Lu Qingwan picked up a hairpin used to secure the phoenix coronet. "The things on this are called 'Wenshulan', combined with rhinoceros horn incense, they can infinitely magnify a person's pain. It has no effect on ordinary people, but for someone like you, who is severely injured, it is no less than torture."
"Your Highness!" Li Jin's face changed color instantly. If Lu Qingwan hadn't said it, he wouldn't have known his prince had suffered so much in that short moment.
"Since these two things only work when mixed together, why didn't the enemy simply mix them and use them on me, but instead go to such lengths to poison me in two places?"
Doctor Shen, standing nearby, finally found a role to play. "Your Highness, you may not know, but rhinoceros horn incense and Wenshulan emit a strong, unusual fragrance when mixed. If the opponent had done so, they would likely have been discovered before Your Highness succumbed to the poison."
Lu Qingwan nodded. "Precisely. Therefore, the person who carried the rhinoceros horn incense must be someone who could freely control the distance between you and me. Not too far, and not too close. It could only be someone present in the wedding hall at that time."
Lu Qingwan took out a bracelet and handed it to Feng Xiwu. "Wear this when you go out. As long as the poisoner is still in the wedding hall, the bracelet will react." This was a special anti-poison bracelet from her spatial laboratory. It looked no different from an ordinary bracelet, but as soon as it touched a toxic substance, it would immediately react and transmit the analysis data of the toxic substance to the control center of the spatial laboratory in real-time.
"It's the Prince's wedding, how can you not go out to accompany the guests?" She forced a hypocritical smile. "After all, His Majesty is still waiting in the wedding hall to drink to the Prince's health, am I right?" Actually, as long as it was proven that she had nothing to do with the poisoning, Lu Qingwan didn't care if the poisoner was caught or not. The main reason was that she didn't want to be in the same room as this scoundrel, especially in this space with flickering red candles and an ambiguous atmosphere. She didn't want to spend another second with Feng Xiwu.
Feng Xiwu gave her a knowing smile and put on the bracelet, then walked out.
Meanwhile, Feng Qingheng, upon learning that Feng Xiwu not only personally went to welcome the bride but also had a procession far grander than his own, felt as if he had been slapped soundly across the face. He instinctively refused to believe it. "Impossible, Feng Xiwu, that cripple can't even stand. How could he personally go to marry Lu Qingwan? You are all useless fools who misidentified him. Investigate again!" The servants, with crestfallen faces, dared not speak and could only run out, hoping to stall for time.
It wasn't until deep into the night that Feng Qingheng learned from different subordinates that Feng Xiwu had not only personally welcomed the bride, but Lu Qingwan, who had previously been ugly, had transformed into a beauty as graceful as a celestial being. He immediately kicked open Lu Siwan's room. Lu Siwan, who was shyly waiting for the bridal chamber, was startled. She quickly stood up and gently, coquettishly greeted him, "What's wrong, Your Highness? Why are you so angry?" Although the scars on her face had faded a bit, in the past few days, she had deliberately taken more medicine against Meng Tang's advice to completely restore her appearance before entering the Prince Chen's manor, causing her face to fester.
However, because her face had been so ugly before, she had deceived herself and refused to look in the mirror. The maids, beaten into silence by her, only said that her scars were gone and she was more beautiful than before, causing Lu Siwan to remain unaware of her own ugliness. With her veil covering her face, her gentle and coy movements were acceptable. But when Feng Qingheng lifted the veil, he was immediately disgusted. He even lost the desire to question her and turned to leave. "You are injured and have been through a lot today. Rest first."
Although he sounded considerate, Lu Siwan, who had lived her life by observing others' expressions since childhood, was skilled at reading people. Moreover, without her needing to observe, the sounds of Feng Qingheng and his other concubines flirting reached her bridal chamber. "Your Highness, it is the wedding night, and you have abandoned the bride to seek me out. This is perhaps inappropriate?" The concubine said it was inappropriate, but her hands had already climbed onto Feng Qingheng's neck. "She's just a slut who stole her sister's fiancé, what kind of bride is she?" Feng Qingheng didn't hide his contempt for Lu Siwan. "Only you know how to serve me..."
After a short while, indecent sounds replaced their conversation. Lu Siwan's nails dug into her palms in anger. "Lu Qingwan, it's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been disfigured, nor would I have suffered this humiliation on my wedding night. Lu Qingwan, I want you to wish you were dead!"
On the other side, in the Regent Prince's manor, the lights were brilliant. Feng Xiwu's identity was special, and no one dared to disturb the bridal chamber. The new room was silent. Feng Xiwu himself maneuvered the four-wheeled carriage into the bridal chamber.
Lu Qingwan, who had been dozing on the large red mandarin duck quilt, jumped up when she heard the movement, her hand instinctively reaching under the pillow. She said in a hurried voice, "Who?" After shouting, she realized where she was, her fingers fumbling in the air. "You're back?" Her voice was muddled with sleepiness and confusion. Feng Xiwu felt his heart, which had been dormant, suddenly come alive.
"Yes, I've come for our wedding night."
"Don't joke around." Lu Qingwan, with her eyes still blurry, slid off the quilt barefoot. "Your current stamina, if you force it, will only result in one outcome: death on the wedding night. You don't cherish your life, but I fear being labeled as a jinx." She swayed towards the dressing table. Feng Xiwu watched, his heart filled with dread, terrified she might accidentally bump into a wall.
Hearing her words, he pulled her towards him with a strong grip. "It's alright. To die under the peony is to be a romantic ghost. On our wedding night, I cannot possibly wrong my Princess Consort!"
Lu Qingwan, in her half-awake state, her thoughts were like wild horses running off course, always leading her to do things she wouldn't normally do. Just like now, pulled by Feng Xiwu, she fell onto his lap. She should have jumped up and left, or at the very least, beaten Feng Xiwu and called him a scoundrel. But her mind was currently malfunctioning. She wrapped her arms around Feng Xiwu's neck, swung her long legs, and straddled his lap.
"You're right, oranges are quite tasty. I understand, Your Highness, I'll put in more effort!" As she said this, she lowered her head and nibbled on Feng Xiwu's lips. Feng Xiwu's pupils widened in shock. He froze. Lu Qingwan nibbled for a while and received no response. She looked up, annoyed. "What's going on? You don't even know how to kiss? Don't tell me you were a virgin before you met me?" That scoundrel always said she ruined his purity, but Lu Qingwan never believed him. How could a man be so persistent on his first time? It didn't make scientific sense. But now, she began to doubt if her previous conclusion was too hasty.
Feng Xiwu's face turned dark. While being pure-hearted was not a flaw, the word "virgin" deeply wounded his fragile and sensitive self-esteem. He grabbed Lu Qingwan's waist and kissed her. If he didn't make this damned girl cry today, he wouldn't be Feng Xiwu!
However, as they kissed, things took a different turn. At some point, the two of them moved from the four-wheeled carriage onto the hundred-child mandarin duck bed. Their clothes were all off, and they faced each other openly. Lu Qingwan anxiously wanted to resist, but her hands and feet felt weak, and she couldn't push him away at all. Feng Xiwu, that scoundrel, was as starved as could be. The moment she pushed him away slightly, he pulled her back, and they stuck together again.