chapter 8

Although I loved Pei Qingxuan deeply and was willing to tolerate everything about him, I could never let the people of Northern Liang fall into danger.

I immediately shouted, “Some-”

But Pei Qingxuan was faster than me.

He covered my mouth with one hand and effortlessly lifted me, pinning me down on the bed.

The Seventh Imperial Brother was right- the injury he gave Pei Qingxuan today was nothing at all.

I kicked at the stool with all my might, and the Maids outside heard the commotion and pushed the door open.

Pei Qingxuan barked coldly, “Blind fools, get out.”

The Maids immediately bowed their heads and withdrew, even closing the door behind them.

I was finally certain that these past months, Pei Qingxuan had deliberately acted close to me in front of others, all to prepare for this very moment.

This way, even if I discovered his secret and he restrained me, everyone would simply think it was marital intimacy between us.

Pei Qingxuan pressed my mute acupoint.

I glared at him fiercely, but tears streamed down uncontrollably, my heart aching as if it were being gouged by a knife.

He wiped away my tears. “You shouldn’t have doubted me because of outsiders’ provocation. If only you were as silly and naive as before, how wonderful that would be.

“Don’t worry, I won’t kill you.

“After tomorrow, you and I will both be free.”

I couldn’t move or speak, I could only listen to his words.

But I still had a chance. Every morning, the Imperial Guards would come to check on the princess’s safety.

Even if they, too, had been deceived by Pei Qingxuan, if they didn’t hear my voice, they would surely become alert.

But I still underestimated Pei Qingxuan.

Before the Imperial Guards arrived, he fed me a pill.

I knew this pill- it was called the Duoqing Pill.

When we were newly married, Pei Qingxuan was cold to me, and someone gave me this pill, saying that just one would make him beg for me like a dog.

I never used it on Pei Qingxuan.

What I liked was the real him, just as he was.

But now, he forced this pill down my throat.

When the Imperial Guards arrived, he released my mute acupoint and pressed me against the desk by the window.

The Imperial Guards stood in the courtyard. “Princess, we have come to pay our respects. Are you well?”

I wanted them to come in quickly and save me.

But when I opened my mouth, all that came out were moans of pleasure.

Pei Qingxuan seemed to think my voice wasn’t enough, and intensified his assault on me.

The veins on his arms bulged, running from his fingers all the way up to his neck.

The wound on his shoulder split open again, blood running down his arm, dripping onto my body.

I wept, but my voice, under his thrusts, only grew more alluring and melodious.

He asked in confusion, “Why are you crying? Don’t you like this very much?”

Yes, I used to like it very much.

But the more I once liked it, the more painful it is now.

He said nothing more, only covered my eyes tightly with his hand.

As if, by not seeing my heartbreak, the heartbreak would cease to exist.