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

I was momentarily stunned by what I saw.

Yin Huaixi did not answer Sang Che's question for a long time. Her body, nestled in the quilt, seemed to be getting hot again.

Where did this guy learn all these moves?!

How can you be so shameless!

"Huaixi, you...don't you like these?"

Sang Che's tone revealed disappointment. She seemed to have suffered a great injustice, and her expression was melancholy. With a wave of her hand, the fireflies scattered.

It rushed into the window like a tide.

"I...I didn't say I didn't like it."

"Ah Che, where did you learn all these tricks?"

Turning her head, Yin Huaixi stared at Sang Che.

Now that she's taken the medicine, Sang Che's eyes will never return to normal.

The sky was filled with fireflies and twinkling stars.

Wasn't Sang Che showing this to her?

Hearing that she didn't say she didn't like it, Sang Che immediately smiled and moved closer to Yin Huaixi.

"Someone taught me to do this, and if you like it, I'll learn it again next time."

Yin Huaixi: "..."

Yin Huaixi: "No need, I want to sleep a little longer."

Lying down wrapped in the blanket, Yin Huaixi closed her eyes tightly, but couldn't help but lift the blanket a crack to peek out.

...

dungeon.

The spider web was covered in dust.

With the sound of dripping water and the occasional screams in her ears, Jia Wan, who was leaning against the cold wall, suddenly opened her eyes.

A ray of sunlight enveloped her amber pupils. Jiawan, who had just woken up, couldn't bear the dazzling light and instinctively looked away.

"Please...please...don't kill me..."

"I really...I really didn't do that..."

"I just took in that person covered in blood..."

"Aa ...

The whip cracked.

The guard, dressed in black robes and wearing a black iron mask with a long sword hanging at his waist, snorted coldly.

"You're about to die, and you still won't tell the truth... Do you really think you can get away with what you've done?"

"Tell me everything honestly, and maybe my master will spare your life."

"Otherwise, you'll regret it!"

They kept whipping the meat.

Jiawan shuddered, swallowing hard, feeling as if the whip was striking her.

He was breathing rapidly.

Despite calling out to the Gu worms again and again, Jiawan still received no response.

Amidst screams, a clear set of footprints approached her.

"Greetings, Master!"

The sound of salutations caught Jia Wan's attention. Her eyes were sore that she could only barely open them a crack to peek outside.

A familiar figure appeared before Jiawan.

"It's you..."

"What are you doing here...?"

With a hoarse voice, Jiawan never expected to see the person she had always wanted to see here.

Zhao Huining wore a dark black cloak with gold thread, and behind her followed a group of guards wearing black iron masks.

"Ah Shui, long time no see."

"You came looking for me because you missed me?"

Jiawan had never expected to find herself tied up by Aning, and she frowned slightly.

"When...when exactly did you find me...?"

Zhao Huining's eyes were smiling, but her lips did not curve into a smile; however, she looked no different from when she was at Fengming Mountain.

Jiawan, who used to think Ah Ning was cute, stared blankly, broke out in a thin layer of sweat, and felt a faint sense of fear rising in her heart.

She...shouldn't...shouldn't have been so willful as to throw away A-Che's Gu worms.

If...if...A-Che's Gu worms were still following her...

She would never fall into such a situation!

Zhao Huining had no intention of deceiving Jiawan. She said coldly, "Ah Shui, you still don't learn your lesson. The moment you entered Lingshui City, my people discovered your secret."

With a step forward in her black boots, Zhao Huining looked down at Jia Wan, like a cunning old fox.

"Fengming Mountain made me suffer so much, and I even became your prisoner, enslaved and disrespected by you. Ah Shui... tell me, should I keep an eye on Lingshui City to prevent you from coming to find me?"

The leaders standing behind Zhao Huining were all shocked. They knew that the princess was being held captive by the Miao people in Fengming Mountain, but they never expected that she would become the "plaything" of this Miao woman in front of them!

Looking around, even the emperor sitting high on the dragon throne dared not have any objections to the eldest princess.

How dare this woman do this!

They're practically asking for it!

No wonder the princess went to great lengths to capture this butterfly, lock it up, and torture it severely.

Faced with the accusations brought by Zhao Huining, Jiawan boldly refused to admit to a single one.

Her once clear eyes were now filled with hatred. Jiawan said, word by word, "A-Ning, it was I who saved you."

"You...you should be my dog, shouldn't you?"

"If it weren't for me, you would have become one of Ah Che's countless drug victims long ago... Would you still be able to stand before me with such arrogance as you do now?"

Hearing Jiawan's provocation, Zhao Huining squatted down, pinched Jiawan's cheek with her fingers, and said indifferently, "Absurd."

"Ah Shui, you don't know my background, so how can you be so sure that I couldn't escape Phoenix Cry Mountain without you?"

"I've seen these dirty tricks since I was a child. If I hadn't been careless and fallen into the trap set by that guy Sang Che, I would have already—captured her, drained the Chi You blood from her body, and presented it to His Majesty."

Upon hearing that Zhao Huining intended to harm Sang Che, Jia Wan immediately became anxious. She straightened her back, causing the iron chains to creak.

"You dare lay a hand on... Ah Che!"

"I will definitely... kill you!"

With her dark eyelashes lowered, Zhao Huining smiled even more triumphantly. She pressed her thumb harder on Jiawan's cheek, watching as Jiawan's eyes reddened with pain.

They still showed no sign of giving up.

"You want me dead?"

"Ah Shui, why don't you take a look now and see who has you in their hands?"

Zhao Huining leaned close to Jiawan, their noses touching. If they had gone just an inch closer, they would have kissed.

A moist atmosphere filled the air.

"You...you let me go..."

"I don't want you to touch me... I won't let you touch me..."

Zhao Huining looked at Jia Wan and continued, "Tell me, Ah Shui... if I tortured you and made you taste the same things I once tasted, wouldn't your Ah Che feel sorry for you if he saw it?"

"She'll definitely rush over in a rage to save you from this predicament, won't she?"

When Jia Wan heard that she had imprisoned herself here to lure Sang Che after her, she hardened her heart and rammed forward.

Zhao Huining bumped her eyebrow, and her forehead immediately turned bruised.

"Master!"

The guards behind him all bent down to help Zhao Huining up.

"It's alright."

Zhao Huining reached out, and the crowd stopped moving forward, instead placing their fingers on the hilt of their swords, wary of what Jia Wan might do to harm Zhao Huining.

Zhao Huining glanced at Jia Wan, who was in excruciating pain and gasping for breath after being described as "hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of your own," and straightened up.

She turned around.

He instructed the guard beside him: "Take her away, wash her clean, make sure she's completely clean."

"Send it to my room."

Everyone was stunned for a moment: "..."

He immediately replied, "Yes!"

After giving these instructions, Zhao Huining left the dungeon.

Before Jiawan could catch her breath, the man in black with a long sword grabbed her and pulled her up.