The others did not notice the anomaly between the two people. Qianxun clenched her hands beneath the table and took a deep breath, she made her decision. Exchanging glances with two of her sisters, she stood up with two cups of wine in her hands and stepped towards Dongfang Bubai.
“Husband, Qianxun would like to have a drink with you.”
She was born beautiful. Among the Seven Ladies, apart from Shishi, the most gorgeous one was Qianxun. Her beauty differed from Shishi’s gentle demeanor, she was more enchanting, more enthusiastic, and more coquettish. Like a grand peony in bloom. Currently Qianxun was wearing an elaborate vermillion dress, her skin snowy white, her cheeks blushing red, and her pair of eyes charming. Flirtatiously approaching with two cups of wine, if someone else were to see her, they would likely be amazed.
Dongfang Bubai raised his head and glanced at Qianxun who stood before him. He had once asked Yang Lianting what type of woman he would have liked, if he had never met him. At that time, Yang Lianting told him that he liked enchanting, beautiful, fair-skinned women. His aesthetics were the same as any normal man, if a woman like Qianxun approached him he would surely like her, right?
Dongfang Bubai’s eyes were hazy, he laughed in a low voice. Perhaps he drunk too much alcohol so he could not help but feel a dull pain in his heart. Taking the wine cup, he did not pay any attention to the light flashing in Qianxun’s eyes. Dongfang tilted his head backward and emptied the cup.
“Husband, please rest in the rear courtyard tonight, alright?” Qianxun blinked her eyes and hesitantly asked.
Dongfang Bubai frowned and habitually opened his mouth to refuse. For a moment he drunkenly listened to the sound of the musical instruments being played in the rear courtyard and could not help but feel terribly upset. He stood up and flung his sleeves intending to leave, but once he took a step forward heat suddenly rushed to his lower abdomen. Something was wrong. Narrowing his eyes, he stared at Qianxun. Before he could question her, he felt the rising heat intensely rush toward that part of his body.
Seeing him like this, Qianxun stepped forward and leaned on Dongfang Bubai. It was winter, but her elaborate dress was made of light tulle. He did not know if it was deliberate or not. Leaning on Dongfang Bubai, he could instantly feel the smooth skin and soft curves hidden below the tulle dress. Taking a deep breath, he pushed Qianxun away. Even though his breath was unstable, his stern eyes were as cold as ice.
“You drugged the wine?”
Shishi was taken aback in shock as soon as she heard him ask Qianxun. She jerked her head up to look at her, about to defend her action, but Qianxun was the first to speak.
“Indeed, Qianxun poured a drug into the wine.”
“Husband, we want you to stay in the rear courtyard for the night, just one night.”
“If one of us Sisters can give birth to Husband’s heir, even if Husband never looks at us again, we are all willing.”
“Husband, do you truly not want to…” While speaking, she reached out to take hold of his arm. Of course, she knew that no ordinary drug would affect the world’s first. The powerful drug she had mixed into the wine cup was compounded by Ping Yizhi upon her servant’s request. Unless yin and yang were combined, the drug’s effect could not be cured. It was precisely because of this that she had dared to take the risk of drugging the wine cup, asking nothing more of Dongfang Bubai than to remain by their side for a single night.
Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead and waves of heat uncontrollably swept over his body, wave after wave. He felt his breathing turn heavy and unstable and his consciousness fade. Dongfang Bubai tried to use his internal energy to dissipate the drug’s effect, never would he have thought that the drug not only could not be cured through internal energy, but the more energy he circulated through his body the more potent the drug became.
Staggering steps.
Dongfang was enraged.
Since he ascended to the position of cult master, no one had dared to scheme against him in this way. Never would he have thought that his own concubine would drug him. In a fit of anger, he raised his hand and slapped Qianxun without even thinking. The woman fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes indifferent and his body resisting the effect of the drug, Dongfang Bubai turned to leave the rear courtyard.
Stepping forward, his raised foot was abruptly gripped by the struggling Qianxun.
“Husband, why do you refuse to stay?”
“Husband, why do you refuse to touch us Sisters?”
The woman pleadingly lay before him and her eyes brimmed with tears. “Husband, Qianxun begs you to stay with us for one night, only one night.”
Dongfang Bubai’s breathing was heavy. At present, his clear and elegant face was tainted with desire. Even his pair of black eyes was faintly crimson. Gasping for air, he clenched his hands into fists, his nails piercing into the flesh.
In his mind only the face of Yang Lianting remained.
He could barely retain his consciousness.
Lian di.
My Lian di.
“Husband hug me, hug me, alright? Don’t you want to?” Qianxun saw that Dongfang Bubai stood still and remained silent. Thinking that the drug had taken effect already, she stood up and wanted to entice him to stay.
Unexpectedly, Dongfang Bubai raised his hand and instantly the table, with countless dishes and empty wine jugs on top, was toppled and broken apart. He felt depressed, his heart distracted, his thoughts in turmoil. As the drug’s effect continued to worsen, his discomfort increased until he could barely endure.
However.
Even if the drug had taken effect, with his body mutilated as it was, was there anything he could do, anything at all?
The rear courtyard’s Seven Ladies were all kneeling in fear. Dongfang Bubai took one look at them and felt disgusted in his heart. Refusing to speak another word, he circulated his internal energy to forcibly stabilize the drug’s effect and left the banquet hall without looking back.
Glancing at Dongfang Bubai’s back, Qianxun’s body shook and her eyes dimmed with each of his steps.
“Qianxun, you’re confused! How can you be so confused?” Shishi’s eyes were red. She wanted to raise her hand to slap her, but in the end she could not bear to do so. She lowered her hand, hugged Qianxun, and cried bitterly.
“I’m confused… I only wanted him to stay… Sister, why do you think he refuses to look at us even now? Why does he not even want to stay for a moment longer?”
Shishi shook her head and hoarsely laughed.
“Because he never loved us…”
“I fear that after this incident, for the rest of our lives… we’ll never have the chance to stay atop the cliff, to stay with him…”