Chapter 157: You’re Mine Again (2/2)

Even if the contemporary scholars did view the unconventional as beauty and the contrary as fashi+onable, to liaise with a woman he had once forsaken and a nun no less was ultimately not brilliant but absurd

Such an affair would be detrimental to his reputation

He quietly watched Chen Rong, his fingers co for an answer

Chen Rong softly shook her head “It’s not entirely like that”

“I…” She was afraid She was afraid of his kindness She was afraid she would not be able to conceal her feelings It was fear

She feared she would be moved one day, that time would soften her resolve and erase the painful lesson she had learned… If one siive her the protection and peace she wanted, then she felt it hile to try

She didn’t expect hian

At this tirown e and reaching for its curtain

wang Hong impatiently frowned to hear the noises He raised his voice and coldly bade, “Get rid of theuards to respond They rode to the front and began shouting at the crowd

When had the gentleirls couldn’t believe their ears While the guards drove the, is it you? Did you really say that?”

Amid her cries, several others broke into tears

wang Hong si his attention

His elegant hand swept across her hair, giving a tug when his fingers reached her bun

Her Daoist headdress fell off and allowed her dark hair to cascade down her shoulders

He gently captured her chin and lifted it

As they were looking into each other’s eyes, wang Hong lowered his head to Chen Rong’s lips and ?

Chen Rong blinked quizzically

His lipslashes as he whispered, “Do you think I care about this reputation?”

He chuckled, exhaling warmth onto her face “I do a little if I were to be completely honest… But I’d rather be ridiculed by the world if ityou in ht hand and pulled on the curtain

The people outside turned to look

They were stunned to see wang Hong passionately kissing a nun

The eunuch who came on the order of the emperor was also in for a shock

All sounds were sucked into a deafening silence

wang Hong was still clasping Chen Rong in this silence He held her face and, ignoring the crowd’s scrutiny, bit the tip of her nose while capriciously saying: “Look, darling, you’resaid this, he wrapped his ar in front of everyone and then looked up at the eunuch He slightly cocked his head, flashed a smile and politely said, “Please report back to His Majesty that ht now Perhaps another day”

He then knitted his brow and graciously asked, “What is delaying you?”

The young eunuch was at a co had said that Priestess Hong Yunzi was his If wang Hong said she was his in front of everyone, hoould a eunuch like hi a bow and then rode away

The people fro hooves, but the aristocrats and co around to watch…