Xiao Lian had not slept all night and had been standing in the courtyard.
Originally, she wanted to stay in her room, but Xia Chen had driven her out.
"I'm fine!"
Qing Ya shook her head, but her expression was a little unnatural.
Last night, Xia Chen had indeed not been too physical with her, but in the latter half of the night, she felt that Xia Chen was asleep and wanted to break out of the room, escaping his restraint.
Just as she made a move, wanting to unleash the Qi within her, Xia Chen, who had supposedly been asleep, seemed to have God's perspective, waking up a step ahead and once again subduing her.
Xia Chen's punishment for this disobedient beauty was to make her kneel in an extremely humiliating posture, which was why her fair, jade-like knees were bruised.
Only when she was utterly exhausted did Xia Chen allow her to lie down and sleep again; after this, she no longer dared to try any small tricks.
This young man is a bit strange!
Xiao Lian looked at her mistress's somewhat unnatural expression and grew increasingly anxious; although she hadn't heard any major commotion from the room last night, her mistress had spent the entire night in the same room with this man, and who knew what he had done to her mistress?
"Give me the information, it's getting late, it's time to go to work."
Xia Chen waved at Xiao Lian, his manner as if he were ordering his own servant, which made Xiao Lian even more furious.
Xia Chen looked at the sky; if he didn't go to the Yamen soon, Xia Qian and Li Xi might truly think he was too vigorous last night, leading to weak and tired legs this morning.
Xia Chen didn't want them to think he was no good over such a small matter!
"Give him the information!"
Although Qing Ya didn't know what Xia Chen meant by "go to work," she really didn't want to argue with him anymore.
She had argued all night yesterday and hadn't gained any advantage.
Xiao Lian reluctantly retreated. Not long after, she walked in with a stack of documents and reluctantly handed them to Xia Chen.
Xia Chen lay lazily on the bed, taking the documents with one hand and releasing Qing Ya with the other.
Qing Ya felt the warm large hand that had been resting on her shoulder and breathed a sigh of relief.
After being tossed and turned all night, her clothes were already disheveled, and half of her fragrant shoulder was exposed. Therefore, there was no clothing barrier between them.
Although Xia Chen had released Qing Ya and his attention was entirely on the documents, Qing Ya dared not move a single inch. She had already witnessed how strange this young man was last night.
She was certain that this young man had been asleep last night, but as soon as she made a move, he preempted her, as if he had predicted it in advance, and subdued her.
This ability was too terrifying. No wonder he dared to let her sleep next to him last night, even after everything was laid bare. It turned out he wasn't afraid of someone trying to kill him in his sleep.
"Interesting. It seems your Imperial City Bureau has quite a few people planted in the Surveillance Institute."
Xia Chen looked at the stack of detailed documents in his hand and smiled slightly.
As the three most prominent dark organizations in this world, they were the sharp blades in the hands of emperors.
Whether it was the Lantern Bearers of Great Wu, the Imperial City Bureau of Great Qing, or the Surveillance Institute of Great Feng Country, they were all constantly infiltrating each other.
And the most intense battlegrounds were within the capitals of the three countries.
The Great Wu Capital was the Lantern Bearers' home turf, but it concealed people from the Imperial City Bureau and the Surveillance Institute. This was an open secret known to the entire court, civil and military officials, and even ordinary citizens.
The reason for this situation was not that the Lantern Bearers were raising enemies to elevate their own importance, but rather that the Lantern Bearers deeply knew that even if all the Imperial City Bureau and Surveillance Institute personnel in the capital were eliminated, a new batch of people would immediately rush to the capital to lie in wait.
Neither Great Qing nor Feng Country would let go of the political center of the capital.
Similarly, in the capitals of Great Qing and Feng Country, the situation was much the same, with various secret agents lurking.
"This is the Lantern Bearers' home turf. Originally, we and the people from the Surveillance Institute should have banded together, if not to help each other, then at least not to backstab each other. But this time, the Surveillance Institute actually used us as a tool, so we can't be blamed for making a move ourselves."
Qing Ya said coldly.
Xia Chen finished reading the documents in his hand, remained silent for a moment, then raised his palm and pricked his fingertip. The crimson blood seemed to contain a strange energy, and Xia Chen said calmly, "Open your mouth!"
Qing Ya was startled and didn't quite react, but as a spellcaster, she instinctively felt that this blood was somewhat strange. To her knowledge, some spellcasters could use their own blood as a conduit to cast some peculiar spells.
Xia Chen saw that she didn't react and didn't waste any more words. He directly pinched Qing Ya's face, then roughly pried open her mouth and directly inserted his bleeding finger.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Qing Ya coughed, struggling for breath, and covered her mouth.
"What did you do?"
"This is a method of my Marquisate. Even martial artists can use it. My essence blood has merged into your body. From now on, no matter where you go, I can sense you. Therefore, I hope this information is accurate and correct. Also, perhaps you should change this identity of yours. If you are obedient, perhaps we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future!"
Xia Chen smiled and gently pinched Qing Ya's smooth, rosy cheek again, rising from the bed like a demon.
"It's getting late, serve me in washing and dressing!"
Xia Chen clearly treated this as his own domain, being unceremonious, yet his gentle tone was extremely domineering.
Qing Ya, lying on her side on the bed, pursed her lips, her gaze complex, but finally, she slowly got up to comb Xia Chen's hair and tidy him up.
It was her first time serving someone, and her methods were extremely unfamiliar. The entire process was very difficult, but Xia Chen was very patient and never thought of changing people.
The entire process was like taming!
If a player were to descend at this moment and see this scene, they would understand what Xia Chen was doing. In their world, there was a specific term for this behavior—obedience test!
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Xia Chen walked into the Yamen feeling refreshed.
"Young Master!"
Xia Qian was already waiting in the Yamen and immediately walked over when he saw Xia Chen.
"Boss, how was last night!"
On the other side, Li Xi also saw Xia Chen, his eyes flickering, and then he also hurried forward, a smile on his face that all men understood.
"What else could it be but awesome!"
Xia Chen patted Li Xi's shoulder, a smile on his face.
"As long as Boss is comfortable!"
Li Xi chuckled foolishly along.
"Have all the brothers arrived at the Yamen?"
Xia Chen didn't elaborate on last night's events. Instead, he looked around and turned to ask.
"Mostly all here!"
"Good, have Class A Camp and Class B Camp assemble!"
Xia Chen's smile faded, and he spoke with a serious expression.
Xia Qian was startled, not understanding why they were suddenly called to assemble, but he didn't ask, while Li Xi remained calm.
Soon, all two hundred of Xia Chen's subordinates moved, quickly assembling at the camp.
