"Get off me!"
The Princess opened her eyes groggily, finding herself straddling a man.
His face was handsome and elegant, yet his eyes hid a sharp edge. He appeared frail but possessed lean muscles. The sensation was so real that she was dazed for a moment.
Didn't I... die?
"Princess, look closely. I am not him."
The man's eyes, filled with rage, seemed as if they would pierce her heart with ten thousand arrows.
Nan Zhi shuddered. Compared to having her heart pierced by ten thousand arrows, her actual death hadn't been much better.
"Gong Yinghan, it's you."
Her voice was hoarse, restrained yet filled with desire.
She saw clearly now.
It was Gong Yinghan.
The very same Gong Yinghan who had trampled over the cities of Jiang Kingdom and vowed to grind her bones to ashes...
I died.
But... I am alive again?
"Now that you see clearly, get off me!" Gong Yinghan's voice was frigid.
His eyes brimmed with hatred.
The Princess gazed at his features. The timing of her return wasn't very good.
At this point in time, Gong Yinghan must already loathe her to the core.
She sighed inwardly. "I don't want to get off."
Her legs were weak; she couldn't get down.
Her entire body was burning up as if on fire, yet her mind was exceptionally clear.
In her previous life, at this very moment, she had kicked Gong Yinghan off the bed to find the man she thought was her beloved for relief. In the end, that man only gave her humiliation and verbal abuse, leaving her near death from the drug's effects.
Out of necessity, she had eventually settled for Gong Yinghan.
Everyone said Gong Yinghan looked thirty percent like him.
She had merely treated Gong Yinghan as a substitute.
"Gong Yinghan, I feel terrible..." Her slender fingers slid over his lean abdominal muscles. "Just consider it... doing me a favor, alright?"
"Is this the Princess's new tactic? You don't need to sacrifice so much. If you want to punish me, just find any excuse like you usually do."
Gong Yinghan's gaze was mocking.
Deep in his eyes lay profound disgust.
The Princess was burning up uncontrollably. "I don't believe you can't tell I've been drugged. Help me, okay?"
"There are many people who can help the Princess..."
"But the one lying beneath me right now is you."
The Princess could feel that he wasn't without a reaction.
Her hand moved to brush against the corner of his eye. "Gong Yinghan, why are you crying?"
Since you hate me...
Why did you shed tears when I was on the brink of death?
In her previous life, Gong Yinghan led his army to the city gates. She was forced to jump from the city walls and died before his eyes.
But why did he let out such a heart-wrenching cry and weep while holding her broken body?
Could it be that he also had feelings he wasn't aware of?
For me, was there more hate, or more love?
There was no way to know anymore.
But now that she had a chance to start over, the fall of her kingdom and the ruin of her family were less important than her own satisfaction.
This time, she wanted Gong Yinghan. She would make Gong Yinghan serve her.
The first step is to change his impression of me.
Gong Yinghan has a stubborn mouth and a hard heart, but I have a soft body. I don't believe I can't 'persuade' him in bed.
"Cry? No matter how the Princess humiliates me, I will not cry."
Tears are a sign of the weak.
Though he was in a weak position, he would never bow his head to a woman like the Princess.
The Princess frowned slightly and narrowed her eyes. Her patience wasn't actually that good; her reputation for being arrogant and domineering before her rebirth wasn't for nothing. She was already showing great patience now.
Furthermore, the drug's effects were peaking, making her extremely uncomfortable. "Gong Yinghan, can you do it or not? If you really can't, I'll just find someone else."
A flicker of killing intent burst from Gong Yinghan's eyes.
He couldn't?
Gong Yinghan suddenly thought wickedly: if the dignified Princess of Jiang Kingdom became soiled goods, would the self-proclaimed noble Young Marquis Xie still want her?
The Princess shifted restlessly. The arrow was on the string; if Gong Yinghan refused, she would use force...
"Don't move." Gong Yinghan pressed down on her waist, his eyes dark and frightening.
The Princess's face was flushed. She only wanted to put out the fire now. "Jingxiang, find me..."
"Who does the Princess want to find?" Gong Yinghan interrupted her.
He flipped over, pinning Nan Zhi beneath him, and said in a low, husky voice, "If Young Marquis Xie knew the Princess was beneath me, what kind of expression would he have?"
"Why care about him?" A hint of disdain appeared on the Princess's face as she said impatiently, "If you're going to do it, then be quick about it..."
Gong Yinghan's gaze deepened. He suddenly found himself unable to understand the Princess.
Did she really not fear Xie Yuqing finding out?
The Princess's jade-like arms hooked around Gong Yinghan's neck, pulling him down. She whispered something in his ear, and Gong Yinghan's eyes grew even darker.
His gaze was cold as he stared at the aroused woman beneath him.
Charming and alluring, with a soft, delicate body and a beauty that surpassed everyone in Shangjing, she was a high and mighty Princess.
The Princess was like the moon in the sky.
Wouldn't it be exciting to pull the moon into the quagmire?
Gong Yinghan lowered his head and bit her shoulder. In an instant, whether from excitement or a sudden stir of emotion, his blood surged, and every nerve tightened...
The Princess immediately frowned in pain. She muttered, "Gong Yinghan, stop."
"Calling for a stop now? It's too late."
He squeezed her hand. This hand had once whipped him and slapped him. He had thought of snapping these hands countless times. His teeth gnawed gently on her fair, tender finger.
"Hiss, are you a dog?"
"The Princess wants satisfaction? I'll give you satisfaction, but let's see if the Princess can handle it!"
*Bastard, getting what you want and still acting like the victim, huh?*
The Princess laughed in anger. "Do you know how dogs mark their territory? You're acting just like one right now."
Hearing this, his eyes grew darker, and his movements became even more aggressive.
Princess, having provoked a mad dog like me, aren't you afraid of being torn to pieces?
The Princess knew that his weakness and his patient endurance were all an act.
The rival who would one day rule the world was currently just a Hostage Prince in her manor. Like a rose with thorns, she said, "You don't know how captivating your gaze is when you want to kill me. I believe you can do it. I'll be waiting."
The sickly and scheming Hostage Prince before her would soon become the God of War for an enemy nation. He would lead an army to crush the cities of Jiang Kingdom and grind her bones to ashes!
"Then please wait patiently, Princess."
It wasn't until two hours later, when the man still showed no sign of stopping, that the Princess realized he was also very strong in terms of stamina!