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Dongfang Lie raised his hand, stopping Chu Xuyao from offering any further advice: "Xuyao, I understand what you're saying! I never intended to let her go, but I feel that letting these traitors die too easily would be too lenient on them!" Her beautiful lips, glistening with a red sheen, curled slightly upwards, as if Rongyue could see the wicked grin of a demon: "Why not just make her a slave? Watching that once arrogant young lady serve me like a servant, ha, that would be a pleasure for me!"

Rongyue glared at Chu Xuyao again, her accusatory and reproachful gaze seeming to roar at Chu Xuyao, whose iron face stood beside her, his expression unpredictable—"It's all your fault!!"

Volume One, Pear Blossom Courtyard, Melting Moon, Chapter Forty: Dongfang Lie's Fury

The autumn wind was bleak and the weather was cold; the grass and trees withered, and dew turned to frost! A chilly breeze swept by, ruffling Rongyue's bangs and dispelling her lingering drowsiness. Feeling the pervasive autumn wind and gazing at the slightly glaring white frost on the grass, Rongyue wrapped her thin palace dress tighter around herself, sighing helplessly: "Alas, the spirit of autumn!"

Carrying the sandalwood palace lantern with its pale yellow glow, Rongyue struggled to lift her sore and swollen eyelids, glanced at the slightly slanted morning star in the sky, and sighed again: It's already past midnight! But turning back to look at the tightly closed palace door behind her, and listening to the sounds of demons fighting that occasionally drifted through the thick wooden door, Rongyue was utterly speechless! They're really going all out! Doesn't this lustful emperor fear dying from exhaustion?

She'd been captured by that dog of an emperor, Dongfang Lie, for three days now, and had been subjected to erotic performances outside the door for three nights straight. That son of a bitch was truly insane! She could tolerate him pouring tea, serving water, undressing her, combing her hair, rubbing her back, massaging her, even washing her feet, but why did he have to subject her ears to this torture every night? He'd be making a racket for most of the night, as if showing off how powerful he was! It was truly baffling; did he even find this interesting?

"Achoo!" Rongyue sneezed loudly, rubbing her red nose vigorously, and rolled her eyes at the tightly closed palace door. The damned emperor is enjoying himself while she has to suffer in the cold and hardship—how despicable, how perverted!

As if responding to Rongyue's complaints, the battle inside intensified, the woman's moans growing louder and louder. Even the creaking of the bed could be clearly heard through the wooden door. Inside, passion raged, while outside, a cold wind whistled, leaving Rongyue alone. Stomping her stiff feet, Rongyue breathed on her numb hands to warm them, silently cursing: This heartless emperor will die in bed one day!

The palace gradually returned to calm after the woman let out a scream that sounded like a mixture of pain and pleasure.

Whew—it's finally over! It's amazing, it's almost an hour earlier than the previous two nights. Wow, what a miracle!

Stretching her stiff limbs, Rongyue picked up the palace lantern, opened her mouth and yawned, waiting for the emperor's order so she could go back to bed and catch up on her sleep...

"Come in!" Just as Rong Yue was about to leave with her eyelids drooping, Dongfang Lie's deep, resonant voice rang out. Perhaps because he had just quelled his passion, Dongfang Lie's voice was slightly sensual and husky.

Huh? Was she hallucinating? Why did she hear "come in" instead of "get out"? What a joke, why would he want her to come in! She must have misheard! Hmm, she must have been standing in the wind for too long and got some tinnitus! Looks like she needs to find a royal physician to take a look at her…

"What, do you want me to invite you in?" The authoritative tone made Rongyue truly understand this time that he was not telling her to get lost, but to come in!

Despite her utter confusion and reluctance, she had no choice but to enter when Jun told her to!

With a kick, Rongyue opened the palace door and, carrying a sandalwood palace lantern, approached Dongfang Lie's bed step by step under the pale yellow light that moved like ripples.

Don't blame her for being impolite, opening the door with her foot instead of her hands. It's just that her hands, having been exposed to the chill of autumn for so long, were so frozen they couldn't muster the strength to open the door!

Parting the layers of bright yellow gauze curtains, Rongyue drew closer to Dongfang Lie's bed. But the closer she got, the stronger the cloying sweet scent in the air became, forcing her to stop a few meters away from Dongfang Lie. Behind her, a chilling autumn wind swept through the air.

The sudden gust of cold air sent a chill down the spines of both Dongfang Lie and the woman beneath him.

With a displeased expression, Dongfang Lie's beautiful peach blossom eyes flashed with anger: "Liu Rongyue! What kind of servant are you! Don't you know how to close the door behind you?!"

"I know! But knowing is one thing, doing is another!" He gave a dismissive sneer and made a disdainful gesture. "Anyway, the sky's high enough, and the emperor's far enough away, he can't see me."

Dongfang Lie's handsome face began to show signs of shifting. Due to years of martial arts training, his senses were naturally far sharper than the average person. Therefore, how could Rong Yue's disrespectful little gesture escape his keen eyes!

"Come here!" Dongfang Lie commanded coldly, his face grim.

In the past? She was already giving him face by coming in, and he was still not satisfied with this and that, pushing his luck!

Rolling her eyes, Rongyue's tone was seemingly extremely humble: "Your Majesty, please forgive this servant for being unable to comply. Standing outside for so long has made my frail body ill. My lowly life is of little consequence, but if this illness were to infect Your Majesty and harm Your Majesty's noble health, then this servant would be unforgivably guilty, deserving of ten thousand deaths! Therefore, for the sake of Your Majesty's incomparably noble health, it is best for this servant to stand far away!"

Her words seemed quite appropriate and without any impropriety, but when paired with her sarcastic and mocking expression, they sounded like barbs no matter how you listened to them!

"Get out!" A suppressed voice of anger came from the bedside.

Oh, finally she's leaving! If she'd known he was so afraid of death, she should have said she had an incurable disease! Yes, the plague! That way, wouldn't he want her to get as far away as possible, maybe even out of the palace, out of the capital, or even out of the entire Eastern Dynasty? Hmm, that's a good idea! She needs to find an opportunity to try it…

"Liu Rongyue, come back to me!" A loud shout stopped Rongyue in her hasty steps back.

Damn it! This emperor keeps telling her to leave and come back, is he treating her like a monkey?! Even a clay figure has some backbone! If Dongfang Lie continues to torment her like this, she really might lose her mind and fight this emperor to the death!

As Rongyue gritted her teeth inwardly, a petite figure, filled with lingering reluctance, slowly descended from the bed and gracefully moved towards the door. Upon reaching Rongyue's side, the woman glared at her venomously before reluctantly leaving the palace, 'sensibly' closing the door behind her.

What's going on? If you're going to leave, come together! Don't leave her alone!

She hurried along, running quickly, but the next moment, she was shocked to find that she seemed to be running in place! Turning her head, she saw that someone had grabbed her collar hard from behind!

"You've angered me, and you still dare to dream of escaping?"

When did she provoke him? Looking at Dongfang Lie's contorted face with confusion, Rong Yue shrugged innocently.

"How dare you! Liu Rongyue, do you even respect me as the emperor?!" Could it be that he's too merciful? Otherwise, why does she see absolutely no respect for him whatsoever?

Why does she have eyes for him? He's not her lover! With a pout, Rongyue indicated she couldn't help. He'd be more satisfied asking his concubines! She was certain all his concubines had eyes for him!

If Dongfang Lie knew that what she was thinking was not what he was asking, and that they had talked past each other, he would definitely be furious! Even though he didn't know what she was thinking, Rongyue's indifferent expression still made Dongfang Lie furious!

He secretly gathered power in his palm, and Rongyue slowly rose. After making a perfect parabolic motion in mid-air, Rongyue landed accurately on the dragon bed.

Hiss—Despite being under a thick silk quilt, Rongyue's back still burned as if on fire due to the excessive acceleration.

The smooth touch in her hand made her realize where she was immediately. Ignoring the burning pain in her back, she sprang up with lightning speed and ran under the dragon bed as if her tail was on fire.

"Trying to run away?" With a sinister smirk, Dongfang Lie pushed Rongyue hard onto the bed, grabbing her hands as she tried to get up and forcefully placing them above her head.

SHIT! Rongyue swiftly launched a kick at his two acupoints on either side of Yingchuang, fast, accurate, and ruthless! Caught off guard, Dongfang Lie scrambled to dodge, but his foot slipped as he did so, and his tall, unsteady body crashed heavily onto Rongyue's petite frame! And, unfortunately, at the very moment Dongfang Lie's body pressed down, his beautiful lips met Rongyue's cold lips!

Their breathing quickened rapidly, loud enough to be heard clearly in the quiet, empty palace. Even more remarkably, both of their faces were flushed, some more deeply than others! Of course, Rong Yue was angry, but the reason for Dongfang Lie's reaction remained a mystery.

As she wiped Dongfang Lie's lips, Rong Yue quickly turned her face away, making no attempt to hide the disgust in her eyes: "Get out!"

Dongfang Lie, who was just enjoying the pleasure of their lips rubbing together, flew into a rage upon hearing those two words: "Say it again if you dare!"

"I don't have the guts." She wasn't a man, so where would she get the guts? "But I still have to say it again, get out!" Rong Yue glared at the enraged Dongfang Lie, staring into his eyes as she spoke, each word distinct. Three days had passed, and she'd truly had enough! Enough was enough! To hell with waiting for the clouds to part and the moon to shine! She simply didn't want to endure it anymore, so what! Death was just a matter of closing her eyes, so what if she died? She wasn't someone who hadn't died before! Maybe she could even travel back in time after this death!

"Good! Very good!!" Dongfang Lie's face was beyond description; the word "black" was insufficient to describe it. A cruel smile spread across his face, his eyes exceptionally cold and ruthless: "Didn't you say you wouldn't let me touch you? Fine, then I won't! Someone like you isn't even worthy to carry my shoes! But I'll make you cry and kneel, begging me to touch you! Pretending to be a virgin? Ha, I'll let you see for yourself later just how lewd and despicable you are!"

Dongfang Lie's words immediately set off a red alarm bell in Rongyue's mind! Gritting her teeth and keeping her lips shut, Rongyue stared warily at Dongfang Lie, who was smiling terrifyingly.

With a cold sneer, Dongfang Lie moved with lightning speed. Before Rong Yue could even see clearly, a red pill, shimmering with a faint red glow, was between his index finger and thumb. The speed and practiced ease of his movements made Rong Yue highly suspect that he was used to this kind of thing!