The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

I finished the last dose of medicine prescribed yesterday.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Gu Nianzhi asked the maids to quickly boil the newly brought back medicine.

At dinner time, Sima Yao returned home.

Gu Nianzhi took the medicine and went to the study as usual.

"This taste seems to be very different from a few days ago." Gu Nianzhi looked up in confusion. "Does it taste different to you as well?"

“Although they are all suffering, each has its own way of suffering, and there are indeed some big differences.”

"The doctor said he changed two herbs and adjusted the weight of each herb. I didn't expect the difference would be so big."

"Since the medicine has been changed, it's normal for the taste to be different."

Sima Yao didn't think much about it and drank the whole bowl in a few gulps.

Gu Nianzhi put the candied fruit into Sima Yao's mouth tacitly, and the two smiled at each other.

"By the way, don't leave yet. I have something to discuss with you."

Sima Yao called out to Gu Nianzhi who was packing up the medicine bowl and preparing to leave.

There has been new progress in the matter of privately setting up a gambling house in the palace. According to Jiang Xiaohai's observation, several old men who have served the prince for a long time in the prince's palace have been dragged into the gambling game, but it is unclear whether they have become Min Lirong's spies.

"Originally, these people were in the dark while we were in the light, but now with Jiang Xiaohai as a counter-espionage chess piece, the situation has completely changed to us being in the dark and them being in the light." Gu Nianzhi analyzed, "Not only can we avoid revealing key information in front of them, we can even use them to pass on the information we want to convey to the Queen's party."

"That's right." Sima Yao replied.

Or maybe it was because he swallowed a large bowl of warm medicine, which made his whole body warmer, but Sima Yao actually felt a little hot.

Even Gu Nianzhi noticed that something was wrong with him.

"Third Prince, what's wrong with you? Your whole face is a little red, even your forehead is red."

Gu Nianzhi stretched out his hand, placed it on Sima Yao's forehead, and then touched his own forehead. Sima Yao's forehead did seem to be a little hotter.

"You're not having a fever, are you?"

"Maybe the medicine was a little hot. It's okay."

Sima Yao didn't take it seriously. He loosened his collar a little, seemed to feel better, and continued to analyze the court situation with Gu Nianzhi.

"According to what you said last time, we did not expose Liu Taifu. Until now, he still believes that he is trusted by the prince and keeps passing information to the queen. Therefore, he can be used by us at the critical moment."

"Yes."

Gu Nianzhi also noticed something wrong with her body. The temperature today seemed to be a little hotter than the previous two days.

Even though we were wearing the same clothes, I felt a little hot.

She subconsciously opened her collar a little to let her neck cool down.

My throat feels like it's smoking and I'm so thirsty.

"Third Prince, would you like some tea? I feel so thirsty all of a sudden."

"Me too."

The two of them stood up and walked towards the teapot at the same time.

Gu Nianzhi poured a cup and handed it to Sima Yao. When their hands touched, it was like an electric shock, and they quickly bounced away, spilling the tea in the cup all over the floor.

Gu Nianzhi poured two more cups and placed them on the table. He picked up one of the cups and drank it all in two gulps.

"For some reason, it seems to be particularly hot today."

As he spoke, he involuntarily opened his collar a little wider.

Sima Yao next to him began breathing even more heavily.

"I also think today is particularly unusual..."

Gu Nianzhi in front of Sima Yao seemed to be covered with a layer of soft light, a little hazy, but looked even more beautiful.

Gu Nianzhi was more sober than Sima Yao, but at this moment he couldn't take his eyes off Sima Yao.

Broad shoulders, moist lips, a straight nose, and affectionate eyes...

Sima Yao's eyes were no longer as clear and serious as before, but became warm and gentle.

Gu Nianzhi was stunned.

"Third Prince, you are so handsome. I have never seen a man as handsome as you before."

Gu Nianzhi murmured to herself, her mind somewhat out of control.

Sima Yao swallowed and his throat moved up and down.

Gu Nianzhi stretched out his hand.

"How can your Adam's apple be so beautiful..."

She wanted to touch Sima Yao's Adam's apple, but Sima Yao intercepted her hand in mid-air and held it in his own.

"Mr. Gu, I..."

Sima Yao's voice also became different from before, more magnetic and deeper.

The two people's eyes locked with each other, and it seemed as if there were thousands of words to say but they didn't know where to start.

----

A house in the city.

The couple, who had bought medicine bags from Tongjitang during the day, were lying on the bed.

The wife looked sullen and turned around angrily with her back to the man.

The man sat up, looking guilty.

"Wife, this is not my fault."

My wife closed her eyes and snorted through her nose.

"The medicine I changed today doesn't seem to be as effective as before... I've tried my best, but still..."

The woman sat up suddenly from the bed, her face flushed with anger.

"We have been married for five years but have no children. Your family keeps urging us to have children. I am the one who is not laying eggs. But we both know that the problem lies with you..."

"Yes, yes, my wife is right...So every time they say you can't have children, don't I always stand on your side?"

"Bullshit! This is clearly your problem, but you are trying to pin the blame on me. I thought the miracle doctor at Tongjitang was really effective, but I didn't expect it only worked for a few days, and now..."

The man put his hand over the woman's mouth.

"Wife, please keep your voice down. Walls have ears. If others know that I am not capable, how can I live my life... Where can I put my face?"

"You are the only one who has shame, and I am shameless. Where were you when people pointed at my spine and scolded me for not being able to have a child? Wuuwuwu..."

The woman's sobbing and the man's sighing filled the room, and the two of them would spend another sleepless night.

Tongjitang's aphrodisiac was indeed effective, but the problem was that the counter clerk gave the wrong medicine today. If not for that, perhaps the two of them could still be as sweet as they were during the day.

-----

The aphrodisiac that was supposed to be taken by the couple was drunk by Sima Yao and Gu Nianzhi.

The two used their remaining sanity to fight the effects of the drug.

"Mr. Gu, I..." Sima Yao drank much more medicine than Gu Nianzhi, and the effect of the medicine was more intense. His inexplicable thoughts about Gu Nianzhi these days seemed to be put into practice at this moment.

Gu Nianzhi's eyes were a little blurry. Although she didn't drink much, she could still feel something strange in her body.

"Mr. Gu, although you are a man, I..."

Sima Yao even felt a sense of despair in his heart.

If she couldn't control her desire for Gu Nianzhi, then it would prove that she was a homosexual.

Perhaps, as Lin Heng said, before they meet the right man, those men who like homosexuality always think they are normal.

Am I really an abnormal man?

"Third Prince, you hold my hand too tightly, it hurts..."

Gu Nianzhi had already realized that something was wrong between her and Sima Yao. She exerted some force and tried to pull her hand back from Sima Yao's hand, but Sima Yao hugged her tightly in his arms.

"Mr. Gu, I am pleased with you."

Gu Nianzhi's heart was beating wildly. This was the first time she had encountered such a direct confession.

Although the effect of the drug made her briefly confused and infatuated, she soon regained her sanity.

I am a man now, and what Sima Yao likes is not me, but the man I play!

"Third Prince, wake up, I am a man! You and I are both men!"