"Why don't you ask me." Ye Chen really couldn't think of what to say and was worried that it would be too boring.
"That's fine." Qiongying didn't embarrass him. After thinking about it, he said, "I asked you to go back to the fortress and think about it before. Have you really thought about it?"
"Yes." Ye Chen answered decisively.
"Then how did you think about it?" Qiong Ying was curious, how did he reflect on it? Was he willing or dissatisfied with her punishment?
Ye Chen was full of doubts when asked, but he still said truthfully: "In the cave."
"Cave?" Qiongying was also confused.
"In the cave on the second mountain peak in the north." Ye Chen thought that she must have never been there, so he explained in more detail.
"What are you doing there?" Qiongying was even more curious. Even if you want to practice cultivation, you don't have to go to the cave.
"Facing the wall and thinking about it." Ye Chen replied seriously.
"Facing the wall and thinking about it? Haha." Qiongying was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but laugh.
Could it be that he goes to the cave and faces the mountain wall every day?
She just wanted him to stay in the fortress and not to leave the fortress. The fortress was surrounded by mountains on all sides and walls on every side.
Ye Chen didn't know what she was laughing at, but her laughter lingered in his ears, making him ecstatic.
"How do you think about your faults while facing the wall?" Qiongying obviously would not let go of this opportunity to tease him.
"...Sit cross-legged on the stone bed, face the wall for two hours in the morning, noon and evening, and cannot leave the mountain before the deadline." Ye Chen was a little embarrassed, why did she ask this?
"Haha, who said you should face the wall and dwell on your faults like this?" Qiongying laughed again.
"...It is one of the punishments in the torture chamber." It was the lightest punishment in the torture chamber. He was the first person in the palace to be punished to face the wall and think about his mistakes, and so far he is also the only one.
"Who stipulated it?" She had never known such a punishment existed.
"Eh? I don't know." He thought it was her rule, didn't he? So that's not what she meant by thinking about your faults?
Thinking of this, Ye Chen even wanted to hit the wall. Could it be that he had been wrong all along?
"I won't punish you to face the wall and think about your mistakes from now on." Qiongying's hand moved from the back of his neck and slid down to his back.
Ye Chen's heartbeat fluctuated with her hands and could not calm down for a long time.
"Ye Chen, do you want to sleep?" Qiongying asked.
"Not yet." Ye Chen closed his eyes, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.
"Tell me if you are sleepy, but you can't open your eyes for the time being."
"Yes." Ye Chen nodded, with a soft smile on his lips.
Qiongying stretched out his hand, turned into a drop of water, and extinguished the only candlelight.
The pavilion was plunged into darkness, with no light at all and only the sound of the two people embracing each other.
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The next day, it was a sunny day in the morning.
Qiu Tong, who has been staying at home recently, stepped out of the courtyard this morning, wearing a plain blue formal suit, with a solemn look and a bit of embarrassment.
Wu Xin saw that Qiu Tong was heading towards the Yi Palace. Wu Xin frowned. How could Qiu Tong go to the Yi Palace? Unless...
"Qiu Tong, where are you going?" Wu Xin stepped forward to block the way. She always spoke bluntly, which could also be interpreted as arrogance, and she was too arrogant to beat around the bush.
"The master summoned me." Qiu Tong glanced at Wu Xin, and there was no need to hide it.
"What's the matter?" Wu Xin's face changed slightly.
"I don't know." Qiu Tong ignored Wu Xin and quickly took a detour to the meeting hall.
Suspicion flashed in Wu Xin's eyes. The master has not summoned Qiu Tong for a long time. Why did he suddenly summon Qiu Tong today?
"Miss Wuxin, something bad is going on!" the doctor rushed over and yelled out of control.
"What's the matter?" Wu Xin looked at the doctor with cold eyes.
"Yes, it's Nangongxia's injury that has worsened." The doctor was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head and replied.
"Is this a big deal?!" Wu Xin snorted coldly and waved his sleeves away.
The doctor hurriedly followed up, thinking that Miss Wu Xin must have a solution, but why didn't she use it for so long?