Chapter 240 Confession
After downing a large gulp of strong liquor, my stomach felt like it was on fire.
Mu Xi didn't bother speaking to the inner void: "Drunken Madman, Spirit, Drunken Madman Spirit, stop hiding."
From the moment she took her first sip of the drink, she could already sense the drunken personality secretly emerging from the dark void.
The drunken, eccentric man narrowed his eyes, but remained silent.
Mu Xi continued, "You really want to come out, don't you? No need to pretend anymore. Tonight, you can have your fill and do whatever you want. But there's only one condition: you must make sure Li Li has his fill and befriend him. As for whether or not your gender is revealed, that doesn't matter."
Tonight, Mu Xi was wearing a human-skin vest specially made by Doctor Luo. After saying this, she picked up the wine jar again and gulped down several mouthfuls of wine.
The effects of the alcohol suddenly surged up and down, a warm current coursed through my body, and a taut string in my mind snapped.
This time, Mu Xi's consciousness didn't just recede; she gradually lost consciousness altogether.
In the final moments before darkness descended, she only heard Li Li ask, "What, Your Highness, are you already drunk?"
Then, the alluring voice of the drunken man emerged: "How could that be? Tonight has only just begun. Has the princess heard... that wine can communicate with the gods?"
The candle dragon, holding its shadow, illuminates the crimson silk; the jade mountain collapses, and the drunken soul sways.
Neither phoenix nor dragon dances upside down, its graceful charm captivating the soul.
To discern male from female, I gaze in vain through the mirror; where the crimson silk is torn, the precious jade shatters.
True nature is revealed in moments of madness, and the highest joy is found in the deepest night.
When Mu Xi regained consciousness, she was startled.
His head was swollen with the effects of alcohol, his eyes still shimmering like gold, his body veiled in a pale red haze of intoxication. A mocking smile played on his lips, his gaze shifting as he saw Mu Xi awaken, half empty, half filled with pity.
"You...you...is this all over?" Mu Xi stood up, and no matter how she looked at it, her drunken personality seemed completely off.
His drunken charisma and intoxication remained, but his black hair was disheveled and his clothes were torn. When his eyes smiled, a haughty and alluring aura emanated from them, yet when he didn't smile, he appeared lost and forlorn.
"I only poured the Dream Sea Flower Wine down my throat. The wine flowed into my lungs like molten gold, and the chains deep within my soul snapped with a clang." When the drunken man raised his eyes again, the coldness in his eyes shattered into flowing clouds. His clothes were unknowingly undone, and his collarbone cut through the brocade like a blade. After finishing a poem, he said, "Soul Master, I have no regrets. I will return here."
"What? Where are you going?" Mu Xi didn't react.
The alluring crimson of the drunken man's eyes rippled with a bittersweet emotion: "Last night's intoxicating pleasure, I tasted the indistinguishable joy of gender. If I were a man, I would surely be a warrior on horseback; if I were a woman, I would surely be able to control the world... But alas, I am but a wisp of remnant will, a strand of spirit. Having tasted that flavor, my regret is over. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, spirit to its master."
As soon as he finished speaking, the drunken madman's personification transformed into a beam of white light and merged into Mu Xi's heart.
Mu Xi immediately felt a warm current flowing through the depths of her heart, like a waterfall cascading down.
There's nothing wrong with that. These personalities were originally regrets left behind by the original owner. Now that those regrets are resolved, being able to return to the Soul Master can be considered a fulfillment.
The next second, Mu Xi suddenly opened her eyes and found herself still in the private room on the third floor of the Qingguan.
The candlelight flickered red, and the incense burned with pepper and orchid. I thought the night was over, but it turned out that it was still dark outside the window.
An empty wine jar lay askew among the scattered fur-lined pillows, its surface stained with wine and blood. Torn silk curtains hung over the edge of the bed, and a rosewood table lay overturned on the floor. A sweet, warm fragrance, mingled with the lingering scents of wine and blood, filled the air.
Princess Li Li of Qingyang lay sprawled on the soft couch, still asleep. Her crimson cloak had slipped down to her waist, revealing half of her loose, scarlet inner garment. The gold-embroidered phoenix pattern was stained and mottled with wine, and there were still strange, blood-red marks on her face and body.
Apart from that, everyone else has disappeared.
Only she and Li Li were inside.
Seeing Li Li's state, Mu Xi finally remembered to look down at her own body.
Now, her clothes were completely disheveled, her chest exposed, and the imitation human skin vest made by Doctor Luo was torn to shreds. Looking into the bronze mirror in the inner room, she felt a slight stinging pain in her collarbone, and her entire body was covered with strange red marks similar to those on Li Li. Not only that, but when she took those few steps to the bronze mirror, her feet felt like cotton, and her body was limp. She hadn't expected that her drunken, mad personality of the previous night would have left her body so weak and powerless.
With Li Li still unconscious, Mu Xi took the opportunity to quietly push open the door.
The door slid open, and Qi Yingyu jumped up from a rattan chair in the corridor. Seeing Mu Xi's appearance, she quickly said, "This servant has prepared hot water and a change of clothes for the young master in the next room."
"Mm." Mu Xi didn't say much, nodded and followed Qi Yingyu to the next room.
Qi Yingyu personally fetched a change of clothes for Mu Xi and said, "Before the young master is completely intoxicated, I have already sent everyone away. Whether the young master succeeds or not tonight, no one except you and the princess knows."
"Success or failure?" Mu Xi herself was still confused, so she could only take a bath and change her clothes first, and then decide later.
After washing up and changing into his usual princely clothes, he regained some of his spirits.
While Mu Xi was washing up, Li Li also woke up.
Qi Yingyu went to have someone attend to her while she washed and dressed.
When Mu Xi returned to the elegant room, it had been tidied up again, along with Li Li, and the men and women lying around had all disappeared.
Qi Yingyu served up a refreshing and warming Jade Dew Porridge.
Mu Xi sat opposite Li Li and ate a few mouthfuls of porridge to ease her stomach discomfort.
Li Li, however, was a "battle-hardened" person. She woke up later than Mu Xi, but recovered faster and was already in high spirits.
Princess Li Li of Qingyang leaned against the fur-trimmed couch opposite her, her fiery red, lychee-shaped eyes scrutinizing Mu Xi with a half-smile: "Your Highness last night truly... opened my eyes to a whole new world..."
Mu Xi had no memory of what her drunken personality had done last night, nor did she want to recall it, so she could only continue to pretend to eat her porridge seriously.
Li Li then clapped his hands and laughed: "Hahaha... I've been with the young master for so long, and I really didn't expect that the young master could play such a good 'fake phoenix and fake dragon' game."
Well……
"False phoenix and fake dragon" is not a good term.
Mu Xi pondered how to begin, still unsure whether she was male or female from Princess Qingyang's tone.
Li Li, however, couldn't wait any longer and got up to lean closer: "Why is Your Highness so reserved now that you've sobered up? It's alright, Your Highness is just a born yin-yang hybrid..."
"I am a woman, just a woman," Mu Xi said abruptly.
"Huh?" Li Li was stunned.
Mu Xi put down her bowl of porridge and repeated, "I am a woman, from head to toe, inside and out."
“Uh…” Li Li raised her hand and tapped her head, trying hard to recall what happened last night.
"Princess, you don't need to think about it. If you don't believe me, I can examine you." As Mu Xi spoke, she unbuttoned her outer robe, intending to expose her chest.
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