Little Bunny and Meiyang leaped down from the rooftop.
Seeing Qin Ming, they were overjoyed.
"Xiao Qinzi, what happened to you? Why are you walking so slowly?"
Qin Ming endured the pain coursing through his body and forced a bitter smile.
"It's nothing."
Lingyin instinctively reached out to support him.
But—
With the Eldest Princess' door nearby and the Twelve Zodiac Guards watching—
She hesitated.
Her hand was already extended, but she had no choice but to pull it back.
Qin Ming struggled up the steps, making his way to the door of the Eldest Princess' chamber on the eleventh floor. He spoke softly.
"Your Highness."
"Enter!" The Eldest Princess' voice was cold.
Qin Ming stepped inside and quietly shut the door behind him.
At that moment—
Standing below, Lingyin, Little Bunny, and Meiyang all found it odd.
"Why does Xiao Qinzi seem so weak today, like he's out of energy?"
"Look! There's blood on the footprints he left behind! Is he injured?"
...
Inside the chamber—
The Eldest Princess, Han Yuexi, reclined in a large chair draped in a red carpet.
Her long, slender jade-like legs rested on the table before her.
She saw Qin Ming enter and spoke coldly:
"Xiao Qinzi, you're quite bold—to presume to know my preferences."
"This servant would not dare."
"Slap!"
The Eldest Princess struck the table beside her.
"Would not dare? Then tell me—how did you know I wanted red bean dumpling?"
Pain from his wounds surged through Qin Ming's body.
He forced his remaining spiritual energy to suppress the bleeding.
Clenching his teeth, he answered softly:
"Your Highness, this servant saw the painting by your bedside."
The Eldest Princess' heart skipped a beat.
She whipped her head around.
By her bed hung a delicate ink painting—
It depicted her mother and her four siblings sharing red bean dumpling together.
She hadn't expected Qin Ming to be this observant.
"Then answer me this—when I was sitting in my chair, why did I wake up in bed?"
"Your Highness fainted from an imbalance of vital energy. This servant had no choice but to…"
"So you're saying—you touched my body?"
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Qin Ming's heart trembled.
This crazy woman!
If not for saving you, I wouldn't have bothered touching you!
"Your Highness, at that moment, this servant had no choice. I had no intention of disrespecting you."
"Did you also transfer your Yang energy into me without permission?"
Qin Ming nodded.
"That day, Your Highness was overwhelmed by cold energy—your entire body was freezing over."
"Do you realize? I do not allow any man to touch me!
You think that just because you gave me Yang energy, I should be grateful to you?"
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"This servant had no such thought."
The Eldest Princess was furious!
She leapt up from her chair, her sharp gaze filled with dominance.
"Speak louder. I can't hear you."
Qin Ming endured the excruciating pain in his organs.
He could already feel his wounds reopening, bleeding profusely.
Summoning all his strength, he raised his voice:
"This servant had no such thought!"
The Eldest Princess grabbed the Moonshadow Sword from the table.
"Regardless, you touched me. That is an indisputable fact.
Today—I will kill you."
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Shing!
The Moonshadow Sword was unsheathed!
A chilling sword aura instantly filled the entire chamber!
Qin Ming was already in excruciating pain, his wounds bleeding profusely.
The sudden invasion of cold energy made him almost unable to stand.
The Eldest Princess pointed her Moonshadow Sword at him.
"You dared to presume my desires, you dared to touch me—now I will kill you."
Qin Ming took a deep breath, enduring the unbearable pain.
"Then stab me, Your Highness!"
"Stab? You think I won't?"
"Shing—"
The Eldest Princess slashed her sword!
Qin Ming's black robe was torn open.
Beneath it—
His body was covered in countless knife wounds, burns, fresh blood streaming down!
A gruesome sight!
In that instant—
The Eldest Princess' eyes widened in shock!
"What… what happened to you?"
Qin Ming coughed violently, his lips stained with blood.
The Eldest Princess hesitated.
The Moonshadow Sword in her hand trembled slightly.
"You… How did you end up like this?"
"I encountered a Transmigrator… while buying red bean dumpling."
"W-What?!"
Her voice shook.
"You were attacked by a Transmigrator… just to buy dumpling?"
"Xiao Qinzi, explain clearly!"
Qin Ming set the bowl of red bean dumpling on the table.
The Eldest Princess glanced at it—
Only then did she notice his hands were covered in blood.
Even the red bean dumpling was stained with his blood!
"This servant was incompetent. My blood tainted the food… I couldn't stop the bleeding.
Your Highness… forgive me!"
At that moment—
A warmth surged through the Eldest Princess' cold heart.
As if an invisible hand clutched at her chest!
Pain. Sorrow.
Feelings she had not experienced for a long, long time.
"Your Highness, this servant will take his leave now… Cough, cough—"
Qin Ming turned to leave, step by agonizing step.
The Eldest Princess stared at the bloody footprints he left behind.
He endured all of this just to bring her red bean tangyuan?
He was on the verge of death—yet he still brought it back!
And all she did was reprimand him…
Suddenly—
The Eldest Princess felt a deep regret.
For the first time, the proud, aloof princess felt like a knife was piercing her heart.
Qin Ming had risked his life to transfer his Yang energy to save her.
He had carried her to bed, tended to her injuries.
Yet all she could think about was how he had "violated" her!
She refused to eat, and Qin Ming carefully noticed the painting by her bedside.
He searched the entire city to find her favorite dessert—
And she accused him of overstepping!
Han Yuexi! How could you be this kind of person?!
"X-Xiao Qinzi… stop."
Qin Ming halted.
He tried to steady himself by grabbing the door—
But his body could no longer hold on.
The venom of the Seven Viper Toxin had invaded his organs.
Combined with his knife wounds and burns—
All the pain crashed down on him at once!
Qin Ming's legs gave way and he fell straight to the ground.
"Thud~" He hit the ground with a heavy crash.
In that instant—
The Eldest Princess felt like she was suffocating.
"Xiao Qinzi, Xiao Qinzi!"
Outside the door, the Twelve Zodiac and Lingyin had already sensed something was wrong. As soon as they heard the Eldest Princess shouting inside, they rushed to open the door and rushed in.
"Xiao Qinzi! What happened to Xiao Qinzi?"
"Xiao Qinzi." The Eldest Princess was frantic, rushing toward him.
"He said he encountered a Transmigrator, why did no one follow him? Why was no one following him?!
Quick! Quickly get him onto my bed, hurry!"
The Eldest Princess rolled up her sleeves and checked his pulse.
His pulse had become extremely weak.
"Quick, take off his clothes, hurry!"
Lingyin and Meiyang quickly scrambled to strip off Qin Ming's upper garments.
What they saw was Qin Ming's once muscular torso, now covered in scars from knives and burns.
"Damn Transmigrators! I won't let this go!"
The Eldest Princess raised her arm and gathered a powerful surge of spiritual energy in her palm.
She slapped it onto Qin Ming's chest.
The frosty spiritual power spread through his body, visibly traveling through his meridians toward his internal organs.
"How could there be poison in his internal organs? What kind of Transmigrator did he encounter? These damn beasts."
The Eldest Princess's eyes were bloodshot with urgency.
"It looks like it's the Seven Viper Snake Poison!"
Everyone gasped in shock!
The Seven Viper Snake Poison was one of the deadliest poisons in the world!
Anyone who was poisoned would have their internal organs thrown into chaos, and it would constantly erode their spiritual cultivation.
Han Yuexi acted immediately, saying:
"Twelve Zodiac, listen up!"
All twelve female commanders immediately knelt.
"Mengtu, go get the Blood Spirit Herb from my crazy sister! Tell her that if she doesn't give it to you, I will burn the Longyuan Ancestral Hall tonight! I will do exactly what I say."
"Yes!"
"Meiyang, go to the Imperial Medicine Hall and get the Lifesaving Grass and Nine-Turn Linking Pills. If any doctor dares to talk back, cut off his head!"
"Yes!"
"Everyone else, bring the Demon Suppression Guards and search the entire city! Any Transmigrator involved in this, kill them and turn them into minced meat!"
"Yes!"
The Twelve Zodiac took their orders and left.
Lingyin saw that Qin Ming's blood had spilled onto the Eldest Princess's bedding.
She was afraid the Eldest Princess would be angry.
However, the Eldest Princess didn't even seem to notice.
Her jade-like hands once again summoned a powerful cold ice spiritual energy.
"Lingyin, support him. I will force the Seven Viper Snake Poison out of his body!"