Since he had said so, Dongfang Yi really didn't have the nerve to keep asking. During the meal, they were at odds with each other and ignored each other.
But it should be known that Dongfang Yi had a very low alcohol tolerance. The wine in this restaurant was indeed good. It smelled fragrant when drunk, but had a strong after - effect. After just a few cups, her consciousness became hazy and she saw double.
"Hey! Helian Qi, why do you become two!" she murmured in a daze.
This made Helian Qi can't help but frown. He didn't expect this woman to have such a bad drinking behavior. Once drunk, she became like this. However, she was inexplicably a bit cute.
Thinking of this, the corner of his mouth couldn't help curving up. Seeing that she still wanted to continue drinking, he quickly went over and snatched her wine cup.
"I want to drink. You're not allowed to grab my wine!" Dongfang Yi whispered with a blushing face.
She looked extremely alluring in this limp state. Helian Qi couldn't help but lower his head and rub his nose against hers. After smelling the aroma of wine on her lips and teeth, he couldn't control himself and lowered his head to bite her lips.
"Um..."
She was still whispering softly, entangled with the man in front of her lips to lips, which made her can't help but want to separate her whole soul.
Outside the private room, it was lively and full of people. Inside the private room, however, it was full of amorous feelings, as if the atmosphere was dyed with a tinge of pink.
After a while, the two separated. Helian Qi looked at the woman in front of him, with her slightly squinted eyes responding to him. It made his heart flutter, but he didn't dare to kiss her again. He was afraid that if he did, he wouldn't be able to control himself.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh. He raised his hand to stroke the woman's hair on her forehead. After feeding her a few sips of hot water, he picked her up and walked downstairs.
Everyone along the way stared at them, but he didn't care. After they left the restaurant, he found that it was already dark outside. Ru Yi was sitting in the carriage waiting for them.
When seeing them coming, Ru Yi lifted the curtain of the carriage and let them in. Then he carefully drove towards the palace.
Outside the window, the moon was bright and the stars were few. Inside the carriage, it was peaceful and serene.
About the time it took to burn an incense stick, they returned to the palace. At this time, there was no sound in the palace. Everyone was in a state of slumber.
Helian Qi carried the woman in his arms back to the bedroom in the Queen's Palace. He covered her with the quilt properly, looked at her deeply, kissed her on the forehead, and then left the Queen's Palace at ease.
On the way back to the Qianqing Palace, Ru Yi reported that the woman taken for interrogation today had poisoned herself the moment she was captured and didn't leave any evidence or clues.
After hearing this, Helian Qi couldn't help but frown. This proved that the woman must have been in trouble. There must be someone behind her giving orders. But she could directly poison herself. Her means were really ruthless.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but give a cold snort and then said, "It doesn't matter. That person will surely come up with more tricks when they fail to get what they want."
This woman failed to incite the common people to protest against him this time, but her purpose must have been to make him lose his prestige. However, he was ready to face any challenge!
On the other side, in an unknown restaurant outside the palace.
Situ Qing was playing a jade flute. The door creaked open, and Bai Huan in a white cheongsam walked in. She took a mink fur and put it on his shoulders.
Seeing him playing the jade flute with such a sad look, she couldn't help but frown and ask, "Is that woman really so unforgettable?!"
Situ Qing stopped playing. His face turned cold and he roared, "Get out!"
Bai Huan looked at the man in front of her with a hurt look. Her lips were almost bitten bleeding, but she still obediently walked out.
Her heart turned colder.
My lord, when will you be willing to turn back? Clearly I've been waiting behind you all the time. For seven years, I've been standing behind you for seven whole years. Can't it even compare to that woman's half - year companionship?
On the other side, Situ Qing looked at the moon in the sky. He let the cold wind blow on his face bit by bit, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of cold.
He carefully took out something from his bosom. It was a piece of cloth, torn to pieces but then glued back together bit by bit.
There were two wrinkled words on it: "Contract".
Back then in the harem, in despair, he shattered this piece of cloth. Later, he regretted it and went back. He searched on the ground all night to find all the pieces and then spent a whole day gluing it into what it was now.
He really couldn't bear to let go of this last connection with Dongfang Yi. It seemed that as long as he kept this "contract", their agreement would still be there and she would still come back to him.
He didn't want the world at all. All he wanted was to open an inn with that woman and live a happy and peaceful life. He thought his wish was about to come true, but Helian Qi took her away.
In his whole life, all the beautiful and precious things were taken away by the Helian family.
First their dynasty, and then his woman. This time he would never let the Helian family go. He wanted Helian Qi to taste the pain and suffering he had once endured and really experience the feeling of falling from the clouds to the dust.
Thinking of this, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curve up into a cruel smile. Then he began to laugh wildly at the sky.
Everything was in his plan, so there was no need to worry about any unexpected events. Sooner or later, he would become the king of everyone, including that woman.
On the other side, in the next room, Bai Huan heard the man's wild laughter. She raised her hand and drank the wine in her hand in one gulp. There was still a bitter smile on her lips. She thought that love, indeed, wouldn't have any result if only one person worked hard.
She turned to look at the man lying on the couch. She couldn't help but murmur, "Brother, when will you wake up? Huan'er is really so lonely."
Then she began to pour the wine down her throat cup by cup, trying to numb herself so that she wouldn't think about those sad things.
Her elder brother, Bai Yi, after being seriously injured by Helian Qi, lost an arm, which was his most proud hand for using poison. So he was like a madman and fed himself the hard - to - solve Seven Emotions and Seven Poisons.
If she hadn't rushed back in time and used the antidote she had prepared to keep him alive, he might have gone to the underworld by now. But even so, she still had no way to completely cure him.
The only way was to return to the Poison Valley, but they knew their master's temper. Facing a disciple like Bai Yi who had ruined himself like this, how could she offer help?