Forcibly Snatched by the Tyrant After Transmigrating into a Book 38

Chapter 38: Lulling to Sleep

Chu Yi felt as if a fire that could not be extinguished was burning in his abdomen. Even his chest rose and fell as he gasped for air.

He unconsciously curled into a ball on the bed, his toes curling.

He wanted to raise his hand several times but ultimately let it drop.

He didn’t know why, but at this moment, his mind was filled with the image of Sheng Qianheng. Clearly, in his nightmare, it had been his cold and vicious face…

Chu Yi closed his eyes, trying to control his desires, his fingertips trembling. He tossed and turned, then finally threw on a robe and stood up, staggering to the window.

He pushed open the window, letting the cool night breeze brush against his cheek.

Chu Yi supported his forehead, dazed for a moment, until the eastern sky began to show a hint of gold.

When Lianfang looked up, she couldn’t find Chu Yi’s figure on the bed. She immediately stood up and only felt relieved when she saw him sitting by the window.

She saw that Chu Yi’s brows seemed to be tightly furrowed and could only tiptoe out of the room to fetch water.

Chu Yi had already noticed the slight noise Lianfang made when she moved. He had barely slept all night.

The desire in his body made him fearful, and the difference between the Sheng Qianheng in his dreams and in reality made it difficult for him to distinguish.

He raised a hand to rub his brow, trying to wake himself up and not think about these irrelevant matters…

When Lianfang entered the room with a basin of water, Chu Yi was sitting at the desk, sipping tea.

She asked, “Miss, did you not sleep well last night? Your face is so pale…”

Chu Yi shook his head slightly. “I’m just worried about Lady Lu.”

Lianfang couldn’t bear to see Chu Yi so physically and mentally exhausted and tried to persuade him, “Miss, if you’re really tired, why don’t you stop investigating?”

“I have to… I have to find out the reason for everything Lady Lu has suffered.” Chu Yi straightened his clothes and coughed a few times. “Has Suifeng returned?”

Lianfang poured a cup of hot tea for Chu Yi. “Suifeng should still be investigating. He hasn’t returned.”

Chu Yi sent Lianfang to the Lu residence to invite Lady Lu for a gathering, but she was refused again on the grounds of poor health.

He had also been physically tired these past few days and too lazy to move, so he had stayed in the teahouse without taking a single step out.

Three days later, Suifeng returned to the teahouse to report.

Chu Yi leaned against the chaise lounge, listening to Suifeng’s report.

Suifeng: “This subject has found out that the Imperial Censor, Lu Wenhan, has taken Lady Lu to that Jishi Teahouse several times. Lu Wenhan’s expression was not unusual, but every time Lady Lu returned from the teahouse, her expression would change… After that, she became more and more dazed and often claimed to be ill, not seeing guests for a long time…”

Chu Yi rubbed his temples and asked, “Did you find out if Lu Wenhan took Lady Lu up to the fourth floor?”

Suifeng: “This subject was just about to mention this. Lu Wenhan did indeed take Lady Lu straight up to the fourth floor. As for the matter of the fourth floor, this subject knows very little, but I have found out that the contract seems to be for the sale of women. According to the contract, once a woman is bought, she must be at the mercy of the buyer.”

Hearing this, Chu Yi’s pupils dilated slightly. So that teahouse was actually in the business of trafficking women… But he thought of Lady Lu mentioning the word “pregnant” and continued to press, “Is there any trafficking of newborn infants?”

Suifeng shook his head. “There is no such thing. This subject had wanted to investigate the contents of the contract in detail, but the person came in a hurry, so this subject had to hide for the time being.”

Chu Yi sighed. “It’s fine. You’ve already found out a lot.”

Trafficking women? But according to the imperial physician, Lady Lu had had several miscarriages… Moreover, Lady Lu was already Lu Wenhan’s main wife, so she shouldn’t have anything to do with trafficking women. Then why did her expression change after going to the teahouse, and why did she claim to be ill?

He had been very tired these past few days and was often consumed by desire, his thoughts gradually becoming muddled. There were many things he couldn’t figure out or understand for a moment.

He forced himself to pull himself together. He turned and asked Lianfang, “Is Lady Lu still not coming?”

Lianfang shook her head.

Chu Yi let out a cold laugh and sneered, “Anyone who doesn’t know would think that Lu Wenhan loves his main wife so much… to treasure her so much that he won’t let her take a single step out of the residence. It seems my identity as Consort Wan is not enough to invite her? I’ll go back to the palace and change my identity!”

Chu Yi and his party immediately stood up and returned to the palace.

Sheng Qianheng received the message from Suifeng and immediately stood up from Yangxin Hall, rushing toward Yanxi Palace.

They happened to meet on the palace path.

Chu Yi was a little surprised for a moment. The images from his dream flashed through his mind. He unconsciously clenched his fists and bowed carefully.

Sheng Qianheng raised an eyebrow slightly. It had only been a few days, but Chu Yi’s attitude toward him seemed to have changed.

He walked up to Chu Yi. In a moment, he noticed that his xìnxiāng seemed to be unstable. He raised a hand to wrap around Chu Yi’s waist but was dodged.

He could only clear his throat and say, “Have you been well these past few days?”

Only after instinctively dodging Sheng Qianheng’s touch did Chu Yi realize his mistake. He smiled faintly, then pinched Sheng Qianheng’s hand and replied, “Everything is fine. It’s just that this subject wanted to invite Lady Lu for a gathering, but it seems that the identity of Consort Wan is not enough to invite her… so I came back to the palace to…”

Sheng Qianheng looked up at Suifeng behind Chu Yi and saw him shake his head. He could only slowly release a very faint concentration of xìnxiāng. Seeing Chu Yi’s furrowed brow gradually relax, he said softly, “Why are there dark circles under your eyes? Zhen hasn’t been sleeping well these past few days either. Go back to the bedchamber and catch up on sleep with Zhen?”

Chu Yi had not been sleeping well these past few days. Sheng Qianheng’s words made him unconsciously resist…

The biggest reason he was unwilling to sleep was that the tyrant “Sheng Qianheng” always appeared in his dreams.

“I…”

Seeing Chu Yi grow more haggard by the day, Lianfang had no choice but to risk insubordination and say, “Her Ladyship hasn’t slept well for the past few days because of a nightmare. She only gets a shallow sleep of one or two hours at night.”

Chu Yi immediately looked back at Lianfang, then replied, “Don’t listen to Lianfang’s nonsense. I just have trouble sleeping because of the stuffy summer nights.”

Sheng Qianheng had his own judgment. He picked up Chu Yi and walked toward Yanxi Palace.

Chu Yi tried his best to suppress his physiological fear, closing his eyes and not thinking about the scene in his dream. He smelled the faint incense on Sheng Qianheng and gradually calmed down.

It wasn’t until he clearly heard the creak of the door to the bedchamber of Yanxi Palace being pushed open that Chu Yi unconsciously gripped his lapels.

Sheng Qianheng looked down at Chu Yi’s expression and felt that there must be something strange. He had never been so afraid of his touch before.

He gently placed Chu Yi on the bed, then squatted down to take off his boots, and said softly, “A-Yi, I don’t know what you’ve found out these past few days. Are you willing to tell me?”

Chu Yi swallowed, his breathing unconsciously quickening. He averted his gaze from Sheng Qianheng and whispered, “Lady Lu has had several miscarriages due to external forces at six or seven months…”

Sheng Qianheng understood. He took Chu Yi’s foot and was surprised by its low temperature. He warmed it with his hands, deliberately not looking at Chu Yi, and continued, “Just because Lu Wenhan might have tortured his main wife and caused her to miscarry, you think I would do the same?”

Chu Yi was at a loss for words for a moment. How could Sheng Qianheng so easily guess his thoughts?

He pressed his lips together and fiddled with his fingertips.

Sheng Qianheng slowly looked up. Seeing Chu Yi’s already reddened eyes, he couldn’t help but feel a pang in his heart. He tentatively raised a hand to caress Chu Yi’s eyes and continued to ask, “Lianfang said you had a nightmare? Dreams are the opposite of reality. Don’t worry. Get a good night’s sleep today?”

Chu Yi turned his cheek to the side and whispered, “I’ll sleep alone…”

Sheng Qianheng sighed, could only pinch his cheek, and relented, “Alright. I’ll lull you to sleep and then leave.”

Chu Yi didn’t reply.

He felt a sense of disconnect. He knew that the Sheng Qianheng before him treated him very well, coaxing him and giving in to him in everything. Even if he might have angered him, he would only receive a small punishment.

But the “Sheng Qianheng” in his dream was the one described in the book. His words and actions were all those of a tyrant. The tyrant was the most correct version in the book…

He didn’t know when the Sheng Qianheng before him would turn back into that tyrant, nor did he know if he would always treat him so well…

His arrival had changed everything in the book. How should he continue?

He turned on his side, with his back to Sheng Qianheng, and forced himself to close his eyes and not think about these changes that he couldn’t see through or guess.

By his ear were Sheng Qianheng’s soft words, lulling him to sleep. Perhaps his body had reached its limit these past few days, for his eyelids gradually grew heavy, and he really fell asleep.

Sheng Qianheng listened to Chu Yi’s steady breathing, raised a hand, and gently turned him to face him, muttering to himself, “Brother, don’t be distant from me anymore, okay…”

When Chu Yi woke up, his thoughts were hazy, and he didn’t know where he was for a moment.

He slowly sat up, feeling comfortable all over. He stretched, and when he raised his hands, he realized that his clothes had already been changed back to men’s attire.

He looked around the bedchamber. He was the only one there.

Sheng Qianheng really hadn’t forced him…

He called for Lianfang and asked, “Where is His Majesty?”

Lianfang: “His Majesty was afraid that you would be frightened again if you saw him when you woke up, so he went back to Yangxin Hall before you woke up. His Majesty has been using his xìnxiāng to lull you to sleep…”

The corners of Chu Yi’s lips stiffened. He wondered if he was making too much of a fuss. When he stood up to get off the bed, his legs felt weak, and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Lianfang supported him.

Lianfang asked, “Your Ladyship, are you alright?”

Chu Yi shook his head. The dizziness had subsided a lot. “I probably just got up too quickly. It’s nothing.”

Lianfang carefully helped Chu Yi sit down at the desk and continued, “Your Ladyship, His Majesty also sent Head Eunuch Liu to the Lu residence to deliver a verbal edict, inviting Lady Lu for a gathering in Yanxi Palace tomorrow. His Majesty has taken every word Your Ladyship said to heart.”

Chu Yi looked back at Lianfang’s smiling face and couldn’t help but retort, “Are you my person or His Majesty’s person?”

Lianfang covered her mouth and laughed softly. “Your Ladyship, of course I am your person. But Lianfang also hopes that Your Ladyship can find a good partner to accompany you.”

Chu Yi sighed slightly. “What if I want one person for a lifetime? Can that be done?”

Lianfang’s smile instantly froze on her face. “Your Ladyship…”

Sheng Qianheng had only been back in Yangxin Hall for a moment before he immediately took out the Clear Heart Pills hidden in a box and took several.

He tried his best to calm the desire aroused by Chu Yi’s near-Rain and Dew Period xìnxiāng. He knew that Chu Yi would definitely not want to be intimate with him these days.

He looked down at the abnormality there and couldn’t help but sigh…