Chapter 231: Human Nature is Complex
Human nature is complex. Perhaps in certain moments of debauchery, Sun Jiaojiao might temporarily forget the Crown Prince's virtues. But when she was rational and calm, she clearly understood her identity and her position. The Crown Prince was her man and her support, the good man who would clean up any mess she made outside.
Perhaps she had felt something for other men at certain moments, but so-called love eventually had to return to family affection...
The moment she said goodbye to A'xi'er and decided to completely sever those emotional ties, Sun Jiaojiao had an epiphany.
From now on, she would live a good life with the Crown Prince and stop messing around outside.
The so-called feminism, the idea that women should also be able to have three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines, was just an excuse she had made for her own pleasure. If you truly loved someone, you could give up an entire forest for a single tree.
She asked her heart, and she did love the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness, Jiaojiao loves you. I love you very, very much." Sun Jiaojiao didn't answer his question about where she had gone wrong. Instead, in front of everyone, she gently wrapped her arms around the Crown Prince's waist from behind, pressed her cheek against his, and murmured, "If Jiaojiao did something wrong, will Your Highness forgive Jiaojiao one more time? After we return to the residence, Jiaojiao will definitely remember to take her medicine every day and bear children for Your Highness soon."
Those absurd things Sun Jiaojiao had done-it would be impossible to say the Crown Prince didn't mind at all. His heart was made of flesh. Even if he was the noble Crown Prince, he still had a heart that could ache.
However, all that teeth-grinding hatred vanished into thin air the moment Sun Jiaojiao said she loved him.
The Crown Prince kept a stiff, grim face and glanced at Sun Jiaojiao. With just one look, his tense expression crumbled. He sighed, and when he spoke again, his tone had softened slightly.
"Go back to the residence and recuperate properly. After all this time, there's still no movement in your belly. All those high-grade medicinal herbs have gone to waste."
It was an open scolding but genuine affection.
Sun Jiaojiao immediately seized the opportunity to climb up. Heedless of how important and solemn the occasion was, she wrapped her arms around the Crown Prince's neck and acted shamelessly coquettish. "That medicine is so bitter. After we go back, will Your Highness feed Jiaojiao? Otherwise, Jiaojiao won't drink it..."
"Pay attention to the occasion. Hugging and cuddling, what kind of behavior is that?"
Sun Jiaojiao pouted, and her arms were just about to slide off the Crown Prince's neck when he reached out with a backhand, scooped her up, and before she could react, she fell into his embrace. He held her securely in a princess carry.
Sun Jiaojiao was speechless... Who was it just now who said, "Pay attention to the occasion," and "Hugging and cuddling, what kind of behavior is that?" Wasn't the Crown Prince hugging and cuddling her right now?
"The Crown Princess cannot hold her liquor and is a bit drunk. This Prince will escort the Crown Princess back to the palace first." The Crown Prince lied blatantly to the crowd. "Father Emperor, your son will take his leave first."
Without waiting for the Emperor's permission, the Crown Prince turned and strode away from the banquet, carrying Sun Jiaojiao.
The crowd was long accustomed to the Crown Prince bending palace etiquette for the Crown Princess. They didn't think he was being disrespectful; on the contrary, they all sighed at how much the Crown Prince truly doted on his wife.
And not far away, the exotic-faced King A'xi'er stared intently at the Crown Prince's departing back. He didn't move for a long, long time. No one noticed the fists, hidden beneath his long sleeves, clenching tightly, as if in hatred, or perhaps, in jealousy...
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