flstandardbreds Chapter 136 That night, Anagui removed her clothes one by one to the accompaniment of the music…
Chapter 136 That night, Anagui removed her clothes one by one to the accompaniment of the music…
Fu Luan felt as if her heart was being torn apart!
What was the purpose of everything she's done since her rebirth? What's the point of continuing to do it?
"During the alliance ceremony, when that table came crashing down, Anagui pushed me, which almost caused me to be hit by it..."
"Do you... know about this?" Fu Luan's voice was like a clear spring in a secluded valley, icy cold to the bone.
Although she was reluctant to admit it, Yuan Jiu closed her eyes slightly and nodded.
A bitter smile crept onto Fu Luan's face.
If his concubines, who had followed him for many years and shared his joys and sorrows in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, made a few sarcastic remarks to her, he would petition the court to demote their ranks and titles in order to vent his anger for her.
But Anagui, whom he claimed to have "never been close to," harbored murderous intent towards her and even took action, yet he remained unmoved and even had a child with her!
Who punished Anagui back then...? Oh right, it was the Emperor! Yuan Jiu's father!
How strange! Anagui was demoted from a concubine to a secondary concubine by the Emperor's decree, yet Fuluan has always blamed Yuanjiu for it...
Fu Luan asked, "Xiao Jiu, can you... tell me what you're thinking?"
"I mean...you knew she had tried to kill me, yet you pretended not to know, grew closer to her, and even had a child with her!"
Yuan Jiu murmured, "Why does A-Luan keep bringing this up? Didn't I use my own body and even my life to shield you from that desk that day?"
“I warned her that if she wanted to continue staying in my household, she would have to respect you from now on, and she agreed.”
"Didn't Father Emperor demote her and punish her?"
Fu Luan said solemnly, "Yes, Father punished her, but that was Father's punishment. What about you? What did you do in the process?"
"And how did you get the child? Did she force you? Were you drunk? Did she drug you?"
Yuan Jiu shook his head, "None of them..."
"That is... you said you wanted to invite me, but at the same time you were having an affair with the little princess of the Western Regions."
"You've been lying to me all along, haven't you?" Fu Luan sneered.
Faced with Fu Luan's series of aggressive questions, Yuan Jiu felt an overwhelming bitterness in his heart.
He recounted the turning point in his attitude towards Anagui.
Just as Fu Luan had predicted, Yuan Jiu got into the habit of seeing Ana Gui every night and listening to her talk about Fu Luan;
Anagui then began to take off her Han Chinese clothes and put on Hu clothing that would make her even more beautiful.
"That day, she wore a Hu-style dress and danced a dance, just for me..."
Anagui's graceful figure and dance moves, as well as the enchanting atmosphere at the time, still make Yuan Jiu's heart flutter when he thinks about it now;
He even forgot that the person in front of him now was Fu Luan, whom he had liked since childhood!
That night, after a dance ended, Yuan Jiu became somewhat impatient, and Ana Gui began to remove her clothes one by one in time with the rhythm of the music...
At first, he was naturally unwilling to look directly at her and even wanted her to put her clothes back on.
But as the little princess from the Western Regions continued to dance, she gradually moved gracefully to his side. She took his hand and asked him to personally remove the last piece of clothing covering her body...
The young girl's body was laid bare before him; what man wouldn't be moved? Who knew that this one encounter would result in Anagui having a child…
"So what do you want me to do? To openly acknowledge the child and treat him as your own, is that right?"
Yuan Jiu pursed her lips and then said, "A-Luan...you've always known that I have concubines, and more than one, haven't you?"
“Even if it’s not Anagui, other concubines might have children in the future…I’ve always wanted to have a child.”
"Although I would prefer you to be the one to give birth to my first child, now... Anagui is pregnant, and there's no reason for her to have an abortion, is there?"
"I swear, after we get married—no, from this moment on—I will not touch another woman with a single hair."
“But I must keep Anagui’s baby, even if it’s you, Aluan, you can’t…”
"Can't what?" Fu Luan asked coldly.
Yuan Jiu stammered, "We can't harm her or the baby in her womb in the slightest..."
Fu Luan laughed loudly: "Haha! So in the eyes of the Prince of Yan, I, Fu Luan, am a woman who would harm pregnant women and children out of jealousy?"
"Hua Luo, quickly send someone to the Prince of Yan's mansion to bring out our family's Physician Fu Ling and your Sister Tao Su, and find them another place to stay."
"To avoid the two of them being unable to explain themselves if something goes wrong with the Yan Prince's concubine's unborn child; and to avoid the Yan Prince's household resenting my Fu family for eating and living there for free and giving people the cold shoulder."
"It will save His Highness Prince Yan from living in constant fear, worried that my men might kill his wife and children!"
"Eh, since Your Highness sees me so highly, why marry me in the first place? Why not explain the situation to your father and annul the engagement as soon as possible! Oh, right..."
"When the Emperor bestowed the marriage, he said that there could be no annulment or divorce, no wonder you feel so at ease!"
Although Fu Luan was smiling, tears welled up in her eyes. If only the Emperor hadn't bestowed this marriage upon her...
She had long been prepared to live and die together with Xiao Jiu, and no matter how many difficulties lay ahead, she never considered breaking off the engagement.
But to everyone's surprise, this was the reason she considered breaking off the engagement...
Although it was just a fleeting thought, the words "annulment of the engagement" were like a rift between the two of them.
Once it's formed, it will tear and spread in your heart... No matter how you try to repair it, it will be too late!
Yuan Jiu murmured, "A-Luan only talks about me, but what about you? Haven't you ever done anything to wrong me, not even the slightest thing?"
"Me? So Your Highness was waiting for me here! Does Your Highness dislike me because I've been married before, or is it like Xue Yan, that you dislike me because I'm not a 'virgin'?"
"It's alright, you can say whatever you want, I, Fu Luan, can take it!" Fu Luan sneered.
Yuan Jiu swallowed the tea in his cup, unsure whether the strong tea was bitter, or if his heart was even more bitter...
"Why would I hold such a grudge against you? I mean... you and your elder brother, Fu Yuan..."
"On the night of the alliance ceremony, he disregarded palace rules and rushed to Yaohua Palace to take you home. What did the two of you do in the carriage?"
"I confessed to you the very next day that Qingluan seduced me, didn't I? But what about you?"
“It’s the same thing, and you haven’t told me a single thing yet!” Yuan Jiu said with a wry smile.
The thorn that Qingluan planted in his heart that night began to take root and sprout between them...
Fu Luan suppressed her anger and said, "You said he's my older brother... Fu Yuan and I have a completely innocent relationship, only brotherly and sisterly feelings!"
"If I were to talk about the past, I did indeed like him, and I even thought about escaping the ancestral teachings of the Great Wei and having him take me far away."
"But that happened before I married Yuanlu! If this old grudge counts as 'I'm sorry,' then what about all your concubines?"