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She had been lying on the bed for a long time, still feeling dizzy in her head, but at last, she couldn’t hold on any longer and fell asleep.

At that time, chaos ensued in the General Residence.

Cai Xia, having searched all day and not found the young lady, could only return to the residence crying, informing the young master that the young lady was missing.

General Xun, upon hearing that his daughter had disappeared, immediately took his men to search door to door.

Cai Xia cried breathlessly, "It’s all this servant’s fault for not looking after the young lady well, it’s all my fault."

Xun Changfeng roared irritably, "What’s the use of crying?"

Cai Xia, startled, began to shudder uncontrollably, her shoulders trembling.

When Xun Qingqing woke up again, it was already deep into the night. She turned her head to look outside the window and saw that the moon was already hanging on the treetops, indicating that it was the dead of night.

Having only eaten lunch, she was now starving with a grumbling stomach.

Even though she was starving, she was afraid that Mei Yisi might suddenly burst in; she was genuinely afraid.

The thought that someone despicable could take away something so precious to her – she would never rest in peace!

Such a meaningful and cherished thing naturally had to be saved for the person she loved, to be kept until the wedding night.

Xun Qingqing thought of Jun Wuxian and suddenly started to cry out of a sense of injustice, fearing this time she might have no chance to see him again.

She touched the small bell on her hand, which hadn’t rung for seven months already.

She truly hoped that Jun Wuxian could descend from the sky like last time and come to her rescue.

Both hungry and aggrieved, Xun Qingqing couldn’t control herself, as if crying would somehow alleviate the fear and grievance in her heart.

Xun Qingqing didn’t know when she fell asleep again. All she knew was that when she woke up, she was once again in a horse carriage, this time with her eyes uncovered, but with a cloth stuffed into the corner of her mouth.

She found herself leaning against Mei Yisi’s embrace and upon turning her head, she saw that nauseating face, as terrifying as encountering a flood beast, and she recoiled in fear.

Mei Yisi, having forgotten the pain after his wound had healed, was bitten on the neck just yesterday, and now that he saw her awake, he couldn’t help but take advantage of her again.

His hand moved to her waist, grabbing the belt with ease and untying it.

Xun Qingqing began to struggle fiercely, trying to throw off the hand that was on her.

Mei Yisi frowning, pulled out a small bottle from his bosom, opened its lid, poured out a medicine pill, pinched her chin, removed the cloth from her mouth, and shoved the pill inside.

Xun Qingqing had a hunch the pill wasn’t anything good and was about to spit it out when Mei Yisi, seeming to anticipate her thoughts, picked up a teacup and poured the tea into her mouth, the pill washed down her throat by the water, and she couldn’t throw it up even if she wanted to.

Mei Yisi whispered ambiguously in her ear, "This is great stuff, something that will make you feel like you’re in heaven or dying for it."

Xun Qingqing immediately guessed that the pill she had been forced to swallow was an aphrodisiac. Her complexion didn’t look good, turning pale from fear.

Soon after, her face flushed due to the effects of the drug. She felt her body getting hot, hotter and hotter, as if she were in hot water, extremely uncomfortable.

Mei Yisi could no longer restrain himself and began to undo his own belt, stripping off his clothes, then moved to take off hers.

Women’s clothing is complex, and it took a while to remove the outer garments, followed by the middle layer. Seeing the pink underwear inside, his eyes almost bulged out.

Just as Mei Yisi was about to remove the last undergarment, he suddenly felt an intense pain, so severe that his face turned pale and he was in extreme agony.

He lowered his head to see that the culprit was Xun Qingqing; even drugged, she was still resisting him fiercely.

Xun Qingqing stared at Mei Yisi, mustering the last bit of clarity, "Dare to touch me again and see what happens?"

Mei Yisi was in so much pain, it was worse than the bite on his neck.

In a fit of rage, he grabbed the dagger from the table, pulled out the blade, and slashed towards that face.

Xun Qingqing only felt iсе-hot pain on her face, more painful than the several slaps she received yesterday, so painful that she couldn’t breathe.

Having been pampered from childhood, how could she have endured such torment?

Xun Qingqing felt she was dying, painfully so, but if she died just like that, she wouldn’t have waited for Jun Wuxian to return, for him to come looking for her.

She was so unwilling to let it end like this!

Coming back to his senses, Mei Yisi saw that he had slashed two gashes across the beautiful face of Xun Qingqing and froze for a long while.

Disfigured?

He hadn’t had his fun yet, how could he allow her to be disfigured?

Meanwhile, Jun Wuxian was racing on horseback towards the Capital, and as he almost brushed past a carriage, he sensed the aura of a poisonous insect.

But in a moment of distraction, the carriage had already gone far.

He looked back at that carriage, frowning. Why would Xun Qingqing be in that carriage?

Jun Wuxian redirected his gaze and continued on his way. After about a li, he suddenly pulled on the reins, turned his horse around, and chased after it.

At this moment, Mei Yisi was like a madman, totally reckless. He dropped the dagger from his hand, reaching out to tear the pink undergarment. Just as his hand extended, the roof of the carriage was violently flipped open.

Jun Wuxian leaped from the horse onto the roof of the carriage and was stunned by the scene inside.

The Spirit Insect, which Xun Qingqing always carried with her, should have alerted her to his approach, and normally, she would have lifted the carriage curtain to see if he were nearby.

But this time, she hadn’t, so Jun Wuxian felt something was off.

However, he hadn’t expected to see such a scene. His eyes instantly turned bloodshot, his hands gripping his sword tightly, a fierce murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Jun Wuxian descended from the carriage, swung his sword at Mei Yisi’s arm, and the hand grabbing the undergarment was severed, eliciting a howl of agony.

With swift, decisive strokes, Jun Wuxian looked down, scooped up Xun Qingqing, and using his cloak, he wrapped her body tightly.

Xun Qingqing, half-closing her eyes, was startled upon seeing Jun Wuxian’s handsome face and gathered her spirits sharply.

"Jun Wuxian, you finally came," she said, and then she cried again.

Each time Jun Wuxian saw Xun Qingqing, she was always in the guise of a pampered young lady; he had never seen her so feeble as if she might die the next second.

He spoke calmly to comfort her, "Don’t be afraid, I’m here."

Xun Qingqing wanted to say more, but her vision went dark, and she knew nothing else.

At this, the horse carriage was also forced to stop.

Standing atop the carriage with Xun Qingqing in his arms, Jun Wuxian looked down at the incessantly howling Mei Yisi, feeling the urge to kill.

Mei Yisi’s bodyguards drew their swords and lunged at Jun Wuxian.

With one arm protecting Xun Qingqing and the other wielding a sword, Jun Wuxian dispatched several bodyguards in swift motion.

Seeing his bodyguards so easily dispatched by the man before him, Mei Yisi was left without any support.

Jun Wuxian raised his long sword directly at Mei Yisi, who, in a panic, bellowed, "You, you can’t kill me, my father is the current minister, if you kill me, you won’t live either."