The First Volume: The Abandoned Wife's Self-Strengthening Chapter 51: Must Remain Calm

  After reading so many romantic novels, how could Xue Lengyu be so innocent and not know what Li Mu's words meant? Once she entered the house and got on the bed, no one would be able to save her the next moment. In this Wangfu of Mu, Li Mu was the law, he was heaven, whatever Li Mu wanted to do, no one could stop him, whichever woman Li Mu wanted, who dared to come and rescue her?

  From the middle of the room, walking to the bedside, Xue Lengyu took one step at a time, lifting his legs and taking slow motion-like steps. He wished he could take these two steps for a whole year. Li Mu didn't urge him on, narrowing his eyes and leaning against the headboard. Even with such slow footsteps, it wouldn't take an entire night to reach the bedside. The night was long, and he had plenty of time.

  Xue Lengyu didn't have that much free time. In these short few steps, she had already thought of thousands and hundreds of ideas in her mind, what to do?

  It's better not to wait until the ambiguity has taken shape, and then make a resistance when the arrow is on the string. At that time, it can't be helped but have the suspicion of refusing to welcome. Xue Lengyu gritted her teeth and walked to the bedside to kneel down.

  Li Mu's eyes darkened and he said: "What do you mean by this?"

  Xue Lengyu bowed her head and said: "This servant dares to be presumptuous, please Your Highness change the attendant."

  "This has already been made clear, Li Mu coldly snorted: 'The princess sent you to Fengyuan, you should know what to do. Now you're refusing, isn't it a bit late? Moreover, that day at the hot spring, I saw your body, although not very clearly, but a woman's chastity is of utmost importance, I should also take responsibility for you. Come here, don't be so afraid.'"

  Xue Lengyu didn't move: "Your Highness, when I entered the garden, I didn't know what was going to happen. By the time I found out, it had already progressed step by step and was no longer something I could control. Since Your Highness hasn't expressed your intentions, naturally I also can't be presumptuous and say anything. As for that day's hot spring incident, it was completely an accident, Your Highness doesn't need to put it in your heart."

  "So now I've made my intentions clear?" Li Mu raised an eyebrow and said: "I'm just asking you to loosen your clothes for me."

  Xue Lengyu's words were indeed true, it would be better to wait until she had made her intentions clear before refusing, so as not to make it seem like she was being overly sensitive.

  "If it were just that, serving the prince would be a matter of course for a slave like myself." Xue Lengyu said.

  "He said, 'Not yet arrived.'"

  Li Mu's words contained a hint of anger, seemingly because no woman had ever spoken to him like that before. Xue Lengyu also didn't dare to continue refusing, and as she stood up, she was mentally preparing for the worst.

  Li Mu leaned back on the bed with his hands open, watching Xue Lengyu lean over and carefully, yet somewhat clumsily, try to untie the belt of his outer robe. His hand trembled slightly, but he couldn't get it undone in one go.

  It's a lie to say that Xue Lengyu is not nervous now. The hand holding Li Mu's sleeve was actually shaking slightly. Taking a light breath, she shook her head and calmed herself down. When force can't be resisted, one can only remain calm.

  Li Mu quietly watched Xue Lengyu bow his head and fiddle with himself, the hanging hair strands brushing against his neck, making him feel a tingling sensation, and his heart skipped a beat.

  Li Mu didn't suppress his thoughts at all. As soon as he had the idea, his hands moved and he reached out to support Xue Lengyu's waist from the side.

  Xue Lengyu was taken aback and wanted to straighten up and leave. But Li Mu didn't give her the chance, exerting a slight force, Xue Lengyu lost her balance and fell onto Li Mu's body.

  Xue Lengyu let out a short, sharp cry, and immediately felt Xue Lengyu's large hand, already warm, stuck to her back, slowly rubbing against her through her clothes, but with some force pressing her tightly against his body. Her instincts were about to struggle, when she suddenly remembered the most taboo thing, which was that moving around on a man's body would only have the opposite effect.

  Taking a deep breath, Xue Lengyu tried to ignore Li Mu's hand on her back and calmly asked, "Is this the king's way of showing his intentions?"

  Li Mu didn't expect Xue Lengyu to remain so calm at this time, but looking at her, she still seemed like a small beast in a cage, able to do as she pleased. He couldn't help but smile with a hint of teasing and said, "Alright."

  "So can I refuse?" Xue Lengyu asked.

  "What if I say no?" Li Mu's palm stroked Xue Lengyu's shoulder and back, soft and warm to the touch, feeling very comfortable. Didn't want to let go.

  Xue Lengyu said calmly: "Refusal is not about agreeing or disagreeing, I just want to let the king understand my thoughts. Then... there's something I need to report to the king."

  "Say it." Li Mu didn't intend to stop, Xue Lengyu's soft body was pressed against his chest, although slightly stiff and motionless, but still evoked his desire. He reached out and removed the hairpin that held her hair in place, and her black locks cascaded down like a waterfall. He wasn't in a hurry to take it further, after all, the meat was already on the chopping board, waiting for him to make the next move.

  Xue Lengyu said: "I am no longer flawless and do not deserve to be with Your Highness."

  Li Mu's hand on Xue Lengyu's back tightened suddenly, his voice also darkening by a degree: "What did you say? You've followed other men?"

  Xue Lengyu saw that this matter had such a great impact on Li Mu, and her heart actually felt slightly relieved. Taking advantage of the situation, she said straightforwardly: "I was once married as a concubine, but I was divorced and returned home."

  "The princess actually dares to send such a woman to Maple Garden?" Li Mu's voice was cold, one hand grasping Xue Leng's shoulder, exerting slight force.

  Xue Lengyu endured the pain on her shoulder: "The princess didn't know that I had a husband, and I also didn't know that the princess wanted me to serve the prince like this. So, let's just drop it."

  Li Mu sneered: "You've been married before, this isn't a problem either. As long as I like it, what's the difference?"

  But she was just one of the many concubines in the mansion, and not even a future empress, so there wasn't much fuss about it. As long as Li Mu himself didn't mind, who could say anything? Li Mu knew that Xue Lengyu said this to let him spare her, but instead, he had an even stronger desire to conquer her in his heart. A man like him, who always got what he wanted with ease, the more unattainable something was, the more he wanted to possess it.

  In fact, when Xue Lengyu treated Murong Haoran like that in the wine house, Li Mu knew she was someone who didn't care about her status because of her own thoughts. However, Xue Lengyu directly rejected his advances, and he still felt that he couldn't save face.

  He can calmly watch Xue Lengyu mock Murong Haoran, but he has no way to accept Xue Lengyu's disdain for his summons with equanimity.

  It seems Li Mu is no longer affected by ordinary methods, so I'll have to use my trump card.

  Xue Lengyu gritted her teeth: "My former husband was Murong Haoran."

  Obviously feeling Li Mu's hand on her shoulder relax, Xue Lengyu quickly took advantage of the situation to struggle free and get out of bed. Not daring to make a run for it, she knelt by the bedside, waiting for her fate to be decided.

  Xue Lengyu's hand, which was placed at her side, clenched into a fist and trembled slightly. At this point, it wasn't fear, but rather endurance. She hadn't been raised from childhood in an environment of being looked down upon, yet now she had to constantly rely on others' charity. It wasn't even her own mistake, yet she still had to wait for others to take pity on her. Clearly, she was a free spirit, with the power over life and death, yet it was still controlled by someone else's hands.

  Xue Lengyu took a deep breath and calmed himself down again.