Fairy, please don't do this!

"I'm coming to the Chamber of Commerce less and less often."

"The lady is mentioning your words more and more often..."

Gu Jinzhao was slightly taken aback.

He never expected that Yueyue'e would go to such lengths to gather materials for his Gu-refining.

But on second thought, it makes sense.

Each of the materials used to refine the Six Gu is a rare find in the world.

Especially those insects; if you're not a member of the Gu clan, getting your hands on them is practically impossible.

Thinking of this, he slowly said, "These days, because the Empress Dowager's birthday is approaching, I have been busy with official duties at the Ministry of Personnel, which is why I have come less often."

"Now that my birthday has passed, I will definitely come often in the future."

"These words are useless to me."

Feng Hua glanced at him and, seeing that they had reached the door of the madam's room, reached out and pushed the door open.

Gu Jinzhao said nothing more and stepped inside.

However, looking around, Yueyue'e was nowhere to be seen.

Just as she was looking around, a lazy, pleasant voice came from inside the warm pavilion, tinged with weariness, as soothing as honey: "Feng Hua, come in and get a back scrub!"

Gu Jinzhao was slightly taken aback.

Clearly, Yue'e was taking a bath inside.

After a moment's hesitation, he pushed open the jade door of the warm pavilion and strolled in.

Warm steam carrying a rich aroma wafted over, filling the room with a fragrant mist.

Inside the bath, mist swirls, and layers of flower petals float on the surface.

The elegant and beautiful woman was leaning against the edge of the pool, her back to the doorway, revealing a slender, snow-white nape of her neck and a smooth, jade-like back.

Her mature and beautiful body was hidden among the pool water and petals, with only her exquisite and undulating contours vaguely visible, appearing and disappearing, captivating the heart.

She seemed a little tired, and was resting lightly in the warm pool with her eyes closed.

Gu Jinzhao walked lightly to the edge of the pool and said slowly, "I'm sorry to trouble you with the materials for refining Gu."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Yuechu'e slowly opened her beautiful eyes, but did not turn around: "What wind blew Young Master Gu here?"

"It was a wind carrying a melancholy tone."

As Gu Jinchao spoke, he removed his official robes, leaving only his undergarments, and slowly stepped into the bath.

As the water rippled slightly, the two full moons floating on the surface swayed gently, revealing large expanses of fair and smooth skin that appeared even more plump and round.

Hearing the noise, Yue'e frowned slightly and opened her eyes: "What are you doing in the bath?"

Gu Jinzhao's gaze swept lightly over the voluptuous body, a smile playing on his lips: "I haven't bathed today either. Since Madam has prepared a bath here, I might as well take one at the same time."

"Besides, this bath is so big that it won't feel crowded even with one more person."

A slight blush rose on Yue'e's face as she glared at him: "Young Master Gu, have you forgotten the difference between men and women?"

"It's not like we haven't seen it before." A mischievous glint flashed in Gu Jinzhao's eyes: "The first time we refined the Nirvana Phoenix Flame for Madam, didn't we already see each other naked?"

"And last time, in the bamboo forest behind that ancient temple, my junior sister came to catch them in the act, and she bumped into someone who was completely bewildered."

Yuechu'e was both ashamed and angry, wishing she could tear his mouth off: "Shut up!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jinzhao immediately reached out and embraced the soft, delicate body, then lowered his head and kissed her moist, soft red lips.

"Waaah..."

Yuechu'e's body stiffened slightly, and her beautiful eyes widened suddenly, as if she hadn't reacted yet.

The next moment, a warm masculine scent wafted over her, and she snapped out of her daze, raising her hand to push him away from her chest.

However, Gu Jinzhao's arms held her firmly in his embrace, freely absorbing the unique mature fragrance of that beautiful woman.

Under such a domineering kiss, a blush gradually spread across Yuechu'e's flawless face, and her stiff body softened little by little.

After a long while, Gu Jinzhao released her lips with satisfaction.

Looking down, he saw the stunningly beautiful noblewoman in his arms with a dazed expression, her beautiful eyes veiled with a thin layer of mist, her gorgeous red lips slightly parted, and she was panting heavily.

“You—” Yue’e was speechless for a long time before finally squeezing out four words: “Shameless scoundrel.”

Gu Jinchao didn't care at all. He reached out and took a cotton towel from the jade tray next to him, went behind her, and began to wipe her jade back.

Warm water flowed down her smooth back, outlining its graceful curves, like those of a beautifully sculpted jade.

The shape of the shoulder blades is as beautiful as butterfly wings, the spine is slightly concave, extending all the way to the breathtakingly narrow waist, and then down to the sudden full and perky curve that disappears into the water.

Yuechu'e's delicate body stiffened slightly, as if she were somewhat uncomfortable: "What is Young Master Gu doing?"

Gu Jinzhao continued what he was doing, a smile playing on his lips: "Didn't Madam just ask Fenghua to come in and help scrub my back?"

Yuechu'e rolled her eyes coquettishly: "You're not Fenghua."

Gu Jinchao softened his voice slightly: "But I am the lady's man."

Hearing this, Yuechu'e's lips unconsciously curled up slightly, but then she thought of the man's philandering ways, and that smile turned into a bit of annoyance: "Young Master Gu, you should go serve your other women. There's no need for you to fawn over me."

"I've come all this way, is Madam trying to send me away?"

Gu Jinzhao turned around, wrapped a warm cotton towel around her rounded shoulders, gently rubbed them, and then followed the beautiful lines of her arms down to her elbows and wrists.

Finally, he lifted her delicate hand and carefully wiped each slender finger and between her fingers.

The movements were gentle, but somewhat awkward.

Yuechu'e pursed her lips: "Who wants to kick you out?"

She paused, then added, "I just feel that you don't know how to serve people as well as Feng Hua does, which makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Gu Jinzhao smiled and said, "I have never served any other woman before. Madam is the first."

Yuechu'e felt a sweet warmth in her heart and gave him a charmingly reproachful look: "Young Master Gu, you really have a whole repertoire of sweet talk."

"No wonder you have so many beautiful women around you, and they are all devoted to you."

"Is Madam truly devoted to me?"

Gu Jinzhao had moved the cotton towel in his hand to her snowy neck.

The skin there was exceptionally thin, so he moved even more gently, using the corner of the towel to trace the graceful curve of her neck, slowly sliding down from behind her ear, past her slightly protruding collarbone, and then towards the hollow of her neck.

The warm, damp sensation intertwines with the soft texture of the fabric, creating a slightly itchy yet comfortable feeling that makes you not want to move.

At the beginning of the month, Yue'e raised her head slightly, her cheeks and ears burning, her long eyelashes trembling gently: "If Young Master Gu wants me to be devoted to him, then he should sever his ties with them."

Gu Jinzhao shook his head: "If that's the case, then I, Gu, would be a heartless and unfaithful person."

Yuechu'e snorted lightly: "It's just making excuses for her philandering."

"I do have a womanizing nature, I don't deny that."

Gu Jinchao continued his movements, his expression extremely serious: "But I have always treated them with sincerity, without ever being hypocritical."

"Especially my wife and I, from the time we met to the time we became close, our feelings for each other have become so deep that they are hard to sever."

As soon as he finished speaking, he embraced her soft, delicate body, lifted her out of the bath, and placed her on the edge of the warm jade-paved pool. He then took a clean bath towel and wrapped it around her plump, smooth body.

Immediately, he covered the soft flesh of her thighs with a cotton towel, running it down her knees and calves, finally stopping at her jade-like feet.

Water droplets slid down her graceful leg curves, and under the soft light of the luminous pearl, her glossy toenails, stained with pale blue nail polish, resembled a delicate orchid blooming in the water, beautiful and captivating.

Yuechu'e's eyes sparkled, and she lifted her foot to gently kick his leg: "Don't try to bewitch me with these sweet nothings."

Gu Jinzhao sighed: "Since Madam doesn't like to hear these words, then let's just leave it at that."

"I'll go back and talk to Feng'er."

When Yuechu'e thought of that brat who had repeatedly ruined her plans, she subconsciously said, "You dare?"

As soon as she said it, she realized she had been tricked by the man, and angrily kicked him again.

Gu Jinzhao casually grabbed that restless jade foot and kneaded it a few times, feeling its soft and smooth texture.

A warm, tingling sensation spread through her, causing Yuechu'e's delicate body to tremble slightly, her cheeks flushing. She tried to pull away, but was held tightly.

Seeing this, Gu Jinzhao stopped teasing her and simply took the cotton towel to continue wiping the jade-like feet in his palm, asking softly, "Madam should have already reached the barrier of the second rank, and is about to break through?"

The upper limit for the Moth Phoenix clan is the third rank.

No matter how talented one is, one cannot break free from the shackles of bloodline.

That's why Yueyue'e forcibly devoured the Nirvana Phoenix Flame in order to transform her bloodline and revert to her ancestral form.

With his help, Nirvana Phoenix Flame has now been refined to a considerable extent.

In the game, this is the time to break through to a higher realm.

After a moment of silence, Yue'e replied, "We still need to find a Seeking Dao Pill to ensure everything goes smoothly."

"I haven't gathered all the materials needed for the refining yet."

The Seeking the Dao Pill is a sacred elixir.

The materials required for refining are numerous and extremely difficult to find.

Even with the resources of the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, they only managed to gather half of it.

Gu Jinzhao put down the soft, jade-like foot in his hand and said softly, "I can find the rest of the materials."

"However, when the time comes, I will need my wife to kill someone for me."

Yue'e asked instinctively, "Kill whom?"

Gu Jinzhao narrowed his eyes slightly: "The Zhao family patriarch, Zhao Qingcang!"

Chapter 239, The Madam's Personal Bathing Service (3K)

Yuechu'e looked puzzled: "If I kill him, I can get the materials for the Seeking the Dao Pill?"

Gu Jinzhao nodded and slowly explained the reason: "The Zhao family wants to refine a Saint-grade Blood Essence Pill, and the materials they need are almost the same as those for the Seeking the Dao Pill..."

Because of his scheming, the Zhao family's Blood Essence Pills suffered repeated setbacks.

Especially after the case of Fushou Dan, Zhao's alchemy shop was shut down, and the matter of alchemy came to a standstill.

Of course, the Zhao family did not stop there, but only slowed down.

Now, after this period of accumulation, the materials for refining the Blood Essence Pill have been gathered, but some cultivator's essence blood is still missing.

In the past, with high-ranking members of the Zhao family within the Military Supervisory Office as their inside agents, they could openly and legitimately command evil cultivators to collect essence blood.

But now it's much more difficult!

Firstly, the direct descendants of the Zhao family in the military command have been eliminated, and no one can act as a protective umbrella as before, making it extremely easy for their actions to be exposed.

Secondly, the Zhao family was quite wary of Gu Jinzhao, fearing that he might discover something else that would implicate the entire family.

Therefore, the Zhao family took a risk and planned to use the name of the secret realm to attract many cultivators to enter it, and then extract all their essence and blood to refine the sacred-grade Blood Essence Pill.

If nothing unexpected happens, news of the emergence of the secret realm will soon be reported.

At that time, Zhao Qingcang, the patriarch of the Zhao family, will personally enter the room to set up the final step of the alchemy process.

Upon hearing this, Yuechu'e's beautiful eyes lit up immediately: "Does Young Master Gu mean that once the secret realm opens, I will also infiltrate it, wait for the right opportunity to kill Zhao Qingcang, and then seize the alchemy materials?"

But then she thought again, and her brows furrowed slightly: "It's just that the Zhao family patriarch, like me, is at the third-grade perfection level."

"Even if I could defeat him, killing him would be extremely difficult. Moreover, I am a demon, and if I were to use my full strength, my demonic aura would soar into the sky, inevitably exposing my identity."

"If this attracts powerful figures from the imperial court, it will be troublesome."

A smile appeared on Gu Jinzhao's lips: "Besides my wife, I will also find another Rank 3 Divine Path expert to assist me."

"With the two of you working together, eliminating an old man who is nearing the end of his life should not be a problem."

"As for the demonic aura on you, Madam, I will use a causal fate spell to conceal it for you."

He naturally didn't know any karmic or fate-telling techniques, but he could have the ghost wife use the power of a fictitious fate to conceal the secrets of heaven.

Upon hearing this, Yuechu'e was relieved: "If that's the case, then I'll follow Young Master Gu's arrangements."

She trusted Gu Jinzhao implicitly.