Chapter 97 Healing Wounds, But You Can Never Leave This Deep Palace Again. ...
Feng Tan knew from Xiao Yinshi's unambiguous, cold, dark eyes that he was not just talking. Because of her lightness skill, he felt there were too many variables, so he simply and decisively crippled her skills. And he did indeed do it. If she hadn't dodged quickly that night, she would be lame in more than just one leg now.
An ordinary man's affection for his beloved is expressed through treating her well, being gentle, and pursuing her with propriety; but Xiao Yinshi's affection is clearly not like that. Feng Tan believes that if she were to move in his arms again, he would really keep his word. His fingers, which are currently holding her, are now resting on the back of her legs.
Feng Tan froze, too stiff to move. Xiao Yinshi glanced at her pale lips, and as he felt her soft, throbbing body quiet down, he carried her and strode towards the inner palace.
The Hua Dynasty lasted for over a hundred years, and its inner palace was unprecedented in its scale and grandeur. The magnificent glazed tiles covered the palace with its soaring eaves, and the palace staff moved about in an orderly manner within the deep gates, while the patrolling imperial guards were on high alert.
The palace road was long and winding. Xiao Yinshi walked through seven palace gates and stopped at the Golden Hall, where the Luosha Army was stationed on both sides of the vermilion gate and even on the beams of the hall. When the maids guarding the gate saw the newcomer, they bowed and opened the hall door.
Inside the palace, red candles burned brightly, and a six-foot-long plaque inscribed with the three golden characters "Golden Terrace" on a blue stone background was displayed. Strangely, however, no high platform was built on the palace grounds.
The magnificent bedchamber was furnished to the highest standards. Two maids serving in the inner palace drew back the ochre-red curtains. Xiao Yinshi placed Feng Tan on the bed and instructed the person behind him, "Prepare water."
A palace maid responded and left. Xiao Yinshi bent down and took off Feng Tan's shoes and socks, then leaned forward to undress her. This made Feng Tan feel like she was facing a formidable enemy. She was already so injured, how could he still do this to her? The system had already untied them, and Xiao Yinshi couldn't be so hasty in his lust.
Feng Tan reached out and grasped Xiao Yinshi's fingers as he unbuttoned her clothes, saying, "I'm badly injured."
Xiao Yinshi raised an eyebrow, his dark, cold eyes reflecting Feng Tan's image still wearing the human skin mask. The mask wasn't of very good quality, with slightly curled edges. He touched her cheek with his fingertips and tore it off Feng Tan's face. Only after seeing the face hidden beneath the human skin mask did he find it more pleasing to the eye, and then he replied to Feng Tan, "So?"
He was asking a question he already knew the answer to. Feng Tan remained silent for a few moments before saying bluntly, "That's why I can't have sex with you."
Feng Tan emphasized the word "Dunlun" with gritted teeth. A fleeting smile flashed in Xiao Yinshi's dark eyes, too quick for Feng Tan to catch. He swallowed hard and said, "Feng Tan is truly a scholar. However, matters of sexual intercourse between men and women don't require your effort. You are resilient enough; this injury should be nothing to worry about."
His words were indifferent. Feng Tan's fingers, which were gripping his, trembled with anger. Was he blind? Her left leg was now difficult to walk in, and her shoulder had been pierced by him, leaving blood that soaked her front. Yet he actually said her injury was nothing serious.
Feng Tan's pride rose again, and he said, "Before the attack on the city, you told your uncle, 'Don't you think you'll suffer a terrible fate if you use such despicable methods to make things difficult for a woman?' Xiao Yinshi, how are you any different from him?"
Xiao Yinshi lifted his eyelids, straightened his long, bent legs, and looked down at Feng Tan. Then he slowly leaned forward, his ferocity spreading towards her. "It's very simple. He can only win for a while, but I can win forever. So Ban Huayun is now free, but you... will never be able to leave this deep palace again."
The effect of the violent suppression was obvious. Feng Tan, despite her serious injuries, dared not and could no longer ridicule him without restraint. Faced with absolute strength, she knew that it was best not to draw swords between strong opponents. Moreover, she was not strong at the moment, and conserving her energy was the wise thing to do.
Seeing that Feng Tan had calmed down, Xiao Yinshi knew that she had not submitted. She had only temporarily restrained her sharpness. He didn't care. He touched her front again, unbuttoned the buttons one by one, and peeled off her outer garment to reveal the girl's smooth shoulders and neck.
His shadow loomed over Feng Tan, his fingers gently caressing her neck, a sensation as suffocating as a beast biting its prey's neck. Goosebumps rose on Feng Tan's skin; she still couldn't bear to have marital relations with a man in such a undignified manner.
Her body was entirely under Xiao Yinshi's control. In the education she had received over the years, Feng Youming had told her that every woman was a warrior, but he hadn't said what a warrior should do when trapped by the enemy and treated like this.
Should he endure it? The man's fingers, which had been caressing his neck, moved downwards, every touch clear and profound. The bloodlust in his bones was ignited. Feng Tan suddenly turned and kicked Xiao Yinshi in the groin with his uninjured right leg. After being blocked, he became even more ruthless and kicked Xiao Yinshi in the chest with his injured left leg.
Xiao Yinshi caught the left foot that was suddenly thrown at him. Linglong's toes curled slightly. When she looked up at Feng Tan, she was already sweating profusely from the pain.
Xiao Yinshi released her left leg. Feng Tan, wearing half-undressed clothes, curled up on the bed, closing her eyes tightly and waiting for the excruciating pain to pass.
While the two were fighting, the palace maid who had gone to prepare water returned to the inner palace with a basin of water. She placed the water on a low rosewood stool next to the bed, and without daring to look into the palace, she and several other palace maids bowed and left the bedchamber.
Her disheveled appearance was not aesthetically pleasing, but Xiao Yinshi found the beauty of brokenness even more captivating. Initially, lust drew his attention to her, but it later transformed into a deeper desire; she herself made him want to pour all his love and malice into her body.
Xiao Yinshi had given up on changing Feng Tan's stubborn and unyielding temper, so he resorted to a more forceful approach to teach her to submit. He should have felt some pity after breaking her leg, but his womanly compassion had been completely worn away by Feng Tan in the initial tug-of-war.
The man's fingers touched Feng Tan's breasts, and after gently pressing her acupoint, she could no longer move. In Feng Tan's terrified gaze, he sat on the bed and embraced her. With a few swift movements, he stripped her naked, his fingers gripping Feng Tan's unharmed right leg. The ruthless intent in his gaze pressed down on her brows. "So wild, Feng Tan. Stubborn, ruthless to others and ruthless to yourself. If you don't want me to touch you, you'd better have the ability, right? Otherwise, you'll only lose both your wife and your army."
Ever since he conceived the idea of crippling her lightness skill, he had never let it go. Feng Tan's left leg was throbbing with pain, and cold sweat trickled down her cheeks. In the instant Xiao Yinshi's right hand gathered its strength, tears welled up in her eyes, triggered by the excruciating pain, revealing the vulnerability in her watery, glassy eyes.
Xiao Yinshi's hand, which had been resting on her right leg, inexplicably withdrew its inner force under that gaze. Had she been bullied too badly? She was crying pitifully... His Adam's apple bobbed, and his broad hand grasped Feng Tan's injured left knee.
The gentle internal energy flowed from the skin's creases into the injured ligaments, smoothing out the bruises caused by the steel ball strike. However, he did not repair the meridians necessary for channeling his energy. On the day he crippled her lightness skill, he had originally planned to treat her after knocking her off her horse, but clearly, he didn't have that opportunity.
As the pain subsided, Feng Tan realized that he had almost crippled her right leg. Her resistance was met with even more ruthless suppression. She realized that Xiao Yinshi was far more ruthless than he appeared, and she was deeply shaken.
Xiao Yinshi wiped away the physiological tears on Feng Tan's cheeks with his fingers. He picked up a clean cloth from the low stool and wiped away the blood around the wound on Feng Tan's shoulder. After carefully sprinkling a layer of medicinal powder, he wrapped it with a bandage before untying Feng Tan's acupoint again.
He enjoyed the feeling of having a soft, fragrant woman in his arms, and he also liked to do small, insignificant things for Feng Tan, something he himself hadn't even realized.
The red candlelight illuminated everything in perfect detail. Feng Tan had just pulled the blanket over herself when Xiao Yinshi grabbed her face and looked up, his handsome face tinged with a thin layer of coldness. "You should know that if I want you, it's not difficult for me to put acupuncture points on your vagina and let you do whatever you want. The feeling of resisting is not pleasant. It's just a few ounces of flesh for pleasure. Why are you acting like a chaste woman?"
"..." Feng Tan realized that he had misunderstood from the beginning. He did not intend to touch her tonight. He just wanted to see her reaction and tease her, to see her helpless in dealing with the situation. "The pleasure of a few pounds of flesh depends on who you are with."
Xiao Yinshi said casually, "It's a pity, you have no choice at all."
He got out of bed to wash his hands. When he came back, he saw that Feng Tan had rolled to the inside of the bed, leaving only the back of his head for him to see. His ink-black hair was spread out on the pillow, covering his tired and gloomy face.
The leaves of the tall trees in the courtyard rustled, sounding as if the autumn wind had blown them down from the branches. The cool night air grew chilly. Xiao Yinshi pulled Feng Tan's quilt over his shoulder and lay down, only to be met with a sharp tug from her. "Don't you have your own quilt?"
If she tacitly condoned his behavior from the beginning, her choices would become increasingly limited, and she would be bullied to the point of being nothing but scraps. Regarding Feng Tan's land-claiming behavior, Xiao Yinshi said calmly, "There aren't enough blankets for you to cover yourself with."
There isn't that much money for you to spend.
There aren't enough blankets for you to cover yourself with.
He's really poor.
Feng Tan wrapped herself in the blanket, curled up in a circle, turned her back, and said in a muffled voice, "Then you can stay cold tonight."
The temperature in Xiao Yinshi's eyes dropped silently. He rolled over and pinned Feng Tan and the blanket beneath him, saying in a flat tone, "You still don't understand your situation, Feng Tan."
Feng Tan concealed the arrogance in her eyes, looked at Xiao Yinshi's increasingly unclear gaze, and said, "I'll give you half."
It's true that those who know when to yield are wise. Xiao Yinshi stared at the alluring look on her lips, unable to do anything about it. Her immediate surrender when she couldn't win brought out a long-lost deep smile, which was both tender and cold. He said, "Too late."
He lowered his head and fiercely sealed her lips with his. He hadn't kissed her for a long, long time, and his desire had been building up to the point of explosion. At the prime of his life, he was making rapid progress in this area. His agile and powerful tongue was not satisfied with just a light lick, and the terrifying force accompanying the kiss made every nerve in Feng Tan's body tremble.
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