Chapter 45 Don't Cry

Chapter 45

Kou Yuze still had some matters to discuss with the Lingyu Kingdom's royal family and planned to return to Beicang in three days. Kou Yuze asked Yingji to go back with him in three days.

"Okay." Yingji agreed with a smile.

Kou Yuze took Yingji's hand and wanted to take her away right now, but Yingji stopped.

"It's very late." Ying Ji declined to go to Kou Yuze's residence now.

Kou Yuze suddenly realized something, patted his head, and said in annoyance, "How could I forget that you are a mortal and need to sleep and rest at night? I was in such a hurry to find you tonight that I forgot! Then you go back and have a good rest. Anyway, I will be very busy in the next two days and will not be able to take care of you. When I finish my business, I will pick you up and we will go back to Beicang together."

Yingji nodded and said yes.

Kou Yuze watched Yingji walk into the courtyard until she closed the gate. Kou Yuze stood there for a while before turning around and leaving.

Xuan Ji emerged from the shadows and sarcastically asked, "Have you forgotten that she was the monk's concubine? You gave her the phoenix crown and then asked her to return to Kong Fan?"

Kou Yuze disliked Yingji's family. With a cold face, he said, "Master Kongfan is a monk. Don't try to sully his behavior!"

Xuan Ji crossed her arms, looked at Kou Yuze sarcastically, smiled and stopped talking.

Kou Yuze found Xuan Ji's look strange, and it made him feel uncomfortable. He frowned, ignored Xuan Ji, and quickly left. He only wanted to quickly complete his affairs with Ling Yu State, bring Ying Ji home, and hold a grand wedding for her.

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Yingji glanced at the light on in Kongfan's room, then looked away and returned to her own room.

She placed the phoenix crown that Kou Yuze had given her on the table. The dazzling phoenix crown with its large tassels lay on the table, shining like flowing water.

Then, Ying Ji took out the imitation Fiery Jade that she had prepared long ago from the Qiankun Bag.

She took a knife and carefully pried off the blazing jade in the center of the phoenix crown. Then she glued the fake blazing jade in its place.

Yingji examined it carefully, feeling that it was barely indistinguishable from the real thing to the naked eye. Of course, if one looked closely, one could still tell the difference. However, since the phoenix crown had already been given to her, no one would suspect she had swapped the Blazing Fire Jade.

Ying Ji placed the real Fiery Jade into a wooden box and carefully stored it in her Qiankun bag.

After doing all this, she felt like she had finally gotten over a worry. She let out a long sigh, then yawned tiredly. It was almost dawn, so she quickly packed up her things and went to bed.

Yingji was not sleeping soundly. When she heard the door opening next door, she opened her eyes suddenly, got out of bed quickly, ran to the door and opened it.

Kong Fan was walking down the stone steps under the eaves. He turned around and smiled, "Good morning."

"Where are you going?" Yingji looked at him warily.

"Cook."

Yingji was stunned for a moment.

Kong Fan turned around and continued to walk down the last stone step towards the small kitchen in the courtyard.

Yingji followed him. She leaned against the door, watching Kongfan make breakfast. His demeanor was always so relaxed, whether it was a matter of life and death or just washing vegetables.

Clear water flowed over his slender, clean hands, and the vegetables seemed to become jade against his jade-like fingers. He half-closed his eyes, carefully washing the dust and mud off each vegetable, then grasped the knife and cut them.

Porridge was bubbling in a clay pot not far away, and the faint aroma of rice slowly overflowed.

Breakfast was simple, and Kong Fan prepared it quickly. He dished out the vegetables and carried them out of the kitchen. As he returned, he saw Yingji, holding a handkerchief in her hands, trying to lift the casserole. Even with the handkerchief, she still felt the heat. She hurriedly put the casserole down, blowing on her hands.

The morning light shone on her head, making her hair glow with golden light. In a trance, Kong Fan felt that she was like an ordinary girl, simple and carefree.

The two sat opposite each other under the ginkgo tree. Yingji filled two bowls of porridge and placed one in front of Kongfan.

The freshly cooked red date porridge was still hot. She stirred it with a spoon, blowing on it from time to time. The aroma of rice and the sweet fragrance of red dates blended together, tempting Yingji to eat more. She tasted it and found it was indeed so hot that she bit her tongue. She frowned and raised her face, saying, "It shouldn't be difficult for you to let the porridge cool down, right? Why don't you just wave your hand?"

Kong Fan chuckled and said, "Waiting is also a kind of fun."

Yingji didn't understand his twisted logic, nor did she insist, and continued to stir the red date porridge.

The spoon occasionally moved across the bowl, making intermittent crisp sounds.

"I agree to be Kou Yuze's queen," Yingji said softly, looking at the red dates that occasionally peeked out of the bowl.

"Um."

Yingji raised her eyes and stared at Kongfan: "Don't you have anything else to say?"

"When do we set off?" Kong Fan asked.

Yingji stared at him without saying anything.

The stalemate of their gazes lasted for a long time before Kong Fan spoke again, "He truly treats you sincerely. If you are attracted to him, then this is a perfect match."

"Don't you know who I like?" Ying Ji still stared into Kong Fan's eyes.

Kong Fan looked away, ending the long stare-eye contact between the two.

He heard Yingji chuckle, and there seemed to be a hint of mockery in her laughter.

"Go back to Beicang with him in two or three days." Ying Ji also looked away.

"Okay. Then I'll find the antidote myself and send it to you in Beicang." Kong Fan's voice was still gentle.

Yingji no longer cared that the red date porridge was still a little hot. She lowered her head and started eating it mouthful after mouthful.

Kong Fan quietly raised his hand and sent out a ray of spiritual power like the morning breeze, so that the red date porridge was no longer hot.

After all, there is no time to wait for a bowl of porridge to cool down.

Yingji didn't look up or speak again, finishing her breakfast in silence. She took the last spoonful of red date porridge from the bowl, put it down, and went back to her room.

A gentle breeze rustled Kongfan's monk's robes. He sat upright, untouched from the bowl of porridge before him. Only after hearing Yingji close the door did he pick up the red date porridge in front of him and slowly eat.

In the morning, the Emperor of Lingyu Kingdom sent someone to invite Kong Fan to a banquet, but Kong Fan refused.

He looked back at Yingji's room, knowing he couldn't leave her today. The poison in her body had already gathered yesterday, and today was the deadline for her to detoxify.

Kong Fan was suddenly stunned and asked himself abruptly: Does she really need him?

She just agreed to Kou Yuze's proposal last night.

Yingji's door was suddenly opened by her. She came out of the room with a cold face and walked out quickly.

"Where are you going?" Kong Fan asked.

Yingji didn't answer and continued walking out without stopping.

When passing by him, Kong Fan felt a wave of heat and the surge of toxins in her body.

Kong Fan did not ask any more questions nor did he stop her. He just followed Ying Ji silently and watched her walk into the forbidden area behind the palace - the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts.

The beasts in the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts were affected by the fight between the two venerables, and many of them went mad and became extremely dangerous. Therefore, the forest was designated as a forbidden area by the royal family, and ordinary people were not allowed to set foot in it.

Kong Fan followed Ying Ji, watching her kill the mad beasts one after another, until she grew tired and sat down in a quiet bamboo forest.

Kong Fan stood behind Yingji, his eyes fixed on her slender yet straight back.

The wind blows through the bamboo forest, making a rustling sound.

The cool breeze, like waves, not only stirred the bamboo leaves but also gradually brought with it a patter of raindrops. The raindrops first fell sporadically, then gradually became denser, and the rain fell in slanting lines.

Kong Fan held up an umbrella and held it over Yingji's head.

The slanting rain line was cut and blocked by the umbrella.

Yingji listened to the tinkling sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella and asked without turning around, "Are you here to help me get rid of the poison?"

"yes."

His frankness made Yingji unhappy.

She sneered and said angrily, "It's fine if he's a man. It doesn't have to be you. Why bother following me?"

Kong Fan knew that she was angry, so he didn't argue or say anything.

But Kong Fan was also confused. Since she had already agreed to Kou Yuze's proposal, shouldn't she have any more things with him that shouldn't have happened?

All day long, he wanted to ask Yingji: Do you want me to help you find Kou Yuze?

But he kept these words in his mouth all day and couldn't say them out loud.

Yingji's straight back suddenly bent, and Kong Fan keenly detected a faint smell of blood. Almost at the same time, he felt a stinging pain on his lips.

He hurried around to Yingji.

Kong Fan squatted down, "Yingji?"

Yingji raised her face, blood on her lips, making her beauty even more flamboyant and gorgeous. She bit her lip, using the pain to overcome the poison in her body.

But Kong Fan was not looking at Yingji's bloody lips, but at her eyes.

She is crying.

"You...don't cry."

Yingji grabbed Kongfan's wrist and looked at him with wet eyes. "Just say the word and I won't go with him."

"You are free to go or stay."

Yingji stubbornly wanted to be kept, she said: "If you don't keep me, I will leave!"

After a long time, Kong Fan shook his head.

"Yingji, I can't give you what you want."

Yingji angrily snatched the umbrella from Kongfan's hand and threw it aside, letting the rain fall on her face to cover her tears.

Kong Fan looked at her face and could still make out her tears through the rain.

After a moment, Yingji's body went limp. She quickly reached out to support herself on the ground, lowered her head and breathed hard. The rain flowed down her cheeks, mixed with the blood on her lips, and fell.

She straightened up and almost instinctively threw herself into Kong Fan's arms. She swayed slightly and stumbled. Kong Fan reached out and supported her waist.

Yingji held Kongfan's face and kissed him like a thirsty fish.

Kong Fan stared quietly at her eyes so close to him. She closed her eyes, and her long eyelashes were wet with tears and rain.

The pain in Yingji's body was temporarily relieved, and she ended this long, venting kiss. She rested her forehead against Kongfan's eyebrows, closed her eyes, panted slightly, and whispered hoarsely, "One last time."

She smiled softly, her voice also soft: "I am about to marry someone else, so naturally this is the last time I will seek you to detoxify me."

Kong Fan's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "I will find you an antidote before the poison attacks you again."

Yingji stroked Kongfan's cheek with her palm, raised her eyes to stare at him, and asked, "You don't want me to find someone else, right?"

Kong Fan was silent for a moment before he said, "You should do this voluntarily, not under the pressure of drugs."

Yingji sighed softly, but she didn't get angry with him anymore.

Nothing was so unexpected.

That's just how he is.

But she tugged at Kong Fan's robe with such force that there was still a hint of annoyance in her force. She tore off Kong Fan's belt and practically threw it aside.

She no longer kissed Kong Fan, nor did she tease or seduce him as she did during the two previous detoxification efforts. She simply treated him as a tool for detoxification.

Kong Fan felt something unusual and felt the pain caused by her rough actions.

He wanted to say something, but he saw the cool breeze blowing away her scattered clothes, making her shirt pile up at her waist. He could no longer look, so he could only close his eyes and recite the scriptures without saying a word.

"It's right there!" Xuan Ji brought her men and came with concealed aura.

Kou Yuze stared at Yingji in a daze. She had her back to him, sitting astride Kongfan's arms, her clothes scattered, her snow-white back so dazzling.

Xuan Ji's sudden voice startled Ying Ji. She shrank in Kong Fan's arms and frantically tried to pull at the clothes that had fallen around her waist.

A stream of spiritual energy struck her hand, causing her to retract in pain and preventing her from getting dressed.

"Look, this is the queen you've always wanted to marry!"

"Masters, this evil woman has destroyed your abbot's practice. Why don't you quickly execute her on the spot?"

Xuan Ji suddenly stretched out her hand towards Ying Ji, using her spiritual power to try to pull her over.

Yingji's clothes were disheveled, and when she felt the spiritual power coming at her, her face suddenly changed.

Kongfan hugged her.

Ying Ji looked up in surprise. Kong Fan looked at her frightened eyes and suddenly remembered the scene when she was tied to the Hanxue Stone and the banquet where she was forced to dance.

The bright red cassock descended and wrapped Yingji tightly.