On the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ziyuan timidly turned to look at Feng Yunshu. "Miss, do we have to crawl through that dog hole to get back to the mansion too?"
Feng Yunshu nodded seriously. "Yes, otherwise, what do you think?"
"Ah, this..."
Ziyuan looked worriedly at her slightly bulging belly from overeating. "Miss, I ate too much. I may not be able to crawl through. What if I get stuck..."
"If you get stuck, you'll have to stay in the dog hole for the night. Wait for your miss to find some help to pull you out."
"Ah... this..."
After hearing this, Ziyuan was about to cry.
Seeing this, Feng Yunshu couldn't help but smile. "I'm just kidding. You're such a silly girl. Do you think your miss is such an unreliable person?"
It was already late at night, and the surroundings of the Prime Minister's Mansion were completely quiet. The guards in the back yard had obviously relaxed their vigilance and were dozing off.
Feng Yunshu looked up at the bright moon in the sky and made a complex gesture with her hand. After a moment, a faint mist rose around her body.
Ziyuan was stunned. "Miss, what are you doing..."
Feng Yunshu smiled, grabbed Ziyuan's hand, and Ziyuan saw that the mist seemed to be alive and began to spread along her body, then covering her.
"This is a kind of invisibility spell. It can only be used at night when there is moonlight. Actually, it's just a simple trick. But now we don't need to crawl through the dog hole to get back."
Saying so, Feng Yunshu took Ziyuan's hand and swaggered in through the back door with Xiaoling. The guard was still dozing off and only felt a sudden gust of wind on his face.
When they got back to Yunshu Courtyard, the two paper figures were still staggering in the room. Feng Yunshu stepped forward and tapped the two paper figures with her hand to take back her spiritual power. The two figures instantly revealed their original forms as paper figures, floating lightly to the ground and then turning into a wisp of green smoke.
After the experience during the day, Ziyuan was no longer surprised by Feng Yunshu's display of spiritual power and began to get used to it.
"Miss, I'll prepare hot water for you. You should take a bath and go to bed early."
Probably because she had used her spiritual power, Feng Yunshu felt extremely tired, as if her body had been emptied. She really needed a good hot bath and a good rest in bed.
After handing Xiaoling to Ziyuan to help with the bath, Feng Yunshu walked to the bathtub, took off her clothes, and quickly got in.
The moment she immersed herself in the hot water, every pore of her body opened up. Feng Yunshu couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh. "Ah... Taking a bath is really one of the greatest pleasures in the world!"
"Oh? Taking a bath can make you so comfortable, madam?"
Suddenly, a man's teasing voice came from above. Feng Yunshu was startled. She suddenly opened her eyes and looked up. A familiar face appeared in her sight.
"Helan Yanting?! How did you get here?!"
Feng Yunshu was startled. Her first reaction was to cover her chest and quickly dive into the water. "At night, when did the prince start working as a lady - killer?"
Helan Yanting watched as in the steaming heat, the woman's fair skin gradually took on a faint pink glow. Her face was like a peach, exuding a sweet and juicy aura. A few strands of wet hair playfully stuck to her ears and neck. The black hair and the snow - white, slightly pink skin set each other off, presenting a truly charming sight.
In this situation, Helan Yanting felt that the heat was getting to his head, his blood was boiling, and there was a restlessness in his body.
"Madam, you refused to forgive this king and ran back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. This king misses you very much. I'm worried that you can't eat or sleep well. So I had to come secretly to visit you at night. But madam says this king is a lady - killer. This king's heart is so cold..."
Helan Yanting hid his inner restlessness, frowned and pouted aggrievedly. As he spoke, he lightly landed beside Feng Yunshu's bathtub from the roof beam.
Seeing him approaching, Feng Yunshu blushed and her heart raced. She almost shouted out in a moment of panic. "It's night. Men and women should avoid physical contact. Can't you see I'm taking a bath? Don't come closer!"
At this moment, Feng Yunshu was like a weak and helpless kitten, trying to bury her body in the water as much as possible and curling up in a corner of the bathtub.
Having been used to Feng Yunshu's bold and sometimes hot - tempered appearance, Helan Yanting was seeing this weak and helpless side of her for the first time. He found it quite novel.
"Madam, you are the wife this king married through proper channels and with great fanfare. There's no such thing as men and women avoiding physical contact between husband and wife."
Saying so, Helan Yanting deliberately leaned closer. He smelled a faint sweet fragrance in the heat, which was the unique scent on Feng Yunshu. It made his heart itch.
"Are you being a hooligan?!"
Feng Yunshu couldn't help but reach out a hand to try to push Helan Yanting away. But unexpectedly, Helan Yanting suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her up in the opposite direction.
"Ah!"
Feng Yunshu only felt a chill on her chest. Before she could react, she was fished out of the bathtub by him and then tightly wrapped in his arms.
Probably because she had no clothes on, being so close to him, Feng Yunshu could feel his scorching body temperature through his clothes. Her skin was so delicate that it seemed like it would melt under his scorching temperature the next second.
"Helan Yanting, what are you doing?! Let me go quickly!"
Feng Yunshu tried hard to control her blushing and racing heart at this moment. She was anxious and angry and tried to break free from his restraint.
Probably because the commotion in the room was too loud, Ziyuan in another room and Xiaoling, who was already half - asleep, heard the noise and immediately rushed over.
Xiaoling could communicate with Feng Yunshu directly through brainwaves. "Master, what's wrong with you? Are you in danger?"
"I'm fine. There's a rascal here, but I can handle it... Xiaoling, you hold Ziyuan back and don't let her come in!"
Xiaoling didn't understand, but since the master had given the order, she could only follow it. Seeing Ziyuan about to run over to open the door, Xiaoling slightly released her spiritual power and knocked the person down directly. Then she carried Ziyuan back to her room.
Here, Feng Yunshu and Helan Yanting were still in a stalemate.
"Helan Yanting, what on earth do you want? If you don't let me go, I'll really be rude to you!"
Feng Yunshu thought that in all her years of life, she had never suffered such humiliation.
But Helan Yanting still didn't move at all. "Madam, if you don't forgive this king, this king won't let go."
"Is this the attitude of asking for forgiveness?"
Feng Yunshu was instantly furious. "You're being a rascal here, aren't you?"
Helan Yanting blinked his innocent eyes and looked down at Feng Yunshu. "Madam, you've wronged me. It's just that the Helan Prince's Mansion is so deserted without you. This king is not used to living there. I can't even eat or sleep well."
"Come on! Don't talk about not being able to eat or sleep well. According to what you said, how did you live in the prince's mansion every day before I married in?"
Feng Yunshu was both angry and amused. She really didn't know that Helan Yanting could be so thick - skinned.
But somehow, as soon as this sentence was said, Helan Yanting's expression seemed to dim a bit. He was silent for a moment.