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  Chapter 16: The Cost

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  Zhu Yicheng couldn't help but laugh, his chest heaving with mirth. Chu Keji had been waiting for him to respond, but after a while, she was annoyed by his laughter and pushed him, asking "What's so funny?"

  Zhu Yichan looked down at her, seeing that she was still red in the face, but with a rising anger in her eyebrows and eyes. It was clear that she was really angry, hastily holding it back, and after a while, she asked, "Why do you want to establish such rules?"

  "Find it strange?"

  Zhu Yicheng tilted his head and looked at her, smiling and nodding. "It's quite... strange, right? I mean, who would have thought of these things?"

  "This is a rule I've had since I was born... although some things have changed in the middle, this thing I must..."

  "Born with it" Zhu Yucheng couldn't help but laugh "Established rules from birth?"

  "It was someone else who did it."

  "Who?"

  "Never mind" Chu Ke's expression remained stern, "My husband must be as chaste as jade."

  "How shameless..." Zhu Yichen couldn't help but poke her nose.

  Chu Xue's face, which had just recovered its color, turned red again because of his joke, and her eyebrows also showed a hint of shyness. Zhu Yi Zhen was startled and quickly apologized, "I didn't mean it that way... I was just joking, teasing..."

  "Never mind the nonsense, hurry up and tell me what you just said? Can it be done? If not, I won't force it... But first, let's make a deal, if you promise me, you have to keep it for life. If you promise but can't keep it, and then want to do some sneaky things in the future, I absolutely cannot tolerate it." She was a bit angry and embarrassed, with a fierce and intimidating look.

  Zhu Yichan was really taken aback, hastily nodding his head to placate her. "I promise... cough, what I just said means that I haven't had a concubine yet." He smiled at her and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go to my mansion to check..."

  Chu Xue immediately disappeared without a trace, and soon turned into shame, quickly burying her head in his arms again, her heart also in shock. Is this okay? Drunk or not? Bringing the rules of the previous life to the next generation? Forcing... forcing someone to agree? Still treating herself like a princess?

  After being stunned for a while, the sweet feeling spread rapidly, her beautiful eyes narrowed, hiding in his arms and secretly laughing. Of course, this is not the princess of later generations, but just because she likes to bully Zhu Yuxuan; just because she relies on him liking her...

  Her chin was lifted again, her smiling face didn't withdraw quickly, and she was caught by him, the teasing voice immediately came from his ear, "I'm guarding my body like jade, happy to this extent?"

  Chu Xue couldn't hide it anymore, she could only close her eyes and cover her ears, the heat emanating from her body slowly rising, Zhu Yi Chen felt like he was holding a little stove, looking at her face slowly turning crimson, her eyelashes trembling non-stop, her small, delicate lips...

  He pressed his lips against hers, gently licking and sucking, somewhat urgently searching and rubbing...

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  After the early lesson, Zhu Yuhuan and Liu Niang came out of the main hall. Liu Niang smiled at Zhu Yuhuan and said, "Master Wu is so young, yet he can calm down and listen to these things."

  Zhu Yuhuan was annoyed. He had been listening to this for days and was already extremely impatient. If it weren't for the fact that he needed to accompany Madame Liu, he would have gone elsewhere to play a long time ago.

  "Auntie, these sermons and Zen talks, just listen to them and gain some insight, don't get too obsessed... it's not good for you," he advised vaguely. These days of accompanying Auntie Liu to listen to the scriptures, he had always felt that there was something not quite right about her, she seemed excessively devout, sometimes giving him a feeling... in short, making him very uncomfortable.

  Liu Yiniang didn't catch the implication of his words, and in her eyes, he was always an outsider. Therefore, she wouldn't think deeply about what he said, nor would she speak to him with sincerity. She just smiled and nodded, "Yes, Fifth Master is right, I'll go first." As she spoke, she slightly nodded and turned back into the courtyard.

  Zhu Yuhuan sighed for half a day as he gazed at her back, thinking that Liu Niangniang's devout Buddhist rituals might be just an illusion.

  Standing still for a while, I felt that there was a gaze staring at me from the front. So I looked up and saw Lan Zixing walking across the main hall, looking around with disdain in her eyes.

  "What's with the attitude? I haven't looked down on you, yet you come to look down on me?" Zhu Yuhuan thought to himself, too lazy to bother with her nonsense, and turned away without a glance.

  As soon as he entered the courtyard, he felt that it was quiet and still. Zhu Yuheng didn't seem to be anywhere, and when he called out twice, no one answered. When he went inside, he saw that the bedding had been neatly folded and cleaned, looking like no one had slept there at all. He must have gone to find Xie Xi. Without hesitation, Zhu Yuheng immediately turned around and came back out, preparing to go to Liu Niang's courtyard to look for that guy Zhu Yuheng.

  Just as I walked to the entrance of the hut, I heard two women's voices outside, sounding fast and urgent, like they were quarreling. One of the voices was very familiar, it sounded like the voice of a maid who followed Kei.

  Zhu Yuhuan rushed out of the gate of the temple to see who was quarreling.

  As soon as she came out, she saw Lan Zixiang standing at the intersection of the small mountain road. Her maid was arguing with one of Ke'er's maids, who stood in the middle of the path, seemingly blocking their way.

  "What's going on? Zhu Yuhuan coughed and walked up to ask."

  The three of them turned around, and as soon as Lan Zixuan saw him, her face turned even darker. She let out a hum and turned to the side. Zhu Yuhuan didn't bother to pay attention to her either, asking Qing Guo instead.

  Qing Guo hastily reported to Wu Ye, "This stinky brat doesn't know reason, bumped into me and didn't apologize, and even spoke sarcastically."

  "Blocking the road and not letting people pass, who is being unreasonable?" The maid retorted immediately.

  Zhu Yuhuan was just about to speak, when Lan Zixing coldly said: "Who are you saying this to? Haven't you seen that this gentleman is the host?" What a redundant thing to say.

  That maid hastily said "Yes, it turns out they are a group of slaves, really no discerning eye"

  Zhu Yuhuan let out a "hey" and turned his head to look at Lan Qixiang, who didn't show any weakness and glared back at him.

  Seeing that the two masters seemed to have a tendency to fight, the two maids stood behind their respective masters, rolling up their sleeves and preparing for battle.

  Zhu Yuhuan saw the situation, hadn't spoken yet, when Lan Qixiang's face was already flushed red, her eyebrows were raised and her eyes were wide open, looking like she was about to explode. He thought to himself, "A good man doesn't take advantage of a woman," so he let out a sigh, waved his hand, and turned to Qing Guo saying, "And what about you, miss?"

  "The green fruit was so angry that she was waiting for a fight, but this sentence almost made her fall over. She quickly replied that the young lady and second master were in front of them." Extremely disheartened, she lowered her head and refused to look at the triumphant face of that dead girl opposite her.

  Zhu Yuhuan said, "Lead me."

  Before Qing Guo could respond, a voice came from behind him, "Are you going or not? If not, get out of the way!"

  Zhu Yuhuan turned around patiently and looked at Lan Qixiang who was obviously looking for trouble, "Can't you pass through such a wide road?"

  She looked at him with disdain and said, "I won't even walk within five feet of him."

  "Who's asking you to come closer? Looking for trouble? Do you want to leave or not?" Zhu Yuhuan, on the other hand, didn't leave and stood there, slanting his eyes at her.

  Lan Zhi Xiang angrily said: "Not a bit of courtesy, no respect at all. Is this still the Prince's mansion? It seems that you didn't receive proper education when you were young."

  "I don't have manners, I don't know how to show respect," Zhu Yuhuan said disdainfully, shaking his head as he glanced at her sideways. "It's not like I need to be polite or respectful anyway."

  Lan Zixiang's face turned bright red with anger, she was originally born to be good-looking, this anger made her face even redder, with a mix of anger and grievance, her big eyes stared even wider, as if waiting for Zhu Yuhuan.

  "What's wrong with me?" Zhu Yuhuan looked at her with a shameful smile, seemingly uncaring.

  He's even more infuriating like this, Lan Zixing cursed, "I'm starting to suspect if he's really a man?"

  Zhu Yuhuan sneered and said, "If you say that, aren't you just looking for a fight? Are you still a man?" He stroked his chin with a sly smile, looking at her, thinking of trying again.

  Lan Zixiang didn't react, so how could a young lady like her understand? She just saw Zhu Yuhuan's expression and found it particularly annoying, so she rolled her eyes fiercely and turned to her maid, saying "Wait for me."

  The maid was stunned for a moment, and then replied in a low voice, hesitantly walking away.

  Zhu Yuhuan looked at her and saw that the maid had left, then suddenly turned back to look at her, also a bit bewildered. He smiled awkwardly and said "Are you really going to try it?"

  Lan Zixiang cleared her throat, suddenly raised her hand and pointed at him, saying in one breath: "I've never seen a man with a mouth more venomous than three aunties and six grannies! It's really a pity that he's a man. If he were a woman, he could become a notorious shrew known by everyone within hundreds of miles."

  Zhu Yuhuan was taken aback for a moment, staring blankly at her slender jade-like hand.

  Lan Zhi Xiang scolded him and felt very satisfied, let out a sigh of relief, gave him a fierce stare, turned around and walked away with her head held high.

  Zhu Yuhuan was indeed scolded silly, only reacting after she left, the loud shouting and violent jumping is what a shrewd woman looks like.

  Unfortunately, Lan Zixiang had already left and couldn't hear him. He only then understood that Lan Zixiang had sent her maid away in order to... originally she still wanted to pretend to be a gentle lady in front of the maid. He was so angry he almost died, jumping up and down on the spot for half a day before going to find Zhu Yuxuan and Chu Keqi with a huff.

  The two people in the distance had already heard someone's voice from this side, so loud that they couldn't hear it? It's just that they were far away, and neither of them could tell who was arguing, nor did they want to be disturbed by trivial matters. They simply didn't care, except for Chu Keqi, who struggled desperately, refusing to let Zhu Yuchen hold her again, fearing that someone would see them. Zhu Yuchen had no choice but to reluctantly release his hand and stood there in a daze for a long time, until he was hit by Chu Keqi several times before he came back to his senses with a silly smile.

  "Is that so?" Chu Ke asked.

  Zhu Yuchen was unwilling to come out easily, and it was not easy for the two of them to be alone together. Even if they didn't do anything, even if they just played chess, it was better than nothing.

  He hastily suggested to Kei, since you've brought out the Go board, why don't we play a game?

  Chu Ke heard this and immediately pouted, shaking her head, "I'm definitely no match for you."

  "What's the hurry? Do you want to hear the sound of the wooden fish or the chanting?" Zhu Yichen had already begun to grasp her weakness.

  Chu Ke heard that and didn't say anything else. She hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and thought to herself, "It's okay, I'll think about it slowly."

  Zhu Yichen smiled, found a flat stone, took out the chessboard and spread it on it, then moved a flatter stone with great effort, took out his handkerchief to spread on it, and casually sat down on a small stone to start playing against her.

  After a few moves, Zhu Yichen smiled with his thin lips and stopped studying the chessboard. He leaned against his cheeks, his eyes shining with ripples as he looked at Chu Keqi. Chu Keqi twisted a piece for half a day, rubbing her nose from time to time, and touching her forehead from time to time, staring at the chessboard for half a day before carefully preparing to make a move.

  A voice with an unpleasant tone came from beside them: "You guys are indeed idle."

  The two of them looked at each other and saw Zhu Yuhuan walking away with a sulky face.

  Chu Ke excitedly jumped up and rushed over to pull her brother down, "Quick, I've already shown signs of defeat, see if you can turn things around?"

  Zhu Yuhuan glanced at the chessboard and said with a bad temper, "It's irreversible."

  Chu Ke sighed and shook his head "Ah, brother?"

  Zhu Yichan also smiled and asked, "What's going on? Who got into trouble?"

  Zhu Yuhuan saw his smiling face and got angry, "Isn't this the one who provoked me?"

  "Uh... isn't that the young master's family? Not a few words"

  Chu Xue also lost her voice and said, "Just now, was it brother who had a quarrel with that Lan?"

  Zhu Yuhuan's face turned red with rage as he thought of what had just happened, and he stood up loudly saying: "Actually, it's just a shrewd woman pretending to be a virtuous woman!"

  Chu Ke was puzzled, that blue although on the surface gentle and quiet, but also open-minded, how could she make her brother so angry?

  Zhu Yuhuan was already very angry and said to Zhu Yuzhen, "She's not a lady at all, she's just like those street women, no different!" Zhu Yuhuan was so angry that he couldn't calm down, rolling up his sleeves, "Next time I see her, I...I, if I don't teach her a lesson, I'll choke to death on my own anger!"

  "Brother, what's wrong with her? Why is she so angry?" Chu Ke asked in a daze.

  Zhu Yuhuan thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Never mind, this is my business with her, I will settle this score myself." He was still angry and paced back and forth.

  Chu Xue and Zhu Yi Chen stared at each other, both wanting to laugh but not daring to, feeling strange but unable to ask, so they just shook their heads and pursed their lips. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe and reward on Starting Point website, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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