CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 45: UNCLE-IN-LAW!

Zhao Yi swore, he really meant well and just wanted to comfort the frightened Yao Qing.

But somehow.

After Yao Qing heard his words, she suddenly became very angry.

Zhao Yi didn’t understand.

She was the one who said she would only give her body, not her heart.

Zhao Yi said he didn’t want her heart, and she was unhappy again.

Women are really hard to deal with!

Zhao Yi saw her chest heaving violently, kindly advising her to be careful not to explode her large bosom in anger.

As a result, Yao Qing got even angrier and kept calling him shameless!

It’s hard to be a good person!

Zhao Yi was helpless.

Yao Qing’s face turned as red as a cloth.

He didn’t know if it was due to anger!

Zhao Yi always did good without expecting anything in return.

Even though his good intentions were mistaken for a donkey’s liver and lungs, he wasn’t angry but instead looked up to appreciate the evening moonlight.

Unfortunately, it was cloudy today.

The sky was devoid of stars.

Zhao Yi was not a person to follow the whims of elegance.

If he couldn’t see stars and the moon, he’d find his own amusement.

Looking at Yao Qing, he smiled kindly: "My people have already informed the monk at the West Mountain Temple that you are in my mansion."

Yao Qing’s face changed, and her flushed complexion suddenly drained of color.

She bit her pale lips, her eyes filled with despair, her face full of misery.

Zhao Yi waved his hand, interrupting her with a smile: "Besides you, there’s something else he desperately wants in the mansion, I’ve also had people tell him about it."

Yao Qing was slightly stunned, blankly looking at Zhao Yi, not knowing what he was up to!

Zhao Yi laughed and said: "Do you want to make a bet with me?"

Another bet?

Yao Qing immediately became alert.

The last time Zhao Yi proposed a bet, she ended up losing herself over it.

Now Zhao Yi wanted to bet again.

Yao Qing instinctively felt he didn’t have good intentions!

Zhao Yi was helpless: "I really am a good person."

Yao Qing scoffed: "Last time when you mentioned the bet, I always felt something was off. Later, I figured it out, you only said if you lost, you’d let me handle it, didn’t say your people couldn’t help!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi was surprised: "Oh? Seeing you after a few days, you’re impressive!"

After speaking, he generously said: "Alright, to prove I’m a good person, this time you get to choose first!"

"Choose what?" Yao Qing asked warily.

Zhao Yi said: "Choose whether the little monk comes to save you or to find that thing."

Yao Qing was suddenly taken aback.

Zhao Yi, looking at her, revealed the bet with a smile: "If he comes to save you, I’ll let you go; if he looks for that thing, you spend the night with me."

Upon hearing this, Yao Qing suspiciously looked at Zhao Yi: "Would you really be so kind-hearted?"

This time, Zhao Yi’s bet wasn’t harsh, instead, it was overly lenient.

She really was like fish on the chopping block.

If Zhao Yi wanted to sleep with her, she wouldn’t have any power to resist.

So, even if she lost, it was just reopening an old case.

But as long as the main character came to save her.

She would be safe!

Yao Qing suspiciously looked at Zhao Yi: "You actually found your conscience?"

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow: "Why do you think that?"

Yao Qing was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Yi kindly reminded: "Trespassing into a Prince’s Mansion is a capital offense."

Yao Qing was first startled, then her face dramatically changed.

She glared at Zhao Yi, angrily: "You’re shameless!"

Zhao Yi said seriously: "I’m doing this for your own good too!"

Yao Qing almost laughed out of anger: "You deliberately leaked information to Jing’Er, tricking him into coming in to die, and you still dare say it’s for my own good?"

Zhao Yi patiently explained: "I know you’ve always wanted that little monk to get closer to you and your sister, if he comes to save you, doesn’t that prove how important you all are to him? You’ll get what you wish for, and everything is okay, isn’t that a happy ending for everyone?"

Hearing this, Yao Qing was momentarily dazed, thinking Zhao Yi made quite a compelling point.

Suddenly, she snapped awake: "Where’s Jing’Er?"

Zhao Yi replied matter-of-factly: "He trespassed into the Prince’s Mansion, of course he was executed!"

Yao Qing’s expression immediately shattered!

She glared fiercely at Zhao Yi, her eyes almost bursting with rage: "You shameless!"

Zhao Yi, seeing her displeasure, quickly tried to placate her: "Don’t be angry yet, there will be more to be upset about soon!"

Yao Qing nearly choked!

She took a deep breath, striving to suppress her rising fury.

Zhao Yi waited until she calmed down before speaking: "If he went to fetch that thing, I’d have killed him outright. However, this time it’s not because he trespassed."

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow at her: "Can you guess why?"

At these words, Yao Qing clenched her fists, nearly gritting her teeth to pieces!

She gritted her teeth: "Do you think I can’t guess?"

Zhao Yi, seeing her unwillingness to play along, looked somewhat disappointed.

However, he still generously announced the answer.

"If he fetches that thing, you would have to give yourself to me, and by then I’d be his uncle-in-law! A little monk ignoring his aunt means disrespect for me, the uncle-in-law! As his uncle-in-law, I naturally have to punish him!"

Yao Qing’s body trembled violently, nearly collapsing, looking at Zhao Yi as if she’d seen a ghost!

"Shameless!"

"You are a demon!"

"I’ve never seen anyone more malicious than you!"

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow, surprisingly: "They all say I’m a madman, only you call me a demon. Seems you truly like me, otherwise, you wouldn’t treat me so uniquely!"

Hearing this, Yao Qing’s brain froze for a moment, stunned, momentarily at a loss for words.

Zhao Yi raised his wine cup, downing the fragrant rouge wine in one gulp.

Satisfied, he exhaled the aroma.

Who says you can’t drink without the moon?

Look!

Isn’t there fun to be had?

Thud!

Yao Qing suddenly knelt to the ground, pleading with Zhao Yi: "Your Highness, I’ll give you anything you want, just please release Jing’Er."

Zhao Yi cast a glance over her.

After bathing and changing clothes, Yao Qing had replaced her sexy animal skin skirt with an elegant palace gown.

The palace gown was prettier than the beast skirt, but covered her too tightly, concealing everything.

Zhao Yi helped her up, eyes straight ahead, like a gentleman.

Looking at Yao Qing, he said seriously: "Don’t worry, as an uncle-in-law, I will surely take good care of my nephew!"

Saying this, Zhao Yi filled the wine cup in front of Yao Qing.

"Come, come, try this wine! This is the legendary rouge wine, a thousand taels of gold per jar! The old second has a keen dog’s nose, once this wine is opened, he can smell it from miles away! If he shamelessly comes to snatch it, I can’t guarantee I’ll save this good wine!"

Yao Qing looked down at the wine before her, the wine truly lived up to its name, as red as rouge. The quality was clear and bright, crystal clear like a ruby. The fragrance permeated the air, enticing even someone like Yao Qing, who wasn’t fond of wine, with its temptations!

Gulp!

The sound of swallowing was remarkably loud in the silent courtyard.

Yao Qing’s face instantly became crimson, head deeply bowed, too shy to meet anyone’s gaze.

Zhao Yi laughed heartily, pushing the wine cup toward Yao Qing, urging her: "Come, come, don’t be shy. I may lack other things, but rare treasures I have in abundance. Drink as you please, there’s plenty more if it’s not enough!"

Yao Qing’s complexion returned to normal.

She took a deep breath, looking solemnly at Zhao Yi: "Your Highness, what must I do for you to spare Jing’Er?"

Before Zhao Yi could speak, Yao Qing added: "If Your Highness spares Jing’Er, I am willing to let you decide my fate!"

Zhao Yi was puzzled: "But if you lose, you are already supposed to be at my mercy."

Yao Qing paused, then gritted: "I practice the Charm Technique of the Boudoir and possess a Primordial Yin Body. If I willingly activate it, the Chaos of Yin is the most potent tonic for men in the world!"

Ahem!

Zhao Yi cleared his throat lightly, maintaining a solemn and righteous demeanor.

"I am not interested in any tonic! But as an uncle-in-law, I do think I shouldn’t be too harsh on my nephew!"

He asked Yao Qing: "What do you think should be done?"

Yao Qing’s face lit up with joy: "No matter what Jing’Er chooses, he shouldn’t be killed!"

Zhao Yi frowned: "But if he doesn’t choose you, I, as an uncle-in-law, will lose face!"

Yao Qing quickly said: "He will, Jing’Er will definitely choose me!"

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure?"

Yao Qing nodded affirmatively, just about to speak when a guard reported from outside the door.

"Master, that person went to the toilet!"

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