People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

Ahhhhh!

Hua Ying was filled with grief and indignation. Her lifelong innocence had been ruined by Cao Ze tonight.

She is now filled with regret.

Compared to Cao Ze slapping her face with a fire poker, she now felt that even being beaten to death by the Qu family as a thief would be better!

Hua Ying glanced at the two naked beauties on either side of Cao Ze, and looked at Cao Ze with a hint of disdain.

A lecher is a lecher!

She had a cold face and was unresponsive, but her natural charm and allure, combined with her beautiful face illuminated by the moonlight, melted away most of her aloofness.

"Stop talking nonsense! Don't ask these pointless questions!"

Are you angry?

"no!"

Hua Ying vehemently denied it, but her resentful eyes, her somewhat rapid breathing, and even her slightly pained expression all indicated that she was enduring it with great difficulty.

Cao Ze hummed a little tune.

Hua Ying instantly recognized the tune as the one Cao Ze sang when he went to Zuimenglou.

"Humph!"

Hua Ying turned her head away.

Cao Ze chuckled and said, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Hmm, let me guess.

"Theft? Casualty? Eavesdropping?"

Hua Ying was too lazy to pay attention to Cao Ze.

She rolled over and landed on the ground like a fluttering butterfly, her figure slender and tall.

Because she had just gotten into bed, large sections of Huaying's hair were now disheveled.

She had to restyle her hair.

Cao Ze quietly admired the beauty of the flower shadows.

The two beautiful wisps of hair hanging down from her cheeks complemented the shadows of the flowers perfectly.

Looking closely by the moonlight, Hua Ying's eyebrows were as beautiful as a painting, her features were exquisite and flawless, and her pair of peach blossom eyes were clear and captivating, without a trace of impurity. If it weren't for the complex emotions such as annoyance and helplessness that were currently flowing in her eyes, one would imagine that she would be lively and approachable in her glances.

Of course, what is even more eye-catching is the graceful figure of Hua Ying, who can naturally reveal a cold and aloof expression. Her temperament is like a secluded orchid in a valley, but her face is like a bewitching rose.

Her beautiful eyes, like those of a phoenix, with a hint of pink like peach blossoms at the corners, possessed a natural allure that, combined with her cool and resolute expression, made her truly unfathomable.

Hua Ying roughly straightened her clothes and couldn't help but glance at Cao Ze, who was staring at her without blinking.

Her lips curled down slightly in disdain, but she was also a little smug inside. She knew her own charm. So what if Cao Ze was a Qin state censor and a guest of the Qu family? He was still just a stinky man!

Hua Ying wrapped herself tightly in black clothes, even covering her slender, snow-white neck completely, which made Cao Ze feel quite sorry for her.

Cao Ze had seen many beautiful women and had even tasted the beauty of the Snow Maiden and Purple Maiden, but he was still amazed when he saw Hua Ying.

I never imagined that Hua Ying in the original novel would be such a character when she was young.

"Are you going?"

"I want you to take care of it!"

"Ahem..." Cao Ze said with a wicked smile, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, there are people outside who are much stronger than you."

Hua Ying was too weak to notice that someone was staking out the place.

But who was he? He easily sensed a master standing three zhang outside the house, beside the artificial rock.

It's likely that either the Qu family suspected him of secretly keeping Hua Ying, or the Qu family specifically sent people to protect him.

The latter is more likely.

Hua Ying, who was about to climb out the window, paused. Was there really someone outside? Why hadn't she noticed?

Was Cao Ze bluffing or trying to scare her?

Hua Ying slightly furrowed her brows, seemingly caught in a dilemma, yet still exuding boundless charm. Her beautiful, watery eyes were especially endearing.

"...What exactly do you want?! What do you mean by this?!"

Hua Ying turned around, rushed to Cao Ze's window, and said angrily.

Cao Ze laughed and said, "I didn't mean anything by it, I just don't want you to get caught, is that alright?"

Hua Ying looked at Cao Ze, who seemed relaxed and carefree, but whose expression was slightly tired, and felt a sense of powerlessness.

Good heavens! How could she have run into such a jerk!

"...Help me get out of here!"

Hua Ying took a deep breath and regained her cold expression.

"Why?"

"If I get caught, I'll confess to you, that you're my accomplice, that you just harbored and protected me! At worst, we'll both die, it's a fight to the death!"

"Hey, you can try it. I'll just say that you controlled and blackmailed me, and that's why I had no choice but to hide you under the covers. Let's see who the Qu family will believe."

Hua Ying's beautiful face flushed red and then turned pale.

The red color was because she remembered being burned by that dirty thing in Cao Ze's bed earlier, and the white color was because she had nowhere to escape now. Seeing that Cao Ze was not threatened, was she going to have to stay with this guy all night?

As for Cao Ze saying, "Look at who Qu Shi believes," she had just overheard that Qu Shi wanted to befriend Qin and curry favor with Cao Ze. Even if Cao Ze had actually harbored her, let alone falsely accusing Cao Ze, Qu Shi would probably let it go easily.

Ok?

Hua Ying thought for a moment and suddenly said, "I can tell you what I heard in the Qu family mansion."

Cao Ze straightened his back slightly. "What did you hear?"

Hua Ying raised her head and puffed out her chest, saying, "Want to know? Promise me one thing."

Cao Ze shook his head slightly, "Never mind if you don't want to talk about it."

Hua Ying laughed in exasperation, "You're so stingy!"

Cao Ze said indifferently, "So be it."

Hua Ying remained silent, turned around and looked up, her back to Cao Ze, not wanting to see that shameless face.

Cao Ze didn't care about being ignored, but it has to be said that Hua Ying's tight black outfit accentuated her figure, making her curves even more alluring. Her graceful waist and hips were quite captivating. It would be even better if one could ignore Hua Ying's cold expression.

As if sensing the burning gaze behind her, Hua Ying turned around uncomfortably, only to meet Cao Ze's admiring eyes.

But in Huaying's eyes, it looked sleazy and unpleasant no matter how you looked at it.

After considering it for a moment, she said, "The Qu family, because the Jing and Zhao families are secretly communicating with the Three Jin states, wants to befriend the Qin state."

"So that's what it is..." Cao Ze muttered to himself, "Just as I thought."

He had said it himself: Qu's enthusiasm towards him was a bit too much.

Even though he was a high-ranking official in Qin, he was still considered less important than a mere official by the top nobles of the seven states, who might not even respect the king.

"Tell me your terms. What do you want me to do?"

Hua Ying said in a deep voice, "Because the Qu family wants to befriend you, they want to harm my little brother. I want you to express your stance."

"A disadvantage to Ji Bu? Didn't you say your little brother is the commander of the Shadow Tiger Legion? Would the Qu clan offend the Xiang clan? Also, why is it because of me that the Qu clan is targeting your little brother? Hmm, is it because of you?"

Cao Ze quickly saw the truth behind it.

Hua Ying fell silent for a moment. How annoying!

"...That's right. The Qu family wanted to frame my brother, leaving me with no one to rely on, and ultimately handed me over to you."

Hua Ying laid everything out in one go.

"So, I want you to tell the Qu family that I'm already pregnant..."

Hua Ying gritted her teeth, her heart fluttering, and opened her alluring little mouth to say, "We've already had physical intimacy and have mutual feelings for each other!"

Cao Ze blinked.

"Um... I mean, it seems like if I don't say or do anything, you'll just be tied to my bed by the Qu family and I can defile you at will. Why would I bother with all that?"

Hua Ying fell silent again.

After a long silence, she said softly, "Aren't you a friend of the farmers? The chivalrous leader once said so."

Cao Ze smiled and said, "So you're admitting you're from the farming family now?"

Hua Ying pursed her red lips. "Yes, I am from a farming family."

Cao Ze continued, "Since you are from the peasant family, why did you come to the Qu family's residence to eavesdrop?"

Hua Ying said calmly, "This is an internal matter of the Farmer's family, and I cannot disclose it."

Seemingly aware of her own coldness, she added, "I was just following orders and didn't know anything about it."

She was telling the truth; aside from knowing about the mission, she didn't know why the leader had entrusted her with it.

Cao Ze said "Oh" and thought about it carefully.

Based on the original work, could it be that Lord Changping was using the peasants to pave the way for his return to China?

That's possible.

It's a pity I'm in the State of Chu, otherwise I really want to see what Changping Jun's expression is after he's captured by Ying Zheng.

"I've finished explaining. Can you help me now?"

Hua Ying's smile was more hideous than her tears; it was truly a humiliating night.

"Okay, come and go to sleep."

Cao Ze said mercifully.

Hua Ying looked at Cao Ze's two naked concubines in bed, and then at Cao Ze's extremely irritating yawning, and almost lost her temper on the spot.

"...Didn't you say you'd help me leave the Qu family mansion?"

Hua Ying tried her best to speak calmly.