After the Alluring Beauty Was Forced into a Political Marriage - Chapter 17

Lianzhi did not have the slightest intention of engaging in such a filthy act with him. Showing weakness was merely a temporary tactic, a means to send this great Buddha away as quickly as possible.

He could never have imagined why Siqin Bari, who was looking gloomy just a moment ago, would suddenly have such a desire. He was so terrified that he froze in place, as motionless as an ice sculpture.

It was not until Siqin Bari’s hand began to reach further down that Shen Lianzhi broke free from his paralysis and started to resist violently. “Not now! Go away!”

He pushed against Siqin Bari’s shoulders. Siqin Bari, focused entirely on the act and caught off guard, was actually pushed off the couch by Lianzhi. He rolled onto the floor with a thud, his head striking hard against the side of a nearby couch.

“Hiss,” Siqin Bari gasped in pain. He reached up to touch his head and, pulling his hand away, saw a smear of bright red on his palm.

Sitting on the furs, Shen Lianzhi naturally saw the blood on his palm as well, and a cold sweat instantly broke out over his body. He slowly lifted his eyelids and noticed that the hair at Siqin Bari’s temple was soaked with blood.

Siqin Bari seemed stunned as well, sitting on the floor with his legs apart and without moving. After a long while, he finally looked up with a sinister gaze. However, the moment his eyes met Shen Lianzhi’s half-naked, jade-like body, his pupils contracted sharply once more.

The lust that had been diminished by pain flared up again like a wildfire because of that unintended glance. Shen Lianzhi noticed the change in his gaze and, naturally, noticed other changes as well.

His eyes widened, looking at Siqin Bari with a gaze one might use for an incomprehensible, beastly creature. Siqin Bari climbed back onto the couch and hooked one hand around the back of Shen Lianzhi’s neck.

With their noses touching, as they felt their breaths intermingle, Lianzhi felt Siqin Bari’s body temperature rising with excitement. “Shen Lianzhi.”

His thumb rubbed harshly against Shen Lianzhi’s soft lips. The undried blood stained his lips, looking like the most beautiful rouge and adding color to Lianzhi’s pale face.

Siqin Bari stared at his face, his hand moving up from the back of his neck to lace his fingers through strands of hair. He gripped Shen Lianzhi’s hair, not with much force, yet Lianzhi still felt a slight pain.

Pain made him submissive and obedient. Lianzhi stopped struggling, lying beneath him like a sheep with its throat gripped.

“You know you are my Consort,” Siqin Bari said. “It is only right and natural for you to serve me.”

He leaned down and kissed Lianzhi’s cold cheek. “Whatever I want, you give to me. Whatever I gift you, you accept. Do you understand?”

He did not wait for a nod, despite the fact that Shen Lianzhi had no intention of nodding anyway, before Siqin Bari began his first round of conquest. The bed curtains were violently pulled shut, hiding the scene within.

The resentment from days ago and his current irritation were mixed together. It was less that Siqin Bari was venting his desire and more that he was using this to reclaim the dignity he had lost in front of Lianzhi.

To Lianzhi, this should have been a form of torture. Yet for some reason, whereas last time he had felt only pain, this time, after the initial suffering, he actually felt a hint of pleasure.

Like someone tossed high into the air, he did not just feel the fear of a racing heart while falling; it was mixed with a few notes of exhilarating release. Through the haze, Lianzhi felt someone pinch his face.

Siqin Bari whispered into his ear with heavy breaths, “Shen Lianzhi, you look like you were just fished out of a river.”

“Were you not very unwilling? Why put on such an act with me!”

Lianzhi could only wail, his face red and sobbing piteously, but his tears did not win any mercy. Siqin Bari’s eyes were red with excitement, the veins at his temples throbbing. The words he spoke became even more excessive: “Consort, you are so lewd.”

Your back is so white, your waist so thin. I want to kiss you from head to toe.

In any case, his Consort was truly beautiful, as if carved from white jade. He feared he might crush him if he used too much strength.

“You neither-male-nor-female slut.”

Shen Lianzhi felt as if he had been stabbed through the chest. Why was he hearing such words again?

Lianzhi cried, but differently from before; it was a heart-wrenching sob of bitter sorrow. He raised his hand, but it was quickly caught by Siqin Bari’s wrist and pinned back down forcefully.

“What are you doing?” Siqin Bari had not expected Lianzhi to wail so uncontrollably. Crying like this was a bit of a mood killer. He impatiently arched an eyebrow. “It was just a bit of dirty talk in bed.”

Just a bit of dirty talk, he said so casually.

As for how those words would slash through Shen Lianzhi’s soft and sensitive heart like a sharp hook, Siqin Bari did not give it a thought. He only felt that Shen Lianzhi’s face was all scrunched up from crying; it was too pitiful. Crying like this at a time like this was truly irritating.

Was he having another episode? Siqin Bari stopped, his brow furrowed. “Stop crying.”

“Wuu.”

“Stop crying!”

“Wuu, ahh!”

“Stop! What on earth are you being so pretentious about?” Siqin Bari felt a fire in his heart, his tone becoming forceful. “Enough! You are not allowed to cry. Shut up!”

Both of Lianzhi’s hands were pinned down, so he could not even cover his face. Large tears surged from his eyes, forming two bitter rivers of sorrow at the corners of his eyes.

Siqin Bari stared at him, then let out an annoyed “tsk” and released his grip on Lianzhi’s fingers.

No matter how much of a beast he was, he could not continue at a time like this. The young Shanyu rolled off the couch, picked up the clothes he had thrown on the floor with a dark face, wrapped himself loosely, and left the royal tent.

Lianzhi sat on the furs hugging his legs, a string of red marks visible from his neck to his shoulders. He raised a thin arm to wipe his tears. He had cried so hard that even now, he was still trembling.

Shen Lianzhi thought blankly: Why? Why do this to him?

He had already accepted the fact that he had to come to Great Xia for the marriage alliance, but why did the Xia people still treat him so cruelly, repeatedly and recklessly tearing open his scars only to burn them with fire?

Why did the Heavens give him such a body? Why could he not be like all the other men in the world?

Because of this disgusting body, he had become a lone star of misfortune. He was abandoned as a child by the late Lady Li, rejected by his royal father as he grew up, viewed as an ill omen in the Zhou palace, and now insulted in Great Xia.

Only one person, only one person in this world did not look down on him. In that person’s eyes, Shen Lianzhi was not a monster, nor was he an unlucky jinx.

Lu Jingce said he had the body of a Bodhisattva.

At the age of fourteen, Shen Lianzhi accidentally discovered a shocking secret.

The eldest prince born to the Empress, who had already been appointed as the Crown Prince, was involved with one of his father’s candidates for the harem. This candidate had not yet been formally titled a consort, but she was of noble birth, talented, and beautiful. Her name was famous throughout the capital; even the Emperor had heard of her and viewed her with favor.

That day, Lianzhi happened to go to the Library to look for a copy of the Classic of Poetry. He ran there excitedly, found the book, and prepared to head back. However, before he had gone far, he heard several cat-like moans coming from a corner nearby.

How could there be a cat in the Library?

Lianzhi found it very strange and thought he might have misheard. He shook his head and was about to leave, but after a few steps, the suppressed moans sounded again. At that time, Lianzhi still did not associate the sound with such things, thinking a cat had truly run into the Library.

Lianzhi loved cats and feared the eunuchs cleaning the Library would beat it to death if they saw it, so he intended to take a look and lead it out personally.

Cats are clever, and Lianzhi was afraid of scaring it away, so he crept toward the sound. He finally found the corner. Lianzhi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn the corner to pick up the cat, but the moment he looked up, he froze in place.

A lotus-pink skirt and a Crown Prince’s robe embroidered with four-clawed golden pythons were piled together. The Crown Prince and the candidate were embracing tightly. The girl’s arms were wrapped around the Prince’s shoulders, both with their eyes closed and breathing shallowly.

It was like a bolt from the blue! Shen Lianzhi’s eyes widened, unable to move his gaze from the audacious pair. He was so horrified that his feet seemed rooted to the ground, his legs as heavy as lead, unable to move even an inch.

Lianzhi’s hand holding the book’s spine trembled, causing the paper to rustle. This slight sound woke the candidate immersed in the act. She opened her eyes and suddenly saw the pale Fourth Highness standing there.

“Ahh!” The candidate screamed in terror. The intoxicated Crown Prince was nearly startled into impotence by her cry. He opened his eyes and saw Lianzhi, his face changing drastically.

The moment the candidate opened her eyes, Lianzhi threw down the book and ran. He ran fast enough, yet the Crown Prince was utterly shameless. He did not even care to put on his clothes, chasing Lianzhi in only his undergarments.

Lianzhi was caught by his hair like a chick and dragged back, then thrown beside the candidate who had quickly dressed. The Crown Prince glared at him fiercely before putting on his own clothes.

Shen Lianzhi and the candidate beside him were both trembling. The Crown Prince stared intently at Shen Lianzhi and said viciously, “What did you see?”

It went without saying, naturally, they were caught. Lianzhi met his eyes and swallowed. “Eldest, Eldest Brother, although Miss Xia has not yet been formally titled a consort, she, she is very likely to become our legal mother. How could you”

“I do not care about that!” The Crown Prince glared at him and said arrogantly, “I am already the Crown Prince, the heir to the Great Zhou. Everything belonging to Royal Father will be mine sooner or later anyway!”

It was simply treasonous! Lianzhi was stunned. The Crown Prince signaled to the candidate, and she left past them. As she passed the Prince, he grabbed her arm and said, “Take the other path so you do not run into the eunuchs called by your shouting and cause gossip.”

Lianzhi was incredibly shocked; the more he heard, the more his heart pounded. They even had a “secret path”? No wonder it did not seem to be their first time, yet not a word had leaked out.

After the candidate left, the Crown Prince looked at Lianzhi again. Lianzhi was still young, and the Crown Prince was half a head taller than him. In terms of presence, Lianzhi felt much smaller.

But such an act was truly against human morality. “Eldest, Eldest Brother, this is wrong. Royal Father, Royal Father treats you so well”

Lianzhi did not understand. He truly did not understand. He thought that if he were the Crown Prince and felt such earnest concern from his father, how could he ever do such a thing? He would certainly do his best to be a good heir to the country and share his father’s burdens. Even at this moment, Lianzhi was still thinking about how disappointed and sad his father would be if he knew the Crown Prince had done such a thing.

He hoped the Crown Prince could stop in time. “Eldest Brother, stop, please stop.”

The Crown Prince narrowed his eyes, approaching Lianzhi step by step. Now that Lu Jingce was not here, he had nothing to fear. He reached out and squeezed Shen Lianzhi’s neck hard, almost strangling him to death. “What kind of thing are you?”

“You actually dare to lecture me? Damn, how disgusting.” The Crown Prince looked at Shen Lianzhi, whose face was turning purple from being strangled, and smiled cruelly. “Fourth Brother, let me tell you the truth. Even if I touched someone who might be Royal Father’s woman, so what?”

“Royal Father still will not do anything to me. But you, no matter what you do, Royal Father will only loathe you.”

“Who told you to be a filthy thing with something extra?”

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