Chapter 626: Chapter 626: Enticing to Stay Up Late Leng Yu Yan stood frozen on the spot, her stunning smile stiffening, the curve of her lips taut. In an instant, she let out a piercing scream, her hands frantically wrapping around her chest as she burst into loud sobs. Ye Yiheng was also stunned, hurriedly pulling a blanket over to cover her. Even after he had wrapped her in the blanket, the sight that he had just witnessed was etched deep into his mind, overlaying the image he had seen in the water before. “What I saw in the water was exactly this.” He spoke honestly, his voice deep and husky. Leng Yu Yan cried uncontrollably, her delicate shoulders trembling slightly. At the time of the drowning, she had been wearing the fine garments gifted by Consort Xian, which were heavy and had a wide neckline. When she was unconscious in the water, she consciously grabbed at her collar, but in her unconscious state, she couldn’t guarantee what might have been exposed. She had thought that when she was rescued, she might be disheveled at most, with a bit of skin showing, but she hadn’t expected to end up in such a condition. And tonight, when she asked him what she had looked like at that time, why had he replied with words alone and not pulled at her clothes? Indignity and grievance simultaneously surged in her heart. Tears fell like pearls off a broken string, her cry as delicate and sweet as a pear blossom bathed in rain, tenderly adding to her distressed charm. Ye Yiheng had not expected her to cry so violently either. He clenched his fists, his voice becoming hoarse with comfort, “Don’t cry, no one else saw you in the water.” “But you saw,” she replied. “But now I am your husband.” “But you weren’t then.” “That’s why I said I would tell you after the wedding,” he pulled her into his arms, “Don’t cry anymore.” They say women are made of water, and it seemed true at this very moment. Leng Yu Yan cried even louder, her body held in his embrace, her face against his shoulder, her tears soaking his wedding robe. Grasping the blanket with one hand and attempting to push against his chest with the other, she tried to wipe the tears from her face. In doing so, the corner of the blanket she was holding fell, and her body pressed tightly against his. In panic, she used all her strength to push him away, managing only then to pull up her wedding dress. The layers of the wedding dress she hastily pulled up just barely covered what was necessary, leaving her chest slightly exposed, and her collarbones brazenly tempting the man before her. As Leng Yu Yan was still looking down and arranging her neckline, the hidden depths in Ye Yiheng’s eyes resurfaced, and with a single hand on her shoulder, he pressed her down onto the bed. The suddenness of his actions left Leng Yu Yan stunned, even causing her to forget to cry. The two of them, one above the other, locked eyes. In an instant, the room, bathed in a red glow, became filled with an ambiguous air. Ye Yiheng supported himself with his hands on the bed, trying not to let his weight crush her. “What, what do you want to do?” Leng Yu Yan asked in astonishment. The night was deep; the world outside the bridal chamber silent, so quiet that she could easily hear her own erratic heartbeat. Then, she heard him say in a deep voice, “Yanyan, tonight is our wedding night.” Her response was meek, her voice soft and nasal. Seeing that she had stopped crying, Ye Yiheng’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his voice lowering, “Can we be more intimate?” “Ah?” She was puzzled. She had probably thought he just wanted to sleep holding her close, but her intuition told her it might not be so simple. The nervousness and panic she had felt before the wedding resurged. Ye Yiheng sat up straight, beginning to take off his wedding robe. Finally releasing his hold on her, Leng Yu Yan shrank back to the corner of the bed, gathering her robes around her, watching the man across from her disrobe. Seeing him left in only his inner clothes and trousers, Leng Yu Yan turned away and murmured, “You saw my body last year, did you marry me because you felt responsible?” He wrapped his arms around her from behind, his slender, jade-like hands moving to untie her waist sash. “Ah?” Leng Yu Yan caught his wandering hands. “Yes,” he changed his words, then added, “I just can’t understand, all I want is to marry you.” He didn’t want any other women at all. Before he had saved her in the water, he had already thought about tying her down to him. With these words, he laid her down on the bed and once again embraced her tightly from behind. Leng Yu Yan hiccupped with sobs, her voice tender, “It’s late, tomorrow we have to present tea at the palace, can we go to sleep now?” Ye Yiheng rested his head on her neck, enveloped in warm, fragrant softness, so delicate it made his throat parched and his heart palpitate. “Yanyan, can we sleep a little later, is that alright?” His voice trailed off, coaxing her gently. She was held too tightly by him, Leng Yu Yan felt extremely uncomfortable, twisted her body, and struggled, but couldn’t break free. At that moment, she felt an uncomfortable poking at her lower back. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽 The feeling grew stronger, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. She quickly reacted, mustering her Inner Strength to push him away, and sat up straight. The sensation in her lower back could not be mistaken, she held onto her waist, fear and panic coming over her together, she stuttered in accusation, “You, you, you don’t have a hidden illness?” Her words were discordant. Ye Yiheng looked down at himself, his handsome face blushing slightly, “Perhaps the Crown Princess Consort has cured me.” She had only treated his eye disease, cold disease, and removed the poison from his body, but had not yet treated his hidden illness. Had he been deceiving her all along? “Liar!” She cursed and, not satisfied, jumped out of bed, “I want to go home now, you’ve deceived me into marriage!” As she jumped, her garments suddenly came undone, and she hurriedly gathered them. “This is our home,” he said. Ye Yiheng, tall and long-legged, swiftly pulled her into his embrace. It was their wedding night, and the formalities had not yet been completed. Moreover, going back to her parent’s house would require a three-day formal visit. Leng Yu Yan still didn’t understand, everyone in the world said he was impotent, even those close to him thought so, where exactly had things gone wrong? “Why didn’t you have any reaction to the soup dumplings that had been spiked?” Thinking back to the nourishing soups she had made for him, only to have him feed her two spoonfuls, it seemed she had been playing the fool all along. And he was the one making fun of the fool! She also recalled the many times she comforted him with her words, not minding his impotence or caring about his hidden illness. At this moment, she wished she could find a crack in the ground to hide herself. Ye Yiheng turned her around, his gaze deep as he looked at her. “After eating the dumplings, I sought out Ling Lang for an antidote.” Now, recalling the huge antidote he had taken, he never wanted to taste it a second time in his life. “Do you use the world’s rumor without correcting it to keep me by your side, is that right?” Because he was thought to be impotent before, they had shared a bed early. Even the elders in the family turned a blind eye to it, all because he was incapable of consummating the marriage. But now she discovered that he was, in fact, a normal man. A normal man disregards rumors from the outside world because he has absolute strength or he has other purposes in mind. How could his thoughts be so deep? Ye Yiheng didn’t deny it and said directly, “I have said I would keep you by my side. It was true before, it is true now, and it will be true in the future.” “Liar!” She clenched her fist and hit him. The man allowed her to beat him without striking back, waiting until she stopped, and then he suddenly confessed, “I like you!” Leng Yu Yan wanted to flee. She had only run a few steps when her arm was seized by him, and her body was pulled back into his embrace. He easily restrained her, his eyes reddening with emotion, his voice low and seductive, “For me, the Crown Princess Consort is like the dawn breaking after an eternal night.”