GTB Chapter 201

Chapter 203: The Dance Offering

Chapter 203: The Dance Offering

Xiao Li pouted and then looked at Ji Shutíng, “Are you also thinking about the moves?”

“I don’t have your talent. I haven’t memorized it all yet. I’ll watch Jiuchu dance first!” Ji Shutíng wasn’t being shy; she really couldn’t perform it after only seeing it three times.

“Alright, let’s first enjoy Jiuchu’s dance.” Xiao Li poured herself a cup of tea, her interest piqued as she watched Jiang Jiuchu walk to the center of the deck.

Jiang Jiuchu took out her handkerchief and tucked it into her waistband. Then, she turned her head to the side, revealing an extremely charming smile. With a flick of her arm and a sway of her slender waist, she displayed her graceful and alluring side.

Every movement on her body had a different feel, both pure and seductive. Ji Shutíng and Xiao Li stared blankly, their mouths slightly open.

They felt as if they were the handkerchief in her hand, being played with and thoroughly captivated, their souls hooked.

On a distant boat, Gu Changxuan withdrew his gaze and glanced at Shí Xiu’s deep, infatuated, yet jealous eyes, his own gaze shifting slightly.

“I heard that this Miss Jiang has been quite attentive to Shí Yan recently, a complete turnaround from her previous attitude. Sure enough, power is tempting! It seems women also covet that supreme position of Empress.”

Shí Xiu glanced at Gu Changxuan, a hint of displeasure in his eyes, and refuted softly, “She is not a woman who covets vanity and power. She simply has to curry favor due to her position. After all, in her eyes, Shí Yan will eventually ascend to that throne.”

After he finished speaking, he looked again through the gap in the awning. As the boat sailed further and further away, he couldn’t clearly see her every move, every smile. But even without a close look, he knew her enchanting figure was naturally alluring.

After Jiang Jiuchu finished dancing, she saw that the two of them were dumbfounded and walked into the tea room, saying smugly, “It seems I danced well.”

Xiao Li’s eyes hadn’t seemed to return to reality, still lingering on Jiang Jiuchu’s body.

“It wasn’t exactly ‘good,’ after all, you only watched it three times. But it was the most captivating dance this princess has ever seen.”

She said, shaking her head and sighing, “Indeed! Dancing still depends on the person. Your every frown, every smile, every glance can really charm people to death, and this figure…”

As she spoke, Xiao Li’s hands wanted to reach out and touch Jiang Jiuchu.

Jiang Jiuchu was about to sit down when she saw Xiao Li’s lecherous gaze and quickly retreated, “Hey, hey, just talk, don’t be a female hooligan.”

“You’re stingy. I’m not a man, is it that serious?” After she finished speaking, she turned her hand and reached towards Ji Shutíng’s waist.

Ji Shutíng quickly blocked Xiao Li’s hand and stood up, “It’s my turn to dance.”

Jiang Jiuchu smiled and sat down again, looking at Xiao Li and asking, “Princess, are you sure there’s no problem with your orientation in certain areas?”

Xiao Li glared at Jiang Jiuchu, “Your Royal Highness Crown Princess, if this princess had a problem with her orientation, would I still like Shí Yuanchen?”

Jiang Jiuchu didn’t reply, thinking to herself that some people like both men and women, and she had encountered them before.

In the distance, Shí Xiu looked at the pleasure boat that was already so far away he could barely see it and smiled at Gu Changxuan, “Brother Gu, you’re in for a treat tonight.”

Gu Changxuan withdrew his gaze from the distance and picked up the teacup in front of him. “It’s just a few young ladies exchanging dancing skills together. It’s not certain that anyone will go back and dance for someone to see.”

He didn’t think Ji Shutíng would dance for him. After all, when they were together, she was always gentle and virtuous, caring for him with warmth, pouring tea and water, and had never played the zither or danced in front of him.

Of course, he had never asked her to. He was afraid that as he watched, he would remember Yu Qin, remember the beautiful woman who danced and played the zither for him.

However, he was wrong.

That night, when Ji Shutíng, dressed in light gauze, danced this extremely seductive dance for him in the bedroom, his eyes were fixed on her, deep whirlpools swirling in his pupils, absorbing only the woman before him.

“Husband, is it…is it good?” After Ji Shutíng finished dancing, she looked at Gu Changxuan a little embarrassed.

She wasn’t good at dancing, so she had learned this dance many times, until the return journey when Jiuchu and Xiao Li nodded in approval.

Now, looking at Gu Changxuan’s dazed eyes, she didn’t know whether she had danced well or not, whether he liked her like this, or whether he would think she was too frivolous?

But Jiuchu and Xiao Li both said that this was the joy of the boudoir, so she had to believe them and, with a thick face, danced this dance for Gu Changxuan.

“Good.” Gu Changxuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed. The woman under the lamplight was shy and affectionate, completely different from her just now enchanting and seductive appearance, but both seemed very beautiful.

He got up and walked towards Ji Shutíng, put his arms around her slender waist that had just been twisting seductively, and said in a hoarse voice:

“Wife danced beautifully, but this dance can only be danced in front of me, you know?”

After he finished speaking, he raised Ji Shutíng’s chin and kissed her.

“Mm.” Ji Shutíng responded with a flushed face and met Gu Changxuan’s kiss.

Gu Changxuan’s kiss was more passionate than ever before, which made Ji Shutíng happy, and at the same time, she finally realized that Xiao Li’s words were correct.

East Palace, Bamboo Courtyard, Jiang Jiuchu glanced at Shí Yan, who was leaning against the head of the couch, flipping through a book, feeling that he seemed to be in a bad mood.

She took off her shoes and got on the couch, pulled open the quilt and crawled in, leaning on Shí Yan’s shoulder and asking:

“What’s wrong, husband? Is there something bothering you?”

Shí Yan put down his book and raised Jiang Jiuchu’s head from his shoulder, “Did you have fun playing outside today?”

“Yeah, I had fun!” Jiang Jiuchu stared at Shí Yan in confusion, not understanding why he was asking if she had fun again?

Shí Yan nodded and asked, “Having fun means you forgot about your husband?”

“Why do you say that, husband?” Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan in confusion, her big eyes full of innocence.

Shí Yan raised the book in his hand again, not looking at Jiang Jiuchu, and said in a nonchalant manner, “Didn’t someone say they would bring back some snacks for me?”

After he finished speaking, he explained, “It’s not that I love to eat, I just feel that someone is not very sincere. It’s one thing to come back so late, but you also returned empty-handed.”

Upon hearing this, the doubt in Jiang Jiuchu’s eyes instantly cleared. She really had forgotten.

However, it had nothing to do with whether she had fun or not, because she had just said it casually and forgotten about it.

Looking at Shí Yan flipping through the book and ignoring her, she pursed her lips. It seemed she had learned another lesson for herself, thinking that next time, no matter how small the matter, she had to remember it and not forget it.

She pressed down on the book in Shí Yan’s hand and said ingratiatingly, “Then…I’ll go buy it for you tomorrow?”

“No need.” Shí Yan thought that she was really something, going out tomorrow to buy him pastries was better than saying she was going out to play for the whole day again.

This woman was having fun outside, while he was a little distracted all day.

Now it was all good, she came back at the last ray of sunset, and didn’t even bring him the promised pastries. What a heartless woman.

“I didn’t forget on purpose, don’t be angry.”

Jiang Jiuchu’s explanation, when heard by Shí Yan, made him even more angry. If she didn’t forget on purpose, then she forgot very purely.