After Mistakenly Provoking The Soft, Unhinged Princess O - Chapter 10

“But didn’t you say before that Her Highness’s headaches acted up because she smelled Qianyuan scent pheromones?” Qinhe asked anxiously.

“That was indeed the case before,” Qin Shuang explained. “I always believed Her Highness’s constitution was special, and that she could not smell any Qianyuan scent pheromones at all. But this time, the situation is different. The consort’s scent pheromones not only did not trigger rejection in Her Highness’s body; on the contrary, they merged very well with Her Highness’s own scent. That is why I believe Her Highness’s previous rejection of other Qianyuan scent pheromones was because those Qianyuan’s scents were not compatible with Her Highness’s. Since the two could not merge, they caused her body’s rejection reaction. The consort’s scent pheromones are different. According to Her Highness’s description, the consort’s scent should be deeply compatible with Her Highness’s. And last night…”

Qin Shuang’s words paused slightly. Seeing that Yan Lingshu’s expression did not change, she chose her wording carefully and continued, “And last night, the temporary marking happened too frequently. Too much of the consort’s scent pheromone was injected, which caused a certain effect on both of your bodies. Generally speaking, a temporary mark will make a Kunze and a Qianyuan somewhat dependent on each other for seven days. That is why, when the consort is too far away, Her Highness feels an unbearable headache and emotional agitation, but when the consort appears, those symptoms can immediately ease.”

“Then what you mean is that the consort needs to stay by Her Highness’s side at all times?” Qinhe frowned.

“That is not quite necessary,” Qin Shuang suggested cautiously. “So-called scent pheromone soothing, aside from directly smelling the scent pheromones, can also come from simple contact such as touching the skin, or a deeper form of contact, such as intimate contact like kissing. A step further would be a temporary mark. The deeper the contact, the better the effect. After contact, it should be fine even if they do not see each other for a short while.”

Qin Shuang almost forced herself to finish those words. Since she had already spoken this far, she simply said the rest in one breath. “Her Highness’s headache can still be eased now because of the consort’s appearance, but if there continues to be no contact, I fear it may worsen. Both the body and the gland may experience varying degrees of discomfort because of it. Since pain relief pills are no longer effective, other medicines will likely have very little effect as well. I ask Her Highness to consider her own body…”

“Will these symptoms disappear after seven days?” Yan Lingshu asked calmly.

The moment Qin Shuang heard this, she understood what Yan Lingshu meant. Yan Lingshu was nearly the most disobedient patient she had ever seen when it came to medical advice. She was accustomed to enduring pain and ignoring discomfort.

Compared with making contact with a Qianyuan, perhaps she would rather endure the headaches.

“Please forgive me, Your Highness. This subordinate cannot say for certain.” Qin Shuang stood, lowering her head respectfully. “Perhaps seven days, perhaps one month. If it is only some mild pain, that would be one thing. But if glandular loss of control occurs later on…”

Yan Lingshu’s expression stirred slightly.

Today, the Qianyuan’s gland had already lost control once.

“Her Highness wants Physician Qin to examine me?” Yu Qingci had originally been in the courtyard competing with a stone table. Halfway through moving it, she had been called back by Yan Lingshu’s people.

The maidservant led her into the side hall and lowered her head. “Her Highness said for the consort to receive treatment here first.”

Yu Qingci glanced in the direction of the main hall, but she was not surprised.

She had made Yan Lingshu angry today, so it was only reasonable that Yan Lingshu did not want to see her right now.

Qin Shuang was waiting inside the hall. Yu Qingci walked over and generously stretched out her hand. “I’ll have to trouble Physician Qin.”

She had been thinking of inviting a physician to take a look anyway. Yan Lingshu’s personal physician was definitely good. Since she could use her, why not?

“Consort, you are too polite.” Qin Shuang sat down and placed her fingers on Yu Qingci’s pulse, diagnosing carefully. During the examination, she asked many questions about Yu Qingci’s physical condition.

Yu Qingci answered honestly and volunteered, “Today at the Yu Estate, when I was walking very quickly, for some reason, my gland suddenly released scent pheromones on its own. I didn’t notice it at all. Is there some problem?”

Qin Shuang’s heart skipped, but her expression remained calm. “When the consort’s scent pheromones lost control, were you with Her Highness?”

“Ah, yes.” Yu Qingci nodded, somewhat embarrassed. “Her Highness wasn’t feeling well, so I carried her back to my courtyard to rest.”

“I understand.” Qin Shuang withdrew the pulse pillow and stood. “There is nothing seriously wrong with the consort’s body. Please be at ease.”

Yu Qingci watched helplessly as Qin Shuang quickly walked back to the main hall. She had originally thought there was no major problem, but Qin Shuang’s “be at ease” left her feeling unsettled instead.

No, if there was a problem, then say it. Why are you going back to the main hall?

Was there some secret about her body that only Yan Lingshu could know?

Yu Qingci could neither sit nor stand comfortably, but she thought that Yan Lingshu probably truly did not want to see her right now, so she stubbornly waited until the xu hour before entering the inner chamber.

Yan Lingshu sat on the soft couch. One hand was pressed to her forehead, rubbing slowly and lightly, her brows furrowed.

Yu Qingci took a step closer and asked with concern, “Does Your Highness have a headache?”

Yan Lingshu lifted her eyes to look at her, the emotions in her gaze hard to read.

Being stared at by her made Yu Qingci feel terribly guilty. She smiled to ease the awkwardness. “Your Highness is looking at me like that. Could it be that after not seeing me for so long, you missed me?”

Counting the time, they had probably not seen each other for about two hours.

Perhaps because she wanted so badly to know the state of her own body, Yu Qingci felt that by the end, her emotions had become somewhat irritable. Even her gland had been affected, nearly losing control and releasing scent pheromones.

All these symptoms were telling her that something was wrong with her. Very wrong.

After Yu Qingci finished speaking, she felt even more awkward.

She was just wondering what she could say to break the silence.

Yan Lingshu, who had been looking at her all this time, suddenly curved her brows. Her dark, moist pupils reflected flecks of starlight as she looked at Yu Qingci with a faint smile. “Yes. I missed Qingci.”

Yu Qingci felt her brain knot up in an instant. Even her reactions became a little sluggish.

She should have looked away and avoided Yan Lingshu’s smile, but her eyes seemed to have been caught in a spiderweb. No matter what, she could not move them away.

Yan Lingshu truly was beautiful. She only needed to sit there and smile faintly to steal a person’s mind and spirit, leaving them dazed and lost.

Her mind knew very clearly that this was a soft and beautiful man-eating flower, yet her feet moved forward beyond her control.

“Really?” She walked to stand before Yan Lingshu, lowering her head to look at her. Her hand felt a sudden impulse to stroke that hibiscus-like face.

Yan Lingshu looked up at her and raised her hand, gently hooking it around Yu Qingci’s neck.

Yu Qingci bent down with the force of her pull, bringing their gazes level.

Yan Lingshu leaned closer, the tip of her nose lightly touching Yu Qingci’s.

Their breaths tangled together, just like last night.

“Qingci, your scent pheromones…”

Yan Lingshu had not really said anything, yet it was as if she had said a great deal.

The already somewhat uncontrollable gland pulsed, and Yu Qingci could not help releasing her scent pheromones.

The rich jasmine fragrance wound around Yan Lingshu, wrapping tightly around the Kunze before her and lingering at the gland on the back of her neck, unwilling to leave.

The smile in Yan Lingshu’s eyes thinned.

Perhaps they had been separated for too long. Yu Qingci’s appearance alone had not been enough to ease her headache. But the moment the Qianyuan’s scent pheromones were released, all the discomfort vanished.

Yet the infatuation in Yu Qingci’s eyes at this moment made her instinctively repulsed.

Her body and emotions seemed to be pulling in two extremes. Yan Lingshu only felt a faint ache beginning at her forehead again.

The jasmine fragrance grew richer and richer, yet Yan Lingshu could not help wanting to push away the Qianyuan before her.

Just as she was about to push her away, Yu Qingci suddenly closed her eyes. She leaned forward, the tip of her nose brushing past the side of Yan Lingshu’s face. Her hands braced on either side of Yan Lingshu to steady herself, exposing the gland at the back of her neck before Yan Lingshu without holding anything back.

“Your Highness, if you need it, my scent pheromones can be released for you at any time.”

“It is just that Your Highness does not need to act as if you admire me anymore.”