GTB Chapter 180

Chapter 182: Fond of Women?

Chapter 182: Fond of Women?

Before she could react, a figure appeared in front of her.

She looked up and saw Shí Yan, his face dark, quickly walking up to her. He grabbed her from the swing, pulling her up and placing her behind him.

“Princess, the meal has been enjoyed, and the tea has been drunk. This Prince will not keep you any longer.”

Xiao Li was taken aback. “Surely, the wife of the Seventh Prince isn’t deprived of the freedom to make friends! I’m not a guest anymore; I’m Jiuchu’s good friend.”

As she spoke, she tilted her head to look at Jiang Jiuchu, who was behind Shí Yan. “Jiuchu, you don’t mind being my friend, do you? Or do you still not believe that I no longer fancy your prince?”

Jiang Jiuchu moved out from behind Shí Yan, thinking that Xiao Li might have discovered the good qualities of Shí Yuanchen and changed her mind.

“I don’t disbelieve you, I’m very hap—” Before Jiang Jiuchu could finish her sentence, Shí Yan pulled her away towards the main house.

Seeing this, Xiao Li quickly stood up from the swing and shouted at Jiang Jiuchu, “Good to know! Then I’ll come find you to play tomorrow!”

From a distance, Shí Yuanchen watched in shock. How had this princess changed direction? Was she no longer infatuated with his seventh brother, but instead, infatuated with his seventh sister-in-law?

Could it be… that the Northern Kingdom favored female companionship?

As Shí Yuanchen thought this, a chill ran down his spine. He suddenly felt that things were even more serious. No wonder his seventh brother was so angry that he directly dragged his seventh sister-in-law back to the house.

He lifted his foot and walked over, looking at Xiao Li with a strange expression. “I say, Princess, couldn’t you find someone else to mess with? Why are you fixated on my seventh brother and sister-in-law?”

“If you like good-looking people, our Kyoto has the famous Xiao Yue Pavilion and Yun Feng Hall, with beauties of both genders. Although they may not be as good as my seventh brother and sister-in-law, they have a wider variety!”

“How about it? Would you like this Prince to take you to see them?”

Xiao Li glared at Shí Yuanchen. “What do you mean by ‘mess with’? Can’t I be friends with Jiuchu? Does Dong Yue’s princes not allow their wives to have friends?”

After she finished speaking, she seemed to realize what Yuanchen meant, and narrowed her eyes at him. “Eighth Prince, do you think I’m fond of women?”

Shí Yuanchen looked at Xiao Li, who seemed about to erupt, and braced himself as he asked uncertainly, “Aren’t… aren’t you?”

Xiao Li laughed in anger. “It seems that female companionship is very popular in Dong Yue! Is that why you restrict women from having friends?”

“Of course not! Don’t slander Dong Yue’s customs.”

“What? Are you only allowed to slander this Princess? It’s alright for officials to set fires, but the common people aren’t allowed to light lamps.”

As she spoke, Xiao Li seemed to have made up her mind, continuing, “I’m telling you, I’m determined to be friends with Jiuchu. And you… I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourself, or else I’ll complain about you to your father.”

“I’ll say you—” Before she could finish her sentence, Shí Yuanchen interrupted her directly:

“Speak! What is it?”

Shí Yuanchen didn’t expect this princess to be so unscrupulous. Although he hadn’t said anything, this princess would definitely slander him. At that time, he would have to clarify things in front of his father.

Xiao Li curved her lips into a smile, a hint of calculation flashing in her eyes. “Didn’t you say that Yun Feng Hall in Kyoto is very famous?”

“Let’s go, take this princess to see it and see if Dong Yue’s male beauties can compare to the Southern Breeze Pavilion in my Northern Kingdom.”

Shí Yuanchen looked at Xiao Li in shock when he heard this. He was just saying it casually, but this princess really wanted to go to Yun Feng Hall? She really dared to go?

Wasn’t she here for a political marriage? Wasn’t she afraid that no one would marry her if she did this?

Thinking of this, he kindly reminded her, “Do you want to dress up a bit, like dressing up as a man?”

“Dress up? This princess will not change my name, I do not need to dress up.”

Xiao Li wanted to see if anyone would want to marry her after she visited Yun Feng Hall.

If there were… haha! Then they would be people with ulterior motives.

Inside the house, Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan, who was taking off his outer robe, and said in shock:

“Your Highness, it’s not good to be so unrestrained. Besides, I’m still… I’m still uncomfortable!”

Shí Yan paused in his action of taking off his clothes, then immediately pulled off his outer robe and hung it on the rack next to him, walking towards Jiang Jiuchu. “Didn’t you just say it didn’t hurt?”

“I… I’m in pain. I only said I didn’t want you to apply the medicine to say that.”

Jiang Jiuchu retreated while looking at Shí Yan. “It’s broad daylight, Your Highness, please don’t mess around.”

She was a little tearful. She had just gotten up and eaten lunch, and she didn’t want to be tossed around by him again, unable to get out of bed.

Shí Yan hadn’t slept all night and had been busy all morning, so he wanted to take a nap with Jiang Jiuchu. Seeing her like this, he decided to use a trick to threaten her:

“I’ll give Jiuchu two choices. First…” Shí Yan didn’t finish speaking, but instead stared at Jiang Jiuchu with dark eyes, continuing, “Second, apply the medicine. Jiuchu, choose one.”

“No, I don’t choose either.” Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan in shame and indignation.

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu, who seemed about to explode, and hooked his lips and shook his head. “You have to choose one. Jiuchu doesn’t have the right to say no for these six days.”

Jiang Jiuchu was so anxious that her face turned red. She looked at the direction of the door, wanting to escape but not daring to. She really didn’t expect that even after consummating their marriage, there would still be times when she wanted to escape.

Jiang Jiuchu knew that she couldn’t escape at all, and also knew that Shí Yan was a person who kept his word.

Her eyes turned, and then her mouth drooped, with a wronged look that was about to cry, she raised her finger and pointed at Shí Yan, “You… you’re bullying me, you don’t like me at all, and you don’t care about me.”

“I do.” Shí Yan knew that Jiang Jiuchu was deliberately saying this, but looking at her like this, he knew it, but he would still feel inexplicably sorry for her.

He walked two steps to Jiang Jiuchu and hugged her, gently comforting, “How could your husband not care about you? I care about you, that’s why I want to apply the medicine for you. It’ll heal faster if you apply the medicine.”

Jiang Jiuchu pushed Shí Yan away. “Humph! No, I don’t want you to apply it, I can do it myself. You go out, I’ll do it myself.”

“Does Jiuchu dislike me, not wanting me to touch her.”

Shí Yan had no way to deal with Jiang Jiuchu’s strategy of pretending to be pitiful, so he had to use her strategy to deal with her.

He went to the bed next to him with a hurt look and leaned against it, saying in a sad tone:

“This Prince knows, Jiuchu doesn’t like this Prince that much. Marrying me was probably mostly to complete the mission!”

Jiang Jiuchu was stunned for a while, seemingly not expecting Shí Yan to suddenly be like this. She didn’t have time to think much, so she quickly walked to the bed and explained:

“No, Your Highness, don’t think wildly, I really don’t, I just… I just can apply it myself, so I don’t want to trouble Your Highness.”

“But this Prince doesn’t think it’s troublesome. And… how many times have I said it, I want you to call me husband, but you just refuse to call me that, and you say you don’t.”

As he spoke, Shí Yan picked up the book next to him with a sullen expression, no longer looking at Jiang Jiuchu.

“I’m not refusing to call you that, I just… I’m just used to calling you Your Highness, and I forgot to change the way I address you for a while.”