People in the Qin Dynasty sought good fortune and avoided misfortune.

Chapter 456, Your Goddess, Me. (Two chapters combined, likely to be blocked from review)

Tian Mi lay limply on the table, her delicate arms outstretched at her sides, her pretty face filled with excitement, her eyes darting around, and her small mouth breathing softly.

Her long, beautiful legs refused to be left behind, and her toes, encased in flesh-colored stockings, were slightly spread apart.

"Weren't you very arrogant just now?"

Xu Qing looked at Tian Mi, who had admitted defeat, and said with a light laugh.

The taste of honey pot is indeed extraordinary. More importantly, Tian Mi, with her rich theoretical knowledge, knows how to cooperate. She knows when to be shy and accommodating, and when to play hard to get to add fun.

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Tian Mi's unfocused eyes opened slightly, and her lips moved gently; she wanted to say something.

But the soreness and numbness in her body made her unable to utter a single word, and her tightly clenched hands limply loosened.

She didn't know what to say. She had considered that Xu Qing, as a Celestial Master, would have a stronger physical constitution than the average person.

But no one expected that Xu Qing would be such a beast.

She really couldn't take it anymore.

"Alright~ You've worked hard tonight."

Xu Qing noticed Tian Mi's weakness and whispered in her ear, helping her tidy her sweat-soaked hair.

Her delicate, oval face was covered in sweat and lingering redness. Although she looked a bit disheveled, it gave her a unique, fragile beauty that evoked pity and made one want to pick her up and hug her again.

Tian Mi nodded slightly, then laboriously raised her hands to hook around Xu Qing's neck, allowing him to hold her more tightly.

Xu Qing lifted Tian Mi up and carried her towards the bed.

Tian Mi clung weakly to Xu Qing like a koala, her delicate little feet slightly bent together, her pinkish-purple dress trailing to the ground, thankfully held up by her slender arms so it didn't fall.

Xu Qing gently placed his honey pot on the bed. Just as he was about to let go, he found that Tian Mi was holding him tightly and refused to let go.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to go to bed?" Xu Qing asked Tian Mi, puzzled.

Tian Mi pursed her rosy lips, her long, narrow, alluring pinkish-purple eyes reflecting Xu Qing's figure, a defiant look appearing on her small face.

"Xu Lang, please sit down first."

Tian Mi whispered in Xu Qing's ear, her voice slightly hoarse.

A meaningful smile appeared on Tian Mi's face, and she gently exhaled a breath of purple mist towards Xu Qing's face.

This purple mist is a secret medicine she specially developed, which can add a touch of romance between men and women without harming their bodies.

Smelling the faint fragrance of the mist in his nostrils, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. He had already suppressed the Changqing Gong within his body, so he didn't need it to help him detoxify at this time.

Under the influence of the secret medicine, Xu Qing seemed to see a familiar scene before his eyes, a scene that resembled an article he had studied in high school Chinese class in his previous life.

If I remember correctly, it was written by Tao Yuanming.

While Xu Qing was immersed in enjoying himself, the prison cell of Qianlong Hall in Xinzheng was unusually silent.

Chen Sheng looked at Wu Kuang, who was only separated from him by a fence, and a look of pity appeared on his face.

Wu Kuang sat slumped on the withered grass in prison. A dim oil lamp barely dispelled the darkness in the dungeon, and his once spirited and masculine face had become gloomy.

Although he was still wearing the same rough hemp clothes, they were now covered in filth. The pearl grass that represented the five disciples on his chest had long since disappeared, and his strong and powerful limbs were firmly locked by chains.

"Brother, what exactly happened? Why did the leader of the Xia clan suddenly throw you into the death row and say he would punish you severely according to the rules of the Farmer's Clan? What exactly happened?"

Chen Sheng, anxious and angry, gripped the bronze prison door with both hands.

With his strong, powerful hands, he shook the bronze prison door twice, and it creaked and groaned, as if Chen Sheng was about to force it open at any moment.

Looking at the anxious Chen Sheng, Wu Kuang, with his disheveled hair, felt a warmth in his cold and desolate heart. Although he had fallen to such a state of being neither human nor ghost, his sworn brother still cared about him, which gave him more will to live.

"Brother, don't worry about me. This is my own fault." Wu Kuang smiled self-deprecatingly, lowered his head, and a hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes.

Chen Sheng was probably the person in the world who cared about him the most, besides Tian Mi. He wanted to tell her that he was not a sinner of the peasants, but a hero in the shadows of the peasants, and that the suffering and humiliation he was experiencing were all for the future of the peasants.

But he couldn't say that the plan to infiltrate the network was crucial, and that no third party besides himself and Tian Guang could know about it.

“How could that be? You’re just spouting nonsense. Xu Qing is now a farmer too. We’re all family, can’t we just sit down and talk things out?” Chen Sheng asked in a deep voice.

Tian Guang had promised to protect Wu Kuang, but within two days, he had Wu Kuang branded as a criminal against the peasantry, and Wu Kuang had willingly accepted the punishment. Chen Sheng believed that something he didn't know had definitely happened behind the scenes.

"Brother, I have let you down. The leader was only trying to help the farmers. I was just being disrespectful because of my words. It's my fate."

Wu Kuang looked up at Chen Sheng and said with shame.

Upon seeing this, Chen Sheng was taken aback. In the end, he had no choice but to release the prison door, gritting his teeth as he looked at Wu Kuang, unsure of what to say.

"How can you blame yourself? You did this because of that vixen Tian Mi. I told you long ago that woman is a jinx and I told you to stay away from her, but you wouldn't listen," Chen Sheng said, exasperated.

Mentioning Tian Mi, a glint of light flashed in Wu Kuang's cloudy eyes, but after hearing Chen Sheng's address of Tian Mi, he frowned and said...
“Brother, you can’t say that about her. If it weren’t for Tian Mi, I would probably be dead on Mount Taiyi by now. It was because she voluntarily served Xu Qing as a slave that he didn’t pursue the matter. Otherwise, given Xu Qing’s vindictive nature, honed by the Gongyang School of Confucianism, I would probably be worse off than I am now.”

"She sacrificed herself for me, brother. Do you know what that means for a woman? I won't allow you to say that about her!"

Upon hearing Wu Kuang's words, Chen Sheng was taken aback, his eyes filled with confusion. Why did Wu Kuang's account differ from what he had seen? Wasn't Tian Mi willingly offering herself to Xu Qing for power and status, becoming a bridge between the peasant family and Xu Qing?
"Are you serious, brother? Don't let that woman fool you," Chen Sheng said.

"Of course it's true. She told Xia Kui herself in front of me. It was because she used herself as a condition that I was given a chance to live."

A hint of reminiscence appeared in Wu Kuang's eyes, and his expression softened.

Seeing this, Chen Sheng's confusion deepened, but looking at Wu Kuang's happy expression, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

He knew Tian Mi well. Judging from Xu Qing's attitude towards Tian Mi and the almost tearful look in Tian Mi's eyes when she looked at Xu Qing, Chen Sheng was quite certain that things were probably not as Wu Kuang thought.

Chen Sheng was unwilling to deceive Wu Kuang, but in order to keep Wu Kuang's will to survive, he could not reveal the truth.

"Brother, we've been brothers for a long time. I don't ask you for anything, I just ask that you take good care of Tian Mi and make sure she's not bullied." Wu Kuang snapped out of his reverie, looked at the absent-minded Chen Sheng, and said softly.

“She doesn’t need my protection. She already took some people to Nanyang to find Xu Qing yesterday. From now on, she will stay by Xu Qing’s side, while I will return to Qi with the leader of the chivalrous sect,” Chen Sheng said, shaking his head.

Upon hearing this, Wu Kuang's face instantly darkened, and he clutched his chest with his right hand, his eyes filled with pain.

What he worried about most happened.

"Brother, you must live well. As long as you are alive, anything is possible. As long as you survive, even if Xu Qing is the Grand Minister of Qin, I will find a way to get her back for you."

Looking at Wu Kuang's appearance, Chen Sheng clenched his fists and said with an uncertain expression.

Wu Kuang glanced at Chen Sheng with emotion, then lowered his head again. He knew that Chen Sheng meant what he said, but the risk of offending Xu Qing was too great. Xu Qing alone represented the most powerful country among the seven kingdoms and three of the hundred major sects.

Offending someone like that is no different from courting death.

Moreover, he believed that as long as he completed the mission, he could live in the sunlight again.

Even if Tian Mi is manipulated by Xu Qing, he knows that Tian Mi still has feelings for him, so he will not despise her and will still marry her.

"Brother, there's no need for that. As long as Tian Mi is in danger, it would be enough if you could lend a hand," Wu Kuang said in a slightly hoarse voice.

Chen Sheng looked at Wu Kuang in silence for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.

"it is good."

"Thank you, brother. It's getting late, you should head back soon too," Wu Kuang said.

"Take care, brother, and never give up."

Chen Sheng stood up and looked at the disheveled Wu Kuang. He silently made up his mind that he must rescue Wu Kuang at all costs.

Wu Kuang remained silent, watching Chen Sheng leave the dungeon. His eyes dimmed again, and his shackled hands clenched tightly.

"Little Tianmi, wait for me~"

Nanyang, at the stronghold of the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven).

Tian Mi's pretty face was flushed, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, making her look like a pear blossom in the rain.

"Xu Lang~ Ren Jia"

Xu Qing seemed not to hear Tian Mi's pleas for mercy.

He had originally planned to let this honey pot go, but Tian Mi had stirred up his thoughts again. Could he tolerate this?

A real man never tolerates it!
Tian Mi's resilience and tenacity truly gave Xu Qing a sense of contrast; such a soft and charming woman was actually so strong and unyielding at heart.

Tian Mi's alluring eyes narrowed slightly, the clarity in them diminishing and gradually being replaced by a wandering gaze.

"Bang~"

Tian Mi climbed straight onto the bed, her alluring eyes narrowed with a hint of satisfied smile, her charming face flushed, and her small mouth gently opening and closing as she breathed.

Xu Qing let out a soft breath, carried Tian Mi to the clean, soft couch, and saw that Tian Mi was asleep in his arms. A satisfied smile appeared on Xu Qing's face.

His right hand gently stroked the other person's fair back, which was smooth, soft, and had an excellent feel.

As expected of a honey pot, Tian Mi is a charming woman, but unlike Chao Nv Yao, Yan Ling Ji, Hu Meiren, and others, Tian Mi's appearance and figure are not as good as theirs, and she is plain and unremarkable.

But Tian Mi seems to have a unique characteristic that none of them possesses: her unrestrained and carefree nature, which is truly unforgettable.

"Tian Guang really did send me a treasure."

Xu Qing gently tidied Tian Mi's hair and said softly.

His return gift to Tian Guang will arrive soon, but he doesn't know if the other party will like it.

After thinking about the important matter, Xu Qing shook his head slightly, then hugged the delicate Tian Mi and fell asleep.

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The next day, because Xu Qing's plan had not yet been fully revealed, and because he and Tian Mi had spent the whole night together, Xu Qing did not go out again. Instead, he stayed in the room with Tian Mi, waiting for the situation outside to change.

As the sun begins to set, the day is drawing to a close.

In contrast to Xu Qing's leisurely life, the situation in Xianyang, thousands of miles away, is quite different.

(End of this chapter)