Back when she had been caught watching young men at the Spring Warm Pavilion.
Hearing Qing Qianxue's gentle words and sensing his steady mood, she had thought he truly wasn't jealous.
But that night...
When the rooster crowed, she was once again jolted awake by his torment.
She understood now.
That Dog Man's composure had all been an act.
"Mo Qianqing, you're a devil!!!"
Chu Youning shouted, utterly bereft of the will to live.
Qing Qianxue gently brushed aside the stray hair tickling her temple before speaking softly.
"Elder Princess, you wound your husband with those words. I worked so hard to serve you all night, yet you... don't seem satisfied?"
"I... I'm satisfied."
Chu Youning nodded, afraid that one wrong answer would make this hungry wolf keep toying with her.
"Satisfied? But I don't think I'm quite satisfied yet. How about... there's still some time before dawn. Shall we... continue?"
Qing Qianxue's thin lips curved upward. He seemed to be in quite a good mood.
Chu Youning shuddered, her eyes instantly widening. "I'm not satisfied! Your technique is terrible! I'm extremely dissatisfied!!!"
"Dissatisfied..." Qing Qianxue raised a brow. "If the Elder Princess isn't satisfied, then her husband clearly hasn't served her attentively enough. I'll have to keep serving you until you're satisfied."
"Mo Qianqing!!!"
Feeling a kiss land on her forehead, Chu Youning, who had been worked to the bone all night, finally bristled.
But the activity she expected didn't resume.
She heard Qing Qianxue chuckle before he wrapped a garment around her and picked her up.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
"Carrying you over for a bath."
At those words, all sorts of chaotic thoughts floated through Chu Youning's mind.
She immediately stared wide-eyed at Qing Qianxue. "Lecher! Hooligan! Tormenting me all night wasn't enough? Are you a perpetual