The Imperial College's

Eps. 31: Action

Yuwen Yue woke up first. He was surprised because his sleeping position turned out to be a little problematic. While sleeping, he did not realize that he had hugged Huang Yunxi tightly. He was even on the same blanket as the girl. It's only right last night he wasn't too cold.

Huang Yunxi's hands were also coiled around her waist. Due to the cold weather, naturally their bodies seek warmth close to them. Not wanting to cause any misunderstanding, Yuwen Yue slowly put Huang Yunxi's hand to the side and immediately got up.

The snow has stopped. The details that had come down since last night were now piled up, lying all the way. The mouth of the cave was also affected. In the distance, the shoots of fir and molten dedalu are covered with white ice powder. Surprisingly, the sun was shining brightly up there.

Huang Yunxi's lentic eyelashes twitched. The girl opened her eyes. His entire body felt sore because he slept only on a thin mattress. It was fortunate that there was such a magical system that he could ask for anything, otherwise it was impossible for him to have frozen to death in this remote place.

“Teacher, is it noon?”

“Ya.”

The man stood at the mouth of the cave, staring at the bright and clear sky. Yuwen Yue felt that the situation was a bit awkward now. He recalled at night, as he pondered alone at the thought of all the tempestuous feelings in his chest. Yuwen Yue touched her thin lips and felt that they were still warm. Slowly her face turned red. As much as possible he hid the look of his own embarrassed face.

Huang Yunxi squirms. She had a blanket thick, and she tidied it up. The mat is also rolled. When the girl got up, she realized that the snow that fell last night had piled up and spread like a rug. Not only that, Huang Yunxi also saw that the surroundings were already very bright.

“Come, we continue the journey,” take Yuwen Yue.

“Can't we stop in a minute?”

“Day is noon, we can lose prey if it comes late.”

“Ah is right too. Wait a minute.”

A few minutes later, Huang Yunxi and Yuwen Yue left the cave. Both of them were having trouble because the road they were walking on was covered in snow. The feet of both began to cool as the snow that was trampled seeped into the shoes. At one point, Huang Yunxi and Yuwen Yue had trouble walking. The blood on their legs seemed to have frozen. They need new, dry shoes.

Huang Yunxi thought about that. A pair of shoes appeared before him. Wait, couple? Why just a pair? Is the system joking with him? Does he have to wear the shoes next door?

“Fucking system! Stingy system!”

If a system appeared before him now, Huang Yunxi would definitely bury him in a pile of snow.

“Already. Give it to Master only.”

Huang Yunxi called Yuwen Yue over, then thrust a pair of dry shoes at him. Yuwen Yue was as usual, astonished by the miracle the girl performed. During these two days, there were too many miracles he had seen.

"What about you?” tanyakanya.

“It's okay. If you are cold and sick, how will I deal with the people of the Royal Academy and my father later?”

“Show one talk.”

“I learned from you.”

Yuwen Yue replaced her wet shoes with Huang Yunxi's shoes. Now his feet feel comfortable and easy to move. Before continuing on the journey, Yuwen Yue squatted down, then asked Huang Yunxi to go up to his back. This certainly made the girl stunned.

“What does it mean?”

“Groomed.”

“I can still walk.”

“Your feet can freeze. If so, how do I explain it to the Emperor?”

“Teacher, you are good at reversing words.”

After making sure the girl went up to his back, Yuwen Yue continued on her way. The sun shone overhead, melting the snow hanging on the branches of the trees. The originally cold air temperature slowly began to warm again. Yuwen Yue and Huang Yunxi walked through the bamboo forest again, then turned to another road that they could have crossed.

“Teacher, am I heavy?”

“No.”

“Really?”

“Ya.”

“But why do you seem to mind?”

“I'm a man. Your body is no heavier than a sack of rice.”

“Cih. Comparing me to a rice sack, that's right!”

“After you became my wife, reduce your grieving habits. Do not get angry and emotional. You must learn to be a woman.”

“What is an order?”

“No. It's a request.”

“It's a pity that I can't do it.”

“You must learn.”

“No.”

“Learn!”

“No want!”

“Huang Yunxi!”

“Yuwen Yue!”

Yuwen Yue then pretended to take Huang Yunxi down from his carrier. Huang Yunxi immediately suffocated as she thought she was going to fall. He wrapped his hands around Yuwen Yue's neck from behind, making it a grip. Later on if he fell, he could pull Yuwen Yue to fall with him.

“Alright, alright. As long as you give me all your salary, I'll obey you.”

“Why? Is Princess Xiyue afraid of falling poor?”

Huang Yunxi bit off Yuwen Yue's right ear until the man suffocated in pain. She was annoyed at Yuwen Yue's joke that made her look like a woman in a brothel who was blindsided. Though in his true state, Huang Yunxi was richer than Yuwen Yue and his own father. He still had millions of gold and silver coins he had stored inside the system bank.

“Why are you poking me?”

“That's a punishment for you.”

“Yunxi, are your teeth made of iron?”

“What did you say?”

“Don't bite my ear!”

“Who told me to be your woman?”

Huang Yunxi had no idea that her bite on Yuwen Yue's ear had made the entire man's nerve vein react quickly. The Roman feather Yuwen Yue instantly stood all up. The ear is a sensitive area for both men and women. The girl twitched at him so recklessly that Yuwen Yue started to feel something. The bite is not painless, but instead becomes a mild stimulus.

“Just don't ring my ear!”

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The signal from the bamboo forest became a guide. Tianqi and the Yindai Pavilion troops started searching, but all they found was a group of people in black and veiled clothes lying on the ground. Their bodies were full of wounds, their eyes were all reddened. Tianqi guessed that these people were assassins that Yuwen Yue had managed to take down before the master left. He also found the rest of the mixture between wheat flour and chili powder. This time, Tianqi guessed that the powder was used to paralyze the eyes of these people. The culprit must be Huang Yunxi.

He then told some of the Yindai Pavilion's men to bring the men back to the city and put them in jail for interrogation. He and the rest of the troops would continue the search to the interior of the bamboo forest until he could find Yuwen Yue and Huang Yunxi.

It was a pity that they had to stop in the middle of the road because it suddenly snowed. Tianqi and the troops were looking for a place that could protect them from the snow. The snow required them to take shelter until the morning. Tianqi instantly continued the search as soon as the sunlight started to warm up.

After walking for quite a long time, Tianqi and the troops of Yindai Pavilion arrived in front of the cave that had been the stopping place of Yuwen Yue and Huang Yunxi. He saw two mats and a blanket lying on the ground, complete with a warm round object. It was then that he knew that his master had spent the night here and had only left a moment ago.

“Quick! Young Master still hasn't gone far!”

Tianqi and Pavilun Yindai's forces continued the search. They followed the footprints that were trampled on the snow that was starting to melt. The footprints stopped on a flat ground. There, Tianqi found a pair of wet shoes that he was very familiar with. Undoubtedly, his master had indeed not gone far.

As Tianqi and Pavilun Yindai's troops walked down the trail, Yuwen Yue and Huang Yunxi had already reached a high ground. From above they can see a green forest area. However, down there they saw a strange sight. Some parts of the forest below were already bare, no more trees growing towered.

Based on the forest path map that Yuwen Yue and Huang Yunxi had obtained from a spy, the forest area below him should be the teak forest area. The wood was later used for the construction of palaces and temples. This is where the problem might lie. They found something they were looking for.

After descending the steep road, Huang Yunxi and Yuwen Yue reached the edge of the teak forest area. They saw some people were cutting down and transporting wood through other directions. Though, the main road should have passed in front of where Yuwen Yue and Huang Yunxi were standing right now.

Dozens of wooden carts were parked on empty ground. People dressed all in regular clothes come back and forth. They are the workers and loggers who are assigned to cut the wood and transport it out of the forest. The Ministry of Forestry takes full responsibility for this kind of work.

“Nuggling! Liu Yang is so brave!” huang Yunxi

fiery.

“Cease your voice!” resolute Yuwen Yue.

“What should we do now?”

“Waiting for help to come. We can't fight them alone. Too dangerous.”

“Then, I'll play around with them for a while.”

Yuwen Yue held back Huang Yunxi's wrist.

“What do you want to do?”

“Play!”

Huang Yunxi jumped from within the bushes. His voice shocked the workers to the point of making them act alert. The workers were surprised not to play because a woman appeared out of nowhere, knowing where they worked. The thought that the woman should be obliterated arises. The rough workers who could martial arts advanced, were about to attack Huang Yunxi.

“Eits, wait a minute!”

Huang Yunxi's cry made the workers pause for a moment.

“I didn't come to fight. I came because I was lost. Ladies and gentlemen, can you show me the way home for me?”

The workers looked at each other. They suspect that the woman in front of them is not just coming because they are lost. This place had a main road directly connected to the capital, it was very easy to find and he was unlikely to get lost. This woman must be planning something.

Huang Yunxi herself had a hard time making them believe her. He had to pretend so he could know where the wooden carts were going. Huang Yunxi had to work hard at outwitting these workers until she got the information she wanted before reinforcements arrived.

“Main road over there. Miss, please go,” said one of the workers.

“But why did you bring the cart there? Doesn't that mean the right path is there? Otherwise, why don't you guys take that wagon on the main road you showed me?”

“That's a special road for wood distribution. Miss like you does not fit through there,” said one of the others.

“How do I know it doesn't suit me if I haven't tried?”

“Cannot. That path can only be passed by us!”

“Why?”

“Because the Great Lord ordered it!”

Oops, it seems like these workers are not very smart. They were easily provoked and said things that not even Huang Yunxi had asked. These workers have poor emotions and self-control. It was easy for Huang Yunxi to utilize them.

“Whose Big Master? Is he the Minister of Forestry?”

The workers looked at each other again. Stupid, they're hooked. The woman before them had actually trapped them. That woman should not be able to come out alive from this place.

“What is this definition of play that naughty girl means?” yuwen Yue asked himself. He watched Huang Yunxi from behind the bushes.

“Because Miss is very curious, Miss must feel death! Kill him!”

“Wait! I don't understand what you mean. I told you I was lost, why do you want to kill me?”

“Because you already know our secret!”

“What secrets? Do not you guys are smuggling teak wood is yes?”

“Nona don't need to know! These woods belonged to the Emperor. We send it to the palace!”

“Which palace do you mean? Oh, does the palace belong to the Minister of Forestry?”

“Kill this woman!”

The workers advance. Their hands held a very sharp dagger. Huang Yunxi was not afraid in the least. The girl stood up to challenge them.

“Business!”

The attention of the workers was diverted to a handsome but cold-faced man who emerged from behind the bushes. Yuwen Yue came out of hiding because he could not stand the rude attitude of the workers towards his future wife. Wanna kill? Just dream!

“Who are you? Are you the lover of this woman?”

“Coarse workers like you guys why so much nonsense?”

“Kill them both!”

“Who would dare? You don't know who the girl standing in front of you is?” yuwen Yue said coldly. His voice made the guts of the workers shrivel.

“Haha, who is he?”

“Princess Xiyue!”

The eyes of the workers were wide. Silent.

“Pu..Princess Xiyue?”

It was then that they saw one of the most terrifying sneers of their entire lives.

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