Chapter 63: Accidental Kiss
Without his skills, an ordinary person exposed to this kind of poison would die instantly.
If Shang Qinghua’s martial energy dispersed now, he would be even more vulnerable than an ordinary person, even a legendary miraculous doctor couldn’t save him.
Yue Mingxuan’s mind raced as he prepared to stabilize Shang Qinghua knowing that every second counted.
“Prince Shang, Shang Qinghua…” Yue Mingxuan stepped closer to Shang Qinghua calling out softly to him.
The bubbles forming around his body were becoming denser and larger by the second.
“Mother… mother…” As the signs of dispersing martial energy grew stronger, Shang Qinghua could no longer speak complete sentences.
His words had become garbled murmurs.
Despite Yue Mingxuan’s gentle calls, the unconscious prince gave no response.
Damn it.
Who could tell him how to calm this strange man?
In Yue Mingxuan’s mind, Shang Qinghua had now completely leveled up to “weird man” status.
Normally, even in a coma, a person’s martial energy would automatically repair damaged meridians as a survival instinct.
But Shang Qinghua wasn’t repairing anything.
Even the slightest emotional fluctuation now caused him to show signs of dispersing his energy.
Seeing Shang Qinghua’s martial arts about to collapse completely, Yue Mingxuan, out of desperation, decided to act like a last-ditch measure.
He stepped forward and tightly wrapped his arms around Shang Qinghua.
Instantly, the strange, swirling bubbles around him stopped.
Leaning against his chest, Yue Mingxuan could hear nothing but the pounding of their hearts.
Shang Qinghua’s upper body remained bare.
This was the second time Yue Mingxuan’s body had been involuntarily compromised by this man.
He inwardly groaned, thinking at least Shang Qinghua had a decent physique, or else this would have been a huge loss for him.
“Mother…” Shang Qinghua didn’t know what had happened.
All he felt was the warmth of the embrace, reminiscent of the comfort he had known from his mother as a child.
Hearing him call out this way, Yue Mingxuan rolled his eyes inwardly.
Seriously, he hadn’t even married yet, and now this grown man was acting like his son what kind of world was this?
But to stabilize Shang Qinghua’s emotions, he forced himself to go along with it.
“Qing’er, I’m here. I’m not going anywhere,” he said firmly.
Hearing Yue Mingxuan’s words, Shang Qinghua’s emotions slowly began to settle.
But because his martial energy had been severely drained during the dispersal, his body went limp.
He could barely remain sitting upright and started to tip toward the water.
Yue Mingxuan was quick and alert, he reaching out his hand to make Shang Qinghua steady.
But the weight of his body caused them both to tilted and they fell into the water together.
In that instant, Shang Qinghua’s lips landed directly on Yue Mingxuan’s lips.
“Damn it! My first kiss!” Yue Mingxuan exclaimed.
Using the water’s buoyancy, he pushed Shang Qinghua away with all of his strength and then he rubbing his lips.
A small trickle of blood had appeared, it’s seems his lips were broken.
He felt frustrated as he thought bitterly that all those romance novels he had read were lies.
In stories, a first kiss was always earth-shattering, full of passion and excitement.
In reality, it left your lips cracked and bleeding and it didn’t even hurt enough to be dramatic.
Romantic? Nothing like that existed.
After Yue Mingxuan helping Shang Qinghua who had fallen to the side in the water to stand up, he suddenly found himself amused.
If he hadn’t reacted quickly just now, would Shang Qinghua have become the first prince to drown in a hot spring?
The blood on his hands quickly washed away in the warm water of the spring and disappearing without a trace.
He leaned him against the edge of the hot spring and noticed something troubling.
Shang Qinghua’s lips were worse off than him.
A line of blood had already trickled down from his lips to his chin.
Yue Mingxuan cupped some hot spring water and gently rinsed his chin.
By now, Shang Qinghua’s breathing had steadied considerably and he leaned against the edge of the spring, looking almost asleep.
Yue Mingxuan glanced at himself.
After being pressed into the hot spring, his makeup had mostly washed off.
He scooped a handful of mud from the spring and smeared it over his face.
The mixture of red, white, and brown color made his look more terrifying.
Suddenly, a loud rumble came from the right side of the spring.
Yue Mingxuan jumped and grabbed Shang Qinghua’s hand tightly.
The cave was full of strange things and now with such a loud sound, he worried.
What if some monstrous creature rushed out?
They wouldn’t even be enough to be a snack.
A bright white light shone from the right side of the hot spring.
Yue Mingxuan’s eyes squinted slightly.
Fortunately, the light didn’t last long.
It gradually softened into a gentle warm glow.
Their hands tightened instinctively.
Yue Mingxuan looked over and realized Shang Qinghua had woken up without him noticing.
Though he still looked exhausted, his eyes were clear and alert again.
“You’re awake?” Seeing him conscious brought Yue Mingxuan a wave of relief. His voice brightened slightly. “You were attacked by the cold poison in the cave. I saw the hot spring inside, so I helped you here.”
Though Shang Qinghua could no longer use his martial skills and could not defend himself, having someone beside him to plan and watch over him eased Yue Mingxuan’s worries by more than half.
Shang Qinghua glanced around the cave carefully.
At first, he had thought this was just a hidden cave, but he hadn’t expected such a large hot spring area and the strange white light on the right side only deepened the sense that something extraordinary awaited them.
Suddenly, Shang Qinghua felt a dull, throbbing pain on his lips.
He reached up his hand to touch them and noticed a small trace of blood.
When he turned his head slightly and looked at Yue Mingxuan, he saw a suspicious rosy stain on her lips as well.
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Chapters
- Chapter 358: A Father’s Truth
- Chapter 357: Truths of Dongyue
- Chapter 356: A New Path in Dongyue
- Chapter 355: Parting for Love
- Chapter 354: A Love That Defies Fate
- Chapter 353: Meet Mogushu Again
- Chapter 352: Shang Qinghua and Rong Zishen
- Chapter 351: Hidden Battles
- Chapter 350: Forged for War
- Chapter 349: Shadows Before the Storm
- Chapter 348: Shelter and Intentions
- Chapter 347: Fate and Sacrifice
- Chapter 346: Shadows Over the Throne
- Chapter 345: Poisoned Throne
- Chapter 344: Burden of the Throne
- Chapter 343: The Crown Secured
- Chapter 342: The Baited Prince
- Chapter 341: Schemes for the Throne
- Chapter 340: The Price of Truth
- Chapter 339: The Hidden Heir
- Chapter 338: The Masked Truth
- Chapter 337: Luring Keshun Sanfen
- Chapter 336: Keshun Sanfeng
- Chapter 335: Sword Forge Villa
- Chapter 334: Beirong’s Royal Lineage
- Chapter 333: The True Prince of Beirong
- Chapter 332: The Emperor Returns
- Chapter 331: The Unexpected Heir
- Chapter 330: The Emperor’s Choice
- Chapter 329: The Hidden Poisoner
- Chapter 328: Poison in the Palace
- Chapter 327: The Hidden Plan
- Chapter 326: Hidden in Plain Sight
- Chapter 325: The Stolen Corpse
- Chapter 324: After the Cure
- Chapter 323: Into the Plague City
- Chapter 322: The Poisoned Child
- Chapter 321: A Divided Sect
- Chapter 320: The Letter in the Coffin
- Chapter 319: The Hidden Secret in Ice
- Chapter 318: Secrets of the Silver Needle Sect
- Chapter 317: Entering the Silver Needle Sect
- Chapter 316: A New Beginning
- Chapter 315: Escape from the Tomb
- Chapter 314: Silence and Suspicion
- Chapter 313: Rebirth in the Tomb
- Chapter 312: The Feigned Death Plan
- Chapter 311: Fake Death Plan
- Chapter 310: The Secret Scroll
- Chapter 309: Forced to Lead
- Chapter 308: Escape from Desolate Valley
- Chapter 307: Desolate Valley
- Chapter 306: The Forbidden Valley
- Chapter 305: A Vow for the Future
- Chapter 304: Obsession with Revenge
- Chapter 303: Grief and Resolve
- Chapter 302: Irreversible Loss
- Chapter 301: The Crown Prince’s Sacrifice
- Chapter 300: The Deadly Formation
- Chapter 299: The Hunting Invitation
- Chapter 298: A Hunt Beyond the City
- Chapter 297: Learning to Use Light Skill (Part 2)
- Chapter 296: Learning to Use Light Skill
- Chapter 295: Eating Through the City
- Chapter 294: A Day of Pearl Cakes
- Chapter 293: Pearl Cakes Invitation
- Chapter 292: The Secret of Feigned Death
- Chapter 291: The Man with the Earring
- Chapter 290: Mistaken Target
- Chapter 289: The Enigma of Consort Wan
- Chapter 288: Unraveling Consort Wan’s Mystery
- Chapter 287: Secrets of Consort Wan
- Chapter 286: Whispers from the Cold Palace
- Chapter 285: Hidden Motives
- Chapter 284: The Shattered Stone
- Chapter 283: The Night Yue Mingxuan Disappeared
- Chapter 282: Strange Changes
- Chapter 281: Fever in the Night
- Chapter 280: Restless Energy
- Chapter 279: Morning After the Cold
- Chapter 278: Reversed Flow
- Chapter 277: Reversal of Internal Energy Flow
- Chapter 276: The Mechanism Box
- Chapter 275: The Tear-Mole Consort
- Chapter 274: The Sealed Coffin
- Chapter 273: Return to the Mausoleum
- Chapter 272: Hidden Intentions
- Chapter 271: Poison in the Night
- Chapter 270: The Hidden Manual
- Chapter 269: Secrets Beneath the Tomb
- Chapter 268: Hidden Intentions
- Chapter 267: An Uninvited Guest
- Chapter 266: Running Through the Rain
- Chapter 265: Trust and Doubt
- Chapter 264: Training Within the Circle
- Chapter 263: Hidden Strength
- Chapter 262: A Marriage Decree
- Chapter 261: Moonlit Worries
- Chapter 260: Unseen Moves
- Chapter 259: Plans in Motion
- Chapter 258: A Princess Arrives
- Chapter 257: New Year in the Palace
- Chapter 256: Fading Days
- Chapter 255: A Body Under Siege
- Chapter 254: Poison in the Medicine
- Chapter 253: Ambush at Mount Hakuen
- Chapter 252: Night Visit to the Flying Opera Group
- Chapter 251: Called to Account
- Chapter 250: Impeached Before the Throne
- Chapter 249: A Question of Marriage
- Chapter 248: Truth Revealed in the Court
- Chapter 247: A Plea for Justice
- Chapter 246: The Public Hearing
- Chapter 245: The Public Trial Begins
- Chapter 244: The Calm Before the Trial
- Chapter 243: Assassins in the Cell
- Chapter 242: The Seventh Day
- Chapter 241: The Emperor’s Memory
- Chapter 240: Unraveling the Poison
- Chapter 239: Midnight Preparations
- Chapter 238: Waiting for the Truth
- Chapter 237: Shadows in the Prison
- Chapter 236: Waiting in the Dark
- Chapter 235: Imprisoned
- Chapter 234: The Accusation
- Chapter 233: Xie Lianhua in the Cold Palace
- Chapter 232: A Visit to the Cold Palace
- Chapter 231: The Weight of the Seal
- Chapter 230: The Treasure Revealed
- Chapter 229: Words at the Valley Gate
- Chapter 228: Storm at Piaoxiang Courtyard
- Chapter 227: Trouble Deepens
- Chapter 226: Crossroads
- Chapter 225: Merit and Fault
- Chapter 224: Crossing the Line
- Chapter 223: The Truth Laid Bare
- Chapter 222: An Awkward Encounter
- Chapter 221: Copying One Thousand Times
- Chapter 220: Asking for Help
- Chapter 219: After the Audience
- Chapter 218: The Return
- Chapter 217: The Man in the Silver Mask
- Chapter 216: Half a Stick of Incense
- Chapter 215: Rain and Shadows
- Chapter 214: A Quiet Meal
- Chapter 213: Gone in the Night
- Chapter 212: Rumors and Misunderstandings
- Chapter 211: A Pair of Golden Gloves
- Chapter 210: The Box That Opened
- Chapter 209: Copying as Punishment
- Chapter 208: Unwanted Invitations
- Chapter 207: Final Farewell and Healing
- Chapter 206: Butterflies in the Imperial Garden
- Chapter 205: Recreating the Past
- Chapter 204: Ambition
- Chapter 203: Gold and Grievances
- Chapter 202: Uninvited Interruption
- Chapter 201: A Bitter Dose
- Chapter 200: Truth Revealed
- Chapter 199: Unspoken Truths
- Chapter 198: Unsettled Undercurrents
- Chapter 197: Extraordinary Measures
- Chapter 196: Between Life and Death
- Chapter 195: A Sliver of Hope
- Chapter 194: On the Brink of Life and Death
- Chapter 193: Unspoken Tensions
- Chapter 192: Silent Vigil
- Chapter 191: The Hidden Poison
- Chapter 190: The Poisoned Cup
- Chapter 189: Poisoned in the Palace
- Chapter 188: A Hasty Escape
- Chapter 187: Top Floor Treasures
- Chapter 186: Crossing the Death Trap
- Chapter 185: Leaping to Safety
- Chapter 184: Breaking the Formation
- Chapter 183: The Deadly Mechanism
- Chapter 182: Rescue and Reassurance
- Chapter 181: Reunion at Piaoxiang Courtyard
- Chapter 180: The Brothel Encounter
- Chapter 179: A Lead at Piaoxiang Courtyard
- Chapter 178: When Rivals Meet Again
- Chapter 177: Threads Removed
- Chapter 176: By the Stream
- Chapter 175: Behind Closed Doors
- Chapter 174: An Unwelcome Reunion
- Chapter 173: Surviving at Piaoxiang Courtyard
- Chapter 172: Trapped in the Brothel
- Chapter 171: Taken in the Dark
- Chapter 170: Overheard in the Pavilion
- Chapter 169: A Quiet Morning at the Clinic
- Chapter 168: Four Shadow Guards
- Chapter 167: Summoned to the Imperial Study
- Chapter 166: The Mask Falls
- Chapter 165: Strange Tools and Quiet Laughter
- Chapter 164: A Chance Worth Taking
- Chapter 163: A Thirty Percent Gamble
- Chapter 162: The One Who Solved the Riddle
- Chapter 161: The Questions and the Answer
- Chapter 160: Answering the Challenge
- Chapter 159: No Way Forward
- Chapter 158: Medicine and Laughter
- Chapter 157: The Prescription
- Chapter 156: A Shared Bed, Separate Fates
- Chapter 155: Resolve
- Chapter 154: Truths
- Chapter 153: Worries
- Chapter 152: The Cold Palace
- Chapter 151: Meeting in the Cold Palace
- Chapter 150: Trust at the Edge of Life
- Chapter 149: A Dangerous Choice
- Chapter 148: Schemes in the Palace
- Chapter 147: A Sudden Illness
- Chapter 146: Tensions and Hidden Motives
- Chapter 145: Breaking Ties and Hidden Dangers
- Chapter 144: A Simple Misunderstanding
- Chapter 143: Broken Trust
- Chapter 142: At the Sickbed
- Chapter 141: Rushing to See Him
- Chapter 140: Crossed Words
- Chapter 139: The Unpaid Patient
- Chapter 138: Dirty Trick
- Chapter 137: Upcoming Disaster
- Chapter 136: A Debt of One Hundred Taels
- Chapter 135: Seeking Patients
- Chapter 134: Hidden Feelings
- Chapter 133: A Quiet Afternoon
- Chapter 132: Rumors and an Unexpected Invitation
- Chapter 131: A Price Paid in Gold
- Chapter 130: The Birth of the Snake Poison
- Chapter 129: Poison of the Lovesick Snake
- Chapter 128: A Shocking Diagnosis
- Chapter 127: A Costly House Call
- Chapter 126: Asked at Last
- Chapter 125: Unwanted Attention
- Chapter 124: An Unexpected Visitor
- Chapter 123: Trouble at the Clinic
- Chapter 122: A Choice to Leave
- Chapter 121: Between Two Princes
- Chapter 120: Forced Truths
- Chapter 119: Tangled Feelings
- Chapter 118: A Night of Misunderstandings
- Chapter 117: The Night of Garlic and Interest
- Chapter 116: Interest Comes Due
- Chapter 115: Gold Before Feelings
- Chapter 114: A Dangerous Bargain
- Chapter 113: An Unexpected Kiss
- Chapter 112: Unwanted Proposal
- Chapter 111: Secrets Revealed
- Chapter 110: His Life Has Been Saved
- Chapter 109: Life and Death in the Forest
- Chapter 108: The Half-Moon Bear
- Chapter 107: The Flower God Awakens
- Chapter 106: The Hunting Festival Begins
- Chapter 105: Unwanted Visitors
- Chapter 104: Confrontation at Longjing Manor
- Chapter 103: Meeting Mingxuan
- Chapter 102: Tricked and Schemed
- Chapter 101: Funding the Clinic
- Chapter 100: The Hunting Festival Dilemma
- Chapter 99: The Midnight Blades Encounter
- Chapter 98: The Wonton Shop Rescue
- Chapter 97: Hats, Masks, and Hungry Stomachs
- Chapter 96: A New Beginning
- Chapter 95: When Hope Turns to Despair
- Chapter 94: Trading Lives
- Chapter 93: The Crimson Orchid
- Chapter 92: No Antidote
- Chapter 91: Flower Blossom’s Cruelty
- Chapter 90: A Drunken Escape
- Chapter 89: Dragged to the Banquet
- Chapter 88: Wisdom and Gold
- Chapter 87: The Flower God’s Reward
- Chapter 86: The Dance Duel
- Chapter 85: The Song of Parting Hearts
- Chapter 84: The Shanshi Festival Opens
- Chapter 83: Preparing for the Contest
- Chapter 82: Buying the Exam Questions
- Chapter 81: The Shanshi Festival Challenge
- Chapter 80: Hidden Agendas
- Chapter 79: Betrayal and Loss
- Chapter 78: Palace Intrigues
- Chapter 77: Moonlight Schemes
- Chapter 76: The Moonlit Duel
- Chapter 75: The Emperor’s Chessboard
- Chapter 74: The Harem’s Scheme
- Chapter 73: The False Accuser
- Chapter 72: Refusal in the Palace
- Chapter 71: The Palace Trap
- Chapter 70: Framed in the Palace
- Chapter 69: Unexpected Summons
- Chapter 68: Hot Spring Tension and a Lonely Morning
- Chapter 67: The Hot Spring Incident
- Chapter 66: The Hidden Jade Bracelet
- Chapter 65: The Golden Trap
- Chapter 64: The Secret Chamber
- Chapter 63: Accidental Kiss
- Chapter 62: Calming the Poisoned Prince
- Chapter 61: Hot Spring Rescue
- Chapter 60: Trapped with Danger
- Chapter 59: Shelter in the Storm
- Chapter 58: Racing Through the Storm
- Chapter 57: Storm on the Back Mountain
- Chapter 56: Race Against the Storm
- Chapter 55: The Price of the Bath
- Chapter 54: Bathtime Chaos
- Chapter 53: Unexpected Bath Encounter
- Chapter 52: The Bath Dilemma
- Chapter 51: Moonlit Intruder
- Chapter 50: Midnight Intrusion
- Chapter 49: Moonlight and Restless Hearts
- Chapter 48: Jealous Hearts and Hidden Wounds
- Chapter 47: A Feast and a Verbal Battle
- Chapter 46: A Clash at Tianqin Restaurant
- Chapter 45: An Awkward Reunion at Tianqin Restaurant
- Chapter 44: Pawned Jewels and Unwanted Company
- Chapter 43: The Slap That Never Fell
- Chapter 42: Shopping Revenge
- Chapter 41: Morning After and Mushroom Money
- Chapter 40: Stolen Jade and Lost Dignity
- Chapter 39: The Jade and the Trap
- Chapter 38: The Man in White
- Chapter 37: The Moonlit Cliff
- Chapter 36: The Meat Dilemma
- Chapter 35: A Restless Morning
- Chapter 34: Shadows in the Capital
- Chapter 33: Vow of Revenge
- Chapter 32: Morning After Conflicts
- Chapter 31: The Midnight Cure
- Chapter 30: The Healer’s Bargain
- Chapter 29: The Poison and the Punishment
- Chapter 28: The Price of Defiance
- Chapter 27: The General and the Prince
- Chapter 26: Captured by Prince Shang
- Chapter 25: The Man from the Past
- Chapter 24: Scandal at Yuehua Hall
- Chapter 23: Morning Revelations
- Chapter 22: Reflections and Revelations
- Chapter 21: The Mirror Revelation
- Chapter 20: The Trap Unveiled
- Chapter 19: Freedom at Last
- Chapter 18: Yue Mingxuan Breaks the Engagement
- Chapter 17: Rong Tieshan’s Intervention
- Chapter 16: Accusation and Defiance
- Chapter 15: A Trap in Tianxin Hall
- Chapter 14: Before the Emperor
- Chapter 13: A Mercy Given
- Chapter 12: No Mercy
- Chapter 11: Tears and Lies
- Chapter 10: Begging for Mercy
- Chapter 9: The Prince’s Judgment
- Chapter 8: Caught in Her Own Trap
- Chapter 7: The Shamed Prince
- Chapter 6: The Fiancé’s Disgust
- Chapter 5: The Beginning of Trouble
- Chapter 4: The Stolen Pendant
- Chapter 3: The Jade Pendant
- Chapter 2: The Naked Prince
- Chapter 1: First Encounter in the Tianyi Building