Transmigrated into a cunning princess, she sets her sights on a celibate royal uncle.

"I know that my royal uncle is incredibly audacious, but he is really showing far too little respect for me, a princess."

"wrong!"

Huo Jingxuan hooked Jiang Xi's chin, forcing her to look into his eyes.

Huo Jingxuan's eyes were deep-set, with large eye sockets, deep eye sockets, and pitch-black pupils, which made people tremble with fear just by looking at them.

"I've always valued you too much, which is why I've tolerated your repeated deceptions!"

Jiang Xi paused for a moment, then uttered a soft question from her rosy lips: "Is Imperial Uncle still holding a grudge against Ah Xi?"

"What if I say yes?" Huo Jingxuan stared into Jiang Xi's eyes and asked stubbornly.

Jiang Xi was somewhat frightened by his blunt gaze: "Didn't my royal uncle agree to cooperate with me? If we're going to cooperate, shouldn't we put aside our past grievances?"

"You mean you want to wipe the slate clean of what happened before?" Huo Jingxuan asked, his voice icy.

"Is it okay?" Jiang Xi asked tentatively.

It would certainly be a good thing if we could coax Huo Jingxuan to forget about what happened before.

"Don't think about it!"

The name Huo Jingxuan shattered all of Jiang Xi's illusions.

"You slept in my bed and took my virginity. You think you can just erase it like that? When have I ever been so easy to talk to in your eyes?"

As Huo Jingxuan spoke, he approached Jiang Xi, who had no choice but to retreat and fall onto the soft couch next to her.

Huo Jingxuan placed his hands on either side of Jiang Xi, his tall figure pressing down and giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

And this posture...

Jiang Xi was reluctant to admit it, but she had to say that the position made it seem as if Huo Jingxuan was pinning her down and about to violate her at any moment.

"Uncle... calm down... the matter of Imperial Censor Xiao hasn't been resolved yet... what... what are you trying to do all of this so suddenly?"

Jiang Xi stammered as she dodged the question.

Huo Jingxuan is too strange. He barged into my yard in the middle of the night just to bring up old grievances.

"You are not allowed to call him Huanqing, you are not allowed to get too close to him, and you are not allowed to... transfer your affection for me to him!"

Huo Jingxuan uttered these words almost in a low growl, his eyes burning with rage.

Jiang Xi was stunned, her mind went blank for a moment, and after a long while, she finally came to her senses.

Her expression shifted from fear to suspicion: "Is Uncle... jealous?"

Huo Jingxuan avoided Jiang Xi's gaze, sat up straight abruptly, and denied it.

"Of course not, I simply dislike others touching what rightfully belongs to me!"

The oppressive feeling above disappeared, and Jiang Xi sat up as well, looking up at Huo Jingxuan's cold and hard profile.

Jiang Xi pretended to cough lightly, and then said seriously, "Actually, I know that, according to the Emperor's personality, he doesn't really care about women."

What happened before was something I did wrong, Uncle. I've thought it over carefully, and there's no future between us. It's better to draw a clear line. I'm sorry for what I did to you before, you want to... umm..."

Before Jiang Xi could finish speaking, Huo Jingxuan sealed her lips with his.

After the kiss, Jiang Xi was completely exhausted, like a fish dying of thirst, gasping for breath.

Huo Jingxuan, on the other hand, was refreshed and seemed completely unaffected.

"Since you know it was you who wronged me, then obey me and stay by my side. Otherwise, I don't mind imprisoning you in other ways!"

Huo Jingxuan stared at Jiang Xi's lips, which were slightly swollen from his kisses, and threatened her in a cold, hard voice.

Jiang Xi had the illusion that she had brought this upon herself, and looking at the shameless man in front of her, she felt like crying but had no tears left.

How could she have been so brave as to tie him to the bed?

Ignoring Jiang Xi's regretful and cursing expression, Huo Jingxuan got up and walked towards Jiang Xi's bed, which was not far away.

"Aren't you coming over to serve me?"

Huo Jingxuan glanced at Jiang Xi, who was standing frozen in place, and threatened her in a deep voice.

Serving? Serving what? Warming the bed?

Jiang Xi still stared at Huo Jingxuan's retreating figure with a puzzled expression.

Huo Jingxuan opened his arms, and Jiang Xi got up and went over to help him take off his outer robe.

"Is my royal uncle going to sleep here?"

"Is that not allowed?" Huo Jingxuan asked back.

Jiang Xi was shocked: "Of course not! How can that be? I am a princess now, and you are already engaged!"

Huo Jingxuan turned around, lifted Jiang Xi's chin, and a rare smile appeared in his eyes: "I thought you didn't care!"

Jiang Xi was stunned, then stiffened her neck and said, "I...of course I don't care!"

Huo Jingxuan saw through her insincerity and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I only agreed to the marriage after I learned that you had run away, but now the plan has changed, and I have reached a cooperation agreement with you."

"Then Jiang Gu won't be able to sit on the throne for long, and this marriage agreement will naturally be invalid then!"

Jiang Xi was shocked that Huo Jingxuan would dare to say these words so openly, and she quickly covered his mouth in fright.

"Are you crazy? How can you say such things? Don't you value your life?"

Huo Jingxuan looked at the woman in front of him who was worried about him, and his smile deepened. He stuck out his tongue and licked Jiang Xi's soft palm.

Startled, Jiang Xi hastily withdrew her hand, her face flushing red: "You...how could you?"

Why are you suddenly acting so inappropriately?

Jiang Xi clearly remembered that she was the one who used to tease him, but now he actually…

Huo Jingxuan looked at Jiang Xi, his gaze gradually shifting from indifference to intensity.

He's a smart man; he knows what he wants and what he doesn't want, even though he knows that revealing his feelings first will give the other party leverage over him.

But recalling Shang Que's words and Jiang Xi's actions these past few days, Huo Jingxuan decided to take the risk.

“I know you are different from other women. You would never forget your principles as a human being because of love. I also know why you chose to cooperate with me.”

In your heart, there will always be a battle between us, either for Jiang Fu or for yourself, because we share the same goal.

But I like you, and you like me, so I hope you can still be by my side before this battle comes.

He drew his sword against me, and we became enemies. I don't ask you to give up that position for me, and neither do you.

"Let each rely on their own abilities, and leave the rest to fate, is that alright?"

Jiang Xi was stunned, she really didn't expect Huo Jingxuan to say these things to her.

She thought that someone like him would never reveal his true feelings to others in his entire life.

His candor left Jiang Xi somewhat at a loss as to how to handle the situation.

Huo Jingxuan looked into Jiang Xi's eyes and, seeing that she hesitated to express her opinion, reached out and pulled her to sit on his lap.

"I don't like you spending all your time with that Su Huanqing. There's something else in the way he looks at you besides loyalty..."

Jiang Xi finally came to her senses and looked at Huo Jingxuan blankly, asking, "What else?"

Huo Jingxuan avoided Jiang Xi's gaze and expressed his opinion: "I always feel that he's looking at someone else through you!"

"Another person? My imperial brother? You mean..."

Jiang Xi hurriedly swallowed the words she was about to say, almost choking herself to death.