Chen Yan
Chapter 172 You've Learned to Tease Me, Have You?
Feng Yuan's coldness made Xu Zi'an feel awkward and resentful.
How dare a mere guard speak to him like that?
Heh, once he gains the Crown Prince's favor and becomes a驸马 (imperial son-in-law), and presents a few beauties to the Crown Prince, becoming a favorite of the Crown Prince, and a favorite of the Emperor and Empress, he will definitely teach this disrespectful thing a good lesson.
Thinking this, Xu Zi'an followed Feng Yuan through the gate of the East Palace.
Further inside, they stepped into the main hall.
As soon as he entered the main hall, Xu Zi'an looked around.
He couldn't help but marvel at the grandeur of the Crown Prince's residence. In comparison, his Marquis's mansion paled in comparison, and even Xie Ruizhi's residence couldn't compare to this East Palace.
"Wait here, I'll go in and announce you." Feng Yuan's voice came again as Xu Zi'an was looking around.
Feng Yuan still had a cold face, and his eyes showed undisguised contempt.
Xu Zi'an felt extremely uncomfortable being looked at like that, but because Feng Yuan was a favorite of Xie Jin'an, he didn't dare to say anything. After all, if the other party said a few bad words about him in front of the Crown Prince, it would be more difficult for him to be promoted by the Crown Prince.
Although he had Xie Ruizhi, this generous fool, speaking for him, the Crown Prince had a strange temper, and might change his mind.
Bearing in mind that small impatience spoils great plans, Xu Zi'an put on a smile that he thought was gentle and appropriate, and replied to Feng Yuan politely, "Then I'll have to trouble Lord Feng."
Hearing this, Feng Yuan snorted coldly and ignored him.
"Your Highness, Xu Zi'an has been brought here."
Stepping into the inner room, separated by a screen, Feng Yuan reported to Xie Jin'an in a solemn voice.
"Yes, let him wait a moment, I'll be out soon."
Xie Jin'an had only been in for less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, and took advantage of this free time to play a game of chess with Yu Qingwu.
After placing a chess piece, he slowly got up, smiled and looked at Yu Qingwu beside him, and said, "A'Wu, the scene may be a little unsightly later. If you don't want to see it, just stay here. If you hear any sounds, just think of it as killing a pig."
Was he worried that she would be frightened by the bloody scene?
She had been to the battlefield, and had even personally killed spies and solved the problem of those two lecherous thieves. How could she be so timid?
After all, she had stayed in the inner chambers for too long, and had been too fragile in front of him too many times, causing him to have the illusion that she was the kind of timid and docile woman.
Raising her eyes to meet Xie Jin'an's caring gaze, Yu Qingwu smiled faintly, got up and walked towards him, "What? In Your Highness's eyes, am I the kind of timid, mouselike woman who can't stand the sight of blades and can only hide in your arms?"
After being eased by a game of chess, Yu Qingwu's complex emotions had faded.
Although her eyes were still a little red from crying too much just now, her emotions had calmed down.
She was not a particularly weak woman. If anything, her body was just a little weak.
Aside from that incident, she wasn't usually afraid of anything bloody.
However, Xie Jin'an at this moment seemed to have thought of Yang Cheng's incident. Seeing Yu Qingwu's peaceful appearance, he breathed a sigh of relief, but was still a little worried, stepped forward and gently patted her back, asking again uncertainly, "A'Wu, are you really not afraid? You should have heard of my reputation, absurd, but as vicious as a scorpion."
"These bad names are not fake. There will be bloodshed in a little while."
Why was this man suddenly becoming so long-winded?
Yu Qingwu felt both at ease and a little helpless in her heart. She gently tugged at his sleeve and said嬌声(jiaosheng, in a coquettish voice), "Your Highness, what kind of bloodshed haven't I seen? Besides, I saw the inner servant being tortured just now, didn't I?"
"That's different... That was Yu Qi being tortured, not me doing it." Xie Jin'an looked away and said with some entanglement.
Perhaps it was because he realized that Yu Qingwu's estrangement from him came from fear. He used to always want her to submit to him, but now he was suddenly afraid of letting her see his cruel side, afraid that she would be afraid of him, afraid that because of fear, she would slowly stop treating him as her husband, and only treat him as the Crown Prince.
Perhaps because he was used to acting as a ruthless Crown Prince in front of Yu Qingwu in the past, Xie Jin'an suddenly felt a little awkward saying this.
Yu Qingwu was originally a little puzzled, but after hearing him say this and seeing his expression, she instantly understood.
She was silent for a while, her heart filled with mixed feelings.
"Your Highness, please rest assured, I will not be afraid of you because I think you are cruel, and I will not feel estranged from you."
She stepped forward, gently hooked her arms around his neck, and suddenly stood on tiptoe, her soft lips landing on his cheek.
In an instant, a tingling sensation spread throughout his body.
Xie Jin'an froze, staring blankly at Yu Qingwu, his mind blank.
He didn't expect Yu Qingwu to kiss him at this time, and she was so主动(zhudong, proactive), not deliberately trying to please him in order to achieve her goal as before.
Moreover, Feng Yuan was still outside. Although he knew he couldn't see it, Xie Jin'an's heart was still accelerating involuntarily.
Clearly not a shy person, even one could say he was brazen and shameless, Xie Jin'an suddenly felt a little embarrassed at this moment.
In an instant, a surge of heat surged up, from his chest to his earlobes, and then to his cheeks, making him blush red.
He turned his face away, at a loss for a moment, and did not dare to look into Yu Qingwu's eyes.
Yu Qingwu could see Xie Jin'an's obvious reaction.
However, she never expected that Xie Jin'an, who had always been the most lewd and shameless, would be shy, and... just because she kissed him on the cheek.
In the past, even when he tormented her madly time after time, he would not show such a shy expression.
In addition to being surprised, Qingwu couldn't help but laugh. She held Xie Jin'an's face and forcibly turned him to face her, imitating his tone of teasing her in the past, and called him, "Husband, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly so hot? It's the middle of winter, are you hot?"
Hearing her call him husband, Xie Jin'an was stunned for a moment, and the shyness in his eyes deepened a bit, but he quickly reacted.
He thought to himself, no wonder this sounded so familiar.
This woman has learned to tease him back.
After all, he was a thousand-year-old fox, or rather, a骚(sao, flirtatious) fox. In just a moment, Xie Jin'an regained his composure, hummed and laughed, pinching her nose and said, "You've learned to tease me now? If you have the ability, do it like this every day."
"Alright, it's time to go out, don't keep that Xu the Fourth waiting for too long."
Xie Jin'an chuckled and led Yu Qingwu out of the inner room.
In a short while, the two arrived at the main hall.
At that time, Xu Zi'an was standing in the hall looking around, already dreaming of promotion and wealth. Hearing Feng Yuan's voice 'His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived', he quickly greeted him, his eyes filled with obvious joy.
But the next moment, seeing the woman beside the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince's gloomy eyes, the smile in his eyes suddenly froze.