Chapter 71 Aphrodisiac Spices
His guard immediately lowered considerably. "How is she now?"
"After Miss Jiang was rescued, she was taken to the dressing room to change her clothes. However, she was afraid that this was a trap set by someone with ulterior motives, and she had no one she could trust by her side, so she specially sent this servant to find you."
Xie Qi was worried.
Jiang Zhi's concerns were valid. Regardless of whether the little eunuch was lying to him, he had to go and see for himself to feel at ease.
"Then what are we waiting for? Take me to her right away."
"Yes." The little eunuch didn't dare to delay and immediately led the way for Xie Qi.
The dressing room was located in a row of palaces at the northernmost end of the Imperial Garden, and was specially set up for nobles who needed to change clothes.
The young eunuch led Xie Qi through a shady corridor and into one of the palaces.
"Miss Jiang is here. This servant cannot go in, so I will take my leave now."
He bowed and stepped back.
Xie Qi looked at the tightly closed palace gates, hesitated for a long time, and then raised his hand to knock on the door.
There was no response from inside.
He reached out and tried to push the door open; the palace gate was not locked and was pushed open directly.
"Miss Jiang?" he called out to the inside.
There was still no sound.
Through the crack in the door, one could see that the inside was dimly lit and damp.
Xie Qi was filled with suspicion. Under normal circumstances, he would have turned around and left without lingering.
But since it concerned Jiang Zhi, he was afraid that if something really happened to her, it would be too late for him to regret it.
Without further hesitation, I stepped inside.
Before him was a screen embroidered with landscapes, and there seemed to be a figure standing inside the screen.
In the dim light, he could only vaguely make out the figure of a woman, with long, flowing hair and a shapely figure.
"Excuse me, may I ask who you are... Miss Jiang?" he asked.
The woman behind the screen seemed startled, but still nodded.
Xie Qi did not breathe a sigh of relief; on the contrary, his vigilance grew stronger.
Just then, the figure inside the screen finally moved.
She emerged slowly from behind the screen, her black hair completely wet, wearing only her undergarment, which clung tightly to her body. Her head was bowed, and the dim light obscured her face.
“Young Master Xie…” her voice was hoarse, “You’ve finally come.”
Xie Qi frowned deeply and took a step back.
"You're not Miss Jiang, who are you? Where is she now? Why did you deceive me like this?" He stared at her with cold, icy eyes.
“Young Master Xie, I am indeed Miss Jiang. I have never lied to you,” the person opposite her sobbed. “How could you be so cruel to me? What is it about me that I lack compared to my sister?”
She slowly raised her head.
Xie Qi finally saw her face clearly.
"Miss Jiang, it's you again." He sneered, his disgust in his eyes almost tangible. "I shouldn't have saved you from the bandits back then."
The mere mention of bandits made Jiang Yunqian agitated. "You saved me twice, so you should take responsibility for me. How could you abandon me and fall for someone else, especially Jiang Zhi? Why, why?!"
She tilted her head back and took a few steps forward, staring straight at Xie Qi. "I've liked you for so many years, how come you've never even looked at me properly? What's wrong with me?"
Xie Qi frowned deeply, feeling that this person was unreasonable and had no intention of saying anything more to her.
"With your current state, you'll never be able to compare to your sister. If there's a next time, I definitely won't let you off easily."
Xie Qi turned to leave.
But Jiang Yunqian stepped forward and blocked her with her arms outstretched.
"I don't believe you'll like me. After today, you definitely will!"
She bit her lip hard with a desperate act, ripped off her clothes, and revealed her snow-white body.
Xie Qi was taken aback by her reaction and immediately closed his eyes to avoid looking at her.
"Such shamelessness and despicable behavior is a disgrace to the family!" He had never seen such a shameless woman before and only wanted to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.
Jiang Yunqian smiled instead of getting angry at his rebuke.
"Young Master Xie, I believe you will definitely like it." Her voice was soft, as if she had victory in her grasp. "With your intelligence, haven't you noticed anything unusual here?"
Xie Qi's heart sank, and he immediately realized something.
From the moment he entered the palace, he smelled a fragrance.
At first, the scent was very faint, and he thought it was just ordinary incense.
But now, after Jiang Yunqian's reminder, he realized that there must be something strange about this incense.
He immediately held his breath and focused his mind, but he had already inhaled quite a bit, and he felt a surge of heat rising up all over his body.
"You..." As soon as he opened his mouth, he found that his voice had become hoarse and dry.
"Young Master Xie, please don't be alarmed. These are just some aphrodisiac spices; they won't harm your health." Jiang Yunqian had been preparing for this day for a long time, and at this moment, she had already abandoned the shyness that a woman should have.
Her smooth arms wrapped around Xie Qi like vines, and her cool body pressed against his burning hot body.
"Young Master Xie, Yun'er is so cold, please help me, okay?"
She had taken the antidote beforehand, and to pretend that Jiang Zhi had fallen into the water, she was already soaked. Now, standing naked in the palace, she could only try to lean against Xie Qi.
If Xie Qi had a sword in his hand at this moment, he would definitely have torn the person in front of him to pieces.
He gritted his teeth and said, "You think I'll like you like this? That's utterly ridiculous."
"Young Master Xie, please don't force yourself. You've been inhaling the incense for so long, the effects of the medicine must have already taken hold. Why suffer like this? Mother has said that you men may look respectable on the surface, but you're all the same at heart. As long as you and I consummate our marriage here today, I won't have to worry about not being able to marry into the Marquis of Wuyi's household."
She reached out and touched Xie Qi's hand, which was hanging by his side. "Young Master Xie, open your eyes and look at me, touch me, and feel me."
Xie Qi's blood boiled like magma, his mind seemed to have been hammered, and even his thoughts became sluggish.
The effects of this medicine are far too potent.
Xie Qi gritted his teeth and, with his last shred of reason, pushed away Jiang Yunqian, who kept clinging to him.
"Indecent and shameless!" he shouted, clenching his fist tightly, crimson blood dripping from his palm onto the ground.
Jiang Yunqian was pushed to the ground by him, staring at the man in front of her in disbelief.
But his eyes remained closed, and he looked down from above. His tall and straight figure was like a drawn sword. He leaped out of the window and left the palace in the blink of an eye.
"No, don't go, you can't go!" In a panic, she got up to chase after him, but slipped on the water and fell heavily to the ground.
"Impossible, impossible," she murmured dejectedly as she collapsed to the ground, ignoring the pain. "Mother said that with the potency of this medicine, ten men wouldn't be able to resist and would obediently become my subjects, at my mercy. What's wrong? What went wrong?!"
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