"What happened that night."

Qi Yuan questioned with his hands behind his back. Both of them are now at the private octagon pavilion.

"Master ... I got drugged at night."

Qing Feng then continue to share the details of that night like how he did with Yu-ji and soon Qi Yuan clench his fist tightly to control the anger that he is holding.

"That bastard, I have already warned him and yet he still decide to be a deaf man. Trying to set me up?"

"But master, why would his crown prince give you a woman?"

"I bet this woman is definitely a trap, a card that he can use against me. For him to spend so much money on that pill made by Lord Thousand Death, it means he is really desperate for my life."

"Master, do you want me to go ahead to kill him?" Qing Feng show his bloodlust face as the culprit resulted this situation between him and Yu-ji.

"No need, we need the right time. Now, you just need to think of how to face Jae-in."

Qing Feng's body stoned up as the thought of Lady Jae-in might torture him endlessly or even kill him for touching someone precious to her and not mentioning that he ruined her innocence.

"Your humble subject knows what to do."

With that he disappeared from the pavilion, leaving Qi Yuan alone.

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After finishing her morning sword practice, Jae-in retreat back to her quarters, surprised to see Yu-ji standing there, waiting for her arrival.

"Yu-ji? Are you feeling better?" Jae-in asked with concern while resting her palm on her forehead to check her temperature.

"Yu-ji is feeling fine now Missy Jae!"

"That's good to hear, from now on, do not ever push yourself too hard. I treat you as my sister and I do not want you to be hurt or sick."

Jae-in express her sisterly love towards Yu-ji, her one and only loyal companion that serve her since young and for the past 2 lives.

"Then, I shall prepare the bath for you." Yu-ji retreat to her job.

However, as she was heading out, Jae-in realised that her walking posture looks awkward, as if she was hurt. Making a suspicion face, Jae-in decide to find out what happen for the past few days.

Never is she going to let Yu-ji be hurt in anyways.

The two continue their harmonious interaction as usual, however Yu-ji did not know that the secret she is desperately hiding from her Missy will soon be revealed.

"Qing Feng, you are called to Lady Jae-in's room. She wants to have a word with you."

One of the servant walk towards Qing Feng, who is training at the training grounds of Qi Yuan Manor.

"Lady Jae-in?"

With the message being delivered, the servant disappear and Qing Feng quickly clean himself up to make sure he look presentable. Guessing that she might have found out what had happen, he prepare himself to face her confrontation.

Upon reaching Jae-in's living room, he proceed to greet her politely.

"Lady Jae-in."

Not a single word is said by Jae-in and the moment he enter, she used her inner martial arts to close the door. With no intention of easing his greeting, Qing Feng remain in his greeting position.

"I called you here is because I would like to ask know your preference Qing Feng Gong Zi."

"Lady Jae-in please ask."

"So, what do you prefer? Death under my sword or dungeon tortures that makes you wants death rather than living on this earth or maybe a poison pills that will make your intestines melts within your body?"

An icy glare shot towards this very man who ruining the innocence of Yu-ji, one that she will not hesitate to fight against for whoever took advantage of her.

Qing Feng starts to break into a cold sweat and immediately, he kneel down with both knees and begged for punishment.

"Qing Feng knows his deathly crime and will not come up with excuses, however Lady Jae-in, would like to share with you what happened that night, hopefully you can decide my punishment after listening to them."

"Oh, what is it that I do not know?"

"That night, Qing Feng ... Qing Feng was drugged."

"By who?"

"His crown prince."

"Crown prince? Kai Kingdom's crown prince?"

"Yes, Kai Qi Zheng. He is the crown prince of Kai Kingdom. He is also one that hates my master, always trying ways to get rid of him due to the jealousy of the favouritism he received by Emperor Kai. That night, he delivered a verbal message to Qi Yuan manor, inviting my master to meet at Xiang Hua Lou and even insisted his appearance."

"Master knows that it is a trap, so I went in replacement of him. But, we did not expect him to be so hasty to trap master with his plans. Unknowingly, I got drugged by the top 3 pills created by Lord Thousand Death. Under such situation, I have no choice but to escape and at that moment, I saw Yu-ji."

"Qing Feng knows what he did is an unforgivable crime with no excuse and being a man, I will take responsibility towards Yu-ji. Although she doesn't want me to, but I already see her as the woman of my life, a wife to be cherished and a life partner to protect."

With such affirmed statement being promised out of Qing Feng's mouth, the anger within Jae-in slowly dimmed down. In fact, the moment she realised that Yu-ji got raped by Qing Feng, the first thing is to kill this shameless man.

No matter how calm and composed her mind was, the immediate anger and lost of rationality hit her mind, thus resulting her missing out those loopholes of this incident, like why would someone so loyalty to Qi Yuan do such a thing to her maid? Judging the interaction they often have, there is no way Qing Feng is someone who lust after Yu-ji.

Getting the other side of the story, Jae-in calm herself down and realised this is not as easy as it seems.

"Be at ease." Jae-in release him from that torturous position.

"Tell me more about the crown prince and what happened that night."

Qing Feng then proceed to share with Jae-in who Qi Zheng was, the power struggles that they are facing, the continous intentional collision between Qi Yuan and Qi Zheng and the details of that night.

"Then who is that lady that you met?"

"I have no idea who she is."

"Hmm ... it is very obvious that Qi Zheng is planning something and intentionally wants Qi Yuan to bed with the woman he served. Probably, the woman is the problem."

"I will go and search on her more."

"No use, the moment you escaped, she is definitely taken care and well-hidden by him. Probably she will reappear when the time is right again as a bargaining tool or a chess player."

"Qing Feng is ashame to drag Yu-ji into this matter. Please punish me."

Qing Feng continue to ask for punishment as he knows what he did was utterly disgusting and against human morale.

In a single move, Jae-in used her sword to pierce through his right chest and pull them out with no hesitation. Enduring the sword attack, blood starts to flow endlessly with the destroyed blood vessels and Qing Feng used his hands to block the wound.

"I am glad to hear your promise made towards Yu-ji earlier on, however, based on my understanding, what you hope for will never happen. And don't ever think I will bestow a marriage approval for both of you just because you have the skinship of a husband and wife. If you want, you will need to win Yu-ji yourself, only when she come to me herself for this marriage, then I shall give my blessing."

In a weak state, Qing Feng bow with both hands in front of him.

"Qing Feng understands and thanks Lady Jae-in for not taking my life."

As he stumble out of the room, Jae-in drown in thoughts with the connections between Qi Zheng and Qi Yuan.