Chapter 194: The First Half of the Night

Yingge, who was massaging Cheng Jiao's shoulders and back, had a smile on her face, thinking that you deserved it, because you treated me like a maid and allowed me to be so romantic and lustful.

However, before Yingge could laugh at Chengjiao in his heart for long, Zi Nu's next words made Yingge's face freeze.

"Sir, I have no objection to you sleeping with other women. If you really can't help it, you can have me, Jingwei, or even Yingge. Tian Mi is from a farming family, and her position is unclear. If you are accidentally used by others, it will be very dangerous."

Zi Nu's expression was a little complicated. It was impossible for her to say that she had no opinion on Cheng Jiao's romantic behavior, but she had no reason to stop him. The only thing that comforted her was that Cheng Jiao knew to keep it from her.

Cheng Jiao was a little overwhelmed by what Zi Nu said. What he feared most was that the person he liked treated him so sincerely.

"She and I were just having a casual affair. I admit it. I had other intentions."

Looking at Zi Nu's affectionate eyes, Cheng Jiao said he couldn't stand it. Lying was no different from suffering.

After saying that, Cheng Jiao glanced at Yingge. Seeing Yingge's face that seemed to be neither smiling nor crying, he felt a little strange, but he didn't want to guess and just waved his hand.

"Yingge, you go down first."

Yingge's pretty face returned to normal, knowing that Cheng Jiao must have some secrets that he didn't want her to know. But she was still happy that she didn't have to continue doing this job of massaging shoulders and backs.

Zi Nu said nothing, waiting quietly for what Cheng Jiao would say next.

Jingwei was also a little curious. Cheng Jiao was so mysterious, it seemed that something was really going on.

After Yingge left, Cheng Jiao briefly explained the whole story, of course briefly mentioning the incident of playing with Tian Mi, and focusing on how Tian Mi used her tricks to seduce him, and how he took the opportunity to control her, and by the way planned to plant her in the farmhouse as a nail and so on.

Zi Nu fell silent: "Is this true?"

Cheng Jiao pointed to the sky and swore: "It's more real than real gold!"

Zi Nu shook her head: "I mean, do you really want to marry her as a concubine?"

Cheng Jiao froze. After saying so many things, why did Zi Nu ask this?

"I'm just fooling her. Can she really become the leader of the farmers?"

Jingwei took the opportunity to add: "But you really want her to become the leader of the farmers."

Cheng Jiao looked helplessly at Jingwei's innocent eyes. He thought, Jingwei, my wife, don't you love your husband anymore?
Zi Nu sighed: "If it's true, there's no need for you to hide it from me and Jing Wei."

Cheng Jiao touched his nose. As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a secret lover. What's the point of being open about it? Besides, he just had the idea on impulse, so there's no need to think too much about it.

Jingwei remained silent, as if agreeing with Zinu's point of view.

"I'm a little tired, I'm going to rest first."

Zi Nu put down the remaining pastries that she had fed Cheng Jiao, slowly stood up, and walked out through the door with a somewhat absent-minded gait, leaving Cheng Jiao without knowing where to start when he wanted to ask her to stay.

Jingwei simply tidied up the desk in front of Cheng Jiao and said, "You shouldn't lie."

Cheng Jiao scratched his head: "I'm just worried that you guys will get jealous."

Jingwei thought for a moment and said, "Zinu doesn't mind you having fun with other women, but she cares a lot about you cheating on him. Well, me too."

Cheng Jiao held his forehead with his hand. If he had known this would happen, he would have just laid his cards on the table.

But if I go out to have fun, I still have to file a report. Why does it feel weird?
Cheng Jiao looked at Jingwei's beautiful face and said, "Jingwei, you are still the best to me."

Jingwei took the initiative to lie in Chengjiao's arms, "In fact, it is Zinu who treats you best, not me. At the beginning, you asked me to be your woman, and a big part of the reason why I agreed was for Xiaoyaner. But Zinu is different. She has been wholeheartedly devoted to you from the beginning."

Cheng Jiao stroked Jing Wei's hair and whispered, "It doesn't matter. It's all the same. If you hadn't promised me that night, I'm afraid I would have died."

Jingwei half closed his eyes: "And I will die too, along with Yan'er who is not yet born."

Cheng Jiao sighed a little. After all, he had been educated in modern civilization. Even though he had been a little flattered by his identity as Chang'an Jun over the past year or so, in essence, deep in his heart, in his subconscious, and in his behavior, there were still traces of modern civilization.

According to the logic of this era, with his status, if there was a woman in his family who acted like this, she would have been thrown out of the house long ago. But he was not such a person, and Zi Nu Jing Wei and the others were not ordinary women.

If he had those bad habits of the nobles, Zi Nu would not fall in love with him. And he dared to guarantee that even if Zi Nu fell in love with him, and found out that he was essentially the same kind of person as the nobles of this era, she would pack up and leave the next day. She was very clear about it and dared to love and hate!

Cheng Jiao looked down at Jingwei's bright red lips, which were obviously lip balm. He thought about what he had said to Jingwei this morning about having sex at night. Although Jingwei seemed not to care, it seemed that he was very thoughtful.

Jingwei was kissed by Chengjiao. When she was half lying in Chengjiao's arms, she knew that Chengjiao would definitely do this. This was her little trick. Even Li Wu, who had been with Jingwei day and night for two months, did not notice that Jingwei, who had always been indifferent to external affairs, would also be scheming.

Jingwei enjoyed Chengjiao's embrace and kiss, which made her a little greedy as never before. She was very considerate of others. Even though she wanted to obey Chengjiao and continue, for the sake of future harmony in Chengjiao's backyard, Jingwei chose to restrain herself.

Cheng Jiao was a little surprised, "Jingwei, you..."

Jingwei hugged Chengjiao's neck and said, "Zi Nu is very sad now, and she needs you to be by her side. If I leave you here overnight, Zi Nu will be even sadder."

Cheng Jiao took a deep breath and was inexplicably moved. With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?

"and you."

Jingwei chuckled and pointed his finger at Chengjiao's mouth.

"You said there's a long way to go."

Cheng Jiao looked into Jingwei's eyes, which did not seem fake, and nodded.

With three parts of regret and seven parts of thoughts, Jingwei left Cheng Jiao's arms and walked into one of the inner rooms, trying hard not to look at the look in Cheng Jiao's eyes as he looked at her back.

Looking at Jingwei's slender figure, Cheng Jiao suddenly felt a little melancholy, but his steps involuntarily walked towards Zinu's house.

Apart from Zi Nu and Wei Zhuang, he was probably the one who was most familiar with the layout of Zi Lan Xuan.

Cheng Jiao quietly slipped into Zi Nu's boudoir, where Nong Yu would occasionally sleep with Zi Nu before, but now Nong Yu and Madam Hu had gone to Xianyang under his arrangement. Zi Nu was the only one in the room.

Zi Nu was combing her hair meticulously in front of the bronze mirror. When Cheng Jiao appeared outside the door, she had already noticed the familiar footsteps. Sensing that Cheng Jiao was still planning to sneak in to surprise her, she couldn't help but smile. Did he really think she was still the Zi Nu before she took the Enlightenment Pill and whose strength had not been enhanced by Cheng Jiao?

Cheng Jiao stood behind Zi Nu and wanted to do something unexpected, but when he saw Zi Nu's inexplicable smile in the bronze mirror, he knew that he had been discovered long ago.

But it doesn’t matter. Cheng Jiao hugged Zi Nu’s slender waist from behind, took the comb from her hand, and combed her long and smooth purple hair.

Zi Nu didn't say anything, she just watched Cheng Jiao combing her hair in the bronze mirror, and she gradually became a little dazed. When she was young, her mother also combed her hair in the house like this, and told her that when she grew up, she must find a man who is willing to comb her hair, otherwise she would suffer.

Until Cheng Jiao put the comb next to the bronze mirror, Zi Nu still did not come back from her memories. Cheng Jiao did not say a word, but carefully looked at Zi Nu's calm face and her eyes full of memories. A kind of holiness from the inside out infected Cheng Jiao a little. He subconsciously wanted to raise his hand to touch Zi Nu's cheek, but Zi Nu had come back to her senses, suddenly hugged his waist, and put her head on his chest.

Cheng Jiao touched Zi Nu's head and said, "Zi Nu, I won't lie to you again. Please forgive me, okay?"

Zi Nu uttered an inaudible "hmm". She understood that Cheng Jiao came to see her, which meant that he cared about what she had just said.

Cheng Jiao gently picked up Zi Nu's soft and warm body and came to the bed where he and Zi Nu had once been intimate.

Zi Nu looked at Cheng Jiao's face, and her expression suddenly became a little strange, as if she had thought of something, and there was some emotion and shame in her eyes.

Cheng Jiao didn't notice anything wrong with Zi Nu. He held Zi Nu in his arms and lay on the bed, nose to nose and eyes to eyes.

"We haven't done this for some time."

He spoke very reservedly and a little nervously. Although Zi Nu still loved him, who made him feel guilty tonight?

Zi Nu hugged Cheng Jiao's neck and said gently, "Last time was in the cold palace, where I used to live."

Cheng Jiao roughly calculated in his mind, "Time flies so fast, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye."

Zi Nu smiled, her tone was like a complaint and a sigh: "You know, I thought you didn't have me in your heart."

Cheng Jiao kissed Zi Nu's soft lips and said, "How could that be? It's just that there have been too many things happening these days. Tian Ze kidnapped the prince, Bai Niao sneaked into Zi Lan Xuan, and they seized Ju Bao Pavilion."

Zi Nu said quietly, "Even so, it didn't stop you from having a secret affair with Yingge Tianmi."

Cheng Jiao was speechless, he really dug a hole for himself. In fact, as a person with the talent of arguing, he silently refuted it in his heart. Not only was there Yingge Tianmi, but also Jingweiliwuyanlingji Mingzhu Madam Hu Madam Hu Meiren
Cheng Jiao directly blocked Zi Nu's mouth, preventing her from speaking any further. If she continued, he would have to stay alone in the empty room tonight.

Zi Nu was suddenly kissed by Cheng Jiao and she forgot to continue talking about Cheng Jiao. After being provoked by Cheng Jiao and her emotions being a little chaotic tonight, she gradually melted in Cheng Jiao's arms.

Cheng Jiao hugged and kissed Zi Nu while caressing her delicate body.

Sure enough, at this time, it is right to speak less and do more.

As the night grew darker, Zi Nu was gradually drawn into Cheng Jiao's heart. The melodious tune expressed all her feelings.

After Jingwei entered the house, she did not lie on the bed, but sat on the window, leaning against the window, looking at the bright moon with a quiet expression. She still remembered the night when Chengjiao held her in his arms while watching the moon and talking about love under the water pavilion. She slept in his arms until dawn, and he carried her back to the courtyard. That was the first time she felt most like a little woman, and she suddenly felt a little nostalgic.

Cheng Jiao was gentle to Zi Nu in her room. He did not treat her like he did to Tian Mi, who only cared about his own comfort and ignored Tian Mi's feelings.

If Tian Mi saw Cheng Jiao being so nice to Zi Nu, would she definitely suspect that this was the Cheng Jiao she knew?
Zi Nu was caressed and kissed by Cheng Jiao, her face flushed and attractive.

"Sir, do you love me?"

Cheng Jiao looked into Zi Nu's lavender eyes and said, "Believe me, I love you."

Zi Nu's eyes were a little red, and tears were unconsciously rolling in them. She opened her little mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know how to start.

She hugged Cheng Jiao's waist and back tightly, as if this would make her feel at peace.

Cheng Jiao did it slowly and calmly while whispering sweet words into Zi Nu's ear to soothe her emotions.

For the first time, Zi Nu felt how addictive the pain coming from her body was. It made her clearly realize that Cheng Jiao really had her in his heart, and he was not just saying it or just coveting her beauty.

Cheng Jiao felt a little amused, watching Zi Nu, who had always been a strong woman, always shed tears when she went to bed with him, as if she was more emotional than those sentimental women.

However, he also understood that Zi Nu's childhood was not so happy, and she only told him some happy things, covering up the unhappy things. Zi Nu only mentioned to him that after her mother's death, she came out of the cold palace and worked hard for many years in Xinzheng before she was able to build Zi Lan Xuan. He knew that it would not be so peaceful inside, and there would be swords and swords.

Interestingly, Zi Nu secretly told him that it was she who earned the money for Wei Zhuang to study in Guigu.

He once asked Zi Nu privately why she didn't open a restaurant or clothing store. Zi Nu's explanation to him was very rational and realistic.

Most of the sisters in Zi Lan Xuan were orphans, without household registration and few survival skills. After much consideration, they built Zi Lan Xuan at the suggestion of Wei Zhuang. Pretty sisters could accompany guests, and the unprepossessing sisters could do odd jobs, learn martial arts, or cook. Anyway, as long as they had no problems with their hands and feet, they could always find their own use in Zi Lan Xuan without worrying about safety and food.

Although Cheng Jiao did not torture Zi Nu drastically, the long-term small-scale torture made Zi Nu a little unbearable.

Cheng Jiao could see that Zi Nu was holding back, and didn't want to spoil his mood, so he kissed her blushing cheek.

"Zi Nu, loving me like this will make you very tired."

Zi Nu smiled, thought for a moment and asked, "Sir, do you know why I love you so much?"

Cheng Jiao blinked and said, "Is it because I am humorous, capable, and handsome that you love me so much?"

Zi Nu shook her head seriously: "These are just appearances. If that's the case, Han Fei and Zhang Liang are not bad either."

Cheng Jiao brushed away the sweat-soaked hair on Zi Nu's forehead.

"what is that?"

Zi Nu whispered, "I don't know either, but I can feel that you respect me more than others, the kind of respect that treats me as an equal. And the conversation you had with the Mohist leader the other day, your views on women, surprised me. It's hard to imagine that someone in this era would think this way. I think this is why I want to be with you without hesitation."

Cheng Jiao was stunned. He had forgotten what he had talked about with the Mohist leader about women that day. It seemed that he had just mixed some modern popular concepts together.

However, he really liked Zi Nu from the bottom of his heart, and respected her from the bottom of his heart.

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