Inside the room behind the translucent curtains, two figures entangled in each other arms on the bed.
The man looked at the girl under himself with red eyes. He had already removed his clothes. Only the upper part of his back was visible whilst the lower was covered with a blanket as he pressed the girl under himself who was still fully clothed.
Xi Ying didn't know why he had this urge and restlessness inside his heart to make her his in every possible way. Today was the first time he met her. But her eyes were so clear and deep that he knew he lost himself at the first sight.
Now he could not see her eyes there was something in his heart compelling him to hide her from everyone. Was it because he was drugged?
But he didn't have time to sort out these complicated thoughts. With no hesitation, he started removing her clothes from her body. The eyes which were lightly red turned dark because of desire.
There was no hesitation in his actions as if possessing her was his right. When he removed the last clothing from her body, his hand froze.
He saw a tear sliping down through her left eye which disappeared in her black hair. He felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
Immediately, he wiped that tear. Removing her black hair from her face, he gently kissed her forehead. As if the girl could sense his touch, more tears slipped through her eyes. Anxiously, he tried to wipe them, but they didn't stop. He who had never glanced seriously at any female was so panicked on seeing her tears.
He kissed her very deeply that she was panting and her tears finally stopped. He knew that she was conscious to some point. Kissing her face several times, he whispered in a very deep yet gentle voice.
" Girl, Don't Cry. I will be responsible for you from now. I, Xi Ying, would never treat you badly. "
After this, he removed the last clothing from her body.
*~*~**~*~*
While in the banquet hall, a maid came running inside and went towards the female side with a very panicked expression on her face.
" Second Madam Li, Eldest Lady... "
Her voice was not low so it was heard by all of the ladies sitting there.
Yi Jie's heart tightened on hearing her mentioning Li Rui. Looking at the empty seat where her daughter should be seated her fear grew more. Coming to Imperial place has always ended as a disaster for her daughter.
She remembered the impact of the last incident on her daughter.
"What happened to Elder sister?"
With a sharp voice, Li Caihong stood up and asked the maid. Her words showed that she loved her sister dearly.
"Third Lady.....Eldest Lady ...she .."
Empress frowned at the stuttering maid.
Princess Wenling silently got up from her seat with no one paying attention to herself and walked out from the banquet hall silently. The smile on her face now could not be hidden.
*~*~**~*~*
The musky smell inside the room was proof of whatever happened a few moments ago.
Xi Ying's gaze while looking at the girl was very gentle and obsessive. He looked at her like he was afraid that she would disappear anytime.
Her cheeks were red and tears hung through her long curled eyelashes. Her lips were red and swollen. Her black hair spread on the silky bedsheet. There was some sweat on her forehead. The more he looked, the more he thought he couldn't get enough ever of this scene. At this time, even her tears looked most beautiful on her face.
Her eyes were still closed. But the temperature of her body was less now. She was drugged.
What if she was not found by him but by someone else. The thought makes his eyes cold. The hold on the body in his arms became tight. He did not even want to think in that direction. He had never thought that he could become so possessive of someone in his life.
Bang...
The abrupt sound interrupted his thoughts and he frowned. Someone was knocking on the door very loudly. Even though he didn't want to, he got up and covered her completely so that only her face was visible. Wearing his clothes he placed the last kiss on her lips and walked to open the door.
The gentleness was replaced by the suffocating cold aura. Opening the door, he coldly looked at the person outside who was smiling brightly on seeing him.
Princess Wenling looked at the man in front of him. This was the man she wanted and she will get him tonight. But when he looked at her with cold eyes, her heart suddenly shivered and her smile was very stiff. The smell inside the room wafted through her nose. Shivering under his gaze she suddenly looked inside the room.
This one look made her face so pale that she sat on the ground with a thump as if her whole world had collapsed.
The Empress and all ladies from the banquet followed the maid.
While passing, Li Na gave a gaze of approval and satisfaction to the maid. The maid took everyone outside of the banquet hall passing through the balcony. The Empress suddenly stopped which caused all others to halt.
All of them looked at the Empress but they only heard one word.
"Wenwen"
The Empress shouted loudly seeing her dear daughter sitting on the floor with a pale face. Raising her head she saw The Prime Minister, Xi Ying who had a cold face and was emitting an unbearable suffocating aura.
It was only then everyone saw First Princess Wenling sitting on the floor in front of the room and Prime Minister Xi Ying standing on the door. Everyone in their heart wondered what happened. It was not hidden how much Princess Wenling liked Prime Minister Xi Ying. Sometimes Emperor even hinted at it to Xi Ying.
Lord Xi neither refused nor accepted it or it could be said all the efforts of Princess and Emperor were ignored by him. But the position of Lord Xi was so high in the court that not even the Emperor could force him to marry if he didn't want to.
Suppressing her anger, the Empress asked two maids to help the Princess to get up from the floor. Till today she could not understand her daughter's infatuation with Lord Xi. She was sure that it was something that Lord Xi did that made her daughter so lifeless. But she can't do anything given how much Emperor favored him.
On the side, Yi Jie asked the maid in a very low voice.
"Where is the First Lady? "
When the maid was about to answer Yi Jie's question, an exclamation was heard from the group of ladies. A bold lady dared to glance inside the room behind Xi Ying. Seeing a blurry figure behind the curtains and the smell coming from the room everyone could guess something.
Looking at the pale face of First Princess they became somewhat sure in their heart.
Xi Ying's one glance at them made them lower their gazes. Neither anyone dared to look inside nor did they ask who was the lady inside the room. As he was about to close the door behind him, he heard someone behind him say something.
"Rui"
Yi Jie was looking at the pale white wrist hanging outside the curtains. There was a red mole on that wrist. This was his daughter, Li Rui. As she tried to go inside the room, the young man blocked her way.
Behind her, Li Na tried to hold her.
"Second Aunt, what are you doing? How can Elder sister be inside this room? "
"Yes Second Madam Li, First Lady is inside that room. And she .....and that man...." The maid blushed while saying these words and pointed towards another door.
Everyone's expression changed hearing the maid's words. However, the Empress frowned at the maid and reprimanded her.
"What are you trying to say? Say clearly."
What was left to say? The maid meant to say that the Eldest Lady of Li's was alone inside a room with a man and they were doing something shameful.
All of them wondered but they only said it in their heart.
"No Rui is inside this room. How can I not recognize my own daughter?"
Yi Jie insisted on her words. Saying this she tried to go again inside the room but Xi Ying was standing in her way like a big stone.
Her words didn't affect him in any way.
In his heart, he was very upset. He had thought to hide this incident and then marry the girl. In this way, no one would be able to ruin her reputation. But now, all of his plans were ruined before even starting.
Still, he would not let anyone say something against the girl.
He could take all the blame on himself by saying that he was drugged and could not control himself.
At this moment, as if awakened Princess Wenling shouted.
"The person inside the room is Li Rui?"
Her eyes were filled with anger, hate, and resentment while saying the name.
Xi Ying felt like someone had poured a basin of cold water on him. Li Rui.
Was it not the eldest lady of Li Manor, the daughter of General Li? Now he himself wanted to check the identity of the girl inside the room. He wanted to hear that she was not what he was thinking.
Very stiffly he removed himself from the door and let them enter inside. Yi Jie rushed inside the door and stood beside the bed. With trembling hands, she was about to remove the curtains when Princess Wenling removed them before her.
The girl lying on the bed was Li Rui.
Princess Wenling staggered a few steps back with a bitter face.
The girl whom she hated had her first time with the man she loved. She wished to tear her and ruin that bed. But she didn't even have the strength to stand on her feet now.
Princess Wenling fainted and two maids caught her before she hit the floor.
While Li Caihong and Li Na looked at everything with their mouth opened.
How did it happen? Li Rui was supposed to be with that Imperial guard not with a powerful minister.
On the other hand, Xi Ying's heart was very cold. Looking at everyone's reaction and the woman who he knew as General Li's wife patting that girl's face while calling 'Rui' he knew that it was the same girl General Li had wanted him to marry.
In his mind, he wondered if all of this was coincident or a scheme to trap and force him to marry Li Rui.
Xi Ying's eyes were cold.
If all of this was a scheme, he would not let them be happy in their whole life.
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