After wiping the ointment.
Song Yanqing’s eyes suddenly caught sight of the bite marks, still bloody and distinct, on Xie Ruotong’s fair shoulders.
The fury he had swallowed surged up instantly.
The thought of Qin Shuyang doing such things to Xie Ruotong...
Song Yanqing suddenly bit down onto Xie Ruotong’s shoulder.
Right where the bite mark left by Qin Shuyang was located.
A blind rage compelled him to vent uncontrollably.
Xie Ruotong’s brows furrowed tightly.
Enduring the pain on her shoulder.
She knew Song Yanqing wouldn’t be so kind-hearted.
Another bite on the wound was a pain truly piercing to the heart.
Xie Ruotong’s accumulated Inner Strength, for a moment, made her want to send Song Yanqing flying with a palm strike.
She suddenly felt a softness on her shoulder.
The Song Yanqing who had been biting down on her was now tenderly licking the wound.
Xie Ruotong felt a slight stir in her chest.
She didn’t know why she felt so touched.
That sensation, it was... almost numbingly tingling.
So unfamiliar that she was taken aback by it.
She didn’t know how long it lasted.
Song Yanqing suddenly let her go.
The warmth on her shoulder was gone.
"Can the ointment be eaten?" Song Yanqing suddenly asked Xie Ruotong.
Xie Ruotong was startled.
She was already a little muddled, and now had no idea what Song Yanqing’s sudden question meant.
"Has Gu Xingchuan mentioned whether the ointment can be taken orally?" Song Yanqing pressed, attempting to keep his patience.
Xie Ruotong regained her senses and slowly answered, "Topical medications are not for consumption."
"If I die," Song Yanqing said, "I will drag you with me."
Song Yanqing embraced her body and planted a deep kiss onto Xie Ruotong’s lips...
Amidst their lips and teeth.
Xie Ruotong seemed to taste the bitterness of the ointment.
That’s why Song Yanqing had mentioned such illogical things after biting her shoulder and licking her wounds—he had ingested the ointment.
He was transferring all the bitterness of the ointment into her mouth...
She truly couldn’t have any, not the slightest expectation towards Song Yanqing!
In the following days.
Song Yanqing spent every night in Xie Ruotong’s room.
No longer leaving after their affairs, he would sleep in Xie Ruotong’s bed.
After each encounter, he would also bring birth control soup to her.
While making her drink it, he would threaten her not to play any tricks.
Song Yanqing was like two different people in and out of bed.
She finally agreed with the prostitutes’ opinion, saying that a man who puts on his pants will turn his face and not recognize you.
Indeed, it was just so.
In the Noble Consort’s palace.
Zhao Mengyu threw all the expensive vases and teacups in front of her onto the floor.
Anger made all the servants in the grand hall kneel on the ground, trembling fearfully.
When Xiao Jinsen arrived, the entire hall was a scene of chaos.
"Mother Consort," Xiao Jinsen greeted with respect.
Zhao Mengyu looked at her own son, her anger still unabated, her face still livid with fury.
"What happened? Which servant has displeased the Mother Consort? I will immediately drag them out and chop off their head."
The servants upon hearing this were even more petrified, daring not to breathe too loudly.
"Servant?!" Zhao Mengyu scoffed coldly, her laugh tinged with madness, "Last night, your father, the Emperor, favored Qin Junsheng."
"How could this be?" Xiao Jinsen disbelieved.
For so many years Xiao Zhanping had not taken any new concubines, how could he suddenly favor one!
"I don’t know what shameless enchantment that vixen Qin Junsheng performed on your father, but last night she was favored in your father’s royal bed, and now the whole Imperial Palace knows about it!"
"Could there be a mistake?"
"No!" Zhao Mengyu said vehemently, "First thing this morning I had it investigated."
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have lost her temper so fiercely.
Xiao Jinsen’s expression also darkened.
"I want to kill that whore, Qin Junsheng," Zhao Mengyu said viciously and maliciously.
"Mother Consort, calm yourself," Xiao Jinsen was much more rational at this moment, "If something happens to Qin Junsheng right after she’s been favored by the Emperor, it will certainly raise suspicion. If we truly anger Father, the loss will outweigh the gains."
Zhao Mengyu naturally understood.
"Father’s health..." Xiao Jinsen paused, hesitant, "We should first investigate what exactly went wrong. I fear someone may have deliberately manipulated the situation. If we act rashly, we might fall into a trap instead."
Zhao Mengyu gritted her teeth.
She had no choice but to suppress her rage for now.
She was determined to find out who was cunningly plotting behind the scenes. She would have them torn limb from limb. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✶𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✶𝕟𝕖𝕥
Zhao Mengyu forced herself to calm down, looking at Xiao Jinsen, "What brings you to see me today? Is there something you need?"