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Hearing the butler's words, General Xiao didn't even need to think to know who did it.

He lowered his head to look at the person in his embrace once again. The person in his embrace had already consciously buried his face in his embrace, avoiding his gaze.

In the end, whoever made the decision would be the one to handle it.

Qu Ling gave each of them a pill. After swallowing it, their stomachs no longer hurt.

However, they had all been pulled too far back, and now their faces were pale. They looked like they were on the verge of death.

Even so, Xiao Jingyue did not show any mercy to his subordinates.

The guards were unfavorable, and should have been punished, but considering that it was the time of the servants, Xiao Jingyue did not punish them, but only punished them to clean the latrine.

The house just happened to have three latrine rooms. Just now, Xiao Yi, Xiao Er and Xiao San had each gone to their own rooms to clean their own excrement.

This feeling, was extremely refreshing.

If they had known earlier, they would have beaten the hell out of drinking the tea bestowed by their mistress!

After taking care of his subordinates, Xiao Jingyue brought Qu Ling back to his room.

After closing the door, he bent over and carried the person on his shoulder, heading in the direction of the bed in large strides.

Qu Ling calmly laid on his shoulder, his mind was not as calm as it seemed, and was constantly pondering about how to coax this person.

But unfortunately, Xiao Jingyue didn't give her a chance to coax him, and didn't even give her a chance to think.

As soon as he applied the quilt to his back, he felt a chill down his spine.

She was stripped naked.

The culprit held onto her apron with two fingers as he looked down on her from above. He said indifferently, "Since Madam is so disobedient, this general can only imprison Madam on the bed."

Qu Ling's body was covered with a thick blanket, revealing only half of his head.

With a sad face, he said, "I really know my wrongs. I won't run around anymore. Can you give me back my clothes?"

Of course not.

Not only did Xiao Jingyue hide the set that he had pulled out from her body, he also hid all the other things that he had changed into.

He didn't even let go of his shoes.

Qu Ling who had no choice but to hide in his bed heard the commotion outside and touched his naked body, his head filled with grief.

Compared to being naked and stuck in bed, she was actually more willing to let him take advantage of her and teach her a lesson.

This method of punishing was too embarrassing.

Because Qu Ling could not leave her room, Xiao Jingyue accompanied her in using dinner in her room.

The weather was so cold that Qu Ling didn't even dare to stretch his hands out in fear of catching a cold. He just stood there, wrapped in the quilt, and allowed Xiao Jingyue to feed him one mouthful at a time.

It was not easy for her to finish a bowl of rice as she was on the verge of tears. "Can you let me put on my clothes? I'm cold."

General Xiao rejected without even thinking: "Not good."

With that, he stood up and walked back to the table. He picked up his chopsticks and ate the leftover dishes that had become cold.

As Qu Ling looked at it, a bad taste arose in his heart, "Eating cold food is bad for the stomach. Why don't you let the kitchen heat it up?"

General Xiao did not accept her suggestion and quickly finished the cold food.

Although it was still early, Xiao Jingyue no longer had the mood to go out, so he took off his robe and climbed onto the bed.

Seeing that, Qu Ling held onto the quilt tightly, his face filled with vigilance: "What are you doing?"

Xiao Jingyue replied with a smile that was not a smile, "What does Your Highness think your husband wants to do?"

"Who knows what you want to do!"

"Then, madam, do you want to know?"

Qu Ling forcefully swallowed his saliva, clenched his blanket tightly, and said: "I don't want to."

However, it was useless for her not to think. General Xiao easily lifted the blanket that she was tightly holding onto and climbed in.

Qu Ling's small face suddenly flushed red, her body kept moving backwards, as she said with grievance: "You said it, you won't force me."

Before her back touched the cold wall, Xiao Jingyue pulled her into his embrace.

Sensing her stiffness, his eyes dimmed. "Why is Madame so resistant?" he asked in a light tone.

Qu Ling rolled his eyes in annoyance, and said angrily: "Why am I so resistant, don't you have a clue!"

Xiao Jingyue replied with a puzzled expression. Obviously, he did not have any thoughts of counting.

Therefore, Qu Ling became even more furious, and his heart ached even more, "A man like you who does not know how to care for women, I feel that there's nothing much to say to you."

Xiao Jingyue's face darkened.

If it was in the past, if someone dared to speak to him in such a manner, he would have already thrown them out.

However, things were different now. Not to mention losing her, the person in his embrace was someone he couldn't bear to touch even a single strand of hair.

Thus, no matter how angry he was, he could only endure it.

Just as he was about to continue questioning her, something quickly flashed through his mind. Suddenly, General Xiao's eyes lit up and with a stroke of good fortune, he pushed the girl away from him. Lowering his head, he looked at her furious eyes and asked tentatively: "Did it hurt you that time?"

Qu Ling, "..."

In other matters, she boasted that she was quite thick-skinned, but in matters of love, she was extremely thin-skinned.

Hearing Xiao Jingyue's straightforward question, her face flushed so red that blood almost dripped out.

She couldn't help but cover her aching chest. After a while, she exhaled and squeezed out three words, "You, shut up!"

But General Xiao had finally gotten the chance to discuss this with her, it was related to her own happiness for the rest of her life, how could he let her off so easily?

He thought for a moment and then made a decision. He pulled her hand away from his heart and lightly touched her palm to her heart. He calmed her pain with inner force and put down his face as he continued: "Madam, if you are afraid of being close to me because of this, then I can make amends."

The pain had disappeared, and Qu Ling's complexion looked better, as he acquiesced to his method of transferring inner strength like a rogue, and snorted: "Don't change, it's good to just let it pass like this."

General Xiao's eyes were filled with resentment as he said, "Not good."

Qu Ling, "..."

She really did not want to continue this topic. With a blush, she lightly coughed and decided to change the topic, "Are you really not curious about those two caves?"

Xiao Jingyue did not plan to cooperate with her, and expressionlessly said: "Your husband is even more curious about the taste of 'Luan Luan and the Phoenix once again'."

Qu Ling, "..."

It was too late to talk.

Xiao Jingyue had heard of many strange things in the world, things that were even stranger than those two holes, he was not curious about that place.

Furthermore, this place did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Southern Guarding Prince Palace, so he had no intention to investigate further.

But sometimes, he couldn't do it just because he didn't want to.

In the morning of the next day, when Magistrate Zeng came to his door in tears to personally inform him about Eighth Prince's disappearance, even if he did not want to care, he had to find Eighth Prince first.

Seeing that it was going to rain again in two days, and that the matter of the riverbank was settled, Xiao Jingyue felt a little frustrated.

After thinking for a moment, he turned his head and said to Chen Linye: "As for Eighth Prince, this general will go by myself. You can stay behind and continue to handle the river bank with Magistrate Zeng."

Chen Linye was naturally unwilling, and before he could say anything, Qu Ling took a step ahead of him and said: "I want to go as well!"

After steeling himself for an entire night, crying and making a ruckus, Xiao Jingyue finally returned the clothes to her and brought her out of the room.

Xiao Jingyue frowned, but just as he was about to speak, Qu Ling suddenly took out a green snake from his bosom, holding onto the snake head and tail with one hand, and wrapping it around his neck, he threatened: "If you don't let me go with you, once you leave, I will hang myself here!"

Xiao Jingyue, "..."

Chen Linye, "..."

Murong Shan who just stepped into the side hall saw this scene, and staggered, almost falling to the ground.