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

A thin mist hangs in the air in the early morning.

Sang Che, in a state of high excitement, did not sleep all night.

Sang Che gently stroked the wound on her index finger with her thumb, a slight smile playing on her lips. Before long, Huai Xi would stay by her side forever.

He couldn't even utter a harsh word.

Thinking about it... it's really a bit of a shame.

When she gets fierce, she's not annoying; it's just that what she says makes people unhappy, sad, and breathless.

Turning to the side, Sang Che gently touched Yin Huaixi's shoulder, her slightly swollen lips landing a light kiss on Yin Huaixi's shoulder.

Before anyone could react...

Sang Che reached out and pulled her into his arms, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Huaixi, I know you don't like it here."

"But you'll have to be patient."

"You can leave after a while."

The heavy, humid heat dampened her ears. Yin Huaixi was weak and powerless. She knew the effects of the medicine had worn off, but... all the strength in her body had been drained.

Sang Che is really a scoundrel!

No, she's a dog!

When it goes crazy, it looks like a dog; when it bites, it looks like a dog; when it acts irrationally, it looks like a dog!

Why don't you answer me?

"Huaixi, don't you like things like this?"

"We're together from morning till night, what's wrong with that?"

"No one is bothering us, no one dares to bother us..."

The cold poison was rampaging through her body, leaving Sang Che extremely weak, but this did not stop her from clinging tightly to Yin Huaixi, afraid that she would escape.

"Sang Che... how many times do I have to say it? I have no feelings for you, no interest in you."

"Is there anything about me that you like? I'll change it, okay?"

"Do you really have to... do you really have to blackmail me?"

With her ankles tightly bound and the chains taut, Yin Huaixi couldn't take a single step forward no matter what she did; all she could do was desperately grip the bedding.

"Threat?"

With his slender fingers touching Yin Huaixi's delicate face, Sang Che turned her head towards him.

Yin Huaixi was forced to look directly into her blind eyes. Sang Che's robe, half-covering her, slipped off her shoulder, revealing her snow-white back with deep cleavage.

"It's not a threat."

Still smiling, Sang Che seemed to have completely forgotten yesterday's grievances and red eyes.

"Huaixi, plant Gu worms in them. As long as I say a word to these good children, their bodies will become a breeding ground for Gu worms."

"Back then, could you really distinguish whether they were your people or my Gu worms?"

Yin Huaixi knew clearly from those two sentences that Sang Che said them to anger her.

But she just couldn't help it...

I couldn't resist taking the bait, and I couldn't help but have a huge argument with this person.

"Sang Che, how dare you..."

Slowly getting out of bed, Sang Che fumbled for his robe and draped it over his shoulders.

During the onset of the cold poison, her whole body felt like it was being pierced by ice spikes, but there was one good thing about it.

That is to regain the sight.

"What wouldn't I dare to do?"

"Huaixi, do you know... I once suffered endless scorn and curses from you Han people in the imperial court."

As she stepped off the bed, her white dress fluttered in the air, like a butterfly following Sang Che's ankle, and her laughter grew increasingly morbid.

"But the emperor, the ministers, your prime minister... none of them dare to kill me."

"Even if I turned all the guards, maids, and eunuchs who were watching over me into my puppets, into habitats for my Gu worms, they wouldn't dare do anything to me..."

Yin Huaixi pressed her pale, almost sickly, jade-like fingers against the mottled marks on Sang Che's chest, looking at his face.

It felt both disconnected and strangely fitting.

"Because I am the holy maiden of this Miao region, and the bloodline of Chi You in my veins is what the emperor desires most, and what the king desires most."

Before his death, Old Miao King crawled like an old dog to Sang Che's feet, kowtowing repeatedly and admitting his mistakes. His exquisite clothes and gleaming silver ornaments were all stained red with blood.

Sang Che didn't even blink.

He remained calm and composed, sipping tea at the table, and said in a low voice, "The throne won't miss you."

"But only I can refine the King of Gu in this world. It would be your honor as a king to let you die by my hand."

Why not?

...

Step by step, I walk forward, the sound of silver bells ringing.

Sang Che bent down, her robes wrapped around her body, crooked and twisted.

Yet, it couldn't hide her captivating charm and alluring allure.

"Huaixi, tell me, under this whole world, what wouldn't I dare to do?"

Sang Che rubbed her fingers against the face that made her so happy again. This time, with a ray of light from the window, she could see Yin Huaixi's outline clearly.

But those eyebrows and eyes were as if veiled by a thin gauze, and no matter how you looked at them, you couldn't see them clearly.

I know you want to leave.

"Huaixi, you can try... I think you'll realize one day that no matter how hard you try, you'll never escape my grasp."

Sang Che gently patted Yin Huaixi's cheek with his fingertips, staring intently at her.

The two remained silent.

The tears in Yin Huaixi's eyes were hard to tell whether they came from pain or hatred.

Until the maid's voice called from outside the door.

I reminded Sang Che that he should take a medicinal bath.

Without delay, Sang Che got up, and the maid who came forward quickly tidied up her disheveled robe. She kept her eyes straight ahead.

The maid knew perfectly well what she should and shouldn't see, what she should and shouldn't ask.

As Sang Che walked down the corridor, he remembered that Yin Huaixi hadn't eaten dinner the night before, so he said to the maid, "Remember to feed her, once a day."

"Not too much, not too little."

Appropriate hunger can accelerate "taming".

But if you get too hungry, it will have the opposite effect.

Sang Che understood this principle best, and she wouldn't let Yin Huaixi show signs of physical weakness before the love potion was planted in her body.

Maidservant: "Yes, Holy Maiden."

Following the aroma of the fried pastry, Yin Huaixi turned her head to "look" at the wooden door that the guard was slowly closing.

She hadn't experienced this kind of extreme physical pleasure, with her heart pounding, in a very, very long time.

With a gentle call, countless silver bells touched the water and rang out.

A blue butterfly landed obediently on Sang Che's fingertip. She smiled at them and said, "Good children, watch over this place for me."

"If she wants to escape, you'd better tell me."

The butterfly in her hand fluttered its wings and danced in harmony with Yin Huaixi.

Sang Che flicked his fingertips upwards, and countless butterflies seemed to sense it, fluttering all over the mountain.

...

Feeling groggy, Yin Huaixi lay in bed for an unknown amount of time before regaining some of her strength.

She was panting, her clothes were almost soaked with sweat, and her long hair was disheveled.

Yin Huaixi glanced at the spot where Sang Che had been lying with disgust and discovered... that the ointment she had taken from Jia Wan was still quietly placed on the bed.

What does Sang Che mean by this...?

provocative!

A blatant provocation!

Who wants her fake concern!

Originally, she was stubborn and didn't intend to use the ointment Sang Che gave her, but as soon as Yin Huaixi lifted her leg, her whole body ached uncontrollably, especially down there... which was indescribable.

She bit her thin lips, and her gaze, which had been looking away, returned.

"This thing... I originally asked for it... it doesn't really belong to her!"

"What's wrong with me using it...?"

Reaching out, Yin Huaixi opened the ointment, and a light fragrance wafted out. She dipped her fingertips in it and applied it to her body.

But every time you touch it…

Yin Huaixi could always recall the way Sang Che kissed her.

Continuous...