Worried Lan Zhi might hear them, Ji Qingwu didn't dare struggle too much.
Emperor Wu Su placed a hand on the small of her back and effortlessly pulled her in again.
She was like a fish on a cutting board.
All her struggles were futile. When she would be devoured was entirely up to his mood.
His voice grew husky. In an indulgent, doting tone, he said, "I see you understand everything perfectly. You're always just playing dumb with me."
From that single sentence, Emperor Wu Su keenly sensed a change in her.
She wasn't rejecting intimacy with him now. Instead, she was worried about her family discovering their relationship and being used by people with ulterior motives.
If Mrs. Qiao knew she was the mother of a Prince, and that Jiu Jiu was a Princess, would she still treat them as she had before? Even if Mrs. Qiao was unaffected, who knew what trouble would arise if the Qiao Family and the Ji Family were to find out.
