Xue Zining was slightly taken aback, looking at Xue Yan. "Find a imperial physician to treat him."
Xue Yan nodded. "Yes, this servant will go find an imperial physician now."
Xue Yan left.
Entering the sleeping quarters, she saw the young man on the couch in the outer hall. His face was a little pale, and his beautiful, enchanting eyes were closed at the moment.
Suddenly, the young man's long eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes, his pupils as dark as glaze, radiating a dazzling brilliance.
"Your... Your Majesty..."
The young man struggled to sit up.
Perhaps the young man was too weak; his hands supported him for a moment before softening again.
Xue Zining raised an eyebrow and said indifferently, "Lie down. Xue Yan has gone to fetch an imperial physician."
The young man was slightly stunned, his large eyes filled with a misty haze, his voice choked. "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Before he finished speaking, the young man saw a pair of cloud boots embroidered with golden silk cloud patterns appear in his line of sight, and he was slightly startled.
He looked up and met a pair of clear eyes, as pure as water, yet he could not see to the bottom, as if they were an endless seabed with no end.
The young man couldn't help but shiver, an unknown fear creeping into his entire body.
He heard the voice of the girl from those eyes, as cold as frost. "Since I promised to keep you, I will not abandon you casually. Put away your thoughts. If I find out what you've done in secret, I won't let you off."
The young man curved his lips into a smile, a smile full of seductive charm. "Your Majesty, what exactly are you afraid of?"
He saw the girl step forward, her face drawing closer, now only a fist's distance away. He could clearly see the girl's eyelashes trembling, and he saw her moist red lips.
He saw her lips part slightly, but her voice was extremely cold. "Be my male consort properly, and I will spare your life."
As she stood up straight, someone had already entered from outside.
It was Xue Yan, bringing the imperial physician.
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician is here," Xue Yan hurried in.
"Your Majesty," Imperial Physician Shen bowed.
Xue Zining nodded, turned, and walked towards the outside.
Seeing this, Xue Yan chased after her and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, and there's a sky sacrifice tomorrow. You should rest early."
"I want to go for a walk outside. You don't need to follow."
Xue Zining spoke and walked out of the temporary palace without waiting for Xue Yan's reply.
Xue Yan sighed. They were all disobedient, and she was very helpless.
Entering the outer hall, Imperial Physician Shen had already finished the examination. She stepped forward and asked, "Imperial physician, how is this young gentleman's injury?"
Imperial Physician Shen put away his box and said, "The young gentleman's injuries are from before. Fortunately, they are only external, and no bones or tendons were harmed. A few doses of herbal medicine will relieve them."
Xue Yan nodded. "Good, I'll have someone get the medicine right away."
After sending off Imperial Physician Shen, Xue Yan returned to the outer hall and saw that the person on the couch was gone.
She was stunned.
Where did the person go?
The outskirts of the capital were quiet. Because of the quiet, she could hear bird songs that she couldn't hear in the palace.
The evening breeze blew, and Xue Zining felt refreshed. She was about to sit down when her movements stopped.
"Your Majesty, the scenery here is quite nice."
She turned around and saw the young man who should have been lying on the couch in the outer hall of her sleeping quarters, now standing not far from her.
She slowly got up. The wind brushed against her face, and the heat in her body was more clearly transmitted to her senses at this moment.
"When did you administer the medicine?"
The young man chuckled, his smile retaining its seductive charm from beginning to end. "What does Your Majesty think?"
"I haven't had any contact with you."
The young man tilted his head, his pupils like glaze, radiating a soul-capturing glow. "Your Majesty, there is a secret medicine that doesn't require contact, it only needs..."
The young man curved his lips into a smile and uttered a single word, "Wind..."
Xue Zining narrowed her eyes. "What do you want to do?"
The heat in her body intensified with the constant blowing of the wind.
She bit her lower lip, trying to use the pain to suppress the increasingly strong sensory experience.
"Your Majesty, it's useless. This secret medicine must be taken with another person, otherwise, no one can bear its consequences. So, Your Majesty, let me serve you, okay?"
The young man walked towards her step by step.
Xue Zining took a few steps back, looked up, and said coldly, "Don't come any closer."
Her voice carried a hint of seduction.
"Your Majesty, don't refuse. I will treat you well..."
The young man approached, reached out, and grabbed her wrist. With a strong pull, her entire body lunged towards him.
Biting her tongue fiercely, she rammed her head into the young man's chin. The young man cried out in pain, and the grip on her loosened considerably.
Taking this opportunity, Xue Zining broke free from the young man's grasp.
She retreated several steps, but at this moment, her body was extremely sensitive. She could feel even the grass brushing against the hem of her skirt.
"Your Majesty, stop struggling. I'll be very gentle and won't hurt you, you can rest assured..."
"Scram..."
Xue Zining struggled to utter a word.
She had still been careless and fallen into someone else's trap.
Who was it?
Regent Xue Wenjie? Or... Xue Zixuan?
What were they planning?
Suddenly, she shivered. Was their goal the sky sacrifice tomorrow?
If she didn't appear at the sky sacrifice...
"Your Majesty, don't reject me..."
The young man approached again. As she retreated, she looked around.
At this moment, there was no Feng Yin by her side. She could only rely on herself.
"What do you want? Fame or fortune? I am the ruler of this Arid Marsh. Whatever you want, I can give it to you..."
The young man licked his lips, extremely enchanting, his voice laced with seduction. "What I want is Your Majesty..."
"Besides me..."
The young man tilted his head, his glazed black eyes shining even brighter at this moment. "Only you..."
"Is that so? You may not get what you want..."
The young man saw the girl's red lips part slightly, a faint smile on their corners.
For some reason, his heart trembled. In his shock, the girl leaped up and jumped into the lake behind her.
The young man froze, then ran forward, trying to find the empress who had jumped into the lake.
"Where did this young brat come from, daring to peep at my young master bathing? You're asking for death..."
Accompanied by a cold shout, the young man felt a gust of cold wind hit the back of his head, and he lost consciousness.
With a splash, Xue Zining felt her body enter the cold water, but she couldn't swim.
She quickly flailed her hands, not wanting to drown here.
"It won't drown you," a clear, cold voice came from afar.
Xue Zining was startled. There was someone else. She stopped flailing, felt her feet touch the bottom of the lake, and her head emerged from the water.
Wiping her face with her hand, she opened her eyes and saw a pair of black but cold eyes.
The black eyes looked at her, as dark as the deepest night, but gradually transformed into a starry river.
Brilliant and dazzling.
"You..."
"Your Majesty, what a coincidence."
His voice was still cold.
Xue Zining gave an embarrassed smile. She never expected to meet Yan Zhao here.
"Damn it, I just knocked out one peeping Tom who was spying on my young master, and now there's another?"
Xue Zining: "..."