GTB Chapter 182

Chapter 184: Suspicion

Chapter 184: Suspicion

Ji Shutíng originally wanted to ask how his younger sister had died, but looking at her husband’s appearance, she kept her mouth shut, unable to bear to ask.

At the Seventh Prince’s residence, Jiang Jiuchu and Shí Yan slept until the sun had set.

After getting up and having a simple dinner, Jiang Jiuchu, who was not sleepy at all, found a picture book and leaned back in the chair by the round table to read.

Shí Yan also took two sets of undergarments and walked to Jiang Jiuchu’s side, “Chuchu, let’s go take a bath!”

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu looked up and saw Shí Yan giving her a gentle and harmless smile.

She remembered the scene of entanglement in the pool last night and immediately refused, “No need, I haven’t been out much today, and I haven’t been sweating, so I won’t wash.”

Shí Yan’s lips curved into a smile, “It’s true that Chuchu hasn’t been out much, but she has been sweating.”

Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan with a puzzled expression, “When did I sweat?”

“When applying the medicine, Chuchu sweated.”

Shí Yan smiled, directly picking up the blushing Jiang Jiuchu by the waist and walking towards the bathroom.

By the bathtub, Shí Yan put her down and was about to reach out to untie Jiang Jiuchu’s clothes.

Seeing this, Jiang Jiuchu quickly went to the clothes rack, “I’ll take them off myself, Your Highness… Husband, please take off your own clothes!”

“Okay.” Shí Yan didn’t insist and began to take off his clothes on his own, after all, the meat that’s already at your mouth can’t run away.

Jiang Jiuchu took her time undressing, while Shí Yan had already taken off all his clothes and entered the pool.

She stared blankly at Shí Yan’s back, her undressing movements instantly freezing.

This was the first time she had seen Shí Yan so directly from head to toe, naked. Last night, she didn’t have such an angle, nor did she dare to look directly.

It must be said that Shí Yan’s figure was excellent.

“Chuchu, are you still not undressed?” Shí Yan sat in the bathtub and asked without turning his head.

“Oh, almost done, almost done.” Jiang Jiuchu quickly took off her outer shirt and got into the water wearing her *dudou* (embroidered bodice) and underwear.

Seeing this, Shí Yan found it amusing and quickly went to Jiang Jiuchu’s side.

“It seems that Chuchu wants her husband to take off the rest of the clothes.”

“No, no, I’ll take them off myself, you wash your bath, don’t mind me.” She said, reaching out to block Shí Yan.

Shí Yan grabbed Jiang Jiuchu’s hand and leaned forward, “Chuchu, according to the consummation of our marriage, this should be our honeymoon, right? Newlyweds are always loving.”

“Why is it that when it comes to Chuchu, you want to push your husband away?”

“Is it because…”

Seeing that Shí Yan seemed to be about to say that she didn’t love him, Jiang Jiuchu quickly interrupted him, “No, I’m not pushing you away.”

“Okay, then I believe you,” Shí Yan said, releasing Jiang Jiuchu’s hand, the desire he had been suppressing all day burst forth in his eyes.

He tilted his head and kissed Jiang Jiuchu, the passionate and scalding kiss gradually transferring to Jiang Jiuchu’s body.

For a moment, she forgot about the tireless wolf from last night and began to respond to him involuntarily.

Shí Yan reached out and untied the *dudou* between them. He loved her, and it seemed that only this most intimate act could completely satisfy his body and mind.

Waves of delicate moans rippled through the pool.

Listening to Jiang Jiuchu’s soft and charming moans, Shí Yan kissed the person on top of him like a madman, taking her to the clouds again and again, unable to extricate himself.

Two days later

Inside a private room in Mo Feng Pavilion, Lin Yue looked at Shí Xiu opposite her, “Senior Brother, I’m afraid I won’t be able to complete the task you gave me.”

“Oh! How do you say that?” Shí Xiu picked up the teacup in front of him, seemingly not surprised by her words.

Lin Yue got straight to the point, “Alas! If you wanted me to destroy the relationship between the two of them, then I’m afraid I’ll disappoint Senior Brother. At first, the Seventh Prince seemed quite indifferent to the Seventh Princess.”

“But in the past two days, the Seventh Prince seems to have become a different person. At a glance from the Seventh Princess, he ran over like a shot, and he even told me not to enter his study in the future.”

“As a result, it’s not just that I’m not allowed to enter the study, I couldn’t even get into the courtyard today.”

After Lin Yue finished speaking, she looked at Shí Xiu dejectedly, “It must be the Seventh Princess who swayed him, so… what’s the point of me staying in his residence?”

“As long as he doesn’t drive you away, stay in the Yan Prince’s residence for now!”

Shí Xiu picked up the teacup. From Jiang Jiuchu’s dance and glance back at the banquet that day, he knew that the relationship between her and Shí Yan seemed to have changed.

Now listening to Lin Yue’s words, a sense of jealousy inexplicably rose in his heart.

Lin Yue looked at Shí Xiu, “Senior Brother, it seems you’re having unrequited love! The Seventh Princess seems to be completely focused on her husband.”

“You… don’t tell me you want to seize her by force after things are done?”

“What are you talking about?” Shí Xiu was hit by the truth and immediately stood up, “Don’t come looking for me unless it’s important, be careful not to get caught.”

After he finished speaking, he strode out of the private room. Seize her by force?

Although he wanted her, he had never thought about it before.

But now it seems that she has already fallen in love with Shí Yan, and he probably won’t attract her attention in any other way.

However, the fact that she can change her mind doesn’t seem like a bad thing, after all, if she can change once, she can change twice.

He lightly curled his lips, he wanted both the country and the beauty.

By the window on the second floor of Jade Shop, Jiang Jiuchu looked at Ji Shutíng and complained:

“Shutíng, this is the second time you’ve looked for me since you got married, and why didn’t you attend the palace banquet a few days ago with your Lord Gu?”

“My mother-in-law was unwell those two days, so I didn’t go.”

She said, smiling at Jiang Jiuchu, “However, it was indeed a pity that I didn’t go. I didn’t expect that not only do you play the *qin* well, but you also dance so well, even surpassing the Northern Kingdom princess.”

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu said modestly, “Maybe Dong Yue people just like our Dong Yue dance! The Northern Kingdom princess danced very well too, there’s no question of surpassing or not.”

“Don’t be so modest, I heard that your dance at the banquet was stunning, promoting the beauty of Dong Yue’s dance, and also capturing the hearts of many young men from noble families.”

Jiang Jiuchu quickly stopped the indiscreet Ji Shutíng, “Don’t talk nonsense, it’s not that exaggerated.”

“Of course it is, although I haven’t been out much lately, I haven’t missed any of the Kyoto gossip.”

Ji Shutíng said, smiling at Jiang Jiuchu and continuing, “You! Now you’re famous for your dance, and you’ve become the leader of the Four Great Talented Women of Kyoto.”

“So, if you have time someday, you must dance for me to see, let me see your dancing skills.”

Jiang Jiuchu was slightly surprised. She really hadn’t heard that she was so famous now. It seems that when it comes to gossip, she really is not as good as Ji Shutíng.

“You didn’t come to go shopping today, but you arranged to meet here, it can’t be just to tell me this gossip, right?”

Ji Shutíng shook her head, straightened her expression, and then took out a painting from her sleeve, handing it to Jiang Jiuchu.

“Jiuchu, take a look, have you ever seen the person in this painting?”

Ever since she left the study that day, she couldn’t help but think of the moment when Gu Changxuan looked up at her.

At that moment, his surprised and stiff expression seemed to become clearer with time, making her feel more and more that something was wrong.

She didn’t know if it was an illusion or something, but she always felt like she had seen the woman in the painting somewhere.

That’s why she secretly brought the painting out, thinking that if she had seen her, Jiuchu might have seen her too, after all, they used to go out together.

Jiang Jiuchu took the rolled-up painting, opened it, and was stunned, staring fixedly at the woman in the painting.

She looked up at Ji Shutíng in confusion, and before she could speak, Ji Shutíng quickly asked, “Do you know her?”

Looking at Jiang Jiuchu’s expression, her heart suddenly sank. Jiuchu’s expression didn’t look like she didn’t know her at all, but if she did know her, then that would mean… Gu Changxuan lied to her.