"Father, I don't want to go to the prison!" Su Yuting was stunned and shouted angrily. The prison was a dirty and chaotic place. Just looking at it made her feel nauseous. How could she, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wen, go to such a place?
Duke Wen sighed softly, "Lord Yang, my daughter is injured. Could we interrogate her at your residence?"
The Shuntian Prefecture official adopted a strictly businesslike demeanor: "Duke Wen, this matter was ordered to be thoroughly investigated by His Majesty himself. I cannot release the suspect privately. I hope the Duke will understand!" Prince Qingyan was right in front of him. Asking him to release a major suspect privately? What a joke.
Shen Lixue's face grew increasingly red, and her soft body writhed restlessly in his arms. Dongfang Heng increased his internal energy, but it still had no effect. His gaze darkened, and he strode out.
The house was underground, so it was not advisable to stay there for long. Duke Wen, the Shuntian Prefecture officials, and others also brought Su Yuting out.
The scorching sun beat down on her, intensifying the effects of the medicine within Shen Lixue. She leaned close to Dongfang Heng's chest, seeking coolness, and said with half-closed eyes, "Cold Pool!"
"I know!" Dongfang Heng replied, quickening his pace.
"It was Su Yuting who harmed us! It was her, it was her!" The young ladies who had been poisoned were treated in time and woke up. Their faces and lips were very pale, but they were no longer in danger of death. When they saw Su Yuting come out, they screamed and accused her.
"She's the one who ruined those poor women's faces. She's ruthless and cruel; she must be beheaded and her head displayed to the public..."
"If you ask me, someone as ruthless as her deserves to be beheaded; she should be forced to drink poison and suffer the agony of death..."
Su Yuting sneered, still unwilling to give up, and stared at Dongfang Heng striding forward. Suddenly, she said, "Dongfang Heng, do you think I should die?"
She had liked him for over a decade, and everything she did was for him. Didn't he feel even a little bit moved?
Dongfang Heng didn't stop walking, and said coldly, "The punishment of slow slicing is most suitable for you!"
Su Yuting was shocked and heartbroken, unable to breathe. He said she should be executed by slow slicing, hahaha, slow slicing to death!
"Yes, yes, yes, death by a thousand cuts is the most suitable for her, let her taste the pain of being torn to pieces!" The young ladies glared at her hatefully, condemning her.
A surge of heat suddenly rose and coursed through her body. Su Yuting suddenly remembered that she was still under the influence of an aphrodisiac. She had almost forgotten about it because of the fall and her grief. The sun's rays rekindled the aphrodisiac, and wave after wave of heat assaulted her body and mind.
Su Yuting gritted her teeth, turned around and ran towards the ice room. The ice room was cold and could freeze the medicinal effects on her body.
"Su Yuting is trying to escape!" someone shouted. The Shuntian Prefecture waved its hand, and several guards rushed forward and grabbed Su Yuting's wrists tightly.
Su Yuting tried to break free, but her body was utterly powerless from the aphrodisiac. She slumped softly into the guard's arms, the masculine scent filling her nostrils. Subconsciously, she turned and pressed herself against him, her red lips kissing the guard's neck.
The guard was shocked. Looking at the face covered in whip marks and unrecognizable, he felt nothing but disgust and loathing. He pushed Su Yuting away and said coldly, "Miss Su, please have some self-respect!"
Everyone was stunned. What was going on? Even after being arrested, Su Yuting still had the mind to flirt with the man.
"Mmm...give it to me..." Su Yuting was pushed to the ground, moaning ambiguously, her charming voice making one's bones melt.
A smart person was taken aback for a moment and immediately realized that Su Yuting had been drugged!
A slight smile played on their lips. They stopped urging the Shuntian Prefecture to arrest the person and instead watched Su Yuting make a fool of herself: "The legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wen, how dare she openly seduce men! It's truly..."
"Exactly, like she hasn't seen a man in ages..."
Su Yuting twisted her body and crawled toward the man. The maids couldn't stop her, and they made sarcastic remarks one after another. Su Yuting was oblivious and continued to moan ambiguously, looking for the man.
Duke Wen sighed heavily: "Lord Yang, take Yuting to the prison. Remember to have the doctor remove the aphrodisiac from her first!"
Dongfang Heng carried Shen Lixue into the carriage and ordered, "Return to the Holy King's Mansion!"
The carriage sped forward, the interior perfectly smooth without the slightest bump. Dongfang Heng placed an ice bucket in front of Shen Lixue, a wisp of cold air rising from it. Shen Lixue regained some clarity and opened her eyes: "How is Ye Qianlong?"
"Zi Mo took him to the Cold Pool to remove the aphrodisiac!" Dongfang Heng's deep eyes were filled with anger. The first thing he said when he opened his eyes was to ask Ye Qianlong.
"Where is the carriage going?" Shen Lixue was not in her right mind just now and did not hear Dongfang Heng's instructions.
"Go to the Cold Pool!" Dongfang Heng replied coldly with a gloomy expression, quietly kicking the ice bucket away and placing his hand on Shen Lixue's back to channel his internal energy.
"Dongfang Heng, are you about to have a relapse?" The evil dragon inside Shen Lixue kept coming out to cause trouble, and her mind was sometimes clear and sometimes confused. She asked weakly with her eyes half-closed. Although her gaze was hazy, her pupils were as black as lacquer and sparkling.
Dongfang Heng was taken aback: "Why do you ask that?"
"Just now in the inner room, your internal energy was very strong, but now it's become intermittent..."
Dongfang Heng coughed lightly, somewhat awkwardly: "Perhaps!"
"Your Highness, we have arrived at the Prince's residence!" The carriage came to a stop, and the driver opened the curtain.
Dongfang Heng carried Shen Lixue down from the carriage and hurried into the Holy King's Mansion. Without the ice tub, the sun was shining directly on them, and Dongfang Heng's internal energy seemed to have weakened even more. The evil dragon inside Shen Lixue quickly awakened, dancing wildly and writhing uncomfortably in Dongfang Heng's arms: "Have we arrived at the Cold Pool?"
"I'll be there soon!" Seeing that Shen Lixue was in great distress, Dongfang Heng lightly touched the ground with his feet, and his slender figure flew into the air, passing over many courtyards and landing directly in his courtyard.
He strode into the room, not taking Shen Lixue to the cold pool, but instead placing her directly on the bed. His slender figure then pressed down on her, his sensual lips sealing her sweet lips with a heavy, steady, and uncompromising kiss. The burning kiss was as passionate as fire and as intense as a storm, leaving Shen Lixue breathless, her mind hazy and confused. His jade-like fingers untied the ribbon around her waist, and the light green silk gauze fell to the ground.
Her white undergarment was also unbuttoned, and gentle kisses landed on her fair skin, blooming like pink plum blossoms.
"Dongfang Heng!" Shen Lixue's face flushed, her eyes slightly closed, her eyelashes trembling, as she murmured softly.
"Hmm!" Dongfang Heng's voice was hoarse as he left one mark after another on Shen Lixue's body.
"Have we reached the Cold Pool yet?" Shen Lixue asked haltingly, the aphrodisiac taking effect, her body turning a pale pink, incredibly alluring.
Dongfang Heng paused, a sly glint in his sharp eyes, and whispered in her ear, "We've arrived!"
His thin lips kissed her alluring cherry lips again, the kiss intense as a storm. Dongfang Heng's strong arms tightly encircled her slender waist, as if he wanted to meld her into his body.
Tormented by the aphrodisiac, Shen Lixue was delirious and unaware of what Dongfang Heng was doing. Gasping for breath, she shook her head repeatedly, trying to breathe. Her slender arms weakly pushed against Dongfang Heng. Her neatly styled hair was now disheveled, scattered like flower petals across most of the bed. A hairpin fell from her hair and landed on the floor with a crisp sound.
Shen Lixue's hazy thoughts instantly cleared. Her eyelashes trembled, and she suddenly opened her eyes. The blue curtains, the mahogany round table, the pearwood screen—everything was familiar to her. This was the Holy King's Mansion, not the Cold Pool.
She felt a weight on her body, and warm breath sprayed on her neck. Startled, Shen Lixue looked down and saw that her outer clothes had been taken off, and the buttons of her inner clothes had been torn open. Her chest was covered with hickeys, and a large hand was very restless, gently tugging at the strap of her bodice.
Shen Lixue's eyes turned cold. She grabbed Dongfang Heng by the collar and angrily rebuked him through gritted teeth, "Dongfang Heng, what are you doing? Is this a cold pool?"