Her clear lips brushed against his ear, like the ice dew of late autumn, easing the oppression he felt from the medicine. He couldn't help but let out a low grunt.
"Ah... it hurts so much." She regretted her decision a little and wanted to get up and leave, but a sudden movement from him propelled her deep within. She gasped and slapped him, "Couldn't you be gentler?"
The burning pain on his face only intensified his senses.
She felt her body tossed and turned. After a long while, as pleasure finally arrived, she let out a long sigh. She knew her purity was utterly lost.
When Qi Yuze woke up, his head pounded as if a thousand ants were gnawing at it.
Suddenly, a delicate and smooth arm rested on his chest. He froze, and the scenes from his mind rushed back. He turned his head to see a face of unparalleled beauty. The exposed chest bore some purplish bruises. Were those... his handiwork?
He moved her wrist away and was about to get up when he heard footsteps outside. He grabbed his clothes and vanished from the spot.
The person who had been closing her eyes opened them. Voices sounded from outside the door, "Your Highness, it's time to get up."
"Come in." She sat up.
Feng Jiu, who was outside, pushed the door open. Upon seeing the white skin exposed on the bed, dotted with purplish marks, she was shocked for a moment. "Your Highness, you are..."
"Feng Jiu, I've lost my chastity." She said to Feng Jiu calmly.
"Lost... lost your chastity?" Feng Jiu asked her, confused.
She nodded and said, "Yes, your mistress, I, have lost my chastity."
Feng Jiu looked incredulous. She walked forward and said, "Your Highness, can you say that again?"
"Lost my chastity, my purity..."
But before she could finish, Feng Jiu slapped her thigh and rushed out the door, shouting at the top of her lungs, "Your Highness... Your Highness... lost her chastity!"
Soon, one, two, three. The doorway was crowded, and they all looked at Xue Xingyue, who had already dressed, and asked in unison, "Your Highness... Your Highness, you've lost your chastity?"
Xue Xingyue nodded. "What? Is there a problem?"
"No, it's just that who has such a heavy appetite to dare even touch Your Highness?" Feng Wu asked with a grin.
Before her words fell, a jade pillow was hurled at her. Feng Wu retreated a few steps, laughing, "Your Highness, a gentleman uses his words, not his hands."
"Where is Eunuch Wei?" she asked.
"I am here," Eunuch Wei said, walking in and looking her up and down. "Your Highness, have you truly lost your chastity?"
"What? Does Eunuch Wei want to personally examine me?" Xue Xingyue raised an eyebrow at Eunuch Wei.
Eunuch Wei quickly waved his hands. "This servant has no such intention. If that is the case, then this servant shall not linger and will quickly return to the palace to report to His Majesty."
"Go on, go on!" She waved her hand.
"Your Highness, where is the person whose purity has been ruined?" Feng Ming asked, who had been silent until now.
"Ran away."
"What do you mean ran away? That won't do, go after them quickly," Feng Ming said.
At this moment, the person who had run away, Qi Yuze, had returned to Mingxia Pass.
Along the way, he tried to avoid the people in the mansion, intending to sneak into his room unnoticed. He never expected that as soon as he opened the door, he would hear a voice from behind him.
"Your Highness, you were gone all night yesterday, you..."
Qi Yuze coldly looked at the Shadow Guard who spoke, frowning and asking, "I was gone all night, what business is it of yours?"
The Shadow Guard was stunned and remained speechless for a long time. His master was right; it was none of his business that his master had been gone all night. But he was a dark guard, and losing track of his master was a shameful thing.
"Begone," Qi Yuze waved his hand.
The Shadow Guard had no choice but to retreat. However, before he could exit the doorway, Qi Yuze spoke again from behind him, "Fetch a bucket of hot water. This king wishes to bathe."
"Yes." The Shadow Guard acknowledged the order and left.
Immersed in the hot water, he closed his eyes, but he could still feel the woman's scent lingering in his nostrils.
It was very strong.
In the evening, Feng Wu saw Feng Ming returning from outside and couldn't help but ask, "Did you find anyone?"
Feng Ming shook his head. "No." He had inquired throughout the entire military camp and searched everywhere but found no one who had defiled the Princess's purity.
"Could it not be one of our people?" Feng Wu suddenly thought of something.
Feng Ming was taken aback. "You mean..."
"Which damned soul has dumped the medicine I painstakingly prepared?"
A heartbroken wail echoed from not far away. Feng Wu and Feng Ming exchanged glances and walked towards the sound.
Beside the stable, a man sat on the ground, weeping bitterly. A soldier saw Feng Wu and Feng Ming approaching and quickly stepped forward to salute, "Lord Feng Wu, Lord Feng Ming?"
Feng Wu nodded and asked the soldier, "What's wrong with him?"
The soldier said, "Lord Feng Wu, you may not know, but there is a mare in the stable with a very peculiar temperament and refuses to mate with stallions. So, Li Wen went to the military doctor to get an estrus-inducing drug. But who would have thought that the medicine prepared last night was gone in the blink of an eye? Lord Feng Wu, you know that without the medicine, the doctor suspects Li Wen of selling the drugs privately and intends to send Li Wen to Deputy General Lin."
Medicines in the town are strictly controlled. Once caught selling military medicine, the penalty can be beheading.
Feng Wu looked at Li Wen, who was crying with a runny nose and tears streaming down his face, and said with some disdain, "What are you crying about? You're a man, what's with all this crying? Stop crying for now and tell me about that medicine."
Li Wen stopped crying. "I clearly prepared the medicine the military doctor gave me and wanted to give it to the mare. But I didn't expect it to be gone in the blink of an eye. I really didn't hide it, and I wouldn't steal this medicine even if I were to steal anything!"
Li Wen was on the verge of tears, wondering who the truly wicked person was who stole the medicine.
Feng Wu looked at Feng Ming. "Feng Ming, what do you think..."
"Did you see the bowl the medicine was in later?" Feng Ming asked.
Li Wen nodded. "Yes, yes."
"Bring me the bowl to see," Feng Ming said.
Soon, Li Wen brought the bowl. Feng Ming looked at it, sniffed it, and then said, "I will explain this matter to Deputy General Lin. You don't need to cry anymore. This matter has nothing to do with you, but you should be more careful in the future, as medicine is not like other things."
Li Wen quickly apologized. "Thank you, sirs, thank you, sirs."
Feng Ming nodded, glanced at Feng Wu, and walked out. Feng Wu followed closely behind.
After they came out, Feng Wu walked up and asked, "Feng Ming, do you have any clues?"