Chapter 363 Yan Xiao's Compromise
The two of them fought their way out and stumbled their way into the bedchamber.
Xiangying, who ran over upon hearing the commotion, was caught off guard by what she saw and was so shocked that her jaw almost dropped. She immediately covered her mouth and quietly ran away.
Seeing this, Jinse swallowed hard. "Sister Xiangying, will everything be alright?"
Xiangying waved her hand and smiled, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Jinse: "But... how did the young master treat the emperor..."
"What do you know?" Xiangying raised an eyebrow. "Men's business can probably be settled with a fight."
Jinse expressed doubt, "Really?"
"Relax, relax." Xiangying smiled meaningfully. "Come on, let's go to the kitchen and prepare some medicinal food for the young master to nourish his body."
"oh……"
Inside the bedchamber, Yan Xiao threw Cen Feng onto the bed, touched the teeth marks on his neck, and angrily said, "Are you a dog?!"
Cen Feng wasn't feeling well either; a burning pain shot through his buttocks, forcing him to lie prone on the bed. "I'll bite you to death, you bastard! Who told you to keep bullying me..."
As he spoke, he cried even more bitterly, then buried his face in the bedding and wept silently.
Seeing him like this, Yan Xiao's heart softened and he sighed, "What are you doing?"
"I wasn't making a scene!" Cen Feng glared at him angrily, tears welling in her eyes. She tried to sit up and get out of bed, but Yan Xiao pressed her down. "Where are you going?"
"Where is my junior brother?" Cen Feng asked. "I'll take him away right away, so as not to bother you!"
Yan Xiao stared at him with an expression as cold as ice. After a moment, he sneered, "Since you want to leave so badly, then get out of here! There are a bunch of people outside who are just waiting for you to get out. When he gets torn to pieces by those people, just don't come back crying and begging me."
Upon hearing this, Cen Feng paused in his act of getting up. "You...you're trying to scare me?"
Yan Xiao: "Heh, you barged in so blatantly, who in the Southern Region doesn't know about your spies? News of you staying in the Hall of Lords has already spread everywhere, and you'll probably be devoured as soon as you leave!"
Seeing his deathly pale face, Yan Xiao suppressed his triumphant smile and said in a deep voice, "Heh, you think you can just leave? I'm too lazy to serve you anymore."
With that, he turned to leave, but Cen Feng grabbed his sleeve. "I... I won't make a scene... Please save my junior brother, don't hand him over, okay?"
Seeing him begging him so humbly for Ye Luo's sake, Yan Xiao felt a nameless rage rise in his heart. He reached out and grabbed Ye Luo's chin. "Why should I help him?"
Cen Feng winced in pain, but didn't struggle at all, only looking at him with pleading eyes, "Yan Xiao..."
Seeing that look in his eyes, Yan Xiao felt a tightness in his chest, and he hurriedly let go of her hand. He turned around and sneered, "What benefit could I possibly gain from risking my life to help you like this?"
"If you're willing to help, I'll do anything."
"Heh, you'll do anything?" Yan Xiao glanced at him, straightened his sleeves, and said casually, "Then would you willingly lie down and serve me? Would you be willing?"
Upon hearing this, Cen Feng's face froze, and his body trembled slightly.
Yan Xiao seemed unsurprised by his reaction, a self-deprecating smile playing on his lips. "Don't make promises you can't keep—"
"I do."
Cen Feng interrupted him, meeting Yan Xiao's somewhat surprised gaze, he stood up and slowly took off his clothes, his pale face full of humiliation, "If... if you are still interested in me..."
"you--!"
Yan Xiao looked at the naked man in front of him, who looked like he was trembling and ready to die for his cause. He was filled with anger, resentment, and heartache. He gritted his teeth and said, "You're really something!"
After saying that, he turned and left with a gloomy expression, leaving Cen Feng slumped on the bed, looking ashamed and embarrassed.
Outside the sleeping quarters.
Xiangying and Jinse were carrying the medicine, chatting and laughing, when they suddenly saw Yan Xiao come out with a face full of anger. They quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty."
He glanced at the medicine, then abruptly swept it away with his sleeve, startling Xiangying and Jinse, who hurriedly knelt down, crying, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"
Yan Xiao ignored them and continued walking forward angrily, saying, "No need to go in and serve them!"
Xiangying, always quick-witted, could guess what was going on from his furious expression. So she squatted down to clean up the broken bowls, muttering softly, "Oh, poor young Master Cen, he came here with nowhere else to go, and now he doesn't even have any medicine to keep him alive..."
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiao, who hadn't gone far, turned back, looked at her with a complicated expression, and said after a moment, "Go and brew another bowl!"
Xiangying said cautiously, "Your Majesty, there is only one Fire Cloud Mushroom, and we don't have any in stock right now..."
"Does this lord lack a few spirit stones? Send someone to buy some outside!" Yan Xiao said angrily, his face darkening. "If he doesn't get to drink today, this lord will hold you responsible!"
Xiangying: "..."
Jinse remained silent, trembling with fear, until Yan Xiao had walked away. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. "Sister Xiangying, what should we do now?"
Xiangying grinned, "Don't worry, we still have several plants in stock."
Jinse looked surprised, "Then, then just now you..."
"Just kidding him." Xiangying stood up, holding the broken bowl, and snorted coldly, "Who told this wicked master to squander my hard work like this? Let him worry about it all!"
Jinse: "..."
Because the medicine was spilled, it was already late at night by the time Xiangying finished brewing it again.
Holding the herbal medicine in her hands, she yawned and complained, "Ugh, staying up late is bad for your health, I've even gotten another wrinkle..."
Jinse covered her mouth and smiled, "Then you should go and rest. Just bring me the medicine."
"No, I have to watch the young master drink it, otherwise I'll be in trouble again if the emperor asks."
Jinse helped her push open the palace door, only then did she see that the palace was pitch black. She asked with some doubt, "That's strange, why didn't you light a lamp, young master?"
As the exquisite stone lamps lit up the vast bedchamber, the two women realized that Cen Feng was lying on the ground. "Young Master!"
Xiangying put down the medicine in her hand, noticed that his complexion was not right, and said urgently, "Jinse, have someone call Old Hu over to take a look, and then go and invite the Emperor over!"
"Yes, yes!"
A moment later, Yan Xiao's angry shouts echoed from inside the bedchamber, "How could this be? How do you serve people?!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Xiangying and Jinse knelt on the ground, their faces full of grievance, secretly thinking to themselves: Wasn't it you who wouldn't let them into the palace to serve? Why are you blaming them now...?
Now you know how to care about others, where were you before?
After taking his pulse, Elder Hu said with a solemn expression, "Didn't you say that after taking your medicine on time, you need to rest properly? Why are you causing trouble as soon as you wake up!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiao's face flashed with shame. He glanced at the unconscious Cen Feng and asked, "How is he now?"
Elder Hu looked at Yan Xiao and sighed, "He's alright for now, but his damaged soul hasn't fully healed. He'll probably fall into a deep sleep often in the future, and he'll also need to rest and recuperate properly. We can't be careless this time!"
"Where's the medicine?" Yan Xiao helped Cen Feng up, leaned his head against her body and tried to feed him the medicine, but he couldn't get him to swallow a single drop.
Xiangying: "Your Majesty, let me do it."
"No need." Yan Xiao tilted his head back, put the medicine in his mouth, gently pried open Cen Feng's tightly clenched teeth, and fed it to him in a 'skin cup' manner.
He carefully wiped the medicine stains from the corner of his mouth and handed the bowl to Xiangying. "Keep the medicine warm and let him drink it again when he wakes up."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
In no time, Cen Feng's originally pale face finally regained some color.
Yan Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "You may all leave now."
"yes!"
After everyone left, Yan Xiao looked down at him with a complicated expression, his fingertips tracing his pale cheek, and sighed, "Fine, you win."
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