Chapter 695: Chapter 695: Worse than Beasts Ye Yiheng had been blaming himself for not holding back his strength and making her cry. After returning from the bath, Leng Yu Yan hid inside the bed. Even when someone lay down beside her, she had no intention of turning around to look at him. Neither spoke to the other, making time pass particularly slowly. The weather was getting hotter, and the light blanket on the bed made Leng Yu Yan feel somewhat feverish, but she didn’t want to move, lying stiffly as if out of spite. Ye Yiheng stared at her back for a long time. Seeing her as if she had been crying the entire time, he felt a tightness in his heart and quickly leaned over. “Does it still hurt?” His hand squeezed her arm, his voice filled with tenderness and anxiety. He didn’t know how to comfort people at this moment—what should he do? Leng Yu Yan’s nose tingled. She turned around and burrowed into his embrace, her small hands climbing onto his shoulder, resting her head against his chest, yet still she remained silent. Ye Yiheng couldn’t tell what she was really feeling. He just felt a hot drop on his chest and hurriedly reached to touch her face. Indeed, his hand came away wet with tears. “Yanyan, I’m sorry,” his heart panicked, “I just wasn’t able to restrain myself.” “Can you not bite me? I’m already working on mental preparation. Please, Your Highness, could you give me more time?” Her voice was choked with sobs, sounding pitiful and endearing. “Alright,” Ye Yiheng nodded. He had never felt such desires for other women. This strong possessive desire, he had only for her. And it was becoming increasingly uncontrollable; he desperately wanted to have her. He admitted to himself that he wasn’t a gentle person. His deepest desire was to press her down on the bed and bully her until she cried. He had always been cunning and ruthless, yet his heart was moved only by such a delicate woman. She would blush with just a touch, cry with just a bite, and when she cried, he was powerless. She had truly defeated him. So he admitted she was his scourge. Yet he couldn’t deny that he also liked to see her cry. Ye Yiheng pressed a hand to his forehead, then gently patted her slender back, “Sleep well, I won’t touch you tonight.” “Really?” Leng Yu Yan couldn’t believe it. Just last night she had been so restless she couldn’t sleep, and in the bath just now he had been so aggressive, could he really keep his hands to himself? Ye Yiheng kissed the top of her head: “Really, I’m not a beast.” At the same time, he scorned himself inwardly, feeling even worse than a beast. At the moment, in the land of fireworks. Liu Yun and Yin Shuang, wearing human skin masks, had dressed properly, which indeed attracted quite a few eyes. Even Wei Ruili, who often frequented brothels, was captivated. Following Wei Ruili’s gaze, a staff member of Prince Liang took in the sight of two aloof beauties and couldn’t help but take a few extra glances. Ling Lang, walking past them, flicked his sleeve and poured an entire bottle of Crane Crown Red into the staff member’s drink. The movement was smooth and seamless. After finishing, he immediately left the brothel. Watching Ling Lang leave, Liu Yun and Yin Shuang climbed up the flower building, took a few steps on the corridor, and then disappeared from the crowd’s line of sight. The staff member smiled faintly and shifted his gaze to the woman on the stage swaying her waist. He preferred women who showed a bit more skin. He picked up his cup, his gaze fixed on the stage, and with a raise of his hand, he drained the cup of wine. Wine hit his throat, and he felt a burning sensation. Pain spread unceasingly from within, he wanted to speak but couldn’t. The staff member stood up, clutching his throat with both hands, and in the blink of an eye, blood streamed from his seven orifices. Seeing this, people around stepped back, and the brothel girls screamed in terror. Hearing the cries inside the building, Ling Lang and Liu Yun, along with Yin Shuang, knew their task was complete and, for safety’s sake, split up to leave. Four hours later, the news of the staff member’s sudden death in the fireworks district reached Prince Liang Mansion. Today’s failure to seize Ye Yiheng’s position as Crown Prince had left Ye Zhenyu infuriated. He couldn’t sleep all night, and even the presence of his newly wedded Princess couldn’t spark his interest at all. Upon hearing the news, Ye Zhenyu showed no compassion as he pushed away Zheng Liqi, who was half-leaning on him, got out of bed, donned his outer garment, and swiftly left the bedroom. “What happened? How did he die so violently?” A guard reported, “It is said he died of bleeding from all orifices. The symptoms are similar to Crane Crown Red. The house doctor has examined him. The shape of the poison resembles Crane Crown Red, but the onset is very rapid and not entirely consistent with it.” Thinking of how the staff member had previously dealt with Crane Crown Red on lotus leaf chicken, Ye Zhenyu’s brows furrowed deeply, secretly wondering if it could be Ye Yiheng’s doing. Considering this, he asked sharply, “Have you identified any suspects?” The guard shook his head, “He hadn’t chosen a girl today and was only watching the singing and dancing downstairs, never came into contact with anyone. Moreover, with the constant coming and going of people in the brothel, too many and too mixed, there’s no way to find out immediately.” “I’ve warned him time and again to stay away from places like that, but he wouldn’t listen.” Ye Zhenyu, enraged, swept everything off the table onto the floor. The sound of objects hitting the floor and shattering echoed again and again. Even if he suspected Ye Yiheng, he had no evidence, and the location of the incident was quite embarrassing. The loss of a staff member was a blow he was forced to swallow. Suddenly, he wondered, was Ye Yiheng’s intention in doing this to tell him he couldn’t touch his position as Crown Prince? Ha! He was deterred not in the least! Even if Ye Yiheng no longer had a hidden illness and his vision had returned, so what? Fragility was Ye Yiheng’s greatest weakness. Now all he needed to do was lie in wait, for the day Ye Yiheng passed away would be the day he, Ye Zhenyu, would become the Crown Prince! A day passed, and news of the Crown Prince’s near-deposition, followed by his sudden recovery of sight preserving his place, spread rapidly through the streets and alleys of the capital city. Especially upon hearing this news, the capital city’s noble ladies regretted their previous decisions profoundly. Just half a month ago, they learned that the Crown Prince had no hidden illness, and now they heard that his sight had been restored. Reflecting on Ye Yiheng’s ethereal beauty, they wished time could revert to the start of the previous year. At that time, the Emperor was selecting candidates for the Crown Prince Consort, and many noble ladies found various excuses to refuse marriage. If they had stepped forward to agree to marry him then, the position of Crown Prince Consort wouldn’t have gone to Leng Yu Yan. But there was no medicine for regret. Baili Wenyi, who was searching for someone outside the capital, also heard the news of Ye Yiheng’s restored vision. She always believed he had the strength to retain his position as Crown Prince. But his sudden recovery of sight was indeed a surprise to her. Baili Wenyi suddenly thought, previously, with Ye Yiheng’s blindness, despite Leng Yu Yan’s beauty, he could only hear about it from others as he married her. Now that he could see, it might turn out that in his eyes, Leng Yu Yan’s beauty wasn’t the kind he liked. Thinking thus, an idea crossed Baili Wenyi’s mind; she wanted him to see her, and she wanted to know, between her and Leng Yu Yan, who was considered more beautiful in Ye Yiheng’s heart? For eighteen years, she had never shown romantic feelings toward anyone at her mother’s behest, knowing she bore her mother’s heavy expectations, which was to win the lands of Nandian. Now eighteen, while other girls her age were already married, she had never considered her own matrimonial prospects. Because she felt there was no one worthy of her in the world. Check latest chapters at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝙣𝙚𝙩 But now, things were different!