"What's going on?" He Liufeng also became serious upon hearing this.
"Your Highness, half an hour ago, a person dressed in black entered the Crown Prince's residence. The person was wearing a veil, so his appearance could not be seen, and he did not speak. However, all the guards of the Crown Prince's residence and the secret guards around the Crown Prince were killed on the spot. Even the Crown Prince was severely beaten. When the people from the Capital Magistrate's Office arrived, they found the Crown Prince and Princess Mingxiu lying on the ground."
Ling Mu quickly said, "The Crown Prince's residence and the Prince's residence are not far apart. I was worried that the person would come to the Prince's residence, so I immediately arranged for people to patrol."
"They all died on the spot? It was that serious?" He Liufeng frowned.
“Yes, I don’t know what the Crown Prince did to offend them, that they would be so ruthless.” Ling Mu nodded with a serious expression.
"Then send people to patrol properly, and also send someone to investigate what exactly happened." After giving the instructions, He Liufeng closed the door.
Ling Mu's expression turned solemn as he nodded and withdrew.
He Liufeng turned around and saw Qu Qingxi also wearing her undergarments, sitting on the soft couch. She had her hair down, probably to make it look like she had just gotten up, in case someone came in.
"It seems that many people already know about what happened at the Crown Prince's residence," He Liufeng said, then walked over and sat down next to Qu Qingxi.
Qu Qingxi was not surprised. It was normal for all the major mansions to know about this, after all, she only killed the Crown Prince's secret guards and bodyguards, and did not lay a hand on those innocent maids and servants.
Moreover, the people in charge of the Jingzhao Prefecture are not to be trifled with. Such a big commotion would be noticed by anyone with even a little power in the capital, a place always rife with gossip and controversy.
A faint scent of pine filled the study, exactly the same as the scent on He Liufeng. But it was only at this moment, when she relaxed, that Qu Qingxi noticed a faint smell of blood on her body.
Although she had just thrown all her outer clothes into her spatial storage, the smell was still there.
Qu Qingxi sniffed her body, then looked at He Liufeng, "I smell bad, I want to take a bath."
"Alright, I'll have someone prepare hot water right now." He Liufeng chuckled as he watched Qu Qingxi's actions.
After taking a bath, Qu Qingxi wanted to change her clothes, but suddenly realized that there were no clothes of her own in He Liufeng's study. She did have some in her spatial storage, but she didn't want to take things from her space too openly right now.
So Qu Qingxi leaned over the bathtub and looked over the other side of the screen, "He Liufeng, do you have any clothes here that I can wear?"
He Liufeng was sitting there reading a book, but he was already distracted by the sound of water coming from behind the screen and couldn't concentrate. For the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he hadn't turned a single page.
With the beauty in front of him, separated only by a screen, bathing there, He Liufeng could almost picture Qu Qingxi taking a bath.
Her skin was smooth and supple, her waist was incredibly slender, her lips were naturally red, and she had a pair of bright and alluring eyes.
He Liufeng closed his eyes, imagining the water droplets running down her smooth shoulders, and her soft, boneless little hands caressing the places they touched.
Just thinking about it made He Liufeng feel a surge of heat rising in his heart. He simply closed the book and his eyes involuntarily turned to look at the screen.
He Liufeng was staring at the graceful figure behind the screen when suddenly Qu Qingxi's soft voice came from behind, and He Liufeng almost dropped the book in his hand.
"Huh? What did you just say?" He Liufeng was a little flustered and quickly opened the book again, pretending to read.
"I said, do you have any suitable clothes here? I didn't bring any clothes with me." Qu Qingxi didn't notice the gaze on the other side of the screen and repeated her words.
"Let me look." He Liufeng hurriedly got up, then froze. There were only his clothes in the study. How could Qu Qingxi wear his clothes?
Qu Qingxi didn't think too much about it. Anyway, she and He Liufeng were already husband and wife, so there was nothing wrong with wearing He Liufeng's clothes.
He Liufeng hesitated for a long time, then unconsciously glanced at the person behind the screen. He took out a set of his own undergarments from the cabinet next to him, slowly stepped forward, hung the clothes on the pole next to the bath tub, and then politely retreated to the back.
Looking at the elegant He Liufeng, Qu Qingxi raised her eyebrows slightly, then smiled and pulled the clothes from the pole to put them on.
However, He Liufeng was much taller and stronger than her, so Qu Qingxi looked overwhelmed by the size of his clothes.
Qu Qingxi was only wearing a top when she noticed that He Liufeng's top hem reached all the way up to her thighs.
Looking at the pants hanging there, Qu Qingxi couldn't imagine how baggy they would be if she wore them.
Qu Qingxi stopped what she was doing and listened to the outside of the screen. She didn't hear any sound of pages turning, but she could clearly hear a slightly heavy breathing sound.
Qu Qingxi paused as she reached for her pants, then looked herself up and down. Remembering how girls used to wear their boyfriends' t-shirts back in modern times, Qu Qingxi's eyes lit up. She withdrew her hand, stepped out from behind the screen, and turned to look at He Liufeng's position.
But He Liufeng was sitting there, his book already closed. His dark eyes were deep and he was looking straight at him. His heavy breathing was particularly noticeable in the quiet study.
Only one lamp was lit in the room, its bright yellow light making the atmosphere even more ambiguous and alluring.
He Liufeng had long since lost control of his eyes. At first, he would occasionally glance over there, but later he would stare directly at that direction and refuse to look away.
He was very curious about what Qu Qingxi would look like wearing his clothes.
She was so petite, with such delicate skin. Would the clothes I just handed her hurt her?
She was wearing her own clothes, which were probably dragging on the ground.
He Liufeng was stunned when he saw Qu Qingxi come out. She was only wearing a top!
Her long, white legs were exposed so clearly, and the hem of her top barely covered her buttocks and her private parts.
Take two more steps forward, and her long hair is still wet, with a strand of black hair hanging down in front of her chest. Water dripping from it soaks her clothes, and the scenery inside is faintly visible.
He Liufeng couldn't help but swallow, and after coughing twice, his voice was already hoarse, "Why aren't you wearing pants?"
He Liufeng barely dared to look Qu Qingxi in the eye, his gaze wandering and turning away.
"Your clothes are too big. Even if I wore them, they would drag on the ground, which would be a waste, so I didn't wear them." Qu Qingxi looked completely innocent, as if she had no idea how alluring she was at that moment.
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