GTB Chapter 106

Chapter 126: Did your brother give you this too?

“Heh! Sorry, if you’ve chosen the antidote, can’t you even manage this little bit of self-control?” While observing Jiang Jiuchu’s condition, Shí Yan leisurely adjusted his collar, which had been pulled open by her.

Jiang Jiuchu turned her face away, unable to bear watching Shí Yan adjust his clothing.

“Who said I have no self-control? It’s you… you were the one who pulled me over, and got so close.”

Seeing that her expression wasn’t too bad, Shí Yan felt slightly relieved and deliberately said, “Really? But you seem very clear-headed now. You wouldn’t… be pretending, would you? Trying to take advantage of me.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu quickly turned back to look at Shí Yan, retorting, “No, I wouldn’t do that. Don’t judge others by your own petty standards. Just don’t come near me.”

As she spoke, she quickly looked out the window, no longer looking at Shí Yan, thinking to herself, ‘Who is the shameless person who developed such a poisonous aphrodisiac? It’s truly harmful.’

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s profile and chuckled softly, “It’s your own will that’s weak, and yet you blame it on me.”

“How about this? For the sake of my reputation, I’ll help you divert your attention. Why don’t you tell me… how did Shí Xiu know you were poisoned? Did he save you?”

Jiang Jiuchu lowered the carriage curtain, turned her head back, and replied, “No, I escaped on my own. After escaping, I didn’t know the way to Cining Palace, and I happened to run into him, so I asked him to show me the way.”

Hearing this, Shí Yan pursed his lips, his voice unconsciously softening, carrying a hint of almost imperceptible heartache.

“How did you escape?”

Jiang Jiuchu pulled out the hairpin from her hair, “It’s this, from my wedding night…, the same as the peach blossom hairpin I showed you before. It’s a hidden weapon, with silver needles inside soaked in muscle-weakening powder.”

“So I easily subdued those two guards.” As Jiang Jiuchu spoke, she looked at the hairpin in her hand, her eyes filled with gratitude. Brother Fu seemed to have saved her once again, in an invisible way.

Seeing this, Shí Yan reached out and took the hairpin from Jiang Jiuchu’s hand, examining it carefully. The mechanism and structure were exactly the same as the previous hairpin, only the style was different.

“This… did your brother give you this too?”

“Yes.” Jiang Jiuchu nodded, reached out and took the hairpin back from Shí Yan’s hand, then said to Shí Yan, “I think the person who harmed me might be related to you.”

Shí Yan withdrew his gaze from the hairpin and looked at Jiang Jiuchu, “What do you mean by that?”

“Because I’m ninety percent sure that none of the people I know would harm me, so it can only be someone I don’t know. But why would someone I don’t know want to harm me?”

“It can’t be because of our Jiang family, right? Don’t say the Jiang family hasn’t offended anyone. Even if they have, they would only harm my brother and father, so… ninety percent it’s related to you.”

Seeing Jiang Jiuchu speak so decisively, Shí Yan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought. There were indeed many people who disliked him.

Could it be that they couldn’t harm him, so they came to harm his princess consort?

While the two were lost in thought, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the Seventh Prince’s residence.

Shí Yan was the first to jump out of the carriage, and despite Jiang Jiuchu’s refusal, he once again picked her up in his arms and strode towards the residence.

In the Green Bamboo Courtyard, Governess Li, who didn’t understand what was happening, looked at her prince consort carrying the princess consort back, her eyes wide with surprise. She didn’t understand how the two, who were usually lukewarm, had suddenly become so intimate.

Inside the room, after Shí Yan placed Jiang Jiuchu on the bed, he immediately tore open the thin belt around Jiang Jiuchu’s waist, startling Jiang Jiuchu, who cried out in alarm and retreated towards the inside of the bed.

“What are you doing?”

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu, who was like a frightened bird, and the corners of his mouth curved up. “Weren’t you just stripping my clothes off in the carriage? Why is it not okay when I do it?”

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Jiang Jiuchu to the edge of the bed, quickly pressing on her pressure points.

Jiang Jiuchu’s entire body was instantly unable to move. She looked at Shí Yan in shock, “You pressed my pressure points?”

She had never had her pressure points pressed before, and this feeling of being unable to move… was very bad.

“Hey, what are you trying to do? Stop it.”

Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan, who was taking off her pants, and cried out in fear, “I’m telling you, I was only like that because I was poisoned. You’re not poisoned, don’t mess around.”

At this time, the effects of the drug on Jiang Jiuchu’s body were almost gone, and she could completely control her reason. Looking at Shí Yan, her eyes were only filled with fear.

Shí Yan ignored Jiang Jiuchu’s words, disregarding the pair of fair and slender jade legs in front of him, and rolled up the legs of her underpants, revealing the dense, pale white pinholes.

“How did you do this?”

Jiang Jiuchu, who was anxious and ashamed, seemed to understand Shí Yan’s intention, and replied with a red face, “I did it myself.”

“You pricked yourself?”

Shí Yan didn’t quite believe it. Even if it was to stay awake, the most convenient place should be the arm, and these pinholes were obviously thicker than embroidery needles, and even thicker than the silver needles in her hidden weapon.

Jiang Jiuchu just wanted to end the questioning in front of her as soon as possible, and answered truthfully, “I pricked myself. On the way to Cining Palace, I used the thorns on my ring to prick myself. Hurry up and undo my pressure points.”

Hearing this, Shí Yan’s gaze fell on Jiang Jiuchu’s left index finger, and he took off her ring.

After just one glance, he discovered the location of the mechanism. With a light press, a short, thick thorn popped out.

“Is your brother planning to let you roam the Martial World with a sword? Making so many hidden weapons, but… shouldn’t this also be soaked in poison? Otherwise, it won’t be very lethal, unless you slit someone’s throat with one needle.”

As Shí Yan spoke, he stuffed the ring into his sleeve, “I’ll help you soak it in some poison, and then give it back to you.”

“Okay, hurry up and undo my pressure points.” At this time, Jiang Jiuchu just wanted to pull the quilt from the side and cover her bare legs. Anything else was fine.

Shí Yan ignored Jiang Jiuchu’s request, went to the wooden cabinet on the side, opened a drawer, took out two white porcelain bottles and gauze, and sat back down by the bed.

“These pinholes aren’t very deep, but they’re not shallow either. Soaking them in well water can easily cause infection. You need to apply medicine.”

“Okay, I’ll apply it myself. Please, Your Highness, undo my pressure points for me.” Jiang Jiuchu really couldn’t stand lying in front of a man with her legs bare.

Shí Yan stopped the action of pouring medicinal powder in his hand, looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s ashamed and flushed face, and his gaze slowly swept over her legs, “I’ve already seen these legs. What does Princess Consort have to hide?”

After he finished speaking, regardless of Jiang Jiuchu’s ashamed and angry expression, he poured the medicinal powder into his palm, then poured the liquid from the other bottle, stirred it evenly in his palm, and then wiped it towards the pinholes on the side of Jiang Jiuchu’s thigh.

The cool fingertips, stained with medicine, made Jiang Jiuchu’s whole body tremble. She felt that the desire that was about to disappear in her body was slowly rekindling with Shí Yan’s fingers smearing it on.

“You… you hurry up.” Now that things had come to this, Jiang Jiuchu just wanted him to hurry up.

Her ashamed and trembling voice made the dark depths surging in Shí Yan’s eyes pause, and then a look of triumph emerged.

“Okay.” Although he agreed verbally, his movements were still unhurried, looking extremely gentle.