The daughter of the Marquis is too delicate, the abstinent prince pinches her waist and loves her

Chapter 171 Innocent Girl
It was the third watch of the night at the Zhenbei Marquis's residence.

The sound of rain pattering outside the window drifted in. Dong Ning changed the candle in the lampshade and bowed to Sheng Yunqing: "Miss, it's late."

Sheng Yunqing sat at her desk, her fingertips turning the pages of a book, and said, "You should go and rest first."

"Then Miss should also get some rest early."

As Dong Ning took her leave and closed the door, Sheng Yunqing raised her hand to rub her temples and gently exhaled.

It's all her fault for not studying the methods of countering witchcraft when she was at the Taoist temple. Now that Lu Changxuan's body has not fully recovered, she will have to work hard to deal with Mu Jiyue.

“Witchcraft is the most annoying thing,” she muttered irritably.

Just as I was about to turn to the next page, I heard a sound coming from the roof.

She twitched her ears, frowned, and looked up. Through the lifted tiles, a pair of round eyes were secretly peeking in her direction. Even after being discovered, they didn't try to leave, but blinked and looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Sheng Yunqing suddenly became alert, stood up, and glared at those eyes: "Who is it?!"

Suddenly, a cracking sound came from the roof tiles, and several fragments fell and hit the open books on her desk.

Before long, the tiles where the person was standing collapsed with a crash, and a wet, thin figure fell down with the tiles, but fortunately landed on a chaise longue nearby without being injured.

Sheng Yunqing narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, and a silver needle slipped from her sleeve, pressing it against the man's throat.

"Hoo hoo... Stars hurt..." A soft, tearful voice came from behind, making Sheng Yunqing freeze for a moment.

"Miss! What's wrong?!" Dong Ning, who was about to rest, heard a loud noise and rushed over like a madwoman. She pushed open the door and froze with shock along with Sheng Yunqing.

She glanced at the large hole in the roof, picked up the umbrella beside her, and held it over Sheng Yunqing's head, saying, "Miss, be careful not to get wet."

Sheng Yunqing looked at the girl in front of him. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, but her eyes were incredibly clear, like those of a child untouched by worldly affairs.

She disregarded the silver needle in her throat and lowered her head. Sheng Yunqing then slipped the silver needle back into her sleeve.

The girl raised her arm and gently touched the wound caused by the tile. She was covered in mud and looked extremely disheveled.

As she lowered her head, the silver bell on her forehead swayed, making Sheng Yunqing wary once again.

Beneath the filth of the mud, she carefully examined the girl's clothing and discovered it was the attire of the Western Shu Kingdom.

"Are you from the Western Shu Kingdom?" Sheng Yunqing's voice lowered.

Dong Ning whispered in Sheng Yunqing's ear, "Miss, could she be a spy sent by Princess Qinxue...?"

The girl raised her face, tilted her head, and stared at Sheng Yunqing for a while before giggling and saying, "Hehe... Sister is so pretty..."

Sheng Yunqing looked at the innocence in her eyes, then rolled her eyes and said, "The walls of the Marquis's mansion are eight zhang high, and there are layers of hidden sentries outside, as well as guards arranged by Ye Jinchen. How could this fool have entered without anyone noticing?"

"Who..." The girl lowered her head, seemingly recalling something, then her eyes suddenly filled with panic. She jumped up and scrambled under the desk. "A spider! A spider is chasing me! Xingxing, run fast, spider bites hurt so much..."

Sheng Yunqing walked to the desk, squatted down, and gently touched her face with the back of his hand.

At first, the girl shrank back, looked up at Sheng Yunqing, and was stunned for a moment before gently bringing her face closer and smiling as she asked, "Sister, you won't let the spiders bite me, will you?" Sheng Yunqing smiled faintly and shook her head, saying to Dong Ning, "It's alright. You prepare some bathwater and find her some clean clothes to change into."

"Yes."

A moment after Dong Ning left, the night wind blew in through the hole in the roof, and the girl shivered from the cold. She hugged her arms and sneezed, and a few dead ants fell from her sleeve in the dark corner.

Sheng Yunqing grabbed her wrist, placed his fingertips on her pulse, and carefully took her pulse. Looking into her eyes, a golden light suddenly flashed.

The girl had no internal energy, nor did she know witchcraft. Her meridians were as clean as blank paper, but there was a strange chill in her chest.

"Golden eyes!" The girl's beautiful almond-shaped eyes widened, and her lips parted to reveal her pearly white teeth. "Beautiful, beautiful!"

Sheng Yunqing gently stroked her wrist to comfort her, and asked, "What's your name? Where are you from?"

“Stars… my name is Hanxing…” The girl tilted her head, thought for a moment, then suddenly frowned in fear, tears welling up in her eyes, her fingers digging into the cracks in the floor tiles.

"The sister in red is mean... She wouldn't let me sleep in my room, and she released spiders to bite me. It hurt so much, so I ran away. Her family was asleep, and I couldn't wake Xingxing, so I came to find her..."

Was she deliberately dumped here? Mu Jiyue?
Han Xing nervously clutched Sheng Yunqing's sleeve, pleading pitifully, "Sister, please don't send me away... There are spiders outside, I'm scared..."

Sheng Yunqing took a clean handkerchief from her sleeve, intending to wipe her face, but she suddenly screamed, her head hitting the desk. She then scrambled off the desk, clutching her head, and cried, "No! No this! Xingxing smelled this and... fell asleep. When she woke up, she couldn't find her way home... Xingxing is scared..."

She was drugged.

Sheng Yunqing made a reasonable deduction.

A sudden clap of thunder sounded outside the window. Hanxing covered her head and cried, "No... Xingxing, don't soak in the medicinal bath..."

The sleeve slipped down, revealing a shocking and bizarre wound. The book I had just read seemed to have a picture of this wound, caused by the bite of a Gu worm.

She walked up to Hanxing, squatted down, raised her hand and patted her head, saying, "You are safe here, don't be afraid."

A moment later, Dong Ning came and reported, "Miss, the hot water is ready."

Sheng Yunqing said gently, "Shall we go take a hot bath?"

Hanxing raised her head, tears still glistening on her face, yet a naive smile appeared on her lips: "Take a bath! Stars love taking baths! Flower petals smell sweet, bugs smell stinky... Stars don't want bugs, they want flower petals..."

Sheng Yunqing nodded, indicating that Dong Ning would take her behind the screen to bathe.

"Junior sister, are you alright?" Lu Changxuan suddenly pushed the door open and entered, grabbed Sheng Yunqing's arm and looked her up and down, saying, "There's a Gu poison outside, which has knocked out a lot of people."

He suddenly frowned, looking at the mess inside the room, and then glanced at the hole in the roof, saying, "The Gu energy is strongest here. Where is that person?"

Sheng Yunqing let out a soft breath and said, "It's a little girl. She looks a bit simple-minded, but she should be harmless. I've asked Dong Ning to take her to bathe."

A girl's scream suddenly came from inside the bathroom.

Sheng Yunqing quickly walked behind the screen, only to find Han Xing huddled in the corner of the bathtub, her face pale with terror: "The water... the water has turned red again!"