Zongzheng Fengyi was greatly startled.
The trace of dryness and heat in his abdomen vanished without a trace in an instant.
"You..."
[How come you're not affected by the aphrodisiac powder!?]
Zongzheng Fengyi wanted to ask, but as soon as the word "You" left his mouth, he suddenly felt his limbs go weak and his head spin. The next moment, he seemed about to collapse.
Without time to worry about anything else, Zongzheng Fengyi struggled to roll off Yun Xi and staggered backwards.
Yi Yuan emerged from some corner. There was a suppressed storm in his eyes. He lifted his long leg and kicked Zongzheng Fengyi hard in the lower back, sending him flying forward and landing right on the wooden table in the inner hall.
Yun Xi got up nimbly. She had just grabbed the clothes she had deliberately taken off beside the bed and was about to put them on when Yi Yuan leaped over. His thin lips were almost pursed into a straight line as he grabbed Yun Xi's wrist. He tilted his chin slightly and kissed the place where Zongzheng Fengyi had just touched.
Yun Xi couldn't help but tremble.
"Ah... Ah Yuan..."
Her voice trembled, charming beyond compare.
Yi Yuan's inky eyes darkened. His breathing became disordered.
He quickly averted his gaze to steady his mind. Yi Yuan took the clothes and quickly helped Yun Xi put them on. His voice hoarse, he said,
"I know. Let's handle the important matter first."
Over there, Zongzheng Fengyi had already turned over and stood up. He stumbled towards the door.
Furious in his heart, but not daring to stay for a moment.
Yun Xi had touched him...
No, to be exact, it was he who had actively touched Yun Xi.
[Damn it...]
Zongzheng Fengyi clenched his fists angrily.
[All kinds of schemes and plots have come. Who would have thought I'd fall for such a trick!]
[I underestimated the enemy too much. I thought she was just a delicate young miss from a wealthy family. Who knew she had such a scheming mind!]
[I have to leave quickly. Otherwise, if Yun Xi keeps asking, I won't be able to hide the matter of the mind - reading gu. And those other arrangements... No! I can't think about it!]
Forcing himself to interrupt his own thoughts, Zongzheng Fengyi gritted his teeth. While trying his best to suppress the drowsy and dizzying effect of the drug that was disturbing his mind, he brainwashed himself:
[Don't think, don't think... I have to leave, leave quickly...]
[As long as I'm more than a hundred zhang away from her, she won't be able to hear my thoughts...]
Unfortunately, although he thought so, his legs felt as if they were filled with lead and were difficult to move.
With great difficulty, he grabbed the table and moved forward two steps. But Yi Yuan's figure had already appeared in front of him, blocking his way out.
"Seventh Prince, save your energy. You won't be able to leave easily today."
Yun Xi followed closely behind. She had clearly heard Zongzheng Fengyi's inner thoughts. Besides coming for the gu on her body, they obviously had other secret schemes.
Rushing to Zongzheng Fengyi's side, Yun Xi took the opportunity to ask quickly:
"Mind - reading gu? Isn't the gu on me some kind of evil gu? How did it become a mind - reading gu?"
Suddenly having an epiphany, Yun Xi said in realization:
"The mural was left by you on purpose!? You lied to me!"
"No wonder the national master said before that my ability to read minds was given by him. So that's what he meant. I was so stupid to think that my mind - reading ability was a gift from heaven. It turns out it's all thanks to this damned gu on me!"
[Don't think... Don't think...]
As if he hadn't heard Yun Xi's words, Zongzheng Fengyi just kept murmuring those words over and over again, trying to avoid Yun Xi's questions in this way.
After all, even though he couldn't leave now, he knew that the two of them didn't dare to do anything to him.
Otherwise, if something happened to him, a prince of a country on a mission to propose marriage, war would surely break out between the two countries.
By then, there would be flames of war everywhere and countless people would be killed. The one to be condemned by the whole world would only be the Great Yin, not the Ying State.
Moreover, Zongzheng Fengyi was certain that Yun Xi and Yi Yuan didn't dare to keep him for too long.
Otherwise, if he didn't come out for a long time, his subordinates and the national master would surely come looking for him. When they saw this scene, it would seem that the victim was clearly him, Zongzheng Fengyi.
Yun Xi also saw through Zongzheng Fengyi's plan.
She knew that she probably wouldn't get any useful information by asking like this.
Biting her lips, Yun Xi thought for a while and changed the question:
"Is your real name Zongzheng Fengyi? What's your rank among your siblings at home?"
Both Yi Yuan and Zongzheng Fengyi were stunned.
Yi Yuan glanced at Yun Xi sideways but didn't say anything.
As for Zongzheng Fengyi, he looked at Yun Xi as if she were a fool. He didn't understand why Yun Xi would ask him such a well - known thing.
[What's she up to? Asking such a stupid question.]
Yun Xi immediately glared at him angrily and shouted:
"You're the stupid one!"
"I'm much smarter than you. Unlike you, you're so stupid that you even exposed the secret of the mind - reading gu."
"I really can't understand how a good - for - nothing like you has the nerve to come and propose marriage to me? Have you heard too many flattering words in the Ying State? You're so arrogant and blindly confident that you don't even know your own worth."
"No wonder the national master refused to tell you how to remove the gu from me. If I were him, I'd also keep it a secret. Otherwise, with your stupidity, clumsiness and weak constitution, who knows when it would be leaked out."
"You..."
Zongzheng Fengyi was so angry that smoke was coming out of his seven orifices. His eyes were blood - red and he wished he could swallow Yun Xi alive.
[You're the stupid and clumsy one! Your whole family is weak and sickly!]
[You want to remove the mind - reading gu? Dream on! The mind - reading gu can't be removed. It can only be dealt with by going through a near - death experience.]
[Bitch! You'd better not fall into my hands! Otherwise, I'll make you experience my masculinity!]
Going through a near - death experience?
Yun Xi's eyes moved, but she didn't have time to think carefully. She quickly took advantage of Zongzheng Fengyi's shaken state of mind and continued to ask:
"What? Still not convinced?"
"You're a prince of a country. Although your maternal family's support is indeed a bit weaker than that of other princes, you could at least work hard on your own abilities. If you were more promising and won your father's favor, the throne of the Ying State would be yours for the taking."
"But instead of gaining anything, you've ended up in a situation where you need to come for a marriage alliance to stabilize your position. It shows that you're a useless thing."
Shaking her head, Yun Xi looked extremely puzzled:
"Normally, the celestial masters and national masters of each country are extremely capable. They usually choose the most capable person to assist in governing the country. I really don't know why your national master would choose to serve you."
"Could it be... because of your appearance! Don't tell me the two of you..."
Yun Xi's eyes widened in shock. Her eyes were ambiguous as she scanned his face and body back and forth. Even though she didn't finish her sentence, the meaning was obvious.
The veins on Zongzheng Fengyi's forehead were throbbing. It was hard to tell whether it was from anger or from resisting the drug in his body.
[Bah! What a disgusting look! I don't have those kinds of hobbies!]
[You don't know anything and just make wild guesses! The Saint Master chose me because I'm his direct grandson. He can only be at ease when the mind - reading gu is on me!]
[Otherwise, if something goes wrong with the great cause of unifying the world, wouldn't all our efforts of the past two or three decades be in vain!?]
The Saint Master!? Two or three decades of efforts!?
For the sake of... unifying the world!?