Chapter 848: Chapter 853, Chapter 854: Nalan Yiren’s First Kiss (Part 2)
But as he was speaking, he noticed his voice had changed, and his mouth started to feel numb, then he realized his lips had swollen: "Mmm... Miss Nalan, what did you... do... to me?"
He couldn’t even speak clearly.
"Serves you right." Seeing Chen Mo in this state, Nalan Yiren’s anger subsided significantly.
"Stop fooling around, quickly... give me the antidote."
Chen Mo, overwhelmed by lust earlier, only then remembered that she was a master of poisons, with poison all over her body.
Perhaps at the moment he kissed her, he was already poisoned, and it was only now taking effect.
He tried using his internal energy to resist, but it was useless.
"Hmph." Nalan Yiren snorted coldly: "Do you still dare to mess around?"
"I... dare not, grandma... please spare me."
"Just wait, it’ll be fine in half an hour."
"Ah, that... long, no... antidote? Can you give me some of your blood... to drink."
"Don’t even think about it, this is your lesson, to make you remember."
"Really won’t give?"
"Don’t even think about it."
"Alright then..."
Saying this, Chen Mo stepped forward again, hugging Nalan Yiren tightly, attempting to kiss her lips to bite and drink some of her blood.
Nalan Yiren was startled by Chen Mo’s action.
Earlier, it was only due to physical contact that she managed to poison him successfully.
Otherwise, with his strength and being on guard, even she would find it difficult to successfully poison him.
If she let him kiss her again and drink some blood, not only would he take advantage, but he’d also get the poison cured.
Nalan Yiren, frightened, quickly took out the antidote for Chen Mo.
After Chen Mo took the antidote, he looked at Nalan Yiren puzzled: "Why... isn’t it working?"
"This is an antidote, not a miracle cure, it doesn’t work instantly. It takes effect slowly."
"Then... hmmm... when will it wear off?" Chen Mo couldn’t speak clearly.
Nalan Yiren could understand what Chen Mo was trying to express: "Fifteen minutes."
Chen Mo: "..."
He felt that Nalan Yiren was doing this on purpose, surely there was a more potent antidote, but he had no evidence.
So he waited for fifteen minutes.
His swelling subsided, but his lips were still numb.
He looked puzzled at Nalan Yiren again: "Why are my lips still numb?"
"That’s a side effect, this antidote can’t solve that, it’ll take half an hour more to completely wear off."
"..."
"Why didn’t you say so earlier?"
"You didn’t ask."
Now, Chen Mo didn’t need to doubt it anymore, she was definitely doing it on purpose.
But being able to hold her waist, kiss her lips, and touch her rear—it was worth having a numb mouth for half an hour.
Nalan Yiren saw him at a disadvantage, she turned aside and smiled discreetly when Chen Mo couldn’t see.
"Let’s go." Chen Mo said.
He’d already taken advantage, and staying at the government office any longer would disrupt their work.
"Where to?"
"I’m taking you to your lodging. Didn’t you ask me to arrange a big house for you?" Chen Mo said.
As they left the government office, the main officer of the office personally saw them off: "Safe travels, King Wei."
Chen Mo stopped and asked: "What’s your name?"
The main officer of the office nodded and bowed: "This lowly officer is Peng Yi."
"Peng Yi, I will remember you." Having said that, Chen Mo left with Nalan Yiren.
On the way, Chen Mo asked Nalan Yiren about Si Song’s condition.
"The Great Elder provided timely assistance, so there’s nothing serious, just that the Realm has dropped, falling to the Fourth Grade, and will never progress further." Nalan Yiren said.
Chen Mo sighed: "As long as he’s alright."
...
Soon after, outside Prince Wei’s Mansion.
"Is this the big house you found for me?" Nalan Yiren slightly frowned.
"You just tell me whether it’s big or not. In the entire Capital, apart from the Imperial Palace, you might not find many places this big." Chen Mo said.
Nalan Yiren: "..."
Chen Mo led Nalan Yiren to the rear hall of the mansion.
In the hall, everyone from the mansion’s rear quarters was present except for the pregnant Xia Zhining, Chu Ran, Yi Shiyin, and Xia Zhiqing, who was accompanying Xia Zhining.
When Nalan Yiren entered, the other women looked at her, somewhat puzzled.
Wu Mi spoke in confusion: "Husband, who is this lady... she looks somewhat familiar?"
Not only Wu Mi found her familiar, but Han Anniang, Song Min, and Chu Juan also felt the same familiarity when looking at her.
Nalan Yiren calmly said: "Princess Consort Wei, long time no see."
With this distinctive hoarse voice, Wu Mi and the others immediately recognized Nalan Yiren, Wu Mi said in surprise: "Miss Nalan, it’s actually you?"
"So it’s Miss Nalan."
"Miss Nalan, you usually always wear a mask, how come now..."
"Wow, I didn’t expect Miss Nalan to be so good-looking."
The women were curious and all started talking at once.
"I’ve avenged my grandfather, there’s no need to live wearing a mask anymore." Nalan Yiren used the reason she gave Chen Mo to answer the other women.
Xiao Yunxi smiled slightly: "Miss Nalan, this time you came to see your husband specifically, right?"
Her eyes carried a hint of a meaningful look.
"When I parted with King Wei back then, he invited me to serve as an official in the Great Song, to be the State Preceptor. But I had matters to attend to at the time, so I didn’t immediately agree. However, King Wei’s great kindness and virtue, neither I nor the Hundred Poison Valley dare to forget, so now that things are settled, I hurried from the Hundred Poison Valley, hoping to be of help to King Wei." Nalan Yiren had thought of these words as a response when entering the mansion.
"Oh..." Xiao Yunxi deliberately dragged out the word "Oh," and lightly smiled: "I see, that’s the case."
In her heart, Xiao Yunxi already considered Nalan Yiren as a newcomer.
After all, she had been brought into the mansion.
Chen Mo hastily cleared his throat and said, "Mi’Er, help Miss Nalan prepare a room."
"Husband, that’s not necessary. The room Miss Nalan used to stay in at the mansion is vacant, so we just need to have the servants clean it. The furnishings inside haven’t been moved." Wu Mi said.
Back then, Wu Mi had a faint feeling that Nalan Yiren would become a part of the mansion, so even though Nalan Yiren hadn’t come with Chen Mo, Wu Mi hadn’t let anyone touch that room.
Wu Mi quickly arranged for someone to clean it.
"Thank you, Princess Consort Wei." Nalan Yiren said.
"No need to be so polite. Miss Nalan, feel at home here in the mansion. If you need anything, just let me know." Wu Mi smiled.
Nalan Yiren nodded: "In that case, I’ll bother you, Princess Consort Wei, in the future."
Seeing that they were getting along well, Chen Mo was relieved and said, "Mi’Er, where are the children?"
"Husband, don’t you remember? You hired a teacher for them, and now they’re having lessons in the front hall." Wu Mi said.
Hearing this, Chen Mo remembered.
The teacher he found for the children was none other than the grandson of the Minister of Rites, Chen Ming, who would be perfect for teaching the children their introductory lessons.
...
The time came to August 5th.
The day before the solar eclipse, two days before the abdication ceremony.
For the city dwellers, today was no different from any other day, but for all the governmental departments, it was a day of intense and urgent preparations, with no room for any mishap over the next two days.
Prince Wei’s Mansion.
"What’s happened, what’s happening?" After receiving the news, Chen Mo hurried to Xia Zhining’s room, and upon seeing the beautiful woman lying on the bed, cradling her large belly, he anxiously asked.
Sitting by the bed, wiping her sister’s sweat, Xia Zhiqing said: "Husband, just now Zhining’s belly was hurting terribly, and I thought she was going into labor, so I quickly asked someone to call you, but it was a false alarm."
Chen Mo knelt by the bed, holding Xia Zhining’s delicate hand with one hand while gently caressing her face with the other, tidying the strands of hair stuck to her face: "Zhining, how do you feel, are you alright?"
Xia Zhining shook her head, softly saying: "It was just a scare for my sister and me."
No sooner had Xia Zhining said this.
"How is it?" Wu Mi’s voice followed closely from outside the room.
Seeing the door was open, Wu Mi walked straight in and came to the bed to check on Xia Zhining.
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