When darkness devoured the last ray of light on the horizon, night fell.
The lights in Tingtao Courtyard blazed brightly, and the music became even more lascivious and ethereal.
The graceful melody played on ceaselessly. Against the flickering candlelight, the figures of Miaoyi and Yunling were faintly visible on the window paper. The two women's singing voices were delicate and gentle, as if they could pierce through the deepest defenses of people's hearts.
Caiyu sat with her eyes closed outside the door for two hours, yet she didn't feel hungry at all. The sweet-smelling aphrodisiac incense in the air filled her chaotic heart.
"Calligraphy is the perfect combination of a brush, ink, inkstone, a person, and a heart. In one stroke, the fluctuations occur at the tip of the brush; in one dot, the nuances are revealed in the bristles."
The scene of Song Yinghuai teaching her how to hold the brush under the lamp suddenly popped up in her mind.
"Since you've lit the lamp, your wish will come true. From now on, keep your heart clean. Respond when things come, and let them go when they pass."
On the long night and the long street, three thousand bright lamps were lit. He lit the eyes of the souls of her family members in the sky for her.
"On the first day of the tenth lunar month, people jointly bought something. If each person contributed eight coins, there was a surplus of three coins; if each person contributed seven coins, there was a shortage of four coins. To calculate the number of people, the unit price, and the total price of this purchase, it should be done like this..."
He taught her how to manage industries and how to read accounts and manage affairs.
"Just tie whatever knot you can."
He swaggered through the streets wearing the bowknot she tied.
"Help me put it on."
He raised his left wrist, leaving the long - vacant position for the Buddhist beads she made.
"Fairy! Save me! Let's save each other!"
On that snowy night, he gave up the antidote pill and fed it to her!
...
I don't know how much time had passed, and the candles inside went out.
Caiyu suddenly looked up and saw the two women's shadows on the window paper. Their long hair cascaded down, their boneless jade fingers rested on their chests, and their willow - like bodies swayed, casting graceful shadows.
Although she couldn't see what was happening, Caiyu knew exactly what was going on. The women's clothes must be coming off layer by layer.
Faintly, the giggles of the two women came out through the crack of the door, just like how she had seduced Song Yinghuai before.
Her fingers suddenly tightened on the fabric of her knees. She stared wide - eyed at the shadows on the window paper.
Song Yinghuai's tall shadow was approaching them.
Getting closer.
Getting closer.
Until it overlapped and intertwined with theirs, necks entangled.
Caiyu took a breath. Suddenly, it felt like a big stone was pressing on her heart, making it hard for her to catch her breath.
Is this it...?
Impossible!!
Caiyu stood up in disbelief, not realizing that her legs were as weak as if she were stepping on cotton.
Impossible!
How could Song Yinghuai so easily have a relationship with them?
Even though they had lit the aphrodisiac incense in the room, but this was Song Yinghuai!
He was so determined and calm. How could he?
The shocking words on the crown prince's secret letter kept swirling in Caiyu's mind like a diamond seal:
"In the 25th year of Yuanzheng of Daye, the Prince of Yan led 100,000 Yan troops to chase the defeated Tartar army to Lake Nawuer. He was ambushed and was infected with the grassland aphrodisiac twin - snake gu. If a person infected with this gu has sexual intercourse with a woman, the gu worms will swim through the whole body and finally drill into the heart and cause death..."
This was the real purpose of the crown prince's order for her to go to Yan to carry out the task of breaking the precept!
This secret was of great importance, and very few people in the world knew about it.
Even Concubine Yao and the emperor were kept in the dark.
Caiyu was confused and didn't know how the crown prince found out.
But now she understood that the crown prince regarded Song Yinghuai as his biggest political enemy. Cutting the vassal states' power was far from enough for the crown prince.
In the crown prince's eyes, Song Yinghuai was like a spark on the grassland. As long as he wasn't completely extinguished, he would eventually start a prairie fire and burn the crown prince to the ground!
As long as Song Yinghuai was alive, the crown prince would feel like there was a fierce tiger sleeping beside his couch. He couldn't sleep or eat in peace.
The crown prince wanted Song Yinghuai's life!
If Song Yinghuai broke the precept, it wasn't a capital crime in the emperor's eyes. Instead, it would be an excuse for the emperor to order him back to the court.
The crown prince was afraid, so he was in a hurry to take action.
Caiyu remembered the strange red light swirling in his eyes when they first met. It turned out that on that day, his aphrodisiac gu had flared up, and he still had to hide it from everyone in the mansion. That was how they met.
So later, no matter how she seduced him, Song Yinghuai endured and endured, and just wouldn't really touch her.
But even though he endured so much, he never really wanted her life...
Maybe in the eyes of the Tartars and the crown prince, Song Yinghuai was a man - eating tiger, but he never really showed his fangs to her.
"My lord! This concubine is so itchy!"
"A hehehe... My lord, please spare this concubine..."
"A... Aaaaa..."
Suddenly, a series of women's voices came from inside the room.
The lascivious and slightly painful gasps were just like the lingering sounds she had made under Song Yinghuai's body.
Caiyu's heart trembled. It was like being stabbed by a knife and then stirred vigorously. She felt a heart - rending pain.
Was he doing the same thing with Miaoyi and Yunling as he did with her?
Right. Anyway, he must have found a way. Having those two women serve him wouldn't cost him his life.
But...
Caiyu thought self - deceptively: But what if?
What if he couldn't hold back all of a sudden?
What if he was blinded by lust and really had a relationship with them? Then he...
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a high - pitched coo came from inside the room!
Caiyu's mind went "buzz". She didn't care about being calm or thinking.
She slapped the door hard and shouted inside: "My lord! My lord!"
Inside, apart from the gasping sounds of Miaoyi and Yunling, Song Yinghuai was completely silent.
Caiyu got anxious. She called out twice and then rammed into the wooden door with all her strength.
The wooden door crashed open. Caiyu stumbled and fell to the ground. She didn't care about the pain in her elbows. She got up from the ground with difficulty and looked up. The scene in front of her made her stand still on the spot -
She saw Miaoyi and Yunling tied side by side on the bed. They were still dressed, but their bare feet were sticking out.
Han Fen was holding a feather duster. He tickled the soles of the two women's feet for a while and then whipped them a few times with the handle of the feather duster.
The two women were alternately tickled and hurt. They couldn't help crying and laughing, and kept begging for mercy:
"Aah! My lord, please spare me..."
"Hehehe... This concubine... This concubine is so itchy. I can't stand it. I can't stand it..."
Whether it was the effect of the aphrodisiac incense in the room or the overly intense voices of the two women, anyway, there was an indescribable lascivious atmosphere in the room.
Han Fen was already sweating all over, and his face was slightly red. He looked more uncomfortable than the two women.
Caiyu: ...
Where was Song Yinghuai?
As if sensing something, Caiyu quickly turned her head and heard a man's heavy breathing on her neck!
Caiyu exclaimed: "My lord... Ah!"
She felt her center of gravity was out of control. She was forcefully picked up horizontally by Song Yinghuai. She didn't even have time to take a good look at the man's face. She only heard a suppressed and restrained voice above her head:
"Han Fen! Take them to the dungeon and torture them to find out the mastermind behind them!"
Han Fen had already been restless because of the aphrodisiac incense in the room. His handsome face was flushed red. Hearing this, he heaved a sigh of relief and quickly carried the two women out of the door.
The dim candlelight shone inside the room, and the air was filled with the scent of lust.
Song Yinghuai carried Caiyu and kicked open the door of the inner room. He forcefully pressed her onto the big bed. Before she could react, wild kisses rained down on her.
Caiyu was scared by his crazy appearance. She couldn't bear it at all and let out a soft moan.
This sound was like a fuse, making Song Yinghuai instantly tense up.
He reluctantly released his lips and tightly clasped Caiyu's fingers.
Song Yinghuai was breathing heavily. His pupils were faintly red. His hoarse and broken voice was tinged with hidden fury:
"Didn't I tell you to listen outside and see how I have fun?
"You've got a lot of nerve!
"What are you barging in for?!"