Your Highness, Please Love Me Tender

68. Prince Qin’s Feelings

Translator: Flying Lines

When he kissed Su Jie’s lips, Xiao Luoxuan became excited.

It was like the handsome young man’s soft lips carried a mysterious current; a current which instantly circulated through Xiao Luoxuan’s limbs and bones.

It felt like the spring day when hundreds of flowers blossomed had arrived. The spring breeze blew past and caused ripples to form in his heart.

From his flesh to his spirit, Xiao Luoxuan felt happiness beyond measurement at this moment in time.

The Sharp Sword… the Sharp Sword was his, and he could only belong to him. He must belong to him!

Xiao Luoxuan’s two arms hugged Su Jie as he kissed the youth warmly. It was just like he had acquired a piece of precious porcelain that could shatter at the slightest touch.

Su Jie froze.

He had never imagined that there would be a day when Xiao Luoxuan would… kiss him.

But why was his first reaction to push him away?

The feeling of warm lips upon his caused a mix of complex emotions to rush up to the forefronts of his mind.

On the other hand, Xiao Luoxuan felt like he was flying in the vast blue skies. In an instant, all of his unpleasant thoughts were tossed into the dark recesses of his mind.

He extended his tongue, wanting to pry apart the youth’s lips.

But Su Jie pushed him away instead.

Within a moment, there was only empty air within Xiao Luoxuan’s embrace, even his mind emptied as his hug did.

It was like the warmth and the weight he had felt against his lips just now were nothing but a wisp of his imagination.

Xiao Luoxuan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. At this moment, he felt as if he’d lost something.

The expression on Su Jie’s face was cold. He knelt down on one knee, and said with his clear and pleasant voice, “I have offended Master. This underling is guilty of a crime for which this underling deserves to die a thousand deaths.” There was no hint of unsteadiness in his voice.

Xiao Luoxuan didn’t have anything to say to that. He suddenly understood the meaning of ‘a watched pot never boils’, so when Su Jie pushed him away, Xiao Luoxuan woke up from the bliss he had experienced before. He no longer insisted on the kiss and only watched the handsome youth that knelt before him firmly.

Su Jie maintained his cool and expressionless look. His white robes gave him an impression of a high mountain’s snow which refused to melt no matter how much time had passed. The snow was such that could only be admired from afar but couldn’t be touched.

Xiao Luoxuan’s emotions gradually calmed down. There was no guessing as to what he was thinking about.

He retrieved a bottle of medicine from the pocket inside his robes and tossed it at Su Jie’s feet. “This is the antidote for the insect’s poison.”

“Thank you, Master.” No matter how slow Su Jie was, he was still aware of the special feelings Prince Qin held towards him. But his heart was filled with a mixture of joy and fear. If he had known this before he approached Prince Rui, then he would definitely respond without a hint of hesitation like a moth drawn to a flame. But the present was not the past. Not to mention, he had already given his body to Xiao Shengnian and with Zhou Zaiyue’s appearance, Su Jie was no longer an ordinary man of sacrifice.

He would eventually shoulder the enormous responsibility of retaking State Yanling’s lost throne. Also, the deaths of Su Shuche and Jin Zheng were currently being investigated. Once the Guqin Master was proved to be related to these deaths, then Prince Qin and the Guqin Master would become Su Jie’s enemies.

Therefore… he and Prince Qin were never meant to be.

“Look after yourself. Go.” The tone in which Xiao Luoxuan spoke with was heavy.

“Yes.” Su Jie did not look back. He rose to leave the room without a backward glance.

But just as he was about to step out, he heard Xiao Luoxuan command, “Sharp Sword… you just need to have a good time at Prince Rui’s residence. If Prince Rui bullies you or mistreats you, you can come to find me at any time. I will always support you.”

“… thank you, Master.” As Su Jie walked another step, he could not tell just what he was feeling.

“I will convince uncle to allow you to return to my side as soon as possible.” Undoubtedly, Xiao Luoxuan was a clever man. He knew how to gain the loyalty of a man of sacrifice so, naturally, he also knew how to keep Su Jie by his side. He didn’t even need to do anything. He just needed to express the words from his heart that he wanted to say, using his sincere feelings to move the Sharp Sword.

As he saw that Su Jie had stopped walking, Xiao Luoxuan added, “At first, I wanted to let you stay by my side forever. If uncle hadn’t insisted on having you approach Prince Rui, perhaps… perhaps you wouldn’t have to suffer living in Prince Rui’s residence…”

The scales in Su Jie’s heart quickly tipped in Prince Qin’s favor.

In the end, it seemed that Xiao Luoxuan still had a place in his heart. Now that he heard Xiao Luoxuan’s disguised confession, Su Jie naturally couldn’t repress the feelings he had had for so many years. He suddenly wanted to turn back and embrace the Prince he had liked for such a long time.

Even though Su Jie discovered that he didn’t reject Prince Rui, Xiao Shengnian, anymore, he did indeed approach Xiao Shengnian with impure aims at the beginning. Also, Su Jie himself did not want to approach Prince Rui, he was only following his orders so, there was always a thread of caution in Su Jie’s heart from the very start.

Caution towards Prince Rui, caution towards the Guqin Master and caution towards Prince Qin…

And now, Prince Qin, Xiao Luoxuan, was using a tone laden with regret to say such things. The wisp of weak resentment towards Prince Qin in Su Jie’s heart dissipated away.

“I have made you suffer.” Xiao Luoxuan continued to use his sincere feelings as ammunition. He watched the youth’s white and erect silhouette, as the warmth in his eyes flowed out.

“I am willing to die for Master.” In the end, Su Jie didn’t turn around to face Xiao Luoxuan. With this last sentence, cool and unfeeling, he left.

Xiao Luoxuan would never have thought that the ambiguous atmosphere he created would be shattered so carelessly by the Sharp Sword, a man of sacrifice. He wondered if he actually did manage to convey his most earnest sentiments, yet it felt like he was talking to a brick wall.

“It looks like I’ll have to use a more forceful approach next time.” After some time as his moods changed unstably, Xiao Luoxuan eventually summarised that there was no use in trying to use his feelings to move Su Jie. He was an expressionless man of sacrifice from the start. Xiao Luoxuan simply didn’t know the key to have Su Jie open his heart to him.