He forcibly suppressed his desire and said to Yan Ruolan, "Princess Yan, are you alright?"

Yan Ruolan stared at Qin Tian, full of caution: "You, you are..."

Qin Tian then realized he was wearing a mask.

He took off the mask and said, "I am Qin Tian. What’s going on here? These people..."

Qin Tian didn’t dare to look directly at Yan Ruolan’s body. While speaking, he found a white silk nightgown of Yan Ruolan’s nearby, immediately picked it up, walked over, and handed it to her: "Quickly put on some clothes..."

However, before he finished speaking, his extended hand was suddenly grabbed by Yan Ruolan!

This grasp left Qin Tian stunned.

Qin Tian could clearly sense the fiery temperature on Yan Ruolan’s hand, it wasn’t ordinary body temperature!

"Could it be... could she still be under the influence of the medicine?"

Qin Tian’s heart skipped a beat and he quickly pulled his hand back, but in that instant, he saw Yan Ruolan stand directly up from the bath!

Yan Ruolan draped a thin veil over herself, her gaze as gentle as water, staring at Qin Tian, saying: "King Qin, thank you, thank you for coming to save me... I... I..."

She spoke hesitantly, and at the same time, her body moved closer to Qin Tian, directly reaching out, and grabbing Qin Tian’s hand!

"Hiss..."

Qin Tian took a deep breath. Originally intending to pull his hand back, but at this moment, somehow, the situation before him made the desire he had forcibly suppressed become rekindled by some atmosphere, causing him to find it difficult to control himself...

"Damn it, the potency of this medicine is too strong. I had smelled some outside the door earlier, unexpectedly, it had effects too..."

Qin Tian took a deep breath as he quickly checked himself. Fortunately, this medicine didn’t contain any disastrous ingredients for the body, but it gradually reduced Qin Tian’s self-control to nearly zero.

Especially in such an environment, facing such a stunning beauty like Yan Ruolan, Qin Tian’s hand slowly tightened around Yan Ruolan’s...

"You, come with me..."

Yan Ruolan’s gaze was blurred, pulling Qin Tian, heading towards her adjacent sleeping chamber.

Qin Tian, half-coerced, swallowed hard and followed along...

The next morning, when Yan Ruolan woke up, someone was on her spacious bed, with a leg still pressed on her.

She seemed to recall something, lifted the quilt, and indeed.

"Last night..."

She recalled that last night while she was bathing, she felt a strange aura enter the bathroom.

Yan Ruolan’s first reaction was that someone had used poison!

She wanted to shout for the guards, but before she could open her mouth, four assassins in black appeared around her!

She competed with the four assassins with True Qi, after one move, feeling the poison’s potency growing stronger, she could only condense a barrier of water vapor to fend off the assassins’ attacks.

After holding on for half an hour, when she was near exhaustion and the bath water was almost depleted, Qin Tian rushed in wearing a mask and rescued her.

Then, then...

She remembered that she then pulled Qin Tian into her sleeping chamber, giving her maidenhood to the man before her, King Qin, Qin Tian...

Yan Ruolan pursed her lips, without anger or frustration but quietly got out of bed, took a shower again, dressed as if nothing had happened, and walked out of the sleeping chamber.

Upon leaving, she saw two female guards standing at the door, asking: "What happened last night?"

"Your Highness, four assassins came last night and hypnotized us... When we woke up, three assassins were dead and one injured. The deceased ones have been dealt with, the injured one is now detained awaiting Your Highness’s interrogation."

Yan Ruolan nodded, thought of something, and asked: "Anything else?"

That female guard was stunned and blushed slightly, saying: "And... King Qin... last night... and Your Highness... we heard noises and upon recognizing, dared not interrupt..."

"Never bring this up to anyone. Anyone!"

"Yes."

"Take me to the dungeon."

The two female guards, being Yan Ruolan’s personal guards, she trusted them greatly.

After Yan Ruolan left, Qin Tian woke up not long afterward.

He felt his head hazy, the medicine last night underestimated its effects, still impacted him a bit.

Yan Ruolan wasn’t in bed, Qin Tian saw a patch of red on the blanket, took a deep breath, and chuckled bitterly: "I refused her offer to marry me voluntarily, unexpectedly it turned out... sigh!"

Feeling perplexed, Qin Tian helplessly dressed, remembered the assassin in the bathroom, hurried there to check.

However, the bathroom was already empty.

Even the guards outside Yan Ruolan’s sleeping chamber were nowhere to be found.

As Qin Tian exited, he encountered an attendant responsible for Yan Ruolan’s daily affairs, stopped her and asked: "Where did your Princess go?"

"The Princess went out... I don’t know where she went."

Qin Tian nodded and left Yan Ruolan’s palace, returning to his accommodation.

At noon, just as Qin Tian finished eating, Yan Ruolan’s maid arrived: "King Qin, the Princess requests your presence."

"Oh? Alright..."

Hearing Yan Ruolan’s invitation, inexplicably, Qin Tian felt slightly nervous today, an odd sensation.

Accompanied by the maid, he arrived at Yan Ruolan’s palace, where she was seated in a purple martial artist’s attire, seeing Qin Tian enter, said: "King Qin, please sit."

Qin Tian saw her expression unchanged from usual, no excess deep colors, alleviating his previous unease.

Once seated, Yan Ruolan stated: "King Qin, we have decided, according to your strategy, we have begun preparations, by tomorrow morning, we should be able to withdraw from Leopard City. After leaving Leopard City, King Qin, where is our next city?"

"Oh, I’ve researched it, head to Ziguang City. Upon arriving at Ziguang City, you can recruit soldiers and horses, but we won’t stay long, then proceed westward." Qin Tian said.

"Alright. Let’s do it this way, everything according to King Qin’s plan." After speaking, Yan Ruolan nodded.

Seeing Yan Ruolan leaving, Qin Tian hesitated a bit before asking: "Princess Yan, last night..."