Ever since the prince entered the palace to attend the night banquet, news of his secret meeting with Concubine Li began to spread in the capital. And many people saw it with their own eyes, the news spread more and more, making the ministers who had been struggling to support him, felt quite chilled.

Many of the prince’s close associates were also disappointed with him. In just a few days, Zhao Shengyu had received several resignation letters. Even the warriors recruited from the previous warrior conference resigned from him.

Zhao Shengyu had no reaction to this. He still met with Concubine Li every day in various famous restaurants in the capital. He even often kissed Concubine Li passionately in front of his subordinates, making all the guards blush.

But the guards were just subordinates; no one dared to object even  if they didn’t like it. Only Zhao Shengyu’s most trusted personal bodyguard, who guarded the prince diligently every day, could still keep an eye on him without changing his expression.

“Your Highness, you invite me to a restaurant or a brothel house every day, and you always let your guards watch us kissing. How long will this trick last? Don’t you want to take off your clothes as soon as possible and remove the curse?” Concubine Li’s hand passed across Zhao Shengyu’s face as softly as a feather, then she leaned into his ear and whispered in an ambiguous tone.

The feeling of having a lover’s tryst was quite new to Concubine Li at first, so she played along for a few days. But as time went by, this kind of game could no longer satisfy her. After all, that was not what she wanted.

“You were my father’s concubine; did you really want to do that with me?” Zhao Shengyu grabbed Concubine Li’s hand that had been moving around his face and stared at her deeply as he asked.

“Well, His Highness the Crown Prince is so handsome. Am I wrong for coveting your body?” Concubine Li seemed to not understand what shame was, speaking frankly in front of Zhao Shengyu and a group of guards.

“By having your way, you will break the curse on me, right?” Zhao Shengyu lowered his voice, and only Concubine Li could hear what he said.

“Yes, as long as His Highness was willing to listen to me, how could I be willing to let His Highness suffer?” Concubine Li coaxed with a smile.

Zhao Shengyu’s face finally relaxed after hearing this, and he nodded after a while, “Tomorrow, we will go to my hot spring villa, just the two of us.”

“Okay!” She said yes as soon as she heard it. The hot spring villa, he was hinting at something. Thinking of what Zhao Shengyu had said, the smile on Concubine Li’s face became even more charming.

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Zhao Shengyu, who returned to the Prince’s Mansion, took off the disguise on his face and pinched the bridge of his nose a little tiredly. He had been busy dealing with Concubine Li these past few days, which had made him feel physically and mentally exhausted. Zhao Shengyu felt extremely tormented in just a few days by trying to make her take the bait without any doubt, but also by rejecting her without angering the other party.

“Your Highness, please go and rest for a while,” the personal guard behind Zhao Shengyu said with a worried look on his face.

He knew better than anyone else what His Highness the Crown Prince had endured during this period.  If General Mu had been in the capital, he might have been able to share some of the burden for His Highness, but His Highness had lost his supports again.

Zhao Shengyu did not return to his private room, but turned around and went to the martial arts training ground.

Meanwhile Li Tianyan didn’t relax at all. The longer Cheng Qi was gone, the more he worried about him. He just wanted to solve the matter as soon as possible and find him.

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At this time, another pregnant woman was carried into the dungeon. When Cheng Qi saw the unconscious person locked in the cell next door, the expression on his face became more solemn. This situation in the dungeon had happened countless times before.

As soon as someone was arrested, the figure of the snake demon would appear. Cheng Qi immediately shrank into the corner like the other imprisoned women with dull eyes.

The snake demon seemed to be in a good mood. She only glanced at the pregnant woman on the ground, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, she left in a flourishing manner, without even noticing the subtle changes in the dungeon. Cheng Qi’s eyes suddenly lit up when she saw the snake demon’s appearance.

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The next day, Concubine Li dressed up carefully and went to the hot spring villa on the outskirts of the Imperial City for an appointment. However, she saw Zhao Shengyu had taken off his clothes and was sitting in the hot spring pool waiting for her. As he had said, there was no guard or servant in the entire hot spring villa.

Although Zhao Shengyu was only a mortal, his appearance and figure were of the highest quality. Even Concubine Li couldn’t help but lick her lips when she saw this scene of him bathing, and slowly took off her clothes until only two thin inner garments were left before stepping into the hot spring pool.

“Your Highness, have you been waiting for me for a long time?”

“Well, it’s been a long time,” Zhao Shengyu nodded. He had indeed waited too long at this moment.

“Why has His Royal Highness suddenly become impatient?” Concubine Li walked to Zhao Shengyu step by step in the water. Her graceful posture and beautiful figure could make countless men’s blood boiled. But the man in front of her didn’t seem to react.

Concubine Li stopped in front of Zhao Shengyu. When she saw the black scales on his chest, a flash of excitement crossed her eyes. She gently stroked these scales with her slender hands, “It’s so beautiful. If you can make them grow even more, Your Highness’ whole body will be gorgeous.”

“You said you would help me lift the curse,” Zhao Shengyu frowned in disgust, grabbed Concubine Li’s hand, and moved it away from her.

“Your Highness is so anxious to get rid of the curse, why don’t you go to meet your old friend? His Highness is so sincere towards that person and you are not willing to transfer this evil curse to him,” Concubine Li said with a smile on her face again, smiling slyly, “Why don’t I let him taste the curse so that he can feel the same as His Highness?”

“Seeking death,” Zhao Shengyu’s eyes sharpened. He raised his hand that had been hidden in the water and burned a piece of formation talisman, then a patterned wooden disk hit the snake demon.

However, there was a huge difference in strength between the two. As soon as Zhao Shengyu made a move, Concubine Li was the first to notice and dodge. Li Tianyan, who was hiding in the dark, appeared in time. Taking advantage of the snake demon being distracted, he activated the formation plate in his hand and struck it with one hit. He wounded the snake demon and fished Zhao Shengyu out of the water.

“It’s you.” A large area of ​​skin on Concubine Li’s back was burned, and she fell into the hot spring pool, looking at the two people beside the pool with an angry face. She discovered the cultivator who suddenly appeared was actually the person she had seen at the palace night banquet last time.