Keep your voice down. Are you trying to look glamorous dressed as a forced lover?

Ji Mingzheng quickly finished washing his clothes, then quickly washed the clothes he had changed out of and dried them.

Afterwards, I took a couple of sips of wine and wiped the wound. The skin on my index finger where the glowing insect had bitten me was a bit bluish, and it became burning hot after I wiped it with wine.

He glanced at it a few times, wiped his hair haphazardly, and without paying attention to anything else, hurriedly went to wipe Li Qingyan's hair.

"Your Highness, please don't sleep yet. Your hair needs to be dried."

Li Qingyan could clearly feel the changes in her body. She didn't look at him, but only accused him: "You tied me up."

"It's all because you always talk nonsense and do things recklessly. You've already... gone to Tang Fei."

Perhaps it was because the night was too quiet, and it was just the two of them, as he stroked her soft hair, Ji Mingzheng finally mustered up the courage to talk about Tang Fei.

"Your Highness, will you allow Tang Fei to enter the Eastern Palace? To make him your principal husband, or... a concubine?"

No.

Li Qingyan denied it, saying there was a precedent to follow; it wouldn't do if Tang Fei always wanted to leave the palace like Song Qinian.

Moreover, the princess and former officials are even more exciting.

No, I can't think about it, or I'll be doomed.

Li Qingyan bit her lip to interrupt her rambling thoughts.

Ji Mingzheng didn't notice her unusual expression. When he heard her say no, the corners of his mouth curled up briefly: "Why? Don't you value him and like him a lot?"

"That doesn't necessarily mean you have to go to the palace."

Anyway, she'll be allowed to touch him, whether he enters the palace or not. If she's not allowed to touch him, she can't touch him even after he enters the harem.

Li Qingyan's answer made Ji Mingzheng's smile fade; she admitted that she liked Tang Fei.

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Your Highness, do you want Tang Fei to replace me?"

"There's no substitute. Since you're not happy, not even willing to look, then I'll find someone who is." Li Qingyan thought to herself, she could still tell the two of them apart and had never confused them: "Are you done? Untie my hands."

"No." Ji Mingzheng suppressed his anger. After they had just gone through life and death together, hearing such words again made him unable to remain calm.

Even though his hair was already dry, he deliberately didn't untie it and continued drying it.

Li Qingyan felt increasingly hot as he rubbed her.

"alright."

His hand brushed across her head and neck, making her tremble; the strands of hair brushing against her made her feel restless and itchy.

She was so itchy she was getting annoyed.

She had always planned to be with Tang Fei, but now she's with Ji Mingzheng, who doesn't want to be with her.

She moved further in, but the movement made her freeze; she seemed even more sensitive.

This marks the start of the fourth stage.

She didn't take Chinese medicine like she did in the third stage, but the desire she had suppressed for over a month was completely revived tonight.

The sparks she had forcibly buried could not be suppressed tonight and were easily ignited by Ji Mingzheng.

His hands and his breathing were blowing air onto the sparks, making them burn even brighter.

"Okay, stop wiping, just untie me now."

She didn't get a response after she finished speaking, and when she turned around, she saw that he was looking down as if he had fallen asleep.

He teased her so much and she was so uncomfortable, yet he fell asleep. It's outrageous!

Whether it was because she had been tormented for too long, or because the challenges had been hanging over her head for too long and the pressure was too great, Li Qingyan, who was already engulfed in flames, had only one thought at this moment: she would also make him engulfed in flames.

We must endure the torment together, suffer together, only then can we quell the fire in our hearts!

Li Qingyan straightened up and used her bound hands to lift up and wrap them around his neck.

"Ji Mingzheng".

Her clothes opened slightly with her movements, revealing a patch of fair skin and a vague outline, which was even more alluring in the candlelight, not to mention that she was half leaning against him.

Ji Mingzheng opened his eyes groggily, and this was the kind of stimulation he saw and felt.

Even more exciting, Li Qingyan bit his ear.

The ears are the most sensitive. Li Qingyan could feel his shock and trembling. Even though he himself was in more pain, he smiled triumphantly.

"Ji Mingzheng, I won't let you go tonight."

He jumped down himself; she was in pain, so he had to suffer too.

Ji Mingzheng's Adam's apple bobbed: "You..."

He struggled to maintain his last shred of sanity, raised his hand to press down on her arm, and tried to push her away.

Dissatisfied, Li Qingyan opened her mouth and bit his hand.

She wanted to bite him hard, but then she remembered that he had washed her clothes, so she paused and only bit him lightly before letting go.

It seemed more like flirting.

Seeing Ji Mingzheng staring straight at her, she argued, "If you don't untie my hands, I'll have to use my mouth."

She licked her lips, feeling his breathing suddenly become heavy, and she smiled triumphantly: "You're feeling unwell too, aren't you?"

We'll share the hardships! Hehe.

Ji Mingzheng grunted in agreement, then pushed her down with a forceful movement.

His hands protected her head and waist. Li Qingyan wasn't in pain, but she was a little dazed.

Her hands were still wrapped around his arm, but the positions had completely reversed. Thinking he was angry, she was about to say something when Ji Mingzheng suddenly lowered his head and kissed her.

I vaguely heard him say something about dreams, but it was quickly swallowed up by his awkward yet passionate kiss.

Because of his lack of experience, he initially just applied the paste, but after much rubbing and prodding, she opened her mouth as if to say something, which gave him the opportunity.

The atmosphere suddenly changed.

Ji Mingzheng seemed like a different person. His breathing became heavier and hotter than usual, like a lamp flame.

Li Qingyan began to tremble slightly...like the wind blowing into the cabin.

The candle flame was blown by the wind, and after feeling the wind's warmth, it made a sound and then burst into full flame.

The flames rose higher and higher, crackling continuously, the tip of the flame trembled slightly, and the tongue of fire stretched out wildly, burning inch by inch... The heat wave slowly dissipated.

The temperature in the air was rising, and Li Qingyan suddenly bumped into something round, which looked like a medicine bottle.

At the crucial moment, Li Qingyan suddenly thought of the harmful birth control pills. Although she was in her safe period these past few days, she hadn't managed to take advantage of it.

She suddenly grabbed Ji Mingzheng: "I can't get pregnant..."

Ji Mingzheng paused, realizing that it was almost impossible for him to stop at this moment.

He bit down hard on her shoulder, but he didn't want to bite too hard, so he just grazed it with his teeth.

All she knows how to do is torment him.

Therefore, we must find another solution.

A gentle night breeze stirred, the candlelight flickered, and the candlelight and the night wind intertwined, burning wildly yet restrainedly, sometimes hissing and rolling, rubbing against each other.

Li Qingyan sensed that the author favored Ji Mingzheng.

The night wind swept across the river, and the waves crashed against the rocks in layers.

It stirs up vast waves, the sound of the water never ceasing.

The wind is too strong.

Ji Mingzheng was on the verge of losing his mind, his black hair disheveled.

In the storm, the sun, hidden from the daytime, seemed conservative and shy, its voice hoarse.

Li Qingyan blushed.

Late at night.

The wind hasn't stopped.