The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

She brushed a stray strand of hair from her forehead, her expression suddenly turning sorrowful. "I, a princess, was punished by having my salary deducted and being forced to copy ten scriptures every day just for reporting you for reading forbidden books. And Ying Shu? She's just a lowly concubine, and she even accidentally exposed the young prince's identity. Do you think she can survive?"

This incident had a huge impact on Xia Tongsheng, and she was unable to process it for a while. She left in a hurry, wanting to wait for Min Youan to come back and ask him what exactly happened.

But Min Youan didn't return until very late that night. Xia Tongsheng eventually fell asleep while waiting. The first thing she did when she opened her eyes the next morning was to ask Yingling if the prince had returned yet.

Yingling answered no!

It was only then that she realized something seemed to have happened. She was about to go to her father's place to ask him what was going on when she ran into a weary Min Youan. By then, she had already forgotten to ask about Ying Shu.

Xia Tongsheng quickly stepped forward to support him, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

"I'm fine!" But his voice betrayed his exhaustion.

"Go and help me pack my things. I'm heading to Baiyue tomorrow!"

Xia Tongsheng frowned. "What happened?"

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"

Seeing his serious expression, she didn't dare to say anything more. She simply helped him inside to rest and took out a few pieces of clothing from the hidden compartment and tidied them up.

Until Min Youan fell asleep, looking at him sleeping, Xia Tongsheng couldn't believe that such a man could be so ruthless.

She sighed helplessly and tiptoed out, afraid of waking him.

Afterwards, she sent Yingling and Buyao to find out what had happened at Baiyue Land.

"Have you found out?"

"Hmm!" Yingling took a few gulps of water. "I heard that Baiyue has recently suffered a once-in-a-century flood, and the people have lost their entire harvest. The granaries in Baiyue are full of rats, and there isn't a single grain of rice left. The disaster relief grain and military pay distributed by the imperial court have all disappeared. Anyway, Baiyue is already in complete chaos!"

Bu Yao added, "That's right. Moreover, I've heard that there are signs of an uprising in Baiyue. An army has been established in Baiyue, and it seems they intend to confront the local court!"

"Oh! It's that serious!"

"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Bu Yao asked.

"What should we do?" Xia Tongsheng's heart was pounding; the current situation was truly difficult!

Xia Tongsheng now understands how hard the President of the country works, and this situation alone is making her extremely anxious!

"Bu Yao, you've been handling affairs for me at the Prince's residence. I only trust you here!"

"Yingling, you're coming with me tomorrow!"

Xia Tongsheng didn't say what she was going to do; she was afraid of making a sound when she walked.

After seeing Min You'an off at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, Yingling appeared in front of her in a carriage. "Miss, please get in the carriage!"

Xia Tongsheng smiled and snapped her fingers, "Yingling is amazing!"

After getting into the carriage, Yingling asked her, "Miss, where are we going?"

"Go to Baiyue!"

"It's so dangerous. If something happens, the master will blame me!" Yingling began to back out.

"Don't worry, nothing serious will happen to the two of us." Xia Tongsheng knew that it would be dangerous for a woman like her, who was not very strong or intelligent, to venture out like this, but she had experience with floods!

She had seen him on TV before and hoped to use her advanced technological knowledge to help Min Yoo-an overcome this crisis!

Although the trip to Baiyue was only for disaster relief, there were anti-civilian groups in Baiyue, so Min Youan still brought a pair of personal guards with him.

Xia Tongsheng and Yingling followed at a distance from inside the carriage, but before long, they were spotted by the guards in front. The squad leader of the 5th squad of guards led 20 men to surround the carriage where Xia Tongsheng was. "People inside, come out!"

Xia Tongsheng raised her hands above her head in surrender, "Sir, we are good people!"

The leader pointed his sword at her and demanded, "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Xia Tongsheng had already changed into men's clothing. "Sir, my brother and I weren't with you!"

"Then tell me, where are you going?" Li Yuhong remained vigilant.

“My brother and I were originally from Baiyue. Because our hometown was flooded a few days ago, we thought we would take some rice back home to help with disaster relief. If you don’t believe me, look, there’s rice in the back of my car!”

Li Yuhong gestured to the man on his right, "Hei Zi, go take a look!"

Hei Zi immediately went around to the back of the carriage. "Boss, there really is rice!"

"Since you're going to Baiyue, why are you traveling with our army? There's more than one way to Baiyue, and this particular route was personally chosen by our Prince! Don't lie, or we'll kill you!"

Xia Tongsheng's forehead was covered in black lines. "Damn it, there are so many routes to Baiyue. I'm not even a real Baiyue person, how could I possibly know!"

"No, no, no, young man, I know your prince. Just tell him Feng Yuhan, and he'll know!"

The squad leader stared at Xia Tongsheng, but still went over to report to the prince that a man named Feng Yuhan was requesting an audience!

Min Youan thought to herself, Feng Yuhan hadn't said he'd come to the Land of a Hundred Readings with her. "Cang Jue, go and take a look!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Squad leader Li Yuhong led Cang Jue to the carriage. Upon seeing Xia Tongsheng and Ying Ling, he was first surprised, then remembered to pay his respects, "Your Majesty..."

“Hey,” Xia Tongsheng quickly interrupted him, “Brother Cangjue, there’s no need for us brothers to be so polite!”

Cang Jue knew she wanted to hide her identity, "Yes!"

Li Yuhong was left alone, bewildered in the wind.

"Where is the prince?" Xia Tongsheng asked.

"His Highness is resting up ahead!"

"In that case, please take me to see the Prince!"

"This..." Cang Jue hesitated, "Please allow me, Young Master Wang, to inform you!"

Xia Tongsheng nodded, "Go!"

Cang Jue quickly walked to Min You'an's side, leaned close to his ear and whispered, "The Princess Consort has arrived!"

Min Youan turned to the side, frowning, somewhat annoyed. "Why is she here? Bring her over!"

Not long after, Cang Jue returned, and Xia Tongsheng asked, "How did it go?"

"Your Highness requests your presence!"

Seeing the prince's personal guards showing such respect to Xia Tongsheng, Li Yuhong realized he had captured a very important person. His heart was in his throat, but as a well-trained soldier, he did not show his panic.

Xia Tongsheng, with Yingling in tow, passed through a thousand soldiers and arrived at Min Youan's side.

"Your Highness!" Xia Tongsheng bowed.

Upon seeing her, Min Youan grabbed her wrist and got up to leave!

Cang Jue was worried about his safety and got up to chase after him.

He turned around and roared, "Don't follow me!"

He pulled her to a secluded spot, then tossed her aside. She stumbled back a few steps, her back hitting an old tree with a thick trunk.

Xia Tongsheng bared her teeth and cried out in pain, but before she could speak, Min Youan pounced on her.