Chapter 252 There are plenty of people to keep you company.

At the entrance of the main hall of Red Leaf Villa, watching Li Che and his companion leave, Yan Chu instructed the steward nearby:

"Have the servants stay far away. No one is allowed to approach without my orders!"

"Yes!"

The steward felt a bit regretful, thinking he would miss out on hearing those soul-stirring cries from last night.

But the cries would surely not stop.

The stone lions at the hall entrance could hear them, the fire maples in the villa could hear them, and Yan Chu himself could hear them...

Once the steward and servants had all left and the hall doors were closed, only Yan Chu and Zhu Qinxue remained inside.

"Take off your hat!"

Zhu Qinxue was already nervous, and Yan Chu's unquestionable voice made her slender shoulders tremble.

Not daring to disobey Yan Chu, Zhu Qinxue slowly removed the veil from her head.

Her face was like lustrous jade, her brows like fine willows swaying in the wind, and her eyes were calm and gentle, with undried tear stains still on her cream-like skin.

She must have specifically bathed, changed, and groomed herself before coming.

At this moment, Yan Chu could smell a faint fragrance on her, not just her own natural scent, but also the fresh fragrance of someone who had just bathed.

Zhu Qinxue was wearing a light pink ru-skirt.

With the veil gone, one could see a large expanse of snow-white skin revealed at her collar, full of infinite temptation, contrasting with her gentle, virtuous temperament and her shy, apprehensive expression, making one feel even more pity for her.

But Yan Chu had no intention of playing ambiguous games with women, so he asked straight to the point:

"You are the Princess of Qing?"

"Ah? You... Great Hero Yan, how did you know?"

Just now, the Fourth Prince had not introduced Zhu Qinxue's identity, but instead told her to say it herself when she served Yan Chu.

After all, introducing the woman beside him as his own Princess to Yan Chu was indeed a bit unseemly.

The deed could be done, but saying it out loud was not good.

Yan Chu smiled lightly and said:

"The Fourth Prince is quite generous. It seems I really need to consider carefully whether to support him!"

Zhu Qinxue's eyes dimmed, and she lowered her head, saying:

"As long as... Great Hero Yan is willing to help the Prince compete for the throne, this concubine... this concubine will definitely serve Great Hero Yan well and not let you down!"

"Is that so?"

Yan Chu chuckled, "Are you sure you won't let me down?"

As he spoke, one of his large hands had already caressed Zhu Qinxue's shoulder, and in her startled eyes, he directly blocked her red lips, his strong masculine aura invading without restraint.

In this hall, soul-stirring sounds immediately erupted...

Yan Chu was no moral gentleman, so naturally, he would not have any psychological baggage.

The Princess of Qing was sent by the Fourth Prince, Li Che, himself.

He had a request, and sending his own woman was a very legitimate business transaction; the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty could not punish him for it.

However, Zhu Qinxue disappointed him slightly.

Her temperament and personality were soft and weak, and her Physique was not much stronger than her personality; she couldn't take it for even half a day, far worse than the Gang leader's wife, Peng Qi.

But this half-day allowed Peng Qi to recover a lot of her strength, so when Zhu Qinxue couldn't persist, Yan Chu shifted the battlefield in time.

"Heavens..."

Only Zhu Qinxue remained in the hall.

She was curled up alone on the large wooden chair at the top, with Yan Chu's black brocade robe covering her.

She didn't feel lonely at this moment, only tired—a weariness she had never experienced in her decades of life.

She felt as if she had become a puddle of mud, never imagining that such things could make her feel like she was falling apart.

Yan Chu hadn't tormented her in the various ways she had imagined.

Although there were various shameful positions, Zhu Qinxue did not resist internally; she only felt novel and amazed.

"Forget it, I'll sleep for a while first. Everything else can wait..."

Zhu Qinxue had originally been thinking about how to please Yan Chu, how to beg him to support the Fourth Prince, and how to protect her family, but now all those thoughts were cast to the nine heavens; she couldn't remember anything.

As soon as she closed her eyes, she fell into a deep sleep shortly after...

Yan Chu's time at Red Leaf Villa these past few days was monotonous and short.

Soon, the day for Princess Yunshu's marriage procession to depart arrived.

In the main hall of Red Leaf Villa, Luo Jin, dressed in white palace attire, with a tall and slender figure, looked at Yan Chu with a trace of mockery on her fair face,

"You've been very happy these past few days, haven't you?"

"A Gang leader's wife, a Princess—I'm afraid you're the only one in the world who can enjoy such fortune!"

Yan Chu's expression was indifferent as he said:

"Since it's a benefit delivered to my doorstep, it would be a waste not to take it!"

"I am not a gentleman who can sit unmoved by a woman in his lap. You don't know me well enough yet; you'll know as we spend more time together in the future."

Luo Jin curled her lips slightly and said crossly:

"Let's go. Princess's procession is still waiting for us outside!"

In Yan Chu's room at Red Leaf Villa, Peng Qi and Zhu Qinxue stood by the window, watching the backs of Yan Chu and Luo Jin in the distance, silent.

After a long time, Peng Qi sighed softly and asked:

"Your Highness, what are you planning to do next? Are you still going back to the Prince of Qing's residence?"

Zhu Qinxue's Physique was weak, and the blush on her creamy-white face hadn't faded for the past two days; even now, her pretty face was still flushed, and her eyes were watery.

She lowered her head slightly and said:

"Sister Peng, don't call me the Princess anymore!"

"Li Che never really treated me as his Princess."

These past two days, the three of them had stayed together, knowing each other inside and out, and were already extremely familiar with one another.

As the saying goes, the body is a window to the soul.

Zhu Qinxue felt that she had been somewhat conquered.

A man like Yan Chu was powerful and confident; he was lewd in bed, but in other matters, he gave her a sense of extreme security.

Peng Qi's lips curled slightly, and the beauty mark beside her lip was striking. She said:

"Then you should just stay at Red Leaf Villa for now. Since he said so, the Fourth Prince definitely won't dare to do anything to you!"

"It's just that if you do this, you can only be his woman from now on, and you will never be able to return to your former life as a noble Princess."

"Hmm~"

Zhu Qinxue nodded with a voice as soft as a mosquito, then asked:

"Then where is Sister Peng going? Will you stay at Red Leaf Villa too?"

"Of course not!"

Peng Qi glanced at her and said indifferently:

"Now that the First Uprising Gang is a group of dragons without a head, I still have to organize the various factions within the First Uprising Gang and firmly grasp the Gang in my hands."

Now with the Empress Dowager's support, plus having surrendered herself to Yan Chu, even if there were voices of dissent within the First Uprising Gang, or forces outside wanting to infiltrate, she could suppress them.

"Alright!"

Zhu Qinxue's voice was gentle, her tone regretful,

"I thought Sister Peng would be here to keep me company. In that case, I can only stay here alone."

Peng Qi smiled faintly and didn't respond.

You probably don't know how many women Yan Chu has; with his lustful Heart-Nature, there are probably hundreds or thousands.

If you want people to keep you company, there will be plenty of people to keep you company in the future...