Flower Stealing Master

Chapter 323: Undressing

In the eyes of the onlookers, Yang Miaozhen’s spear stab really connected with Song Qingshu's chest, but Song Qingshu acted like a normal person later on. Hearing what he said, they suddenly realized that it was due to the fact that Yang Miaozhen had been merciful.

Yang Miaozhen's face became hot, she knew very well in her heart that Song Qingshu had planned to catch her spear with his body, and then used his strength to fly back, even if she didn't show mercy, it would be difficult for that stab to really hurt him. Since the other party was saying this, it must be to give her some face.

Yang Miaozhen gave her opponent a grateful glance. As the leader of a group of ruffians, maintaining a high prestige was a matter of great importance for Yang Miaozhen. So she didn’t refuse his good intentions, and silently acquiesced, then secretly expressed her gratitude in her heart.

Looking at Zhao Min from the corner of her eye, Yang Miaozhen thought about it for a moment and decided to help the couple cultivate their feelings, "When the Sword Qi was overflowing just now, if Young Master Song hadn't been distracted due to his concern for the well being of your companion, this little sister wouldn’t have been able to recover from the situation so quickly. I also wouldn’t have been able to fight fiercely with the young master for so long."

Zhao Min was startled, ‘It turned out that the reason Yang Miaozhen's stabs were so effective because Song Qingshu was distracted due to his concern for me…’

Despite the fact that the two were enemies and not friends, Song Qingshu still cared about her even at such a critical moment. Realizing that, Zhao Min’s mind turned blank, and a rather complicated expression appeared on her pretty face.

"The Fourth Lady's spearmanship is superb. This Song has never seen such a splendid spearmanship. I really admire it to no end." Song Qingshu sincerely expressed his admiration.

"Young Master Song's swordsmanship has reached the pinnacle, and you are the first person this Sister has met in many years with such a level of skill." Yang Miaozhen actually wanted to praise his movement technique more, but she feared that it might make the other party misunderstand that she wasn’t convinced by her defeat, so she had to praise only his swordsmanship.

Song Qingshu couldn't help but smile, in fact, her spearmanship was not inferior to his own swordsmanship, but she fell into a situation where she was unable to use her strength due to his ghostly movement technique, so no wonder there was a hint of unwillingness in her tone.

‘Don’t they… feel ashamed to brag about each other this much?’ Zhao Min on the side slandered endlessly in her mind.

Ren Yingying was obviously also feeling a little impatient, and said, "Surnamed Song, you just admitted that it's a tie. So according to what you said earlier, if it's a tie, you lose. Now you have nothing to say."

Although her words were impolite, her voice was clear and melodious, which made the group of ruffians who had never seen her face, feel a bit itchy. They had never expected that the majestic Saintess of the Sun Moon Holy Cult was actually such a vindictive young lady.

"This…" Song Qingshu couldn't help but be speechless. In fact, he had declared the match as tie to appear polite, and to give Yang Miaozhen face. Their previous agreement had totally skipped his mind. But now that Ren Yingying had brought it up again, he fell into a dilemma.

Yang Miaozhen also frowned, thinking that Ren Yingying was being too disrespectful towards her. However, it was inconvenient for her to say anything considering Ren Yingying's status.

Thinking of Zhao Min's head full of tricks, Song Qingshu hurriedly looked at her for help.

For some reason, Zhao Min had always disliked Madame Tang as a woman. Noticing the embarrassment on Song Qingshu's face, she gave a slight smile, and pretended to be oblivious. She gently leaned on the tree trunk behind her, and decided to just watch the show.

Noticing the smug smile on the corner of Zhao Min's mouth, Song Qingshu gritted his teeth with hatred, but seeing her pale face as she weakly leaned on the tree for support, his anger disappeared without a trace.

Seeing the pity on Song Qingshu's face, Zhao Min felt her cheeks turn hot, and felt worried that Song Qingshu would do something reckless and go out of control. So she slightly opened her lips and silently whispered the word— "Wait"

"Wait?" Reading Zhao Min's lip movement, Song Qingshu was taken aback, not understanding what she meant.

At that moment, three fireworks suddenly rose in the distance. The expressions of Yang Miaozhen's subordinates changed, and they hurriedly said, "Fourth Lady, a group of cavalry from the Jin Empire is coming here. Since there is nothing we can do, let's quickly retreat. Otherwise, it will be too late!"

Although the Red Coat Army was mighty, they had always been focusing on ambushes. If they really confronted the elite cavalry of the Jin Empire head-on, their fate would be extremely miserable.

Yang Miaozhen had intended to let Song Qingshu go from the start, and took the opportunity to say to Ren Yingying, "My good sister, Jin Empire's iron cavalry come and go like the wind, so we should retreat quickly. You lead the brothers of Heimuya to retreat first, and my brothers and I will cover from behind."

Ren Yingying glanced at Song Qingshu with reluctance, but she also understood that today's situation was against her, and she wouldn't be able to avenge her shame, so she gritted her teeth and hurriedly withdrew with the forces of the Sun Moon Holy Cult.

Seeing that the members of the Sun Moon Holy Cult had almost left, Yang Miaozhen also got on her horse, showing her valiant figure, and cupped her hands towards Song Qingshu, "Young Master Song, the green mountains will not change and the azure water will flow forever. Until we meet again." (G: poetic line, symbolizing the flow of time.)

"Until we meet again!" Song Qingshu also replied.

Watching Yang Miaozhen's figure gradually fade into the distance, Song Qingshu admired, "So this is the valiant lady who is in no way inferior to any man, she is indeed quite heroic…"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Min approached him and slapped him on the shoulder, "She is gone, no matter how much you praise, she can't hear you."

"Hiss~" Song Qingshu took a deep breath, and showed a painful expression.

It was only then that Zhao Min noticed a large amount of blood oozing from his chest. She panicked, and cried out, "I… I didn't use any strength, how are you feeling?"

Zhao Min couldn't bear to call him "Brother Song" anymore, but the anxiety in her voice was evident.

"You don’t need to worry." Song Qingshu waved his hand, "It was caused by Yang Miaozhen's stab just now. Although I was prepared, it was impossible to completely avoid it."

At that moment, the Jin Empire cavalry had already rushed over. The leading general saw the mess around the carriage, and noticed that Song Qingshu and Zhao Min's attire were obviously different from Madame Tang's guards, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates, "Hear me, arrest these two assassins!"

"Bast*ard!" Madame Tang scolded tenderly, "If it weren't for these two young masters, this lady would have been killed by the Sun Moon Holy Cult and the Red Coat Army! And you want to attack my two benefactors?"

The general hurriedly got off his horse and knelt in front of Madame Tang with cold sweat on his face, "This General has no eyes, and I hope the Madame will forgive me!"

Song Qingshu and Zhao Min looked at each other, feeling very strange in their hearts.

Looking at the attire of this general, it was obvious that he was in charge of defending the Kaifeng city. Although the general of the Chongyi Army had a higher status than him, he shouldn't need to be this polite towards his wife.

Madame Tang coldly snorted, "Go back to Kaifeng first. Do you have any good medicine for wounds? Bring them all to me."

"Yes, yes!" The general nodded hastily, and turned to command his subordinates.

"Send it to the carriage later."

Madame Tang ignored him, turned around and came to Song Qingshu's side, and spoke with a gentle smile and concern on her face, "Young Master Song, hurry up and rest in the carriage."

The soldiers had tidied up the mess in the carriage long ago, and Zhao Min was also seriously injured so she also couldn’t hold on for long. Madame Tang personally took Song Qingshu's hand and helped him enter the carriage.

It was unknown whether Madame Tang was purposefully pressing her mounds on Song Qingshu's arm or not, but he swallowed the words of refusal back into his stomach.

Although Song Qingshu didn’t have any thoughts about Madame Tang, but if Madame Tang herself presented herself to him, did he have any reason to refuse?

"I had used a fake name to deceive Madame before, I hope the Madame will forgive me." After getting into the carriage, Song Qingshu apologized to Madame Tang.

"It's always good to be careful when traveling, not to mention…" Madame. Tang said with a charming smile, "The way I should call you didn’t change."

Seeing what Song Qingshu wanted to speak more, Madame Tang made a gesture to be silent. It turned out that the general had sent the medicine for his wounds.

After dismissing the other party, Madame Tang whispered to Song Qingshu, "My Jin and the Qing Empire are brother nations, and the assassination of Kangxi by Young Master Song has become known all over the world. I can guarantee that my subordinates will not talk nonsense, but I can't restrain others. If they know the identity of the Young Master, it would be difficult to guarantee that they won't have any evil thoughts in their hearts, and arrest the Young Master for the rewards. Our emperor will definitely be happy to give the Young Master as a gift to Kangxi."

"Originally, with the Young Master's martial arts, you wouldn't need to care about these people, but now you are injured, so don't reveal your identity." Madame Tang's voice was usually very sweet, but now there was a hint of solemnity mixed in it.

"I didn't expect this vixen to be this kind to you." Zhao Min whispered in Song Qingshu's ear.

Song Qingshu smiled wryly. Even if he was captured and handed over to Kangxi, it would be no big deal, the "emperor" in the Forbidden City was one of his own. But, if he were to be captured by a group of weaklings, Dongfang Muxue would ridicule him to death, so he couldn't afford to face that reality.

"Thank you for your kindness, Madame. As a noble lady of the Jin Empire, it must be very hard for you to help me like this. I am really sorry." Song Qingshu thanked her.

"Young Master, you don't need to worry too much. I don't care about the important affairs of the country. I usually respect heroes like you the most…" Madame Tang blushed a little, "Not to mention that you have saved my life. Let alone such a small effort, even if the Young Master wants… this Concubine will satisfy the Young Master." (G: She is now referring to herself as “Concubine” which is a very subservient way of referring to oneself.)

‘Shameless!’ Zhao Min curled her lips, and felt slightly angry in her heart. The good feelings she just had for this woman also disappeared.

‘Is this a naked seduction?’ Song Qingshu was dumbfounded. However, although Madame Tang had said it in a very ambiguous manner, when he really thought about it, she really didn't say anything vulgar, so Song Qingshu didn't even know how to refuse.

"This Concubine will now help the Young Master undress." Madame Tang's face turned a bright shade of red, and she seemed very shy when she said these words.

Now it was Zhao Min's turn to be dumbfounded, she never expected this woman to be so impatient, and she was actually going to do that disgusting thing with Song Qingshu in front of an outsider like herself!

Seeing that Song Qingshu had no intention of refusing, Zhao Min felt even more contempt and agitated in her heart and finally spoke up, "You may continue, I'll go outside to get some fresh air."

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