Peaceful days gradually passed in He Yunxiao's regular life.
With Bao Chuchu as encouragement, He Yunxiao has made rapid progress in martial arts training these past few days. In his earliest attempt at a master-level transmission of skills, He Yunxiao could only maintain his focus for less than half an hour.
Now, he has been able to remain conscious and continue transmitting his skills for a full two hours.
Moreover, it eliminated the state of "consciousness confusion," either holding Chu Chu in a conscious state or falling into a deep sleep due to exhaustion.
In contrast to his rapid progress in martial arts training, He Yunxiao's progress in "hugging Chu Chu" has stalled. He's currently only able to hug Chu Chu from behind; he hasn't dared to try hugging her from the front. This is actually a drawback of being fully conscious; if he were truly in a confused state, he wouldn't care about anything else and would just rush in and hug Chu Chu.
During these few days, He Yunxiao would take some time to visit Mengbao at Jinxian Courtyard, then spend some time working on the Daqi Bank and the Short Knife Gang. He would also take his wife, Nanzhu, out of the palace for a stroll, and incidentally show Nanzhu the Autumn Cicada Poison of Jiang Chenyue, the courtesan and sister of Sister Jiang.
However, the only pity is that there's still no news from Sister Jiang's parents. Without news of Sister Jiang's parents, we can't really let Sister Jiang and the Emperor of Yan break off their relationship. Although He Yunxiao has repeatedly urged Mengbao to inquire, and Mengbao has been quite diligent...
But whenever He Yunxiao mentions Sister Jiang in front of Mengbao, Mengbao will give He Yunxiao a sour look that says, "Shut up, don't mention other women in front of me."
There are three days left until Xiaoyue's coming-of-age ceremony.
Evening, at the council chamber of the Kinshin-in.
He Yunxiao and Li Qingmeng sat facing each other.
"Get to the point, don't get physical... He Yunxiao!" Meng Qingqian slapped away He Yunxiao's outstretched hand several times, and this time she finally couldn't hold back anymore.
He Yunxiao looked at the angry Mengbao with a calm and collected expression.
Mengbao is neither Chuchu nor Nanzhu. Mengbao is a pragmatist; in other words, her actions are not influenced by her emotions. To put it simply, as long as your interests align with Mengbao's, even if you anger her to the point of madness, she will ultimately help you if she feels the need to.
That's the situation now. Meng Qingqian has to rely on the He family army represented by He Yunxiao, but she's also been taken advantage of by He Yunxiao. No matter how angry she is, there's nothing she can do. In the end, she still has to make do with He Yunxiao.
Meng Qingqian understood perfectly well that things had come to this point, and she couldn't extricate herself from He Yunxiao's relationship. She could only try to avoid getting even more deeply involved. This flirtatious banter was the limit; she absolutely wouldn't let him take advantage of her again. She had already wronged Nanzhu once; she needed to acknowledge her mistake, correct it, and turn back before it was too late. She couldn't wrong Nanzhu again.
“Mengbao looks good even when she’s angry,” He Yunxiao said to Li Qingmeng with a smile, looking at her angry expression.
Meng Qingqian blushed, and her fierce questioning tone vanished instantly.
"Don't say such useless things. Although we... although I promised to give you the right to kiss... I didn't agree to let you do whatever you want in other places. Don't keep touching me, do you hear me?"
He Yunxiao, of course, "didn't hear" Mengbao's words; he skipped over most of what she meant and focused on what was "useless."
"My Mengbao is so beautiful, how is that useless? Mengbao is so beautiful, just looking at her makes me happy, isn't that useful?"
Meng Qingqian was completely unguarded and could not withstand He Yunxiao's teasing in the first place; now she was even more embarrassed.
"You're spouting nonsense; not a single word of it is from the truth."
He Yunxiao braced his arms on the table, leaning his upper body towards his Mengbao.
“Mengbao, even if I’m full of lies, your beauty will never be fake, it will always be real.”
Seeing He Yunxiao lean closer to her, Meng Qingqian quickly moved her chair back, sitting further away from the table. At the same time, she turned her pretty face to the side, refusing to look at He Yunxiao at all.
He Yunxiao's undisguised and blatant sweet talk had already made Meng Qingqian's ears turn bright red. If it weren't for the bell protecting her, she wouldn't have been able to resist He Yunxiao's sweet and cloying words.
He Yunxiao doesn't usually go out of his way to say sweet words to please the female leads, since they've already passed the stage of building up their favorability. Everyone's favorability is already high enough; there's no need to artificially inflate it.
The reason He Yunxiao was so willing to praise his Mengbao tonight was because he was actually a little lusting after her body.
Mengbao was wearing a pink and white dress that leaned towards a youthful style today, but the areas where she wore a lot of fabric didn't quite fit that image. The stark contrast between the girlish clothes and Mengbao's mature figure made He Yunxiao's heart itch with desire.
To be honest, ever since Mengbao started appearing in front of He Yunxiao wearing women's clothes, He Yunxiao has been trying very hard to restrain himself.
As the poem goes: I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the sun. But the sunlight has made my desolation a newer desolation.
After experiencing Mengbao's body, it would be incredibly difficult to remain unmoved. This wasn't because He Yunxiao lacked willpower, but rather because Mengbao, or rather the female protagonists, possessed such overwhelming charm. Their top-tier beauty was no joke. Just being pretty without being alluring isn't truly beautiful.
Although Mengbao allows kisses, she is extremely resistant to any actions that go beyond kissing.
He Yunxiao would get scolded for touching her body, and if he touched places he shouldn't, Mengbao would even turn on him. Even physical contact was like that; any deeper interaction was out of the question.
He Yunxiao knew this too, so he could only keep testing Mengbao's bottom line.
Seeing Li Qingmeng move her chair back and stand half a meter away from the table, He Yunxiao laughed and said, "Mengbao, why are you standing so far away from the table?"
Meng Qingqian looked at He Yunxiao warily: "It has nothing to do with you."
He Yunxiao stood up, walked around behind Li Qingmeng, and then bent down.
Meng Qingqian exclaimed in surprise, "He Yunxiao, you're going to... Ah!"
He Yunxiao bent down, grabbed the wooden board under the chair, and without thinking twice, lifted Mengbao, chair and all. He took two steps forward and placed her on the table.
Meng Qingqian glared at He Yunxiao and was about to say something when He Yunxiao forcefully grabbed her chin.
"What does Mengbao want to say?"
"I... um..."
Meng Qingqian punched He Yunxiao with both small fists without holding back, but He Yunxiao quickly grabbed one of her fists and held her on either side of her body, making her unable to move.
Sometimes Mengbao would turn her face away, refusing to keep her promise to He Yunxiao. At this time, He Yunxiao would hold her little face and forcibly correct her face to the correct position, and then continue to enjoy his meal.
Such resistance will not last long. Generally speaking, after two such instances, Mengbao will realize that resistance is futile and will obediently stop resisting.
He Yunxiao was suffering inside. Mengbao wouldn't let him touch her body, so he could only quench his thirst with kisses. Although kissing Mengbao wasn't bad either. (Biquge)
I wish Mengbao could get poisoned again, since she's immune to all poisons anyway...
Just as He Yunxiao was thinking this, Mengbao seemed to have really been poisoned again, and she lost all her strength and collapsed into his arms.
He Yunxiao: ?
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