Chu Junyi tightened his grip on the armrests of the armchair, his brows knitted in agitation.
A hot feeling slowly welled up in his lower abdomen. His heart suddenly raced, his breathing quickened, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
His consciousness began to flicker. A dancing figure in his mind gradually transformed into the appearance of Li Xinyue. She showed her smooth and fair wrists, wrapped her arms around his neck, and laughed and cried while talking nonsense in her drunken state.
At this moment, in reality, those silent women were slowly undressing. The rustling sound fell into his ears, exactly overlapping with the picture in his mind. So the feeling of being both real and illusory seemed to turn real.
His breathing became heavy, and his thoughts were in a mess. He couldn't help but expect that the one standing in front of him was Xinyue.
"Is that you, Xinyue?"
The young girls exchanged a glance and rushed towards him, swaying their graceful figures. Some hugged his thighs, some hugged his arms. One gently untied the gauze bow on his hair, and another reached into his clothes.
Chu Junyi sensed something was wrong. He grabbed the hand on his chest and forcefully broke it. With a scream from the woman, her hand and wrist were dislocated by Chu Junyi.
The woman fell to the ground painfully, covering her dislocated hand and twitching continuously.
The other women who were teasing him were terrified and quickly withdrew their hands. Saving their lives was the top priority.
"Get out! I won't say it a second time!"
The women picked up their clothes on the ground, dragged the woman with the dislocated hand, and quickly headed towards the door.
But the door had been locked by Fu Chengyuan. No matter how hard they banged on it, they couldn't open it.
The women turned back and looked at Chu Junyi.
Chu Junyi had reached the limit of his endurance. The absurd pictures of that night kept flashing in his mind. Reason and emotion were at war within him, and cold sweat kept oozing out.
He couldn't move at all. Once he did, he would completely lose control.
The powder Fu Chengyuan gave to those women was mixed with the strongest aphrodisiac. His body was obviously on the verge of an explosion. He was so angry that he roared, "If you don't leave now, none of you will leave! I'll send you all to hell right away!"
He raised his hand and crushed a teacup. Blood splashed on his palm, and several pieces of porcelain fell from it.
The women either smashed the door with stools, kicked it with their feet, or several of them worked together to smash it with a table.
The scene was filled with continuous noise.
Chu Junyi's face was already flushed red from holding back, and his body began to heat up. The charming pictures in his mind kept emerging one after another. Even the annoying sound of smashing the door sounded more and more pleasant to his ears.
Your Highness, if you don't come back soon, I'm going to fail before achieving success.
Bang——
A loud kick on the door sounded, and the door fell to the ground.
Li Xinyue stood at the door with her arms crossed, looking extremely domineering. The wind blew her hair flying. As her eyes swept around, her gaze met those coquettishly dressed women.
Those women were scared by her sharp eyes. The stools and table legs in their hands clattered to the ground.
Li Xinyue said, "Get out of here!"
The women scattered in a rush.
Li Xinyue heaved a sigh of relief. She hadn't broken her promise to Chu Junyi. She had made it in time and protected him.
She raised her eyes. Before she could say a word, she was suddenly hugged tightly.
"Your Highness, if you hadn't come, you wouldn't have seen me anymore." Chu Junyi gasped and complained aggrievedly in her ear.
Li Xinyue turned her head to avoid the warm breath spraying from his nose, which made her feel ticklish. She awkwardly raised her hand and gently stroked his head, saying, "You've suffered."
"Yeah." It was really hard.
"Can you hold on a bit longer? I'll take you away from here."
"I can. But I want to hold Your Highness's hand. Is that okay?" Chu Junyi endured the restlessness in his heart and stretched out his palm in her direction.
Li Xinyue looked at his intact hand and remembered the other one, which was dripping with blood and still had some porcelain fragments on it.
One could imagine how helpless he was at that time.
There was a twinge of pain and a faint sense of self - blame in her heart. Li Xinyue didn't want to say sorry because it wasn't her style. So she said nothing. She first picked out the fragments from his palm, simply bandaged it, and then took his intact hand and led him out of the door.
At this moment, she felt a strong sense of responsibility. She was determined to bring him back to the capital safely, even if it cost her life.
At this time, having heard the news, Fu Chengyuan had already led his men in pursuit. On the way, he happened to see the women he had sent to Chu Junyi running out again.
Fu Chengyuan was furious. "I gave you silver, but you failed to do the job for me! Do you still want to leave? Stop them all!"
The guards behind Fu Chengyuan surrounded those defenseless women and took them away together.
Here, Li Xinyue led Chu Junyi out and happened to meet Fu Chengyuan, who was rushing over.
Fu Chengyuan raised his hand, and the servants behind him surrounded Li Xinyue and Chu Junyi.
"It's so late, sir. Where are you going? Didn't we agree that I would protect you until the killers arrived? Why did you go back on your word?"
Chu Junyi didn't want to lose face in front of this treacherous man, Fu Chengyuan. So he pulled himself together a bit and pinched the palm of his hand to endure the heat in his abdomen.
Li Xinyue spoke for him. Her sharp eyes directly met Fu Chengyuan's calculating eyes. "Is this how you protect Lord Chu, Lord Fu? Do you know that harming an imperial envoy is a serious crime?"
"Miss Chu, don't make unfounded accusations. It was clearly Lord Chu who asked for it himself. I was just catering to his preferences. They can all testify for me." He pointed to the women he had caught.
Li Xinyue sneered. "Really? Why do I see that it was you, Lord Fu, who harmed Lord Chu? Do you think if I tell the emperor about this, will the emperor believe me or you?"
Lord Fu opened his mouth but then closed it. After a moment of thought, he started to target Li Xinyue. "You're not a concubine. Who on earth are you? How could a concubine have such a sharp look and courage?"
"Lord Chu just likes a bold woman like me! I'm not only bold but also excellent in martial arts! Do you want to have a try, Lord Fu?"
Saying so, Li Xinyue directly drew out her long sword. She held Chu Junyi's hand tightly with the other hand. She held her head high, and internal energy gathered in her palm. The wind blew her clothes fluttering and her long hair flying. Her look at Fu Chengyuan became even more sharp and cold.
"Lord Fu, since you're so insincere, there's no need to talk about the alliance anymore. Princess Yuanyang would rather take care of Lord Chu than take care of you. So give up this idea."
"Moreover, do you think these few people can stop us?"
With a swing of Li Xinyue's sword, the internal energy from the sword was enough to make the guards step back continuously in fear.
Fu Chengyuan was stunned. He never thought that the woman beside Chu Junyi would be so powerful. She was definitely not a concubine but, but...
"I'm a secret guard sent by the emperor to protect Lord Chu. If you don't want the emperor to know about today's incident, you must do your best in tomorrow's arrest of the unscrupulous merchants. Do you understand?"