was only a hair's breadth away from her heart. If it had gone in a few more points, I'm afraid even the great immortals of heaven couldn't have saved her. Fortunately, Qian Si Chen had arrived in time...Xiao Yu Ge reached out to pull at the man's clothes, but Qian Ting Xuan stopped her.

"This king has arrived, woman! Come!" He finished speaking and kicked the woman aside. Then he stripped the man bare.

"Sister, don't blame me. You only have yourself to blame for following the wrong master." Xiao Yuge immediately ripped apart the palace maid's clothes. Qian Tingxuan casually threw a blanket over them with one hand, and the two of them almost breathed in unison, cooperating seamlessly.

"Should we stay to watch the play, or return to the Chancellor's residence first" Qian Tingxuan asked.

"If we leave now, it might be hard to explain..." Xiao Yuge really wanted to see who was trying to harm her, but she also needed to get the poison out of her body as soon as possible.

"Come with me!" Qian Tingxuan hugged her and leaped out the back door, arriving at a hidden spot. His guard, Ming Yang, appeared immediately.

"Mingyang, come here for a moment!" Qian Tingxuan put Xiao Yuge down and called Mingyang over, whispering, "You go find He Ming, and be back here in half an hour..."

After explaining things, Ming Yang received his orders and hurried away.

At this moment, Xiao Yuge's small face seemed to be starting to blush. Sensing something was wrong, she quickly took out a silver needle from her body and decisively stabbed it into a certain spot. The silver needle temporarily suppressed the symptoms, but it only treated the surface without addressing the root cause. She just wanted to cooperate with those people to finish this clumsy play and then go back, hoping to hold on.

"Actually, you don't have to do this. This king can help you..." Qian Tingxuan took a long stride, trapping her within his small space.

Xiao Yu Ge glared at him: "Come on, act like a decent person! Don't you know I'm the future Princess Consort According to seniority, I should call you Uncle Emperor. You still have these thoughts Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning"

"Uncle Huang" Qian Tingxuan raised an eyebrow, staring at her unabashedly: "Then what were we just now"

"You were the one bullying me just now!" As soon as she mentioned it, Xiao Yuge felt both shame and anger: "You're still talking You said we were acting, but you took advantage of me!" If she weren't too weak to fight back, she would have beaten him up.

"Taking advantage of me What about that night then, how did you put it You were the one who kissed me first that night." Qian Tingxuan's tone didn't have a shred of self-awareness as an elder.

“I was saving you, wasn’t I” Xiao Yu Ge felt speechless. Then, she suddenly remembered something, her face flushed, and she instinctively took a step back: “You, you...didn't come here today to kill me and silence me, did you” In her previous life, this hadn't happened.

"What do you think" Qian Tingxuan narrowed his black eyes, a mysterious smile playing on the corner of his lips, and deliberately leaned closer to her.

"I will keep what happened that night buried in my stomach, and from now on, whenever I see you, I will go out of my way. Please don't kill me!" Xiao Yuge was truly panicked. Although she had martial arts skills now, she knew the man's martial arts were far superior to hers. If he wanted to kill her to silence her, it would be a matter of minutes.

"Well then, let me think about it..." Qian Tingxuan deliberately paused, as if truly considering, after a long while, he said with a difficult expression: "But we did have some skin-to-skin contact that day, shouldn't we take responsibility"

Xiao Yu Ge hurriedly waved her hand: “It’s okay, let's just pretend nothing happened between us. I saved you once, but earlier in the hall, you also saved me. We're even, I don't need you to be responsible.”

"Two cleans No, no, no!" Qian Tingxuan shook his head, pointing at her and then at himself. "I think you've got it wrong, Your Majesty. What I mean is, you have to be responsible for this Wang."

"What, what" Xiao Yuge was stunned, thinking she had misheard: "You're responsible for me" This man couldn't be crazy, could he

"That's right, you are responsible for me!" Qian Tingxuan tilted his head, crossed his arms across his chest, and said righteously: "This is the first time I have been forcibly kissed by a woman, and last time I was also seen by you, so you must be responsible for me!"

"What does this even mean" Xiao Yuge suddenly felt a headache coming on, she shook her head and massaged her forehead. "Last time, I was saving you, that's understandable right Besides, it was at night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, I couldn't see anything clearly."

"It's broad daylight now, if you want to look, this king can let you have your fill!"

"Who wants to see this! You're shameless!" Xiao Yu Ge subconsciously crossed her arms and protected her chest.

"You kissed me first and saw my body. We're both the same as before, so you have to take responsibility for me!" Qian Tingxuan looked like a complete scoundrel.

"It was me who suffered a loss. I didn't even say anything. You, a king, are you being petty Are you still a man" Xiao Yuge gritted her teeth angrily.

"Whether I'm a man or not, you can just try," Qian Tingxuan smirked, leaning closer to her, satisfied to see her nervous expression: "Well, even if what happened last time was unavoidable, we both slept on the same bed just now. You were the one who asked for it, weren't you Shouldn't you be responsible for me"

“I...”Xiao Yuge was struck dumb by his words, her entire body feeling like it was burning from the inside out. Her throat felt as if a chicken egg was lodged in it, making it impossible to speak. What did he mean by sleeping on the same bed But wait, that’s right!

“Even if we set aside the fact that we are related by blood and share a bed, those things don’t count. You have also saved my life, and that's not something that can be offset by my rescuing you twice just now. A debt of saving one's life must be repaid with one's body.”

"Who wants you to marry them Besides, I'm so young, and you even have such thoughts. How shameless!" Xiao Yuge almost jumped up. This man was so eager to give himself away Rumors had it that the King of Freedom was a playboy with endless romantic pursuits and countless scandalous stories. Could they all be true

"You're almost of marriageable age, you're not a child anymore!" Qian Tingxuan raised an eyebrow and changed the subject: "Since you don't want to be responsible for this king, and don't want this king to marry you, then this king will have to...silence you." He released his hands and slowly stood up, moving his neck and shaking his wrists, looking like he was really going to attack her.

"No!" Xiao Yuge instinctively took a few steps back. How could this man change his face so quickly

Then you'd better think it through, are you going to take responsibility for this King, or will this King take you as his wife

Qian Tingxuan’s lips curled into a barely perceptible smile.

“I’ll take responsibility for you!” Xiao Yuge blurted out in a panic, puffing her cheeks, looking unwilling to give up. That scoundrel, he actually threatened her! But the man was the King, she couldn't even harm a single hair on his head, it was infuriating!

"Oh, what does that little songbird plan to do to take responsibility for this king Marry this king, or be married by this king" Qian Tingxuan leaned closer to her again, finding her nervous expression rather endearing.ssured, I have no interest in underdeveloped hatchlings. I was just testing it out just now, and it didn't disappoint me." He said as he jumped off the bed, tidying up his clothes casually.Xiao Yuge...