"Mmm..." Within the princess's silk canopy bed, Bai Jinqi felt a chilling kiss glide across her neck, her eyes suddenly shooting open!
Her long leg swing upwards sharply, kicking the man trying to take liberties with her off the bed: "Audacious! How dare you take liberties with me!"
The man who was kicked off the bed looked to be only about seventeen or eighteen years old, his slender figure cloaked in a suit. A mask obscured a large part of his face.
Dazed, he lowered his head, kneeling beside the bed, "Your Highness, forgive me, I..."
Half of his handsome face was hidden behind the mask, his striking features pinched in discomfort. His lips bled from biting too hard and the fists hanging at his side were bruised from excessive clenching.
It appeared that he was enduring immense pain.
Bai Jinqi frowned, looking down condescendingly at him, "Zhan Xing, give me a reasonable explanation!"
Just as Zhan Xing was about to open his mouth, hurried footsteps echoed in, a man dressed in elegant white robes accompanied by several guards burst in.
Ji Yunli glanced around the room, his gaze passing over the silk bedding and kneeling Zhan Xing, finally landing on Bai Jinqi who stood confidently: "Princess, why haven't you executed Zhan Xing yet?!"
At this moment, his eyes were filled with anger and astonishment, as well as evident disgust.
Bai Jinqi curled her lips coldly, walked to the side of the bed, and picked up the whip that lay on the floor.
The young man's body shivered, while Ji Yunli revealed a look that was eager for a good show.
"When did I need someone to teach me what to do? Is it your turn to dictate what I should do?" As she spoke, the whip seemed to have a mind of its own, powerfully lashing out at Ji Yunli!
Her swift action and harsh words left Ji Yunli unable to react.
After what felt like forever, his face turned beet red from anger as he glared furiously at Bai Jinqi: "Have you lost your mind?!"
"Are you so desperate for men, Your Highness?"
"Aren't your male pets enough to satisfy you? You, a woman who disregards matrimonial fidelity!"
Contempt and mockery dripped from Ji Yunli's words.
"If you're trying to provoke me into consummating our marriage this way, I suggest you abandon that idea! Your attitude only repulses me further, making you seem like a whore that anyone can ride!"
With his words, the faces of those present changed.
The insulted Bai Jinqi simply gave a cold, disdainful laugh, "How ridiculous!"
So, this was the man whom the original owner of her body had cherished from the bottom of her heart?
She must have been blind!
Elegantly fingering the whip in her hand, she responded without raising her head, "The things you've said deserve to have your tongue cut off thrice over."
"You're too noisy and your mouth stinks. I fear my whip will be dirtied."
"Servants! Take him out and slap his face thirty times!"
The attendants present widened their eyes even more, glancing at each other in disbelief.
The words the prince consort had spoken to the princess today were indeed somewhat excessive. But the princess had always indulged him. Even if angered by him, she would only punish the maids around him as a warning to others. Today, she was actually willing to punish the prince himself?
Did they miss hear anything?
Ji Yunli's eyes widened in disbelief: "You dare!"
"Do you not understand my words?"
The initially pleasant and youthful voice of the lady grew cold and forceful, "According to the royal laws, if anyone, less than a prince, disrespectfully insults me; they'll be slapped thirty times as punishment."
"Drag him out immediately!"
Only then did the imperial guards verify they hadn't misheard, "Yes!"
In the princess manor, people were always fearful and obedient towards the capricious and heartless princess, and dissatisfaction towards the prince who abused his connections with the princess had been brewing for a long time!
Now that the princess ordered to slap the prince, the opportunity excited those imperial guards who had been silently enduring humiliations for too long, "No offense intended, Prince!"
Once the guards escorted Ji Yunli away, the spacious sleeping chamber was only left with Bai Jin Qi and Zhan Xing.
The phoenix lamp shed light on the young man, casting a faint shadow on the magnificent palace walls.
Bai Jin Qi coldly glared, faintly said: "Stand up."