Quick Transmigration: The Villain Always Ends Up with the Male Lead

After the victory banquet, Yi Xuan took Shi Qi by carriage and returned to the capital ahead of the main force. Upon arriving in the capital, Yi Xuan did not let Shi Qi return to his residence, but instead took him straight to the palace.

As evening fell, Yi Xuan led Shi Qi to Changji Palace with anticipation in his eyes: "Uncle, how about you stay here for the next few days?"

Shi Dian nodded: "Okay, you can arrange it."

"Well...Uncle, it's getting late, and we've had a long journey. Let me help you take a bath..." Yi Xuan said shyly and awkwardly.

007 looked disgusted: "Ugh~ He hit me in the face with his abacus beads."

"..." Shi Qi also felt that this matter could not be accomplished.

Yi Xuan noticed the refusal on Shi Qi's face, so he continued, "Uncle, your health isn't good, and I don't feel comfortable leaving you alone. If anything were to happen to you, I would regret it for the rest of my life; besides, I don't want others to see your condition..."

Seemingly worried that Shi Qi still disagreed, he added, "Don't worry, I promise I won't do anything!" He even made a vow gesture with his hand.

Shi Qi believed that Yi Xuan wouldn't do anything wrong. In fact, because of his health, Yi Xuan had never dared to do anything out of line. Shi Qi was just afraid that keeping him pent up for so long would damage his health...

However, since Yi Xuan had already said so, Shi Qi naturally wouldn't refuse anymore. He nodded to Yi Xuan: "Alright..."

Upon hearing Shi Qi's agreement, Yi Xuan immediately went to instruct someone to prepare water. Soon, hot water was brought in. Shi Qi tested the water, and the temperature was just right for him. However, given his current constitution was weak and prone to feeling cold, it was clear that the water temperature was still too high for an average person.

Yi Xuan stared intently at Shi Qi's clothes: "Uncle, let me help you take off your clothes."

Shi Qi: "..." My native language is speechless. Then I slapped his arm: "Alright, stop pushing your luck."

Yi Xuan let out a disappointed "Oh," and then obediently stayed outside the screen, waiting for Shi Qi to finish undressing. When he went back in, Shi Qi was already sitting in the bathtub. Through the water, he could only barely see the outline of Shi Qi's body.

He sat behind Shi Qi, gently stroking the large and small, already scabbed-over scars on his back. Although he had seen them during the acupuncture treatment, they still looked gruesome now. How much pain Shi Qi must have been in back then...

"Mingzhang, it itches..." Being touched by such a gentle movement really does itch.

"Do these wounds... still hurt?"

Shi Qi shook his head and removed Yi Xuan's hand from his back: "These are all old injuries, how could they still hurt?"

Yi Xuan knew perfectly well what was going on, but he still felt sorry for Shi Qi when he saw him like this. After hearing Shi Qi's words, he stopped worrying about it and instead picked up a handkerchief to gently wipe Shi Qi's back.

Shi Qi was being served so comfortably by Yi Xuan that he became drowsy without realizing it. Just then, a drop of water landed on his shoulder. Shi Qi wondered, surely the roof of the emperor's palace couldn't be leaking?

Before Yixuan could stop him, Shiqi subconsciously reached out and touched it, only to find that it was blood... There were only the two of them here, so it was obvious whose blood it was.

Shi Qi turned around to look at Yi Xuan behind him and saw that his face was flushed and there was a suspicious bloodstain below his nose: "What's wrong with you?" he asked Yi Xuan with some concern.

"Uncle, I'm fine." He said, rubbing his nose and smiling like a sunny young man—unless you ignored the fact that his nose was still bleeding...

Shi Qi hurriedly got up and quickly put on the outer garment hanging on the rack next to him.

Although Shi Qi had moved quickly enough, the scene from just now was still deeply imprinted in Yi Xuan's mind—his uncle's...

He was in a daze, and the haunting scene made the blood flow even more violently.

This startled Shi Qi. While running out to fetch the imperial physician, he asked 007, "Could he have been poisoned?"

007 chuckled, "I don't think so." He's got eyes glued to you, can't you see that?!

Seeing Shi Qi run outside, Yi Xuan instinctively followed him, calling out, "Uncle, put your cloak on first!"

The imperial physician frowned as he took Yixuan's pulse, who was sitting by the bedside, seemingly struggling to find the right words; Shiqi, wrapped in a heavy cloak, waited for the results, coughing incessantly.

Yi Xuan wanted to hold Shi Qi in his arms to warm him, but there were outsiders present, so he asked with displeasure, "What's wrong with me?"

"Your Majesty, you have an imbalance of Yin and Yang, with excessive internal heat... I will prescribe a formula to clear the heat for you. In addition, you should pay more attention to your daily diet and lifestyle."

Although the words were spoken in a veiled manner, Yi Xuan understood them perfectly. He couldn't help but cough twice, then said with a normal expression, "You may leave now... Fu'an, go with the imperial physician to get the medicine."

As soon as everyone left, Yi Xuan hugged Shi Qi again and said aggrievedly, "Uncle~ even the imperial physician said I have too much internal heat, you have to help me!"

Shi Qi chuckled: "How do you want me to help you?" Ironically, he had just thought Yi Xuan would burst from holding it in, but then Yi Xuan started getting a nosebleed.

Yi Xuan grinned mischievously and took Shi Qi's hand... his face flushed crimson as he seductively asked, "Uncle, please help me, okay?"

Shi Qi felt his entire hand was numb, so tired it felt like it didn't belong to him anymore. Beside him, Yi Xuan, looking completely satisfied, was gently wiping him with a handkerchief, making him feel much more refreshed.

Seeing how satisfied he looked, Shi Qi angrily lay down on the couch, her back to Yi Xuan: "It's getting late, go to sleep early."

Yi Xuan slowly moved closer to Shi Qi's back and hugged him. Although he couldn't have Shi Qi, he was already very satisfied, because he couldn't possibly joke around with Shi Qi's body just to satisfy himself.

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The next day, because he had to attend the morning court session, Yixuan got up before dawn. In order not to wake Shiqi, he even went to the outer room to change his clothes.

When Shi Qi woke up, Yi Xuan had already returned from the morning court session. He was sitting beside him, gazing at Shi Qi with deep affection. Shi Qi, who had just opened his eyes, was startled and didn't react in time.

Coming to her senses, she noticed Yixuan was wearing court robes and remembered to ask, "Have you finished court and returned?"

Yi Xuan nodded, helped Shi Qi up, and then took the clothes to put them on him.

Shi Qi didn't say anything, accepting Yi Xuan's service without any qualms: "I didn't go today, did something happen?"

Yi Xuan shook his head: "There's nothing special about it. They all know you're not in good health, so they didn't say anything about your absence from court. Also, there's the matter of the Southern Kingdom coming to negotiate peace. They're willing to cede 15 cities and become a vassal state of our dynasty, but they also hope we can release Kolancha back..."

Shi Qi didn't offer any comment, but simply asked him, "What do you think?"

Yi Xuan was silent for a moment: "...I don't want to let him go."