After provoking the holy maiden of Miao territory, she was infected with a love curse.

The last remaining dew in the kettle was fed to the woman.

Jiawan leaned closer to look at her face and thought that the woman was really fair-skinned and beautiful.

Are all Han Chinese people this beautiful?

The woman who had drunk the water did not regain consciousness. The cave was dark, so Jiawan simply reached up with her fingers, wanting to brush aside her stray hairs and take another look at the woman's face.

In the past, when selecting medicine, Jiawan's first priority was not appearance, but physical condition. But now... she wanted to take this woman away.

If you were to raise a sickly woman, you could feed her a Gu worm so she could forget her worries and troubles.

Wouldn't that mean her Gu techniques could surpass Sang Che's in one fell swoop?

The more I think about it, the happier I feel.

When the back of her finger touched her, Jiawan felt as if she had been burned.

With such a high body temperature, it's obvious that he caught a cold.

If she is not taken out for treatment, she will probably die in a few days.

Jiawan quickly unlocked the woman's shackles by taking out the key from her waist. She reached out and put her arm around the woman's waist, and felt a sweet fragrance waft over.

Although it carried the earthy smell, it was easy to detect the woman's natural fragrance.

Han people... are not only beautiful.

Why do you smell so good?

...

In front of the second sister's subordinates.

Yin Huaixi's chin was once again pinched by Sang Che as if no one else was around.

This sense of humiliation reached its peak.

Yin Huaixi desperately wanted to shake off Sang Che's fingers, but she forcefully pulled herself back with reason, her fingertips only able to grip a corner of the thin gauze of her dress.

Endure it.

If I hadn't read the original novel, I wouldn't know that Sang Che is truly blind.

Yin Huaixi sometimes wondered if this woman was deliberately pretending not to see anything so she could take advantage of him.

"Hey...you...we're both women, how can you be so frivolous..."

Eventually, some people couldn't stand Sang Che's ambiguous behavior, which seemed to disregard everyone else.

Listen to this rough male voice.

Sang Che then leaned forward and kissed Yin Huaixi's cheek with her moist, thin lips, the silver ornaments hanging on her lips jingling.

She smiled gently.

"So what if we're both women?"

"Don't all Han emperors keep many male concubines? What's wrong with Huaixi and I doing this?"

"Why don't you all go to the palace and shout at the emperor?"

Sang Che played with Yin Huaixi's reddened earlobe with his fingers, as if he were manipulating a venomous insect.

She continued, "How can you Han people allow officials to set fires but forbid ordinary people to light lamps? What kind of logic is that?"

"Huaixi and I are deeply in love; it's none of your business to break us up."

Yin Huaixi: "..."

When did they ever fall in love?

It's easy to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them.

Upon hearing Sang Che speak disrespectfully to His Majesty, the man became furious, his face turning red and his neck thickening.

"How...how could you be so disrespectful to His Majesty!"

"Do you know that this is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your family!"

Sang Che smiled faintly.

He retorted, "Exterminate your entire family?"

"This is Miao territory, not your Han Chinese court. I can do whatever I want here. Who are you to interfere?"

It's so noisy.

If Huaixi hadn't cared about these guys, she would have cooked them all in one pot long ago.

I'll have to find Huaixi tonight and make it up to her for her badly hurt ears.

Otherwise, this deal would really be a loss.

...

Seeing that Sang Che's fingertips twitched slightly, as if he was about to activate the Gu worms.

Yin Huaixi quickly grabbed it.

With a flick of her fingers, she concealed Sang Che's palm, completely enveloping it.

We got a little closer.

Yin Huaixi bent down, her red lips facing Sang Che, and gently stroked him.

"Ah Che, don't bother with them. Don't get angry and hurt yourself."

Her rare initiative surprised Sang Che, who then nodded.

"Hmm, Huaixi..."

"I'll listen to you and not argue with them."

"But Huaixi, sometimes you have to think about whether it's really worth it for these idiots to come and beg me."

The humiliated man tried to speak again, but his companion stomped on him hard, and the excruciating pain silenced him.

"I know."

Yin Huaixi put her hand on Sang Che's shoulder, trying to push him over, but Sang Che stood on tiptoe, a head taller than Yin Huaixi, and whispered in her ear.

In a voice only the two of them could hear, she said, "Yu Tang Su is here."

The warm breath still lingered by his ear. In the pitch-black cave, Jia Wanye, breathless, ran out with a woman in his arms.

The woman wore a long, turquoise dress. Although it had no complicated decorations, the fabric, which hadn't been soaked by the dirty water, looked like it was made of good material.

This kind of craftsmanship is not available in Lingshui City.

Only high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital could afford such fine materials.

No wonder that sly woman Sang Che teased her about the arrival of "Yu Tang Su".

This woman was probably passing through Lingshui City and was unaware of the taboos of Yinyue River. She was captured just like her.

Sang Che: "Ah Shui, didn't you say you wanted to pick a strong and healthy medicine man? Why did you bring someone out yourself?"

Even though he couldn't see her, Sang Che could smell the expensive perfume on the woman and hear Jia Wan's heavy footsteps.

Those around him were unaware that Sang Che, who had been imprisoned in the palace for several years as a hostage, knew all too well that these spices were exclusively for royalty and nobility.

Calling this woman "Yu Tang Su" is an insult to her.

Hearing Sang Che say that on the spot, Jia Wan hugged the woman even tighter, wishing she could leave this place in a hurry.

"Being sickly makes it more challenging!"

"Ah Che, I have to go now. She's caught a cold, and if she doesn't drink some medicine, her brain might get damaged!"

Jia Wan was about to slip away after speaking, but Sang Che blocked her way with his outstretched hand.

"Wait a minute."

"Ah Shui, do you know this woman's background?"

Knowing that Sang Che's worries were not unfounded, Jia Wan hugged the woman, panting heavily from exhaustion.

"Ah Che, I don't care about that. She's so sick, what makes her think she can get up and kill me?"

"I'll take her away now, so as not to disturb your time alone."

Worried that if the woman continued to burn, she might really become an idiot, Jiawan felt a pang of regret in her heart. If this beautiful woman became an idiot, then she would turn her into a puppet.

At least we won't waste this physical body!

Jiawan insisted on going her own way.

Sang Che didn't stop her.

She could roughly guess the woman's true identity, but Jiawan was in the middle of an exciting time, so she didn't bother to stop her.

As long as they don't kill someone, it's fine.

Sang Che had no goodwill towards the people in the imperial city; whether they lived or died was of no concern to him.

The clinking of silver ornaments gradually faded into the cave. Sang Che turned his head and approached Yin Huaixi again.

"I know you have something to say to them, and I will give you some privacy."

With his palm pressed against Yin Huaixi's shoulder, Sang Che's palm was pressed against Yin Huaixi's pounding heart.

"However... Huaixi."

"You'd better think carefully about how you're going to make it up to me tonight."

Doing that kind of thing again could earn me a chance to discuss things alone with my second sister's subordinates.

Yin Huaixi admitted it.

She was a bird trapped in a cage with nowhere to escape, so how could she not know that Sang Che's seemingly generous act of making room for her was just a way of teasing her?

I'm certain she won't escape from here.

But whether they can escape or not.

It's still uncertain.

Yin Huaixi's gaze was fixed intently on the woman Jia Wan was embracing; she knew very well who the woman in the turquoise dress was.

As long as she's there.

Yin Huaixi's chances of escaping would increase from 10% to 100%.

The imperial court and the imperial guards will not ignore that woman.