Favoring Qie Over Wife (5)

After hearing Song Jia's answer, Zhao Cheng fell silent once again. He silently gripped his fists. He knew what he was going to say next would be completely unfair to her, but he could not ignore the desires of his heart.

He had waited for so long, and he could not wait any longer!

Thinking of the shy and blushing face of the girl he loved as she told him that she would patiently wait for him, Zhao Cheng finally found the courage to raise his eyes and meet Song Jia's inquiring gaze.

His words were nearly incomprehensible as he quickly blurted out, "Next week, I will take in the eldest di daughter of the Bai family as my shufei."

Looking at his slightly reddened face, Song Jia stifled the urge to laugh.

This Zhao Cheng in front of her did possess the characteristics of a powerful monarch, but he was also only a seventeen year old boy that was still enjoying the spring of his youth. In terms of matters between men and women, he was a blank sheet of paper. If Song Jia was in her real body, she would be three years older than him. In her eyes, he was still too inexperienced.

And to think that she wasn't the only one who had been a virgin during their wedding night...aiyoo, such a pitiful creature~ While they were doing it, Song Jia had suspected that he was under the influence of a drug, like an aphrodisiac. Did he secretly take it to bolster his courage?

No wonder he had been so vigorous!

Eyes glittering with amusement, Song Jia replied to his nervous pronouncement with a casual, "Then, qie congratulates wang ye!"

Zhao Cheng opened his mouth and was about to apologize to her. But hearing her voice that held no resentment and disdain, the words got stuck in his throat and could not come out. In the end, he was only left with an astonished, "Ah?"

Song Jia continued, "Such a happy thing, it is naturally worth celebrating. Qie has been feeling lonely because the houyuan was too empty, with no beautiful sisters to spend time with. If sister Bai can come and accompany me, qie will be very pleased, and very happy. Qie can only thank wang ye for fulfilling qie's hidden wishes!"

The gap between expectation and reality was too wide that Zhao Cheng could not recover quickly from his shock. In his hurry to hide his discomposure, he took a mouthful of his tea without thinking. The hot liquid immediately scalded his tongue and Zhao Cheng violently coughed, hitting his chest with his fist.

"Wang ye, are you alright?!"

Song Jia hurried to his side in a panic and patted his back. She was so close to him that he could smell a faint fragrance coming from her, sweet yet seductive. The light touch of her hand on his back made him stiffen into a statue.

The truth was, try as he might, Zhao Cheng could not forget what happened during their wedding night. Her soft moans, her large eyes, her waist that was as delicate as a sheaf of white silk, her black lustrous hair...

He did not visit his wang fei for the past two months because she was the main reason he turned and tossed on his bed all night long. He felt so guilty to Bai Mei Lien that instead of the three months they agreed to wait after his wedding with his wife before he took her in as his official concubine, Zhao Cheng had shortened it to two months.

He was sure that once he had the woman he loved by his side, those distracting thoughts would soon disappear!

Song Jia was oblivious to the internal struggle of her husband and continued her actions of patting him on the back. Once she was sure that he did not suffer any injuries other than a slightly burnt tongue, she moved back to the opposite side of the table.

Protecting the future monarch is certainly a daunting task, ah!

"Should qie call for a physician?" Song Jia asked, concern evident in her voice. "Wang ye might find it unbearable to eat dinner later on, it's best to eat dishes with a little less salt..."

Zhao Cheng felt warmth enter his heart as he listened to her. He had expected her to be angry, he had expected her to fly into a rage...but he did not expect this. Not only did she welcome the woman he loved wholeheartedly, this wang fei was also properly taking care of him.

Zhao Cheng had every right to take a concubine, but to let one enter only two months after he married his official wife was considered to be a great insult. Yet, his wang fei did not blame him at all.

His prepared speech full of reassurances that he would not let her suffer, that he would still let her manage the wangfu, and that anyone who treats her with disrespect would be personally punished by himself became empty shells scattered in the air, not relieving the shame he felt for being a worthless wang ye to his wang fei. If he could, he wanted her to be freed of this mess and marry a more deserving husband.

As if she had heard his thoughts, Song Jia stopped her nagging about the dishes that could hurt his sore tongue and smiled. It was a smile that was full of charisma and charm, like a blooming flower.

"Qie has only one request for wang ye. Qie hopes wang ye fulfills it."

Zhao Cheng was startled, then overjoyed. He found a way to compensate her!

"Don't hesitate to ask, just tell wang ye what your wish is."

Song Jia lowered her eyes, then lightly said, "Wang ye might not be aware, but qie knows that she is not the woman in wang ye's heart. Qie also knows that a melon forced off its vine is not sweet, so qie will not push herself into a place where she is not wanted. Qie thinks, maybe after a year, qie and wang ye could have a mutual divorce?"