Why did you lie to me?
Xuanfeng felt as if his body was on fire, but his heart was still trapped in an ice cave.
Leng Ye's heart skipped a beat, mistakenly thinking that Xuan Fengqian had already recognized him, and he was so nervous that he was sweating profusely.
At this moment, he really didn't know how to face her.
Although everything tonight was against his will, he did indeed force himself on her while she was completely unaware of it.
"Don't get excited yet. Let's talk about it after you've recovered, okay?" Leng Ye's voice was hoarse as he tried his best to soothe her emotions.
"What else is there to say between us?"
Xuan Fengqian's eyes were full of disgust. She tried to push him aside, but she couldn't push him away no matter what she did.
"Don't move around, so as not to aggravate the injury."
Leng Ye gently held her waist and said in a deep voice.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Fengqian aggravated his wound due to his excessive movement.
hiss--
She gasped in pain, her eyes welling up with tears. However, what saddened her more than the physical discomfort was Dijun's deception.
She originally thought that Di Jun would be a good ally.
Unexpectedly, just like Leng Ye, he appeared to be well-dressed, but he was always doing things that were worse than beasts.
"Why are you doing this to me? Di Jun, tell me why!"
Xuan Fengqian's hands and feet were restrained by Leng Ye, and she was unable to move her body, causing her emotions to collapse even further.
"Feel sorry..."
Leng Ye felt heartbroken, but didn't know what to do to make her feel better.
He had indeed coveted her for a long time, but he never intended to cause her so much pain or drive her to such despair.
Had he known she would reject Dijun so much, he would never have rashly used Dijun's appearance to do as he pleased. He called it helping her counteract the effects of the drug, but in reality, it was more like he was suppressing his own desires.
Although there is no antidote for the Hehuan Powder, it is not the only solution. He only chose this method because he was unwilling to waste his cultivation.
"Why is everyone forcing me? Is it only when I die that you will let me go?"
Xuan Fengqian felt deeply humiliated by their overly intimate posture. She would rather die from the poison than endure this humiliation.
"Don't talk nonsense, you'll be fine." Leng Ye looked at her nosebleed that suddenly appeared, and with no other choice, he hardened his heart and held her tightly in his arms. "Everything will be alright once the effects of the medicine wear off."
"Wasn't it you who drugged me?"
Xuanfeng's pale eyes were icy cold. Seeing that he had not gotten up for a long time, she finally took out a pair of scissors from under the jade pillow and stabbed him in the heart with all her might.
Leng Ye was prepared and snatched the scissors from her hand, casually throwing them off the bed. "Once the effects of the drug wear off, you can stab me as you please."
"Why are you doing this to me? You've either used me as a tool for revenge or as a plaything to be discarded at any time, all while claiming it's all for my own good. Do you know that what you're doing now is tantamount to slowly and painlessly torturing me to death?"
"A-Qian, you have never been a plaything, nor a tool for anyone's revenge."
Leng Ye soothed Xuan Fengqian in a low voice, gently wiping away the gushing blood from her nose, but had no choice but to continue.
To avoid causing her further harm, and having no other choice, he struck her on the back of the neck with a palm strike, knocking her unconscious.
In the shadows, Fu Chen Leng Ye stared at the figures almost overlapping inside the room, his eyes filled with a deep-seated resentment.
He stared intently at the silhouette against the window, as if someone were squeezing his heart tightly, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
"Leng Ye, you just wait!"
Fu Chen's face turned pale, and his low, hoarse voice revealed an intense anger.
Although Leng Ye's intrusion did not affect his plans, he was indeed unwilling to watch Xuan Fengqian be humiliated by others.
What made him feel powerless was that he could neither confront Leng Ye head-on for Xuan Fengqian's sake, nor could he easily give up his revenge plan because of the stirrings deep in his heart.
After much deliberation, he finally clenched his fists and left in a huff.
Inside the house, the cold night felt almost like an anxiety.
If this continues, even if the effects of the aphrodisiac are neutralized, Xuan Fengqian's body will inevitably be ruined.
But given the circumstances, there was no other way but to continue...
This ordeal lasted for several more hours.
As dawn broke, the effects of the medicine on Xuan Fengqian's body finally dissipated.
Leng Ye quietly got up, intending to wipe her body, but she suddenly opened her eyes.
"You're awake? The effects of the Hehuan Powder have worn off. Let me apply the medicine for you."
Seeing her staring blankly at the beams above, Leng Ye felt a surge of panic and pulled her into his arms.
Xuan Fengqian stopped crying and let him hold her, as quiet as a corpse.
After a long while, she spoke coldly, her voice devoid of any warmth, "Did you put the drug in the bird's nest and coconut cup?"
At that moment, she felt as if she had been run over by a car wheel, and was in so much pain that she couldn't move.
However, it was precisely because of the pain that her mind cleared up in a short period of time.
She recalled the events of yesterday, Yuan Heng's kind smile flashing through her mind, as well as the unprecedented scene of Xuan Qianning coming to Yuan Heng's rescue...
In her memory, although Yuan Heng didn't often return to the Immortal Realm, he treated her extremely well. Logically speaking, Yuan Heng would never harm her like this, nor would he have any reason to do so.
Furthermore, Xuan Qianning had "kindly" helped Yuan Heng out of a predicament yesterday, patiently explaining why immortal women must drink bird's nest and coconut cups before marriage.
Based on this deduction, the person who put the drug in the bird's nest and coconut cup is more likely to be Xuan Qianning.
But what is Xuan Qianning's purpose in doing this?
Could it be that she conspired with Dijun beforehand?
Xuanfeng was restless and uneasy, feeling that something was wrong.
Meanwhile, Leng Ye was also pondering who had given her the aphrodisiac. But no matter how much she thought about it, she still had no clue.
After a long while, he explained very seriously, "It wasn't me who administered the medicine. I had no intention of offending you; the situation was urgent, and I had no choice but to do so."
"When did you become so hypocritical? You knew I didn't want to, so why did you force me? You could have just ignored me, couldn't you?"
Xuan Fengqian was unaware that an excessive dose of the aphrodisiac had a very high mortality rate. She only thought that Di Jun had been lustful and had tormented her for an entire night.
"I will thoroughly investigate the matter of the aphrodisiac. You should rest well and stop overthinking. Let's just consider our wedding night a day earlier, okay?"
Leng Ye looked at the shocking wounds on her body and felt extremely annoyed. He was about to apply medicine to her, but she seemed to be very resistant.
"Dijun, you haven't forgotten that our marriage was nothing more than an exchange of benefits, have you? You clearly promised me that we would live separate lives after marriage and not interfere with each other. How dare you bring up the wedding night now?"
"..."
Leng Ye's pupils contracted sharply, his heart filled with astonishment.
Only then did he understand why Xuan Fengqian was so hostile to Di Jun.
It turns out that her engagement with Dijun was fake!
After realizing this, he finally understood why Xuan Fengqian seemed to be in so much pain.
Because she doesn't love him, any overly intimate contact is torture for her.
Thinking this through, Leng Ye dared not tear off the fake mask of Di Jun on his face. If Xuan Fengqian knew that he was the one last night, she would be a thousand times more in pain than she was now.
However, if Xuan Fengqian continues to misunderstand, there might still be room for reconciliation between them...
Knock knock knock—
Just then, a series of urgent knocks came from outside the door.
"Is the Princess awake? In two more hours, the Demon Emperor's wedding procession should be arriving." Qi Yuan said with a smile, and in the blink of an eye, she and the other fairy maidens cheerfully pushed open the door and entered.
Leng Ye's brow twitched, and he hurriedly picked up his robes, hiding them behind the screen with a slightly guilty look.
"Your Highness, the auspicious time is almost here."
Seeing that Xuanfeng Qian was still lying on the couch, Qi Yuan strode forward and spoke softly.
Before Xuan Fengqian could speak, Yuan Heng followed Qi Yuan into the room. "My little one, get up quickly. Your mother will personally style your hair."
Yuan Heng smiled broadly and seemingly unintentionally lifted the thin quilt covering Xuan Fengqian.
"don't want..."
Xuan Fengqian cried out in alarm, but because she couldn't muster the strength, it was too late.
"Oh! My child, what's wrong with your body?"
Yuan Heng stood there dumbfounded, pointing at Xuan Fengqian, who was in a disheveled state, and shouted loudly.
The fairies followed Yuanheng's gaze and looked at Xuanfeng's body, which was covered with ambiguous marks.
Qi Yuan glared resentfully at the clumsy Yuan Heng, then snatched the quilt from her hands and gently covered Xuan Fengqian with it. "Princess, what happened?"
"Let them out."
Exhausted, Xuanfeng stared blankly at the top of the beam, his voice barely audible.
Seeing Xuan Fengqian so distraught, Qi Yuan panicked completely.
However, she still forced herself to remain calm and said in a deep voice to the fairy maids behind her, "The princess needs to rest. Please move to the front hall."
The fairy maidens looked leisurely at Xuan Fengqian, who was so weak on the bed that he couldn't even get up. They were determined to find out what Xuan Fengqian had done that night, and they stood there for a long time, unwilling to leave.
"Could it be that Princess Xiantian has just experienced a romantic affair?"
"I never imagined that Princess Xiantian would be so despicable!"
"On her wedding day, she even dared to have an affair with a stranger. She's shameless."
"Such a scandalous woman deserves to be banished from the celestial realm."
...
Leng Ye, standing behind the screen, was furious upon hearing the fairies' words.
He abruptly ripped off Di Jun's mask, and with a single move, he knocked all the gossipy fairies in the inner room to the ground. "Say it again if you dare."
The fairies looked at Leng Ye, who was furious, exchanged glances, and fell silent.
Seeing Leng Ye's display of force, Yuan Heng couldn't help but feel a little intimidated.
During their last encounter, she had already realized that she was no match for Leng Ye.
Therefore, when she saw Leng Ye slowly walking towards her with the Xuanyuan Demon Sword in his hand, she could no longer maintain her composure and fled from Qingfeng Palace in a panic, crying out, "Xuan Lang, help me!"
Xuan Fengqian turned his head slightly, staring coldly at Yuan Heng's disheveled escape, his narrow peach blossom eyes filled with hatred.
She originally thought that even though everyone regarded her as a thorn in their side, Yuan Heng, who was connected to her by blood, would not help outsiders plot against her.
Unexpectedly, she fell into Yuan Heng's hands.
"A-Qian, don't be afraid. If anyone dares to talk nonsense, I will cut out their tongues." Seeing the fairies scatter like frightened birds, Leng Ye then sheathed the Xuanyuan Demon Sword and sat down on the edge of the couch.
"Can you please stop bothering me like an annoying fly?"
Xuan Fengqian was clearly too exhausted to deal with Leng Ye, and said in a particularly cold tone.
Seeing this, Qi Yuan boldly pushed Leng Ye aside, saying, "Demon Lord, the Princess is already engaged. I hope you will be mindful of your behavior and leave first."
Leng Ye's throat moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.
Seeing Xuan Fengqian lying on the couch with a blank expression, he was extremely worried and, after much deliberation, finally withdrew from the inner room.
No sooner had he left than Qi Yuan anxiously asked Xuan Fengqian, "Princess, was the one who took liberties with you the Demon Lord of the Nine Netherworlds?"
Xuan Fengqian shook her head, her voice slightly choked, "It's Di Jun."
"So it was your son-in-law! What a relief! But then again, you're getting married today, why is he in such a hurry?"
"Go and tell Father that I want to annul the engagement."
"How can this be? You've already consummated your marriage. If you break off the engagement now, your reputation will be ruined." Qi Yuan raised her voice, looking quite surprised.
Xuanfeng Qian said, "If I'm not mistaken, the person who ruthlessly conspired with Yuanheng to poison the bird's nest and coconut cup should be Dijun. Under these circumstances, if I don't annul the engagement, what awaits me is a fire pit even more terrifying than the Nine Netherworlds."
"Drug?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan felt deeply remorseful.
Last night, if she hadn't brought the bird's nest and coconut cup to Xuan Fengqian, Xuan Fengqian would never have touched that thing.
What surprised her even more was that Xuan Fengqian said that Yuan Heng was also involved in this matter!
After a long while, she finally came to her senses and asked Xuan Fengqian in a low voice, "Princess, could there be a mistake? The Empress should have no reason to harm you."
"I'd rather I'm the one who's mistaken."
Xuan Fengqian closed her eyes. "Qi Yuan, I want to be alone. Go and deliver the message."
"yes."
Seeing that Xuan Fengqian had made up her mind, Qi Yuan had no choice but to tiptoe out of the inner room.
Meanwhile, the White Emperor, who was guarding the front hall of Qingfeng Palace, was extremely anxious.
He gripped Yuan Heng's shoulders tightly with both hands and asked anxiously, "Tell me clearly, what exactly happened to our youngest son?"
"When I entered the room, I saw my youngest son lying naked on the bed, covered in bruises. It was obvious that he had..." Yuan Heng stopped mid-sentence, covering her face with her sleeves, feigning grief, and burst into tears.
Qi Yuan watched Yuan Heng's hypocritical act from afar, wishing she could rush up and tear that fake face off.
Thinking of the injustice suffered by Xuan Fengqian, she knelt down in front of the White Emperor with a "plop" and said with a pained expression, "It is a pity that the princess has suffered such a calamity for no reason. I hope that Your Majesty will do justice for the princess."
Bai Di hurriedly grabbed Qi Yuan's arm and asked urgently, "Who is that person?"
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