The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

Perhaps it's because I've been thinking about it during the day that I'm dreaming about it at night!

She had just fallen asleep when she dreamt of her first day back at the Xia residence, of her and her father in the study...

That day, she acted as if she were still in the mountains. She suddenly pushed open the door, strode into the study, and called out with a smile, "Father!"

Her father looked at her with doting eyes, "You child, you're already 17, how come you still don't have a proper life?"

She pretended to be angry, "You've already said I'm a child, how can you still expect me to be proper! Dad, I want to eat meat! In the mountains, Master only let me eat cabbage and tofu, look how pale I am." As she spoke, she touched her face.

"You can still eat vegetables and tofu, but the war at the front is so intense that your father is too worried to eat!"

She sat down at the desk with her childlike demeanor, wanting to share her father's burdens, "What's the situation now? Tell me, I'm Guiguzi's disciple after all, maybe I can help!"

Xia Xiuyong looked at her suspiciously. Although his daughter was a disciple of Guiguzi, she had never actually been on the battlefield, so he still didn't quite trust her.

However, there is no other way at the moment, so we can only try anything as a last resort.

"The Southern Ye Kingdom has already captured Qiongcheng and is now at the gates of Mingcheng. They have captured a large number of poisonous snakes and scorpions from somewhere and released them into the city. Many civilians and soldiers have been bitten and died. The whole city is in a state of panic, and it seems that Mingcheng is about to fall. The Emperor is furious and said that if your father cannot come up with a solution, he will dismiss me from my post and investigate me."

She began to take things seriously, her expression becoming somewhat solemn. She got down from her desk and studied the city's defense and siege map for a while, then paced back and forth in the room. "As the ancients said, the best strategy is to subdue the enemy without fighting, the next best is to disrupt their alliances, the next best is to attack their army, and the worst is to besiege their cities. It seems that the Southern Ye Kingdom has produced a master of strategy!"

"I know she's an expert, do you need to tell me that!" Xia Xiuyong saw her thinking for a long time and thought she had some good ideas, but she only managed to come up with that one sentence.

She pouted, "Dad, what's the rush? Let me ask you, if you were in a war, would you use poisonous snakes to attack a city?"

Her father thought about it carefully for a while, "Of course not! Snakes are too difficult to control! Using them to attack a city is too risky!"

"Do you really think Nan Ye used snakes to attack the city? Since ancient times, the most taboo thing in war is a lack of morale. His 'poisonous snake trick' has shaken the morale of the army almost effortlessly. So the most urgent task now is to restore morale!"

Seeing her father's attentive expression, like a primary school student listening to a lecture, Xia Tongsheng continued, "First, we can send a highly respected general to oversee the situation. In addition, we can set up a 'snake-catching team' in the city to capture poisonous snakes and scorpions. This will boost morale within the army and give the enemy the illusion that our army is demoralized. When they attack again, we can 'return' the collected poisonous snakes and scorpions to them, catching them off guard!"

"Will it work?" Xia Xiuyong was still somewhat skeptical.

She raised an eyebrow. "How about we do a rehearsal?"

The two then had a rehearsal, and Xia Tongsheng won in the end.

"Isn't he trying to win people over psychologically? This time, let's try to win them over psychologically!"

"Great!" Xia Xiuyong laughed happily, "It seems you haven't wasted your time learning all these years!"

"Father, I'm so ambitious, how could I be someone who doesn't study hard?"

"You're studying hard? Then why does Master Guigu always complain to me every time I visit you?"

Xia Tongsheng smiled sheepishly, "Dad, those were all accidents, accidents!"

"You've just gotten back, go and rest first. I'll go to the palace first!"

Everything was so beautiful and sweet...

Then the scene abruptly shifts, revealing corpses everywhere and rivers of blood. In her dream, she seems to be screaming in agony, but no sound comes out.

She felt extremely tired, and suddenly saw her father's head hanging on the city wall. She screamed and woke up with a start!

Because the dream was so real, even after waking up, she couldn't calm down for a long time. She hugged the jade pillow and leaned against the bed, the coolness of the jade pillow making her feel a little chilly.

Thinking of this, she recalled her master's words of advice before she left the valley: "Tong'er, never marry into the royal family, or the Xia family and you will be destroyed!"

Her master's predictions were rarely wrong, which made her already uneasy heart even more anxious.

Is all of this fate...?

Because the usable area of ​​the bed was too small, Xia Tongsheng fell off the bed many times throughout the night, and her whole body ached all night long.

Min Youan was used to waking up early. He opened his eyes, sat up in bed, glanced at Xia Tongsheng lying on the couch, picked up a date, and flicked it at Xia Tongsheng.

The date hit her on the forehead. She yelled and rolled off the bed, clutching her forehead. "Damn it, which one..." Luckily, she pulled it back quickly, otherwise she would have blurted out "bastard!"

He glared at her and said impatiently, "Come here!"

Xia Tongsheng sighed impatiently, dawdled over to his side, and stared at him innocently with her eyes.

Min Youan glanced at her, expressionlessly grabbed her hand, and held it in front of his eyes. Then he picked up a pair of scissors from the bedside. Just as the scissors were about to touch her fingers, Xia Tongsheng screamed and forcefully pulled her hand back.

"What are you doing? Let me explain. These scissors are for cutting hair on the wedding night, symbolizing a wife who has been with you since childhood. They're not for cutting fingers!"

Min Youan had no patience for her words. Pointing to the bright red sheets, she said coldly, "Too clean!"

"Isn't being clean good? Everyone else has OCD, but you have OCD!" Xia Tongsheng realized that he just wanted to get virgin blood on her.

"Oh, you...you, you're going to..."

"Since you've guessed it, then do it yourself!" His voice remained icy.

Xia Tongsheng snorted coldly, "Why should I be a concubine? Since you're going to lie, use your own blood. You've been on the battlefield so many times, aren't you afraid of pain!"

Min Youan's eyes turned cold. "Don't want to lie? Fine!" He smirked and continued, "We still have some time, let's consummate the marriage!" He then grabbed Xia Tongsheng's arm and pulled her onto the bed.

"Wait! I have a way!" Xia Tongsheng broke free from him and said obsequiously, "None of us need to bleed; leave it to me!"

Min Youan's eyes widened, and for some reason he suddenly remembered what she had said last night about her physical inconvenience. "If you dare to leave any filth on the bed, I will strangle you!"

Xia Tongsheng knew that the "filth" he was referring to was menstrual blood. She wanted to know, but there had to be some. Yesterday's excuse about feeling unwell was just that—an excuse.

"Your Highness, you're overthinking it. This is my bed! I'm not that disgusting!" she said, pouring a glass of water from her cup and dripping a few drops onto the bed with her finger.

"The sheets are red silk, and they will darken when wet, almost like bloodstains!" Xia Tongsheng explained.

Min Youan examined the woman with a cold expression. Unless you looked closely, you really couldn't tell the difference. He hadn't expected this woman to be so clever.