"Princess, don't you know that the more you resist, the more it increases a man's desire to conquer?" Yan Tianjue sneered as he looked down at the woman beneath him, her jet-black hair messily spread over the snow-white carpet, her crimson dress having come loose during their struggle.

At this moment, Zhou Min's dishevelled state carried a decadent beauty that stirred a strong desire in Yan Tianjue—a man's desire to possess a beautiful woman.

"Yan Tianjue, why do you have the pass token of the Zhou royal family!" Zhou Min was pinned underneath him, her limbs controlled by the man on top. Despite the humiliation and her reluctance to submit, she knew that struggling would only put her at a disadvantage, especially without any martial arts skills, and could potentially put her in even greater danger.

Moreover, she harboured a great doubt in her heart.

"Do you think I would tell you?" Yan Tianjue asked with a somewhat amused look at the question posed by the woman below him. Zhou Min knew she had asked a foolish question and never expected Yan Tianjue to answer. She was only stalling for time, hoping her third imperial brother would see her signal and come to rescue her.

"Maybe, maybe not," Yan Tianjue said, and upon seeing Zhou Min's angry expression, he suddenly leaned down and bit her tender lips roughly, his other hand forcefully kneading her breast. Zhou Min was initially shocked by his words but then resisted even more by shaking her head due to his subsequent actions.

"Umm..." Zhou Min did not expect him to kiss her suddenly and struggled violently against him.

Feeling her resistance, Yan Tianjue pried open her mouth almost rudely, his domineering lips covering her soft, enticing ones, starting with exploratory chases, and evolving into wild, passionate kisses.

Zhou Min was helplessly pressed onto the carriage by him, with nowhere to retreat and forced to endure his aggression. Her chest was kneaded so forcefully it pained her, and as the air between them grew thinner, Zhou Min had no choice but to bite his lip fiercely, until the taste of blood filled her mouth.

The kiss from Yan Tianjue was unexpected, but he found her even more beautiful than he had imagined, causing him to forget his initial intentions and indulge in the moment, until the pain on his lip brought him back to reality, his gaze hardening as he propped himself up to look at the person still pinned beneath him on the carriage.

Looking at the woman in his arms, kissed into a state of enticing beauty, though he knew she was not willing but forced by him, so what? This woman was still vividly beautiful and charming.

Yan Tianjue erotically licked the corner of his mouth that Zhou Min had bitten, leaned down, and used his firm chest to feel her upper body forced to arch because her hands were bound above her head, his laugh ambiguous, "Tell me, is my kissing skill better, or is Shangguan Qi's more intoxicating to you?"

The tingling sensation from her lips and breasts came as Zhou Min finally freed herself from the control over her lips and glared furiously, "Yan Tianjue, what exactly is your agreement with the Zhou royal family!?"

"Answer my question, Zhou Min! Am I better, or is Shangguan Qi more fascinating to you?" Yan Tianjue seemed dissatisfied with Zhou Min's evasive answers and asked again impatiently.

"Have you and my father been plotting against Shangguan Qi from the very beginning? From the time in the Valley of the Divine Physician, or perhaps, the frequent assassination attempts in the martial world in recent years, you've been using the power of the Zhou royal family to deal with Shangguan Qi!" Zhou Min didn't want to answer his question, but rather analyzed on her own.

"Heh, Zhou Min, I've found that you've become smarter since coming out of the jungle... However, I don't like you addressing this king so formally while ignoring my questions. Do you also call Shangguan Qi by his full name when making love with him?" He warned the delicate person beneath him, getting somewhat annoyed for repeatedly ignoring his question.

But thinking of the possibility that she might not have been untouched before him made him even more uncomfortable—it wasn't that he liked this woman, but he didn't like the idea of Shangguan Qi getting to her first.

The moment Zhou Min heard Yan Tianjue call Shangguan Qi useless, her face turned cold, and she retorted scornfully, "In my eyes, you are not even comparable to a hair on Shangguan Qi's head."

Zhou Min knew that she shouldn't confront the dangerous man on top of her, but when she heard him call Shangguan Qi useless, something inside her resisted irrationally as if a landmine had been touched!

Especially after listening to what Fu Lao said, Zhou Min's feelings towards Shangguan Qi became even more complicated. She couldn't quite identify her feelings, but she wouldn't allow anyone to speak ill of Shangguan Qi.

"Hmm, very well!" Yan Tianjue chuckled lowly, and the next second, he tore open Zhou Min's clothes with one hand, revealing half of her shoulder and biting the tip of her breast covered by her bellyband, while his leg pressed forcefully against her private area.

Feeling the dampness of the bellyband sticking to her skin and the tremors rising from her lower abdomen, Zhou Min stiffened. She knew she had to stall for time if she didn't want to be violated by this man on the carriage today.

Zhou Min forced herself not to be distracted by the man on top of her and began to call up the system in her mind, looking for something that could be used to stall for time or self-rescue. But before Zhou Min could make a move,

"Swish—" a sound of cutting through the air suddenly flew into the carriage from behind. Yan Tianjue rolled off Zhou Min and onto the other side of the carriage, as a hidden arrow flew past his ear and lodged into the carriage, the arrowhead flashing with a cold sharpness.

Zhou Min knew she had only one chance to escape. Without time to tidy up her dishevelled clothes and before Yan Tianjue could react, Zhou Min relied on her sensitive skills honed from years of battle, sprang up, kicked open the carriage door, and leaped out.