After conquering seven male favorites, the vicious heroine wants to run away

Chapter 151 Heartfelt Memories

"What? You want a 20% cut of the profits from my Tao Family Chamber of Commerce?"

As the saying goes, "You can sit at home and have money fall from the sky."

Shi Nuanyu held up ten fingers and counted; the Tao family's business spanned multiple countries, and she was about to become rich.

She transmigrated and became a rich and beautiful woman in the human world; she's going to become the Queen Mother of the West.

With her hand on his forehead, Shi Nuanyu seriously felt his temperature and couldn't help but ask.

"Tao Huiyan, are you out of your mind? Why are you giving me such a large sum of money for no reason?"

He brought her back to the Tao family's old house in a mysterious way, and then gave her money in a mysterious way. He must be either mentally ill or have too much money to spend.

Tao Huiyan took the opportunity to stroke her hand, her eyes narrowed and she smiled alluringly.

"My life belongs to Your Highness, and what I possess naturally belongs to Your Highness as well."

This person was releasing bewitching and seductive power. Shi Nuanyu squinted and withdrew her hand to distance herself from him.

"Be normal, and don't seduce or tempt people."

The laughter is abnormal, and the person is abnormal too.

Tao Huiyan leaned her body, her chin furrowed, and the light gauze slipped down, revealing most of her abdominal muscles.

Don't let his lack of martial arts skills fool you; he has all the essentials, with an elegant and muscular physique and well-defined abdominal muscles beneath his firm chest.

Every gesture and movement exudes endless allure and seduction.

"Your Highness, have you been seduced by me, Tao?"

He finally understood that the woman in front of him was clueless when it came to relationships, and only by being honest with her would she open her heart.

The gleaming white chest was truly eye-catching, and Shi Nuanyu rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Do I need to remind you again to put your clothes on properly? Have you forgotten how you used to be out of breath after just a few steps?"

"Times have changed. With Your Highness's protection, my health has also been safeguarded."

Seeing her looking around, Tao Huiyan kindly explained, "All the old wooden things in the Tao family's old house have been driven back to my hometown in Yuancheng by me. From now on, the Tao family will be under my sole command."

"I see. No wonder I didn't see them this time."

Shi Nuanyu suddenly realized that she shouldn't interfere in the Tao family's affairs, but he acted quite quickly.

As spring grew warmer, servants brought over chilled mung bean soup. She took a sip and cast a meaningful glance at him.

"Tell me, are you trying to curry favor with me by offering me 20% of the profits, so that things will be easier for you in the future?"

After all, the status of being married to a royal princess is still quite useful.

Tao Huiyan took out a handkerchief to wipe the soup from the corner of her lips, "I am His Highness's husband, why didn't I cling to His Highness's coattails long ago?"
I humbly request Your Highness to show me mercy, for I have been kept awake at night by this lonely figure.

His days for serving the emperor were taken up by others for several days, and they were forced to vomit them all up morning and night.

After finishing her mung bean soup, Shi Nuanyu walked up to him, somewhat speechless, and forcefully closed his half-covering purple robe.

"Peach Returns to Swallow, if you continue like this, I will divorce you when I return to the palace."

She couldn't even sit still while drinking mung bean soup, almost making her choke.

"It's truly like casting a seductive glance at a blind man," Tao Huiyan said helplessly, rubbing her forehead as she looked at her body wrapped up like a dumpling. "Your Highness, could you please release me first?"

Shi Nuanyu loosened her grip slightly, but seeing the teasing look in his eyes, she tightened her grip again.

"Do we really need to talk this out properly?"

Tao Huiyan nodded repeatedly.

"I, Tao, guarantee this."

Shi Nuanyu loosened her crumpled clothes, slumped into the chair next to him, and ate a plate of dried fruit.

"Speak, what is it?"

Tao Huiyan slowly smoothed out the wrinkles on her clothes, and spoke slowly about things that had been on her mind.

"Does Your Highness wish to know where the Gu worms in my body came from?"

These words, spoken with the air of a storyteller, made Shi Nuanyu sit up straight, her eyes sparkling. She personally poured him a cup of tea to moisten his mouth, her gaze urging him to continue. "Your Highness is truly..."

In the business world, he was a master strategist and had a firm grasp of the overall situation, but these qualities were useless to her.

He gathered his emotions and continued, "When I was six years old, my mother personally cut open the flesh around my heart and planted a Gu worm."

A month later, my mother fell into a demonic possession and hanged herself in the ancestral hall. My father, heartbroken, followed her in death. From then on, my health gradually deteriorated, and the doctors I consulted all said I wouldn't live past twenty-five.

My father was the eldest son of the Tao family and was skilled in business. After his death, the Tao family's business gradually declined, and the relatives blamed me for the failure.

But they didn't give up, believing that Tao had inherited his father's business acumen, and devoted themselves to nurturing me.

When he spoke of his sad past, a sorrowful look appeared on his face, as if he no longer cared about the past.

A small figure appeared in Shi Nuanyu's mind, locked in the study day and night, studying poorly and unable to eat or sleep well. If she made a mistake, she would be punished.

Seeing the heartache in her eyes, Tao Huiyan gently stroked her furrowed brows.

“I no longer care about those things,” he said, lost in his memories again. “They wanted to control my life. That year, Your Highness happened to pass by the Tao family's shop.”

To break this deadlock, I deliberately appeared before His Highness and became one of his people, after which they dared not lay a hand on me.

Given the circumstances, he had no choice but to do this, gambling that Princess Nanyue would be attracted to his looks, and also gambling that the Tao family wouldn't dare to act recklessly.

He won his gamble and used his status as a royal male favorite to seize power in the Tao family. However, when he tried to move on to the next step of his plan, she had become someone else entirely.

Shi Nuanyu recalled his actions when they first met, so the promise he made back then was given to him by the original owner.

She asked directly, "What is a promise?"

Tao Huiyan's eyes widened slightly, then she smiled gently, "Your Highness has promised to protect the Tao family for life, and I, Tao, will unconditionally agree to anything Your Highness may do."

Anything!

Does this also include accompanying the Second Prince of Dongchen in the original book?

Has she forgotten something?
Since Tao Huiyan promised the original owner that he would not betray her, why did he later go back on his word and help Yu Changfeng and others conquer Nanyue?
Is it really full of suspicious points?
Shi Nuanyu asked suspiciously, "Why are you willing to tell me now?"

She wasn't the original owner of this body, yet he was willing to believe her and keep his promise.

Tao Huiyan walked up to her and slowly squatted down, solemnly taking her hand. "I don't want to deceive Your Highness anymore."

He didn't want to cause her any trouble, like the Imperial Advisor.

"As Your Highness's husband, Your Highness should know everything about me."

The six hours spent in the hot spring made him realize his true feelings. Not competing or fighting was not in his nature. He also wanted to enter her heart and make a place for himself in that pure land.

Here they come, with familiar eyes and a familiar recipe.

Shi Nuanyu sighed silently. Her affectionate peach blossom eyes were filled with tenderness even for the dog. She covered his eyes and commanded, "Go back and sit properly."

As darkness enveloped her, Tao Huiyan took her hand and kissed it reverently on the back of her fair hand.

"Your Highness need not worry. I ask for nothing more than to stay by Your Highness's side."

Before Shi Nuanyu could react, he had already returned to his seat and sat down, as if nothing had happened.

The burning heat on the back of her hand told her it was real.

Tao Huiyan picked up his teacup and drank it. A drop of tea slid down his neck and into his clothes, the cooled tea calming his restless heart.

He carefully observed her expression out of the corner of his eye, and seeing no disgust in her eyes, his tense heart relaxed slightly.

"That day, Young Master Fusheng took my pulse and found an unknown poison in my blood."

Just as Shi Nuanyu calmed down, she heard the word "poison".

As expected, the men around her are all leading men; they receive all the treatment a leading man should have.

Men who fight and snatch, and even offer dowries—that kind of man only exists in novels. Girls, just read about it and don't let yourself be blinded in real life.

Small blessings

Tao Huiyan: I wish all readers good fortune and happiness in all four seasons.