Chapter 186 You Are My Antidote
He Yanchen learned about what happened today on his way back. He was the one who arranged Nianxia to be with Yueli, and he had to report everything Yueli did every day, no matter how big or small.
His brows turned cold as he instructed Ji Ming: "Go tell the Queen that she doesn't need to interfere in Concubine Yu's affairs."
"She is unworthy of her position. If it happens again, she won't have to interfere in the affairs of the harem."
Ji Ming was shocked, but he agreed repeatedly: "Yes, I will go right away."
He Yanchen returned to Linde Hall, and as soon as he stepped into the hall, a small thing flew into his arms.
He took advantage of the situation and hugged her: "Have you been wronged?"
Yueli shook her head. She didn't feel wronged. On the contrary, she had made the queen very angry. But when she saw the room full of beautiful girls today, Yueli felt uncomfortable.
No wonder He Yanchen would punish her every time he saw her in contact with Xiao Mingcheng. Now she also wanted to punish him.
"I want to deal with you..."
He Yanchen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Say it again?"
He bent down slightly, grasped her slender waist with his hands, picked her up like a child, and walked towards the hall: "I want to see how you are going to deal with me."
Yue Li was placed on the couch. She rushed over and pushed the man down on the couch. He Yanchen lay there leisurely, not moving, just looking at her leisurely.
"Come on, let me see how you deal with me."
Yueli read a hint of contempt in his eyes. She snorted, untied the jade belt from his waist as she usually did, and tied his hands.
He Yanchen saw her sitting astride him and fiddling with the belt, but unfortunately her technique was so poor that it was tied so loosely that he didn't even need to struggle, as it would fall off on its own in a moment.
After Yueli was tied up, she started to worry.
What to do next?
Her face flushed as she thought about it. She felt something was wrong again. It seemed that she couldn't deal with him like he dealt with herself.
The man lying on the couch said lazily: "Why don't you continue?"
Yueli was provoked by him and leaned over and bit his lips.
She kissed without any method, completely unaware that the man beneath her was clenching his hands, and the veins on the back of his hands were becoming more and more obvious.
Suddenly, Yueli felt a pain in her waist. She opened her eyes subconsciously and met the man's lustful eyes.
And the jade belt had broken into two pieces.
The world was spinning around her, and she was pressed under him again.
"You don't even know how to deal with people. It seems that I, your master, didn't teach you well enough."
He Yanchen pinched her jaw and kissed her.
Yueli deeply regretted her provocative behavior.
In the midst of the chaos, he forced me to keep calling him "Master"...
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In the blink of an eye, it was the day to set out for the spring hunt. The carriage traveled for nearly three hours before finally arriving at the enclosure.
Yueli was so tired that she slept in the royal tent for the whole afternoon and didn't even attend the bonfire dinner in the evening.
She was awakened by the voices of Nian Xia and Fei Lan. When she opened her eyes, she saw Nian Xia hurriedly saying, "My Lady, there's something wrong up ahead."
If it wasn't something important, the two wouldn't have disturbed her sleep. Yue Li quickly packed up and walked towards the camp ahead.
On the way, Nian Xia told her that He Yanchen drank some wine and went to rest for a while in a tent nearby. Xiao Mingyue pretended to convey the empress dowager's order to deliver sobering soup, but put drugs in it, intending to molest His Majesty.
Yueli looked confused. Xiao Mingyue must be sick!
Most of the ministers had already left, and only Shou'an Hou and his family were left in the camp kneeling on the ground begging for mercy.
The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost couldn't stand. Nanny Yang supported her aside, and the Queen also looked unhappy.
Outside the tent not far away, Ji Ming was guarding outside, and Yue Li knew that He Yanchen was inside.
She walked over and asked, "Eunuch Ji, how is His Majesty?"
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician has come to diagnose the condition. Your Majesty only took a small amount, so he should be fine."
Yueli couldn't help but worry, so she lifted the curtain and walked in.
He Yanchen leaned on the couch, his face slightly flushed, but his brows were tightly furrowed, and he was obviously in a very bad mood.
"His Majesty?"
The man opened his eyes and saw that it was her. The coldness in his eyes dissipated a little: "Come to me."
Yueli walked over and sat beside him.
"Ji Ming, go and bring those people in."
"yes."
After a while, the Empress Dowager, Xiao Mingyue and others came in.
The Marquis's wife immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. It is because I did not teach my daughter well that I made such a big mistake. Please spare my daughter's life!"
Anyone who dares to drug the Saint deserves several heads chopped off.
However, the imperial physician checked and found that it was just an aphrodisiac, not a poison, and the Marquis' wife still hoped that the empress dowager would show some mercy.
The Queen Mother pressed her forehead and said nothing.
The queen looked at Xiao Mingyue with disappointment. She was so useless. No wonder she couldn't suppress Yue Li in the Xiao Mansion before.
He Yanchen was impatient to listen to their quarrels: "Shut up."
His tone was so bad that Madam Hou and Xiao Mingyue didn't dare to cry anymore.
The tent was very quiet until Chu Yi came back.
"Your Majesty, this was found in Miss Xiao's tent. It is indeed an aphrodisiac."
The Queen Mother could not help but curse: "How foolish!"
Xiao Mingyue cried and said, "I just adore Your Majesty. I really only want to serve Your Majesty, even if it means being a slave..."
The Marquis's wife wanted to slap her to wake her up.
"A slave or a maid?" He Yanchen's eyes were cold. "In that case, Xiao will be caned fifty times and sent to the laundry department. Shou'an Marquis and his wife Li have not properly raised their daughter. Their titles and imperial decrees will be stripped away and they will be caned fifty times."
The empress dowager opened her mouth, and the words of plea were on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them back when she met He Yanchen's cold and indifferent gaze.
Chu Yi immediately called for someone to drag them out. Xiao Mingyue was terrified: "Empress...Empress, save me!"
The queen's eyes were wide open with anger, but He Yanchen's scrutinizing gaze fell on her.
"Let her go," the man demanded. "If you tell the truth, I will give you a lighter sentence."
Xiao Mingyue was a weakling to begin with, and upon hearing this, she immediately kowtowed, "Your Majesty, it was the Empress who gave this medicine to this humble servant. It was the Empress who said that once the matter was completed, this humble servant would be allowed to serve Your Majesty."
The Queen quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not do that!"
He Yanchen was extremely annoyed: "Take back the Queen's Phoenix Seal and temporarily confine her."
"Chu Yi, take people to search the Queen's tent."
He rubbed his brows and met Xiao Mingyue's fearful and expectant eyes. Suddenly, the corners of his mouth curled up coldly: "Xiao will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and sent to the laundry department."
Shou'an Hou and his family were dragged out, leaving only their cries for mercy echoing in the night sky.
"Everyone, step back."
Seeing He Yanchen's displeasure, the others did not dare to say anything more and left the tent.
Just as Yueli was about to move, the man hugged her and buried his face in her neck.
"I'm not feeling well..."
Yue Li touched his flushed cheek worriedly, "Is the medicine still not working? I'll go call the imperial physician!"
As soon as she stood up, she was dragged down to the couch by the man. He Yanchen pressed forward, his hot breath fanning the side of her neck: "Why do you need a doctor?"
"You are my antidote."
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