Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Good heavens.
Merciful lord above.
Was there no justice left in the world?
If I had an aphrodisiac, I would have taken it myself ages ago.
All that bull-like stamina, endless through the night.
Even now, my lower abdomen still felt strange, with the illusion of being filled.
I turned my head and saw Xie Zhaolin’s face practically spelling out: Go on, keep making things up.
“I did not drug you!” I roared, grabbing him by the collar.
Xie Zhaolin was as frail as a willow in the wind.
When I shoved him back against the wall, his already loose robe fell open again. His pale chest, covered in kiss marks and scratches, came into view.
As if announcing just how absurd I had been last night.
I resentfully withdrew my hand.
Xie Zhaolin clutched his chest and coughed, his face turning even paler. As if all his strength had drained away, he tugged at the corner of his mouth.
He looked magnanimous, like a great man choosing not to stoop to a petty person’s level.
“Forget it. Since things have already come to this, there is no point in dwelling on it.”
Then his tone shifted, and he said faintly, “But it remains a fact that you took my body.”
“One guards day and night against outsiders, only to be betrayed from within. I never imagined your obsession with me had reached such a point.”
“You even intended to hide me away in a golden house.”
If I listened closely, there was actually a hint of helpless sighing in his voice.
I dug at my ear, suspecting Xie Zhaolin had lost his mind.
A dungeon cell with drafts coming in from all sides and rats scurrying everywhere.
He called this a golden house?
He really knew how to flatter himself.
I raised my hand and slapped him.
Xie Zhaolin was stunned, his face full of disbelief.
His lips pressed into a tight line.
The sharply defined muscles of his abdomen also tightened, and I seized the chance to give them a twist.
So hard.
I trailed my fingertips along the side of his neck. Watching him tremble all over in humiliation, looking so wretched, I bent down in satisfaction.
“After so many years of serving like an ox and a horse, fortune finally changes hands.”
“At last, it is the arrogant Your Highness’s turn to be ridden by me.”
I found a young servant to take care of Xie Zhaolin.
Keeping him in pampered luxury was obviously impossible, but at the very least, he had to be kept clean.
Otherwise, how unpleasant would it be to sleep with him?
Xie Zhaolin was a tough bone.
Every time before I stripped him clean, he would straighten his back with an unyielding look.
With proud defiance, he would shout, “Let me out!”
The louder he shouted, the more interested I became.
I had no idea how many sets of nightclothes I had torn to shreds.
The young servant was a sharp one.
After only a few days, he came to complain to me.
“This gentleman is far too hard to serve. His temper is foul and stubborn. Aside from that face, he is practically good for nothing.”
I deeply agreed.
The servant waggled his brows and said, “Miss, why not try the young men at Zuichun Tower? Not only are they handsome, each one is gentler than the last.”
“Even better, they know how to serve people far better than the one in the dungeon!”
He spoke as if he knew exactly what he was talking about, and a gradually lewd, suggestive smile rose on his face.
My heart gave a jolt, and I strode quickly into the dungeon.
Xie Zhaolin had his back to me. He seemed to hear the footsteps, because he let out a sarcastic cold snort.
“You can even chat with a young servant for that long. Could it be that you have taken a fancy to him?”
“You truly have no standards.”
I ignored him and reached out to start stripping off his clothes.
Xie Zhaolin froze, then struggled with a red face. “Insolent!”
“Indulging in lust in broad daylight… what kind of behavior is this?”
“Not there!”
“Shh. A man can’t say he can’t,” I said, roughly pressing him facedown onto the couch.
My hand rested at the edge of his waistband. After hesitating for a long while, I still could not bring myself to do it, so I simply asked directly.
“Did he touch you?”
“Who?”
Anger shot through me.
“The young servant. Did he take advantage of you while I was away? Or did he bring other people here to take advantage of you?”
Xie Zhaolin stopped struggling.
The dungeon fell into an eerie silence.
Just as I was unsure whether I should comfort him or go beat the culprit half to death, Xie Zhaolin suddenly flipped over and pinned me beneath him.
The cold shackles bound my hand together with his.
“In your eyes, am I truly that cheap?”
He ground his molars, enunciating each word.
“Playing with me yourself is not enough. You want to find others to join in as well?”
Me: ???
I was on the verge of collapse.
He was the Former Crown Prince, for heaven’s sake. What kind of broken comprehension skills were these?
I was just about to explain when he seized my wrist.
Like an enraged beast trapped in a cage, he forced my hand into his and yanked open his belt.
“Then inspect me,” he squeezed out a cold laugh through his teeth. “Inspect me. Thoroughly.”
…
No.
Checking the front was one thing. What was the back for?
Scorching heat pressed tight against my palm, burning so hot my heart panicked. I slapped a hand against his chest.
Xie Zhaolin panted, falling back onto the couch and gasping rapidly. His hibiscus-like face was bewitching and decadent.
Who could possibly hold back?
I swallowed and, unable to stop myself, reached out-
And tied his belt for him, knotting it dead tight.
Xie Zhaolin’s entire body stiffened. The muffled groan spilling from his lips came to an abrupt stop.
“What do you mean by this?”
He clutched my sleeve, his knuckles turning white, his voice sinking colder inch by inch.
“You will not touch me because you think I am dirty?”
“Or are you going to Zuixiang Tower to seek pleasure?”
“Just what do you take me for?”
I lifted a brow in surprise.
Then I understood.
Xie Zhaolin had always been proud and arrogant, valuing his pride above all else. He had never been willing to rank beneath anyone.
Who would have thought that even after falling from grace, he still had not forgotten his original principles?
Even the courtesans in a pleasure house had become targets for his competition.
A fallen phoenix was worse off than a chicken.
There was no need to coax him with sweet words anymore.
I shook off his hand and analyzed with a perfectly serious expression.
“The gentlemen at Zuixiang Tower are delicate and soft, and they have endless tricks. What do you have to compete with them?”
“Besides, you are already over twenty. You cannot compare to others who are pink and tender. Do you really have no self-awareness at all?”
The more I spoke, the darker Xie Zhaolin’s face became.
But he had long since fallen into captivity and no longer had the confidence to resist.
He could only turn his back in futile silence and clench his fists.
After mocking him from head to toe and returning all the grievances I had suffered because of him over the years, I left the dungeon feeling refreshed.
I left in such a hurry that I did not notice Xie Zhaolin abruptly turn around.
His cold, sinister gaze fixed tightly on the direction I had gone.