Tang Le's laughter was somewhat lewd; her voice was seductive and captivating! She never expected to encounter such a young boy!
Without even wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, Tang Le had already taken off his clothes. In a few swift movements, he was completely naked. His eyes were filled with greed as he climbed onto the bed and immediately pressed himself against Yi Yun Muchen.
He began impatiently to unbutton Yi Yun Muchen's clothes, but just as he was about to loosen Yi Yun Muchen's belt, he felt a gust of wind and Tang Le was lifted up. The next second, he was sent flying and crashed into the corner of the wall with a thud. Tang Le had suffered severe internal injuries and fell to the ground, vomiting blood and fainting.
Bei Gong Jue Shi's one black eye was cold and indifferent, while his other red eye was filled with blood, a bewitching red!
He strode forward, his gaze landing on Yi Yun Muchen. Seeing that one knot in his belt had been loosened, he quickly retied it. Bei Gong Jue Shi checked his breathing, and finding nothing amiss, bent down and hoisted him onto his shoulder. However, Bei Gong Jue Shi frowned; he really did smell bad, just as those people had said. He truly couldn't understand it; hadn't they spent several days together before? How could he not have noticed the stench?
Bei Gong Jue Shi felt a little depressed, but still took a step forward.
At this moment, Bei Gong Jue Shi walked to the corner of the wall and saw Tang Le lying on the ground, unconscious and vomiting three liters of blood. He was ruthless and gathered his energy in his right hand, then struck Tang Le. Instantly, Tang Le twisted his neck and went to meet the King of Hell without making a sound.
Stepping outside, I saw that the room was furnished with a variety of dishes and wine. However, I could clearly see that one of the wine glasses was lying on its side, while the wine glass on another seat was still upright.
It was obvious whose cup had been overturned. Bei Gong Jue Shi immediately lifted the wine pot and smelled it. There was indeed no poison in it, only a strong dose of sleeping potion.
Bei Gong Jue Shi recalled what Yi Yun Muchen had said: he was immune to all poisons, and this sleeping potion was not a poison, so... Bei Gong Jue Shi snorted, then poured all the wine on the ground, scattering it over a large area.
With a wicked smile, Bei Gong Jue Shi found a window, took out a tinderbox from his pocket, lit it, threw the tinderbox on the wine on the ground, and leaped out of the window with the person on his shoulder.
After a long time, Bei Gong Jue Shi finally sensed that the person on the bed had woken up.
When Yi Yun Muchen opened her eyes, she saw herself lying in a private room and immediately turned pale with fright. "Ah!"
Bei Gong Jue Shi suddenly appeared in front of his bed, her eyes deep and unfathomable. "What's wrong?"
"How did I get here!" Yi Yun Muchen blurted out, but when she saw him standing right in front of her, she was immediately surprised, "Ah, what are you doing here!"
Bei Gong Jue Shi frowned; this was noisy beyond what one would expect.
"Have you forgotten what happened before?" Bei Gong Jue Shi glared at him. "You're so young, yet you're drinking with others!"
"What?" Yi Yun Muchen was startled. Had she done something wrong? And what about that young master Tang named Tang Le? Immediately, she lifted her blanket to check. Fortunately, she was still wearing her own clothes, and nothing had been opened or done.
fine.
Looking at his expression, Bei Gong Jue Shi's eyes turned dangerous. He actually saw her like that? Could it be that he also had homosexual tendencies? If so, all her efforts had been in vain! If she had known he was this kind of person, she should have stayed far away!
"Seriously, what are you doing here?" Yi Yun Muchen looked fine and got out of bed very seriously. She had just checked herself because she was afraid that others would find out that she was a girl, and she was even more afraid that the person standing in front of her would find out!
"Do you remember that Young Master Tang?" he asked instead of answering, then sat down on a chair to the side. She didn't want to sit with him; otherwise, people would definitely say she had homosexual tendencies!
"Yes, you know him? Where is he?" Yi Yun Muchen asked immediately, looking very excited.
Seeing his reaction, Bei Gong Jue Shi's eyes blazed with anger. "You like him?"
"Ah, no, no." Strange, does he seem angry? Yi Yunmu Chen didn't understand, so she asked, "I need his help with something."
"Am I not good enough?" Bei Gong Jue Shi suppressed his anger and spoke relatively calmly.
He had no idea how much deeper meaning was contained in those words.
Unfortunately, Yi Yunmu Chen couldn't tell either.
“Well, he’s the third young master of Tangjiabao. He’s familiar with the area. If I could ask him to help me find someone, it would save me a lot of trouble.” Yi Yunmu Chen smiled. “And you, aren’t you very busy? I don’t want to take up your time.”
After listening to his explanation, Bei Gong Jue Shi slowly calmed down. "He's dead. He died by my hand."
"What?" Yi Yun Muchen immediately stepped forward and grabbed his collar. Who told him to sit on the chair, giving her the opportunity to be taller than him!
"It's strange? He likes young boys and wanted to assault you. I just happened to be passing by, so I stepped in to help." Bei Gong Jue Shi's lips twitched slightly, completely ignoring Yi Yun Muchen's fierce grip on his collar. "If you're dissatisfied, I can find you a man."
"What, what did you say!" Yi Yunmu Chen's face turned green, then quickly turned a deep red. But, recalling what he said, that this Young Master Tang actually had a thing for boys and treated her like a boy to have sex with! Good heavens, she was a little short, but it didn't have to be like this!
Good, kill him!
"Fine, so be it!" Yi Yunmu Chen looked at him. "Thanks!" But he had killed someone who could have helped him!
"You're not satisfied? Want me to find you a man?" For some reason, seeing his changing expression and hearing his words just now, Bei Gong Jue Shi felt a surge of discomfort. That brat! He wouldn't forget how that brat had insulted him! Bastard, bullshit, bad guy, hah!
"What did you say!" Yes, that's exactly what she just heard. This shameless man actually said such a thing! Yi Yun Muchen looked at him, sizing him up. When she saw her hand clutching his collar, she suddenly let go, took a few steps back to maintain distance, and said, "I think you're the one who needs a man!"
"Huh?" Bei Gong Jue Shi's veins bulged instantly. He actually said he needed a man! What did that mean?! Bei Gong Jue Shi suddenly stood up from his chair and strode forward. Yi Yun Muchen watched and quickly retreated. In the end, seeing his murderous look, Yi Yun Muchen lost his composure and suddenly tried to run outside.
With a swift movement, Bei Gong Jue Shi pulled Yi Yun Muchen over, his large hand gripping Yi Yun Muchen's neck tightly. At this moment, Bei Gong Jue Shi seemed possessed by a demon, lifting the person in front of him and slowly tightening his grip on his neck.
Yi Yun Muchen's feet had already left the ground, and he was jumping around, kicking wildly in the air. "I, let, let go, let me go... I, I won't, dare not... Yes, yes, I'm sorry..." he said with difficulty.
Bei Gong Jueshi laughed arrogantly, his crimson eyes filled with blood. "Don't you want to see your brother? I'll send you to hell, where you can wait for him. Once I find your brother, I'll send him directly to the Yellow Springs to meet you. Is that alright?"
"No, no... let go, let go, let go... I..." Yi Yun Muchen's eyes were about to roll back, and he could only exhale and not inhale.
This man is so terrifying, so horrifying... Am I going to die? To die at his hands? If I really did marry him, wouldn't I be killed by my own husband?
Yi Yun Muchen's bouncy feet slowly stopped, and tears, uncontrollably, fell from the corners of his eyes, dripping hot, filled with his last warmth, burning onto Bei Gong Jue Shi's hand. Instantly, Bei Gong Jue Shi trembled, and in that instant, he released his hand. Yi Yun Muchen fell to the ground, then lay unconscious.
Bei Gong Jue Shi was shocked. What had he just done? Looking at his own hands, he realized he had actually tried to strangle him!
Bei Gong Jue Shi took a step back and sat down on the ground. But looking at Yi Yun Muchen, who remained motionless, he was filled with extreme fear. He was terrified that he would leave him like this...
Bei Gong Jue Shi immediately climbed up and turned him over. He reached for the carotid artery on the man's neck, but when he saw the shocking ligature marks, he immediately withdrew his hand. "I'm sorry!"
Touching his neck, and seeing a faint pulse, Bei Gong Jue Shi immediately channeled his inner energy, concentrating it in his hand, and then channeled it into his body.
So cold, so sad. I've imagined a thousand ways to die, but why never did I ever imagine being strangled to death by the man I was once engaged to? And he was so ruthless, refusing to listen to my explanations at all. He's utterly wicked!
Tears streamed down my face. I miss my brother so much, brother, where are you?
Bei Gong Jueshi withdrew his true energy, picked him up, and then put him back on the bed. When he covered him with the blanket, he saw clear tears on both sides of his eyes.
My heart felt a pang of pain, as if it had been touched.
Bei Gong Jueshi reached out and wiped away the two lines of tears. "What a child."
While she was lost in that chaos, she unexpectedly heard a doting voice, "What a child." Then, he wiped away his tears. Who was he?
"Who are you?" Yi Yun Muchen immediately shouted.
"Bei Gong Jue Shi".
His heart skipped a beat.
Her heart warmed.
——
Life went on uneventfully. For several days in a row, Ji Wushang stayed in the courtyard, doing needlework, copying Buddhist scriptures, or studying medical books when she had nothing to do. But whenever she had nothing to do, her mind was filled with thoughts of what had happened that day.
Why would Prince Nan say that? He's the bad guy; you know how wicked he is just by hating him from the bottom of your heart. But you don't even think about taking revenge on him.
Ji Wushang was filled with resentment, so he could only watch the flowers bloom and fade in the courtyard.
The moonlight was hazy, and late autumn had arrived. For some reason, Ji Wushang felt a little tired that night, so he went to sleep early.
Meanwhile, in a dark room within an underground palace, a man dressed in a black robe sat on a stone bed, practicing his martial arts diligently, even neglecting to let his lips turn black. Beside him was a box; when the box was opened, seven or eight worms crawled around inside, searching for a breakthrough, but they failed to find one.
Yi Yun Shangcheng kept his eyes tightly closed. The light gathering in his hand was no longer blue, but had turned purplish-red, even tinged with black. In the end, Yi Yun Shangcheng felt a surge of blood welling up from his chest, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of black blood into the box!
The insects, drawn by the smell of blood, were eager to eat it.
His eyes opened, and the purple pupils turned a terrifying blood red. Yi Yun Shangcheng watched as the Gu worms devoured the black bloodline he had spat out, and his lips twitched. "There are still some days left, and we'll be done!"
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Yiyun Shangcheng immediately closed the box, hid it, and wiped the blood from her mouth and the blood droplets on the stone bed.
"Come in." Yi Yun Shangcheng opened her bright eyes, which had turned purple, bright and clear.
A maid dressed in linen came in, then brought out some food, arranged it properly, and then left.
Yiyun Shangcheng wasn't in a hurry to eat; she wasn't very hungry yet.
After the maid left, he took out a crystal ball from the cabinet, gathered a surge of energy in his hand, and struck the crystal ball. Sure enough, inside the crystal ball, he saw Ji Wushang lying on the bed in her boudoir, fast asleep.
He smiled slightly. "Have you dreamed about me?"
“Your dreams are no longer filled with bloodshed, no more nightmares, only love—my love for you, and your love for me,” he murmured.
"Hate Nan Xuzong. Summon your courage to hate him. Unleash your inner potential and hate him. All your nightmares are his doing, and all your resentment is his revenge on you."
"Nan Xuzong doesn't love you. He's just using you. He's been lying to you all along! He's tricked you into giving him your status, your body, and the glory you bring him! In order to get everything he wants! He's blinded by greed. In his heart, there's only his power. He only has pretense for you."
Yi Yun Shangcheng kept whispering words, as if they were spells, and no matter how far away they were, it seemed as if she was speaking right next to Ji Wushang's ear.
Ji Wushang slept soundly. In his dream, he seemed to be in Shangcheng with Yiyun, that gentle man, the man who once smiled at him and insisted on giving him the best large earrings that symbolized power. They strolled hand in hand in the peach blossom forest.
But unexpectedly, a chaotic void enveloped him, trapping him tightly in that small space! His heart was filled with fear, yet, someone was speaking! He said:
He hates Nan Xuzong.
Nan Xuzong doesn't love himself!
He's been using himself all along!
Ji Wushang gripped the sheets beneath her tightly with both hands, her brows furrowed. "Ah, I hate you, I hate you!" Ji Wushang suddenly opened her eyes and sat up abruptly from the bed, gasping for breath.
Zhu'er rushed in from outside and shouted through the curtain, "Miss, Miss, how are you? What happened to you? Should Zhu'er come in and help you?"
"No need." Ji Wushang breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm fine, I just had a nightmare. You can go now!"
"Yes." Pearl was relieved to hear that it was just a nightmare.
Ji Wushang's fists were still clenched, but he was thinking about what had just been said.
A flash of bloodlust crossed his eyes. He felt a pang of regret, regretting not having plunged the dagger into his chest. It had forced him to marry him. How ironic. Ji Wushang's lips twitched before he slowly relaxed.
Winter hunting is coming soon, so why don't we finish him off during the hunt?
A thought flashed through Ji Wushang's mind.
The winter hunt was a grand outing organized by the emperor, symbolizing a bountiful harvest for a good winter. All officials of the seventh rank and above could participate, and some of their families could accompany them.
After the winter hunt, the Winter Solstice Festival would follow, which was another major event in the Xia Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, I still have many opportunities to get rid of him.
However, he still had to deal with many people, and this winter hunt would not be peaceful! He had already heard about what kind of person the Second Prince was, and after what happened in the palace, he knew that his birth mother, the Empress, would definitely not let it go.
If so, the Empress would definitely kill the Crown Prince. Ji Wushang felt a little expectant. She wondered if she should lend a hand. Hehe, a foolproof plan to wipe them all out in one fell swoop—that would be perfect!
Yi Yun Shangcheng looked at Ji Wushang meditating in the crystal ball, nodded, and then removed the energy from the crystal ball and put it back.
After thinking it over, Ji Wushang lay back down on the bed and slowly fell asleep.
Meanwhile, a man remained seated in the courtyard, huddled in his wheelchair, gazing at the stars. A bright red star on the horizon suddenly flickered and dimmed, while a smaller star beside it began to glow with a bluish light.
Nan Xuzong held a flute in his hand. After looking at the stars in the sky, he sighed deeply, then put the flute to his lips and began to play softly.