Chapter Seven: Is There Something Wrong With Her?
Watching Hua Ling stride off, Jin Junchi smiled and said to Mu Yelei, “So she’s Xia Ziying. But I remember you telling me Xia Ziying was honest and wooden. From what I saw today, that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. Yelei, you didn’t lie to me, did you?”
“Exactly. No matter how I look at her, she seems like a shrew. How is she anything like what you described? Don’t tell me you were afraid of losing face and deliberately lied to us?” Jin Junxi said jokingly. Still, after witnessing what had just happened, they really did need Mu Yelei to explain.
Mu Yelei looked at the two men before him with a headache coming on—one an emperor, the other a prince. Though both were his superiors, their friendship had existed since childhood; they were true childhood companions. Mu Yelei sighed, knowing they would not let him off unless he explained clearly. The problem was, he truly did not know either!
“I’m telling you, I really don’t know what’s going on. Before this, the impression she gave me was that of a stiff, honest woman. In the more than a year since we married, the number of times I’ve met her hasn’t even exceeded five. How would I know why she suddenly seems like a completely different person? I’m just as baffled.” Mu Yelei’s brows were tightly furrowed, unable to make sense of it no matter how he thought.
Seeing Mu Yelei like this, the two brothers knew he was not lying. After all, they were brothers who had grown up together; they could guess at once what the other was thinking. The two exchanged a glance, both unable to figure out the reason for the moment.
“Maybe you were too cold to her, so her personality changed drastically,” Jin Junxi said after thinking it over. When women were hurt emotionally, their temper generally became very violent—just like earlier.
“Exactly. I really don’t understand. Even if she doesn’t have much charm, she’s still a great beauty, at any rate. I can’t figure it out—how could you only have seen her a mere handful of times in a year? No wonder she came looking for you. Keeping an empty room alone doesn’t feel good.” Jin Junchi smiled wickedly. This brother of his was good in every way, except he had always seemed very indifferent toward women. He had never seen him spare any woman a second glance.
“That’s right. Imperial Brother is right. Sharing a bed with a beauty like that shouldn’t be hard on you, should it? When you’re free, talk with her more. Women need to be coaxed too,” Jin Junxi said as if he were very experienced, his face full of smugness.
“You haven’t even married yet. Do you have the right to lecture me? Wait until the day you marry, and your backyard hasn’t caught fire—then come give me advice.” Mu Yelei counterattacked without the slightest politeness. Who didn’t know that Jin Junxi, Prince Qing, the renowned handsome man of Liandu, had yet to marry because there was not a single woman he fancied? He had even made a ruthless declaration: better to lack than to have something substandard; if no one moved his heart, then he would remain single for life.
That one sentence choked Jin Junxi into silence. At the side, Jin Junchi burst into loud laughter. He had never had any way to deal with this imperial younger brother of his refusing to marry; today, Yelei had finally vented some frustration on his behalf.
“He isn’t qualified, but I should be, right? Look at my imperial harem of three thousand beauties—not a single problem, calm and peaceful. So you should be a bit gentler with her too. Don’t wear that iceberg face of yours all day long.” Jin Junchi said with a smile. He was still very proud of this point. When it came to women, he had his methods. Just look at his harem—how tranquil and harmonious it was!
Truly unwilling for them to concern themselves so much with the bedroom affairs between him and Hua Ling, Mu Yelei said coldly, “Nothing has ever happened between me and her. Stop saying all these groundless things here.”
“What?” the two brothers said in unison. They were far too shocked. This news was simply explosive. Facing such a beauty and still remaining completely unmoved—they even began to suspect whether he had some kind of illness!
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