have been married for a long time! Those were just words spoken in anger! If you have any resentment in your heart, just beat me and scold me. Why do you have to humiliate yourself by saying such ugly words?"

"is it?"

Chu Shitong shook off his hand and said, "Your Highness, do you know who my mother is?"

Si Jingli was caught off guard by her sudden change of subject.

"Isn't it... Yun Fei?" His tone suddenly became a little uncertain.

Chu Shitong pulled her coat together lightly, and her long black hair fell down, covering most of the charming kiss marks exposed in her collar.

"My mother's name is Xuan Wu Yue."

Si Jingli's pupils suddenly dilated.

He naturally knew who this Princess Tianxuan was. She was a representative of those who brought disaster to the country and the people. Even after several years, there were still many legends about her celestial beauty in Beiqing.

But he never expected that Chu Shitong was actually related to Xuan Wu Yue.

The days after Concubine Yun's death suddenly flashed through his mind. He came to Prince Qi's Mansion to comfort Chu Shitong, but found that Chu Shitong was fine and in a very good mood.

Before, Si Jingli always thought that Chu Shitong was pretending to be strong, and he said a lot of comforting words for this.

Unexpectedly, Yun Xiangrong was not her biological mother at all. It seemed that Chu Shitong had known about this for a long time.

A dark guess suddenly popped up in my mind.

He looked at the person in front of him, his wife, his beloved, his closest person.

Thinking back on the past at this moment, he inexplicably felt that Yun Xiangrong's death was related to Chu Shitong.

Chu Shitong took in the changes on his face in an instant and said, "Thank you, His Royal Highness."

Si Jingli was so surprised by the guesses in his mind that he was almost unable to recover. He moved his lips slightly and subconsciously followed her words and asked.

"Thank me... for what?"

Chu Shitong smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for giving me a chance to repeat my past mistakes. My mother is a remnant of the previous dynasty, a forbidden delicacy hidden by the previous emperor, and I am lucky enough to be the same as her. When Your Highness ascends the throne and the dynasty changes, I will also be a remnant of the previous dynasty, and a forbidden delicacy hidden by Your Highness. Although my mother and I have never met, our destinies are so similar that it is not a coincidence. It is all thanks to Your Highness that it was facilitated."

She said it very politely.

But every word hurt his heart, and hurt Si Jingli's heart even more fiercely.

She knew that she couldn't do such a thing as stabbing Si Jingli to death, so she could only defeat him psychologically. Only by breaking his heart, making him afraid and terrified, would he give up the fight for the throne.

If Si Jingli hadn't intended to hide her, she wouldn't have intended to say such extreme things.

Si Jingli was right. What was wrong with liking someone so much that he wanted to hide it? Didn’t she already know that he was such a person?

Their relationship is broken, shaky, and riddled with holes.

It was wrong from the beginning. It has been wrong until now. She has been wrong at every step. In this long and morbid relationship, she cannot be immune, nor can she completely give up. So she decided to break his heart, make him give up the fight for the throne, and honestly become the person who always waited for her to come, always begged for love.

She knew that if she didn't do this, once Si Jingli came to power, she would be the one begging for mercy.

There is no equal in a relationship, there is always a stronger party. If Chu Shitong cannot have the absolute right to speak in this relationship, then she will choose to give up... or destroy it!

Si Jingli woke up from his trance and finally realized what damn words he had said before and how much harm those words had done to Chu Shitong.

"Chu Shitong..." He held her hand and explained in a panic: "I don't know about this! I said that before just in anger, I didn't mean it! How can I bear to do this to you!"

"I certainly won't blame you."

Chu Shitong gently stroked his face, speaking softly, "After all, I have been defeated by you. The result of this battle for the throne will be revealed tomorrow, and His Royal Highness will be the biggest winner."