43 CHAPTER 43 : Rumor is truly untrustworthy

"Does it still hurt?", Li Xi Rui had finished treating Long Jie's hand. Fortunately the tea had been left for some time and had cooled down considerably.

"En", he had been staring at Li Xi Rui for quite some time.

"Good! You deserved it!", Li Xi Rui become mad again. This man, it was just a teapot! How did he become hurt just because of a teapot?! Where is that martial skill he should have as a general?! Is that a lie?

"...", Long Jie could only remain quiet. What could he say? Should he show her his fighting prowess?

"You! You should train your martial art skills more! Just a teapot you couldn't even dodge!", she continue scolding him. Rumor is really not trustworthy!

"It's not the teapot.. it's the tea", he wanted to add, it was her who threw the teapot at him.

"Teapot, tea its all the same!", she added.

"Xi Rui, the edict.." Long Jie wanted to explain.

"The edict!!!! You! What exactly happenned?!", she is mad again.

"It was not me. I didn't planned this. The emperor wouldn't suddenly do this just because of me", he keeps his eyes on her reaction.

Li Xi Rui looks at the pair of eyes in front of her. Weirdly, she trusts him. He- who she should hate. He- who would be her enemy. Truthfully, she didn't know what fate would bring this lifetime. But does she dare to gamble? Exhaling, Li Xi Rui said, "Find out what exactly happened if you want me to trust you!".

"But I already did", he continue to explain.

"What do you mean?", casually she asked him. This is how she had treated him in the past. She would never concern herself to be polite to him.

"The letter!", Long Jie reminded her.

"Letter? Ah! I burned it!", she honestly told him.

Long Jie's lips twitched. She didn't even read the letter before she burned it?

"Yes. Now tell me!", she directed her beautiful eyes back to him.

"It was the crown prince. He wanted to take you in as a concubine. The emperor didn't agree so he wants you and me to marry", he slowly said. This is the first part he wanted to discuss. The second part is a bit hard for him to mention.

'That Long Qing! How many times should she tell him that she didn't want him anymore? In her past life, whatever she did, he will never even look at her. Now, she truly let go, he wants to keep her?', she is fuming mad! "Then that's good!", she blurted.

Looking confused, Long Jie stared at her. "What?", he asked. He couldn't believe his ears.

"That's good I wouldn't be a concubine. Being your legal wife is better", she replied. In her mind of course it's better. Before her family is truly safe, wouldn't it be better to continue hugging the second prince's thigh? That thigh is thick like a thousand years old tree bark! Being his legal wife, she could use his resources. So, wouldn't that be better than being a concubine trapped in the palace and competing for attention of a sole man? In her last lifetime, this second prince doesn't indulge in bedroom's pleasures and have no bad habits. Even his face is better than that crown prince. Convincing herself, she nodded with satisfaction. If she couldn't avoid it, she would have to improvise!

"And there is something else", he starts the speech. But Li Xi Rui had been lost in her thought.

'Long Jie should compensate her for her miserable fate in her last lifetime. So in this life, he should help her instead. He should lend her his resources as his princess consort!', she thought. "You shouldn't bring in any concubine as long as I'm still your legal wife!", she interrupted him.

"What?", he didn't even like any woman except Li Xi Rui.

"Long Jie, as long as we are married, you shouldn't bring any other concubine to the palace", she said. 'It will be troublesome if someone would try to find trouble with me', she thought. It's not like they would be together forever. After he paid his debt, they would go their own separate way. That is after she confirmed her family's safety.