“Oh, my child…” The Empress Dowager wanted to refuse. But when she saw the pleading look in Xi Jin’s eyes, she really could not bear to say no. She could only nod and say, “As you wish, as you wish. She will be conferred as the secondary consort. But you have to treat Yun’er better in the future. Let her be the senior. Shen Yunya cannot be more senior than her in this lifetime.”
“Empress Dowager…” Luo Shiyun wanted to anxiously object but was stopped by her mother.
Xi Jin did not immediately agree. Instead, he looked at Shen Yunya awkwardly and in distress. He said, “Ya’er…”
Yuan Fangfei spoke for Shen Yunya first and bowed in thanks, saying, “Your humble subject thanks the Empress Dowager and Crown Prince.”
Now that every piece of evidence pointed to them, it was already excellent that she could still be conferred as a secondary consort. One must quit while ahead. She could only endure. Once the Empress Dowager passed away, the Crown Prince would have the final say in conferring the consort titles.
Therefore, she did not take these matters seriously at all. Anyway, no one could predict what was going to happen in the future.
Xi Jin flipped open the blanket. He stretched one leg out and his white figure landed at the same time. He had wanted to get out of bed to thank her for her favor, but he was stopped by the Empress. “She has already allowed you to do so. There’s no need to get up. You’d better stay in bed to take good care of your health.”
“Imperial Grandmother, your grandson thanks you,” Xi Jin spoke weakly as he leaned halfway against the bed.
“In that case, it’s getting late. We will all retire. As for today’s matter, be sure to…”
“Wait.”
Hearing the shout, the crowd looked toward Luo Shiyun and saw her pick up a white handkerchief very carefully. There was a suspicious liquid on it. While she picked it up, that kind of male scent spread out. Everyone present suddenly understood and came over. One by one they averted their eyes in embarrassment.
How could such a thing actually fall out in public?
“Mother, this is a white cloth for proof of virginity, isn’t it?” Luo Shiyun stomached her disgust and asked Lady Luo next to her.
Lady Luo took a look and averted her gaze. “It is a white cloth for proof of virginity. You quickly put it down,” she confirmed.
“Someone, come quickly and get rid of this thing.” The Empress was red-faced and hurriedly instructed someone. There was a real loss of face tonight.
Xi Jin’s pale face also flushed. With an emotional voice, he said, “Better keep it. After all, it is Ya’er’s first time. Girls all regard it as a treasure. Leave it as a memento for the future.”
Hearing these words, people, who were originally too embarrassed to look at it, glanced at the white cloth once again in succession. All their expressions suddenly looked strange.
Feng Tianlan only took one glance at the white cloth and then raised her eyes to look at Xi Jin in puzzlement. He seemed to have said those words about wanting to keep the white cloth because of his feelings. But if he had not reminded everyone, they would not have remembered that it was Shen Yunya’s first time.
And the white cloth was actually white, without any drops of blood, even though it was her first time?
It was indeed too strange. She already did not understand the once clean and warm Big Brother Jin. She felt that he seemed to be hiding a lot of things.
“Shen Yunya, this is a white cloth which every woman will lay on during her wedding night. Since it was your first time, why was there no blood?” Luo Shiyun looked angry. She then threw the white cloth at Shen Yunya and angrily questioned her.
Shen Yunya was stunned by the toss. That sticky liquid directly glued it to her face and then the white cloth dropped. She only felt disgusted by that foul odor. She bent over and dry heaved.
The comfort and happiness she felt earlier when Big Brother Jin was rocking in front of her now felt so disgusting to her at this time.
“There had long been a rumor circulating in the city that you, Shen Yunya, are a loose woman. I did not believe it at the time. But I did not expect for you to not bleed at all,” Luo Shiyun said as she approached Shen Yunya.