Chapter 3: Unfaithful Person

Gradually, a suffocating feeling came over her, and she tried to push the man away subconsciously, but she was too weak and it didn't work.

"Um..." She felt like she was being strangled...

As she sunk into a dazed stupor, she suddenly breathed in fresh air and slowly opened her tearful eyes. The tip of her nose was red, and her entire face was flushed.

She looked like a kitten that had just woken up, her watery eyes appearing particularly innocent.

It made people feel pity for her.

"Jiaojiao, I will never let you go in this life. Be good and stay by my side."

Yan Sihan's long and cold eyes were as deep as a cold pool, as if one could fall into them with just one more glance.

She blinked in surprise, obediently nodding. She was willing to stay by his side.

Seeing this, the coldness in Yan Sihan's eyes deepened. Just a moment ago, she was trying to strangle herself, but now she had learned to be compliant.

This was definitely not Lin Jiaojiao's character.

He thought of the letter intercepted a few days ago, from Yan Nanchen to Lin Jiaojiao.

First, comply with him to gain his trust, and then find an opportunity to send the message out.

"My lord～I will help you to undress." She tried to behave as properly as possible, given that she hadn't learned much etiquette during her time at the Lin family.

Capital's people said she was a willful and capricious person, but she was just lively and cheerful, never really being willful or capricious.

Lin Zhengyang, her father, had always indulged her in not learning manners. Looking back, it seemed deliberate that he didn't let her learn them, so she could stand in contrast to Lin Qinghua.

Fortunately, she had a good brother who had always taught her by word and example, so she wasn't completely incapable.

As she was about to extend her hands to Yan Sihan's clothes, he grabbed her by the chin forcefully!

She was slightly panicked and didn't know what to do.

Yan Sihan stared at her delicate face and warned viciously, "Lin Jiaojiao, if you dislike me, I won't force you."

But you don't have to provoke me.

He was afraid he might inadvertently hurt her.

"Force?" She hesitated for a moment before quickly saying, "No, not at all. Not at all."

She didn't care how somber his expression was; her clumsy hands trembled nervously as they worked.

Unable to hold back any longer, Yan Sihan leaned down, his warm breath brushing against her neck and earlobe.

It was ticklish, and she involuntarily shivered.

"Jiaojiao, you have no chance now."

When she woke up again, she was the only one left on the bed, and the Shu brocade quilt was in disarray. Beside her, a woman cried.

She turned her head and saw that it was Xuemei, her personal maid, weeping by her bedside.

Upon seeing her wake up, Xuemei's eyes, swollen like walnuts, brimmed with more tears.

"Miss, you've suffered...it's all my fault, I couldn't protect you."

How could Xuemei protect her in Prince Manor? Even the other maids and servants there could easily manipulate Xuemei.

In her previous life, such a thing hadn't happened, as Yan Sihan hadn't slept with her back then.

Looking around, she asked, "Xuemei, where is the Prince?"

Only then did Xuemei wipe her tears and say, "The Prince has gone to the morning court, so I took the opportunity to come in."

"Miss, you mustn't lose hope. Although I know you don't love the Prince, you've already married into the Prince's family, and life has to go on..."

Seeing this, she couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

In her previous life, she and Yan Sihan were considered childhood sweethearts. During her childhood, Yan Sihan had been injured and recuperated at her maternal family, the Chen family, located south of the river.

Yan Sihan was the long-awaited son of Prince Zhenan. At the age of ten, he was already able to lead soldiers to fight on the frontier, earning numerous military merits.

Princess Zhennan and her mother were close friends, so when Yan Sihan was injured, he was sent to the Chen family to recover.

South of the river, the peaceful and beautiful landscape made for a good place to recuperate.

At first, she was afraid of him as a child, but as they spent more time together, her fear subsided.

Later, she and her mother and brother were brought to the Capital by Lin Zhengyang, the top scholar. Lin Zhengyang had come from a poor background and was only able to continue his studies through the financial support of her mother's Chen family.

At that time, Lin Zhengyang had secretly married several concubines in the Capital.

So now, she not only had one older brother but also a younger brother, an older sister, and three younger sisters and two younger brothers.

When she met Yan Sihan again, he had already become the formidable Regent, assisting the current fifteen-year-old emperor.

Now, Yan Nanchen, the current Prince Duan, was determined to rebel against the crown.

Because Lin Qinghua married Yan Nanchen, Lin Zhengyang went to great lengths to support Yan Nanchen.

In the end, Lin Zhengyang didn't love her mother; he loved a girl from a small official family in the south of the river, Madam Shen.

That woman was now Madam Lin.

But back then, the person who had knelt in front of the Chen family for three days and nights, insisting on marrying a Chen family's daughter, was also Lin Zhengyang!

Looking back now, it was all for the money.