Chapter 125

  "Alright, alright, Qingjin." Hearing Qingjin's words of never seeing each other again, Long Han's low and melancholic voice rose without any discernible emotions. A pair of pitch-black eyes stared at Qingjin, with an inexplicable dark glow lightly flickering and flashing within them.

  Qing Jin didn't see the flickering dark light in Long Han Yuan's eyes, and thought he had agreed when she heard his words. Her eyes showed relaxation and calmness as she spoke to Long Han Yuan: "Thank you, Your Highness..." But before she could finish saying the word "full", she was pulled into a strong pair of arms, her chin was grasped, and cold thin lips covered hers. A mature man's breath rudely invaded her mouth, and a soft snake-like tongue entwined with her small, defenseless tongue, dancing and stirring together.

  Qing Jin finally came to her senses, she opened her eyes wide, as if deceived and filled with incredulity and violent anger, staring at Long Han Yuan, wanting to push him away and escape, but was pressed down by a large hand on the back of her head, deepening the kiss.

  She struggled to retreat, but was tightly locked by Long Han's death grip. In the end, she stopped struggling and looked at Long Han with a cold and disdainful gaze. Long Han saw Qing Jin's eyes and hesitated for a moment before finally releasing her, just as he was about to say something to her.

  "Ugh......" Qing Jin couldn't help but retch as Long Han Yu suddenly released her.

  "You're going to die!" Long HanYuan saw Qing Jin choking, his eyes icy cold, unable to control the urge to go forward and strangle Qing Jin to death.

  The mandarin ducks outside the house heard Long Han's furious voice inside the room, and they couldn't help but want to rush in. However, a black figure blocked their way and forced them away from the door.

  In the room, Qing Jin stopped her dry heaving and didn't care about facing Long Han Yuan. She casually picked up a clean cup from the table and rinsed her mouth several times in front of him, ignoring his gestures as if wanting to strangle her to death. Without caring, she continued to provoke: "Rather than marrying you, I'd rather die." After saying this, she leaned against the table, stood up straight, closed her eyes, and faced Long Han Yuan with a look of resignation.

  Long Han saw her action, the cold air on his body rapidly gathered, his angular face was even more sharp and stern at this moment, his eyes were extremely deep and piercing. With an aura of boundless storm and coldness, he looked at Qing Jin who closed her eyes towards him, illuminated by the candlelight. That extremely delicate and white neck, he only needed to stretch out one hand, and could easily snap it off, just like she said, with just a light touch. He could end the life of the woman in front of him, let her be free from suffering, and also free himself from annoyance.

  But for some reason, he couldn't reach out his hand. Moreover, he thought of the fleeting idea that had just flashed through his mind. She actually made him feel annoyed, and he found himself still emotionally fluctuating because of one person. Long Han's eyebrows furrowed in puzzlement as he gazed at Qing Jin. The killing intent in his heart was retracted, and he stared silently at the strong figure standing by the lamp for a long time before suddenly withdrawing the aura from his body.

  Qing Jin closed her eyes and waited for death, knowing that Long Han Yuan was a proud and arrogant man who would not hesitate to kill. She had said such words in front of him, and after doing so, she did not think he would let her off. She had stepped on his bottom line without leaving any room for mercy. After experiencing what happened in her past life, she feared that if she were to serve Long Han Yuan again, she might not be able to control herself and kill him. But she was not alone; behind her stood the An Ji Hou Fu. The crime of killing a prince was one she could not bear, so let Long Han Yuan be enraged and kill her instead!

  She thought she still understood Long HanYuan, believing that after saying such words and making such obvious disgusted expressions, Long HanYuan would not tolerate being treated with such disdain. In this ancient society where men were superior to women, which man would allow his wife or concubine to say and do such obviously disgusted things? Especially a high-ranking, powerful prince standing at the top of the feudal hierarchy? Long HanYuan was a man born with an air of superiority, extremely arrogant and self-conceited.

  Qing Jin also felt the killing intent on Long Han Yan's body, she quietly closed her eyes and waited for the call of death, but she waited for a long time, and the killing intent and aura on Long Han Yan's body suddenly disappeared without a sound.

  Qing Jin opened her eyes with some confusion, and looked at Long Han Yan with a puzzled gaze. She saw that Long Han Yan was looking at her with a puzzled expression, and Qing Jin was shocked. Long Han Yan hadn't killed her right away, but instead was looking at her with puzzlement. What was he puzzled about? Qing Jin thought it was almost laughable. Just as she wanted to take a closer look at his puzzled expression, Long Han Yan's face returned to its usual emotionless state, as if the puzzlement in his eyes had just been a momentary illusion.

  Long Han Yuan stared at Qing Jin with an expressionless face, Qing Jin met Long Han Yuan's gaze with an equally expressionless face, and the two people fell silent once again.

  Half a moment later, Long Hanshan spoke again, "Do you have to be like this?" His low and clear voice was devoid of joy or sorrow.

  "King Jing, you're joking, what do you want me to do? Welcome your arrival with a smile and joy on my face? Sorry, no matter how humble I, Gu Qingjin, may be, I still have some self-respect. And at this point, King Jing, how can you still think that I would be happy about your arrival?" Qingjin said coldly.

  "Don't be unreasonable." Upon hearing Qing Jin's words that were full of gunpowder, Long Han frowned.

  "Am I being unreasonable?" Qing Jin asked lightly.

  "Gu Qingjin, I think you're a clever woman."

  "Thank you, Jing Wang, for your praise. But don't you think you've mistaken me for someone else? If I were a clever woman, wouldn't I be a dignified and proper empress rather than becoming someone's nameless and insignificant concubine?"

  "You... I already apologized for what happened on the night of your big wedding..."

  "Haha...... Jing Wang, you're really funny."

  "Gu Qingjin, the most important thing for a person is to know what's timely. I, the king, have wronged you in the past, but all that is over now. I married you as my concubine and requested a title for you; everything I didn't give you before, I've given you now... Burning oneself to death was never something I forced upon you..."

  "Long Han Yuan, I didn't think you were also one of those self-righteous people... I was wrong, you've always been self-righteous. In our past life, it was me, Gu Qing Juan, who pined for you, who humbled myself to be your concubine. But that's all in the past. In this life, I never thought of marrying you, nor did I think of wanting you to take me as a secondary wife, nor did I ask you to plead for a title on my behalf. Do you think that just because I pined for you without any status or name in our past life, in this life you'd give me a name and marry me as a secondary wife, and I should be grateful to you?"

  "Things of the past are already over, I know you have grievances in your heart, but that's already in the past. Now you've married into the Jing Wang Fu as a secondary wife, if you're clever, you should know how to act for your own good and for the sake of the An Ji Hou Fu behind you."

  ...Upon hearing Long Han's words, Qing Jin coldly smiled and remained silent towards him.

  "...You wouldn't think that with your status as a concubine entering the manor, and having me request a title for you, your position in the Jing Wang Fu would be stable and unshakeable, right?" Looking at Qing Jin coldly, Long Han Yan continued to speak calmly.

  "What do you want to tell me?"

  "Just like before, I will spoil you, protect you, and also take care of Anji Houfu..."

  "...and then bear with it when you and I are in bed, doing the most intimate things, calling my cousin's name, your brother-in-law's wife, Long Han-Yuan, you're really disgusting. In the morning, you were affectionate and deeply gazing at your brother-in-law's wife, now you say such a thing to me, don't you feel disgusted? Oh, I forgot, maybe you like this kind of disgust, but I don't like it, I'm disgusted, Long Han-Yuan, you're really the Long Han-Yuan I liked, truly hypocritical and disgusting."

  Hearing Qing Jin's words, Long Han Yuan pursed his thin lips tightly and spoke to Qing Jin in a light, cold tone: "Don't say anything that will provoke me again."

  "Alright, I won't say anything to provoke you. Will you let me go if I don't? You're the prince, and can't bear the thought of a woman who once belonged to you marrying another man. Now that I've entered the Jing Wang Fu, I'll spend the rest of my days in loneliness here. Just pretend I never existed, that there's no such person as Gu Qing Juan. Let's just forget we ever met on the street and passed each other by. I didn't cling to you, and you didn't marry me either. Can it be like that?"

  "Are you sure this is what you want?" Long Han Yan heard Qing Jin's words, a pair of black eyes gazed at Qing Jin's eyes without showing any emotions.

  "It's me, I'm sure!" Qingjin and Longhan exchanged a distant glance before looking away, responding to Longhan with certainty.

  Long Han Yan heard Qing Jin's determined words, looked at her deeply, and opened his mouth without joy or sorrow: "Qing Jin, there are some people you can't afford to mess with. You touched me, whether you want to or not, scatter or not, walk or not, it's not up to you to decide. You know I didn't love you at first, do you remember what you said back then? This matter was your initiative, you came to me and said you wanted to marry me. Since you chose to marry me without a name or status, don't pretend like I've wronged you. If you choose me, you can only be mine for all eternity, even if I don't want you or like you, you'll still be mine. I want to keep you, and you must stay in the back courtyard of Jing Wang Fu. There are ways to make you stay. If you're smart, you should know not to mess with me. Wasn't it better before? However, I, Long Han Yan, have never forced a woman. But don't forget, you were the one who seduced me first, and now you must pay the price. Even if I don't want you someday, no one will dare to take a woman I've discarded. I won't force anyone, so since you don't want to, I won't force you. I hope you won't regret it." After saying this, Long Han Yan didn't look at Qing Jin again and walked out.

  Qing Jin watched as Long Han Yan left from Liu Yun Pavilion...