The item she had picked up was the jade pendant, and Jun Xiqing smashed it against Lu Yeming's forehead in anger.

Surprisingly, he didn't duck. The jade pendant fell onto the soft, sheepskin rug, while his forehead bruised and bled.

Glaring at him angrily, Jun Xiqing's chest was heaving. She had never hated someone so much before!

She didn't want to get pregnant.

Why must he get her pregnant?

Why should she bear children for him?

The atmosphere in the room was suffocating. One could clearly hear Jun Xiqing's heavy breathing as she stood there, fists clenched. In contrast, Lu Yeming appeared calm, controlled and completely emotionless.

"What happened?"

The door to the room was pushed open as Fan Men and Ping Ping hurried in.

"Oh my goodness, my Lord. You are injured!"

On seeing Lu Yeming's bleeding forehead, Fan Men rushed toward the first-aid box.

Meanwhile, Jun Xiqing clenched her fists. "Have someone get me the morning after pill. I need to take the morning after pill!"

As Lu Yeming stood there quietly, he watched her camly with his deep eyes. "You have scolded me and hit me. Your anger should be lessened now, right? So stop saying childish things such as taking morning after pills. I already told you that if you get pregnant, just give birth to the child. I will look after both you and the child."

Was this man serious? Jun Xiqing's eyes were red with anger. It was clear that he was not going to give her the morning after pill.

This was the palace and his territory. If he said there were no morning after pills, then there would not be any such pills.

If she got pregnant…

It was very easy for a woman at her age to get pregnant. Not only that, it had been some time since her period last ended. It was her fertile period now.

No, she didn't want to get pregnant!

With her fingers digging into her flesh, Jun Xiqing clenched her fists, her slender body shaking. "I want to leave this place. I will listen to you. From now on, I will stay far away from you.

"Lu Yeming, I surrender to your madness. I can't afford to cross you so I will hide away from you."

Lu Yeming smirked. The blooding trickling down his forehead made him appear exceptionally cold and malevolent. He took two steps forward and held onto her chin with his long fingers. "Qingqing, can you stop being so naive? I let you go once but you came back looking for me. I will not let you go again. Now, in the future and forever."

"What do you mean? Are you going to imprison me to be your sex slave? To be a hen laying eggs for you?"

"Qingqing." Lu Yeming reached out to caress her hair tenderly. "This depends on you. I stand by what I said. Marry me and be my Empress. You are a smart person and surely know better than to end up being a mere statusless pet of mine?"

At those callous words, Jun Xiqing's heart turned cold. The man standing before her was frightening beyond bounds. She had been the only one kicking up a fuss in this fight of theirs. Meanwhile, his brows hadn't even shown the slightest wrinkle.

All the while he remained calm and dignified.

"Alright, don't be angry anymore. Tonight, I will take you out for dinner. Let me get the secretary to make reservations."

With that, he kissed her soft, fragrant forehead. "I have a meeting now, so I will take my leave first."

Then he was gone.

…

He left.

He left just like that.

Behind his departing figure, Jun Xiqing was rooted to the ground. She could hear him commanding calmly outside. "Get two bodyguards to follow Miss Jun wherever she goes."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Follow her? Jun Xiqing felt like laughing. He was completely restricting her freedom to the point that he was assigning bodyguards to watch over her.

That demon!

Jun Xiqing's legs went soft and she collapsed to her knees upon the carpeted ground.

"Your Highness." Ping Ping looked at Jun Xiqing with concern, but what could she do? They were both equally helpless against the man.

Soft hands slowly picked up the jade pendant as she looked over it. It was perfectly fine, there were no cracks.

But in the very next second, she froze.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?"

Jun Xiqing looked at up Ping Ping. "This jade pendant is a fake!"

…

The study.

Lu Yeming put a simple bandage on his forehead before pushing open the study door and entering.

He came to a sudden halt.

Behind him, Fan Men immediately went on the alert. He peered into the study to see his Lord's black leather chair turned with the back facing them. There was someone sitting in it!

This was the palace and the study was an important, restricted area. But this person managed to easily gain access.

No, there was one person who could. Dongfang Yu.

Fan Men immediately reached for the gun by his waist. Lu Yeming spoke without turning his head. "Guard the outside."

Then he entered the study and shut the door.

Your Highness!

Before Fan Men could say out the words, the door was slammed shut in front of him.

…

Inside the study.

Lu Yeming lifted his chin and spoke up in a low, magnetic voice. "The first thing you do right after leaving the prison is to come looking for me? Why, have you fallen in love with me?"

The black leather chair turned slowly to reveal a devilishly handsome face. Dongfang Yu was wearing a black leather jacket and he said regretfully, "The first thing I did after I left the prison was to visit a high-class club to seek out their top girl for a good time. How regretful, you are no longer my true love after you sent me to prison six years ago."

Lu Yeming undid the first button of his white shirt before sitting on the sofa. He put his hands in his pockets and smirked. "Ah, I guess I am to blame for not arranging some pretty ladies for you while you were in prison."

"Ha." Dongfang Yu let out an evil laugh. "I don't want just any pretty lady. I want my baby."

"Your baby?" Lu Yeming snorted. "Calling your own sister, 'Baby'. Dongfang Yu, you are truly perverted."

"Lu Yeming, you are in love with your own sister. Are you the only one who is allowed to be perverted?"

At the mention of his own sister, Lu Yeming's deep, almond-shaped eyes flashed with a cold malevolence.

"Are you angry? Alright, don't be mad. I was just teasing. Let's be serious. Where's my baby?"

Dongfang Yu had been by Jun Xiqing's side since the day she was born. She was an adorable pink little bundle and he doted on her to the extremes.

After Jun Xiqing disappeared, Dongfang Yu went crazy searching for her. Everyone knew that this powerful fiend had a sister complex. His little sister was his life.

"I haven't found her."

A derisive scoff left Dongfang Yu's lips. "Do you take me for a fool? Lu Yeming, since a long time ago, you already planned to take over Jiu You and expand your territory. It should have been easy for you to overthrow Jiu You after you threw me into prison six years ago. But you were afraid of the legendary ancient Jiu You Beast, Bailing. The Jiu You prophecy states that a Jiu You Holy Lady would be born in a hundred years' time, and the Bailing would rise for her. You are more desperate than anyone else to find my baby, and then… kill her?"

Lu Yeming raised his brows but remained silent.

"But there's another possibility. My baby was so adorable since the day she was born, so surely she must have grown up to be a beautiful young lady. It is impossible for President Lu to fall in love with her. But you can imprison her and use her for sex, to have her forever within the palm of your hand. To have the Bailing forever in slumber. Thereafter, you can take over Jiu You."