Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Chu Mingkong lost face: "You can't see through me!"

Shen Xuejun suddenly said:

"Mingkong, Ruyu saw your martial arts competition and wants to learn from you. I'll go pick her up. Is that convenient for you?"

Ruyu... Chu Mingkong originally wanted to say coldly that they weren't familiar, but after all, Princess Ruyu had given him an opportunity to have his master's wife pass on her knowledge to him. After finishing with Princess Ruyu, he would spend the evening looking for Consort Wan. It was going to be a fulfilling day!

"Of course, Master's wife, you're being too polite."

Chapter 229 Get More Antidote!

Princess Ruyu has a habit: whenever conditions permit, she will soak her feet in a medicinal bath after finishing her cultivation. Soaking her feet in a wooden tub filled with the fragrance of herbs for a while will relax her spiritual meridians, which are dry and tired from cultivation, and make her feel refreshed. Of course, a full-body medicinal bath would be even more comfortable, but it takes too much effort.

Moreover, the warm and comfortable feeling that gradually spreads from the toes to the whole body when soaking your feet is quite different from the feeling of soaking your whole body in water at once, and each has its own enjoyment.

There's no way around it; being from a princess's family, their enjoyment of life is all about exquisite refinement.

The boots were placed beside her. Just as Princess Ruyu put her fair and tender feet into the wooden basin, Shen Xuejun appeared in her boudoir.

Princess Ruyu looked at Shen Xuejun with surprise and asked, "Mother, you came so quickly. Did you find that person?"

“We’ve found it. What are you doing sitting here? Weren’t you eager to meet us before?” Shen Xuejun urged her daughter to set off.

Because of the matter of Prince Ling, Princess Ruyu's maternal grandfather, a general, had already ordered his men to tie Prince Ling up and bring him back to the army. Without consulting Prince Jin's opinion, he castrated him, but did not carry it out immediately. He still had to save face for Prince Jin. But the result was simply that he would be castrated after Prince Jin found out. Before Prince Jin's intentions were conveyed, General Zhengyuan had his men tie Prince Ling up in the street and let the mischievous children shoot at Prince Ling's penis with slingshots. Those who hit it would be rewarded with silver coins.

The Prince of Jin hasn't arrived yet, but Young Master Ling has already become a "Bakugan Boy".

Ruyu was taken back by her maternal grandfather for protection these past few days, for fear that she might encounter some trouble again. However, Ruyu wanted to see the martial arts competition, so she asked her mother, Shen Xuejun, to use the viewing stone to show it to her. When she saw the scene of the sword cutting through the golden body, Ruyu was very shocked and eagerly begged Shen Xuejun to take her to see the real person.

She has now learned from her mother that the man who secretly broke into her mansion and was raped by her is none other than Chu Mingkong, the heir of Xiling.

Princess Ruyu really wanted to know how Chu Mingkong had cultivated to such an outrageous level.

However, Ruyu's personality has both the straightforwardness and generosity she developed in the military and the spoiled nature she has been pampered with. She was in a hurry to beg her mother earlier because she was afraid that her mother would think that she didn't care about her and that it didn't matter whether she went or not. Now that she knows that everything is in order, Ruyu is no longer in a hurry.

"Mom, please have a seat and soak your feet with me. I heard Tianya City is quite chaotic, and you must be exhausted from all that going on there. Come and relax together!"

Ru Yu, with her wet feet, pulled Shen Xuejun to her bedside. As she parted the white skirt of the elegant and aloof beauty and prepared to take off her shoes, she noticed that Shen Xuejun was wearing white stockings.

"These must be something that's just become popular... called silk stockings, or just stockings for short? Mother, why are you wearing them?"

"The newly recruited disciple was curious about these socks, so I put them on for him to touch," the young female sect leader said without any hesitation. What happened at the time was exactly what she said.

Ruyu didn't quite understand. How could some guy just touch his mother's plump and fleshy legs?

However, she can understand this "curiosity" very well!

The girl touched the stockings on her mother's thigh. The wonderful feel of the stockings had a captivating magic. Once you touched them, you longed for them and couldn't put them down.

However, after being lightly scolded by Shen Xuejun for wasting time, Ruyu decisively took off her mother's stockings, lifted her skirt, and soaked her feet with her.

"Mother, you said that person is Chu Mingkong, Senior Sister Yunhan's younger brother. How did he learn so many skills? I've never heard such outrageous stories. It's one thing for his spear skills to be at the Spear Saint level, but his heavy swordsmanship is at the Sword Immortal level? Even if he has a Sword Immortal master, it's still unbelievable!"

Shen Xuejun herself doesn't possess many titles or ranks related to immortality. She doesn't delve much into the art of weaponry; her strength lies in magic, and weapons are merely tools to aid in casting spells. If she were to compete against Xiao Yunhan, she would still be able to defeat her.

"This is a combination of personal talent and hard work, which is hard for others to imitate. Chu Mingkong has been training in the Abyss region since he was a young age. He is also a person who is born with great opportunities. He can even meet an old fisherman while fishing and share the classics with him. Outsiders can't envy him. You don't need to look up to him. Just walk your own path."

Ruyu nodded thoughtfully. She had a lot of affection for her mother, but she would listen to everything she was told and take it to heart. She remembered her mother's words and, recalling her grandfather's instructions, quickly said:

"I was so focused on the martial arts competition that I almost forgot what my father-in-law told me to do." She patted her head.

"What's the matter?"

"My grandfather first asked me to thank you, Mother, for your timely appearance. Then he said that he would definitely recommend more outstanding talents to Wenqing Pavilion in the future and would also send a thank-you gift to Wenqing Pavilion. He also said... he asked if you could prepare more antidotes for the aphrodisiac for me, saying that he was afraid that I, a young lady, would suffer losses outside."

General Zhengyuan's thoughts were simple. He used to think that his granddaughter Ruyu's cultivation was enough to protect herself, so he didn't need to worry too much. But this time, Ruyu was almost ruined by Young Master Ling with aphrodisiacs, and the old general was worried and anxious.

And he had never heard of any antidote for this stuff. Men who were poisoned by it wouldn't suffer any harm. They could just go to the brothel, spend a few taels of silver, and have the girls there perform some riding skills. But that wouldn't work for girls!

Now that I've heard that Pavilion Master Shen has this medicine, I imagine it's extremely precious, hard to come by, and difficult to obtain. So I've asked Ruyu to convey my message that he will cover the cost of the antidote.

Ru Yu's pretty face scrunched up when she thought of the taste of the antidote:

"Mother, if it's difficult to get the antidote, then it's better not to. It's too hard to drink; it's so thick that it makes it hard to breathe. No matter how good the antidote is, I can't drink it!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Xuejun nodded slightly, agreeing that it made sense. It was impossible for her to appear at any time and place so conveniently to protect Ruyu, but if Ruyu always carried the antidote with her, at least she would have a way to deal with it if she fell into a trap.

"The antidote is with Chu Mingkong. If you really want it, just go to him and ask for it. However, he's a bit slow and it takes a lot of time. You can ask him for advice and have him prepare the antidote for you while he's explaining things to you," Shen Xuejun said.

"So that bastard had the antidote! He just watched me suffer like that, what a scoundrel!" Ru Yu remembered that when she had her attack, he just watched and pretended to be helpless. So it turned out he was just unwilling to give her the antidote!

She's quite capable, but how can she be so petty? It was only through her mother's intervention that she was able to obtain the antidote.

"Does he have a lot of antidote? He's so stingy. It'll probably be even harder to ask him next time. I'll just ask him for more all at once."

"Quite a lot. Given his physique, it's probably inexhaustible for a short period of time."

Chapter 230 Is there any medicine?

Chu Mingkong found a place to lie down and pretend to be asleep, because halfway through, the Princess of Chu sent someone to ask if he wanted another courtyard prepared for him to rest, which Chu Mingkong naturally refused.

Why would you want to sleep somewhere else when there are so many people here, Sister Xiao Yunhan? However, it wouldn't be good to openly refuse Princess Chu. She was a mother he had just recognized, so he had to go along with her on such a small matter. Chu Mingkong expressed his gratitude and then said that he was very tired and needed to rest, so he would not go to the new courtyard for the time being and would pack it up for him to use later.

Zuo Qiuchi patted Xiao Mingkong's belly and asked:

"What are your plans now? The biggest problem we had to deal with on this trip to Xiling has been solved. Are you planning to stay here and act as a local tyrant, or do you have other plans? Are you really planning to go back to the capital and continue being a hostage?"

Chu Mingkong snuggled into Zuo Qiuchi's arms, clinging to her like an octopus. Zuo Qiuchi was also lying there like a salted fish, her outer skirt off, leaving only a bodice hanging on her upper body. Her two overly full, soft breasts were exposed on both sides of the bodice, revealing a hint of spring. Her body was soft, tender, and fragrant.

Because Chu Mingkong would climb up and down on her body from time to time, moving his position, subtle pebbles quietly appeared on the smooth bodice due to the friction.

Zuo Qiuchi, annoyed by his constant fidgeting, gripped his vital spot with her delicate hand and gave him a simple yet deadly threat: "If you keep crawling and moving around, I'll break you."

Chu Mingkong had no choice but to behave himself, whether he wanted to or not.

"...Afterwards, I really will have to go back, that's for sure, but I haven't decided yet whether I want to go back as a hostage."

"So what were you planning to do sneaking back?"

Smuggling all the girls away, what could be more important than that?

Oh, yes, continue investigating whether the emperor laid a hand on him. If we use an exhaustive search method, after basically eliminating the "vicious foster mother's family" option, the only remaining motive is the emperor.

His coma remains a mystery. Things seem to be different from what Empress Pei thought, but the situation is still unclear.

Before all these uncertainties, Chu Mingkong's top priority was to move all the beautiful women he knew to a place where he could feel at ease.

The Cui family is the first to need to evacuate, as they are close to him and are likely to be the first to be implicated.

Chu Mingkong even considered writing a letter back to the capital right now so that they could move to Xiling immediately, but such a decision would be rash, as Tianya City was not yet a completely safe place.

"There's still something to do, how can we just run away like this? But we haven't really thought about how to go back to the capital yet. Master, are you tired of staying in the capital?" Chu Mingkong was a little worried. It wouldn't be good if Zuo Qiuchi didn't accompany him. Without such a beautiful master by his side, who could stand it!

"I wouldn't say I'm tired of it, but I am a little bit. However, if you really plan to go back to the capital, I can still go in with you," Zuo Qiuchi comforted her.

Chu Mingkong nodded gratefully, his gaze falling on the two conspicuous peanut-sized "buttons" on his undergarment. He reached out and poked them, as if triggering some kind of switch, and heard Zuo Qiuchi let out a soft "hmm~" in his ear.

Immediately, Chu Mingkong's cheeks were pinched and squeezed.

"Want to die? Believe me or not, I won't torture you this time, I'll tie a knot for you?"

"I was wrong." Chu Mingkong's survival instincts kicked in. "I just noticed the unevenness on your undergarment and thought the fabric was wrinkled, so I was thinking of poking it to smooth it out. It was just an accident..."

"Then how about I give you a surprise too?" Zuo Qiuchi chuckled.

"Then no need!" Chu Mingkong cautiously shifted his body again, trying his best not to brush against the unusual area of ​​his undergarment. "Master, could you raise your arm a little?"

Seeing the boy press his head against her arm and breast, Zuo Qiuchi knew what he wanted to do, and said wearily:

"You really can't stay idle for a moment. Why don't you go find Feng Ying, or if all else fails, go find your master's wife."

Despite his apparent disdain, Zuo Qiuchi still raised his arm, as if stretching. However, Chu Mingkong wanted this movement to fully expose the tender flesh under his armpit, so he immediately buried his face in it, inhaling the scent of milk, unable to extricate himself.

"Hey, don't kiss me like that." Zuo Qiuchi looked helplessly at the boy lying on top of her and slapped his butt.

"No kiss, it's just that my lips touched your skin, Master."

"And what about the tongue?"

"I can't breathe through my nose, so I can only open my mouth..." Chu Mingkong's voice was muffled, and he stopped talking altogether as he started kissing and nibbling.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Mingkong thought that while his sister was going to find their mother, he could get closer to Zuo Qiuchi again. Otherwise, when would he be able to "make the autumn pond swell with the night rain in Bashan" and fill the autumn pond to the brim?

Having finally agreed to a mutual "biting" situation, Chu Mingkong suddenly sensed his master's wife and another person approaching the courtyard. This person was Princess Ruyu, whom he had met not long ago.

This is really bad timing. Chu Mingkong saw that Shen Xuejun hadn't returned for so long, and he figured she wouldn't be back anytime soon. Why did she have to pick this time?

"Master, could we wait until Princess Ruyu leaves before we get to know each other better? I'll just say a few perfunctory words to her; it shouldn't take much time!"

Zuo Qiuchi does things entirely based on his mood. His mood can come suddenly, but it's certain that once his mood is gone, he won't have any ideas for a while.

"That depends on fate~" Zuo Qiuchi was just looking forward to seeing him pent up with nowhere to vent.

"..." Chu Mingkong.

After making some preparations, Chu Mingkong tidied his appearance and went to meet Princess Ruyu.

Princess Ruyu was no longer wearing her usual smart and fitted outfit, but rather the elegant and charming attire of the Wenqing Pavilion sect.

As soon as she entered, she looked around, searching for her senior sister Xiao Yunhan, but she couldn't find her anywhere. Her gaze then fell on the boy.

"Mother, Senior Sister Yunhan isn't here, and why is there a child here?"

Seeing that Ru Yu didn't recognize him at all, Chu Mingkong had no choice but to say:

"I am Chu Mingkong."

"You're quite the rascal. You know that Chu Mingkong, that stingy bastard who hoards medicine, is riding high right now. He won the Tianya City Martial Arts Tournament, so you've started acting like him."

Princess Ruyu completely forgot that Chu Mingkong had not revealed his identity in public, so there was no such thing as him being "at the height of his fame," and most people did not know that he had returned to Xiling.

Shen Xuejun said calmly to her daughter:

"He is Chu Mingkong. His body has shrunk, but his mind is normal."

Ru Yu's spirited and lively face was filled with surprise. This was the first time she had ever seen someone shrink like this, and she was still a little doubtful.

"You still know how to use a gun? Show me how!"

Chu Mingkong proved his identity with the simplest sentence: "You're holding onto my precious spear, refusing to let go, and trying to take advantage of me."