99: Chapter 99 Bi'e VS Yunxiang! Tonight, they both want to "receive punishment".

"I wouldn't dare."

Si Yunxiang smiled slightly, "Yunxiang is merely reminding the Right Protector not to touch the Sect Leader's reverse scale."

"Reverse scale?"

"What the Sect Leader hates most is when someone touches his people."

Si Yunxiang's gaze landed on Xue Biane's face, her tone remaining soft.

"Young Master Qin is the Sect Leader's brother. The Right Protector trampled on him in front of the entire Imperial Academy. This matter cannot be glossed over with just a few nice words."

Xue Biane fell silent.

She knew that what Si Yunxiang said was the truth.

But the more she knew it was the truth, the more uncomfortable she felt.

She, Xue Biane, had been in the Heavenly Demon Sect for so many years; when did it become the turn of a little girl to teach her how to do things?

"Many thanks for the Saintess's reminder."

Xue Biane twitched the corner of her mouth, revealing a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

"However, I know how to explain things to the Sect Leader. As for the Saintess..."

She paused, her gaze pointedly sweeping over the thin, transparent outer garment on Si Yunxiang's body.

"Walking around the manor dressed like this in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid of being seen by some blind servant?"

Si Yunxiang blinked, not only showing no shame or anger but instead smiling even more innocently.

"The Right Protector is joking. Yunxiang is the Sect Leader's personal maid; what I wear and how I wear it is naturally up to the Sect Leader. Besides..."

She leaned forward slightly, lowering her voice, her tone carrying a hint of provocation that only women would understand.

"In this manor, apart from the Sect Leader, who dares to look at Yunxiang directly?"

Xue Biane's expression stiffened for a moment.

The meaning behind these words was too obvious—I am the Sect Leader's person, and I only dress like this for the Sect Leader. Who do you think you are, to be worthy of lecturing me?

Xue Biane's temper flared up instantly.

In her life, Xue Biane feared nothing more than arguments!

During the day, she dared to call herself "this lady" in front of all the gods and buddhas; could she be stifled by a yellow-haired girl at night?

"Heh..."

Xue Biane sneered, put down her teacup, leaned back, and looked at Si Yunxiang with her phoenix eyes, wearing a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

"The way the Saintess puts it, those who don't know might think you have already entered the Sect Leader's bedroom. However..."

She paused deliberately, her gaze circling Si Yunxiang's body before finally fixing on her flat lower abdomen.

"Looking at the Saintess's figure, you haven't been 'favored' by the Sect Leader yet, right?"

Si Yunxiang's expression changed instantly.

Xue Biane's words struck directly at her sore spot.

She had indeed not yet been "favored" by Ye Xiu.

During the day at the Tianlu Pavilion, Ye Xiu had pinned her against the wall and stuffed a book into her bodice.

He had said things like "warm the bed for me"—but what happened in the end?

It was interrupted by the Young Patriarch, and then there was no follow-up!

She was walking around the manor dressed like this tonight, wasn't it just to...

The result was that after waiting for a long time, she only got a sentence from Ye Xiu: "This Sect Leader is going to bathe, you go and rest first."

Rest your head! Did I dress like this to come and sleep?!

But Xue Biane didn't know these things.

In Xue Biane's eyes, since Si Yunxiang could live in the manor with the status of a "personal maid."

And dared to flaunt herself dressed like this, she must have already succeeded.

Si Yunxiang bit her lip, and for the first time, a less "innocent" expression appeared on her pure little face.

"The Right Protector is certainly observant."

She stood up and walked step by step toward Xue Biane, looking down at the woman sitting in the guest seat.

"However, whether Yunxiang has been favored or not, what does that have to do with you?"

Xue Biane also stood up.

Two women, one wearing tight night-traveling clothes, the other wearing thin gauze sleepwear, stood facing each other just like that.

Their heights were similar, but their figures were completely different—one hot and fiery, the other slender and delicate.

But at this moment, their gazes were surprisingly consistent.

It was the hostile light that females only reveal when competing for territory.

"The Right Protector came tonight, isn't it just to climb into the Sect Leader's bed?"

Si Yunxiang's voice remained soft and sweet, but the provocation in her tone was undisguised.

"It's a pity, in this manor, Yunxiang moved in first. If the Right Protector wants to cut in line, you have to ask if Yunxiang agrees."

Xue Biane sneered: "Cut in line? Saintess, did you misunderstand something? I came to receive punishment, not to compete for favor."

"Is that so?"

Si Yunxiang tilted her head, her large eyes filled with mockery.

"Then why is the Right Protector dressed like this? Does receiving a punishment require wearing night-traveling clothes?"

Xue Biane was choked.

She wore night-traveling clothes because she had to sneak in!

After all, she was a Protector of the Demon Sect coming to the Sect Leader's manor in the middle of the night; was she supposed to walk through the front door grandly?

But saying this, no matter how it sounded, it seemed like an excuse.

"I..."

Xue Biane was about to retort when suddenly, "Clap, clap, clap."

A round of crisp applause came from outside the hall.

Both women froze simultaneously and turned their heads in unison to look.

At the hall entrance, a figure in white stood there, though no one knew when they had arrived.

Ye Xiu was draped in a loose white bathrobe, the collar wide open, revealing a sturdy and well-built chest.

Wet black hair was draped casually over his shoulders, and a few water droplets slid down the tips of his hair.

Sliding over his collarbones, over his pectoral muscles, and finally disappearing deep into the bathrobe.

He leaned against the door frame, his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes full of mockery, looking at the two women in the hall with great interest.

"Brilliant, brilliant."

Ye Xiu lazily clapped his hands, the corners of his mouth curling into a smile that was evil to the extreme.

"In the time it took for this Sect Leader to take a bath, you two have already staged a good show of 'two women fighting over a husband' here. What, do you think this Sect Leader's manor is too quiet and want to add some liveliness?"

Si Yunxiang and Xue Biane's faces turned bright red at the same time.

"Sect... Sect Leader..."

Xue Biane stammered, wanting to explain.

Ye Xiu waved his hand, interrupting her.

He stepped into the hall, his heterochromatic eyes sweeping over the two women before finally fixing on Xue Biane's face.

"Right Protector, this Sect Leader told you to come tonight to receive punishment. You are standing here dressed like this..."

He paused, took a step closer, and looked down at Xue Biane.

"Are you planning to bribe this Sect Leader with a beauty trap?"

Xue Biane's face turned even redder, so red that it was almost dripping blood.

"Sub... subordinate didn't..."

"No?"

Ye Xiu reached out, using two fingers to pinch Xue Biane's chin, forcing her to lift her head.

Those heterochromatic eyes were close at hand, the pupils reflecting Xue Biane's flustered appearance.

"Then tell this Sect Leader, what did you come here for, dressed like this?"

Xue Biane opened her mouth but found she couldn't say a single word.

What could she say?

Say that I wore night-traveling clothes because I was afraid of being discovered? But under Ye Xiu's mocking gaze, these words seemed pale and ridiculous.

Just then—

"Sect Leader~"

Si Yunxiang suddenly leaned in from the side, her soft body pressing against Ye Xiu's arm, her pure little face full of grievance.

"Sect Leader, please judge for yourself. Yunxiang was only reminding the Right Protector not to play tricks in front of the Sect Leader. Yunxiang is the Sect Leader's personal maid; naturally, I must think of the Sect Leader and cannot let outsiders bully you."

"Outsider?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Biane's temper flared up again.

"Si Yunxiang, who are you calling an outsider? I am the Right Protector of the Heavenly Demon Sect. You, a Saintess, are lower in rank than me; by what right do you call me an outsider?"

"Yunxiang is the Sect Leader's personal maid, living in the manor; naturally, I count as an 'insider'."

Si Yunxiang blinked, her tone so innocently irritating that it made one's teeth ache, "The Right Protector arrived in the middle of the night; isn't that an outsider?"

"You—"

"Enough."

Ye Xiu said flatly.

Two words, yet they made both women shut their mouths simultaneously.

Ye Xiu released his hand from Xue Biane's chin and took the opportunity to pinch Si Yunxiang's smooth cheek.

"You two, one a Saintess, one a Protector, arguing in the main hall in the middle of the night—aren't you afraid of being laughed at if it gets out?"

Si Yunxiang pouted and lowered her head obediently, but from an angle Ye Xiu couldn't see, she shot a fierce glare at Xue Biane.

Xue Biane was not to be outdone, returning an even fiercer glare.

Watching these two women daring to compete behind his back right in front of him, Ye Xiu couldn't help but laugh.

"Fine, since you both have so much energy, then tonight's 'punishment', you shall receive together."

Both women were stunned at the same time.

Together?