Du Gu Luanyue took two steps towards him, took the silk handkerchief from Huo Wei's hand, and dried the rainwater on his hair.
"I don't know. I guess he won't come," she said.
She had already started to pray silently in her heart that Sheng Yunqi must not come. If he did and ran into Huo Wei, there would be another big fuss.
Huo Wei grabbed her wrist with one hand, his tone a bit cold and tough. "It's just opening the city gate, a trivial matter. I'll go and fetch the medicine myself."
Du Gu Luanyue looked at him with her charming eyes glistening, and reached out to turn his face. "Are you angry?"
Huo Wei slapped her hand away, and his chiseled jaw tightened.
"Du Gu Luanyue, you're acting first and reporting later, aren't you? In your eyes, do you think I would neglect the people of the whole city for personal feelings?"
Du Gu Luanyue quickly explained.
"I didn't mean that. You've been so busy these days. I didn't want this matter to distract you. Besides, it's just sending the Coptis chinensis into the city. It's just a small thing.
If it weren't for the need to open the South City Gate, I wouldn't have come to tell you specifically. I would have just informed Military Advisor Shen."
Du Gu Luanyue looked at his distinct and solemn side face, leaned in, and said with a smile. "Look, you're still angry."
When Huo Wei felt the softness of her body against his chest and smelled the faint fragrance from Du Gu Luanyue, his firm outline softened a bit instantly. "You only know how to use this trick, don't you?"
Du Gu Luanyue sighed. "Alas, the previous trick of explaining nicely didn't work, did it?"
She stretched out her fair hand to touch Huo Wei's chin and gently pushed his body.
"Okay, go to the South City Gate quickly and transport the Coptis chinensis in. I'll arrange matters in the city in the government office. I won't go to the South City Gate to see anyone."
Huo Wei took the opportunity to reach out and put his arm around her slender waist, tilted his head and kissed her on the lips.
Originally, he was on official business and should have just taken a quick kiss. But unexpectedly, after this kiss, the blood in his body was ignited.
He took two or three steps and pinned her against the door, and kissed her fiercely.
Huo Wei was imposing, and the possessiveness in his dark eyes was obvious and undisguised.
At first, Du Gu Luanyue tightly closed her lips, but after a few moments, he conquered her territory. He ordered, "Open your mouth. Do I have to tell you again?"
She slightly opened her lips, and Huo Wei's breath rushed in like a tidal wave. She couldn't resist.
His domineering and strength were like a flame falling on a pile of dry wood, instantly sparking a fire.
She murmured softly, "Okay, Huo Wei. I can hardly breathe."
Du Gu Luanyue's body began to heat up slightly. She was really annoyed with Huo Wei.
Every time Huo Wei got close to her like this, she would go from calm and rational to itchy and dizzy, and then to wanting to entangle with him.
Last time, she secretly told Aunt Meijiang that Huo Wei was probably a walking aphrodisiac, and she had to stay away from him.
But Aunt Meijiang joked with her that maybe the Queen just liked this kind of taste. After she returned to the Southern Chu Palace and became the female emperor, she could take a few men like the Prince of Yuzhang into the harem to serve her.
Du Gu Luanyue's soft persuasion unexpectedly made Huo Wei even more excited when he heard her groan. He whispered hoarsely in her ear.
"This plague must pass quickly. I really can't bear it anymore."
After saying that, he reluctantly let go of his hand on Du Gu Luanyue's breast, kissed her on the side of her face, and then turned around and left.
If he didn't leave, he wouldn't want to leave.
Du Gu Luanyue stood under the door. She felt that her red lips were slightly swollen, and the front of her clothes was torn open a bit, revealing the snow - white cleavage and a piece of bright red lingerie fabric inside.
Her clothes were in disarray, and the stray hairs in front of her forehead were also a bit messy.
The lust in her eyes was rippling, and her charm deepened.
The emotions she had suppressed forcefully in her heart these days began to surge like a fountain again, uncontrollably.
Du Gu Luanyue licked her lips that still had the remaining warmth of Huo Wei. Her legs went weak, and she leaned against the door. Her charming appearance was filled with uneasiness and palpitations.
Less than an hour later, Shen Guilan ran to find her, pressing on her aching temple.
"Your Majesty the Queen, set off for the South City Gate quickly. That scoundrel Huo Wei is causing trouble again."
Du Gu Luanyue stood up. "What did Huo Wei do this time?"
Shen Guilan cursed. "That scoundrel won't let the medicine - deliverers enter the city. And those medicine - deliverers insist on entering the city to deliver the medicine and won't hand it over outside the city.
They also said they must see you. If they don't see you, they won't give the Coptis chinensis. Can you three sort it out by yourselves and stop delaying me from boiling the medicine?"
Aunt Meijiang pressed her head and sighed. "Alas, the eldest young master of the Sheng family has finally come."
Du Gu Luanyue didn't dare to delay. She immediately put on a veil and left the government office, galloping towards the South City Gate.
She knew it. She knew that Huo Wei and Sheng Yunqi couldn't meet. Once they did, something would definitely happen.
She galloped on horseback. From afar, she saw Huo Wei leading a team confronting the people outside the city gate.
Strangely enough, Du Gu Luanyue didn't see the carriages carrying Coptis chinensis even when she got closer. Only Sheng Yunqi, with some guards, was standing at the South City Gate.
She immediately flipped off the horse and walked over, looking angry.
"What are you two doing again? Military Advisor Shen has been waiting anxiously for this Coptis chinensis. Do you still have the mood to confront each other at the city gate?"
Huo Wei said coldly, "Take a look. Is there a carriage carrying Coptis chinensis behind him?"
Du Gu Luanyue looked over. "Yunqi, where's the Coptis chinensis?"
Sheng Yunqi stood in the middle of the crowd, wearing a long brocade snow - colored satin robe and a jade belt of excellent quality around his waist. He still looked like a peerless young master from a noble family.
He looked much better than when she saw him in a mess in the capital of Northern Yan.
Sheng Yunqi stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes gentle and affectionate as he looked over.
"When I heard that you needed Coptis chinensis, I rushed here as fast as I could.
But these medicinal materials were transported in carriages one by one. I came on horseback, so I was faster. That's why I arrived in Danyang City one step ahead of the medicinal materials.
Unexpectedly, this Prince of Yuzhang from Northern Yan has no manners. He wants to take the things and drive us away. I'm here on an official order. How can I be treated rudely?"
Huo Wei snorted. "You've seen the person. Your scheme has succeeded. Deliver the medicine, and then you can leave the territory of Northern Yan."
Sheng Yunqi took a step forward gracefully.
"My maternal family is the number one medicinal - business family in Southern Chu. We've specially prepared fifty doctors and more than a dozen medicine apprentices for Her Majesty the Queen. I naturally have to see them properly settled.
These days, I'm here on behalf of the Emperor of Southern Chu to console Northern Yan. Please arrange accommodation for me, Your Majesty the Queen."
Then he ordered his guards to hand over the letter from the Emperor of Southern Chu. It was very formal.
Du Gu Luanyue didn't expect that even her father knew about this matter. She saw that Sheng Yunqi was indeed here on an imperial order.
She nodded. "Okay. Since the eldest young master of the Sheng family from Southern Chu is here on behalf of my mother - country, he should be treated with courtesy. Young Master Sheng, please follow me into the city first."
Sheng Yunqi was as proud as the ice crystal on the top of a snow - mountain. He glanced at Huo Wei disdainfully.
"Then I'll trouble the Prince of Yuzhang to wait for the Coptis chinensis at the South City Gate. I'm here on behalf of Southern Chu and tired from the journey. I'll follow Her Majesty the Queen into the city to settle down first."
Huo Wei's black robe fluttered in the summer wind. His eyebrows lowered. "Your Majesty the Queen, are you serious?"