Chapter 105: Seeking Pleasure
How could things be so coincidental?
Li Xuanyue lowered her eyes.
Just after the fire at Xihe Palace, Li Qinghe disappeared. Could Li Qinghe be responsible for the fire?
Her dark eyes sank as she weighed the situation.
“Princess, where are you going?”
Seeing Li Xuanyue suddenly get up and leave in the middle of her meal, Yinxin hurried to catch up.
“Greetings, Princess!”
Unexpectedly, just as Li Xuanyue stepped out of the Phoenix Harmony Palace, Yumian appeared in front of her.
Today, Yumian was dressed elegantly, exuding boundless charm. Coupled with his naturally robust build, the azure outfit looked custom-made for him. It was both noble and mysterious, fully displaying the allure of a merman.
“Does Consort Yu need something?”
Yumianās sudden appearance surprised Li Xuanyue. She didn’t recall asking Yinxin to summon him. Why did he come suddenly?
Yumian took in the confusion in Li Xuanyueās eyes.
“Princess, this subjectās mating season is approaching.”
He lowered his head. Although his voice wasn’t loud, every word reached Li Xuanyueās ears clearly.
Like a ticking time bomb, it blasted her until her ears rang and her vision spun.
She hadn’t forgotten how guarded these consorts were against her initially. Even sitting with her, they wished they could be far away. Now, he suddenly came to tell her his mating season was coming.
Was he asking her for pleasure?
Li Xuanyue shuddered at this thought, almost unable to speak.
“Then… have you asked the Imperial Physician to take a look?” she asked tentatively.
For things like mating seasons, there were generally suppression methods. Running to tell her so directlyādid he not want to use medicine to endure it?
Yumianās eyes sharpened. “What does the Princess mean by this?”
“Do you not wish to share fish-and-water intimacy with this subject?”
The more Yumian spoke, the deeper his voice became, and his expression grew uglier. After all, he was the Second Young Master of Dongting Lake. This was the first time he had laid down his dignity to ask a woman for pleasure. And the object of his request was the one he married.
Now, not only did she not agree, but she also wanted him to find a physician to suppress it. How was this different from hitting him with a sap?
He lost not only his face but his dignity as well.
Seeing his unsightly expression, Li Xuanyue hurriedly denied, “No!”
“Then when does the Princess plan to be with this subject?”
However, before Li Xuanyue could finish, Yumian spoke first. His aggressive stance seemed to say that if she didn’t agree to his request, he would stand here forever.
Li Xuanyue had never seen this before. In her past life, her consorts ran when they saw her, afraid of being defiled. In this life, why was every plot point different? How should she handle this?
“How about in two days?” Li Xuanyue chose her words carefully, seeing his stance of not leaving until she agreed.
“Right now, this Princess has many matters at hand and fears I am not in the mood.”
Yumianās eyes narrowed. “Does the Princess refer to the matter of Li Qingheās disappearance?”
When Yumian first came to the Phoenix Clan, he heard rumors of the deep sisterly affection between Li Xuanyue and Li Qinghe. He naturally didn’t believe it. There was so much filth in every clan; where would such deep sisterly love come from?
So, he sent people to privately inquire about the sisters. He didn’t know until he asked, but he found out Li Xuanyue had been schemed against by Li Qinghe in various ways behind her back.
What surprised him was that Li Xuanyue wasn’t as tyrannical, violent, or foolish as rumors said. She dodged or countered Li Qingheās schemes every time. But he couldn’t understand why she didn’t just take Li Qingheās life.
If it were him, he would have made Li Qinghe suffer long ago. Yet she not only refrained but let the other party continue to hop around. Wasn’t she afraid of capsizing in the gutter?
Now she was worried because of the other party’s disappearance. Did she really have brain problems?
Li Xuanyue felt uncomfortable under Yumianās strange gaze.
“Why are you looking at this Princess like that?”
He made it seem like she was a criminal who had done wrong.
“Since you know what this Princess needs to do next, can you wait a little longer?”
She wasn’t worried about Li Qinghe. She purely wanted to know the truth behind it. As for whether Li Qinghe lived or died, that was her business and had nothing to do with Li Xuanyue.
Yumian withdrew his gaze and curled his lips. “Does the Princess know the saying ‘curiosity killed the cat’?”
Li Xuanyue frowned. Was Yumian warning her?
“Someone like Li Qinghe shouldn’t continue to exist in this world even if she hadn’t disappeared,” Yumian said slowly and indifferently. “Isn’t this ending just right for her now?”
“The Princess should stop pursuing truths.”
Matters in the Phoenix Clan weren’t as simple as she imagined. Li Qingheās disappearance wasn’t accidental; it was inevitable. If she continued to pursue it, once exposed, many people would suffer.
Yinxin felt Yumian made a lot of sense. The Phoenix Clan wasn’t just her Phoenix Clan; it belonged to everyone. It was normal to have secrets. She also didn’t want Li Xuanyue to take risks.
“Princess, Consort Yu speaks correctly. The Phoenix Sovereign will handle the Second Princess’s disappearance naturally. I think we shouldn’t interfere.”
What if she fell into danger?
Li Xuanyue wasn’t stupid. Hearing the hidden meaning in Yumianās words, she guessed he must know something. Otherwise, why would he come early in the morning under the guise of seeking pleasure to warn her?
Although Yumianās appearance and dissuasion temporarily stopped Li Xuanyueās impulse, the Central Harmony Palace wasn’t as peaceful as the Phoenix Harmony Palace.
Noble Consort Zhao, already mentally agitated, heard of Li Qingheās disappearance from the maids serving him in the Yuehe Palace. Unknown to anyone, he used some method to evade the interception of maids and guards, running straight to the Central Harmony Palace to cry to Li Phoenix.
This shocked Li Phoenix greatly.
“How did you get out?”
Looking at Zhao Huan standing before her with red eyes full of hatred, Li Phoenix felt mostly disgust rather than surprise.
“Did this Sovereign not tell you that as long as this Sovereign is alive, you are never to appear before me again? By doing this now, have you treated this Sovereign’s command as wind past your ears?”
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