Ji Fengyao glanced at the pot of "cooking wine" in front of the wedding candles, then thought better of it. She already had three wives and four concubines; how could she expect him to remain faithful to her?

After much thought, I decided to appeal to their emotions and reason.

After hesitating for a while, Ji Fengyao moved her stool a little closer and decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with Shang Xiye.

Upon hearing the noise, Shang Xiye instinctively leaned back and glared at him, asking, "What are you doing?"

What are you doing?

What can she do?

Seeing Shang Xiye's wary expression, as if he were being teased, Ji Fengyao suddenly felt playful. She raised her paw, let out a wolfish howl, and grinned mischievously: "I'll eat you up!"

Shang Xiye: "!"

Just as Shang Xiye was considering whether to knock her unconscious, Ji Fengyao withdrew her hand and said seriously, "Brother... no, Your Highness, you don't seem to believe me very much?"

I'd be a fool to believe you!

Shang Xiye gave a light snort of annoyance, sat up straight again, and looked gloomy.

Ji Fengyao was not discouraged and continued to persuade him: "Your Highness, you are already in this state. Why not trust me this once? We can try anything. If you can't cure me, you won't lose anything. If you can, you will have gained something."

Shang Xiye looked at her coldly, his sharp eyes seeming to pierce several holes in her face: "Stop talking nonsense to me. I will not dismiss the concubines in my mansion. I am unwell and will not consummate our marriage tonight. Please do as you please."

Her words of drawing her sword and shouting for battle yesterday are still ringing in my ears.

Her repeated attempts to get close to him were simply because she wanted to possess him.

Damn female bandit, don't even think about it!

"Hey, I thought you were agonizing over something. Who asked you to dismiss them? Even if you take in a dozen or twenty more wives, it's none of my business..." Ji Fengyao stopped mid-sentence, realizing that her words and actions seemed inconsistent with yesterday. She quickly changed to a pitiful expression and whimpered softly, "What I mean is, I understand Your Highness's difficulties. For Your Highness's sake, I am willing to live peacefully with those women and even have a private chat with Your Highness under the covers, to be a pure couple."

"To be a chaste couple?" Shang Xiye chuckled.

Who was it that drew their sword yesterday and threatened to kill all the women in his household?

Who was it that stuffed a bunch of erotic pictures into their sleeves and then kept getting close to him with fabricated words, almost rubbing against his face?

"Um!"

Ji Fengyao rested her fists on her chin, blinked her fox-like eyes, and looked up at someone, pretending to be obedient.

"Then what do you want?" Shang Xiye was completely unconvinced by her explanation.

Ji Fengyao clasped her hands together in front of her chest, her two slender, white index fingers touching repeatedly: "I'm here to treat your illness, aren't I? To treat an illness, one must first become familiar with medicinal herbs and practice making medicinal decoctions. Therefore, I hope that you can use all your abilities and connections to help me collect all kinds of medicinal herbs from all over the world, give me a private courtyard, and ensure that no one disturbs my medicine making."

"All kinds?" Shang Xiye looked puzzled, recalling the words she had used to appease that family of bandits.

“I am not familiar with all the medicinal herbs in the world, so how could I possibly develop an antidote for you? This is all for your sake...our future, Your Highness.” Ji Fengyao smiled like a little white rabbit.

She probably forgot that her identity as a bandit had already branded her as a "tiger mom" in the minds of the world. No matter how she tried to act, she would always be seen as a tiger baring its teeth, not as a cute little rabbit.

Shang Xi closed his eyes at night.

The female bandit was strange in her words and actions, rambling on and on without telling the truth, which made him wary.