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Published at 21st of December 2019 03:44:17 PM
Chapter 63

The Grand Dowager Empress’s smile had grown ever wider and after exchanging a few laughs with Qi Sheng and me, she excused herself from the banquet, saying that she was a bit tired and needed to go back to her palace . At the sight of her leave, the Dowager Empress also stood up and was ready to move .

Everyone hurriedly stood up and made way for them . Qi Sheng pulled me over and started escorting them to the door .

The departure of these two marked the end of this banquet, but till the end of the banquet, Zhao wang still didn’t return .

I figured he would have to spend a few days sleeping before he could meet people again .

Ever since we left, I had been following closely at Qi Sheng’s heels as we were going in the same direction . My only wish was that he would ignore me and never ask me why I hit Zhao wang again with no reason, or why I drank like a man…

Those two questions were hard to answer . But if he had to ask me a question, then I would prefer him asking me why I beat up that poor dude Zhao wang .

But he simply remained silent .

Feeling dejected, I followed him, but as I was walking, I started to sense that something was off .

This was weird . This was the way to Xing Sheng Palace, not his own palace . Ever since I had given birth, he had never spent a night in my place .

Could it be that he wanted to sleep at my place tonight?

But as soon as I developed this thought, a chill crept down along my back . Would this night turn into the annual conjugal night? Last year he slept with me, I ended up having a big belly for a good part of the year . If he slept with me tonight, would I be reliving that experience all over again?

While I was deep in my thought, Qi Sheng was leading the way, his tall figure walking steadily on the pavement .


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I followed behind like a guilty thief, constantly looking over my shoulders and hoping that Lv Li would come forward to help me .

Lv Li had also realized something and came forward, but upon seeing Qi Sheng, she immediately backed down .

I knew it! I knew I couldn’t count on her to help me! Where was the gallantry that spurred you to hit Zhao wang? I was sticking out my neck for you and yet you couldn’t at least help me when I was in need?

Thus, we went all the way back to Xing Sheng Palace in absolute silence . After we entered the palace, Qi Sheng acted as if he had been living here all along and ordered the maid to help him change to more comfortable clothes . He then sat down and looked at me, saying without any emotions, “Pengpeng, come here . I have something to ask you . ”

I was rather rattled by his question and thought that the question I feared the most might be happening right now . But I honestly didn’t know what his question was . I was still in my dress and didn’t expect that the question would come so suddenly .

The maid and servants in the palace were all well trained, and upon hearing what he said, they all quietly backed out with their heads down . Only Lv Li remained and she looked at me with a worried face, not knowing whether she should stay or leave .

I was rather pleased with her reaction and thought that this girl did have a heart after all . After all I had done for her, I expected nothing less from her .

I was about to signal her to leave when she suddenly put on a resolute face .

Before I could stop her, she threw herself at Qi Sheng’s heels and kept kowtowing, “Your Majesty, please forgive me, forgive me . I was the one who hit Zhao wang . I fell asleep and when I woke up, I vaguely saw a man standing in front of me, and so I…”

As if to summon her courage, she paused for a while before continuing, “I thought he was up to no good, so I scratched him on the face . ”

Upon hearing that, I subconsciously looked at Lv Li’s delicate, slender white fingers . I knew, if anyone were to be scratched by these fingers, he would have to spend 10 to 15 days away from the public .


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Suddenly, I felt rather sorry for Zhao wang . Poor lad .

After finishing those words, Lv Li lowered her body on the floor, trembling all over .

Qi Sheng kept silent and held up his head to look at me .

Now that the reason why Zhao wang was hit was explained by Lv Li, it was left to me to explain why she could manage to hit Zhao wang .

I calmly asked Lv Li, who was crying on the floor, to leave and then I sat down in front of Qi Sheng, saying, “I brought Lv Li to find Zhao wang . I had something to ask him and so I chatted with him for a while . Then I left, but I forgot Lv Li was still inside . She must have fallen asleep . ”

Qi Sheng slowly nodded his head and asked, “What did you ask him?”

I licked my lips and decided to tell him the truth, “I asked why you seemed to have been avoiding your harem recently . I thought you two are close, and maybe he knows the reason . ”

Qi Sheng didn't expect me to be so straightforward, and the expression on his face froze . After a pause, he asked, "Do you think I don’t like woman?"

I nodded and replied calmly, "Pretty much . Not like a man, or rather, a normal man . "

Hearing that, Qi Sheng slightly smirked and asked, "In your opinion, what does it mean to be a normal man?"

Although I found his question a little weird, I still answered without hesitation, "Many men stick to their own principles when it comes to women, but few men could really resist the temptation . Men are different from women . They don’t think about love all day long . They wouldn’t need you to be loyal physically and mentally . It is in men’s nature to lust after all women . The stronger a man is, the more women he wants to possess . It is neither good or bad . It is just an instinct, a physiological impulse which could not be suppressed by reasons . "

It’s like when you wake up in the middle of the night, you find there is a beautiful, naked woman lying beside you . As long as you are a man, no matter you are thrilled or surprised, your cock would go hard no matter what .


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Qi Sheng listened quietly and attentively .

The more I talked, the more confident I felt, to a point where I felt emboldened to continue, "For example, I love a woman very much, but not to such an extent where I would be willing to commit exclusively to her, unless she states explicitly that I would lose her if I were to see someone else . In that case, I may hesitate and try to restrain my instinct . In another words, when there is a moral constraint on people, then people have to control their instincts and be loyal to their partner . But without this restraint, men would always be men and would always be seeking new conquests . ”

I stopped halfway through my speech .

The smile on Qi Sheng’s face still lingered on, but his eyes had somehow grown cold . He looked at me with his sharp eyes and asked, “You seem to know a lot about man . I have become ever more curious as to who you are . ”

I was rendered speechless, wondering how he would react if I still stood by my story that I was a deity . Would he trust me on my words, or would he kill me so that I could return to the heaven sooner?

I was having a hard time figuring out what Qi Sheng was thinking, and so I dared not speak a word .

Qi Sheng raised his lips and said slowly, “I’ll put it another way . Before you become the Crown Princess, were you a woman… or a man?”

Though he spitted those words out slowly, it still took me a few seconds to grasp the gist of his question and then I was struck dumb .

Qi Sheng still stared at me with his black eyes as deep as the lake in the winter night . The surface of that lake was smooth, but it reflected cold, elusive and murderous light .  

I hadn’t seen him like that for a long time .

My head went blank for a moment and I was suddenly reminded of something that a wise man once said to me . He said that when you didn’t have anything to say, you could keep laughing to the point where the one you were talking to was utterly confused . Then, things would become much easier .

I opened my mouth, trying to laugh . But I failed, and could only stared at Qi Sheng and said, “What do you mean?”

Qi Sheng crooked up his lips and smiled, “What do you think I mean, Pengpeng?”

Well, if he believes that I am a woman, then great . If not… then there is really nothing to say .

At this critical moment, my head was running at maximum capacity and I was trying really hard to project sadness, anger and unwillingness from my eyes . But however hard I tried, I simply couldn’t do it, not without moving my facial muscles .

Not knowing what to do next, I closed my eyes, looking as if I was extremely sad, and asked Qi Sheng with a hoarse voice, “Are you asking me whether I was a man or a woman before I become the Crown Princess?”

“Hmm,” Qi Sheng remained silent for a while and then whispered .

I took a deep breath and looked at him, “You are wondering where I come from, who I was and whether I was a man or a woman . But you never asked me where Zhang shi had gone . You don’t give her the slightest attention, even when she died, even when she was carrying your baby . Am I right?”

Qi Sheng was apparently shocked . He stared at me with his lips squeezed tightly .

His reaction only emboldened me . I paced around the palace and decided to further spin this story .

“Since you are asking me right now, I will tell you the whole truth,” I stopped, turned around and watched him with cold eyes, “Yeah, I have been lying to you . I was never a deity . For as long as I can remember, I have always been a lonely ghost, forever chained to the Taiye pool . I watched Zhang shi struggling in the river, and I watched her reaching out to you with her last strength, and then I watched you swim to Jiang shi without hesitation…”

Qi Sheng sat up straight and stayed still, with obscure light in his eyes .

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