Ruan Ning grew more terrified. She could barely tolerate ear piercing, let alone a tattoo. “Don’t tattoo, it’ll hurt,” she said, teary-eyed. “It’ll leave needle marks and won’t look good…”
Gu Lianchang’s silver needle remained suspended.
Suddenly, a light knock came from outside: “Master, Prince Jin requests an audience.”
Why the urgency? He had just sent someone to express intentions of collaboration, and Gu Lianchang hadn’t responded. Typically, negotiations took time, so why was he coming personally so late at night?
Gu Lianchang blew out the candle and said coldly, “Let him come in.”
The screen closest to him broke in half, causing several others to tilt and fall. The Prince of Jin was startled, vaguely seeing a strangely shaped figure behind the screen. Before he could see clearly, Gu Lianchang sliced through the damaged screen and quickly gathered the remaining pieces.
“My apologies for the momentary carelessness, Your Highness,” Gu Lianchang said, his tone softer than before.
The Prince of Jin replied hurriedly, “It’s nothing, nothing. Master Gu, I came to discuss something – before my father suddenly fell ill, he told me he wanted to make me crown prince, and my mother was present to testify.”
“I know,” Gu Lianchang said indifferently.
The Emperor had made this announcement with witnesses present, but he fell into a coma that very night, and the palace upheaval followed. Everything seemed too coincidental, suggesting a deliberate act.
“What, Master Gu knows?” The Prince of Jin was shocked. Wasn’t this supposed to be a secret known only to him and his mother?
Gu Lianchang hummed carelessly, moving his hands toward Ruan Ning’s neck, feeling provoked by her mockery of his disability.
He pressed down with unresolvable anger, but at that instant, Ruan Ning opened her mouth and took his index finger inside.
Author’s note: I’m writing this with my life, it’s killing me!
Chapter 85: The Eunuch and the Empress Dowager
Warm and moist, the lilac-like tongue gently bit and sucked, intoxicating in sweetness and making one forget their anger.
Gu Lianchang realized his body was betraying him. It responded with unwarranted passion at Ruan Ning’s slightest provocation.
