Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

"Red Star!" Qi Siyu dared not speak loudly, for fear that others would look over.

How can a person be so shameless?

This is a palace banquet, filled with officials; how could he dare to do that?

The hot breath exhaled by Akahoshi sprayed onto his outer ear, sending a tingling sensation through him and making him shudder.

Whether it was the effects of the alcohol or not, Qi Siyu felt hot all over and had a dry mouth.

He dodged Akahoshi's attempt to bite him again, glared at him, and then took another big gulp of his drink.

Her slightly reddened eyes glared at him, but there was no danger in them. Instead, it seemed like she was flirting. Akashi's gaze became increasingly blatant.

He pressed his tongue against the soft flesh beside his mouth, leaned over to Qi Siyu and said, "Ayu, shall we go back to the palace?"

"Shall we go back to the palace to celebrate the New Year?"

His tone carried a hint of pleading.

Qi Siyu scoffed inwardly, "Is it really about staying up all night, or is it about exercising while staying up all night?"

Akahoshi is a big bad wolf, a liar.

Sure enough, after returning, the two never left their bedchamber again.

The flickering candlelight inside the hall burned until dawn.

*

Something happened in the capital that's being talked about everywhere: Murong Wei, the most beautiful woman in the capital, is no longer a virgin before she's even married, and is even pregnant, with no one knowing who the father is.

No one knows where this rumor came from, but it seems that overnight everyone knew about it.

Murong Feng, who was having a meal at a teahouse, heard someone say such things about his sister. Forget about his food, he immediately pinned the person to the ground and beat them up. He then turned around and went home to find out what was going on.

Murong Wei never thought that this matter would be known by others. She could only tell Madam Murong what had happened between her and Qi Silin. She also said that she had indeed had a doctor take her pulse the day before yesterday, but the doctor did not say that she was pregnant.

Madam Murong had no choice but to have the family physician come and take her pulse. After taking her pulse, the physician hurriedly knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "Miss, Miss is more than a month pregnant."

Upon hearing this, Madam Murong's legs went weak and she nearly fainted.

"Mother, Mother, I was wrong, please don't do this... Waaah..." Murong Wei cried as she helped up Madam Murong.

Murong Feng was furious that something like this had happened to his sister. He slammed his fist on the table and asked in bewilderment, "Why didn't you say anything when you came back? We're family. Me, my brother, our parents, and so on. Would I really harm you?"

Just as Prime Minister Murong said at the banquet, the Murong family only had one daughter, so they had spoiled her since she was a child. Murong Feng couldn't understand how his sister could have been... by that bastard Qi Silin.

Madam Murong was helped to sit on the couch, and Murong Wei was sobbing uncontrollably.

“I didn’t expect anyone to know. That day, I met a pregnant woman on my way down the mountain, so I went to help her. I didn’t expect her to be a robber… Waaah, Qi Silin saved me, but I… I was already out of my mind at that time. Mother, I was wrong.”

Madam Murong nearly crushed the cup in her hand, gritting her teeth as she said, "Feng'er, go investigate! Start with Qi Silin, take 100,000 taels of silver to the Star Gazing Tower, and have the Dark Pavilion thoroughly investigate this matter."

The Dark Pavilion is the largest intelligence organization in the martial arts world; as long as you pay them, there's nothing the Dark Pavilion can't find out.

Murong Feng was a military general and had heard of the Dark Pavilion more or less, but he never expected that his mother would know about it as well.

He took the money and went out, just in time to run into Prime Minister Murong returning to his residence with a dark face, clearly having also heard about the matter.

Chi Xing had already instructed An Ying to investigate the entire matter thoroughly, and was just waiting for the Murong family to arrive. Soon, he earned another 100,000 taels of silver.

It's not that he doesn't have that much silver in his household, but having been a poor hunter in his previous life, he doesn't mind having more money now.

Tomorrow is Qi Siyu's nineteenth birthday. It's still snowing now, so Chixing plans to make a birthday cake tonight and bring it out after midnight.

He first told Qi Siyu that there was something going on at the Eastern Depot. These past few days, Qi Siyu had been more lenient with him because Qi Siyu also had things to do.

Springtime will bring the annual martial arts competition. Last year, he still couldn't beat Chixing. This year, Qi Siyu is determined to defeat Chixing.

The martial arts competition consisted of archery, horsemanship, and martial arts. In the past, they also competed in strength, which involved lifting a large cauldron. However, a general once died from being crushed while lifting a cauldron, so this event was discontinued.

Qi Siyu mainly practices his own martial arts, which is his weakness.

Qi Siyu was not fond of physical activities from a young age; his only interest was riding and archery, and no one could surpass him in this area.

In previous years, Chi Xing always had a slight edge over him in martial arts, which Qi Siyu was very dissatisfied with, so he started practicing martial arts this winter.

In reality, Akahoshi never left the East Palace. Instead, she went straight into the East Palace's kitchen and started making the cake that she and Ayu had researched in her previous life.

In the past, with recipes and time, they studied food extensively, which enabled Akahoshi to acquire many skills.

After a busy afternoon in the kitchen, Akahoshi prepared the cream and cake base. After making two failed attempts, she finally made a satisfactory one.

This time I made a fruit-filled cake. Qi Siyu loves fruit, especially grapes.

At the very top, Akahoshi used a bit of divine power to write the words "Happy Birthday" in cream. It was mainly because Akahoshi himself was afraid he wouldn't be able to control it properly, so he used a bit of divine power.

Finally, some pretty grapes were placed around the cake as a garnish, and a few champagne roses were cut and placed on the cake.

The remaining Champagne Rose Red Star cake was wrapped in pretty paper and placed in the system space along with the freshly made cake.

These flowers were all obtained from the system's shop. Akahoshi didn't have any mission points; she got them all from 250. Akahoshi agreed to exchange them for dried fish.

Having prepared everything, Chi Xing returned to Qi Siyu's bedchamber as usual, to have a meal and sleep with him.

As midnight approached, Qi Siyu was awakened by Chi Xing's kiss. Still half asleep, he held Chi Xing and mumbled, "Xingxing, what's wrong?"

Akahoshi reached out and pinched his nose: "Ayu, wake up, I have something to tell you."

"Ok?"

After a while, Qi Siyu opened his eyes, and Chi Xing busied herself dressing him.

"Where are we going?" Qi Siyu asked.

As Akahoshi fastened his belt, he said, "You'll see in a bit."

After putting boots on Qi Siyu, Chi Xing brought out a thick white tiger-skin cloak for him to wear, along with a hat, scarf, and gloves, making sure Qi Siyu didn't get cold in the middle of the night.

Qi Siyu was led out in a daze. It was still snowing outside. Chi Xing kept holding him, and Qi Siyu didn't feel cold at all.

"Sweetie, we'll be there soon."

After saying that, he picked up Qi Siyu and used his lightness skill to head out of the palace.

Qi Siyu was hit in the face by a cold wind. Chi Xing reached out and pressed his face against her chest, whispering, "Don't be afraid, it's not a bad thing."

That's true. Chi Xing can't possibly harm him. But if he really does harm him, then it doesn't matter. He'll be nineteen tomorrow, Qi Siyu thought.