Poison Genius Consort

re down, but granted them a favor instead.
As things stood, he and his daughter owed her for her kindness again.
Moreover, the prize she had suggested–ten shadow guards–were less of a reward and more of a way for Long Feiye’s men to keep watch over his each and every move, thus pinning him down.
Conferring Mingxiang with a military rank meant that after she lured out Bai Yanqing and finished her mission, she would stay in the army instead of going back to their sides.

Han Yunxi, what an ingenious move! She’s certainly intelligent and rational enough.
Perhaps even more than His Highness at times.

If she was a man, she might be His Highness’s strongest opponent.

Baili Yuanlong both esteemed and resented her.
It had to be said that Han Yunxi’s solution was better for the bigger picture than avenging her personal wrongs by publicizing their crimes.
But perhaps her way was the only method to spare him and Mingxiang.
With His Highness’s temper, he’d sacrifice the bigger picture just to pay back a personal vendetta.
Baili Yuanlong was at his wit’s end with Han Yunxi now, while Baili Mingxiang only stared forward blankly, unhappy about her new rank at all.
She was already weakened from a night’s worth of struggle, so the news only made her sink deeper into despair.
Soon enough, Xu Donglin arrived in person.

“Miss Mingxiang, His Highness has orders.
You’re to pack up and go with him to the north tomorrow.”

Baili Mingxiang stirred briefly from her hopeless state.
“North…where to?”

“His Highness naturally has arrangements.
How can we subordinate have so many questions?” Xu Donglin retorted.

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“Yes,” Baili Mingxiang nodded instantly.
“Mingxiang obeys!”

At the same time, Long Feiye had already used his actions to praise Han Yunxi, leaving her lips a little swollen.
She couldn’t do anything about him.
Long Feiye’s thoughts matched that of Baili Yuanlong’s.
“If you were a man, we’d definitely fight each other!”

“We’re already supposed to fight each other,” Han Yunxi pointed out.

Their time together was so wonderful that it was easy to imagine they could walk side-by-side with two hearts as one forever.
It was simple to forget that they were supposed to meet on the battlefield someday.
Seeing Long Feiye’s eyes dim, Han Yunxi switched the topic.

“How about giving Ning Cheng a heads up? This was meant to sow discord in the first place.
If Bai Yanqing made a move in East Qin, who’s to say he won’t touch West Qin as well?”

“I’ve already sent a special envoy to inform them,” Long Feiye replied.
Not only that, he required Ning Cheng to put up a false front so people would still believe Han Yunxi was at the West Qin camp.

Only then did Han Yunxi stop worrying.
She glanced at a few letters in his hand and suddenly remembered something.
“Gu Qishao still hasn’t replied me yet.
Could something have happened to him?”

With Ning Cheng’s temper, it’d be strange if he didn’t compete with Gu Qishao to find Su Xiaoyu first.
After all, Gu Qishao and Mu Linger were on his turf, so Han Yunxi couldn’t help but worry.

Long Feiye and Gu Qishao were lifelong enemies, so every time Han Yunxi brought him up, he grew disdainful.
Coldly he said, “You shouldn’t miss him so much.
Even if the sky falls down, he’ll be fine.”

Han Yunxi didn’t say much, but she privately thought that Xu Donglin should be sent to track down the exact whereabouts of her letter.

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Because they’d delayed so long, their meal was already cold.
Long Feiye had Zhao mama switch them for new dishes.
The two of them sat facing each other while quietly eating their dinner without mentioning any serious topics.
Han Yunxi helped pick out morsels for Long Feiye to eat and placed it on his rice, while he delivered morsels directly to her mouth.
As night fell, an exhausted Han Yunxi fell asleep very early, but Long Feiye still had to work.
Since they were leaving tomorrow, he had to finish up all his work first.
Han Yunxi had already woken up from her doze when Long Feiye finally prepared to sleep.
She was about to get up, but stopped as soon as she saw him enter and pretended to sleep again.

He didn’t hug her, afraid to aggravate her injury, but laid down by her side on the same pillow.
He placed her hand on his stomach and held it there with his own.
Han Yunxi waited for ages before she shifted gently.
When Long Feiye didn’t react, she was certain he’d fallen asleep.
She withdrew her hand and sat up, waiting a bit longer until she was sure he hadn’t moved.
Then she carefully took his left hand and undid the gauze wrapping around her bite.
The deep teeth marks in his skin had already shifted from red to a darker hue.

“Fool!” she wanted to laugh, but ached at the sight as well.
Then she picked up the medicine she’d prepared secretly and gently began to apply it to his wound.

It was extremely quiet at the army barracks on an autumn night.
Beneath the dim light, she was both careful and meticulous, moving like a thief afraid of making a stir and being caught.
If this was any other time, applying medicine would be no big deal, but she needed to concentrate hard this time to finish the job.
As she silently exhaled and prepared to re-bind the injury, Long Feiye suddenly spoke up.

“Han Yunxi, do you really like children?”

Scared to death, Han Yunxi’s heart nearly leaped out of her chest.
She gave a flustered look to Long Feiye, who slowly opened his eyes and sat up.
While wiping off the medicine on his hand, he asked again, “Do you prefer boys or girls? Hm?”

Han Yunxi stared at his hand with a serious tone.
“It really will leave a scar! It’ll be ugly!”

Long Feiye admired the marks on his hand as he replied, “When I was young, Tang Li told me about a legend surrounding birthmarks.
He said they’re actually bite marks from a lover in a past life.[1] If…”

1.
This reference comes to life in the Poison Genius Consort modern medical spinoff series written by the same author, although the story was later (partially) retconned as an All Just a Dream trope.