The Gilded Cage Chapter 100

Snowy Night – The Crown Prince is her husband and His Majesty is the Sixth Imperial uncle. Naturally, they were different. (2)

There was no charcoal pot in the room, and it was wet and cold. She couldn’t help shivering, and she subconsciously hugged the handwarmer tighter in her hand.

This time, Xiao Kezhi’s heart softened even more.

With a long sigh, he took her into his arms again, and carried her to sit on the edge of the couch.

Chu Ning was relieved by the warmth in his arms. She took the initiative to wrap her arms around his waist, bury her face in his neck, and say softly, “Why did Your Majesty come down the mountain today?”

She understood that he was angry because of her, but she didn’t know why.

Xiao Kezhi smelled the fragrance of her hair, only to feel his mind slowly relax. He couldn’t help lowering his head and kiss along the hairline of her forehead.

“I just happened to go down the mountain to do something today.”

He said, seemingly unwilling to divulge more.

Today was the second day of the first lunar month. It was not as grand as the previous two days when there were envoys to see and ceremonies to attend. It was a real rest day. Therefore, after he got up early in the morning, he brought a few guards down the mountain and went to the nearby villages and towns to see the lives of the people.

He should have gone back earlier, but he remembered what Liu Kang said before leaving the palace, and knowing that she had come down the mountain today, he stayed at the foot of the mountain in hopes that they would both be stuck at the bottom.

However, he didn’t plan to tell her the latter part of that.

He continued kissing along her chin, biting every now and then, leaving a shallow concave tooth mark, a bit possessive, and then slowly returning to smoothness.

He had only hugged her the night before, but after only one day, he began to feel that it was not enough.

“Did you get the medicine Liu Kang sent?”

Chu Ning felt that her body was getting hotter and hotter. She was sitting on the side next to him, but now he was holding her waist and sitting on his knees, with her legs folded and half kneeling on the couch on both sides, her head raised high by him. He kept kissing her, and a hazy blush slowly appeared on her delicate snow-white face, and her lips became more red and plump due to the heat, which was particularly attractive.

“I got it, this one thanks Your Majesty.” She grabbed the robes on his chest, and her eyes were already wet, but she suddenly wanted to ask, “Why does Your Majesty treat A’Ning so well?”

In fact, what she wanted to ask more was what he meant by his words that day, but for some reason, she didn’t want to mention the words of that day. That kind of warm feeling that made her nose slightly sour really made her feel at a loss.

“You don’t understand?” He held her back with one hand so that she couldn’t escape, and his deep eyes stared deep into hers, “Of course, it’s because I like you.”

He has always prided himself on being fearless, but when he said this, he gritted his teeth unconsciously. In the end, he had never experienced such a thing.

But Chu Ning didn’t have the shyness and joy he expected, but rather suddenly calmed down and looked at him in a trance.

“What?” He frowned and released her hand slightly.

She opened her mouth and murmured, “The prince also likes me…”

She couldn’t tell the weight of the “like” in his mouth. She only knew that even Xiao Yu, who cheated her and used her, could be regarded as liking her. This kind of liking was like liking property in general.

He was silent for a moment, then said softly, “Do you think I am the same as him?”

“Different.”

She said this without hesitation. His body was not at all as cold and gloomy as Xiao Yu’s. Although he was always cold and sharp, there was an air of trust and awe inside him.

More importantly, he did not directly bring her back to the Taiji Palace because of his own desires.

But why did he do this to her?

At first, she only thought that he, like most men, saw her beauty. After all, Xiao Yu’s meager love for her was largely due to this.

If she had masses of family wealth, she was willing to give it all to the court just in exchange for her father’s innocence; if she had great power, she was also willing to exchange it. But she knew that she had nothing but beauty that could be exchanged.

However, he ascended the throne by his own ability and was clearly a very shrewd person. How could he be confused just because of her beauty? What she asked at first was just a promise from him.

Now, there must be other reasons.

Was it the thrill of the taboo of identity?

That was always unavoidable.

She suddenly laughed, determined not to dwell on it, and instead stared at him with a pair of glittering eyes.

Originally, her delicate and beautiful face paired with a lot of seduction and amorous feelings, made his eyes dim a little bit.

She knelt on both sides of his knees, straightened her body, put one hand on his shoulder, and reached behind her head with one hand.

A cloud of blue silk flowed down, creating soft waves in the air. Her fair and delicate cheeks were half hidden by her hair, and her winking eyes held his gaze, her haistick pressing against the side of his neck and slid gently.

The cold tip irritated his scorching skin, slowly poking into the placket from the neckline, making him tense.

“The prince is my husband, and Your Majesty is his Sixth Uncle, so naturally they are different…”

The veins on his forehead jumped. He squeezed her wrist, pulled it behind her back, and used her hairstick to push away the layers of her clothes. He was not in a hurry, however, and just twisted the ends of her hair like a soft brush, inch by inch to look at it carefully.

She was avoiding the question, and he saw it.

“You, niece, tell me today, which one will satisfy you more…”