My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion

Chapter 1215: Chapter 659: Whose Child? (2)

She leaned slightly and placed the tea cup on the small table by Chen Yi’s hand. The movement caused her loose collar to slide down a little further, the breathtakingly full contours barely concealed under the thin silk, shadowed and deep.

Chen Yi was slightly flustered, today’s indulgence yet unfulfilled, most of his interactions with Yin Weiyin were acts of punishment and revenge, and although the Prince had given him some relief, it was only half indulgence, half restraint, still unsatisfied, his gaze lingered for a moment on that exposed view.

The scent on her, mixed with tea, body fragrance, and a faint powder aroma, now turning particularly rich and enticing, threading into his nostrils, directly reaching his heart.

Zhu E placed down the tea cup, not immediately straightening up. She lifted those eyes filled with rippling water, the corners subtly raised, carrying a hint of flirtatious allure,

"Sir, your relationship with Qing Luo... has improved quite a bit, hasn’t it?"

With this sentence, most of Chen Yi’s defenses were instantly undone.

Towards Zhu E, Chen Yi had always been more trusting, the reason he had not approached her after arriving at the Prince Mansion was still because of Qin Qingluo. Their relationship was too unstable, unable to withstand many minor disturbances.

After all, Zhu E was the Princess, and there was also a Blood Covenant between them. If he became too enthusiastic, he wouldn’t be just spanking someone, that would be a slap in the Prince’s face, wouldn’t it?

Although he had indeed reprimanded the Prince’s face a while ago.

Though these thoughts were there, turning back, at the corner of Chen Yi’s eyes, Zhu E’s voluptuous red lips curled into a very subtle arc, "Sir has been running around tirelessly for Qing Luo these days. Surely, she knows your true heart today."

With these words, Chen Yi’s heart fluttered slightly.

His Adam’s apple moved, eyes becoming deep and scorching.

He stood up, stretched out his hand not to touch the tea cup, but directly grasped Zhu E’s wrist, tender and boneless, still carrying the residual warmth of the tea cup.

Skin touched, delicate and smooth sensation spread, both trembled slightly.

"Aunt Zhu," Chen Yi’s voice was low, "the night grows deeper, come to the room with me."

Chen Yi did not use a question, but a statement.

Immediately, he applied a slight force into his hand, pulling Zhu E, whose eyes instantly became like shimmering water, cheeks flushed, no longer looking at anything in the hall, and turned to walk towards the bedroom.

The door leading to the bedroom softly closed behind them, isolating everything outside, no one knew what kind of punishment the Princess was enduring inside.

Except for the Prince.

Under the same night sky, in another courtyard of the Annan Royal Mansion, lights were also brightly lit.

Qin Qingluo had not gone to rest as she claimed.

She had changed into a more comfortable casual wear, her long hair loosely tied with a jade hairpin, sitting behind a broad purple sandalwood desk.

The desk piled with hastily retrieved ancient scrolls, yellowed bamboo slips, even a few turtle shells carved with strange runes, her cold brows furrowed, snake eyes sharply scanning through lines of obscure ancient script.

"...Stagnant like an abyss, heart as a prison, light and dark from the same source... ebb and flow..." She turned a page, then picked up another confidential file about old anecdotes of the previous dynasty, "Zhu Xiu isolates heaven and earth, or involves World of Ignorance? Gun stole a handful of soil, buried bones eternal in the dark netherworld?"

The candlelight crackled, reflecting her focused and intense profile.

Chen Yi’s conjecture weighed heavily upon her heart like a stone.

If that eerie place were truly the "World of Ignorance" from Divine Sect legends, if Gongsun Guan were truly allowing such heretical actions... this was undoubtedly a massive threat to the Southern Border and her Annan Royal Mansion, she needed to quickly find more clues and untangle the mystery.

Just as her fingertips brushed the characters, trying to discern the hidden meanings, an abrupt tremor surged unexpectedly from below.

As if something hit fiercely.

Qin Qingluo’s pen-holding fingertips trembled sharply, a drop of full vermillion "plop" landed on the yellowed paper, swiftly spreading into a striking red.

Snake eyes contracted, heroic brows suddenly filled with fury.

"Damn..."

Qin Qingluo lowly cursed, suppressing the surging anger again, she took a deep breath, chest heaving intensely a few times, forcibly pinned her gaze back onto the books before her, attempting to ignore the unsettling feeling.

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She coldly uttered a few words,

"Let it be."

Out of sight, out of mind, as long as it didn’t impede her duties... she could temporarily endure.

The thought had barely formed,

Suddenly, two fierce impacts, then oppressive rubbing, made her brow twitch, like raging tides violently crashing against the shore.

"Hmm..."

Caught off guard, a short, cold laugh erupted from Qin Qingluo’s nose.

She leaned back slightly against the chair, closing her eyes, seemingly digesting the increasingly intense impact.

A moment later, she reopened her eyes, the anger in her snake eyes had transformed into scornful indifference.

She lifted her hand, fingertips brushing tightly pressed lips, as if to wipe away some nonexistent trace, finally muttering into the air, not knowing who it was for:

"...Quite strong."

The candle flame flickered, casting a long shadow of her sitting alone amid the mountain of books.

This long night, destined never to be too peaceful.

.........

Reveling throughout the night.

Chen Yi awoke, fragrance still lingering beside him, Zhu E had already left early, leaving behind faint traces of moisture on the sheets.

Though slightly unsettled at not finding the woman beside him upon waking, Chen Yi was nonetheless content, finally able to fully enjoy a hearty feast, his mood brightened.

Just as Chen Yi was about to get up and dress, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from afar in the courtyard, briefly pausing, then soon after, the bedroom door was pushed open from outside.