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

The candlelight flickered.

The dagger's cold gleam was stained with crimson blood.

Sang Che dipped his fingertip into the emerald green jar he carried with him. The small red worm lying inside sensed the blood from its master's fingertip, opened its small mouth, and began to devour it.

The slight numbness in her fingertips brought a smile to Sang Che's lips, her eyes gentle.

Only in this way...

If you feed Yin Huaixi a love potion, she won't make a fuss, won't say she doesn't like you, or that she's in love with someone else.

"Holy Maiden, the time allotted for one incense stick has been up."

Ah Cai hurried over, dipped a handkerchief in hemostatic ointment, and gently wiped Sang Che's wound.

Looking at the deep wound on her fingertip, A-Cai couldn't help but frown, feeling a pang of heartache.

"Holy Maiden... your Gu techniques are unmatched in the entire Miao region. Even without feeding the love Gu with blood, the effect would be the same if you planted it in Yin Huaixi. Why torture yourself like this?"

The warm ointment moistened my fingertips, and the gushing blood stopped.

Sang Che gently touched the wound and said, "It's possible that I don't need to be nourished with my essence blood, but I want to see... how infatuated Huai Xi is with me, how she can't live without me, how she clings to me."

"Her behavior makes me really look forward to it..."

These words silenced A-Cai, who was wiping her dagger.

She wanted to say that the Holy Maiden didn't need to take that Han woman seriously; just turn her into a puppet, and that would be a permanent solution. Why worry about Yin Huaixi running away every day?

Having been by Sang Che's side for a long time, A Cai knew what kind of answer the Holy Maiden would give her if she said these words.

The High Priest said the two were destined to be together, so why is it that only the Holy Maiden is deeply in love, while Yin Huaixi seems to be completely unmoved?

Aside from constantly irritating the saintess.

Is there anything else they do?

Oh, her legs are still restless.

Every day I think about escaping from Fengming Mountain!

After closing the lid and feeding the Gu worms, Sang Che's anger from the daytime subsided considerably.

She asked softly, "Did you bring her food tonight?"

Faced with Sang Che's question, A Cai dared not hide anything and honestly replied, "Holy Maiden, without your orders, none of your subordinates dared to bring her food."

Sang Che thought that her hurtful words deserved to go hungry, so that when he went to see her, even if it was just to ask for a bite to eat, he would probably say more nice things.

"In that case, take me there."

I just stood up.

Sang Che was caught off guard and felt a sudden dizziness. His palms landed on the table, turning white and red.

She felt weak and had a ringing in her ears.

"Holy Maiden... what's wrong with you...?"

Ah Cai was terrified and quickly helped him up.

Having lost too much blood and energy, Sang Che's face had unknowingly turned pale, making him look even more sickly.

"It's alright, the love potion just takes up energy."

"I'll be fine after a short rest."

A-Cai reached out and touched Sang Che's wrist, startled by its coldness. She was horrified and tried to persuade Sang Che, but he interrupted her.

"You... step back."

Knowing that the task of warming the Holy Maiden couldn't be delayed, Ah Cai quickly nodded, "Yes, Holy Maiden, I'll go get the charcoal right away!"

Perhaps afraid of the cold wind blowing in, Ah Cai closed the door before leaving, glanced at Sang Che with concern, and left in a hurry.

Sang Che felt as if all his strength had been drained.

She reached out and grabbed the vessel containing the love potion, feeling the "pulsation" of the worm.

The intense cold didn't seem so unbearable after all.

...

Curled up in bed, Yin Huaixi's fingers hooked around the blanket, feeling the chill seeping into her bones tonight.

After finally managing to remove the chains and hang it on the edge of the bed, Yin Huaixi felt a sharp pain in her ankle just from looking at it.

The image of Sang Che holding the blood-red worm in her dream lingered in her mind, and Yin Huaixi could imagine the pain of the worm seeping into her bone marrow as soon as she closed her eyes.

Sang Che…

Where exactly is the limit of patience?

Could she really be considering forcibly implanting a Gu worm in her tonight?

No, it's not time yet!

According to the original plot, Sang Che only really had the idea of ​​using the love potion after the imperial soldiers arrived.

She angered Sang Che and was imprisoned again.

As Sang Che's confidante, Jia Wan will definitely find out about this, and Zhao Huining will certainly find out as well.

Now she has to be careful whether Zhao Huining will take advantage of this opportunity to find her through Jiawan...

Yin Huaixi deduced that there was an 80% chance that Zhao Huining would come looking for him. As long as they could make contact with the outside world at this time, they could get to the first batch of guards who entered Fengming Mountain to rescue Zhao Huining.

She disrupted the original plotline, and by going out with her, she could perfectly achieve a "golden cicada shedding its shell" (a Chinese idiom meaning to escape unscathed).

Just as I was thinking this, in the dead of night, I heard the Miao people greeting me from outside the door.

The fact that these Miao people treated them with such utmost respect meant it was obvious that Sang Che had arrived.

Yin Huaixi closed her eyes tightly, intending to pretend to be asleep and fool them.

The door was quickly opened with a soft creak, and Sang Che dismissed his guards.

I stepped inside.

The little red snake's eyes darted about in the darkness, guiding its master on the path ahead.

I approached the bedside.

Sang Che smelled that familiar fragrance, and as she reached out to touch the soft bedding, she slowly sat down.

Little Tooth wisely shrank back into Sang Che's sleeve, not daring to show itself, fearing that Yin Huaixi might slap it away in her fright when she woke up.

Sang Che's fingertips traced the coolness of Yin Huaixi's face, and he couldn't help but pinch it with his fingertips.

"Are you...asleep?"

Sang Che gently waved the pastry wrapped in oil paper in front of Yin Huaixi, but Yin Huaixi did not react.

He casually placed the pastry on the table.

Smelling the aroma of the fried pastry, Yin Huaixi, who hadn't eaten dinner, swallowed hard, but she still didn't dare open her eyes.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

If she eats this flaky pastry, who knows what price she'll have to pay?!

learn from mistakes.

Being wary of Sang Che, this wicked woman, is her top priority.

"Huaixi, do you know?"

"You're the most well-behaved when you're asleep."

"You won't argue with me... nor will you say hurtful things like leaving me."

Yin Huaixi didn't want to move, but Sang Che's fingers approached her without her noticing and pressed against her chest, opening her clothes.

He peered inside…

Stop...stop...stop!

What exactly is Sang Che trying to do?!

Even though she can't see, her technique is still so fast, accurate, and ruthless. What can one say about her?

"Huaixi, your heart is beating so fast..."

Sang Che bent down and pressed his ear against Yin Huaixi's chest, listening to her heartbeat.

A smile played on her lips.

If we could plant a love potion in her heart, her heart would only beat for her from now on. What a wonderful thing that would be.

The skin was rubbed and became burning hot.

Her body was too sensitive to endure Sang Che's torment, and Yin Huaixi couldn't help but groan.

That delicate tremor.

It is especially noticeable in the darkness.

Sang Che, in particular, had a keen sense of hearing and immediately realized that Yin Huaixi was not asleep but was pretending to be asleep.

Or perhaps she woke up in the middle of the night.

Was it she who woke him up?

"Huaixi, you're really good at hiding things."

"When did you wake up?"

Why didn't you greet me?

As Sang Che got closer to Yin Huaixi, his expression, as if he wanted to devour her whole, made Yin Huaixi angry again.

"That's a question I should be asking the Holy Maiden."

"Why isn't Your Majesty asleep? Why are you sneaking around here in the middle of the night like a thief?"

"What are their intentions?"

"Could it be... that the Holy Maiden is also going to become a notorious womanizer?"

These words were a blatant insult, and Yin Huaixi was prepared to be severely punished for angering Sang Che today.

She... was tormented even more by Sang Che.

The less likely Zhao Huining is to be discovered by Sang Che.

The greater her chances of escaping, the better.