I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 781 - 292: Back to the Bedchamber! Your Highness, Please Behave Yourself! (Part 2)

In Chen Mo’s mind, a figure appeared:

Princess, Chu Yanli!

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...

Entering the main gates of the Imperial Palace, he proceeded along the palace path into the Inner Court.

Looking at the winding red palace walls and the upturned eaves of the palaces, Chen Mo hesitated for a moment, then lifted his leg and walked in.

Even though he had spanked the princess hard on his last visit, swelling her buttocks, that could at most be considered self-defense... But he had legitimate matters to discuss today, and he figured she could distinguish between what was urgent and what was not.

Changning Pavilion was as deserted as ever, and the empty courtyard seemed somewhat desolate.

Chen Mo walked through the courtyard into the bedchamber and stood in the center of the hall, speaking loudly, "Your Highness, the Princess, I have urgent matters to discuss with you!"

His voice echoed in the empty palace hall, but no one responded for a long time.

"Not here?"

Chen Mo frowned slightly and walked toward the inner hall.

All around was silent, with only the sound of footsteps echoing.

He turned all around inside and out but did not see Chu Yanli. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a faint noise, as if someone was whispering.

Following the sound, he arrived at the door of a bedroom.

He raised his hand to knock and asked, "Your Highness, are you inside?"

A moment passed with no response.

"If you don’t speak, I may just come right in," he said.

Chen Mo pushed open the door and peeked inside.

As he opened the door, he immediately smelled a pungent odor of alcohol. The room was a mess, with empty wine jars piled up like a small mountain on the floor.

"Did she drink too much?"

Chen Mo entered the room, walked around the screen.

Upon seeing the scene before him, he was immediately stunned.

He saw Chu Yanli lying disheveled on the bed, exposing large areas of snow-white skin, her right side covered in golden scales. Through the translucent golden scales, a Seal was clearly visible in her chest cavity.

The Seal emitted strands of golden light, clinging like tendrils to the meridians, with tendrils deeply embedded within.

"She had an episode just a few days ago. How did it happen again?"

"The frequency of these episodes is just too high!"

At that moment, Chu Yanli’s eyes were tightly closed, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat, and she emitted an indistinct groan, looking very unwell.

Reason suggested to Chen Mo that it was best not to meddle in others’ affairs.

If anything went wrong, he could easily get dragged into it, and that would be a real misfortune.

Just then, from the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a piece of clothing stained with fresh blood and carefully reached out to shift it, his expression becoming startled.

He saw that a piece of the neatly arranged scales on her chest was missing, as if it had been forcibly removed, and fresh blood continued to seep from the wound, looking shocking.

"So..."

"She ended up like this because she pulled off a dragon scale for me?"

Chen Mo didn’t understand why Chu Yanli did this, but the facts were right before him. After hesitating briefly, he sighed in resignation, "Well, it was my bad luck to come across this."

He touched her forehead lightly, finding it scorching hot, the situation worse than he had imagined.

Based on his previous experience, he should suppress the transformation first, or else he couldn’t use the Vitality Essence to heal her.

Chen Mo mobilized the Dragon Qi in his Dantian, a purple energy beam emanated from his fingertips, spreading to envelop Chu Yanli entirely.

Under the suppression of the Purple Extreme Qian Yuan, the Seal in her chest began to flicker, and the tightly wound tendrils loosened somewhat, with the golden scales gradually fading away.

Chu Yanli’s furrowed brow relaxed, and her breathing became smooth and even.

When the transformation receded, the wound on her chest was still present, deep enough to see the bone, looking even more striking against her fair skin.

"I really don’t get it, what on earth is going on in this woman’s head?"

Chen Mo mumbled as he injected the Vitality Essence into Chu Yanli’s body.

The wound was healing very slowly, showing just how damaging removing a dragon scale was for her.

"Hmm..."

Chu Yanli let out a soft hum.

In her haziness, she felt a refreshing energy, like rain falling in a desert, nourishing the parched land.

After calming down, her muddled mind regained a bit of clarity, but the sharp pain in her chest became even clearer. She instinctively searched for the source of the coolness...

?

Chen Mo wore a puzzled expression.

Before he could react, he felt Chu Yanli grab his large hand and guide it inside her clothes—

"It hurts so much, could you rub it for me?"

"..."

Her skin was smooth and delicate, her figure full and firm.

Feeling the clear texture in his palm, Chen Mo gulped.

The last time it was a spanked butt, this time it’s Palm Thunder. Why does this process feel so familiar?

He had to admit, though this princess had a somewhat nasty personality, her figure was truly impressive. If he had to comment, she’d be somewhere between a mature woman and a cool beauty...

Slightly mature woman?

Chen Mo shook his head vigorously, pushing aside his jumbled thoughts.

Now is not the time to be distracted. When this woman wakes up, he’d have a hard time explaining himself.

He wanted to pull his hand back, but Chu Yanli clung tightly, refusing to let go.

Out of options, Chen Mo could only give a firm squeeze—

"Mmm~"

Chu Yanli shivered and slowly opened her eyes.

Chen Mo swiftly withdrew his arm, sitting up straight, and said calmly, "Your Highness, you’re awake?"

"Who?!"

Her expression changed drastically, and she leapt up. Upon seeing it was Chen Mo, she let out a sigh of relief.

"What are you doing here?"

"I heard a noise from the room, called out to you but got no response, so I took the liberty to come in and check..." Chen Mo averted his gaze, cleared his throat, and said, "Your Highness should arrange your clothing first."

Chu Yanli looked down.

Only then did she notice her clothes were open, revealing a large stretch of pale skin.

She noticed the wound on her chest was about seventy to eighty percent healed, her eyes flickered slightly as she pulled up her collar and said with a calm tone, "It was you who helped suppress the transformation? Weren’t you uninterested in me? Why bother meddling?"

Chu Yanli glanced at him, "Have you changed your mind?"

Chen Mo shook his head, "It was just a handy task... Your current state must be related to the dragon scale Miss Lv gave, right?"

"There’s a bit of a connection," Chu Yanli nodded, "This scale was formed from the melding of Dragon Qi and my body, containing the fundamental dragon nature. Forcibly pulling it out is akin to cutting off a piece of the Divine Soul."

"I just didn’t expect it to be this severe. Perhaps it’s because the injuries haven’t completely healed yet..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo’s expression turned awkward.

Indeed, he had been a bit harsh last time...

"Since it was such an important thing, why did Your Highness give it to me?" Chen Mo asked.

Chu Yanli replied, "Chu Heng has been detained until now, with neither Qianji Palace nor Prince Yu Mansion making a move. This is obviously strange."

"I have a strong feeling that something significant is about to happen in the city, and given that you’re at the center of the storm, having an extra means of self-defense is always good."

She blinked and said with a playful grin, "So, how about it, are you moved by how much I care for you?"

"..."

Chen Mo’s eyelids twitched, "Cough, cough, Your Highness, please have some self-respect."

"Tsk, how boring," Chu Yanli’s smile faded, and she snorted coldly, "No one visits without a cause, so tell me, what brings you here?"

"Today, during my interrogation of Chu Heng, some strange things happened..."

Chen Mo took out an Image Stone, infused it with True Yuan, and projected the image into the air, "Your Highness, take a look first."

Chu Yanli watched the recording carefully and asked in confusion, "What seems wrong?"

Chen Mo rewound the footage and froze on the moment he asked, "Who wants to kill you," where Chu Heng’s eyes turned completely white. Though it was only for a moment, it was captured.

Then he recounted the events he had just gone through in detail.

Chu Yanli’s expression grew more serious as she looked at those white eyes and said solemnly, "This proves the experiences you had were not illusions; something is indeed off with Chu Heng... I probably know why Qianji Palace has been so quiet."