At this point, Zhi Ji said thankfully, "It was precisely because I had this foul affliction that Xiao Jian never touched me after marrying me. I always had the maidservants by my side attend to him! That was how I was able to keep my pure body for Xiao Jun!"
"Ah?" Xiao Hua was quite moved. Looking at Xiao Jun, he asked, "Xiao Jun, you do not mind Zhi Ji's face?"
"What this junior disliked... was the foul affliction on Zhi Ji's face, not Zhi Ji's face itself!" Xiao Jun did not dare conceal anything and said softly, "Faced with the feelings Zhi Ji held for this junior, that trust and affection were enough to drown out such dislike! Thinking back to that bamboo pavilion after the rain, with Zhi Ji's round fan half concealing her face, that memory alone was enough to intoxicate this junior for the rest of his life."
"You really do tell the truth!" Zhi Ji pouted slightly. "Couldn't you just say you did not mind it?"
Xiao Jun chuckled and did not refute her. Where was the majestic bearing of a sovereign he had displayed earlier?
Zhi Ji then said to Xiao Hua, "This junior knew that men were naturally fond of beauty, so I always covered my face with a handkerchief. At first, this junior had some doubts about Xiao Jun, but over all these years, he never sought others to serve him in bed as Xiao Jian did. What else could this junior say?"
"Good! Good!! Good!!!" Xiao Hua praised three times in a row. "What a king of love and loyalty!"
"You praise me too highly, Senior! With love, one can drink water and be full. This junior does not think it is anything special!" Xiao Jun answered honestly again.
"Tch..." Though