allonlinenovel Chapter 207 You want to eat better, so do I?
Chapter 207 You want to eat better, so do I?
Thinking of this, Qin Yizhen felt an urge to kick him and knock him off the bed.
She really wanted to be alone for a while.
"Not even for a single day," Cheng Yan refused outright. "Since you miss the Empress Dowager and His Majesty, then dine in the palace today, and after you finish your meal, you can leave the palace and return home..."
Qin Yizhen saw that his hands were starting to wander again, as if he would punish her on the spot if she disobeyed.
Qin Yizhen blushed furiously and quickly grabbed his fidgeting hand: "Stop fooling around."
Cheng Yan lifted his half-closed eyelids and looked at her coolly. His eyes seemed calm, yet they also seemed to be burning with a fire that could burst forth at any moment and burn her to ashes.
When Qin Yizhen met his gaze, her heart trembled, and she felt her heart burning hot.
Cheng Yan smiled, withdrew his hand from hers, and began to undress with one hand...
Qin Yi was terrified and quickly grabbed his hand: "Are you crazy?"
This is the inner palace, not a place where they can act recklessly. Cheng Yan was able to enter because he was the emperor's son-in-law, and Empress Dowager Cheng and Emperor Jing'an favored him. Most importantly, Emperor Jing'an was still young, and there were not many young concubines in the palace.
However, even if he were to enter the inner palace, he would have to behave himself and could not go anywhere else except to see Qin Yizhen at Yuzhang Palace.
"Go back, huh?"
Qin Yizhen: "......"
"If you go back, I won't bother you today, how about that?"
Qin Yizhen: "?!"
"Really?" Qin Yizhen was a little skeptical for a moment, knowing that he had really gone too far these past few days, making her feel overwhelmed and wanting to avoid him whenever she saw him.
Of course, it wasn't that she didn't like being with him; she just felt... well, felt that if things continued like this, she would die at his hands.
They're making noise until midnight every day, I can't get up during the day, and I can't sleep at night. Who can stand that?
"Of course it's true." Cheng Yan finally stopped provoking her. He reached out to straighten her clothes, letting her lie against his chest. He gently stroked her hair, comforting her, "I was wrong these past few days, I indulged myself a bit too much, but..."
"But what?" His apology was quite sincere, but the hesitant turn of events was truly captivating.
"But you can't entirely blame me, can you?" Cheng Yan brushed a strand of hair from her forehead, kissed her forehead, and whispered in her ear, "It's all because my wife is too beautiful, and I couldn't control myself."
Qin Yizhen blushed again and couldn't help but punch his chest, "You still dare to talk back."
Cheng Yan held her hand and kissed it: "Okay, okay, then I won't say anything more. Shall we go home?"
This time, Qin Yizhen did not hesitate and nodded: "Then you are not allowed to act recklessly today."
"Alright, alright, if I misbehave, the princess can kick me out of bed and make me sleep in the study."
After coaxing her for a while, Cheng Yan was pleased and said, "I'll take you out for tea and opera tomorrow."
To be honest, his vacation this time was a bit too much. The couple didn't go anywhere and spent all their time doing things in bed. It wasn't that she didn't like it, but she was a little tired and annoyed by his insatiable demands.
Qin Yizhen gave a soft "hmm," neither saying she would go nor not. At this moment, she just wanted to stay quietly by his side for a while. When Cheng Yan saw that she was not speaking, he didn't say anything more, but simply stroked her hair and back.
Qin Yizhen felt like a soothed cat, so comfortable that she wanted to close her eyes and fall asleep in his arms. However, just as she was about to drift off to sleep, she suddenly remembered something, and in a flash, she was jolted awake.
"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
Qin Yizhen grabbed his clothes and asked him, "I don't want to do this with you. You're not going to go find someone else, are you?"
"What?" Cheng Yan didn't understand for a moment.
"It's about this." Qin Yizhen was still a little embarrassed to say it, not knowing what words to use. "Won't you find it unbearable? Won't you think I'm being pretentious and weak, and then you go to find someone else?"
Nowadays, it is shameful for men to marry wives and take concubines, favoring concubines over wives, and few dare to do it. In the hearts of many men, wives and concubines are clearly distinguished. The wife is the one he married with the three letters and six rites, his principal wife, who manages the household for him, and from then on, the couple is of one mind and shares honor and disgrace.
Therefore, even if they are not particularly affectionate with their wives, they still show them some respect.
Concubines and maids were seen as mere pastimes and tools for procreation.
Even on the bed, the treatment of wives and concubines is different. If a wife is unwilling, he will not force her, and he will even take her wishes into consideration. But when it comes to concubines and maids, he does whatever he wants, and only cares about his own comfort.
Many times, if the wife refuses and the man doesn't want to tolerate it, he will naturally seek out a concubine or mistress.
Therefore, Wang Xianrong willingly became a concubine. Everyone in Qindu cursed her for degrading herself. She could have been a wife, with plenty of young gentlemen to choose from, but she chose to be a concubine, a plaything for her husband, and a tool for procreation.
Cheng Yan raised an eyebrow. Seeing her furrow her brow, seemingly very unhappy, he couldn't help but want to laugh: "Now you know you don't want me to have someone else. Didn't you want to take me as a concubine and push me to someone else?"
Qin Yizhen choked up. She said, "That was before. The past is the past. The present is the present."
Although she had married Cheng Yan before, she only regarded him as her closest relative, hoping that he would live well and be happy. She had no romantic feelings for him, so she could let him take a concubine without any qualms.
He even dared to bring Wang Xianrong into the family so that he could have someone who truly loved him by his side.
But things are different now. They are inseparable every day, deeply in love, like a pair of mandarin ducks. She regards him as her husband and as her own, and she will not allow anyone else to touch him.
Qin Yizhen still thought that Cheng Yan had handled those things well, without having any ill intentions towards those people, and even sending them away in the end.
If he had children with his concubine, who knows what would have happened between them? Even if they had become husband and wife, they probably wouldn't have the same affection they have today.
"So now you won't allow me to have anyone else?" Cheng Yan asked her.
"No." Qin Yizhen snorted. "I am a princess. If you dare to have any, I don't mind keeping a few male concubines."
"You dare?" Cheng Yan's face darkened.
"If you dare, I dare too." Qin Yizhen glanced at him sideways. "Although I will also grow old and lose my beauty, the world is full of beautiful flowers, and there are even more young and beautiful girls who are dazzling."
"But I've also heard that as men get older, their bodies become weaker and weaker, and then there will be young and strong men in the world who will be just as attractive."
You want to eat better, so do I?